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
President George W. Bush announces major combat has ended in Iraq; U2 spy plane shot down over Soviet Union; Empire State Building dedicated.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Breakfast News
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
Economic figures show grim toll in Europe and US from virus
Workers must risk infection or losing unemployment payments
GOP lawmakers reject Michigan’s virus order; Whitmer unfazed
A coronavirus drug seems to work. What’s next?
‘And then, boom’: Outbreak shows shaky ground as Texas opens
California governor’s beach closure order sparks anger
NASCAR to resume season May 17 with seven races in 10 days
New Orleans musicians find way to soothe the city with music
This is his quest: An actor serenades the front-line workers
Brazilians start defying isolation, egged on by Bolsonaro
Top Russian diplomat dismisses Czech claims of poison plot
Serbia opposition stage curfew protest against government
Europe’s employment aid keeps jobs from vanishing — for now
Johnson: UK ‘past the peak’ of outbreak but must be cautious
Many Japanese defy appeals to stay home to curb virus
Germany relaxes lockdown for playgrounds, churches and zoos
Ghana’s virus cases spike 10 days after lockdown is lifted
Breakfast Blogs
Utah’s Vetting Procedures for Government Contracts Could Use Some Work Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Republicans OUTRAGED That National Security Threat Was Treated Like National Security Threat emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Covid-19 and Class Structure Ed Walker, emptywheel
NY Times Finds Trump Administration Inserted Wuhan Cables Into The Aluminum Tubes Echo Chamber Jim White, emptywheel
The cult’s cult digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Trump Death Cult tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Ramblin’ gamblin’ man Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The EU Should Quarantine its Autocrats Austin Doehler, Just Security
The Outflankening IX: Protect Finance Against Consumers Edition Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The McCain/Lieberman Party is Now The Amash/Randite-to-be-Named-Later Party driftglass, at his blog
Big Government and Big Meat Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Trump Believes That People Who Die of Coronavirus Are Losers The Rude Pundit, at his blog
IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE OUR EGOMANIAC PRESIDENT SO EGOMANIACAL Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Don’t Worry, Supreme Court Just Waiting For Right Time To Outlaw All Gun Control Ever Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Nice Time: California Gonna Feed Some Hungry Kids Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Florida Gov DeSantis Uses Funny Math To Make Coronvirus Deaths Disappear. *HILARIOUS* MATH! Liz Dye, Wonkette
Tech Bro Got $69 Million For ‘Ventilators’ After Tweeting At Trump. Nice. Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Trump Will Give Blue States Coronavirus Aid, Just Needs ONE TEENY TINY ‘Favor Though’ Evan Hurst, Wonkette