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
Ex-Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa disappears; Medicare and Medicaid signed into law; A blast rocks Black Tom Island; The USS Indianapolis sunk; Henry Ford and Arnold Schwarzenegger born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.
Breakfast News
Misinformation on coronavirus is proving highly contagious
House orders broad mask mandates after Gohmert gets virus
US agents in Portland to pull back, but tensions remain
Senator, union leader: Postal Service considers downsizing
US is expected to report a record-breaking economic plunge
Group alleges greyhounds being trained with live rabbits
Tropical Storm Isaias forms in the Atlantic Ocean
The Latest: India reports another record coronavirus surge
Guatemala burying dozens of unidentified COVID-19 dead
Vietnam imposes more virus restrictions as outbreak spreads
4 arrested under new Hong Kong security law for online posts
Hiroshima court recognizes atomic bomb ‘black rain’ victims
Breakfast Blogs
Jim Jordan’s Paranoid Stupidity Let the God-Kings of Tech Off the Hook Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Bill Barr Repeatedly Lied, Under Oath, about Judge Amy Berman Jackson emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
They’re all pushing the snake oil digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
CNN Reports Suggest to Some Observers that Conservative Justices Are Leaking Info About Kavanaugh, Roberts Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
‘Flood’ of GOP Congressional Staffers Say They’re Being Forced to Work on Capitol Hill Without Masks: Report Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
But I run a great car pool! Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
How sexism works Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
OMG Why Can’t Dems Go After Republicans Crazy-Hard Like The Lincoln Project? driftglass, at his blog
For the Record: Happy Anniversary Bonus March! (With DACA Bonus) Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
BILLIONAIRE WINGNUTS ARE KILLING US Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
If Trump’s Feds Can Kidnap People Off The Streets, NYPD Don’t Mind If It Do! Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Louie Gohmert JES’ WONDERIN’ If A Mask Gave Him The COVID-19 Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Senate GOP Meets To Hash Out Stimulus Bill, Kick The Crap Out Of Each Other Liz Dye, Wonkette
Texas Asshole Wants To Share Good News About ‘Mostly Elderly & Hispanics’ Dying From COVID-19 Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Tucker Carlson FURIOUS You Canceled Dr. Immanuel Before She Could Explain: Does Demon Jizz Cause COVID-19? Evan Hurst, Wonkette