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
St. Patrick dies; President George W. Bush gives Saddam Hussein 48 hour ultimatum; Franklin D. Roosevelt gets married; Baseball players including Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa testify to congress about steroid use.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
It’s not that the Irish are cynical. It’s rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.
Breakfast News
US governors expand shut downs amid coronavirus concerns
AP Exclusive: Coronavirus vaccine test opens with 1st doses
Hit by virus, US airlines seek aid far exceeding post-9/11
Senate votes to renew surveillance powers, delaying changes
Supreme Court postpones arguments because of virus outbreak
US census faces challenges counting small, poor Latino towns
Court approves PG&E’s $23B bankruptcy financing package
SAT and ACT college tests canceled because of virus fears
Distilleries using high-proof alcohol to make hand sanitizer
‘Don’t stop’: When Carnegie Hall canceled, show went on
The Latest: Venezuelans in quarantine, NZ expects recession
G-7 leaders try to ease tension, vow to coordinate on virus
UK ramps up virus fight: no pubs, 12-week isolation for some
France says people must stay home to slow spread of virus
Virus toll in Iran climbs as lockdowns deepen across Mideast
New Africa coronavirus crisis looms with internal spread
‘There is nothing now’: Syrians in Idlib fear end nearing
Breakfast Blogs
Joe Biden Is a Party Man. Will He Go Along With the Party’s New Progressive Direction? Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Yevgeniy Prigozhin Wins His Asymmetric Legal War against DOJ emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
How South Korea got ahead of the curve digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Free MAGA Publicity tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Mugged by COVID-19 Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Lessons Ignored: John Bolton’s Bogus Defense of “Streamlining” Away Our Bio-Readiness Jeremy Konyndyk, Just Security
Lessons for America: How South Korean Authorities Used Law to Fight the Coronavirus Brian Kim, Lawfare
What Kind of Endgame Does the Sanders Campaign Want? Dan Nexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Epistemic closure will get people killed Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Sacrifice Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Roasted Cauliflower and Onion Gratin with Bacon Vacuumslayer, Lawyers, Guns and Money
https://nomoremister.blogspot.com/2020/03/scientists-mayors-and-governors.html Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Federal Reserve Brings A Banana To A Gunfight, THIS IS FINE Lix Dye, Wonkette
Badass Judge: NO SNAP CUTS FOR YOU! Robyn Penacchia, Wonkette
Mitt Romney Wants To Give YOU $1,000 Plus An Obamaphone!
Take Heart, America: Mitch McConnell Still Piece Of Sh*t Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Trump Presser Only 80 Percent Lies This Time, So That’s Crazy! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette