West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

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 has become totally unhinged after the immunity ruling.Then, on the rest of the menu, the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ordered more than a dozen of the nation’s most prominent white supremacists and hate groups to pay about $9.7 million dollars for the 2017 Charlottesville Unite the Hate rally; the Naval Criminal Investigative Service is probing the death of a major general whose body was found at the Twentynine Palms, California Marine base; and, a MAGA US representative from Indiana was charged with bringing a .380-caliber firearm through airport security.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the US military has heightened the security alert at its European bases due to a combination of threats; and, a Japanese executive is among dozens arrested in Myanmar for selling rice above set price

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, Jack Smith slipped a ‘poison pill’ in the brief Cannon demanded he file.Then, on the rest of the menu, nine Oregon Senate Republicans are seeking to tie rising electricity rates to a program that is not yet in effect; Nevada has verified enough signatures to put a constitutional amendment for abortion rights on the ballot; and, California is the first of three states to pass bills requiring tracking codes for gun stores, while seventeen states have passed bills barring or limiting gun store codes.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Australia has appointed only the second woman governor-general in 123 years to represent the British monarch; and, the European Union is escalating its scrutiny of the artificial intelligence industry.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 2

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, Dr Jill was at the debate while Melania watched the Uruguay/Bolivia Copa soccer match with her 24-hour bodyguard at her Manhattan penthouse.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Arizona MAGA RNC delegation chair said she ‘would lynch’ the Jewish county election official who oversaw the 2020 election for Maricopa County; a Minnesota judge was reprimanded for stripping voting rights from people with felonies; and, Maryland Governor Wes Moore’s administration is moving forward with plans for a new light rail project in Baltimore.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Slovakia will boost protections for politicians after an assassination attempt on the populist premier Fico; and, fire tore through the Danish taxation ministry, the latest of over a dozen major fires in Copenhagen since April.All that and more,

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, the immunity challenge has been hogging the news at SCOTUS, but the Fischer case has been flying under the radar and it could make insurrections great again.Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge ruled Border patrol officers falsely imprisoned a 9-year-old US citizen, and now they must pay; California lawmakers approved a budget that slashes spending and temporarily raises taxes on some businesses; and, an independent watchdog within the IRS reported delays in resolving identity theft cases are ‘unconscionable.’After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russia ordered an Austrian journalist out in response to Austria’s expulsion of a Russian journalist; and, a Bolivian general was quickly arrested after a failed coup attempt, which is proof it can be done.All that and more, on West Coast

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, Aileen Cannon is defying legal norms by giving Trump a forum to attempt to throw out his indefinitely-delayed classified documents case.Then, on the rest of the menu, Oregon is the first state to join the free filing option for federal taxes; Arizona authorities are investigating whether a 27-year-old temporary election worker in the state’s largest county had political motivations when he stole a fob that would allow him access to vote tabulators; and, a federal judge rejected a $30 billion settlement that would have capped the fees Visa and Mastercard charge to merchants for credit and debit card purchases.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Brazilian police official won crucial backing to become the next head of Interpol; and, Puerto Rico’s Justice Department is suing at least thirty form

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, Cannon made a major mistake inquiring how the DoJ is funding the case, and it may cost her.Then, on the rest of the menu, the state infant mortality rate rose over eight percent in the wake of the Texas abortion ban; the first Black mayor of a small Alabama town, who was locked out of town hall by the former mayor and the all-white council, will return to the role under the terms of a proposed settlement agreement; and, civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit to block Louisiana’s new unconstitutional law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a high-profile German far-right politician is on trial for the second time over knowingly using a Nazi slogan during a political event; and, Indonesia won’t pay the $8 million ransom dem

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, Judge Cannon's extraordinary pretrial backlog is 'like LaGuardia on a holiday.’Then, on the rest of the menu, the FBI has offered a reward for information about those responsible for igniting a pair of New Mexico wildfires that killed two people and destroyed hundreds of homes in the past week; abortion access has won when it’s been on the ballot, that’s why half the states are working hard to keep it off; and, a Wisconsin judge is expected to consider whether to allow people with disabilities to vote electronically from home this November.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the investigation of the Russian hack on London hospitals earlier in the month, may take weeks to complete; and, right-wing Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage, is facing wide-ranging criticism over his claim that the West provoked Puti

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, striking back at Trump, Fulton County DA Fani Willis filed a Motion to Dismiss his appeal to remove her as prosecutor, that could lead to the case being sent back to the trial judge in time for setting a trial before November.Then, on the rest of the menu, educational material from propaganda chop shop PragerU is now taught in public schools in six states; top executives of a California-based online mental health company were arrested in a $100 million dollar scheme to improperly prescribe Adderall during the pandemic; and, a MAGA attorney charged in connection with an effort to illegally access and tamper with voting machines in Michigan after the 2020 election, said that he’s running for the state’s high court.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the leader of Armenia declared his intention to pull

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, Jared Kushner’s dark past resurfaces and MAGA is working hard to cover it up, again.Then, on the rest of the menu, the leaders of Oregon’s two Planned Parenthood affiliates have temporarily delayed their effort to dissolve the organization’s political arm; the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled unanimously the MAGA Superintendent of Public Instruction and the state Department of Education overstepped their authority to force schools to ban books; and, intelligence officials say the presidential election is a prime target for foreign disinformation.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Slovakia plans to boost protection for politicians after the assassination attempt on its populist premier; and, a Russian woman has been detained and questioned in Denmark for helping a foreign intelligence agency

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, Cannon’s latest efforts to aid Trump and avoid any Mar a Lago espionage act trial this year accidentally exposed her own errors.Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal appeals court upheld the California law banning gun shows at county fairs; the Virginia NAACP sued a county school board over its reinstatement of Confederate military names to two schools; and, the lead singer of the Four Tops sued a Detroit-area hospital for restraining him and ordering a psychological exam after refusing to believe that he was one of the Four Tops.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where French opposition parties on the left and right are seeking alliances ahead of the snap elections called by President Macron; and, the government of the Central African Republic suspended a Chinese mining company’s operations in

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 decision by the right wing Georgia appellate court to stop the continued prosecution of Trump until they issue their appellate ruling raises serious questions.Then, on the rest of the menu, voting technology company Smartmatic subpoenaed four Fox Corporation board members as part of its $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News; a Federalist Society judge in Texas halted a federal disaster aid program for minority farmers because it discriminated against white farmers; and, the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission unanimously chose a Democratic member as chair for the next two years.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Czech authorities suspect that Russia may have been behind last week’s attempt to set Prague public transportation buses on fire; and, Hungary Prime Minister Orbán’s party s

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 allies, Kenneth Chesebro, James Troupis and Michael Roman, were charged with felony forgery in the Wisconsin 2020 fake electors scheme.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Georgia congressional candidate convicted for his participation in the January 6 insurrection, walked out of a televised debate on Sunday ahead of a June 18 primary runoff; an Indiana Christian group teaching Bible instruction to public school students during classroom hours, says it will triple its programs in the state this fall after new legislation forced school districts to comply; and, New Haven, Connecticut dedicated an immigrant monument in the square where Christopher Columbus statue was removed.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Norway’s sovereign wealth fund said it will vote against Elon Musk’s hefty CEO compensation packag

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!S​​​​​tarting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s train wreck of a speech in 118 degree heat in Arizona sent over fifty people to the hospital.Then, on the rest of the menu, the only Black head team doctor in the NFL has filed suit alleging racial discrimination; an appeals court ruled eight books dealing with racism and transgender issues must be returned to library shelves in a rural Texas county that had removed them; and, Eugene Meyer, the longtime president of the Federalist Society, announced his retirement.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the United States imposed sanctions on dozens of Georgian officials in response to the enactment of a law that will curb media freedom; and, a French citizen was arrested in Moscow on charges of collecting military data.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisin

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, Aileen Cannon issued a new tactic to delay Trump’s espionage trial.Then, on the rest of the menu, a state ethics panel ruled an Oregon lawmaker who suggested non-Christians are ill-suited for elected office did not violate House rules; Local officials on the Hawaiian island of Maui voted to oppose a US military proposal to build new telescopes on the summit of Haleakala volcano; and, a hail stone the size of a pineapple found in Texas will likely set a state record.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Emirati leader met with a Taliban official facing a $10 million US bounty over attacks on US citizens; and, the Netherlands is the first to kick off four days of European Union elections across twenty-seven nations.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cui

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, Trump’s off the wall posting spree of bizarre and unhinged videos of himself is compared with the posts and actions by President Biden.Then, on the rest of the menu, a man who attacked a Muslim state representative outside a prayer service in Connecticut was sentenced to five years in prison; big GOP funders are sending millions into Missouri’s attorney general primary; and, South Carolina is trading its all-male Supreme Court for an all-white Supreme Court.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where several London hospitals had to cancel operations and send patients away because of a cyberattack on a company that supplies pathology laboratory services; and, Interpol and the FBI have broken up a cyber scheme in Moldova to get asylum for wanted criminals.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook &

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, Jamie Raskin humiliated Marjorie Taylor Green at another bonkers hearing.Then, on the rest of the menu, a confidential state document showed a long-shot MAGA political stunt to personally interfere with the New York judge who found Trump liable for bank fraud, fizzled out quietly months ago; a panel of MAGA judges on the 11th Circuit blocked the Fearless Fund from awarding grants to Black women because it might discriminate against white men; and, the CFO of the far-right MAGA QAnon China-owned propaganda outlet Epoch Times, has been arrested for his role in a sixty-seven million dollar multinational money laundering scheme.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the head of Greece’s extreme neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party will return to prison after a council of judges rescinded his early conditional release; an

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, Justice Sotomayor sounded the alarm on the MAGA SCOTUS.Then, on the rest of the menu, an Army National Guardswoman and part-time instructor for an Arizona high school was exposed as a neo-Nazi; with rates climbing, more Oregonians had their electricity or natural gas service cut off in April than at any time in the six years the state’s been tracking disconnections; and, mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus have been found in Los Angeles County.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Iceland elected businesswoman Halla Tomasdottir as its new president; and, physicist and climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum holds an irreversible lead that has made her Mexico’s first woman president, oh, and she’s Jewish, too.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!"I was never a

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 still has to deal with sentencing, appeal options, the gag order and more following his historic conviction on all 34 felony counts.Then, on the rest of the menu, the mother of a January 6 officer was ‘swatted’ at her Virginia home hours after her son criticized Trump; a New Mexico judge granted Mark Zuckerberg’s request to be dropped from a lawsuit that alleges his company has failed to protect kids from sexual exploitation; and, anti-vaxxers are to blame for the sharp rise of whooping cough in Oregon.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where billons of dollars in gold is smuggled out of Africa each year and most of it ends up in the United Arab Emirates; and, Sweden’s domestic security agency accused Iran of using established criminal networks in Sweden as a proxy to target Israeli or Jewish inter

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 is left to stew in his own madness as the jury deliberates his crimes.Then, on the rest of the menu, a conservative Republican blocked the confirmation of the first Native American federal judge for Montana; the Governor of Louisiana signed legislation that makes it a crime to knowingly approach within twenty-five feet of a police officer while they are “engaged in law enforcement duties;” and, a MAGA Republican on the election board for Fulton County, Georgia refused to certify the primary election.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where police searched the European Parliament as part of an investigation into whether EU lawmakers were bribed to promote Russian propaganda; and, the US pledged $135 million in aid to Western-leaning Moldova to counter Russian influence.All that and more,

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, Cannon went full MAGA with her pro-Trump ruling.Then, on the rest of the menu, Klickitat County, Washington has narrowed its options for a new jail, and none include the out of control Constitutional Sheriff lording over everything; a former California water official plead guilty to conspiring to steal water for the last two decades from the California Aquaduct; and, the Texas GOP has taken the party’s hostility to democracy to a new level.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Europe’s cybersecurity chief says disruptive digital attacks by Russia have doubled recently in the run up to the EU elections; and a Polish nature photographer who was arrested in Congo and sentenced to life on espionage charges, has been released and returned to Europe.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Spea