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
Ex-Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa disappears; Medicare and Medicaid signed into law; A blast rocks Black Tom Island; The USS Indianapolis sunk; Henry Ford and Arnold Schwarzenegger born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Don’t let anyone try to tell you who you are. Define yourself.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: US health officials to release new COVID-19 data
Renewed indoor mask guidance applies to only 1 Maine county
Ravages of COVID surge evident inside Missouri hospital
Flight attendants report high frequency of unruly passengers
Homes lose water as wells run dry in drought-ravaged basin
PG&E could face criminal charges over deadly California fire
Largest US quake in half-century causes Alaska little damage
Carl Levin, Michigan’s longest-serving senator, dies at 87
Tourists fined $500 for touching Hawaiian monk seals
Alaska Native artist creates stamp for Postal Service
US Politics
Biden to allow eviction moratorium to expire Saturday
Congress passes bill to fund Capitol security, Afghan visas
First US evacuation flight brings 200 Afghans to new home
International News
Japan to widen virus emergency after record spike amid Games
Israel to offer 3rd COVID booster shot to older citizens
Activists allege Myanmar leaders are ‘weaponizing’ COVID-19
Philippine leader recalls decision to void US security pact
Lawyers say China using Interpol to seek dissident’s return
Kim stresses military preparations ahead of US-SKorea drills
Group: Jailed Belarus journalist needs urgent hospital care
Rights groups warn assaults on women on the rise in Pakistan
New Russian lab briefly knocks space station out of position
Sports
Olympics Latest: 27 new COVID-19 cases, including 3 athletes
‘Happy tears’: Lee’s gold sparks joy at home in Minnesota
US uses dominant inside presence to beat Japan 86-69
Kimmann, Shriever win BMX racing gold; 2 stretchered off
Cabrera, Bautista help Dominicans top Mexico 1-0 at Olympics
‘Wow! Wow!’ Women get Olympic track off to a sizzling start
Breakfast Blogs
The Bipartisan Backslapping of the Senate Rang Hollow Amid the Witless Bullying of House Republicans Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
What Eliel Rosa Saw at the Precise Moment Ethan Nordean Was Not Seeing Officers Open the Upper West Terrace Door emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson Does Not Seem To Understand What a Public Health Emergency Is Adam L Silverman, Balloon Juice
Oversight Report Says Commerce Dept. Investigative Unit Went Rogue, Engaged In Biased, Retaliatory Investigations Tim Cushing, Techdirt
House Republicans Introduce Ridiculous, Contradictory, Unconstitutional Package Of 32 Bills About Section 230 And Content Moderation Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Congressional Republicans urge Supreme Court to overrule Roe v. Wade Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Apocalypse fairly shortly Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 888 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Hey Ho, Nobody Home driftglass, at his blog
Supercharged Penumbra Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
UPMARKET EXCUSES FOR JANUARY 6 Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
COVID Caucus Sues Nancy Pelosi Because ‘Masks’ Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Trump Fails To Ruin Democrats’ Bipartisan Infrastructure Week Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Kraken Lawyer, Overstock Lunatic Throwing Money At Private Company Doing Arizona Fraudit Liz Dye, Wonkette
Tennessee Coulda Had More COVID Shots If Dumb GOP Gov Didn’t Think Vaccines Made Of ABORSHUN MILKSHAKE Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Climate Roundup: So Hot, And That’s All For The Fish Doktor Zoom, Wonkette