The Breakfast Club (Dishonesty)

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

Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There’s no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn’t a gift. It’s a responsibility.

Dalton Trumbo

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

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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

Federal Court Says Sanctions Are On The Way For Portland PD Over Violations Of Protest Restraining Orders

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