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
Saddam Hussein executed; Chicago fire kills 600; Vladimir Lenin proclaims establishment of the Soviet Union; United Auto Workers union stage first “sit-down” strike; Musician Bo Diddley is born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Grief starts to become indulgent, and it doesn’t serve anyone, and it’s painful. But if you transform it into remembrance, then you’re magnifying the person you lost and also giving something of that person to other people, so they can experience something of that person.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Los Angeles hospitals shifting to ‘crisis care’
VIRUS TODAY: State legislatures to convene amid pandemic
1st reported US case of COVID-19 variant found in Colorado
‘Like a bathtub filling up’: Alabama is slammed by the virus
California lockdowns extended as some hospitals limit care
Storm brings heavy snow, closes Nebraska virus testing sites
‘Dark period’: Killings spike in NYC amid pandemic, unrest
In a year of pain, one silver lining: fewer mass shootings
Minneapolis officials outline new police disciplinary plan
Feds decline charges against officers in Tamir Rice case
Officer who sought warrant at Taylor home could be dismissed
Mass. Legislature overrides veto, expands access to abortion
Major rail safety technology installed before deadline
New US dietary guidelines: No candy, cake for kids under 2
Statue of slave kneeling before Lincoln is removed in Boston
US Politics
Trump’s $2,000 checks stall in Senate as GOP blocks vote
Biden criticizes pace of vaccine rollout, vows to accelerate
Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to take Wisconsin case
With deadline looming, group wants more census documents
White House wins ruling on disclosing health care prices
International News
UK hospitals struggle; tougher rules eyed to fight variant
Thailand imposes new restrictions amid coronavirus outbreak
President returns to Algeria, reports recovery from COVID-19
Argentine Senate weighs fate of abortion in pope’s homeland
6.3 earthquake kills 7 in Croatia, leaves others missing
EXPLAINER: Brexit ends Britons’ right to live and work in EU
Sports
Arizona men’s basketball self-imposes 1-year postseason ban
Tide’s DeVonta Smith the 1st WR to win AP Player of the Year
Browns add 2 more players to crowded COVID-19 reserve list
Steelers to sit Roethlisberger for finale against Browns
Breakfast Blogs
The Proud Boys Don’t Have to Go Home, But They Can’t Stay Here Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Three Types (Thus Far) of Trump Mueller Pardons emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The law is coming digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
A year of living dangerously Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Mitch McConnell Using Section 230 Repeal As A Poison Pill To Avoid $2k Stimulus Checks Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Section 230 Isn’t A Subsidy; It’s A Rule Of Civil Procedure Cathy Gellis, Techdirt
No Surprises Here: Presidential Commission On Law Enforcement Repeats Calls For Anti-Encryption Legislation Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Federal Judge, the Sister of Stacey Abrams, Halts Georgia Voter Purge Ahead of Runoff Elections Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Off white: A preliminary taxonomy Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
He could not possibly be better at this Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Leave Your Best Progressives Where They Can Leverage the Most Power! Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Thomas Becket and Stupid Shit Andrew Sullivan Says driftglass, at his blog
May the Force Bewitch You Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Haiku Review of 2020: Fetch the Bolt Cutters The Rude Pundit, at his blog
THE PARTY WITH THE RADICAL REPUTATION VS. THE PARTY THAT’S ACTUALLY RADICAL Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Trump Tried To Ban Teaching About Racism. Judge Says Eat Sh*t. Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Lucky Black Folks Enjoy One Last Karen Encounter For 2020! Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Proud Boys Get Deplatformed. Literally. Liz Dye, Wonkette
White House Commemorates Holy Martyr Who Died For Liberty. Whatever Could It Mean? Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
You’ve Heard About His Dumbass Lawsuit. Now Read The GOHMERT MANIFESTO! Evan Hurst, Wonkette