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
American Civil War effectively ends; Iraq celebrates collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime;NASA announces first seven astronauts dubbed the Mercury Seven; Marian Anderson performs at the Lincoln Memorial; Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every 10 minutes.
Breakfast News
5 things to know today – that aren’t about the virus
DC fights to enforce distancing and braces for looming surge
Feds eye loosening rules to allow some to return to work
Wisconsin’s pandemic election puts focus on state’s court
Outcry over racial data grows as virus slams black Americans
California to buy 200 million masks a month amid outbreak
Some doctors moving away from ventilators for virus patients
EPA proposes buyout of homes contaminated by arsenic mine
Cats, dogs, Quillie the hedgehog source of comfort in crisis
Countries start thinking about easing up on restrictions
Saudi officials announce Yemen cease-fire amid pandemic
Italy, Spain ICU pressures decline, but emotional toll rises
Saudi Arabia halts parental visitation rulings to curb virus
Bridge collapses in Italy, newest crumbling infrastructure
Breakfast Blogs
Bernie Sanders Taught Democrats How to Be Impatient Again Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Very Specific Details about the COVID Warnings from the “Deep State” emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Happy Pesachdigbyala Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Bound but not protected Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Why Is Trump’s Inspector General Purge Not a National Scandal? Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare
Tom Friedman is Both Lazy and Stupid. driftglass, at his blog
Random Observations on the End of the Democratic Primaries The Rude Pundit, at his blog
CONSERVATISM’S SECOND MOST INFLUENTIAL VIRUS EXPERT DIDN’T KNOW THERE’S A FLU VACCINE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Trump Will Vote By Mail. The Rest Of You People Can Vote By Dying. Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Martin Shkreli Wants Out Of Prison To Save Us All From The Coronavirus Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
The 565,286 Worst Lies Fox News Is Telling Your Nana About Coronavirus RIGHT THIS SECOND Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Gavin Newsom Has HAD ENOUGH Doktor Zoom, Wonkette