The Breakfast Club (Warriors)

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 George W. Bush announces major combat has ended in Iraq; U2 spy plane shot down over Soviet Union; Empire State Building dedicated.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Breakfast News

What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

Economic figures show grim toll in Europe and US from virus

Workers must risk infection or losing unemployment payments

GOP lawmakers reject Michigan’s virus order; Whitmer unfazed

A coronavirus drug seems to work. What’s next?

‘And then, boom’: Outbreak shows shaky ground as Texas opens

California governor’s beach closure order sparks anger

NASCAR to resume season May 17 with seven races in 10 days

New Orleans musicians find way to soothe the city with music

This is his quest: An actor serenades the front-line workers

Brazilians start defying isolation, egged on by Bolsonaro

Top Russian diplomat dismisses Czech claims of poison plot

Serbia opposition stage curfew protest against government

Europe’s employment aid keeps jobs from vanishing — for now

Johnson: UK ‘past the peak’ of outbreak but must be cautious

Many Japanese defy appeals to stay home to curb virus

Germany relaxes lockdown for playgrounds, churches and zoos

Ghana’s virus cases spike 10 days after lockdown is lifted

Breakfast Blogs

Utah’s Vetting Procedures for Government Contracts Could Use Some Work Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

Republicans OUTRAGED That National Security Threat Was Treated Like National Security Threat emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Covid-19 and Class Structure Ed Walker, emptywheel

NY Times Finds Trump Administration Inserted Wuhan Cables Into The Aluminum Tubes Echo Chamber Jim White, emptywheel

The cult’s cult digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Trump Death Cult tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Ramblin’ gamblin’ man Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

The EU Should Quarantine its Autocrats Austin Doehler, Just Security

The Outflankening IX: Protect Finance Against Consumers Edition Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

The McCain/Lieberman Party is Now The Amash/Randite-to-be-Named-Later Party driftglass, at his blog

Big Government and Big Meat Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

Trump Believes That People Who Die of Coronavirus Are Losers The Rude Pundit, at his blog

IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE OUR EGOMANIAC PRESIDENT SO EGOMANIACAL Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Don’t Worry, Supreme Court Just Waiting For Right Time To Outlaw All Gun Control Ever Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette

Nice Time: California Gonna Feed Some Hungry Kids Stephen Robinson, Wonkette

Florida Gov DeSantis Uses Funny Math To Make Coronvirus Deaths Disappear. *HILARIOUS* MATH! Liz Dye, Wonkette

Tech Bro Got $69 Million For ‘Ventilators’ After Tweeting At Trump. Nice. Doktor Zoom, Wonkette

Trump Will Give Blue States Coronavirus Aid, Just Needs ONE TEENY TINY ‘Favor Though’ Evan Hurst, Wonkette