The Breakfast Club (Footsteps Of a Stranger)

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

Patricia Hearst gets prison time; Author F. Scott Fitzgerald born; ’60 Minutes’ premieres; Baseball’s Dodgers play last Brooklyn game; Muppets creator Jim Henson born; Children’s author Dr. Seuss dies.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

John Marshall

Breakfast News

US News

US sets the stage for COVID booster shots for millions

Providers challenge only US law banning vaccine mandates

Is the delta variant of the coronavirus worse for kids?

Navajo Nation reports 45 more COVID-19 cases, 1 more death

Indiana State U. requiring vaccinations or tests in 2022

Guam appeals ruling striking down abortion restriction

Migrant camp along Texas border shrinks as removals ramp up

Mississippi negotiators reach proposal on medical marijuana

US special envoy to Haiti resigns over migrant expulsions

Wildfire victims left with nothing get hope from donated RVs

Louisiana state trooper charged in pummeling of Black man

Fort Meade: Exercise ongoing, reports of shooting false

AgCenter: Ida agriculture damage at least $584M in Louisiana

EPA rule sharply limits HFCs, gases used as refrigerants

Mississippi AG seeks to end family lawsuit after dad’s death

Alaska officials euthanize 3 lynx in Anchorage

Police: Florida man tries to trade back vehicle he stole

Woman arrested on suspicion of starting California blaze

Ancient tablet acquired by Hobby Lobby going back to Iraq

Oldest human footprints in North America found in New Mexico

Veterans at Revolutionary battlefield dig find camaraderie

US Politics

House Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump advisers, associates

Democrats see tax ‘framework’ to pay for huge $3.5T package

Pennsylvania prosecutor sues to block GOP election subpoena

International News

The Latest: Indiana university to demand vaccine proof, test

‘Vaccine apartheid’: Africans tell UN they need vaccines

Naval officer wins praise for Portugal’s vaccine rollout

Taliban official: Strict punishment, executions will return

Ex-Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont detained in Sardinia

Leaders to UN: A warmer world is a more violent one, too

UN summit seeks to fix food’s many problems, but draws fire

N. Korea rejects South’s calls for end-of-war declaration

Lava spread raises fears of more damage on Spanish island

One to charge them all: EU demands single plug for phones

Sports

Muncy homers in 10th, Dodgers rally for 7-5 win over Rockies

White Sox clinch AL Central with 7-2 win over Indians

Mountcastle, Hays HRs help Orioles beat skidding Rangers 3-0

Caratini, Padres beat Giants 7-6 in 10 to tighten NL West

College Football Playoff expansion enters negotiation stage