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
Space Shuttle Challenger explodes; Sir Francis Drake dies; José Martí born; Vince Lombardi is named head coach.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect.
Breakfast News
California tests find illegal vapes tainted with additives
Northeast governors slow to embrace regional climate pact
NY, feds sue ‘Pharma Bro’ for ‘scheme’ to keep drug price up
US attorney announces $145M settlement in opioid case
Kentucky bill requires care for infants surviving abortion
Group preparing to sue EPA over Chesapeake Bay pollution
Florida could use drones to fight pythons, invasive species
China counts 106 virus deaths as US, others move to evacuate
Auschwitz survivors warn of rising anti-Semitism 75 years on
https://apnews.com/e6dde834d9fa2f0260079de67928d63e
Turkish rescuers find last quake victims; death toll hits 41
Ally of Venezuela’s Maduro hires DC lobbyist to build ties
Rio residents try to bring green to a concrete jungle
Slovenia’s PM steps down, urges EU nation to hold early vote
Berlin zoo prepares panda cubs for their big day out
Breakfast Blogs
A Monstrous Fraud Was Perpetrated on the Senate, and John Roberts Had to Know It Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Whack-a-Mole Cover Story: Bill Barr’s Knowing Complicity Moved a Month Earlier emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Three Things: Odd, Odder, Oddities Rayne, emptywheel
Putting a match to the constitution digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Pompeo needs to testify under oath because lying to the media isn’t a crime Spocko, Digby’s Hullabaloo
It’s Only True If a Wingnut Agrees tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Liars flight rules Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Impeachment Trial and Legal Ethics: Cipollone Should Be a Witness, Not a Trump Lawyer Stephen Gillers, Just Security
Executive Privilege Is No Reason for the Senate to Ignore John Bolton Jonathan Shaub, Lawfare
Caucuses are terrible Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Failed State of Massachusetts Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
TRUMP REALLY MIGHT NOT MISMANAGE THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK, FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
John Bolton Is Back To F*ck Sh*t Up! Liz Dye, Wonkette
Whaaaaat? Republicans Personally Benefitted From Tax Cuts They Voted For? How Could That Be?! Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Iowa, New Hampshire Crappy Way To Start A Democratic Primary Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Egad, Mike Pompeo LIED About NPR Reporter? Doktor Zoom, Wonkette