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
Julius Caesar assassinated in Rome; Johnson urges passage of Voting Rights Act; Worldcom CEO Bernard Ebbers convicted of fraud; Elizabeth Taylor marries Richard Burton; “My Fair Lady” debuts on Broadway.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
Breakfast News
US News
As gunman targets homeless, mayors urge all to seek shelter
Homelessness jumps 35% in 2 years in biggest Arizona county
Federal Reserve to begin risky pursuit of a ‘soft landing’
Cash for grass: Colorado bill would pay to abandon lawns
California lawmakers vote to increase UC Berkeley enrollment
Jury awards $100M-plus to victims of Seattle crane collapse
Oregon man sues for $43.5M over brain surgery paralysis
Oregon man pleads guilty to importing live scorpions
US Politics
Pelosi pushes to show united Democrats ahead of midterms
Raskin nomination for Fed in peril as Democrat opposes pick
House Dems seek probe of USPS plan for new mail truck fleet
Done in a day: SC House sprints through $14 billion budget
Beshear: Measure would cost Kentucky millions in food aid
Stacey Abrams says she’s more ready to be Georgia governor
Biden attends first in-person fundraiser since pandemic
International News
COVID-19 cases more than double in China’s growing outbreak
Russia keeps up attacks in Ukraine as two sides hold talks
Russian missile strike near NATO’s Poland stirs anxiety
US warns Chinese on support for Russia in Ukraine war
Once a powerful symbol in Russia, McDonald’s withdraws
Julian Assange denied permission to appeal by UK’s top court
Sports
Trae Young has 46 points, Hawks top Trail Blazers 122-113
Mobley scores season-high 30 as Cavs beat Clippers in OT
erry Rozier shines as Hornets beat Thunder 134-116
Jokic leads Nuggets past Sixers; Embiid hits floor hard
Crouse scores 3 times in Coyotes’ 5-3 win over Senators
Breakfast Blogs
How’d a Federal Reserve Nomination Become About Fossil Fuels? Allow Joe Manchin to Answer. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
On the Benefits of Having a Career Diplomat Run CIA: “This Is One Information War that I Think Putin Is Losing” emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
War for Ukraine Update 20: Things Are Continuing As They’ve Been Going Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
The Future of the Republican Party digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The corrupt leading the incompetent Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Cops Have So Much Extra Military Gear They’re Giving It Away To Ukraine Freedom Fighters Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Federal Judge Approves of Split Sentences in Jan. 6 Misdemeanor Cases Malisa Sarnoff, Law & Crime
Feds Charge Russian Oligarch at Center of Campaign Finance Scheme Involving Ex-Rudy Giuliani Associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Every old pretext is new again Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The seductions of catastrophe Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Information Warfare – March 14, 2022 Cheryl Rofer, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,042 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Pitch: Woke Pork Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Mother Jones: Tucker Carlson Is Russian Propaganda. Literally. Liz Dye, Wonkette
Today In Labor History: In 1954, ‘Salt Of The Earth,’ A Landmark Of Labor Filmmaking, Has Its Premiere Erik Loomis, Wonkette
Minneapolis Says It Can’t Afford To Pay Educators Enough To Live. The State Has $9 Billion Surplus. Robyn Pennachia, Wonkette
Maybe Trump’s Big Lie Will Help Mark Kelly Keep His Senate Seat After All Stephen Robinson, Wonkette