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
Radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi born; ‘America’ first used on a world map; U.S. and Soviet troops meet in World War II; The Hubble Space Telescope deployed into orbit; Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.
Breakfast News
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
FDA warns of heart risks with Trump-promoted malaria drug
U.S. states build stockpiles of malaria drug touted by Trump
Kentucky’s Democratic governor vetoes abortion legislation
Trump: Postal Service must charge Amazon more, or no loan
Despite critics’ outcry, border wall construction goes on
White House could alter virus briefings to limit Trump role
NCAA denies request to drop Division I sport minimum
Taxpayers will pay restaurants to feed seniors in California
Navy admiral advises reinstatement of fired carrier captain
Africa dangerously behind in global race for virus gear
Muslims begin marking a subdued Ramadan under virus closures
China’s diplomats show teeth in defending virus response
Fight against malaria could be set back 20 years, WHO warns
2nd French court orders Amazon to better protect workers
‘Disappointing’ week of divorce talks between EU and Britain
Breakfast Blogs
This Is Precisely the Situation for Which the 25th Amendment Was Designed Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Trump’s Medical Quackery Exposes the Press’ Both-Sides Quackery emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Friday Night Soother digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
No, this is not the flu Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Trump Faces Off With the WHO: Sorting Through the Allegations Jared LeBrun, Just Security
What Is and Isn’t New in the Unredacted Footnotes From the Inspector General’s Russia Report Nathaniel Sobel, Lawfare
Stronger than dirt Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Economic Anxiety (TM), Sponsored by Betsy DeVos Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Bent Out of Compton Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
NORMAN VINCENT PEALE IS KILLING US (updated) Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
It’s A ‘Kick Mitch McConnell In The Dick’ Contest, And Everyone Is Playing! Evan Hurst, Wonkette
30 Percent Of America Strikes Again, Thinks COVID-19 Vaccine Exists And Is Being Covered Up Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Turns Out Trump Owes Tens Of Millions To The Bank Of China, Because … Hunter Biden? Liz Dye, Wonkette
Super Negotiator Trump Pays Four Times Contracted Price For Ventilators, Not One Penny Less Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
TUCKER CARLSON SHREDS … His History Degree, Denies Japanese-American Internment Even Happened Stephen Robinson, Wonkette