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
Rosa Parks is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama; Former communist official Sergei Kirov is assassinated in Leningrad; Beatlemania arrives in America; Actor and director Woody Allen is born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
There’s a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Red Cross chief urges vaccine ‘fake news’ fight
Moderna asking US, European regulators to OK its virus shots
Americans face new COVID-19 restrictions after Thanksgiving
Millions may be getting shortchanged on unemployment benefits, GAO finds
Judge: Detained immigrants must see a judge within 10 days
Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump’s census plan
Wisconsin, Arizona certify Biden wins in presidential vote
Top secret: Biden gets access to President’s Daily Brief
Dr. Scott Atlas resigns from Trump administration
Former astronaut Mark Kelly to be sworn in as a US senator Wednesday
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to leave telecom agency on January 20
Alligators can regrow their tails, new study finds
Internationals News
Turkey toughens curfew measures amid coronavirus surge
UN: Skiing may not spread coronavirus but slopes still risky
IMF: Greek debt sustainable despite pandemic-linked spike
French lawmakers to rewrite proposed bill on filming police
German police probe mystery of missing giant phallus statue
Sports
The Latest: 49ers, Rams tied at 20 late
On Football: Getting to January a major challenge for NFL
Ravens-Steelers rescheduled again by COVID-19 to Wednesday
49ers to play 2 upcoming home games in Arizona
AP Top 25 Reality Check: Elite 8 gridlock for another week
The Latest: Florida heads to ‘Bubbleville’ for hoop games
South Carolina remains No. 1 in women’s AP Top 25; Texas in
Gonzaga, Baylor stay atop AP Top 25; Va. Tech, Richmond in
Breakfast Blogs
Joe Biden Seems to Be on Board With This Blog’s First Rule of Economics: F*ck The Deficit. People Got No Jobs. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Trump Team Covered Up Flynn’s Calls in Real Time emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Training the next generation of MAGAs digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Stay Alive! Act Now To Stop A Christmas Death Surge Spocko, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Paper ballots and paper tigers Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
DOJ Files Trump’s Pardon of Michael Flynn in Judge Sullivan’s Court — Here’s What It Says Matt Naham, Law & Crime
Federal Judge Advances Lawsuit Accusing Felix Sater of Laundering Loot Through Trump Properties Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Justice Alito Ripped for Repeatedly Ignoring That It Was Justice Sotomayor’s Turn to Speak Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Federal Appeals Court Affirms It’s ‘Implausible—Indeed Inconceivable’ That County Clerk Could Be Prosecuted Due to New York’s ‘Green Light Law’ Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
https://www.lawfareblog.com/gsa-delayed-bidens-transition-future-presidents-elect-could-sue-speed-things Lawson Fite, Lawfare
The Laffer Curve of Death Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Arizona and Wisconsin certify their votes Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Today In “Burn The Lifeboats” News: The National Review Goes Full Crypto-Anarcho-Tankie-Commie driftglass, at his blog
For the Record: Populism, Hawley-Style Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
SUFFERING TO PROVE TRIBAL LOYALTY, EXCEPT WITHOUT THE SUFFERING PART Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Trump Campaign Pays $3 Million To Get Biden 87 More Votes In Wisconsin Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
The Trumps Bug Out Ali Davis, Wonkette
The Devil Went Down To Georgia, He Was Looking For An Election To Steal Liz Dye, Wonkette
Who Wants To Watch Rudy Giuliani Play Telephone With His Own Butt? Evan hurst, Wonkette
End Times Guy Rick Wiles Hoping Trump Will Kill Us All By Firing Squad In Next Month Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
New GOP Reps Creating Super-Cool Anti-Squad For Cool Kids Called ‘Freedom Force,’ Isn’t That So Cool? Stephen Robinson, Wonkette