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
Patrick Henry declares, ‘Give me liberty, or give me death,’ German parliament grants Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers, President Reagan proposes anti-nuke ‘Star Wars’ program, Movie ‘Titanic’ wins 11 Oscars.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program – your tax-dollar will go further.
Breakfast News
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
Chaos, inconsistency mark launch of drive-thru virus testing
Virus outbreak means (mis)information overload: How to cope
US tourists stranded abroad desperate to secure return
Nations’s capital trying to keep crowds from cherry blossoms
IOC looking at postponing Tokyo Olympics; Canada pulls out
Italy’s restrictions grow more specific in bid to slow virus
Croatia quake injures 17 amid partial coronavirus lockdown
As virus spreads, Africa gets supplies from China’s Jack Ma
Virus rebels from France to Florida flout lockdown practices
Africa’s mountain gorillas also at risk from coronavirus
Belgian with 20% lung capacity starts home mask sewing army
Breakfast Blogs
With Two Words, Andrew Cuomo Established Himself as the Leader This Country Needs Now Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
How the Concord Management Prosecution Fell Apart emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
“Everything is really under control” digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Brazilians Get It tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Life during wartime Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
War with Coronavirus and Lack of “Armor” for Medical Personnel Dr. Melissa Bender and Ryan Goodman, Just security
How to make Dubya look like Winston Churchill Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Mint! That! Coin! Steven Attewell, Lawyers, Guns and Money
They Really Believe This Shit Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Mr. Bret on the Plague Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
PRESIDENT HILLARY WOULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB — IF SHE’D BEEN ALLOWED Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog