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
Uncle Sam cartoon debuts; Law prohibiting teaching evolution goes into effect; Deadly rampage at Scottish elementary school; Brigadoon opens on Broadway.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
When nobody is paying attention, anything is possible.
Breakfast News
The Latest: Oregon to get fraction of protective gear needed
Virus testing is a ‘failing,’ leaving cases uncounted
The city sleeps: New York bans big gatherings, museums close
Who Canceled: A look at the concerts, films, events on hold
US surveillance powers set to temporarily expire
Pelosi says agreement near with White House on virus aid
Montana, Navajo company reach deal on mine to waive immunity
Impact of pandemic stretches from schools to world’s leaders
Iran asks for billions in loans as virus death toll climbs
Asian shares plunge after Wall Street’s worst day since ’87
F1 cancels season-opening Australian GP amid virus concerns
Canada: Trudeau wife tests positive for new virus
Opposition’s street protests losing appeal in Venezuela
Fuel, flour, diapers: Cubans turn to social media for basics
Breakfast Blogs
A Wingnut Is Posing as a Coronavirus Tough Guy. He Is the Governor of South Carolina. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Hours before She Attempted to Kill Herself, Prosecutors May Have Told Chelsea Manning that Julian Assange Is a Russian Spy emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
We Are In A Liminal Space In The COVID-19 Outbreak Jim White, emptywheel
Nothing to see here, people. Move along digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Graceless, classless, heartless Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Universal Health Care is a National Security Issue Jacob S. Hacker and Oona Hathaway, Just Security
Gross Incompetence Matters Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
What if the incompetence doesn’t ameliorate the malevolence? Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Old, mad, despised Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
WE’RE AT RISK NOT BECAUSE TRUMP IS AN EGOMANIAC, BUT BECAUSE HE’S AN INEPT EGOMANIAC Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Supreme Court Not Too Concerned About Coronavirus, Says Asylum-Seekers Can Just Stay In Cages In Mexico Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Wonksplainer: WHAR CORONAVIRUS VACCINE? Carlos Sagan, Wonkette
Harvey Weinstein Finally Gets (Some Of) What He Deserves Liz Dye, Wonkette
Guess Who Wrote Trump’s Very Stupid Bad Awful Racist Numbnuts Coronavirus Address? NO, YOU GUESS! Evan Hurst, Wonkette
You Can’t Get Coronavirus From Doggies And Kitties. Here, You Probably Need Some! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette