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
The 1993 bombing of New York’s World Trade Center; President Ronald Reagan rebuked over Iran-Contra; France’s Napoleon Bonaparte escapes exile on Elba; Singers Fats Domino and Johnny Cash born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
We were talking about the space between us all and the people who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion. Never glimpse the truth – then it’s far too late when they pass away.
Breakfast News
New Mexico governor to sheriffs: Enforce gun law or resign
Migrant detention center to open after conditions stir anger
Study begins in US to test possible coronavirus treatment
US Supreme Court upholds death sentences of Arizona man
Inmate seeks end to solitary over refusal to cut dreadlocks
Drugmaker Mallinckrodt reaches $1.6B opioid settlement
Indian nation destroys own buildings over leadership dispute
US lobstermen may see relief from steep Chinese tariffs
New Orleans celebrates end of Mardi Gras touched by tragedy
Greece: Clashes on islands over new migrant camps
Brazilian politicians avoid Carnival as they become targets
East Africa’s huge locust outbreak now spreads to Congo
Violence in Indian capital casts shadow over Trump’s visit
‘Time is everything’: World braces for spread of new virus
Pakistani woman accused of blasphemy seeks asylum in France
Breakfast Blogs
Let’s Check In With Our Rapidly Devolving Federal Judicial System Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Hot and Cold Running Mike Pompeo and Other Ridiculous WikiLeaks Defense Claims emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
A very sick Black Swan digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
“Going viral” takes on a whole new meaning Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
NPR Pulls Out The Big Guns: Asks For Sanctions Against Lawyer Steven Biss For Lying Mike Masnick, Techdirt
The “Democrat” No One Needs Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The case for Sanders’ electability appears to turn on unprecedented levels of turnout by young left-leaning voters Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
For the Record: Obstruction by Obfuscation Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
IF THERE ARE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKS IN AMERICA, HOW WILL REPUBLICANS DEMAGOGUE THEM? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Donald Trump Thinks He Is ‘America.’ If That Doesn’t Horrify You, You Aren’t Paying Enough Attention. Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Trump’s Bizarro CFPB Wants To Let Debt Collectors Hound You About Money You No Longer Owe Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Supreme Court Pretty Sure Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses Just A Bunch Of Mooches Anyway Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Coronavirus Causing Right-Wing PanDUMBic Of Epidemic Proportions, GET IT? GET IT? GET IT? Doktor Zoom, Wonkette