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
Colonists go ashore in Virginia to set up Jamestown; Lewis and Clark begin to explore Louisiana Territory; Israel founded; Skylab launched; Movie producer George Lucas born; Singer Frank Sinatra dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The interesting thing about grief, I think, is that it is its own size. It is not the size of you. It is its own size. And grief comes to you.
Breakfast News
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
Virus spikes could emerge weeks after US economic reopenings
Some Hawaii hotels concerned about quarantine enforcement
US report indicates broad risk of COVID-19 at wildfire camps
Pandemic wrecks many state budgets, could trigger deep cuts
Virginia, Maryland suburbs aligned with DC in COVID response
Face mask rules grow but enforcement proves a challenge
Trump to name former pharma exec as vaccine czar
Emails: Trump nominee involved in shelving CDC virus guide
Cats with no symptoms spread virus to other cats in lab test
Yellowstone to half reopen amid self-quarantine differences
Locked down neighbors let loose at ‘Quaranchella’ concerts
As Europe reopens, key virus protections are still elusive
Strains in hard-hit Mumbai complicate India’s virus recovery
Outbreak at German slaughterhouse reveals migrants’ plight
Prodded by US, Mexico aims to restart industrial plants
Kremlin spox has virus-induced double-sided pneumonia
New Zealand barber snips away at midnight as nation reopens
Breakfast Blogs
The Pandemic Hotspots Are Going to Multiply in Obscure Corners of the Country Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Poplitics
Judge Sullivan to Judge Gleeson: Pick Flynn’s Perjury emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
California’s dreamin’digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Think of not working and die Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Why the Flynn Interview Was Predicated Barbara McQuade, Lawfare
Trump’s taxes and white conservative privilege Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
King me Scott Lemeiux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
How the Left Should Think About Elections Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
REPUBLICAN VOTERS ARE STICKING WITH TRUMP, BUT NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY’RE REPUBLICAN Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Your New Science Boyfriend Dr. Rick Bright Gonna Tell Congress Allll Trump’s Corona-F*ckups Tomorrow! Evan Hurst, Wonkette
White House Gonna Solve Coronavirus By … Pretending Everyone Died In A Car Accident? Liz Dye, Wonkette
Huggy Jesus Meme Makes Evangelicals More Likely To Believe Trump Is Anointed By God Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Massive COVID-19 Deaths May Slightly Delay Trump Push To Deregulate Nursing Homes Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Big Lindsey Graham Donor Decides It’s Time To Start Seeing Other Candidates Stephen Robinson, Wonkette