Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:00am (ET) (or whenever we get around to it) to talk about current news and our boring lives and to make fun of LaEscapee! If we are ever running late, it’s PhilJD’s fault.
This Day in History
Sen. Joseph McCarthy is censured; Scientists demonstrate the world’s first artificially-created, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction; Enron files for Chapter 11 protection; Colombian drug lord is shot and killed.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.
Breakfast News
US News
VIRUS TODAY: A deadly November, and who gets vaccine first
The Latest: Tucson votes in mandatory nightly curfew
CDC to shorten COVID-19 quarantine to 10 days, 7 with test
‘Very dark couple of weeks’: Morgues and hospitals overflow
Pushed to rush, FDA head says feds will get vaccine ‘right’
Judge throws out Trump rules limiting skilled-worker visas
Huge Puerto Rico radio telescope, already damaged, collapses
US: Mountain pine tree that feeds grizzlies is threatened
Visitor: Monolith toppled by group who said ‘leave no trace’
International News
EU eyes Dec 29 approval for 1st virus vaccine, later than US
As the virus resurges, mental health woes batter France
Nonessential shops reopen in Belgium as virus numbers drop
Iran’s parliament approves bill to stop nuclear inspections
Russia deploys missiles to Pacific islands claimed by Japan
Germany bans far-right, pro-Nazi group; Police raid homes
China spacecraft lands on moon to bring rocks back to Earth
Sports
The Latest: WVA not allowing basketball fans in December
Women’s team, US Soccer settle part of their lawsuit
Basketball in a mask? Rare but not unheard of in pandemic
Ohio State still 4th in CFP rankings after cancellation
Watts scores 20, No. 8 Michigan State beats No. 6 Duke 75-69
2017 ban on local LGBT ordinances ends in North Carolina
Game on? Steelers, Ravens set to finally meet … maybe
A cautious start to NBA season, as camps open amid positives
Hamilton positive for COVID-19, will miss F1′s Sakhir GP
Breakfast Blogs
Mitch McConnell’s Liability Shield Is the Joker in the Deck Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Investigations into the Russian Investigation Have Lasted 69% Longer than the Russian Investigation Itself emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Loons going nuclear digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Chickens come home to a cock fight Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
A Post-Election Trump Firing Makes the Case for an Independent, Regulatory CISAMarc Canellas, Just Security
Senior White House Officials Were Lobbied in ‘Bribery-for-Pardon Scheme,’ Unsealed Order Reveals Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
The Mistake of Designating the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Gregory D. Johnsen, Lawfare
Mitch McConnell opposes COVID relief for anyone but businesses who get their workers sick Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Ben Wittes vindicated at last! Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 739 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Where Have All The Glenn Stans Gone? driftglass, at his blog
For the Record: Call me Sherlock Holmes Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Trump’s Continuing COVID Murder Spree The Rude Pundit, at his blog
IT WILL SHOCK YOU HOW MUCH IT HAPPENED Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Bill Barr Just Saying Donald Trump Dead To Him Now Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Republican Senators Say ‘Mean Tweets’ Disqualify Biden Nominees. Make Your Own Joke, We’re Fresh Out. Liz Dye, Wonkette
Non-Doktor Of Non-Rhetoric Josh Hawley Explains ‘Marxists’ And ‘Capitalists’ Are Same Jews We Mean People Doktor Zoom., Wonkette
Transformed Wife: Saying Women Aren’t Meant To Be Servants Mocks The Bible Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Please Don’t Let ‘Fetch’ Or Trump 2024 Happen Stephen Robinson, Wonkette