West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is throwing all of his DOJ lawyers under the bus after two brutal court rulings where one ruling involved a finding a probable cause of criminal contempt.Then, on the rest of the menu, an international student at Oregon State University has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration after it revoked his legal status; Idaho gave families $50M for private schools and scrapped $30M used for public education to do it; and, anti-vaxxers with close ties to RFK, Jr are falsely claiming that the deadly measles outbreak in Texas is caused by a “bioweapon.”After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the strange sell-off in the dollar raises the specter of investors losing trust in the US under Trump; and, the European Central Bank cut interest rates for the seventh time as global trade tensions escalate.All th

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a Trump-appointed judge ruled the Trump administration violated the First Amendment by banning Associated Press reporters.Then, on the rest of the menu, Tulsi Gabbard declared her residency in Texas, then she voted in Hawaii; the Justice Department will not allow employees to participate in American Bar Association events because of the association’s “improper ideology;” and Central Oregon's Latino Fest and Juneteenth events have been canceled over fears of violence against Black, Latino and Asian people.(We had a last minute call from Gunner’s vet to bring him in early, so we had to forgo the Chef’s Table.)All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good cit

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a paranoid Trump is conducting polygraph tests across all departments to find the dozens of leakers exposing his crimes.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump’s federal housing director is calling for a criminal referral at the DOJ against Leticia James over mortgage fraud allegations conjured out of thin air; a Trump-appointed Texas judge threw out the Biden-era rule that would have capped credit card late fees because usury is legal now; and, fresh from a courtroom loss over The Associated Press’ access to the presidency, Trump is now banning all international wire services from the White House press pool.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Hong Kong post office will stop shipping parcels to the US after Trump slapped a 120% tariff on them starting May 2; and, China is pursuing three Trump-NSA oper

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Harvard ripped Trump a new one in a brutal rejection of his unlawful threats.Then, on the rest of the menu, the men behind developing a Christian Nationalist community in rural Tennessee insist 'this country belongs to Jesus,' not the Jews; in a televised interview, Trump’s interim US Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin, blamed the "crazy Black ladies" for his firing from CNN several years ago; and, department officials say ICE Barbie Kristi Noem’s DHS cosplaying has interfered with agency operations.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Hungary passed a constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ public events; and, Swedish authorities did not find any evidence that a Chinese-flagged ship in the Baltic Sea intentionally damaged two undersea cables last year.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Canada is taking the lead to show the world how to destroy Donald Trump.Then, on the rest of the menu, the man tapped by RFK Jr to run the clinical trial to tie vaccines to autism was previously convicted with practicing medicine without a license, had given autistic children a dangerous drug not approved for use in the US and improperly prescribed puberty blockers; previously charged with misrepresenting its involvement in the Cambridge Analytica scandal and lying about its role in the deportation system set up by Trump, Peter Thiel’s Palantir is helping DOGE with a massive IRS data project; and, the community is fighting back after a Florida teacher was fired for calling a trans student by their name.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Irish privacy watchdog is investigating Musk’s use of personal dat

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump gets some bad news on the exploding insider trading scandal.Then, on the rest of the menu, the commander in charge of Pituffik Space Base in Greenland has been fired after she pushed back against Vance‘s claims that Denmark was failing to protect the island from Russia and China; the Trump administration moved for the release of the ex-FBI informant who fabricated the bribery story about the Bidens; and, Oregon will refuse to comply with Trump’s DEI order on public schools.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where hackers breached Morocco’s social security database in an unprecedented cyberattack; and, European countries vowed to sends billions of dollars in further funding to help Ukraine keep fighting Russia’s invasion.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justi

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a Trump-appointed judge ruled the Trump administration violated the First Amendment by banning Associated Press reporters.Then, on the rest of the menu, Tulsi Gabbard declared her residency in Texas, then she voted in Hawaii; the Justice Department will not allow employees to participate in American Bar Association events because of the association’s “improper ideology;” and Central Oregon's Latino Fest and Juneteenth events have been canceled over fears of violence against Black, Latino and Asian people.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Romania is leading NATO naval drills as Europe scrambles to boost defense spending; and, Mexico and Brazil agreed to strengthen trade ties in the wake of Trump’s tariff turmoil.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justi

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, if Musk claims Navarro is a 'moron,' what does Musk think of Trump who follows Navarro’s advice?Then, on the rest of the menu, a former Facebook employee will testify before Congress that Meta executives undermined US national security and briefed Chinese officials on emerging technologies; more than half the families who applied for Alabama’s new school voucher program already have children attending a private school; and, Democratic-led cities and states are pushing back on threats to cut US school funding over DEI.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Japan says it wants to join a NATO command for the support of Ukraine; and, what if a Signal chat exposed a military operation in Yemen and nobody cares that the US continues to pound the country, killing eight people near a Red Sea port and another nine

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Supreme Court’s shocking move on deporting anyone the Trump administration wants has captured world attention.Then, on the rest of the menu, Ford’s outstanding Maverick Hybrid AWD Pickup has driven into the Trump tariff trap; Bezos and Musk got their fat, billion dollar federal contracts after sucking up to Trump; and, Trump says high tariffs may have prevented the Great Depression, but History says different.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a French anti-racism group filed a complaint over far-right flyers distributed near a Le Pen rally calling for violence against foreigners; and, Brussels police arrested Rubio’s security detail supervisor after fighting with hotel staff and responding police.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appéti

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, it’s almost like Trump is destroying the United States from within, tanking the economy and ruining so many lives, on purpose.Then, on the rest of the menu, the chemical and consumer products industries have deployed an army of lawyers to keep the states from banning “forever chemicals;” a federal judge in Washington state warned Trump’s rhetoric breeds ‘unprecedented’ threats of violence; and, a Duke basketball star is on Trump’s deportation list after a brutal loss in the NCAA Tournament.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Turkey’s main opposition party reelected its chairman, two weeks after the arrest of Erdogan’s main rival; and, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that his centrist political party was the target of a Russian cyberattack ahead of Poland’s presidential election next month.Bon Appétit!The Ne

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a Senate hearing devolved into chaos after Cancun Ted Cruz repeatedly spoke over Amy Klobuchar and then walked out as the pair exchanged barbs over nationwide injunctions inhibiting Trump’s agenda.Then, on the rest of the menu, Georgia MAGA pushed a last minute bill to limit public access to lawmaker and police records; Trump says things are ‘going very well’ after the worst stock market drop in almost sixty years over his delusion about tariffs; and, nineteen states filed a lawsuit against Trump’s attempt to reshape elections across the US, calling it an unconstitutional invasion of the states’ clear authority to run their own elections.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Yoon Suk Yeol has been removed as South Korea’s president over his short-lived martial law coup; and, Denmark’s prime minister told t

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Christo-Fascist Hegseth had displays of the contributions of American Jewish women during World War II removed before his visit to the Naval Academy.Then, on the rest of the menu, an Idaho Republican state representative has accused her own party of weaponizing federal immigration authorities against her after she publicly criticized Trump’s immigration policies; Georgia MAGA lawmakers pushed through a religious freedom bill despite its clear discrimination against non-Christians; and, North Dakota voters banned lawmakers from seeking term limit changes, but MAGA did it anyway.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Turkish police detained eleven people for supporting a shopping boycott as part of the protests against the imprisonment of Erdogan’s main rival; and, Hungary plans to withdraw from the I

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s psychotic behavior explodes as his arbitrary and self-imposed tariff deadline hits.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Boston judge held an ICE agent on obstruction of justice and contempt charges after a suspect was detained and renditioned mid-trial; an appeals court affirmed the convictions of two men accused of leading a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Whitmer in 2020 and start a civil war; and, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore legal aid to tens of thousands of unaccompanied migrant children.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where anger over the Trump’s tariffs and rhetoric is already causing international travel to the US to fall even further than expected this year; and, Germany’s chief diplomat described Trump’s efforts to secure a truce in the three-year war between

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a very angry Canada is ripping Trump to shreds in front of the entire world.Then, on the rest of the menu, top career officials at the Department of the Interior were placed on administrative leave after denying DOGE access to the federal payroll systems; Florida Republicans face off today against well-funded Democratic candidates in US House special elections;  and, Louisiana voters soundly rejected four constitutional amendments championed by MAGA Governor Jeff Landry related to crime, courts and finances.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where protests against Musk’s purge of the US government swarm Tesla showrooms worldwide; and, Brazil’s government admitted to spying on Paraguay during Bolsonaro’s presidency.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Musk made an unhinged legal threat because Tesla sales are tanking worldwide.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Los Angeles-based federal prosecutor was fired on instructions from the White House due to his part in a case involving one of Trump’s top donors; Trump’s trade wars threaten America’s craft brewers already reeling from changing tastes; and, Trump’s promised ‘Liberation Day’ of tariffs is coming on Wednesday, at stake are family budgets, America’s prominence as the world’s leading financial power and the structure of the global economy.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump warned military force is not off the table for Greenland after Danish Foreign Minister scolded his administration; and, Russian toady Marine Le Pen was sentenced to four years imprisonment for embezzlement and five years ineli

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, it is so on point in MAGA World that when a man like Mike Walz screws up royally, a woman like Elise Stefanik will lose her cabinet job.Then, on the rest of the menu, the hosts on San Francisco Bay Area sports radio titan KNBR fired back at the ‘racist’ Homeland Security ads airing on their station; the first Black Speaker of the House in Virginia’s 405-year history was barred from entering a high school to give a presentation because “he was not vetted properly;” and, Trump signed a late night executive order to "eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology" from museums, research libraries and the National Zoo, because of the longtime KKK/ white nationalist screed that “race is a biological reality.”After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where two more journalists were detained in Istanbul as part of

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s term is blowing up in his face as failed tariffs and awful scandals cripple him.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Social Security Administration backtracked on some ID requirements after a major public backlash; the family of a woman who was “violently ejected” from a malfunctioning revolving door at Trump’s Las Vegas hotel is suing for her wrongful death; and, Oregon’s top elections official panned the Trump executive order on voter registrations as an illegal power grab.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Tesla sales fell by 49% in Europe even as the electric vehicle market has grown; and, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned Russia to expect a ‘devastating’ reaction if it ever attacks Poland.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Put

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the democratic candidate who stunningly flipped a ruby red 15+ Trump district in Pennsylvania’s Senate, made opposition to Elon Musk front and center in his campaign.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Trump Administration plans to cut the team responsible for critical atomic measurement data; and, the MAGA gunman who killed twenty-three Hispanics in a racist attack at a Texas Walmart is offered a plea deal to avoid death penalty.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where police executed raids in six German states against “an international network whose aim is to overthrow the government in Eritrea;” and, Greenland and Denmark appeared cautiously relieved by the news that JD Vance and his wife are changing their itinerary for their visit to Greenland on Friday.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Sp

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, if a Signal was sent in the forest about how there is no bottom to the Trump regime, would it make a flushing sound?Then, on the rest of the menu, more questions arise over Middle Tennessee congressman MAGA Andy Ogles’ campaign spending, mysterious companies and bogus addresses; the hired mercenary company who tackled an Idaho woman confronting Republican lawmakers at a town hall, zip-tied her hands and dragged her from the event, have a long history of harassing hippies in Humboldt County California; and, DOGE cuts are testing some Florida conservative voters’ faith in MAGA in the special election for Matt Gaetz’s old seat.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where international students weigh new risks of pursuing higher education in the US under Trump; and, Brazil’s Supreme Court began proceedings today to de

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a federal judge lost her patience and exploded in court over Trump officials lying right to her face.Then, on the rest of the menu, where Trump’s Border Czar backed off his bold attacks against judges, but just a little; a Georgia jury orders Monsanto parent Bayer to pay nearly $2.1 billion in the Roundup weedkiller lawsuit; and, former US Attorney Jessica Aber, who was conveniently™ found dead at the age of 43 on Saturday, was at the helm of high-profile investigations into intelligence leaks, allegations of war crimes against Russian-linked individuals and people suspected of providing sensitive US technology to Moscow before she stepped down at the start of the year.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Turkish authorities detained several journalists from their homes in a crackdown amid escalating protest