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, looks like Hunter Biden will get the last laugh over Trump’s nominee for Attorney General exposed as the real drug-addled, nepo creep, sex-fiend we’ve all known he is.Then, on the rest of the menu, the number of registered lobbyists jumped to a record high in California; Florida condo owners face higher costs as new regulations take effect in the new year; and, a Nebraska man who lost his home over a $588 tax debt is getting it back.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Finland detained a Russia-linked vessel over the recently damaged undersea power cable in the Baltic Sea; and, a judge reinstated Ecuador’s vice president after deeming her suspension unconstitutional.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep

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, Democratic legislative members have no more F’s to give and are on the offensive.Then, on the rest of the menu, an Oregon house cat died after eating pet food that tested positive for bird flu, prompting a recall of raw frozen pet food that was sold nationwide; a circuit judge struck down part of the Missouri law restricting access to court records; and, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, President Biden signed a bill officially making the bald eagle the national bird of America.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russian sabotage is suspected in the severing of a power cable linking Finland and Estonia under the Baltic Sea; and, Russia’s air defense system is suspected in the downing of an Azerbaijani jetliner in Kazakhstan, killing thirty-eight, wit

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, The New York Firefighters Union found out what happens when you endorse a 9/11 Truther arsonist.Then, on the rest of the menu,  Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen was hospitalized after being thrown from a horse; already a longtime opponent of the deal, Biden will decide on the US Steel acquisition by Nippon Steel after an influential panel failed to reach a consensus on the national security risks; and, New Jersey gambling regulators handed out fines to two sportsbooks and a tech company for sports betting violations.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where cleanup continued in the Kerch Strait near Russian-occupied Crimea, a week after at least 3,700 tons of low-grade fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken Russian tankers; and, Romanian lawmakers voted narrowly in favor of a new pro-European coalition governm

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, GOP Representative Don Bacon pushed back on Bannon and Musk.Then, on the rest of the menu, Musk accused Mackenzie Scott of "destroying western civilization" by donating billions to charities for women, minorities, and marginalized groups, and she just keeps doing it; an Oregon sheriff has contacted the FBI about letters telling people to track possible immigrants; and, the Department of Justice alleged in a lawsuit that Louisiana’s prison system routinely holds people weeks and months after they have completed their sentences.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where over a hundred thousand people streamed into a central square in Serbia’s capital for a rally against far right populist President Aleksandar Vucic; and, German authorities received tipoffs last year about the AfD-affiliated suspect in the deadly Chr

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, President Musk threw MAGA Mike under the bus for the bipartisan resolution to avoid a government shutdown.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump's border czar doesn't believe birthright citizenship is enshrined in the Constitution and that’s why he’s starting early building the gulags; a MAGA county commissioner in MAGA County Oregon has been recalled two years into his four year term; and, a Wisconsin judge temporarily put on hold his recent ruling that restored collective bargaining rights to teachers and most other public workers that were lost under a controversial 2011 state law.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a lawyer accused of being a Chinese spy and interfering in British politics, lost her legal case against UK intelligence agency MI5;  and, a Manhattan man pled guilty to helping esta

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a bipartisan lineup of Canada’s leaders blasted Trump as his tactics backfire.Then, on the rest of the menu, Grubhub will pay $25 million dollars in a deceptive practices settlement with the Illinois attorney general and the Federal Trade Commission; Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren is the first Navajo woman to be named top prosecutor in Arizona’s Apache County; and, federal agencies have opened at least three reviews of Musk and SpaceX for repeatedly failing to comply with federal reporting protocols aimed at protecting state secrets, by not providing details of his meetings with foreign leaders.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Mexico’s anti-monopoly regulators imposed special conditions for a period of ten years on Walmart’s Mexico subsidiary; and, prominent anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was releas

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump will no doubt be taking credit for Biden’s economic policies.Then, on the rest of the menu, New Orleans insists its police department is ready to end federal oversight, but not all are convinced; Connecticut has become the latest state to begin notifying its eligible citizens that some or all of their medical debt will soon be paid off; and, growing oil industry support for the federal methane reduction rule could help it survive Trump’s return.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote, setting up an early election in February for the collapsing government; and, Ukraine took responsibility for an explosion that killed the head of Russia’s nuclear defense forces and his assistant in Moscow.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with C

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, E Jean Carrol has not received one red cent for winning her lawsuit against Trump, but Trump just got $15 million from ABC/Disney to defame her over it.Then, on the rest of the menu, cybercriminals demanded ransom after they hit the Rhode Island benefits system in a major cyberattack; Time magazine gave Trump something it has never done for a Person of the Year designee, a lengthy fact-check of claims he made in the issue’s interview; and, the Securities and Exchange Commission wants Musk to pay a penalty or face charges involving what he disclosed, or failed to disclose, about his purchases of Twitter stock before he bought the social media platform.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the German foreign minister warned anyone involved in atrocities for the ousted Syrian government against seeking refuge in

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, SCOTUS ruled to keep Trump’s gag order in place.Then, on the rest of the menu, charges have been revived against a slate of six Nevada Republicans for submitting a bogus certificate to Congress that declared Trump the winner of the presidential 2020 election; the FTC has sued the largest US wine and spirits distributor, saying it discriminates against smaller stores; and, the Governor of Kentucky unveiled a paid leave plan for state workers with a new child or serious illness.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where human rights abuses took place, has been charged with several counts of torture after being arrested in Los Angeles for visa fraud charges; and, Poland will guard its major TV stations against hostile purchase attempts by Russia.All that

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, Democratic House members went on the offense against MAGA Republicans at the latest Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing.Then, on the rest of the menu, Washington state lawmakers could decide whether a MAGA representative facing felony voter fraud charges will serve in the state legislature; North Carolina MAGA lawmakers enacted a law after midnight that nullifies the powers of the incoming Democratic governor, attorney general and school superintendent;  and, federal court filings allege a MAGA parish official committed perjury in a lawsuit tied to a Louisiana grain terminal.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where South Korea’s president pulled a Trump and defended his martial law decree as an act of governance while denying the rebellion charges; and, Australian police have launched a special operatio

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Louis DeJoy suffered a bipartisan Senate hearing beatdown. Then, on the rest of the menu, judges in Oregon and Washington separately blocked a $24.6 billion merger of Kroger and Albertsons; a federal bankruptcy judge rejected the sale of Infowars to satirical news website The Onion; and, US Biathlon officials ignored sexual harassment and abuse of women racers for decades.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where tens of thousands of protesters demonstrated across North Macedonia to demand better air quality in cities that are among the most polluted in Europe; and, Ecuador’s government will stop rationing electricity nationwide, just before the holidays.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resista

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Justin Trudeau is fed up with the Mayor of Mar a Lago.​​​​​​​Then, on the rest of the menu, Idaho’s strict abortion ban , even when the mother’s life is in danger, faces scrutiny in a federal appeals court hearing; a federal judge is considering whether to overturn a Minnesota law that bans religious tests for colleges that participate in a state program; and, a state attorney in Florida appointed by DeSantis says he won’t help his elected democratic replacement transition into office.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where prosecutors told the International Criminal Court that two leaders of a Christian rebel group in the Central African Republic were guilty of multiple counts of war crimes; and, the global chemical weapons watchdog said that it reminded Syria of its obligations to comply with rules to safe

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, If Trump chops down the Constitution in the Vichy forest of Meet the Press, will it make a sound?Then, on the rest of the menu, the FBI warned iPhone and Android users to stop sending texts between the two platforms because of the Salt Typhoon Chinese military hacking group; the California Capitol was deemed safe for reopening after an emailed threat prompted an evacuation; and, a bid by The Onion to buy Alex Jones’ Infowars is scheduled to return to a Texas courtroom where a judge will decide whether the bankruptcy auction was properly run, as Jones alleges collusion and fraud because a shadow company he owns was outbid.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Romanian prosecutors conducted raids linked to the funding of Russia-linked Georgescu’s campaign; and, the foreign ministers of Germany, France an

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 pick for IRS Commissioner Billy Long, has already promised to screw over Trump’s own voters.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Department of Justice investigation found that the Memphis Police Department uses excessive force and discriminates against Black people, the mentally impaired and children; Michigan Democrats moved to protect reproductive health data before the MAGA GOP takes control of the state House of Representatives; and, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook a large area of Northern California and Southern Oregon, prompting a brief tsunami warning for 5.3 million people along the US West Coast.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the European Union ordered TikTok to preserve data related to the Romanian election after declassified intelligence revealed Moscow arranged an online campaign to s

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 town in ‘Murder’ Taylor Greene’s Georgia district that voted overwhelming for Trump, is freaking out after realizing he will destroy their economy.Then, on the rest of the menu, Wells Fargo announced it will lay off seven hundred of its Oregon employees in 2025; Jeff Bezos said he really wants to help cut regulations from a made-up cabinet position, too; and, a federal judge in Texas blocked the nationwide enforcement of the federal anti-money laundering law.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Belgian authorities opened a money laundering investigation into the just-departed former European Union chief justice; and, the United Kingdom dismantled a series of massive money laundering operations tied to Russian oligarchs, Gorky Park organized crime groups, FSB cybercriminals and Moscow drug dealer

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Democrats officially won a huge House race and flipping a key seat.Then, on the rest of the menu, for a second time, a Delaware judge has nullified a pay package that Tesla had awarded to Elon Musk, that once was valued at $56 billion; the founder of failed crypto lending platform Celsius Network plead guilty to fraud charges; and, Ohio’s top elections official has rejected a Republican challenge over the legal residency of one of the state’s Democratic members of Congress.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where South Korea’s opposition parties submitted a motion to impeach President Yoon over his sudden call for martial law; and, tens of thousands of demonstrators in the Georgian capital converged on parliament again on Tuesday, venting outrage against the governing party’s decision to suspend negotiati

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Even Bill Ackman begging could not stop the markets from freaking out after Trump’s late night trade war tirade.Then, on the rest of the menu, bird flu is racing through poultry, dairy and swine farms, but Northwest states are rarely testing its workers; Mississippi voters will decide winners for one seat on the state Supreme Court and one on the state Court of Appeals in a runoff election today; and, experts are expressing grave concern that the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee has declined to investigate any abortion ban death.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where police in Turkey detained scores of demonstrators seeking more protection for women against violence after more than four hundred women have been murdered this year; and, Britain sanctioned thirty ships in Russia’s so-cal

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 takes aim at Jack Smith, Biden-appointed judges and individual federal workers by name.Then, on the rest of the menu, Louisiana GOP lawmakers want to make it easier to try juveniles as adults; Fox attorneys seek to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit over reporting of Dominion vote rigging allegations in 2020; and, the last meatpackers in New York City’s Meatpacking District are getting ready to say goodbye.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Belarus has granted asylum to a fugitive Polish judge wanted on allegations of spying for Russia; and, Romania is in shock after a far-right, pro-Russia populist, funded by a secret trove of foreign cash and who no one had heard of before the  October 1 filing for president, is leading after the first round of voting.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your