West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available!​​​​​​​Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Republicans have abandoned all pretense and are brazenly weaponizing Congress to save Trump.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Pennsylvania judge dismissed the latest GOP mail ballot lawsuit; unions for service workers at Walt Disney World reached a deal that would raise the starting minimum wage from $15 to $18 an hour; and, reversing the state’s long opposition, North Carolina just approved Medicaid expansion.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the founder of Terraform Labs, who is wanted in South Korea in connection with a $40 billion crash of the firm’s cryptocurrency, was arrested in Montenegro; and, the Finnish president formally signed, sealed and delivered the Nordic country’s historic bid to join NATO.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Net

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays, is now available.Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the medication abortion battle is emboldening the right-wing war on science.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Wisconsin man pled guilty to his role in the Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping scheme; California state regulators could decide to impose the nation’s first penalty on oil companies for price gouging; and, a former Wells Fargo executive will plead guilty for her role in the bogus customer accounts scandal.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Brazil has reintroduced visa requirement for US tourists; and, North Korea test-launched an ICBM just hours before the South Korea-Japan summit in Tokyo.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!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, rather than being held accountable, Trump has consistently been protected and rewarded.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Ballona Creek Trash Interceptor near Playa del Rey, California has spared the Pacific from hundreds of thousands of pounds of garbage during the recent storms; the effort to recall the first woman mayor of New Orleans has failed; and, Oregon lawmakers are poised to pass a sweeping $200 million housing and homelessness package.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Kenyan judge temporarily blocked the mass layoff of Facebook moderators in the country; and, Google suspended a Chinese shopping app amid security concerns.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!"To t

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on Spreaker.Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, no one has to worry about a violent Trump mob invading Manhattan.Then, on the rest of the menu, Los Angeles schools will close as district workers begin a three-day strike; Philadelphia announced a $9.25 million settlement with hundreds of people over the police response to the George Floyd protests; and, Minnesota is moving to fortify its state status as an abortion refuge.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a former United States military pilot accused of training Chinese aviators was lured from China to Australia as part of a US plan to extradite him; and, the France Council of State ordered the government to better protect endangered dolphins and porpoises.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

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, Pence ‘embarrassed himself’ with his defense of Trump.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Pentagon study has found high rates of cancer among military pilots and ground crews; New York Community Bank has agreed to buy a significant chunk of the failed Signature Bank in a $2.7 billion deal; and, Minnesota regulators say that a nuclear power plant leak four weeks ago didn’t require public notice.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Australian fintech firm Latitude Group said it had taken its platforms offline as the cyberattack detected last week remained active; and, justice ministers from around the world will meet in London to build support for the International Criminal Court after it issued a warrant for Vladimir Putin.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!"

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; Blue Moon Spirits Friday!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, McCarthy is willing to sacrifice the security of Congress to curry favor with MAGA and Fox.Then, on the rest of the menu, Oregon will halt electric vehicle rebates for one year beginning in May, due to high demand and dwindling funds; Michigan added LGBTQ protections to the state's civil rights law; and, California will transform the infamous San Quinten prison into a lockup where less-dangerous prisoners will receive education, training and rehabilitation.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Guatemala arrested another former prosecutor, the latest in a series of detentions seen as weakening anti-corruption efforts in the country; and, Tanzania’s first woman president is on her first official visit to South Africa.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The N

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays, is now available.Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the medication abortion battle is emboldening the right-wing war on science.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Wisconsin man pled guilty to his role in the Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping scheme; California state regulators could decide to impose the nation’s first penalty on oil companies for price gouging; and, a former Wells Fargo executive will plead guilty for her role in the bogus customer accounts scandal.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Brazil has reintroduced visa requirement for US tourists; and, North Korea test-launched an ICBM just hours before the South Korea-Japan summit in Tokyo.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!“A little bit of jambalaya, a little bit of spice

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, how long until Trump’s lawyers turn on Trump, again?Then, on the rest of the menu, the Michigan Senate voted to repeal the 2012 law restricting unions; Mississippi will restrict electric vehicle manufacturers from selling cars in person unless they open franchised dealerships; and, Ohio State asked the Supreme Court to hear Title IX issues in the sexual abuse suits Jim Jordan helped cover up.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Dutch voters go to the polls today in local elections that have a national impact; and, a "mafia-style" assault on a state-employed archaeologist by commercial development interests has triggered protests in Greece.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!"To

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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, the ‘Weaponization’ Committee wants to be Benghazi 2.0.Then, on the rest of the menu, Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker should return the $3.6 million in company stock he dumped just days before the bank’s collapse; Houston has joined other Democratic cities around the country fighting takeovers by Republican state legislatures; and, your Girl Scout cookie delivery is crumbling under supply chain woes and a labor shortage.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where oil giant Saudi Aramco announced a historic $161 billion dollar profit in 2022 like it was a good thing; and, Russia added the World Wildlife Fund to its register of foreign agents.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerShow Notes & Links"I was never a spy. I was with t

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; Blue Moon Spirits Friday!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, if Trump is going to be criminally charged, it will be this year.On the rest of the menu, House Republicans opened a new attack on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; a backlash by powerful national business groups is pushing conservative Republicans to weaken their anti-ESG proposals; and, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration regulators are turning up the heat on Tesla.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Egypt’s inflation has spiked again, hiking prices of basic food items; and, Georgia’s governing party is withdrawing a foreign agents law that opponents warned would usher in Russian-style repression.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerShow Notes & Links“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and u

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the former lead investigator of J6 committee finds the House GOP probe into the committee 'ironic.'Then, on the rest of the menu, The Justice Department issued a blistering report of an extensive federal investigation into the Louisville Metro Police Department; hackers may have gained access to the sensitive personal data of House and Senate members, their employees and families in a breach of a Washington, DC, health insurance marketplace; and, UC Berkeley has failed to return the remains of thousands of Native Americans to California tribes, and the university is still discovering more ancestral remains.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where women are enlisting in Colombia’s army for first time in twenty-five years; and, leading women’s rights campaigners criticized male-dominated governments for excluding women

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, smoking gun evidence rocks Fox News.Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge ruled that a Missouri law banning local police from enforcing federal gun laws is unconstitutional and void; the National Transportation Safety Board opened probes of Norfolk Southern rail accidents; and, US health officials are recalling two more eye drop brands due to contamination that could lead to vision problems and serious injury.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where German police have disrupted a ransomware cybercrime gang tied to Russia, that has been blackmailing large companies and institutions for years; and, Chinese ships have cut the internet of Taiwan’s outlying islands.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player"To those of us who

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, the GOP Oversight Committee chair is leaning hard into far-right conspiracies.Then, on the rest of the menu, the EPA has mandated the states report on cybersecurity threats to its water systems; Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs won’t proceed with an execution set by the state supreme court; and, the Interior Department will work to restore more large bison herds to Native American lands.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a crisis over poisonings that are targeting Iranian schoolgirls, escalated as authorities acknowledged over fifty schools were struck; and, Hong Kong police stopped activists from joining a women’s march.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of w

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; Blue Moon Spirits Friday!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Murdoch’s ‘Wu Tang’ defense could go up in smoke.On the rest of the menu, Southern California’s snow-stranded mountain residents need food, plows and help; a man who spent more than thirty-eight years behind bars for a 1983 murder he did not commit was declared innocent; and, two Kansas men were arrested on charges of selling aviation tech to Russia. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the head of Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant says it is too early to predict when its decommissioning will be completed; and, the French Senate began debate on raising the retirement age to sixty-four.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Merrick Garland faced the Senate Judiciary Committee just as reports surfaced that FBI agents and prosecutors argued over how to handle the Trump Mar-A-Lago search.Then, on the rest of the menu, Starbucks committed “egregious and widespread” violations of federal labor law while trying to halt union campaigns; a Fox News-saturated red California county has dumped its Dominion voting machines; and, Robert Kennedy assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, was denied parole for the sixteenth time.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Hyundai was poised to become Tesla’s top contender, then the US government blindsided it; and, Britain's Royal Navy seized Iranian weapons, including anti-tank guided missiles, from a smuggler’s vessel in international waters in the Gulf of Oman.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy wi

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Murdoch told Fox, "Trump has a large following, it would be stupid to antagonize them with the truth."Then, on the rest of the menu, troops who refused the COVID vaccine still may face military discipline; federal officials sued a Louisiana chemical company over cancer risks to a nearby minority area; and, a settlement of more than $1 million was approved in a class action lawsuit over a federal immigration raid at an eastern Tennessee meatpacking plant.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a French court dismissed a Uganda environmental lawsuit against TotalEnergies; and, Russian government officials will be banned from using most foreign words when carrying out their duties.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player"To those

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Special; Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, ‘Citizen Murdoch's’ Xanadu of lies at Fox is exposed by the Dominion lawsuit.Then, on the rest of the menu, Latino Republicans push back on the party’s immigration agenda; the White House is giving all federal agencies thirty days to wipe TikTok off all government devices; and, the Biden administration is creating a new task force to crack down on an explosion of migrant child labor.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where NATO-applicant Moldova expelled two foreign nationals caught in a Russian ‘destabilization’ plot; and, Montenegro lawmakers ended a court stalemate that threatened the nation’s EU bid.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste tha

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on Spreaker.Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, security and safety concerns continue to be raised over Kevin McCarthy giving Tucker Carlson exclusive January 6 footage.Then, on the rest of the menu, millions who rely on Medicaid are under threat of being booted from the program this year; several Democratic-led states seek to bolster voter protections; and, apartheid blood emerald heir Elon Musk says Scott Adams being cancelled is proof the US media is racist against white people.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where hundreds of protesters denounced racism in Tunisia; and, tens of thousands of Israelis protested the far-right government’s plans to overhaul the legal system. protesters at a demonstration.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!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, after Fox was busted in court, Tucker Carlson was handed the January 6 tapes from his ‘puppet,’ Kevin McCarthy.On the rest of the menu, the California attorney general opened a civil rights investigation of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office; old electric vehicle batteries are being repurposed for electric grid storage; and, the Biden administration is considering its first offshore wind auction in the Gulf of Mexico.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a highly active “hive” of Russian spies posing as diplomats, operated for more than eighteen months before it was dismantled by Australian intelligence; and, Algeria dissolved a decades-long pro-democracy group amid a wider crackdown on dissent, and democracy itself.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The W