The Breakfast Club (Inefficiency)

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 and Ethel Rosenberg convicted of Cold War espionage; Lt. William Calley, Jr. convicted in the Vietnam War’s My Lai massacre; U.S. troops leave South Vietnam; Attorney Johnnie Cochran dies.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency.

Eugene McCarthy

Breakfast News

US News

FDA OKs another Pfizer, Moderna COVID booster for 50 and up

Civilian Army leader led child porn ring, risked US security

Cleanup of deadly Pennsylvania pileup keeps interstate shut

US job openings, quitting at near record high in February

Energy agency: ‘Radical action’ needed to hit climate goals

US seeks new lithium sources as demand for batteries grows

Black reparations panel could decide who gets compensation

US Politics

Jan. 6 panel missing roughly 8 hours of Trump’s phone calls

Biden budget has Manchin priorities: Tax rich, cut deficit

Georgia House panel backs referendum to legalize gambling

Kansas GOP lawmakers move to prevent local bans on plastic

International News

Live updates: Belgium orders 21 Russian diplomats to leave

Russia says it will scale back near Kyiv as talks progress

After Russian forces pull back, a shattered town breathes

Blinken in Morocco amid shifts in Mideast, NAfrica diplomacy

EU regulator starts reviewing Spanish COVID vaccine booster

UK police fine 20 people over ‘partygate’ virus scandal

Brazil: Bolsonaro leaves hospital after overnight stay

UK Queen shrugs off health issues, attends Philip service

Sports

UConn reaches 14th straight Final Four, tops NC State in 2OT

Louisville beats Michigan 62-50 to return to Final Four

Breakfast Blogs

It Looks to Me Like the January 6 Investigation Has Quietly Expanded Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

John Eastman’s Blank Documents emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

War for Ukraine Update 34: The Ukrainians Are Still Holding, the Russians May Have Tried To Push Through To Kyiv, & Putin Tried To Poison Abramovich Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice

Gin & Tonic: On Assassination as Statecraft WaterGirl, Balloon Juice

As NY goes, so goes the world? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Fortenberry, convicted liar and thin-skinned bully, resigns Spocko, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Government closest to the people Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Apparently Unwilling To Learn From Florida & Texas’s Failures, Georgia Moves Forward With Unconstitutional Content Moderation Bill Mike Masnick, Techdirt

House Judiciary Committee Wants The FBI To Explain Why It Keeps Targeting Journalists, Religious Groups, And Politicians Tim Cushing, Techdirt

SCOTUS Appears Skeptical of Southwest Airlines Claim That Cargo Loader Supervisor Who Sued for Back Pay Is Not Engaged in ‘Interstate Commerce’ Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime

Citing ‘Security Threats,’ Judge Orders Trump Lawyers to Remove ‘Sensitive’ Home Addresses of Ex-FBI Agents and Leaders in Lawsuit Against Hillary Clinton Aaron Keller, Law & Crime

Federal Judge, Fearing Repeat of Jan. 6, Finds Trump ‘More Likely Than Not’ Committed Felony Obstruction of Congress Adam Klasfeld. Law & Crime

SCOTUS Refuses to Hear Medicaid Challenge, But Justices Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch Had Some Thoughts About HHS Use of Private Entities to Make Rules Elura Nanos, Law & Crime

How few actual rules bind the behavior of our national leaders Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Elite impunity Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,055 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Both Siderism Remains the Royal Road to Media Respectability driftglass, at his blog

JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE PARTY OF QANON Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Is It Good When A Judge Says A Lawyer And His Client The President Did Crimes? Asking For John Eastman. Liz Dye, Wonkette

Even Fox News Wouldn’t Put Up With Rick Scott’s Sh*t This Sunday Michael Mora, Wonkette

Madison Cawthorn Allegedly Overwhelmed By Washington Cocaine And Orgy Invites Robyn Penacchia, Wonkette

Trump Doing All He Can To Help Make Stacey Abrams Georgia’s Next Governor Stephen Robinson, Wonkette