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
Actress Marilyn Monroe sings a sultry ‘Happy Birthday’ to President John F. Kennedy; Black militant Malcolm X born; Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis dies; The Who’s Pete Townshend born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.
Breakfast News
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
Automakers help restart US industry as globe reopens further
Judge rules that Oregon virus restrictions are invalid
Stark disparities in New York City’s virus toll
Feds urge ‘extreme caution’ for reopening nursing homes
Over 180 people exposed to virus at California church
Barr says he doesn’t envision investigations of Biden, Obama
Democrats: Fired watchdog was looking into Saudi arms sale
Tropical Storm Arthur hits North Carolina coast with rain
WHO bows to calls from countries for independent virus probe
Indigenous infections grew amid slow Brazil agency response
Asia Today: Australia disappointed by China’s barley tariffs
Local leaders resist Mexico president’s push for reopening
Ukraine’s overburdened doctors in desperate virus fight
Germany, France propose virus recovery fund for EU economy
ICC rejects compensation claim by former Congo VP Bemba
Italy opens churches as virus rules dictate how to eat, pray
UN agency warns of fentanyl production threat in SE Asia
Sri Lanka newlyweds cancel wedding party, help poor instead
Breakfast Blogs
Republicans Have Turned to Full-On Voter Intimidation in 2020 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Bill Barr and Chris Wray Schedule a Press Conference to Admit Trump Let an Al Qaeda Terrorist onto Our Military Base emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Pompeo’s Latest Attempts To Propel Propaganda On Lab Escape Of SARS CoV-2 Suffer Two Epic Swat-Downs Jim White, emptywheel
“Please use wisdom and don’t be foolish like I was…” digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’/s Hullabaloo
Want to reopen retail? Everyone must wear masks Spocko, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Blessings, 2020-style Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Why the Flynn Dismissal Deserves a Hard Look by the Court Jessica A. Roth, Just Security
A Nation of Meat Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
DoorDash is a scam Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Trump Administration Didn’t Say a Single Negative Word About the Strategic National Stockpile Until This Year The Rude Pundits, at his blog
For the Record: Waltz of the Inspectors General Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
MY GUESS: TRUMP THINKS HE’S TAKING HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE (updated) Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Energy Sec Demands Racist Banks Stop Racisming Poor … Oil Companies, With RacismLiz Dye, Wonkette
Trump Maybe Fired State Department IG To Cover Up Way More Than Mike Pompeo’s Dog Poop Evan Hurst
Peter Navarro: Only Donald J. Trump Can Save Us From ‘China Virus’ He Ignored For Months Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Hero Nursing Home Chain Did All It Could To Stop COVID-19 Except When It Didn’t Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Flat-Earther Lady Tries To Use Sovereign Citizen Meme Logic To Get Out Of Wearing Mask, Fails Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette