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
Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy; a searing image from the Vietnam War; Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran, ending years of exile; actor Clark Gable born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth.
Breakfast News
Planned Parenthood to resume abortions at Kentucky clinic
Medical professionals battle virus misinformation online
Facebook fights spread of misinformation about virus online
US bars foreigners coming from China for now over virus fear
FDA approves first treatment for kids with peanut allergy
FCC: At least 1 phone company broke law by sharing location
Brexit turns sea crossing into journey through dimensions
Australian wildfires fan argument over impact of arsonists
Breakfast Blogs
Rudy Giuliani Isn’t the ‘Hand Grenade’ That Blows Everything Up. John Bolton Is. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Mike Flynn Seizes the Rope to Hang Himself With: Pick Your Perjury emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Trump has intentionally rendered our pandemic response incapable Digby’s Hullabaloo
Proof of concept Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
John Bolton’s Silence — Here’s how he could lawfully break it Jameel Jaffer and Ramya Krishnan, Just Security
The Authoritarian Arguments for Trump’s Acquittal Quinta Jurecic, Alan Z. Rozenshtein, Lawfare
Some people have to play their little games Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Economic Populism of Donald Trump Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
What Good Things Did George Wallace Do? Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
A Year From Now, I’ll Be Very Surprised If There Is Not Some Grand Square in Washington D.C… driftglass, st his blog
A Senate Trial Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
TAKE THE MITCH McCONNELL MEMORY CHALLENGE! (updated) Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
No Impeachment, No Problem! Bolton’s Got Leaks FOREVER Liz Dye, Wonkette
Pick Another White Guy To Take Off Your Money Because Stacey Abrams Is Gonna Be President Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Lamar Alexander Cuts President Baby In Half, Everyone Pleased! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette