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
Slobodan Milosevic arrested; American forces invade Okinawa; Nazi Germany begins persecuting Jews; Soul singer Marvin Gaye is shot to death by his father.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.
Breakfast News
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
US warship captain seeks crew isolation as virus spreads
Kids under threat: Virus hitting juvenile detention centers
Florida docking plan in the works for ill-fated cruise ships
Regulators mull reversing $462M increase in PG&E fire fines
Louisiana spillway may open for record 3rd consecutive year
Ex-wildlife chief: Trump rule could kill billions of birds
Nursing homes have too few body bags, many uncounted dead
Europe’s hospitals among the best but can’t handle pandemic
EU launches new naval mission to police Libya arms embargo
Ukraine approves legislation in a bid for IMF aid
UN begins home food drops for Gaza’s needy to stem virus
Wuhan’s favorite noodles are back as virus-hit city recovers
Un-baaaaa-lievable: Goats invade locked-down Welsh town
Breakfast Blogs
Maybe Don’t Keep Navy Sailors on a Plague Ship Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Larry Hogan, Ralph Northam, and Muriel Bowser Asked for a Federal Testing Site … Two Weeks Ago emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Research Misinfo/Disinfo: Check Experts’ Homework Rayne, emptywheel
Dr. Trump thinks he’s discovered a new cure digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Managing us or managing the virus? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Ethics in a Pandemic Jessica Davis, Just Security
Summary: Justice Department Inspector General Memorandum on FBI Compliance With FISA Procedures Jeremy Gordon, Lawfare
Scientists identify first object to exceed the speed of light Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Red Governors Take the Blue Pill Chris Kosci, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Behold, for I have become a progressive concern troll Dan Nexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Trump Must Resign or Be Removed from the Presidency The Rude Pundit, at his blog
Literary Corner: We’ve All Learned Something Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
GRIFTERS, BUT THEY’RE NOT EVEN GOOD AT IT Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
You Need To Hear How President Mouth-Idiot Talks To Governors About Coronavirus Evan Hurst, Wonkette
General Electric Workers Would Like To Make Some Ventilators, Please Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Matt Gaetz Demands Senator Richard Burr’s Ouster For Stock Dumping. Must Be That Time Of The Month Again. Liz Dye, Wonkette