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
Jefferson Davis dies in New Orleans; Four people die at a free Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont Speedway in Livermore, California; America’s first attempt to put a satellite into orbit fails; Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck is born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.
Breakfast News
US News
Cruise ship with COVID-19 infections arrives in New Orleans
Fauci says early reports encouraging about omicron variant
US drugstores squeezed by vaccine demand, staff shortages
BP oil spill fund: $103M to projects in 3 Gulf states
Dictionary.com anoints allyship word of the year for 2021
Homeowner tries to smoke out snakes, burns down house
Skiing Santas back to shredding Maine slopes for charity
US Politics
Both sides planning for new state-by-state abortion fight
Northam to remove Lee statue pedestal, transfer land to city
Senate leader, presidential candidate Bob Dole dies at 98
International News
Belgian police use water, tear gas on COVID-19 protesters
Putin hopes WHO soon approves Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine
Japan’s military, among world’s strongest, looks to build
Dominican Republic expels, mistreats Haitians, activists say
India hosts Putin as it balances ties with Russia, US
Death toll rises to 13 in Indonesia volcano eruption
Sports
Horne, Heath’s 3 help Arizona State beat Oregon 69-67 in OT
Ohio State opens Big Ten play with 76-64 win over Penn State
Streak continues: Tua, Dolphins hold off Giants, win 20-9
Washington rallies for 4th straight win, 17-15 over Raiders
LA Rams snap 3-game skid, roll over Jacksonville 37-7
Steelers turn away Ravens 20-19 after failed 2-point attempt
Chiefs keep AFC West lead with 22-9 victory over Broncos
Seahawks hold on late for wild 30-23 win over 49ers
Dynamic duo: Brady, Gronk lead Bucs past Falcons 30-17
Winless no more: Lions top Vikes 29-27 for 1st W in Week 13
Murray throws for 2 TDs, runs for 2 as Cardinals beat Bears
Short-handed Hornets lean on 3-pointers, top Hawks 130-127
Siakam scores 31 to help Raptors beat Wizards 102-90
Wheeler plays 1,000th NHL game, Jets top Maple Leafs 6-3
Dadonov, Pacioretty, Roy lift Vegas over Calgary, 3-2
Kempe’s two goals help put Kings over Oilers, 5-1
Blackhawks win 3-2 in SO; Islanders lose 11th straight game
Perry, McDonagh lead Lightning in 7-1 win over flat Flyers
Breakfast Blogs
John Kennedy Is the Biggest Faker in the United States Senate, and That’s Saying Something Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Rudy’s Phones Defy Guarantees We’d Know of an Investigation into Trump emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The SC(R)OTUS ‘Choices for Me, But Not for Thee’ Option: Brood ‘Em, Birth ‘Em, Drop ‘Em Off Anne Laurie, Balloon Juice
We Are Already Right of Boom! Russian Irredentism Towards Ukraine, the US’s & NATO’s Response, & Ukraine’s Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
Some Very Fine People digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Is our republic unconstitutional? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Movin’ to Montana Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
THE ARREST OF THE CRUMBLEYS OPENS UP WHOLE NEW VISTAS OF RIGHT-WING WHATABOUTISM Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog