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
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
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Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Texas reports more than 15,000 daily virus cases
US virus deaths hit record levels with the holidays ahead
Idaho health board meeting halted after ‘intense protests’
Pfizer vaccine moves closer to getting the OK in the US
Pandemic tames health care cost growth for some employers
California warns of rising virus cases, broad transmission
Portland police and protestors clash in broad daylight
Park workers found a goldfish in a lake. A 9-pound goldfish
‘Christmas Star’ will be closest visible conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in 800 years
US Politics
Supreme Court won’t take up GOP lawsuit over mail voting in Pennsylvania
Arizona Supreme Court rejects GOP bid to undo Biden victory
GOP leadership rejects resolution acknowledging Biden as President-elect
Hawaii certifies Biden’s win of state’s presidential vote
Biden makes pitch for retired general to be Pentagon chief
New White House offer adds $600 checks to COVID-19 relief
House approves defense bill with veto-proof margin
International News
The Latest: Hong Kong re-imposes restaurant dining bans
UK starts virus campaign with a shot watched round the world
Morocco to use Chinese vaccine to kick off mass vaccinations
‘New start:’ Medics juggle surgery backlogs and virus fight
UK, EU leaders to meet Wednesday amid Brexit no-deal signals
Protesters block traffic in Armenia calling on PM to resign
Russia to establish navy base in Sudan for at least 25 years
Pressure mounts on Hungary, Poland to unlock EU stimulus
High tide floods Venice as dike-on-demand wasn’t activated
Europe to revive international night train links
China, Nepal say Everest a bit higher than past measurements
Breakfast Blogs
‘Dollars for Collars’ Is Not a Recipe for Good Policing Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Before He Mooted DOJ’s Motions in the Mike Flynn Case, Emmet Sullivan Treated DOJ’s Authentication as Official emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Global Schmobal digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Organizing matters even more than candidates Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Addressing Our Whole-of-Government Deficit in National Security Russell E. Travers, Just Security
Trump Makes It Official: He’s Going To Pull Military Funding, Because Congress Won’t Kill The Open Internet Mike amsnick, Techdirt
Election Law Experts Say Lone Star State’s ‘Dangerous’ Stunt Has ‘No Chance of Success’ at Supreme Court Matt Naham, Law & Crime
Judge Brutally Tears Apart Failed Election Lawsuit of Sheriff Who Recently Defended Accused Plotter of Gov. Whitmer Kidnapping Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Trump’s Plan to Gut the Civil Service Jim Eisenmann, Lawfare
Doug Jones as AG? Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Imagine no possessions Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 744 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Bold Declaratives Giveth and and the Mealy-Mouthed Qualifiers Taketh Away driftglas, at his blog
For the Record: Tennis, Anyone? Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
We Cannot Overlook All the Ways That Trump and His Idiot Hordes Attack Democracy The Rude Pundit, at his blog
THEY STILL THINK THE ELECTION RESULTS COULD BE OVERTURNED Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Supreme Court Does Good Thing For Trans Kids, So … Surprise! Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Trump Could Have Brought Enough Corona Vaccine For Whole Class, Didn’t Dotor Zoomo, Wonkette
Lin Wood Spreads Conspiracy Theory Kelly Loeffler Aide Killed To Send Message To Brian Kemp Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Sean Hannity: Why Must The Law Apply To White Guys I Like? Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Trump’s Legal Team May Suck At Law, But As Covid Superspreaders They Really Are ‘Elite Strike Force’ Liz Dye, Wonkette
Bill Barr Maybe About To Go All CAN’T FIRE ME IF I QUIT FIRST, HASHTAG #LAWYERED! Evan Husrt, Wonkette