West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

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 “dumb as rocks” Republicans destroyed their own investigation.Then, on the rest of the menu, video games are becoming a hotbed of dangerous propaganda; another top Arizona Republican election official is forced to resign as threats by MAGA goons gets 'worse and worse;' and, a monument at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles honors Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War Two by listing every name.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a German labor union has called on ground staff for Lufthansa to walk off the job at seven airports on Tuesday; and, police in Moscow were called to investigate alleged LGBTQ+ propaganda at a fan event dedicated to the cartoon series, “My Little Pony.”All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appé

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 plan to replicate a dangerous Republican victory in the 8th circuit court of appeals to the 11th circuit is discussed.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Missouri Supreme Court rejected the latest attempt by Republican state officials to block taxpayer dollars from going to Planned Parenthood; the “Bundy Ranch sniper” says he’s the driving force behind an Idaho bill to limit the definition of “terrorism;” and, the first tornadoes ever recorded in Wisconsin in the usually frigid month of February caused more than $2.4 million in damage.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Germany’s top security official said that she aims to make it easier to trace right-wing extremists’ financing; and, an appeals court in Paris upheld a guilty verdict against former French President Nicolas Sarkozy for

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, the Supreme Court's quick response to Trump’s last minute motion could spell disaster for the crook.Then, on the rest of the menu, the federal government has finalized almost two hundred thousand acres for floating offshore wind farms along the Oregon coast; a Republican Michigan lawmaker loses his staff and committee assignment after an online racist post; and, Alabama lawmakers advanced absentee ballot restrictions.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Albanian authorities accused Iranian-backed hackers of a cyberattack on the Institute of Statistics; and, Jared Kushner defended his business dealings with Bone Saudi Arabia.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 2

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, Republicans committed “political malpractice” when they blocked the bipartisan border bill.Then, on the rest of the menu, a suburban Seattle, Washington gun shop will pay $3 million for selling high-capacity ammunition magazines despite a state ban; a judge has thrown out a lawsuit that sought to block the University of California from renaming the former Hastings College of the Law; and, billionaire NFL owners are complaining the San Francisco 49ers are benefiting too much from hiring people of color.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where former Czech populist Prime Minister Andrej Babis lost his final appeal in Slovakia over allegations that he collaborated with the communist-era Czechoslovakian secret police; and, the European Union launched a legal action against Hungary over a new law t

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, the DC Appeals Court used a surprise tactic to cut Trump’s legs off in seeking to delay the order.Then, on the rest of the menu, Montgomery County, Maryland school board members apologized for the district’s failures in the handling of employee misconduct complaints and vowed to heal the school system; the mother of a 16-year-old who died in a workplace accident at a Mississippi poultry factory is suing the companies that hired and employed him; and, New Hampshire’s attorney general announced a criminal investigation into a Texas-based company behind thousands of AI-generated calls impersonating President Biden.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Russian man who defected from a high-ranking position in the Wagner Group has been given permission to stay in Norway, but was refused permanent as

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, “Donald Trump has tested every norm of democracy.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the quasi-independent Oversight Board implored Meta to rethink its policy on manipulated media in this high-stakes election year; the family of four Black girls mistakenly handcuffed by Colorado police and held at gunpoint, have reached a $1.9 million settlement; and, the town manager of a quaint New Hampshire town that has just recently become known for its arts, theater and music festivals, has quit after unrelenting anti-gay pressure from a Republican state senator who is also a town selectboard member.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Cambodia’s ruling party claims a leading rights activist defamed it and is seeking $500,000 in damages; and, the leaders of the United Kingdom and Ireland went to Belfast to meet Northern

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, Moses Mike Johnson’s claims about the border bill “is just a lie.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the governor of Pennsylvania is set to deliver a second budget while seeking more money for higher education, public education and public transit; the largest tribe in South Dakota has barred the state’s governor from its lands after her speech about unauthorized immigration harming reservations; and, federal judges are setting the record straight over claims the January 6 insurgents are political prisoners.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Boston man has been extradited from Sweden to face obstruction charges in arson cases targeting Jewish organizations; and, a diplomatic rift between Ecuador and Russia appeared to intensify after Putin decided to ban some imports of bananas from Ecuador.All that and more,

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, you really can’t blame a bunch of FBI agents who didn’t want to search Mar a Lago in the first place, to miss important hiding places for the stolen secret documents.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled that eight Republican lawmakers will be blocked from running for reelection after refusing to attend Senate floor sessions for six weeks last year; a year after scaring away Hispanic Americans and immigrants from the state, the Florida house passed a bill to loosen child labor laws; and, once a self-proclaimed leader in criminal justice reform, Georgia is sliding a little further toward its old lock-'em-up ways.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the two key farmers unions have suspended their nationwide protests after the French government offered new measures; and,

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 insisted to reporters he won the NY fraud and E Jean Carroll cases, and there were no penalties.Then, on the rest of the menu, the newest member of the Oregon House of Representatives is a frothing MAGA who claimed supporting drag queens and LGBTQ+ was akin to supporting child abuse and pedophilia; twenty-five California counties have sued electric car manufacturer Tesla for mishandling hazardous waste at more than one hundred facilities throughout the state; and, a small venture capital firm faced tough questions about DEI from a tribunal of conservative federal judges in Florida, as it defended a grant program for Black women-owned businesses.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has put its own “Mike Flynn,” who was removed as the agency’s hea

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, the brief by a panel of historians on the real history of the fourteenth amendment that is before the Supreme Court, is further evidence the Court needs a professional historian, and not the amateurs there now.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Texas Supreme Court temporarily halted depositions in the whistleblower case against Attorney General Ken Paxton, hours after Trump called on the court to end the case; an Arizona lawmaker who was a “fake elector” for Trump, has introduced a bill that would allow members of the statehouse to overturn future election results that they don’t like; and, the court and other systems in Georgia’s Fulton County were hacked, but the district attorney’s office said the racketeering case against Trump is unaffected.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where European Uni

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, Alina Habba sent a threatening letter to the judge who already threatened to lock her up.Then, on the rest of the menu, a conservative Oregon lawmaker suggested that Muslims, atheists and other non-Christians are unfit to serve in elected office; the diversity, equity and inclusion coordinator of public schools in South Portland, Maine, has left the state after receiving credible threats from white supremacists; and, a Colorado woman whose name is listed on the Minnesota presidential primary ballot as a third-party candidate, says she did not agree to run.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where federal police are investigating the son of former Brazilian President Bolsonaro for spying on his father’s opponents; and, members of a prominent self-exiled Russian rock group that publicly opposed the invasion of U

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 very terrified Trump filed a very desperate motion in Georgia.Then, on the rest of the menu, an Oregon weekly newspaper that had to lay off its entire staff after its funds were embezzled by a former employee, will relaunch its print edition next month; a superior court judge ordered the Los Angeles Police Department to get rid of photographs of legal documents that officers took during an unannounced raid on the home of a Black Lives Matter attorney; and, Illinois election officials are weighing the recommendation of a retired Republican judge to remove Trump’s name from the March primary ballot.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Czech lower house approved a tougher gun law a little over a month after the nation’s worst mass shooting; and, French farmers vow to continue protesting despite the govern

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 lashed out against everyone and everything after another devastating day in court. Then, on the rest of the menu, Florida removed sociology as a core course option for public colleges because students should focus on preparing for “high-demand, high-wage jobs, not woke ideology;” the Republican Ohio attorney general rejected a voting-rights coalition’s ballot petition for a second time; and, a bid to overhaul New Mexico’s oil and gas regulations clears its first hurdle amid fierce litigation.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where antisemitic acts have risen sharply in Belgium and France since the Israel-Hamas war began; and, Japan’s precision moon lander has hit its tiny target on the moon’s surface, upside-down.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, Trump’s attacks on Fani Willis could backfire in a massive way.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Trump Media merger prompted a $23 million insider trading probe of a Russia-linked bank owner; a New York trial judge refused to toss out Fox News’ claims that the voting technology company Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit against the network is suppression of free speech; and, Hewlett Packard Enterprise disclosed that state-backed Russian hackers broke into its cloud-based email system and stole data from cybersecurity and other employees.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a US congressional delegation made its first trip to Taiwan after the island’s presidential election; and, the EU Parliament’s environmental committee supports relaxing rules on genetically modified plants.All that and mor

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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, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision in a case involving Martin Shkreli is now a devastating precedent against Donald Trump. Then, on the rest of the menu, Los Angeles County agreed to pay $5 million to the founder and CEO of a software company who was accused of stealing data on county poll workers in a case pushed by conspiracy theorists and election deniers; an Oregon jury awarded $85 million to nine victims of wildfires that ravaged the state in 2020; and, another lawsuit has been filed against a small-town in Mississippi by local Black residents claiming cops engaged in systemic, Jim Crow-like racial discrimination.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where France fined Amazon $35 million for ‘excessively intrusive’ monitoring of its warehouse staff; and, an Italian Jewish leader slammed

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’s cognitive lapses and unhinged behavior is accelerating at a rapid pace.Then, on the rest of the menu, the trial of a twelve million dollar federal racial discrimination lawsuit has begun between a local Hispanic business and the city of Klamath Falls, Oregon; the US Supreme Court won’t overrule a federal judges’ order to redraw the Detroit legislative seats; and, the Department of Transportation awarded over one billion dollars in federal funding to replace the aging John A Blatnik Bridge between Minnesota and Wisconsin.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the European Union sanctioned six companies accused of trying to undermine stability in conflict-torn Sudan; and, Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa.All that

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 Biden administration just announced new abortion initiatives on the fifty-first anniversary of Roe.Then, on the rest of the menu, Georgia lawmakers want to restrict the value of homes to keep property taxes down; the Bureau of Land Management is looking to drastically cut target shooting within Arizona’s Sonoran Desert National Monument; and, a former firefighter, with a previous arson conviction, has been arrested for detonating a homemade bomb and planting several others along roadways across two Northern California counties.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where tens of thousands of French protesters asked Macron not to sign off on an immigration law with a far-right footprint; and, over one million Germans across the country protested against the resurgence of Nazi extremism.All that and more, on West

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, after attempting to smear her, Fani Willis wasted no time dropping a bombshell filing about Trump co-conspirator and fake elector mule, Mike Roman.Then, on the rest of the menu, just weeks after executive editor Kevin Merida left the company, the Los Angeles Times union plans to walk off the job to protest another round of layoffs; the Ohio Supreme Court reinstated a lower court decision to freeze $8 million in personal assets belonging to a former top Ohio utility regulator caught up in a federal bribery investigation; and, a California court ruling could threaten the key source of funding for a disputed giant water tunnel project.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Poland’s lawmakers voted to lift the immunity of a far-right colleague who used a fire extinguisher to put out Hanukkah candle

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 concocts his dumbest defense yet in the Mar a Lago document case, and he is begging his defense team Judge to help him out.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Kansas court system needs at least $2.6 million in additional funds to recover from an October cyberattack; Virginia Senate Democrats postponed work on constitutional amendments to devote more time to killing GOP voting suppression bills; and, a federal judge declined to block Georgia’s shortened runoff election period from nine weeks down to four.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russia’s recent intense attacks on Ukraine sharply increased civilian casualties in December; and, a court in Cambodia convicted four activists of plotting to provoke a peasant revolution by teaching farmers about class divisions.All that and more,