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
Charges dropped against Daniel Ellsberg in the Pentagon Papers case; Garry Kasparov loses a chess match against IBM’s Deep Blue computer; Songwriter Irving Berlin born; Reggae star Bob Marley dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
And I’d like to give my love to everybody, and let them know that the grass may look greener on the other side, but believe me, it’s just as hard to cut.
Breakfast News
The Latest: US Senator to self-quarantine, staffer positive
Georgia AG requests federal probe in handling of Arbery case
Coronavirus complicates safety for families living together
Shutdown of tribal casinos deals blow to Indian Country
French parents anguish over sending children back to school
UK’s Johnson lays out road map for easing virus lockdown
Shanghai Disneyland reopens with anti-virus controls
Virus delay, early ice melt challenge Arctic science mission
New Iraq PM releases protesters, promotes respected general
Pandemic shows contrasts between US, European safety nets
Citing virus, Iran says it’s ready for prisoner swap with US
A big-city orchestra salvages a student’s canceled recital
Breakfast Blogs
So Many Things Never Caught Up With Little Richard Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Fabulous Emptywheel Music Blog: Little Richard bmaz, emptywheel
Bill Barr Not Only Overrode Emmet Sullivan’s Brady Ruling, He Explicitly Pre-Empted Sullivan’s Covington Review emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Deficit Hawks Screeching In The Background Ed Walker, emptywheel
All COVID-19 is Local, BBQ edition Peterr, emptywheel
Political Tribalism And The Pandemic Echidne, at her blog
Crooks, con-men and kindred spirits digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
On avoiding moral chaos Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
How the Pandemic Ends Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Suicide Squad driftglass, at his blog
Literary Corner: Tests Aren’t Necessarily Great Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Oh, Fuck You, Trump Voters. Just Fuck You The Rude Pundit, at her blog
BETTER TO REIGN IN RANDIAN HELL Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
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