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
President Abraham Lincoln assassinated; Titanic strikes iceberg; First videotape demonstrated; Loretta Lynn born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.
Breakfast News
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
5 things to know today – that aren’t about the virus
Storms tear through South amid pandemic; more than 30 dead
Governors form compacts to coordinate reopening society
Lockdowns cut driving and crashes, bring insurance discounts
US clears first saliva test to help diagnose new virus
Officials want delay in nation’s head count due to virus
Virus closes some meat plants, raising fears of shortages
Heart woes spur partial stop of malaria drug study for virus
Coronavirus upends Putin’s political agenda in Russia
As virus deaths rise, Sweden sticks to ‘low-scale’ lockdown
South Africa’s lockdown effective, but some problems emerge
Netanyahu, rival report ‘meaningful progress’ in unity talks
Schooner is school for Dutch teens sailing home due to virus
Volunteers feed hungry animals at Nepal’s revered shrine
Breakfast Blogs
An Actual Administration Would Have Helped America’s Farmers Already Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Rikers and Roosevelt: The Uncontrolled Human Experiment Occurring with Essential Workers (and Their Wards) emptwheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Capitalism fails the Covid-19 Crisis Ed Walker, emptywheel
US “Job Creators” Negate The Humanity Of Workers Jim White, emptywheel
Plague Thoughts Echidne, at her blog
Trump the TV has-been digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The man without a plan Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The Long History of Coercive Health Responses in American Law Adam Klein and Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare
The War on the USPS Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
One Economic Bright Spot: The Never Trump Lifeboat Industry is Booming driftglass, at his blog
Note on ideology Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
TRUMP WANTS REVENGE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Wait, Why Is President Loud Stupid Bragging About Raising Gas Prices Now? Liz Dye, Wonkette
Nice Time! VA Gov Northam Goes Full General Sherman On Confederate Monuments Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Reflections On A Corona-40th-Birthday Spent Wood-Grabbing Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Is The Federalist Just Straight Up Trying To Kill People? Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
The Post Office Is In Trouble. Trump Is Here To Help With A Nice Pillow For Its Face. Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
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