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.
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