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
ope John Paul II shot; English colonists arrive at what becomes Jamestown; Winston Churchill gives his first speech as British prime minister; The U.S. declares war on Mexico; Singer Stevie Wonder born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Happy 90th Birthday, Senator Gravel
It’s like going into the Senate. You know, the first time you get there, you’re all excited, ‘My God, how did I ever get here?’ Then, about six months later, you say, ‘How the hell did the rest of them get here?’
Breakfast News
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
AP Exclusive: CDC docs stress plans for more virus flareups
Fauci warns: More death, econ damage if US reopens too fast
Supreme Court appears likely to reject Trump immunity claim
Judge puts off approving US request to dismiss Flynn case
House rescue package includes $25 billion for Postal Service
Telethon raises $115M for New Yorkers impacted by COVID-19
Coronavirus hits world superpowers as some look to reopen
Brazil cities lurch to lockdowns amid virus crisis red flags
Militants storm maternity clinic in Afghan capital, kill 16
Doctors and nurses suffered as Iran ignored virus concerns
Russian hospital fires prompt investigation into ventilators
Indian LG plant lacked environmental clearance before leak
COVID-19 confirmed in crowded UN-run camp in South Sudan
Asia Today: New Zealand has no new cases for 2nd day
Shrieks of excitement as panda cub makes video appearance
Breakfast Blogs
If Congress Gets Trump’s Financial Records He Might Shank One on the Golf Course Charles P. Pierce, Esquire POlitics
Emmet Sullivan Tells Potential Amici Not to Bug Him Yet emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
We have prevailed? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
We Couldn’t Keep It tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The Senate Proposes Five Amendments to FISA Reform Margaret Taylor, Lawfare
The Sound of One Shoe Dropping Robert Farley, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Outflanked XIV: A Most Viral Outflankening Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Two months in Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
If You Would Seek His Monument… driftglass, at his blog
ONLY ONE FACTION IN THIS COUNTRY IS UNWILLING TO GIVE THE CORONAVIRUS A REAL FIGHT Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
IDEA: What If Mitch McConnell Shut His Surly Sh*t-Mouth Instead? Evan Hurst, Wonkette
https://www.wonkette.com/tribes-to-south-dakota-governor-wed-rather-not-drop-dead Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
https://www.wonkette.com/trump-disinvited-from-ppe-plant-for-fear-his-toxic-masculinity-will-put-everyone-in-danger Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette