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
American and British forces invade Iraq; U.S. soldiers charged in Abu Ghraib scandal; France’s Napoleon regains power; ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’; Sarin attack hits Tokyo subway; John Lennon marries Yoko Ono.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.
Breakfast News
California governor orders statewide stay-at-home order
Trump administration replaces counterterrorism chief
Most renters will not receive protections under WH proposal
National parks are free, but some oppose that amid the virus
Oregon primary elections, by mail, to proceed as planned
News organizations drop paywall for coronavirus information
Italian death toll overtakes China’s as virus spreads
Chinese factories face new threat: US anti-virus controls
Israelis accuse Netanyahu of exploiting virus to keep power
Germany bans anti-Semitic group, raids homes
New Zealand passes landmark law to decriminalize abortion
Europeans sing health workers’ praises nightly from windows
Breakfast Blogs
It’s Time to Quarantine the Crazy Coming Out of the White House Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Where’s Mike Pompeo? digby aka Meather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
What Amanda Sez tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
What’s this smoke blowing up my ass? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Trump Administration Has Not Earned Privilege to Speak Anonymously — Especially During a National Crisis David Lapan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Judge Enjoins Trump Administration’s Easing of Restrictions on 3-D Gun Blueprints Eric Halliday and Rachael Hannna, Just Security
The Trump virus Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
What if Hillary Was President During the Pandemic? Rik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Pardon My Outflanking Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
What Will The GOP Doing During Peak and Post-COVID-19? driftglass, at his blog
Why It Matters That Trump Is Calling COVID-19 “the Chinese Virus” The Rude Pundit, at his blog
WE EAT NORMAL STUFF — WE’RE AMERICANS! Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Ron DeSantis Will Close Florida’s Beaches. By October, At The Latest! Liz Dye, Wonkette
Trump’s Daily Coronavirus Bullsh*t, Or Who Or What The Hell Is ‘Chanel Rion’? Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Elizabeth Warren Knows How Army And WALL Can Make Themselves Useful Right About Now Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
If You Won’t Say ‘Chinese Virus,’ You’re Just Not Serious About Stopping This Pandemic! Stephen Robinson, Wonkette