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
Charles Lindbergh begins his trans-Atlantic flight; Amelia Earhart starts her trek across the Atlantic; Freedom Riders attacked in the South; Explorer Christopher Columbus, comedienne Gilda Radner die.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
War does not determine who is right – only who is left.
Breakfast News
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
2 Michigan dams breached, thousands evacuated amid flooding
J&J to stop selling talc-based baby powder in US, Canada
States accused of fudging or bungling COVID-19 testing data
Oregon high court keeps state virus restrictions in place
US says California order discriminates against churches
Small Virginia company gets huge federal medicines contract
Outbreak on edge of Navajo Nation overwhelms rural hospital
Minnesota bars, restaurants, learn reopening rules Wednesday
Belmont set for June 20 without fans, leads off Triple Crown
US, China standoff ensnares WHO meeting on COVID-19 fight
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen inaugurated for a second term
Etihad makes 1st known commercial flight between UAE, Israel
Cuba highlights campaign against hoarders during pandemic
German court nixes law allowing foreign telecom monitoring
China says boy picked by Dalai Lama now a college graduate
UN agency warns pandemic could kill 1 in 8 museums worldwide
Hungary bans legal recognition of its transgender citizens
Russia says it scales down war games amid pandemic
UK jobless claims surge by record amount as pandemic hits
Breakfast Blogs
Norma McCorvey’s Well-Financed Mock Apostasy Set Us on a Dangerous Path Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Trump Administration Disproves the Trump Administration’s Claims that Mike Flynn’s Communications with Sergey Kislyak Were Routine emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Trump And Hydroxychloroquine: Another Game Echidne, at her blog
The sleaziest of Trump grifts may be catching up to them digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Gone to the birds Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The Significance of the Supreme Court’s Opati Decision for States and Companies Sued for Terrorism in U.S. Courts Haley S. Anderson, Just Security
Normalizing Trump, normalizing Republicans Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Making robberies into larcenies, making rapes disappear Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Pandemics: A Fact of Life In Globalization Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
For the Record: Now With More Pompeo Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
IF YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT MIS-C YET, YOU WILL SOON Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Shocker: Astroturf Protests Actually COVID-19 Bug-Chaser Conventions Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Red States Cooking Their Coronavirus Data? The F*ck You Say! Liz Dye, Wonkette
Remember That $500 Billion Stimmy Slush Fund? Neither Does Treas Sec Steven Mnuchin! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Canadian Incel Terrorist First To Actually Be Charged With Terrorism Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Sing ‘God Bless The USA’ While 50,000 Strangers Belch Virus Into Your Mouth, At The 2020 GOP Convention! Evan Hurst, Wonkette