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, Canadian Member of Parliament Charlie Angus warned Canadians not to travel to the United States.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Virginia campground owner evicted two families because they 'didn’t tell me the friend’s husband is Black;' Musk’s dad says Elon can’t be racist because two of his best friends were their “Black servants” when they lived in apartheid South Africa; and, Trump’s migrant gang members renditioned to El Salvador are anything but.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a library and opera house that straddles the Canada-US border and has been a symbol of binational friendship for 100 years will have its Canadian entrance cut off by US authorities; and, in what has all the hallmarks of Russian sabotage, an electrical substation exploded near Heathrow Airport, disrupting at least 1,350 fli

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, federal judge Boasberg outsmarted Trump in a brilliant move.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump’s former campaign lawyer is furious after his personal information and social security number were made public with the release of the unredacted JFK assassination files; an FBI agent who previously criticized the bureau for having a “Trump bias” was arrested this week on charges of illegally disclosing classified information to other agents; and, Tesla has recalled every single Cybertruck ever sold over exterior trim pieces detaching while driving.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Indonesia’s new military law is alarming pro-democracy activists and rights groups; and, Canada’s new leader announced a $4.2 billion Australian radar purchase instead of the United States’ system.All that and more, on We

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, Musk and Trump lose bigly in a “landmark” court case they intend to ignore anyway.Then, on the rest of the menu, real federal auditors say the DOGE take over of whole agencies is “a heist;” a big shot, longtime Tesla investor begged Musk to step down as CEO; and, the MAGA DOJ argued that Trump would be well within his authority to fire all agency chiefs who are women, especially if they are over the age of forty.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Irish leaders slammed thug rapist Conor McGregor for his cozy White House visit with Trump; and, Denmark’s intelligence services said that Greenland’s recent election took place without any signs of influence by a foreign government.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Liv

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, Musk was caught pulling a bombshell stunt to meddle in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race.Then, on the rest of the menu, Amy Coney Barrett’s mysterious recusal could upend the pivotal Supreme Court religion case; the Musk Starship is a hoax, it was never developed to make it to Mars, but only to grift beaucoup bucks from the government; and, Eric and Don Jr are advisors and investors in Dominari Holdings, which has ties to a network linked to a $27 million stock fraud.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where European Union government ministers debated ways to keep Radio Free Europe afloat after Trump defunded the pro-democracy media outlet; and, MI6 is about to go all James Bond for real with it’s first woman spy chief.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

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, the Chief Judge of the DC Circuit Court has substantially expanded his Temporary Restraining Order against Trump's phony "declaration of war" to lawlessly use the war time powers of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport migrants.Then, on the rest of the menu, a DOGE goon is accused of breaking Treasury privacy rules by circulating a spreadsheet with personal information to other people in the Trump administration; Trump ramps up rhetoric targeting the courts amid his mounting legal setbacks; and, staff cuts at federal agencies overseeing US dams are threatening their ability to provide reliable electricity, supply farmers with water and protect communities from floods.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Lithuanian authorities say Russian military intelligence was behind an arson attack at an IKEA s

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 federal judge blasted the Trump administration's defense of its firing of thousands of federal workers and orders that the jobs be restored, with some harsh words for Trump's lawyers to boot.Then, on the rest of the menu, Arlington National Cemetery "unpublished" links to lists of notable graves, walking tours and educational material pertaining to Black, Hispanic and women veterans, as well as some Medal of Honor recipients; MAGA Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters is hit with a new ethics probe; and, tributes pour in for longtime Arizona congressman Raúl Grijalva who passed away from cancer at age seventy-seven.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Indonesian fishermen have sued Bumble Bee charging the canned tuna giant knew of forced labor abuse in its supply chain; and, the Canadian governing

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, John Larson of Connecticut is mad as hell at Elon Musk and he’s not going to take it anymore.Then, on the rest of the menu, the MAGA FBI ordered Citibank to freeze accounts for Habitat for Humanity as it criminally charges the longtime charity with accepting EPA grants; a federal judge ruled that Trump cannot fire the Democratic member of federal labor board; and, a Canadian businesswoman detained by ICE for the last nine days is speaking out about being "wrapped in chains" and kept in a cell with thirty other people.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Finland and Ukraine have signed a bilateral defense cooperation agreement; and, Nigerian authorities confirmed a meningitis outbreak has killed twenty-six people since January.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de C

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 was dealt a consequential court loss as the federal judiciary continues as a bulwark against the MAGA onslaught.Then, on the rest of the menu, The MAGA spokesperson for the Office of Personal Management posted influencer fashion vids from her government office 'while defending mass layoffs of federal workers;' MAGA attorney general Pam Bondi is set to slash the public corruption unit for wasting money prosecuting corruption; and, ICE is rife with "inner turmoil" as the Stephen Miller-handpicked MAGA leader of the agency has been ousted, deportation numbers are down and expenses are exploding.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the captain of the cargo ship that collided with a US tanker in the North Sea, setting both ablaze in an environmental catastrophe, is a Russian national who remains in UK

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, Trump issued a Truth Social order that boycotting Tesla is illegal and suffering a recession is MAGA’s patriotic duty.Then, on the rest of the menu, just as hostile foreign powers ramp up hacking efforts against the United States, Trump halted funding for two cybersecurity initiatives, including one for elections; Kentucky bourbon makers fear becoming ‘collateral damage’ in Trump’s trade war; and, despite widespread opposition from dentists and national health organizations, Utah will become the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where an extreme right wing Greek lawmaker was arrested after attacking paintings in the Athens’ National Gallery he claimed are offensive; and, families are reporting more British and German tourists with valid visas have been appr

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, Democrats have seized a rare and huge opportunity to defeat Trump.Then, on the rest of the menu, scholars are stranded in America and abroad amid the MAGA funding freeze of State Department programs; Musk slashing government by cutting out the House and the Senate has alarmed even some fiscal conservatives; and, Hegseth is accused of 'endangering troops' with his statement denying military climate science when it was the military that first researched climate change decades and decades ago.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russia is upset after far-right Vlad toady Calin Georgescu is barred from the Romanian presidential election redo; and, Russia expelled two British diplomats from the Moscow embassy over unsubstantiated espionage claims.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Rad

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 complaint has been formally filed to disbar rogue Trump prosecutor, Ed Martin.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Bonneville Power Administration is attempting to find and rehire all the staff fired by Trump; life-saving avalanche forecasts are being hindered by the DOGE purge; and, Oregon police investigate nighttime gunshots that shattered windows at a Tesla dealership.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Buenos Aires power outage has left over 600,000 customers without electricity during a sizzling heatwave; and, after Trump ordered a stop to all early warning and intel-sharing with Ukraine, Russia bombarded Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in a large-scale missile and drone bombardment during the night.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, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a distinctly American resistance is tripping up Trump’s illegal power grab.Then, on the rest of the menu, the United States charged twelve spies in China’s freewheeling hacker-for-hire ecosystem; Trump lost millions of viewers with the longest-ever speech to Congress; and, in a move even the Antichrist would avoid, Trump plans to revoke the legal status of 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, putting them on a fast-track for deportations.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Romania detained six members of a criminal group on suspicion of plotting a coup in collusion with Russia; and, a Canadian teen recruited to spy for Russia is now sitting in a Polish jail.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio

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 pathetic behavior throughout the day yesterday is chronicled, from crashing the markets to his disastrous joint session speech.Then, on the rest of the menu, some DOGE staffers are drawing six-figure government salaries from the very agencies they are slashing and burning;” Musk ordered the IRS to draft plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce; and, the Supreme Court denied Trump’s emergency challenge and backed a federal judge's order that the administration pay $2 billion to US Agency for International Development contractors for work already done.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Trump-controlled CFPB dropped its lawsuit against Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo over Zelle fraud; and, Eric Prince’s mercenary for hire company BlackRock, has penned a dea

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum ripped Trump to shreds over his tariffs, and she was not alone.Then, on the rest of the menu, Musk’s one dollar credit card spending limit is paralyzing federal agencies just like it was planned to do; state lawmakers consider the ‘Freedom to Read’ bill as the latest attempt to limit book bans in Oregon schools; and, the Supreme Court won’t hear a challenge from conservative college students who say their freedom of speech is violated by a university program for reporting allegations of bias.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where at least three Serbian lawmakers were injured, one seriously, as smoke bombs and flares were thrown in parliament; and, the European Union is pondering an eight hundred billion euro plan to beef up defenses to counter US disengagement.All that and more, on

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, interim US Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin, illegally demoted seven of the top prosecutors in the office.Then, on the rest of the menu, farmers and ranchers in MAGA Southern Oregon hit by the federal funding freeze are confused and worried; the Trump administration wants to exclude government spending from the GDP, obscuring the impact of the DOGE cuts; and, Musk’s embrace of right-wing politics is turning off car buyers and sinking Tesla’s stock.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the UN human rights chief expressed concern about a “fundamental shift in direction” taking place in the United States when it comes to human rights; and, an Iranian government official who was key to the 2015 nuclear deal resigned under hard-liner pressure.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Res

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, during his meeting and press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Trump was “humiliated by his own ignorance.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the MAGA-captured SEC is suddenly backing away from crypto investigations and lawsuits, a move described as “unprecedented;” MAGA has to destroy NOAA because hurricane, tsunami and other weather warnings are woke; and, Trump’s pick for Under Secretary of the Navy once accused Monterey, California of being taken over by witches.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where India and the EU have agreed to conclude a long-pending free trade agreement by the end of this year; and, just one voter backed the neo-Nazi Alternative for Germany Party in the nation’s smallest town.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putn

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, Jamie Raskin humiliated Jim Jordan to his face in the takedown of the year.Then, on the rest of the menu, America First is not America First when it comes to stock markets worldwide this year; MAGA is pushing legislation to weaken judges by abandoning the centuries-old precedent that courts can decide whether laws are constitutional; and, the Georgia State Election Board voted to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to enforce a subpoena against a conservative group that was unable to produce evidence to support its claims of ballot stuffing.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Rubio had the EU’s Kaja Kallas fly all the way to DC for transatlantic negotiations, then stood her up as Trump exacerbates transnational tensions; and, Austria is getting a new coalition government without the far-right election winn

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 had his MAGA House vote to kick old folks in nursing homes out into the streets and people on hospice to die on their own so Musk can get richer selling out America.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump signed an executive order targeting the law firm representing former special counsel Jack Smith with special unitary executive punishment; contractors sued Oregon Governor Tina Kotek over an executive order requiring union labor; and, the DOGE-fired cybersecurity chief for the Veterans Affairs site warns that health and financial data of millions of veterans is at risk.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russia-backed, far-right populist Romanian politician Calin Georgescu was detained and questioned by prosecutors; and, who told Trump that issuing tariffs on copper would reshape global trade?All

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the United States joining Russia and North Korea in the Axis of Evil is a day that will live in infamy.Then, on the rest of the menu, Apple shareholders are expected to reject scrapping corporate programs designed to diversify its workforce; nurses at Providence’s eight Oregon hospitals approved new contracts, ending the largest health care strike in state history; and, the Trump National Park Service withdrew a Black community in Louisiana from a decade-long historic landmark consideration.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a hard-right British politician has been charged with accepting bribes to boost Russia’s agenda in Ukraine; and, Taiwanese authorities are investigating a Chinese-crewed ship suspected of severing an undersea communications cable.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with

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, Trump is losing it as American’s of all of parties quickly turn against him.Then, on the rest of the menu, key federal agencies refused to comply with Musk’s latest demand in his cost-cutting crusade; Trump suspended the USDA 1890 Scholars Program for students at historically Black colleges; and, Republican state lawmakers are threatening local officials who resist Trump with lawsuits, fines and even potential jail time.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where conservative Friedrich Merz won the country’s national election and will partner with the center-left Social Democrats against the surging neo-Nazis; and, tens of thousands across forty-seven cities rallied in Slovakia to mark the 2018 slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancee.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Ra