West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

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, 'Putin has congratulated House Republicans for stalling the Ukraine aid package.'Then, on the rest of the menu, the FBI is investigating dozens of emailed hoax threats to Oregon synagogues, schools and airports; Media Matters for America sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for launching a “retaliatory” investigation over its investigation into Elon Musk’s Twitter; and, the New Mexico Supreme Court is weighing whether to strike down local abortion restrictions by conservative cities and counties.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where German prosecutors have indicted twenty-seven people on terrorism charges in connection with a far-right coup plot; and, the MI6 chief thanked Russian state television for its ‘help’ in encouraging Russians to spy for the UK.All that and more, on West Coast Cookboo

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, Texas is a War on Women state.Then, on the rest of the menu, advocacy groups want a full federal appeals court to revisit a panel ruling limiting the scope of the Voting Rights Act; a Montana county will vote on removing election oversight duties from a Stop the Steal-affiliated clerk recorder; and, a Kentucky judge struck down a charter schools funding measure.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Poland’s parliament elected Donald Tusk to return as prime minister, following eight years of stormy, white nationalist, conservative rule; and, Austrian authorities arrested a 16-year-old who planned to attack a Vienna synagogue.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 24/7/365!“As

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, armchair foreign policy expert JD Vance downplays the threat of Putin invading a NATO country as 'preposterous.'Then, on the rest of the menu, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife will be returning more than forty acres of Inyo County land to the Indigenous Paiute people; the Massachusetts attorney general filed a civil rights lawsuit against a white nationalist group; and, a judge has voided the result of a Louisiana sheriff’s election and recount where the Black democratic candidate won by a single vote.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where tens of thousands of people marched in the Belgian and German capitals to protest soaring antisemitism since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza; and, the UN Refugee Agency warned that half of the half million Afghans forcibly evicted so far from Pakis

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 Texas judge granted a woman permission to get an emergency, life-saving abortion, but Attorney General Ken Paxton threatened hospitals, doctors, nurses and other healthcare staff with felony charges if they help her stay alive.Then, on the rest of the menu, Senator Rick Scott of Florida is sounding the alarm about the national security risk posed by communist garlic from China; the maternal mortality rate is much higher for Black women than white women in Mississippi; and, the University of Michigan is launching a new effort to fight antisemitism.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Moscow court extended the pre-trial detentions of three lawyers for representing imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny; and, Japan pledged $4.5 Billion more in aid for Ukraine, including $1 Billion in hu

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 ‘will do whatever is necessary for him to take power.’Then, on the rest of the menu, the Coast Guard is promising reforms after an internal review found its members don’t feel safe and trust in leadership is eroding; an Air Force Reserve staff sergeant has been arrested on felony charges for his role in the January 6 Capitol insurrection; and, Jill Biden was joined with children from military families to help sort toys donated by the White House to the US Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the union representing German train drivers has called for a twenty-four hour strike that will hit passenger services; and, a conglomerate of unions in Norway will take action against Tesla in solidarity with its Swedish colleagues, who are demanding tha

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, Speaker of the House, MAGA Mike Johnson, admitted to being an “accessory after the fact.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the second-ranking Democrat in the House is the latest member to become entangled in an epidemic of big money thefts affecting public officials; New Mexico wants to underwrite development of a strategic new source of water by buying treated fracking water; and, Frontier Airlines has settled a lawsuit filed by female pilots who accused the airline of discriminating against pregnant or breastfeeding employees.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Israeli regulators are looking into claims investors earned millions of dollars by short-selling Israeli stocks days ahead of Hamas’s October 7 attack; and, the US made an offer to bring home jailed Americans Paul Whelan and Evan Gershko

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 is facing renewed scrutiny from former January 6 committee co-chair Liz Cheney, who says supporting him equates to "sleepwalking into dictatorship.”Then, on the rest of the menu, Clark County, Washington is ordered to pay almost two million dollars in a racial discrimination case; the new Republican-drawn North Carolina congressional districts are challenged in federal court on racial bias claims; and, a prosecutor in Texas has dropped charges against seventeen Austin police over tactics used during 2020 George Floyd protests, and is asking the Justice Department to investigate instead.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where one of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists has jumped bail and moved to Canada; and, a Madrid judge has opened an investigation into several agents of Spain’s National I

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 Supreme Court’s ruling on the Security Exchange Commission case could ‘upend government as we know it.’Then, on the rest of the menu, even though DeSantis’ lawyers admitted his personally-drawn gerrymander map violated the state constitution by diminishing Black votes, the Florida First District Court of Appeal ruled it’s all good, he had to; a Wisconsin man plead guilty to firebombing the office of a prominent anti-abortion group last year; and, a Barbie doll honoring Cherokee Nation leader Wilma Mankiller is met with mixed emotions.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Vice President Kamala Harris engaged in a speed round of diplomatic talks with Arab leaders while also negotiating at the COP28; and, a former American diplomat who served as US ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested in a long-running FB

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, unsealed texts from GOP Congressman Scott Perry reveal a "vast web of contacts" who he was talking to about efforts to overturn the election, including top Republicans.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Oregon secretary of state says she lacks the authority to bar Trump from the Republican primary ballot; securities fraudster and Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, announced he is suing Pfizer for “emotionally blackmailing” the American public into getting the COVID-19 vaccine; and, most US cities will replace harmful lead pipes within ten years under a new Biden administration plan.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog told the COP28 that the world wants more nuclear energy as a means to fight climate change; and, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey

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 prison fears mount as Jack Smith wins another round in the coup subpoena clash.Then, on the rest of the menu, the New York court-ordered financial auditor caught Trump sneaking forty million dollars from the Trump Organization into a personal bank account; Los Angeles County reported that hate crimes surged in 2022, with nearly seventy-five percent of them violent; and, the nation’s top cybersecurity agency warned that water utilities are vulnerable to hackers after the Pennsylvania Water Authority was attacked.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Canada says Google will pay one hundred million Canadian dollars annually under the country’s new Online News Act; and, Vice President Harris will attend the COP28 climate conference in Dubai.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook &

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, Jack Smith is going on the offense with Pence’s testimony.Then, on the rest of the menu, Musk’s Cybertruck is already a production nightmare for Tesla; James Comer forgets his own behavior after calling out the Dems; and, Michigan will join the state-level effort to regulate AI political ads as congress debates more sweeping regulations ahead of the 2024 elections.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Poland’s president swears in a government expected to last no longer than fourteen days; and, a diplomatic spat over the Parthenon Marbles has scuttled a meeting between the leaders of Britain and Greece.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 24/7/365!"To those of us

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 Republican threat to Fani Willis ran into a legal wall at Georgia Supreme Court.Then, on the rest of the menu, Michigan is on the verge of implementing one of the nation’s most ambitious clean energy mandates in a state with a long-standing manufacturing legacy; Sandy Hook families offer to settle Alex Jones’ $1.5 billion legal debt for a minimum of $85 million; and, a streaker was arrested at the Disneyland “It’s a Small World” attraction on a cold day in California.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a contract between Puerto Rico’s government and a coal-fired plant operator leaves residents in the dark; and, both an Oshkosh, Wisconsin-based company and a Dutch firm have been awarded a $342 million contract to produce equipment trailers for the US Army.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook &

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 New York Times opinion piece written by conservative lawyers and scholars sounds the alarm about the threat of a second Trump administration.Then, on the rest of the menu, frazzled parents are celebrating that schools in Portland, Oregon, reached a tentative deal with the teachers union after a nearly month-long strike; authorities evacuated over several hundred people after a petroleum refinery explosion near Detroit; and, a federal appeals court ruled Georgia can keep statewide elections for its five-member commission regulating utilities, overturning an earlier ruling that statewide elections illegally diluted Black votes.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russia put Meta communications director Andy Stone on its terrorist watch list; and, the prime minister of Ireland condemned anti-immigrant protest

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 federal appeals court ruling that undermines Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is expected to test the racial reality of John Robert’s long dedication to attacking the law.Then, on the rest of the menu, retailers are ready to kick off Black Friday just as shoppers pull back on spending; a Florida judge ruled a lawsuit blaming Tesla’s Autopilot for a driver’s death can go to trial; and, a Georgia Supreme Court ruling prevents a GOP-backed commission from beginning to discipline and remove liberal prosecutors.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Britain’s Conservative government pushes tax cuts in hopes of bolstering its electoral chances; and, three New Zealand political leaders say they’ve reached an agreement to form the next government.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook &

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, despite all his whines of victimhood, parallel hearings exposes Trump's special treatment by the courts.Then, on the rest of the menu, the California Supreme Court ruled Pacific Gas & Electric cannot be sued over safety-related power shutoffs due to wildfires; a right wing NRA-funded rural judge ruled the voter-approved Oregon gun control law violates the state constitution; and, the Missouri Supreme Court turned away a extreme right wing appeal about how to word a ballot question on access to abortion in the state an upcoming citizen initiative.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where online abuse and hate speech targeting politically active women in Afghanistan significantly increased since the Taliban took over the country; and, German authorities raided the homes of seventeen people in the

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, prosecutors for Jack Smith clashed in the DC Court of Appeals with Trump's legal team over the gag order in the DC election crimes case.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Republican former congressional staffer and a Democratic state senator face off in a Utah special election to replace Republican US Representative Chris Stewart; Las Vegas hotel union workers voted overwhelmingly to approve their contract agreement with casino giant Caesars Entertainment; and, the Republican Party argued New Mexico’s state Supreme Court should strike down a congressional map that has divvied up a politically conservative oil-producing region into multiple, competitive districts.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a parliamentary committee hearing in Israel descended into chaos as far-right lawmakers screamed at the famili

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 ramping up his dangerous rhetoric on 2024 campaign trail.Then, on the rest of the menu, Moms for Liberty reported over $2 million in revenue, with the bulk of contributions coming from just two donors; Mississippi’s capital city is considering a unique plan to slash water rates for poor people; and, fears of political violence are growing as the 2024 campaign heats up and conspiracy theories evolve.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Moscow Times, noted for its English coverage of Russia, is declared a ‘foreign agent;’ and, censored art from around the world finds a second opportunity at a Barcelona museum for banned works.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 24

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, Elon Musk’s ‘shocking pronouncement of antisemitism’ is not only repellent on its face, it’s also abhorrent that he actually believes it.Then, on the rest of the menu, climate change in Texas science textbooks is causing divisions on the state’s education board; the US Securities and Exchange Commission urged a federal judge to force Elon Musk to testify for its investigation into his $44 billion takeover of Twitter; and, a federal judge in Nevada has dealt another legal setback to Native American tribes trying to halt construction of one of the biggest lithium mines in the world.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Blackwater founder Erik Prince and four others went on trial in Austria over the export of illegally modified crop-spraying planes for military purposes; and, the US will resume f

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, just because Trump loses repeatedly doesn't mean the judges are biased.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Montgomery County, Maryland middle school teacher is put on leave after publicly claiming the October 7 massacre is a hoax; twenty-four people were arrested in Grants Pass, Oregon as part of a major illicit drug trafficking investigation; and, the Federal Communications Commission has enacted new rules intended to eliminate discrimination in access to internet services.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a German publisher will stop selling books about Vladimir Putin by an award-winning reporter who accepted money from Putin-aligned Russian oligarchs; and, calling them “envoys of friendship between the Chinese and American peoples,” Chinese President Xi Jinping promised that China will

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 Trump conviction is more likely as aides confess to the RICO prosecutors.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Detroit police corporal accused of shooting three photojournalists with rubber pellets while they covered the 2020 George Floyd protests has been ordered to stand trial; a new Democratic-leaning congressional district in Alabama is a rare opportunity in the deep red state to flip a Republican seat in the battle for control of the House of Representatives; and, Kansas officials evacuated the secretary of state’s building after it received a letter with “a suspicious substance.”After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Putin approved new restrictions on media coverage ahead of the March presidential elections; and, the new owners of Univision cancelled all of Biden’s campaign ad buys after a lat