West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

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, we’ve all been waiting for the definitive debunking of Trump AG Bill Barr.Then, on the rest of the menu, New York’s attorney general warned the owner of Madison Square Garden that it may be violating anti-bias laws with its practice of barring lawyers from its venues, and using facial recognition technology to enforce it; a record 16.3 million people have sought health coverage through ‘Obamacare’ this year; and, the Department of Agriculture announced it is reinstating restrictions on road-building and logging on the country’s largest national forest in southeast Alaska.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Spain issued an app-based food delivery company a new fine of $62 million for violating labor laws; and, the results of a survey in the Netherlands showed a “a disturbing lack of awareness of key historical fac

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, “Donald Trump must be indicted to save our democracy.”Then, on the rest of the menu, twenty GOP states sued the Biden administration over its new border policy; Los Angeles County’s annual count of homeless residents began Tuesday night; and, Florida is offering an advanced lesson in anti-Blackness.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Finland’s foreign minister signaled the country could join NATO without Sweden; and, killings of journalists around the world jumped by fifty percent in 2022, driven largely by attacks in Ukraine, Mexico and Haiti.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon 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 rememb

lWest 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 top senior FBI counterintel official has been charged for helping Russian oligarch Deripaska sabotage America, and now compromised investigations are a concern after his arrest.Then, on the rest of the menu, someone scammed Republican US Senator Jerry Moran’s reelection campaign out of $690,000; privacy concerns were raised over the New York City police filming people leaving a Drake show in Manhattan; and, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont’s gun proposals include an open carry ban.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Turkey’s President Erdogan threw cold water on Sweden’s membership in NATO; and, most of Pakistan was left without power Monday as an energy-saving measure by the government backfired..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; River City Hash Mondays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Joe Manchin went full Manchin on the debt ceiling, classified docs, running for president and high-fiving Sinema in Davos for saving the filibuster.Then, on the rest of the menu, the military is probing whether blood cancers are linked to nuclear silo work from decades ago; state lawmakers have proposed power grid protections after scores of domestic terror attacks; and, a subpoena has been granted in the Reno mayor’s suit over who secretly installed a tracking device on her vehicle.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Justice Department charged two businessmen with trying to conceal a sanctioned Russian oligarch’s luxury yacht seized in Spain last year; and, the trial of a former leader of the Hells Angels in Europe for organized crime charges, is set to start today in Madrid.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook &a

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, the reason they had the janitor investigate the court leaks is because John Roberts knows, if they let the Ginni out of the bottle, bad things will happen.On the rest of the menu, a Georgia school district lowered a Black student's GPA after he reported racist Snapchats; T-Mobile says the data on 37 million customers has been stolen; and, climate misinformation rockets out of control on Musk’s twitter.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Peru police used tear gas to block thousands of protesters from marching in the capitol city of Lima; and, over one million people marched in the streets of Paris and other French cities against raising the retirement age.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, the DeSantis culture war on US history threatens to backfire on Florida higher education.Then, on the rest of the menu, the State Department launched a new program dubbed, the Welcome Corps, that lets private citizens sponsor refugees in the US; no woman is expected to serve on the South Carolina Supreme Court for the first time in thirty-five years; and, an election-denying GOP congressman under an active Department of Justice probe, has been assigned to the House committee investigating Biden.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Belarus’ main opposition leader denounced her trial as a farce; and, fighting back tears, Jacinda Ardern announced that February 7 would be her last day as New Zealand’s prime minister.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appét

lWest 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, ‘hateful rhetoric transcends into hateful actions.’Then, on the rest of the menu, the Washington, DC mayor and the city council are at odds over the new criminal code; the FEC dismissed the GOP complaint over Gmail’s spam filter; and, the World Economic Forum in Davos said Elon Musk was not on the guest list for the annual meeting, despite what the Head Twit claims.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Nobel laureate Maria Ressa has been acquitted of tax charges in the Philippines; and, the US Supreme Court struggles with criminal charges against Turkish-owned Halkbank, accused of helping to launder billions of dollars so Iran could evade US economic sanctions.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 Special; Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a new book shows how journalists exposed the frighteningly invasive Pegasus spyware.Then, on the rest of the menu, Ohio’s restrictive new election law is angering active-duty members of the military and their families because of its potential to disenfranchise them; New Mexico’s top prosecutor wants to focus on child civil rights; and, Elon Musk’s trial on Tesla stock manipulation begins today in San Francisco.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the trial of a journalist for a prominent Polish newspaper began in Belarus on Monday; and, Italy’s most-wanted Mafia boss has been nabbed after thirty years on the run..All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea

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, even if he is elected, “Kevin McCarthy will be the weakest Speaker we’ve ever seen.”Then, on the rest of the menu, US News & World Report will change how its rankings of law schools are calculated after a boycott by a number of top programs; California cops searched Black teenagers at nearly six times the rate of white teens; and, a rural state judge continued to block a provision of Oregon’s voter-approved gun law requiring a background check to close the so-called Charleston Loophole.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a journalist in northern Mexico escaped unharmed in the first reported attempt on a reporter’s life in the country in the new year; and, the US is reopening visa and consular services at its embassy in Cuba.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putn

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 coup evidence bolsters the case for AG Garland to indict, as the DOJ faces heat over 'double standards.'Then, on the rest of the menu, Louisiana authorities’ use of facial recognition technology led to the mistaken-identity arrest of a Black Georgia man on a fugitive warrant; the Supreme Court is taking longer to hear cases; and, Washington Commander’s owner Dan Snyder, in a recent court filing, called England his “usual residence.”After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where scuffles broke out just outside a village in western Germany that is to be razed to allow the expansion of a coal mine; and, Mexico’s Supreme Court elected the first woman chief justice in its history..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; River City Hash Mondays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Adam Kinzinger fears for the nation if Trump is not charged with a crime for January 6.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Sacramento County Superior Court judge put a temporary hold on a new California law boosting protections for fast-food workers; the Illinois Supreme Court has halted provisions of a new law that would eliminate cash bail for criminal defendants; and, blackouts after coal and natural gas units went offline during dangerously cold conditions has intensified questions about the Tennessee Valley Authority’s recent decision to double down on fossil fuels.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Dubai ended its 30% tax on alcohol sales in the sheikhdom; and, Croatia rang in the New Year as a fully integrated EU member.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Ap

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, the threat of mass resignations from the intel community upended Trump’s coup plans.On the rest of the menu, an Idaho school board won’t say what are the racist incidents it is investigating at its middle and high schools; the US Census Bureau has redefined the meaning of ‘urban’ America; and, the New Year is expected to bring more changes to state voting laws.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a court in Dubai approved the extradition to Denmark of a British financier accused of orchestrating a $1.7 billion tax fraud scheme; and, the Turkish, Syrian, and Russian defense chiefs held surprise talks in Moscow.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhap

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, Meadows burned documents in his White House office “maybe a dozen times,” right after meeting with Scott Perry during the transition period.Then, on the rest of the menu, the EPA is investigating Colorado for racially discriminatory air pollution regulations; in courtrooms across America, defendants get additional prison time for crimes that juries found they didn’t commit; and, Florida’s citrus, fruit and vegetable crops appear to have escaped any widespread damage from some of the coldest weather in years.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Iraq prime minister ordered a crackdown on local businesses violating international trademarks; and, Finland received its first floating Liquid Natural Gas terminal to replace Russian petrol.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine J

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, a White House aide testified Trump wanted blanket pardons for everyone involved in the January 6 insurrection.Then, on the rest of the menu, Republicans distorted crime data to win elections, but it didn't work; the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants to know why Tesla has stopped reporting its Autopilot safety numbers online; and, monster waves, high tides and gale-force winds that battered Oregon and Washington led to fatal crashes, power outages and flooded homes.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where about two hundred women are still in prison in Mexico under outdated anti-abortion state laws, even though the Supreme Court decriminalized abortion last year; and, pre-Christmas weapons inspections in a small town in northern Greece has turned up hand grenades, assault rifles and decades-old unexploded

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, Cassidy Hutchinson’s January 6 testimony transcript was ‘like a mob movie.’Then, on the rest of the menu, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs in Oregon will get $24 million dollars to replace its decades-long faulty water facility; a January 6 insurgent was arrested after an hours-long standoff in California; and, a federal judge in New York kept the plea deals of two FTX executives secret so Sam Bankman-Fried wouldn’t get spooked and fight extradition from the Bahamas.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where four major international aid groups suspended operations in Afghanistan following a Taliban edict to ban women from working at non-governmental organizations; and, the head of the Turkish Medical Association stands trial on terror charges after calling for an investigation into whether the Turkish military used chemical

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, Cassidy Hutchinson did not want a lawyer from Trump World.On the rest of the menu, after spending $95 million dollars to own the Libs, outgoing-Arizona governor Doug Ducey is backing down and removing the shipping container wall along the Mexico border; a federal judge questioned San Francisco’s tactics in its homeless sweeps; and, turning what had been a long-standing post-Watergate norm into established federal policy, the House passed a bill that would require audits of any president’s income tax filings.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russia’s Wagner Group received arms from North Korea to bolster its forces in Ukraine; and an employee of Germany’s foreign intelligence service has been arrested on suspicion of treason for passing secret information to Russia.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

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 January 6th committee released testimony transcripts of Trump allies under oath.Then, on the rest of the menu, Kari Lake’s promised bombshells to prove she’s the rightful governor of Arizona turned out to be duds at the first day of her trial; the IRS mandatory presidential audit policy goes under the spotlight; and, as the flu rages, the Biden administration has released medicine from the national stockpile.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where two of Sam Bankman-Fried’s top associates secretly pleaded guilty to criminal charges and are cooperating with investigators; and the foreign ministers of Australia and China met in Beijing in a bid to repair their tense relationship.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, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s insurrection impeachment lawyer David Schoen was fact-checked on live tv.Then, on the rest of the menu, a rule delay by the Treasury Department makes a big EV tax credit possible by early next year; Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the witness stand in an FTC anti-trust case; and, after intense prodding by the Biden Administration, the Postal Service pledged a move to an all-electric delivery fleet.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers banned women students from attending universities effective immediately; and, in an unprecedented move against Spain’s leftist coalition government, the country’s top court handed down a ruling preventing the upper house of Parliament from debating and voting..All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bo

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, if the DOJ does not act on the J6 Committee criminal referrals, “the country will want to know why.”Then, on the rest of the menu, at a White House Hanukkah event, Joe Biden condemned the ‘venom’ of antisemitism; the Republican’s usual embrace of Trump is strangely muted after the January 6 criminal referrals; and, the Air Force grounded its entire fleet of B-2 stealth bombers following an emergency landing and fire, and none will perform flyovers at this years’ college bowl games.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where North Korea warned Japan over its 'very dangerous' military buildup; and, scientists working on Australia's Great Barrier Reef have created a new method for freezing and storing coral larvae that could eventually help rewild reefs threatened by climate change.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Spe

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, Republicans just can’t quit Donald Trump.Then, on the rest of the menu, Oregon has appointed the first Laotian judge in the United States; the mayor of Reno, Nevada filed suit after finding a tracking device on her vehicle; and, the Iowa Democratic Party chair will step down in the wake of a vote by the national party to put the South Carolina primary ahead of the Iowa caucuses.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Moldova suspended six TV channels over broadcasting misinformation from Russian media; and, the Transportation Security Agency has been discovering a record number of guns on passengers at airline checkpoints.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 org