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 Boston Massacre; Winston Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ speech; The Soviet Union’s dictator Josef Stalin dies; Comedian John Belushi found dead; Country singer Patsy Cline killed in a plane crash.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself.
Breakfast News
Feds investigate nursing home as U.S. death toll hits 11
FDA bans shock device used on mentally disabled patients
Supreme Court divided in 1st big abortion case of Trump era
Michigan Supreme Court hears case over Flint water liability
United is first to cut US flying due to virus outbreak
Lawyer warned Georgia county on dumping new voting system
Food stamp change fuels anxiety as states try to curb impact
Foes push back against medical marijuana bill in Kentucky
Mormon-owned BYU: Same-sex romantic behavior still banned
What’s Happening: Virus closes schools, but Louvre reopens
In Italy and beyond, virus outbreak reshapes work and play
China’s schools, forced online by virus, run into censors
Virus halts pilgrimages to Mecca, Friday prayers in Iran
Tensions between Greece and Turkey rise over migrant clashes
Breakfast Blogs
Super Tuesday Brought Some Good News for the Democrats’ Senate Hopes Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Recruitment of Jared Kushner emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
About that armistice digby aka Heater Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Outbreak Hotel Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The Gravity of Michael Ellis’ Promotion to Senior Director for Intelligence at the White House Ryan Goodman, Just Security
House Subcommittee Voices Concerns Over U.S. Management of the Coronavirus Lucia Radder, Lawfare
Voter suppression Texas style Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
30% Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Schrodinger’s Heartlanders driftglass, at his blog
Primary Update Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
DEAR YOUNG PEOPLE: THE PARTY IS THERE FOR THE TAKING, BUT YOU HAVEN’T SEIZED IT Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
DC Circuit Court: What Are We, JUDGES? Jamie Lynn Crofts. Wonkette
Die, Caucuses, Die! Liz Dye, Wonkette
Black Voters Resist When Texas Goes Full Jim Crow On Super Tuesday Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Magnificent Benefactor Donald Trump Donates 1/6th Of A Golf Trip To Fight Coronavirus. Hail Magnificent Benefactor Trump! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Does The Trump Campaign Not Realize Judges Can Actually Read The Mueller Report For Themselves? Evan Hurst, Wonkette