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, critics of book banning have a message to the parents trying to ban an award-winning novel they clearly haven’t read.Then, on the rest of the menu, congressional Republicans are trying to block the Biden administration plan to cut money from the fraudulent crisis pregnancy center scam, more than a dozen states have given themselves the power to override local zoning restrictions blocking large-scale renewable energy projects; and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate two crashes involving Florida’s Brightline high-speed train that killed three people at the same railroad crossing.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Belarusian journalist faces up to six years in prison for covering anti-government protests; and, tens of thousands of Germans demonstrated against the far right following 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, the New York prosecutors were not comparing Trump’s “Murderer’s Row” of experts to actual murderers in their closing, but to the 1927 Yankees.Then, on the rest of the menu, the family of the beloved Vice President of Student Affairs at HBCU Lincoln University in Missouri has confirmed her death on 8 January was by suicide, brought on by the bullying and severe mistreatment by the university’s white president; an Oregon Proud Boy plead guilty to transporting undocumented migrants in Arizona; and, the Wisconsin Supreme Court refused a request by Republican lawmakers to reconsider its ruling ordering the drawing of new legislative maps.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned a plot by far-right groups to deport millions if they take power; and, a migrants’ ri

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, Thomas Massie threatened to facilitate another January 6 insurrection if Trump doesn’t get what he wants.Then, on the rest of the menu, a judge has rejected several claims lodged by Delaware’s attorney general in a lawsuit alleging that the fossil fuel industry has downplayed the risks of climate change; voters decided to remove a small-town Nebraska school board member from office after she tried to have dozens of books pulled from town’s school libraries; and, a Montana fire chief who lost a previous job for refusing a vaccine mandate in Washington state, has been charged in the January 6 insurrection.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a three-day union strike has brought train traffic to a near standstill across Germany; and, a former Gambian interior minister is going on trial in Swi

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 Trump immunity appeal was shattered by a judge Trump doesn't believe should be a citizen of the United States.Then, on the rest of the menu, California lawmakers will consider a ban on tackle football for kids under twelve; the Virginia General Assembly is set to open the 2024 session with Democrats in full control of the Capitol; and, the Los Angeles Times executive editor is stepping down after a fraught two and half year tenure.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where two convicted right wing politicians who took refuge for hours at Poland’s presidential palace are finally arrested; and, a prominent Cambodian critic of the government is charged with defamation over comments made on Facebook.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, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump says he hopes the market crashes right away and people lose their homes, 401k’s and jobs so he can blame it on Joe.Then, on the rest of the menu, the president of the National Association of Realtors quit just four months into her tenure after receiving a blackmail threat; US retail mortgage lender loanDepot is struggling with a major cyberattack; and, the Republican New Hampshire attorney general is considering filing felony charges against the Democratic National Committee for calling its primary ‘meaningless.’After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where China says it has detained an individual accused of collecting state secrets on behalf of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency MI6; and, opposition leaders in Italy demanded an investigation after several hundred Black Shirts gave the outlawed fascist sa

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 series of upcoming bombshell court decisions could signal disaster for the Republican party.Then, on the rest of the menu, right wing election integrity activists want a federal judge to rule that Georgia’s use of Dominion Voting machines is unconstitutional; at Florida’s only public historically Black university, students and faculty fear DeSantis’ new “anti-woke” laws will censor race education; and, the Alaska Airlines in-flight emergency is almost an exact repeat of what happened to a Boeing flight from Arizona to California in 2011.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Anders Breivik, the Norwegian right-wing extremist who killed seventy-seven young people in a bomb and gun rampage in 2011, will try for a second time to sue the Norwegian state for allegedly breaching his human rights; and, after a sixt

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, there is only one anti-Epstein candidate, and it isn’t Trump or RFK, Jr.Then, on the rest of the menu, Baltimore celebrated an historic twenty percent drop in homicides, even though the patrons at that MAGA diner feel like it’s actually much, much higher; an embattled Sacramento, California City Council member has resigned following a federal indictment; and, the New Mexico governor has proposed a ten percent spending increase amid a hefty windfall from oil and gas production.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the European Union has targeted the world’s biggest diamond miner as part of its Russia war sanctions; and a pair of British Neo-Nazi podcasters have been sent to prison on terror charges for targeting Prince Harry and his young son.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Spea

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 GOP ‘dog and pony show’ at the border gives Democrats an opportunity to contrast with the Republican’s cruel theatrics, stunts and fear-mongering.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Georgia district judge ruled conservative ballot suppressors, True The Vote, did not violate the Voting Rights Act when it challenged the eligibility of more than 360,000 voters just days before the 2021 runoff election; a Wisconsin court ruled absentee ballots with minor problems like an address with no zip code, are okay to count; and, the Department of Justice accused two well-connected MAGA political operatives of hiding their foreign lobbying during the Trump administration.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai has plead not guilty to sedition and collusion charges; a

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 Supreme Court could move quickly to hear the challenges to Trump’s ballot eligibility, or they might not.Then, on the rest of the menu, wary of GOP-led back-door privatization efforts, states and Congress wrestle with cybersecurity at water utilities amid renewed federal warnings; a federal judge ruled he will allow white Mississippi officials to move forward with creating a state-run court in part of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson, over objections from the NAACP; and, a Leesburg-area landowner donated a historic 85-acre plot that will become a northern Virginia park.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where China will ease visa requirements for US travelers in its latest bid to boost tourism; and, authorities in Germany have detained a fifth suspect in connection with a threat to attack the wo

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, Jack Smith’s effort to block Donald Trump from spreading disinformation in court is explained.Then, on the rest of the menu, lacking any federal regulation to protect the consumer, a new Oregon law requires data brokers register with state agencies before selling personal information; New Mexico environmental officials have proposed a new regulatory framework for reusing fracking wastewater; and, a conservative, all-white Missouri school board reversed itself after a contentious public outcry, and will reinstate Black history classes, but with a new curriculum.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Russian poet received a seven-year prison sentence for reciting verses against the war in Ukraine; and, another one of those rich ass oligarch Russian lawmakers has been found dead, after another o

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 federal judge has ruled the removal of a Confederate memorial from Arlington National Cemetery can continue.Then, on the rest of the menu, a judge ordered a woman who set fire to Wyoming’s only full-service abortion clinic to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution, the full amount sought by prosecutors; more Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but not enough to raise concern about the labor market or broader economy; and, pro-Hamas rioters briefly blocked entrance roads to airports in New York and Los Angeles.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Russian politician calling for peace in Ukraine lost her appeal to run for president against Vladimir Putin; and, China sanctioned a United States research company and two analysts who have reported extensively on human rights ab

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 violent rhetoric and “call and response” with his followers has led to scores of assassination threats in the last week alone against Colorado Supreme Court justices, US Supreme Court justices, presidential candidates and the FBI.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Michigan Supreme Court that Trump will remain on the state’s primary election ballot.; Disney has filed a lawsuit claiming that the oversight government appointed by DeSantis, has failed to release documents and properly preserve records in violation of Florida public records law; and, Maryland lawmakers grappling with multibillion-dollar budget shortfalls are weighing proposals to tax the rich.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Argentina’s newly elected neo-fascist president laid off five thousand government employees hired

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 latest legal filings make the claim he never took an oath, so he’s immune from all crimes.Then, on the rest of the menu, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton promised retribution for votes they didn’t like and they have a list, and they checked it twice; a Fulton County judge ruled against a media company that sued the Georgia city of Sandy Springs for delivering one line police reports in response to public records requests; and, an audit finds low compliance by the Seattle police with a law requiring youth to have access to lawyers.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Belarus says Russia has completed its nuclear weapons shipments to the country, raising concerns in the region; and, North Korea appears to be looking to make more bomb fuels at its main nuclear facility.All t

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, the Colorado ruling is also a warning to other pro-coup lawmakers that it is not over.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Huntington Beach, California city council will remove Black History Month, Women’s History Month and Pride Month, among others from their 2024 celebration calendar to make room for their new celebrations that will be “free of any identity politics and political agendas” they don’t like; Seattle Children’s Hospital sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after he ordered them to hand over all their records of trans minors; and, a federal judge hearing a challenge to Florida’s anti-Trans law noted DeSantis repeatedly spread false information about doctors mutilating children.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Pakistan authorities arrested over two hundred activists to stop 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, Jack Smith’s filing in opposition to Trump’s request under the Classified Information Procedure Act will make Trump pay for Judge Cannon’s protection.Then, on the rest of the menu, an Oregon court delivered a blow to Oregon’s signature Climate Protection Program, ruling in favor of industry and the utilities; the Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the EPA rule limiting downwind power plant pollution in ten states; and the chair of the MAGA Shasta County Board of Supervisors told a San Francisco reporter to 'drop dead' in an email from his county account, that email did not turn up in public records requests.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Poland’s new Cabinet has moved to free state media from the conservative party that consolidated its grip on it during eight years in power; and

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, Colorado’s Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump was an officer of the United States, January 6 was an insurrection, Trump was the leader of the insurrection and his candidacy in the state is prohibited on constitutional grounds.Then, on the rest of the menu, Tesla’s recall of two million vehicles to fix its Autopilot system uses technology that may not work; the ACLU of Montana is challenging the law defining the word ‘sex’ in state code as only male or female; and, Southwest Airlines and its pilots reached a tentative labor agreement after three-and-a-half years of negotiations.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Airbnb has admitted to misleading Australian customers by charging in US dollars instead of local currency; and, Greece has approved a new law granting undocumented migrants residen

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 reason Trump keeps jawing like a fascist is because it works.Then, on the rest of the menu, a lawsuit says Georgia’s lieutenant governor should be disqualified from office for acting as Trump fake elector; Trump campaign lawyer Kenneth Chesebro testified in the Nevada fake electors case to avoid prosecution; and, an audit finds Tennessee prisons are severely understaffed and officers worried about safety.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Greek anti-terror squad investigates after a bomb was defused near riot police headquarters; and, the European Union is investigating Musk’s X over possible breaches of the new tough social media law.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

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 becoming more explicit on how he wants to take down US democracy.Then, on the rest of the menu, fake news sites have ballooned one thousand percent since May, and Artificial Intelligence is making it worse; the Washington State Attorney General’s office named a new head of its Indigenous cold case office; and, health officials have opened a tuberculosis probe involving dozens of schools in Nevada’s most populous county.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Albania returned twenty religious and secular icons to neighboring North Macedonia that were stolen a decade ago; and, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will return more than a dozen pieces of looted ancient artwork to Cambodia and Thailand.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit

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, remember Trump's constant propaganda about the economy?Then, on the rest of the menu, the Idaho Transportation Department completed construction on the state’s first wildlife overpass this fall, and animals are already finding their way over the highway; liberals seek the ouster of a Trump lawyer who advised fake electors from a Wisconsin judicial ethics panel; and, two months after a massive foreign cyberattack, the Kansas courts’ computer systems are starting to come back online.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where NATO’s newest member, Finland, will sign a defense pact with the United States; and, an academic arrested in Norway as a Moscow spy confirmed his real, Russian name.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netro

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, MAGA Republican Congressman Troy Nehls of Texas admitted the GOP motivation for the Biden impeachment is “Donald J Trump 2024, baby!”Then, on the rest of the menu, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon says the company managing the facilities at Crater Lake National Park has created unsafe conditions that threaten the park, visitors and employees who live and work there; the vandalization of the beloved Lake Merritt Menorah in Oakland, California is being investigated as a hate crime; and, a Texas high school Black student suspended for months over his hairstyle, likely won’t return to class anytime soon.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where independent news outlets and NGOs condemned Hungary’s new ‘sovereignty protection’ law as a way to silence critics; and, a Thailand court sentenced a newly elect