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
Albert Einstein born; Eli Whitney receives patent for cotton gin; First US Astronaut in space on Russian rocket; Michael Caine and Quincy Jones born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.
Breakfast News
FAA is probing how a 12-inch crack occurred in Southwest jet
Census faces challenges as it aims to hire up to 500,000
Delta slashes flights by 40% as virus cripples global travel
Election officials: Tuesday primaries on despite virus fears
Louisiana governor moves primary because of coronavirus
Schools scramble to feed students after coronavirus closures
US hospitals brace for ‘tremendous strain’ from new virus
Venezuela, already in crisis, reports 1st coronavirus cases
Italy’s coronavirus ground zero sets virtuous example
Canada shuts Parliament, Trudeau in quarantine, no travel
The Latest: UN tells staff to work from home due to virus
Breakfast Blogs
Camp Runamuck’s Response to a Global Pandemic: Cover Trump’s Ass and Fudge the Numbers Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Chelsea Manning’s Release May Not Be the End of Her Troubles emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The Trump Administration And the Coronavirus Pandemic Echidne, at her blog
If he won’t STFU, they need to pull the plug digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
What Trump should’ve done instead of shaking hands at the #coronavirus presser Spocko, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Lining up to be a hot lunch Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Explainer: National Emergency Declarations and COVID-19 Alexandra Phelan, Just Security
Justice Department Must Share Mueller Grand Jury Information With House, D.C. Circuit Rules Kelsey Clinton, Lawfare
There are no good Republicans in Congress Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
It’s the spirit of the age: Jared Kushner edition Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Trump “Administration” Panic of 2020 Chris Koski, Lawyers, Guns and Money
A Medical Katrina Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
GOP VOTERS LOVE TRUMP’S CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE THE WAY THEY LOVE EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT HIM Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Jerry Falwell Jr. Pretty Sure Constitution Says ONE COW, ONE VOTE! Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Mean New York AG Won’t Let Alex Jones Sell Magic Anti-Coronavirus Toothpaste, Unfair! Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
A Truth Sandwich On Barack Obama’s 2009 Swine Flu Response, For President Gateway Pundit Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
https://www.wonkette.com/susan-collins-killed-funding-for-pandemic-flu-prep-now-were-all-gonna-die Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Fox News: Heroin Chicago Gangbanger San Francisco Values WHAT ABOUT BLACK-ON-BLACK CORONAVIRUS? Liz Dye, Wonkette
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