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 Trump 2024 campaign is a 'shield against legal prosecution.'Then, on the rest of the menu, GOP lawmakers defended restricting abortion access for women in the military; and, Alito has a cozy relationship with right-wing billionaire benefactors and curious links to the Wall Street Journal editorial page.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Britain’s Health Security Agency said that measles vaccination rates have dropped so low that London alone could see tens of thousands of cases unless immunization coverage is quickly boosted; and, and the man who threatened to burn holy books outside the Israeli Embassy in Sweden has abandoned the plan.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 Beami

Friday’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, special counsel Jack Smith aggressively rejected the reasons the Trump lawyers gave for why the espionage trial should be delayed.Then, on the rest of the menu, Alabama Democrats expressed frustration over Republican secrecy in sharing proposals to the Supreme Court redistricting order; Arizona Democrats filed a complaint against No Labels over donor secrecy; and, Houston plans to spend millions of dollars to relocate residents from neighborhoods located near a rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russian lawmakers moved to further restrict transgender rights in new legislation; and, a prosecutor in Argentina has launched an investigation into crimes against humanity in Venezuela following a criminal complaint filed by the Clooney Foundation

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 Clarence Thomas aide received payments in their Venmo account from parties that had successful cases before the Supreme Court.Then, on the rest of the menu, the second Oregon mayor resigned this week after racist and homophobic social media posts; Austin has suspended its controversial partnership with the Texas Department of Public Safety to police the streets of the capital city; and, the California State University system named its first Latina chancellor.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a former Mozambique finance minister is extradited to the US to face trial over a $2 billion scandal; and, Chinese hackers breached State Department and other government email on the eve of the Blinken visit.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon

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, just as with his first two runs, Trump’s third run for the presidency is a legal strategy to keep out of prison.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Utah Supreme Court scrutinized the process that sliced the state’s most Democratic-heavy county into four districts; deputies who reported a Texas sheriff to public corruption investigators say nothing was done; and, Bank of America has been ordered to reimburse customers and pay big time fines for “double-dipping” on overdraft fees, withholding reward bonuses on credit cards and opening accounts without customer consent.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Japan’s Supreme Court ruled government restrictions on a transgender employee’s use of restrooms is illegal; and, the European Union faces a cliffhanger vote on a major bill protecting nature and

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, “Clarence Thomas wanted to be rich, now he's pals with billionaires.”Then, on the rest of the menu, Democratic Colorado lawmakers sued their Democratic and Republican colleagues over repeatedly violating the state open meetings law; authorities in central Washington state issued evacuation orders as a new, growing wildfire sparked in the resort area of Crescent Bar; and, the owner of the Los Angeles Times sold sister paper The San Diego Union-Tribune to publishing powerhouse, MediaNews Group.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Albanian special prosecutors demanded that a former deputy prime minister be arrested on corruption charges; and, tensions rise in Zimbabwe after police barred the opposition party from holding an election rally.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; River City Hash Mondays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, “it’s Trump’s House of Representatives and Kevin McCarthy is just living in it.”Then, on the rest of the menu, for years the mayor of an Oregon Coast city has posted racist, homophobic and violent memes on a Facebook group for law enforcement; a federal judge found Washington state in contempt for not providing services to mentally ill people in jails; and, with pregnancy-related deaths soaring in the state and across the nation, Idaho disbanded its Maternal Mortality Review Committee.(we had a small emergency before we to Precious for her eye appointment and were not able to do a Chef's Table.

Friday’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, even legal threats that have no standing to enforce the Supreme Court ‘s affirmative action ruling is 'enough to frighten universities’ from admitting students of color.Then, on the rest of the menu, three crosses were found burned outside a small Los Angeles church; the Oregon Department of Justice reported a 178% spike in bias incident reports since 2020; and, California governor Gavin Newsom demanded the US Department of Justice probe Florida for their 'unconscionable' migrant flight 'scheme.’​​​​​​After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Tesla began laying off some battery production workers at its Shanghai plant; and, the British tourist who defaced the Colosseum with a love note to his girlfriend says he wasn’t aware the UNESCO World Heritage site was ancient.All that and more, on West Coast Coo

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, Justice Kagan shares our “crisis of faith in the Supreme Court.”Then, on the rest of the menu, a newly released government study found drinking water from nearly half of US faucets contains potentially harmful chemicals; dozens of Vermont schools districts sued Monsanto over toxic PCB contamination; and, a Florida city famous for its water, worries that it might run out of it.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a virulent right wing nationalist has succeeded in removing the name of Black US civil rights activist Angela Davis from a Paris high school; and, Germany’s top court blocked a parliament vote on a contentious bill to replace heat sources in the nation’s homes.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live

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 lot pundits speculate the extremism of the GOP base could make their favored Republican candidates too toxic for the general election, but that’s exactly how the base like it.Then, on the rest of the menu, filthy rich sellers of Los Angeles mansions are dodging a tax meant to help the homeless; the GOP targeting minority scholarships signals a new effort to thwart campus diversity; and, a Trump-appointed judge blocked the government from working with social media companies to fight disinformation perpetuated by hostile foreign actors.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Taliban are outlawing women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan; and, a French far-right figure ended his divisive and ghoulishly successful crowdfunding for the officer whose shooting of a Paris teen set off riots around the c

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 naive emphasis on 'colorblindness' is the new ‘Separate but Equal.’Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge blocked portions of Florida’s new elections law; ten states plan to sue the EPA over standards for residential wood-burning stoves; and, New Jersey’s other wind farm developer wants government breaks, too.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Hong Kong police offered rewards for the arrests of eight pro-democracy activists who live abroad; and, Vietnam banned the ‘Barbie’ movie due to an illustration showing China’s territorial claim in the South China Sea.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 I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea

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 John Roberts' Supreme Court rolls back civil rights one marginalized group at a time.Then, on the rest of the menu, a longtime Rutgers professor is glad her exchange went viral in which NYC mayor Eric Adams called her a plantation owner; thousands of hotel workers across Southern California walked off the job; and, the first Asian contestant to win the crown in the pageant’s 85 years, the current Miss Texas is taking on the state’s most virulent Republican leaders.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where tens of thousands rallied across Australia in support of Indigenous reform; and, the right wing mayor of Lisbon has been accused of "boycotting" Portugal's first memorial to victims of slavery.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroo

Friday’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, maybe the reason the MAGA SCOTUS ruling that ‘diversity is discrimination’ sounds like some deep, Orwellian trolling, is because it is.Then, on the rest of the menu, an Iowa judge blocked the state from attempting to prevent election officials from offering non-English voting materials to the public; the Department of Justice accused Los Angeles County of repeatedly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act at polling places during recent elections; and, a fugitive on the run for his role in the January 6 insurrection, was arrested with weapons near Obama’s DC home after Trump posted the former president’s address on social media.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where China’s manufacturing contracted in June as export orders decreased; and, Ukrainian emergency workers held drills to prepare for

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, Giuliani now talking to the DOJ about Jan 6 is Trump’s prison nightmare.Then, on the rest of the menu, Connecticut's first Muslim state representative was assaulted during an Eid-al-Adha ceremony in Hartford; Oregon governor Tina Kotek named a new secretary of state after the last one resigned over her consultancy work for the pot industry; and, Wisconsin Republicans are trying to force a vote on firing the state’s nonpartisan top elections official before the 2024 presidential election.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a UN human rights official says an arms embargo and deployment of special forces is needed for Haiti immediately; and, scientists have finally ‘heard’ the chorus of gravitational waves that ripple through the universe, maybe.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speak

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 ruled against the right’s ‘slow-motion insurrection.’Then, on the rest of the menu, Pennsylvania caseworkers who ignored years of child abuse, now face felony charges; a federal watchdog reports that more than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives; and, New Mexico reached a settlement with the Department of Energy over a permit renewal for the federal government’s only underground repository for nuclear waste.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where former Audi boss Rupert Stadler was convicted of fraud in connection with the automaker’s diesel emissions scandal; and, Germany documented 2,480 incidents of antisemitism in the country last year, just under seven incidents per day on average.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speake

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 MAGA House attempts to expunge Trump's impeachments is out of a DC/Marvel ‘alternative universe timeline.’Then, on the rest of the menu, Ron DeSantis and his political allies seek to have a federal lawsuit brought by Disney dismissed; seven groups of historians have now denounced a welcome reception at the Museum of the American Revolution for the “anti-government extremist hate group,” Moms for Liberty; and, Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Stonewall Inn national monument in a pointed rebuttal to the hundreds of anti- LGBTQ+ bills passed so far this year.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Mexico arrested the former head of a federal anti-kidnapping unit in connection with the disappearance of forty-three students in 2014; and, the first UN independent investigator to visit Guantanamo Bay sa

The 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 January 6 probe heats up as witnesses reportedly get immunity deals.Then, on the rest of the menu, US honeybees just suffered their second deadliest year on record; librarians were trained to defend intellectual freedom and fight book bans at the American Library Association’s annual conference in Chicago; and, a union official testified that the safety of railroads has been compromised by job cuts and time constraints.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Greece’s conservative New Democracy party won a landslide election victory for its second four-year term; and, Mexico began imposing a fifty-percent tariff on white corn imports amid a trade dispute with the United States and Canada.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio L

Friday’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 common player in the recent Supreme Court scandals exposes a broader project to manipulate the court.Then, on the rest of the menu, an Iowa meteorologist resigned after an 18-year career in television, citing PTSD from threats over his climate change coverage; abortion pills will remain legal in Wyoming, for now; and, the lawsuit protesting the Arizona governor’s refusal to execute prisoners has been dismissed.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where nearly 1.5 million foreign pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia so far for the annual Hajj pilgrimage; and, the Qatar sovereign wealth fund is set to buy a stake in Washington’s NBA, NHL and WNBA sports teams.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep You

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, Leonard Leo matched Paul “The Vulture” Singer with Alito because he knows it’s the best Supreme Court that money can buy.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Navajo Nation declared a widespread Medicaid scam in Arizona a public health state of emergency; a federal judge struck down Florida’s ban on Medicaid funding for transgender treatment; and, Alabama lawmakers are set to begin work on new congressional maps after the US Supreme Court ruled the state’s existing plan was a racist gerrymander.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Australian online safety watchdog issued a legal notice to Twitter demanding Elon Musk stop the hate speech in twenty-eight days; and, Tel Aviv University announced it has removed the Sackler family name from its medical school after decades of donations from the maker

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, “it’s all smoke, no fire and a hell of a lot of McCarthyism” as Republicans vow to keep ‘Benghazi-ing’ Hunter Biden.Then, on the rest of the menu, in a blow to Trump’s election conspiracy theories, Georgia officials won’t take over elections in Fulton County; killer tornadoes clobbered Mississippi, toppling buildings and knocking out power, but it didn’t stop Governor Tate Reeves from hightailing it out state to attend a Republican fundraiser in Alabama; and, reform-minded prosecutors in northern Virginia won reelection nominations in Democratic primaries.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where French police searched the Paris Olympic organizers’ headquarters, the third straight time graft allegations have dogged a Summer Olympics; and, saying minerals are needed in a green transition, Norway prop

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 DeSantis fixation on 'the woke' has a poor track record as a political strategy in Florida.Then, on the rest of the menu, the disciplinary hearing to disbar Trump coup attorney John Eastman, begins in California; opponents of offshore wind energy projects in New Jersey are furiously passing wind energy restrictions; and, Montana officials said a victory by the young plaintiffs in the climate trial would not stop them from continuing their blood oath to the fossil fuel industry.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Mexico’s president announced the appointment of a 35-year-old woman lawyer as interior secretary, considered the country’s top Cabinet post; and, Amazon, Marriott and other companies vow to hire thousands of refugees in Europe.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Che