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
Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign the ‘Pact of Steel’; Richard Nixon is the first U.S. president to visit the Soviet Union; Actor Laurence Olivier born; Johnny Carson hosts his last ‘Tonight Show.’
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
Breakfast News
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
Nearly 39 million have lost jobs in US since virus took hold
Man who filmed Arbery shooting video charged in his slaying
Flood raises fears of pollution at Michigan toxic waste site
Trump declares emergency for flooded Michigan communities
Puerto Rico to reopen businesses, beaches with new rules
‘Hundreds of millions’ in bogus jobless benefits paid out
FDA says cows may have caused E. coli lettuce contamination
US begins crackdown on unvetted virus blood tests
US seeking industry cooperation on future medical supplies
NYC seniors find lighter side of pandemic in comedy class
China boosts spending but no big steps for virus-hit economy
Rights group: Egypt arrested 10 reporters since virus hit
Investigators build a case for IS crimes against Yazidis
Locusts, COVID-19, flooding pose ‘triple threat’ in Africa
Deadly cyclone cuts destructive path in India and Bangladesh
Cape Town is virus hot spot for South Africa and continent
China may pass bill to crack down on Hong Kong opposition
Trudeau: China doesn’t understand Canadian judicial system
Shock and sadness as Oxfam plans exit from 18 countries
Sikh kitchens feed New Delhi’s masses in virus lockdown
Breakfast Blogs
We’ll Wake Up One Morning to Discover the President* Gave Louisiana Back to France Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
DC Circuit Orders Judge Sullivan to Respond to Mike Flynn’s Mandamus Petition emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
“A game of Infowars telephone” digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Talks To The Sky Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The Republic of Facebook David Kaye, Just Security
The Political Science of Joe Biden Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Moral Meats Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Flynn Update Update Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
AMERICA’S RIGHT WING ISN’T UNIVERSALLY ANTI-VAXX — YET Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem Asks Donald Trump To Nuke Tribes’ Highway Checkpoints From Orbit Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Kelly Loeffler’s Husband Writes $1M Check To Trump PAC, Memo Line DOES NOT Mention Stock Trade Investigation Liz Dye, Wonkette
The Polls May Not Love Trump, But The Gambling Markets Sure Do. HUH. Data Goon, Wonkette
Trump Bad At Taking Corona Intel Briefings Orally, So Unless Someone Wants To Try Giving Them Anally … Evan Hurst, Wonkette
‘New York Post’ Op-Ed Demands NY Reopen RIGHT NOW Before It’s As Dead As 30,000 NYers Stephen Robinson, Wonkette