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
Elvis Presley born; President Lyndon Johnson declares war on poverty; Ramzi Yousef sentenced to life in prison for first World Trade Center bombing. Physicist Stephen Hawking born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.
Breakfast News
US News
US registering highest deaths yet from the coronavirus
California virus deaths rocket higher as ICU space tightens
Judge blocks strike over railroad’s virus safety precautions
Boeing will pay $2.5 billion to settle charge over 737 Max
Russian hacker gets 12 years in massive data theft scheme
Deal reached on project to protect lakes from invasive fish
Missouri woman believed to be last Civil War widow dies
US Politics
The Latest: Capitol Police says officer dies after riots
Capitol Police rejected offers of federal help to quell mob
Trump finally faces reality — amid talk of early ouster
GOP’s Loeffler concedes to Warnock in Georgia runoff
‘Great damage’: Republicans recoil from Missouri Sen. Hawley
Simon & Schuster drops book by Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley
More demand Illinois congresswoman who cited Hitler resign
Social platforms flex their power, lock down Trump accounts
Biden introduces Merrick Garland as attorney general pick
‘Biden picks Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as labor secretary
‘What else could I do?’ NJ Rep. Kim helps clean up Capitol
International News
London’s field hospital to be used amid acute COVID pressure
Asia Today: Australian city on lockdown over UK variant case
Australia sweltered through its 4th-hottest year in 2020
Brazil enjoys fun in the sun as COVID-19 deaths top 200,000
Sports
Alabama linebacker Dylan Moses anchors young Tide defense
Nets, without Irving and Durant, beat NBA-leading 76ers
Rodgers leads Pack to top of NFC after draft disappointment
Browns don’t practice again as COVID-19 wreaks havoc on team
Breakfast Blogs
This Is What’s Left of Your Democracy, America. Cherish It. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Trump Effect: Attempted Coup Edition emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
“Atop a mountain of corpses” digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The Most Obviously Stupidest Ever Prediction* tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
“We’re storming the Capitol. It’s a revolution.” Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Israel is Legally Obligated to Ensure the Population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip Are Vaccinated Eyal Benvenisti, Just Security
Wednesday, January 6th: The Day The Game Of Politics Turned Into Insurrection Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
Politics Is Not A Game Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Appeals Court: Just Because Someone Used An Email Account To Send Threats Doesn’t Make It An ‘Interstate’ Crime Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Trump Campaign Attorney, Telling Judge His Services Were Used to ‘Perpetrate a Crime,’ Moves to Withdraw as Counsel Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
As Reports Say Trump Has Discussed Self-Pardon, Federal Prosecutor Doesn’t Rule Out Investigating Trump’s Role in Capitol Riot Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Here’s How the Capitol Mob Violated Federal Criminal Law Bryce Klehm, Alan Z. Rozenshtein and Jacob Schulz, Lawfare
Is Our Media Learning? Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Authoritarian scumbag frightened into pretending to respect political process Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
“And there wasn’t a person watching at home who didn’t know why that was.” Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Betsy DeVos, Resistance Hero driftglass, at his blog
Random Observations on an Insurrection The Rude Pundit, at his blog
AN ORDERLY TRANSITION TO BIDEN? ARE YOU SURE? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
25th Who What Now? How Would That Work? Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Here Are All 147 Members Of The Terrorist-Inciting GOP Sedition Caucus, May Their Names Forever Be Stained Evan Hurst, Wonkette
White House Staffers SHOCKED SHOCKED To Find Their Boss Is A Homicidal Maniac Liz Dye, Wonkette
Mitt Romney Wants To Teach Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley How They Take Out The Trash In Utah Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Tin Foil And Q’s Not Coming, Four Dead At Capitol Doktor Zoom, Wonkette