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
Convicted Nazi war criminal Herman Goering commits suicide behind bars; World War I spy Mata Hari executed; Nikita Khrushchev ousted as Soviet Union’s leader; ‘I Love Lucy’ premieres on TV.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
Breakfast News
US News
FDA panel endorses lower-dose Moderna COVID shot for booster
Arizona reports 2,386 new COVID-19 cases and 6 more deaths
Navajo Nation reports 64 more COVID-19 cases, 1 more death
Vaccine proof or negative test soon required at large events
Nursing schools see applications rise, despite COVID burnout
Bill Clinton in hospital for non-COVID-related infection
Robert Durst sentenced to life for murder of best friend
Hearing set abruptly in 2018 Florida school massacre case
California highway reopens but fire still a threat to homes
Project could help needy Mississippi families hold onto land
Seattle police staffing woes prompt emergency dispatch plan
Partial Denali park road closure in Alaska expected for 2022
Large African cat captured after escape in Detroit suburb
Lucky Dog! Pooch trapped in crevice 5 days rescued, unharmed
US Politics
Court again lets Texas continue banning most abortions
Biden signs debt limit hike, but December standoff looms
US to restore full pension of FBI official fired under Trump
Jan. 6 panel moves against Bannon, sets contempt vote
From condiments to condoms: new California laws bring change
Quarreling Dems must put aside differences, Schumer warns
Supreme Court commission talks positively of shorter terms
Michigan governor orders urgent response to lead crisis
Miami commissioners vote to end police chief’s stormy tenure
International News
The Latest: Australia’s capital: 99% with at least 1 dose
Women left behind: Gender gap emerges in Africa’s vaccines
Gambian women’s voices on COVID-19 vaccines: “We are afraid”
Bow-and-arrow killings in Norway seen as an ‘act of terror’
Merkel: ‘very hard work’ ahead to achieve EU climate goals
Envoy aborts visit to Myanmar, straining ASEAN relations
Many Afghans pack their bags, hoping for the chance to leave
Myanmar bars Suu Kyi’s lawyer from talking about her cases
Mexico City: criminal charges brought in subway collapse
Shredded Banksy artwork sells for $25.4 million at auction
Sports
Breakfast Blogs
Here’s an Update From Our Doctor Friend in Arkansas on the Situation in Hospitals There Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Marina Medvin’s Client Signs a Plea with the Potential of a Terrorism Enhancement emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
I could learn to love this voter suppression scheme… Betty Cracker, Balloon Juice
The Jan 6 Commission Is Not Going To Put Up With Your Bullshit WaterGirl, Balloon Juice
Get Ry Cooder to Sing My Eulogy Four Seasons Total Landscaping mistermix, Balloon Juice
The Sinema conundrum digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullbaloo
Back from the brink Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
House Democrats Decide To Hand Facebook The Internet By Unconstitutionally Taking Section 230 Away From Algorithms Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Court Says Google Translate Isn’t Reliable Enough To Determine Consent For A Search Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Bobby Lee: traitor, slaver, pompous windbag Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Do generations exist? Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Global Tax Loopholes Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Never Trumpers In Disarray! driftglass, at his blog
SINEMA CLEARLY WANTS TO RUN AGAIN, BUT ON WHICH BALLOT LINE? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
#Striketober Continues: 10,000 John Deere Workers ON STRIKE Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Herschel Walker, New To Politics, Realizes That Comparing Vaccine Mandates To The Holocaust Is Bad Idea Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Court Boots Wingnut CO Election Official For Patriotically Breaking County’s Voting Machines Liz Dye, Wonkette
David Barton Still Liar Evan Hurst, Wonkette