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
Germany’s Reichstag burns, giving the Nazis under Adolf Hitler a pretext to seize absolute power; A cease-fire ends the Persian Gulf War; Actress Elizabeth Taylor born; Children’s TV host Fred Rogers dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
I think that the thing that we learned back in the day of the civil rights movement is that you do have to keep on keeping on.
Breakfast News
Court sides with Trump in ‘sanctuary cities’ grant fight
New US coronavirus case may be 1st from unknown origin
Colorado poised to become 22nd state with no death penalty
Utility to pay $53M for blasts that damaged homes, killed 1
Court: Migrant child with head injury can see neurologist
Kansas struggles with details of legalizing sports betting
Neo-Nazi leaders face conspiracy charges on both coasts
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Salt Lake City vows transparency, frugality in Olympic bid
Cambodian refugee deported 2 years ago returns to US
Ex-Kremlin aide says Ukraine will never reclaim rebel east
World battles virus epidemic as cases multiply outside China
Greek islanders attack riot police in migrant camp protests
Death toll rises to 24 from Delhi riots during Trump trip
Spain takes first European moves against Plácido Domingo
Breakfast Blogs
What a Day It’s Been for the Paranoid Little Terrarium That Is the Modern Conservative Mind Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The State of Play: Joshua Schulte and Julian Assange emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Preparing For The Inevitable Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak Jim White, emptywheel
The latest in creeping fascism digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Some People Just Don’t Know When to… tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Shouting “change” into a power vacuum Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Let the Rule of Law Rule Law Enforcement: Reflections on the Current Attorney General’s Tenure Stuart M. Gerson, Just Security
New York District Attorney Files Brief in Supreme Court Case Seeking Access to Trump’s Financial Records Eliot Setzer, Lawfare
Who Moved Tom Friedman’s Cheese? Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The absurdity of Joe Biden Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Who Does Amy Kloubchar Think Goes to College? Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Shouty Shout Shout “Debate” driftglass, at his blog
For the Record: Cherokee Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
The Democratic Debate of the Damned The Rude Pundit, at his blog
COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY, DOMESTIC EDITION Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Roger Stone’s Genius Lawyers Pretty Sure Scary Black Lady Tricked Them Into Botching Jury Selection Liz Dye, Wonkette
Is Acting DNI Ric Grenell A Literal Actual Foreign Agent Like Michael Flynn? No, He Couldn’t Possibly! Evan Hurst, Wonkette
James O’Keefe EXPOSES ABC News Reporter As Thoughtful Journalist, So Obviously ABC Suspended Him Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Chris Matthews Thinks Mike Bloomberg Too Busy Chopping Down Cherry Trees To Lie About Mistreating Women Stephen Robinson, Wonkette