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
The United States enters World War One; First modern Olympic Games open in Athens, Greece; Harry Houdini is born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
If you’re going through hell, keep going.
Breakfast News
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
No COVID-19 testing at home yet but quicker options coming
Island mayor battles Georgia governor over virus limitations
U.S. ‘wasted’ months before preparing for virus pandemic
Boeing to continue production shutdown due to coronavirus
GOP lawmakers reject Wisconsin governor’s call for delay in election deadline
Tiger at NYC’s Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus
Sidewalk notes bring smiles to hospital staff during virus
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized with virus
Europe sees more signs of hope as Italy’s virus curve falls
Rwanda finds genocide grave that could contain 30,000 bodies
Ukraine battles forest fires near Chernobyl
Queen delivers message of hope to UK amid virus outbreak
German restaurant takes novel approach to keep cider flowing
Breakfast Blogs
Do Wisconsin Republicans Know There’s a Pandemic? Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Like All Else, Trump’s Inspector General Turnover Is about Pandemic emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The news cycle is everything digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Pirates and scammers and Ferengis, oh my Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Wait — I thought we were owning the *libs*! Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Reluctant Astronauts driftglass, at his blog
Literary Corner: Our Bodies, Our Shelves Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
NEITHER TRUMP NOR THE DOCTORS SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT “WEEKS” Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Republican Governors Explain, Poorly, Why They Are Being Coronavirus Idiots Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Yes, Gov. McMaster, South Carolina Is ‘Unique’ But Everyone Still Needs To Stay The F**K Home Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
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