West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

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, Marjorie Taylor Greene's ‘national divorce’ would be disastrous for red states.Then, on the rest of the menu, three Oklahoma Republican lawmakers called for a moratorium on the death penalty amid growing concerns about the state’s brisk pace of lethal injections; while in the midst of a Republican primary for US Senate, the now former Arizona AG sat on records refuting election fraud; and, the Alaska State House censured a GOP lawmaker over his incendiary child abuse comments.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the International Federation of Journalists has suspended the Russian Union of Journalists over its action since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; and, Namibia welcomed Dr Jill Biden to Africa.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The West Coast Co

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, Joe Biden's remarkable journey to Ukraine “reads like a movie script.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the EPA ordered Norfolk Southern to clean up the East Palestine, Ohio toxic derailment; the Minnesota Senate approved restoring voting rights for felons; and, anti-abortion groups suing to ban the abortion pill lost their bid for an early trial.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Putin’s war accelerated the European Union’s transition to green energy; and, Venice’s smaller canals have practically dried up due to a prolonged spell of low tides.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 believe that all of life is sacred every crumb of bread and sip of wine is a Eucharist, a remembrance, a call to awareness of

The Podcast for Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Availabile for our especially special Daily Special; Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, if you watched Biden in Kyiv, “you watched history.”Then, on the rest of the menu, a shrinking water supply will mean more fallow fields in California’s San Joaquin Valley; a record 6,542 guns were intercepted at US airport security in 2022; and, Seattle considers an historic law barring caste discrimination.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Dutch intelligence says that Russia has been targeting Netherlands' North Sea infrastructure for sabotage; and, groundwater carries a radiation risk for Korean, Chinese and Japanese cities near a North Korean underground nuke test site.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 that the cold white win

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, Joe Biden’s surprise visit to Ukraine “is a really big deal.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the drama of McCarthy’s election as Speaker may open the House to more C-SPAN cameras; Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department detectives are treating a “peacemaker” bishop’s death as a homicide; and, Black Baltimoreans fight to save neighborhood homes from redevelopment.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Finland could join NATO ahead of Sweden; and, Tunisia ordered Europe’s top trade union official expelled after she addressed labor union protesters at a demonstration.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 women, but we were all office help."-- Julia ChildShow Notes

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, Kari Lake is not the only loser who keeps losing.On the rest of the menu, long a hotbed of extremism, Oregon seeks to curb paramilitaries; Department of Justice officials in Washington removed federal prosecutors in Texas and taken over the corruption investigation into Attorney General Ken Paxton; and, South Carolina lawmakers are alarmed at what they are finding in the probe of a $3.5 Billion dollar accounting error.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Facebook ran ads in Moldova for an oligarch sanctioned by the United States; and, China imposed sanctions on Lockheed Martin and Raytheon for supplying weapons to Taiwan.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,

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, Representative Jamie Raskin is calling for a congressional investigation into the $2 billion Saudi investment in Jared Kushner’s private equity fund.Then, on the rest of the menu, California and Nevada are advancing legislation that would ban forced prison labor and involuntary servitude; a second amendment sanctuary measure was overturned in Oregon; and, the waters off New England had the second warmest year on record in 2022.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Turkey quake has revived the debate over a nuclear power plant being built on the country’s southern Mediterranean coastline; and, Brazil police are targeting illegal gold exports from the Amazon.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player“Everyone in this goo

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, the Trump special counsel suspects criminal conduct by Trump's lawyer.Then, on the rest of the menu, Joe Biden's judicial picks are more diverse by race and gender than those of any of his predecessors; Fox News lost an attempt to shut down a multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuit against the network; and, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is expanding the Advanced Placement African American Studies courses next year from one school to twenty-six.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the head of China’s national soccer federation has been arrested on corruption charges; and, India’s tax officials searched BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, weeks after the broadcaster aired a documentary critical of Prime Minister Modi in the UK.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam

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, the same unnerving authoritarian patterns used by authoritarians around the world, are also seen from right wing United States governors.Then, on the rest of the menu, one of the first Black officers to lead a Special Forces team in combat will receive the prestigious Medal of Honor, sixty years after his commanding officer first recommended him; eleven states are considering ‘right to repair’ bills for farming equipment; and, workers get state legislator support for an Atlantic City casino smoking ban.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Iran released an award-winning filmmaker more than six months after arresting him for criticizing the government; and, Argentina says organized crime groups are spurring Russian birth tourism in the country.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Jus

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, a Trump lawyer wanted to say the dog ate the classified material in the empty folder on Trump’s nightstand, but Trump hates dogs.Then, on the rest of the menu, the oldest schoolhouse for Black children in the US has been moved to a museum; GOP election tactics come as no surprise to Wisconsin’s Black voters; and, the Kansas GOP picked an election conspiracy promoter as its new leader.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered the shutdown of one of the country’s last independent news outlets; and, Turkey ordered the arrests of one hundred thirteen contractors over thousands of collapsed buildings in the catastrophic earthquake.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player

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, House Republicans spent yesterday getting crushed by Democrats.On the rest of the menu, despite repeated requests, Florida still has not explained to the College Board how its African American Advanced Placement course violates state law; the Ohio Department of Education says it won’t do anything about neo-Nazi homeschoolers; and, a Nevada company that recycles batteries for electric vehicles has won a $2 billion green energy loan from the Energy Department.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a joint US/UK effort has imposed sanctions on a Russian cybercrime group; and, Greece’s parliament has banned the far-right Greek National Party from the upcoming election.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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, thanks to Chrissy Teigen, Donald Trump will forever be described in the Congressional Record with three words that will live in infamy.Then, on the rest of the menu, a former deputy alleges in a lawsuit there is another cop gang forming at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department; a broadcast reporter was arrested for trespassing while covering a news conference about the Ohio toxic train derailment; and, the Missouri Republican-led House voted against banning minors from openly carrying firearms in public without adult supervision.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where China says it was smeared in Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech because of the repeated use of “competition;” and, Twitter’s plan to cut off free access to its application programming interface has evoked a ‘fair amount of panic’ among scientis

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, the real reason GOP members heckled Biden was for “showbiz.”Then, on the rest of the menu, Democrats won control of the Pennsylvania House in a special election, ending a dozen years of GOP rule; Virginia Senate Democrats rejected three Youngkin appointees; and, Indiana lawmakers look to broaden birth control access.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where five priests were sentenced to ten years for conspiracy to commit democracy in Nicaragua; and, archaeologists have uncovered a rare 14th-century Spanish synagogue in the southern town of Utrera.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice PutnamBon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"To those of us who believe that all of life is sacred every crumb of bread and sip of wine is a Eucharist, a remembrance, a cal

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, a Florida teacher ripped DeSantis’ book banning and criminal threats.Then, on the rest of the menu, one hundred forty-six New York City police committed misconduct in the 2020 George Floyd protests; strict changes to the legal sizes for New England lobsters could protect the severely declining population; and, a review of Biden's legislative and policy successes over united GOP opposition, shows why he’s the most successful president since FDR.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where China apologized to Costa Rica for a balloon that flew over its territory; and, Vice President Harris highlighted $4.2 billion in private sector investment in Central America.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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, Trump’s 2024 campaign is anything but normal.Then, on the rest of the menu, a cyberattack caused a nearly daylong outage of the nation’s new 988 mental health helpline late last year; a major northern Florida hospital system was hit by a ransomware attack over the weekend; and, spotty electronic poll book security raises considerable concerns going into 2024.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Buddhist temple has been extensively damaged by fire in the Australian city of Melbourne; and, a pair of 7.8 magnitude earthquakes, followed by severe aftershocks, knocked down scores of buildings across Turkey and Syria.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a nu

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, Dems sound alarm over Capitol security under the GOP.On the rest of the menu, Ohio officials are investigating a pro-Nazi home school network; frustrated Texans endure another winter storm with no power or heat; and, Washington state’s low-income tax credit is available for the first time.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Austria expelled four Russian diplomats based in Vienna; and, a Brazilian senator claimed Bolsonaro plotted the coup to block the Lula presidency.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 practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.”- Dougla

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, one could almost think the College Board 'bowed to political pressure' with the whitening of the AP African American Studies program.Then, on the rest of the menu, lawmakers introduced a bill that would eliminate Idaho’s only bipartisan legislative committee and place the state’s independent auditing agency under Republican control; Pacific Gas & Electric will face trial for manslaughter over its role in a 2020 Northern California wildfire that killed four people; and, the first sweeping federal gun crime report in twenty years has been released.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the United States and the Philippines agreed on a larger American military presence in the island chain, as a bulwark against increasing China aggressiveness; and, Australia is removing the British monarchy from its bank notes.All t

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, Trump’s decision to invoke the fifth amendment more than four hundred times was 'unprecedented.’Then, on the rest of the menu, the EPA blocked an Alaska gold and copper mine over the environmental impact on the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery; the population of western monarch butterflies wintering along the California coast has rebounded for a second year in a row; and, Maine utility regulators gave final approval to a wind power project that would provide enough electricity for at least 450,000 New England homes.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where state lawmakers may exonerate women killed during the Connecticut Witch Trials three hundred seventy-five years ago; and, the Church of England shed light on its ‘shameful’ slave trade ties.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisi

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, the Trump Stormy Daniels hush money case resumes beyond the reach of Bill Barr's obstacles.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Treasury Department will increase borrowing amid the debt ceiling standoff; California’s Tulare County will pay $32 million dollars in a child welfare settlement; and, a federal appeals court issued a secret hold that blocks the Justice Department from searching the phone of J6 insurgent, Scott Perry. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where NATO member Slovenia apprehended a husband and wife Russian spy team suspected of using an agency dealing in real estate and antiques as a front for their activities; and, a Russian oligarch with close ties to Putin, is standing trial in federal court in Boston over a hacking and insider trading scheme.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with C

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, Trump and Barr lose as their “deep state” bomb blows up in their face.Then, on the rest of the menu, emails reveal tensions on how to drastically reduce water use from the parched Colorado River; mass shootings lead to a widening divide on state gun policies; and, the DEA Mexico chief was quietly ousted last year over ties to cartel drug lawyers.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a search is underway for a radioactive capsule missing in Western Australia; and, Afghan malnutrition rates are at a record high.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia Child~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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, new reporting by the New York Times exposed corruption of the Durham probe was used as a political weapon for Trump.On the rest of the menu, Virginia Democrats defeated bills limiting abortion access; a judge blocked the sale of machine gun converters after the Department of Justice sued; and, the FBI said it “hacked the hackers” to bring down the Hive ransomware gang.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Thai activist was sentenced to 28 years for online posts insulting the monarchy; and, the US Treasury Department toughened sanctions against Russia's Wagner mercenary group.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 prof