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
Russian cosmonaut first man to walk in space; Mahatma Gandhi is sent to prison for civic disobedience, Italy’s Mussolini agrees to enter WWII; Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube removed; Singer John Philips dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
Breakfast News
Hospitals fear shortage of ventilators for virus patients
One mask a day for doctors in virus epicenter of Washington
Trump moves to blunt coronavirus’ heavy impact on US economy
US slashes testing rules to speedup coronavirus screening
More wipes, no jeans: Amazon limits shipments to warehouses
Detroit 3, UAW agree on measures to keep plants running
Idaho bill targets transgender birth certificate changes
Giant Hawaii telescope cost estimate increases to $2.4B
Ex-California Rep. Duncan Hunter gets 11 months in prison
Disruption frenzy: Nations try to slow virus, aid economies
Italy struggles to make room for onslaught of virus patients
Iran warns virus could kill ‘millions’ in Islamic Republic
Putin orders Russian constitutional vote despite virus fears
The Latest: Wuhan reports 1 new viral infection for 2nd day
EU to ban most foreign travelers for 30 days to curb virus
As virus shuts down cities in Europe, pollution drops
Breakfast Blogs
We Need to Find a Way for Trump to Resign From Our Daily Lives Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
At First, KT McFarland Told a Similarly Misleading Version of the Story Mike Flynn Will Be Pardoned For emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, empthwheel
Short Posts About Women And Gender: Sexism in Politics, Online and In House-Cleaning; New Definition of Feminism And Some Fun Stuff Echidne, at her blog
Oh good. Pompeo has kept state department employees in the dark during a global crisis. digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The Single Most Important Act the Trump Administration Could Take Right Now tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
What a difference a plague makes Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Huhllabaloo
The Legally Troubling Treatment of COVID-19 Meetings as Classified Matthew Collette, Just Security
What Happened to FISA Reform? Margaret Taylor, Lawfare
Outflanked again! Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Does Pelosi Remember that this is not a normal presidency? Dan Nexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner Shakezula, Lawyers, Guns and Money
How long can quarantine measures be maintained? Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Unintentional Gallows Humor Still Widely Available driftglass, at his blog
Plague Diary Yastreblansky, The Rectification of Names
SO I GUESS SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES WON’T POLICE CORONAVIRUS DENIALISM, EITHER Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Look What Bill Barr Just Did While You Were Busy With Coronavirus Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Why Is Newt F*cking Gingrich Still On Our TV? Liz Dye, Wonkette
Be Like Texas (Or Bexar County At Least) And Stop Sending Minor Offenders To Coronavirus Jail! Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Maine Landlord: It’s A Crisis, So I’m Not Collecting Rent Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
France: YOU’RE FIRED! Wait, No, NOBODY’S Fired, Everyone Keeps Their Jobs, Hooray! Robyn Penacchia, Wonkette