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
Deadly shootings at Kent State during the Vietnam War; Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain’s prime minister; Chicago’s Haymarket Riot; ‘Freedom Riders’ head South; Birth of the outfit behind the Oscars.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
Breakfast News
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
Faced with 20,000 dead, care homes seek shield from lawsuits
NRA cutting staff and salaries amid coronavirus pandemic
Americans without bank accounts must wait for federal checks
San Francisco police chief bans ‘thin blue line’ face masks
NY joining six states to buy vital coronavirus gear in bulk
As lockdowns ease, some countries report new infection peaks
Asia Today: No new cases in N Zealand; Malaysia reopens some
Israeli high court could determine Netanyahu’s future
Cycle power: Bikes emerge as a post-lockdown commuter option
Hairstylist gives free haircuts to Thai health frontliners
Breakfast Blogs
It’s Not Unfair to Point Out Republicans Have an Acquired Partial Immunity to This Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Roger Stone Assistant Andrew Miller Fought His Subpoena Far More Aggressively than His Former Boss emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Michigan’s Militia-Like Morons Can’t Math Rayne, emptywheel
How We Talk about The Pandemic: A Slightly Different Slant Echidne, at her blog
A little dose of reality digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hhullabaloo
Feeding bodies into the furnaces Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
COVID and Cooperation: The Latest Canary in the Coal Mine Rebecca J. Wolfe and Hillary Matfess, Lawfare
Fortunate sons Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Burnishing Bush Shakezula, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Theory: Pandemic and economic depression are bad for the incumbent party Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Things to Keep in Mind About the Tara Reade Allegations The Rude Pundit, at his blog
More on Kushner Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
REAGANISM: IT’S STILL NOT DEAD Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog