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
Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in as president and vows to lead America out of the Great Depression; President Ronald Reagan takes responsibility for the Iran-Contra affair; The AAA is founded.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
Breakfast News
Tensions rise as US death toll from coronavirus reaches 9
San Antonio: CDC planned to drop cruise passengers at mall
Federal juries penalize Chicago in lawsuits against police
Exxon outlines its steps to reduce harmful methane emissions
Mississippi seeks abortion ban for race, sex, genetic error
Frustration rising over lack of access to coronavirus tests
Wisconsin hosts largest technical dairy competition in world
An NCAA Tournament with empty arenas? It can’t be ruled out
Looking for hand sanitizer? Good luck finding it
Kim’s sister’s 1st official remarks hint at elevated status
Ukraine’s prime minister submits resignation, lawmakers say
Netanyahu’s future still uncertain after Israeli election
UN agency: Iran nearly triples stockpile of enriched uranium
Virus crisis ebbs in China, spreads fear across the West
North Korean swagger may conceal brewing virus disaster
Trade show blues: Exhibitions go virtual as virus spreads
Breakfast Blogs
You Can Find What Happened to America at the Border of Bristol, Tennessee and Bristol, Virginia Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
It’s Easy to [Claim to] Attribute Hacks to CIA after a One Month Trial on CIA’s Tools
US COVID-19 Cases Now Spreading Due To Trump’s Testing Restrictions And Dismantling Of Pandemic Response Teams Jim White, emptywheel
Trump already had his “Mission Accomplished” moment digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Respectable Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Starbucks and Its Workers Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
How Primaries Work driftglass, at his blog
Literary Corner: Everything Will Be Just Fine Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
The Coronavirus Reveals the Need for a Strong Federal Government The Rude Pundit, at his blog
It’s March 3, 2020. WHO WANNA TALK ABOUT HILLARY’S EMAILS? Evan Hurst, Wonkette
We Read Devin Nunes’s WaPo Libelslander Suit And Boy Is Our Brain Stupid Liz Dye, Wonkette
A Children’s Treasury Of Chris Matthews Being The Actual Worst Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Trump Explores Treating Coronavirus By Throwing Officials Under Bus Dooktor Zoom, Wonkette
Coronavirus Update: Schools Close, Shoppers Put A Squeeze On Charmin Supplies Stephen Robinson, Wonkette