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
Civil war erupts in Rwanda; NY audience previews long-distance television; Auto pioneer Henry Ford dies in Dearborn, Mich.;Singer Billie Holiday, known as “Lady Day” is born in Philadelphia.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
There is always the need to carry on.
Breakfast News
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
5 things to know today – that aren’t about the virus
Coronavirus patients rush to join studies of Gilead drug
The Latest: 3M has OK to send masks to Canada, Latin America
Rate of deaths, illness among black residents alarms cities
Work starts in Montana on disputed Canada-US oil pipeline
Wisconsin moves forward with election despite virus concerns
California lends 500 ventilators to 4 states, 2 territories
Stay home rules extended in NY amid glimmer of hope
Virus deaths slow in places, but British premier gets worse
Polish parliament approves election only by postal vote
Virus pain easing in Spain, Italy; UK braces for bleak days
Kenya bans travel in and out of Nairobi to fight coronavirus
Ukraine continues to battle forest fire near Chernobyl
Breakfast Blogs
The Project to Withdraw This Country From Any Position of World Leadership Never Sleeps Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Scope of DOJ IG’s FISA Review emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Research Misinfo/Disinfo: It’s a Scam Rayne, emptywheel
Understanding Covid-19 for Viral Newbies Quinn Norton, emptywheel
HHS IG finds government coronavirus failure. digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Thank your local grocery clerk Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Sullivan
Can Governments Track the Pandemic and Still Protect Privacy? Carrie Dicell, Just Security
Roberts Gang Attacks the Right To Vote Again Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Crozier Considerations Robert Farley, Lawyers, Guns and Money
THE IDIOTS ARE GETTING READY TO DECLARE THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS A HOAX (AGAIN) Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
GOP Stands Up For Wisconsinites’ Sacred Right To Catch Coronavirus At Polls Tomorrow Liz Dye, Wonkette
Oh, Gosh, We’re Also Running Out Of Drugs Needed To Keep People On Ventilators Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Wonksplainer: 5G Conspiracy Theories And What The Hell Is Going On With Them Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
IDEA: Maybe Trump Should Fire His A-Hole (Acting) Navy Secretary Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Coronavirus Doesn’t Care About Black People Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
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