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
Bomb attack on Madrid’s commuter trains; Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic found dead; Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of Soviet Union; General Douglas MacArthur leaves Philippines in WWII.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
Breakfast News
US warns 7 companies over fraudulent coronavirus claims
Infected cruise ship unloads passengers in California
First recreational pot shop in a major East Coast city opens
Trainers, vets, others charged in racehorse-drugging scheme
Sesame’s Count wants to get young children counted in census
Italy expands lockdown, Israel tightens entry to halt virus
Stocks, oil plunge over global fight for crude production
UN watchdog: Iran providing access to active nuclear sites
EU, Turkey to review migrant deal as border tensions simmer
Mexico: Thousands stay in to protest violence against women
Breakfast Blogs
Who the Hell Wants Another Four Years of This? Charles P, Pierce, Esquire Politics
Judge Crotty Declares a Mistrial in Joshua Schulte Case emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
John Galt Is Impotent In A Pandemic Jim White, emptywheel
Fiscal Policy For The COVID-19 Outbreak Ed Walker, emptywheel
On Gender Norms And Women’s Roles. Results From UNDP Surveys. Echidne, at her blog
It’s a major, major crisis digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Read This tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Gimme shelter Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Congressional Homeland Security Committees Seek Ways to Support State, Federal Responses to COVID-19 William Ford, Lawfare
Matthew Dowd is a Fundamentally Ridiculous Person driftglass, at his blog
For the Record: Team Spirit Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
UNDERCOUNTING THE CASUALTIES: HEY, IT’S WORKED BEFORE (updated) Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Relax, America: President LoudStupid’s Tweets Will See Us Through This Crisis Evan Hurst, Wonkette
DON’T PANIC! Cause It Won’t Help Anyway. Liz Dye, Wonkette
NRCC’s ‘Socialism Madness’ Ad Will Scare Stupid People S**less Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Trump Fails To Stop Coronavirus Because He Can’t Come Up With Mean Nickname Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Mean FDA Won’t Let Jim Bakker Say His Magic Silver Solution Cures Coronavirus, Just Because It Doesn’t Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette