West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

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, based on Meadows’ texts, reporters are ‘alarmed at the intelligence level of some of our elected representatives.’On the rest of the menu, California has lowered incentives for rooftop solar panels; federal regulators ordered a review of power-grid security after attacks across the country; and, an intel analyst tried to prevent the January 6 attack, but DHS repeatedly ignored his warnings.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Chinese firms averted delisting as the US audit watchdog gets full inspection access; and, a leftist bloc of Latin American countries closed ranks behind the deposed Peruvian president.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profe

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, Stephen Miller's law group says it's fighting 'racism against White people.'Then, on the rest of the menu, Congress passed a bipartisan bill to fund police de-escalation training; the US government has finally sued Arizona Governor Doug Ducey and the state for trespassing on federal lands over the placement of shipping containers on the border with Mexico; and, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled on new penalties for companies that illegally fire workers who unionize.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Turkish court sentenced an Erdogan rival to two years in prison for insulting public officials; and, activists have filed a lawsuit against Facebook/Meta over a murdered Ethiopian professor.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, recent subpoenas issued by Special Prosecutor Jack Smith reveals he has expanded the Trump investigation.Then, on the rest of the menu, outgoing Democratic governor Kate Brown commuted the sentences of all seventeen people on Oregon’s death row to life without possibility of parole; a bench trial has started to determine if an Alaskan Oath Keeper lawmaker is unfit for office because of his participation to overthrow the US government; and, the Department of Justice and Homeland Security were urged to investigate a multi-state conspiracy by Trump groups to copy voting software and circulate it “in the wild.”After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Russian FSB officer was charged by US prosecutors with smuggling sensitive electronic components to help Russia’s military effort; and, a key figure in a massive German tax evas

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, “we’re lurching into an era where violence will be preferred to voting.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the Supreme Court is restoring the pre-pandemic tradition of announcing decisions in a public session in the courtroom; an Iowa judge blocked an effort to ban most abortions in the state; and, the Biden White House has formed a new interagency group to develop a national strategy to combat antisemitism.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where an independent investigation uncovered widespread racism at the Dutch foreign ministry; and, the European Parliament moved quickly to strip one of its members of her role as vice president after she and others faced criminal charges over the Qatar graft probe.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, Marjorie Taylor Greene told the New York Young Republicans Club that Jan 6 protesters 'would've been armed' if she and Steve Bannon had been in charge of organizing it.Then, on the rest of the menu, an Oregon lawsuit puts a spotlight on the destruction of Black neighborhoods by urban improvement projects and construction of the nation’s highways; as Arizona Republican Governor Doug Ducey prepares to leave office, he has hired crews to erect hundreds of double-stacked shipping containers topped by razor wire along Arizona’s eastern boundary with Mexico; and, one of New Hampshire’s teachers’ unions is suing to stop public dollars from being spent to fund private schools through the Education Freedom Account program.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Russian court sentenced a Putin war critic to eight years for spreading ‘f

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, Trump didn’t give a damn about Paul Whelan when he was in office.On the rest of the menu, the Virginia Supreme Court overruled a Republican judge who booted a progressive prosecutor off a case; Maxwell Frost of Florida, the first member of the Gen Z generation elected to Congress, was denied a DC apartment over bad credit; and, the Government Accountability Office is urging the Department of Agriculture to include more seafood in school lunch programs.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a judge ordered a Guatemalan newspaper chief to stand trial amid criticism that his arrest was politically motivated; and, after less than a year on the job, the German soccer league is replacing its first female CEO with two men.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, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, more stolen classified documents have been discovered, this time at a Trump storage unit in Florida.Then, on the rest of the menu, for the first time in over forty years, hundreds of New York Times journalists and workers walked off the job; the first-ever US auction of leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms in the waters off the West Coast, attracted $757 million in winning bids; and, the Pentagon will split its $9 billion cloud contract among four companies.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where South Korea widened its back-to-work orders on striking truckers; and, Greece slammed Turkey’s ‘repeated threats of war.’All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Everyone in this good city enjoys the

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, according to Ron DeSantis’ own definition, most of the country is “woke.”Then, on the rest of the menu, farmers of color sued the government for promised federal aid; a federal judge ordered a nationwide slaughterhouse cleaning company not to hire minors; and, the House ethics panel fined Madison Cawthorn over $15,000 for promoting cryptocurrency.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group are accused of using violence to corner the African diamond trade; and, thousands of police carried out a series of raids across Germany against far-right extremists who sought to overthrow the state by force, with a little help from Putin.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"To those of

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, Right Wing extremists have a history of attacking electric-power substations.Then, on the rest of the menu, a former Republican Miami congressman, with deep ties to Marco Rubio, was arrested on charges of money laundering and not registering as a foreign agent; federal prosecutors told a judge that a life prison sentence would be justified for the leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer; and, California could become the first state to fine big oil companies for price gouging.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the governor of Germany’s state of Lower Saxony said he is quitting Twitter because the site is being used to spread “hatred and incitement;” and, Indonesia’s Parliament passed a revision of its penal code that criminalizes extramarital sex for citizens and visiting foreigners alike.All that an

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 call to eliminate the Constitution is not a deal-breaker for the Republican party.Then, on the rest of the menu, the re-elected Republican governor of Tennessee is considering highway express toll lanes and tripling the fees for electric car owners; election conspiracists who were soundly defeated for statewide offices, are now seeking to take over the Michigan GOP; and, the Oregon attorney general acknowledged the state isn’t ready to have a permitting process in place by this Thursday as required by the voter-approved gun control Measure 114.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where European officials have objected to the green subsidies in Biden’s signature Inflation Reduction Act as protectionist; and, the British rail workers union rejected an offer aimed at averting future strikes.All that and more, on West Coast Co

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, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Hank Johnson are demanding accountability from the Supreme Court.On the rest of the menu, the $20 billion allocated to Indian Country under the American Rescue Plan will affect 2.6 million people; a rural Arizona county finally certified its midterm election results after a judge ruled Republican supervisors broke the law when they refused; and, immigrant rights groups sued Ron DeSantis and other Florida officials over the constitutionality of their migrant relocation plan.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the trial of Hong Kong newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai was postponed when the territory’s leader asked China to block him from hiring a British defense lawyer; and, Australian economist Sean Turnell, who spent almost two years imprisoned in Myanmar, received a hero’s welcome at

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Metro Shrimp & Grits Holiday Thursdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Oath Keepers conviction on seditious conspiracy makes it harder to whitewash the January 6 Committee. Then, on the rest of the menu, in a historic move, Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York will succeed Nancy Pelosi as leader; creeping white nationalism has infected the GOP; and, conservative, anti-abortion activists executed a strategy to ingratiate themselves with Supreme Court justices in order to advance their agenda.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the European Union is seeking a UN-backed specialized court to investigate Russia war crimes; and, the German parliament approved a resolution that labels the 1930’s Ukraine famine as genocide.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, the seditious conspiracy verdict in the Oath Keeper trial gives the Department of Justice a “stronger hand” in future cases.Then, on the rest of the menu, Portland, Oregon settled a federal lawsuit over its police use of tear gas and other crowd control weapons; a panel of three federal judges heard closing arguments on whether South Carolina’s heavily gerrymandered US congressional maps are legal; and, journalists with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram newspaper continued their strike, claiming that parent company McClatchy has refused to bargain in good faith over a new contract.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the head of the International Monetary Fund urged China to end its mass lockdowns; and, a prominent Polish judge has been reinstated amid a standoff with the European Union over judicial independence.All that a

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, Trump’s “toxic wing” has caused chaos in the House.Then, on the rest of the menu, Brett Favre asked to be removed from a lawsuit by the state of Mississippi that seeks to recover millions of dollars in misspent welfare money; more than four hundred thousand voters cast ballots in early voting for the Georgia Senate runoff; and, the Interior Department proposed rules to limit methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on public lands.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Irish regulators slapped Facebook with a $277 million fine for breaching strict European Union data privacy rules; and, for the first time since 2014, Australia’s terrorism threat level has been downgraded from “probable” to “possible.”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 Schiff fired back after McCarthy threatened to remove him from the intel committee.Then, on the rest of the menu, Whole Foods’ decision to stop selling Maine lobster has divided environmentalists, politicians and fishermen; California regulators approved $1 billion for the new heavy-duty truck EV charging project; and, a federal judge denied a bid for a new trial in the Whitmer kidnapping case.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where two Iranian-born Swedish brothers went on trial in Stockholm, charged with spying for Russia for a decade; and, US Soccer briefly scrubbed the Islamic Republic emblem from the Iran flag at the World Cup, in support of the protests for women’s rights.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, Trump thought the Supreme Court judges would be like Judge Cannon.On the rest of the menu, the lack of Oregon public defenders has strained the criminal justice system and left more than seven hundred people statewide without legal representation; a Tennessee judicial panel has upheld the state’s contentious school voucher law; and, Ford has recalled over six hundred thirty-four thousand SUVs due to fuel leaks and fire risks.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Egypt announced a mass pardon for thirty jailed activists; and, Australia moved to prevent a repeat of their former leader’s power grab.​​​​​​All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a l

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Metro Shrimp & Grits Holiday Thursdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump braces for his tax returns going to congress, just as Pence is mulling his interview with the Department of Justice.Then, on the rest of the menu, most of the Fed officials at their last meeting backed slower rate hikes; a South Carolina program aims to boost the ranks of Black teachers; and, New York’s first pot crop is jeopardized by a court fight.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Brazil election agency rejected Bolsonaro’s push to void votes; and, China has expanded lockdowns as COVID-19 cases hit a daily record.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- 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 big loss in the Supreme Court is just the beginning.Then, on the rest of the menu, the severe drought in Hawaii is fueling rare November wildfire warnings; Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has no intentions of resigning after being threatened by the congressional insurgent caucus; and, Miami-Dade County asked a federal bankruptcy court for permission to immediately remove the FTX name from the Miami Heat arena.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a huge horde of ancient Celtic gold coins has been stolen from a museum in southern Germany; and, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit a town in northwest Turkey, causing damage to some buildings and widespread panic.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"To

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, special counsel Jack Smith is getting to work with no signs yet that the two investigations he now oversees around Donald Trump will slow down.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Virginia Military Institute’s first Black superintendent is under attack by conservative White alumni; when it became clear Sandy Hook families would prevail in court, Alex Jones started moving his money around; and, a Georgia appeals court declined to halt Saturday early runoff voting between Walker and Warnock.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where auditors in Iraq have uncovered a staggering $2.5 billion tax fraud scheme; and, Australia ratified bilateral free trade deals with India and Britain.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“As

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, Former CIA director Leon Panetta noticed something about Trump’s response to the DOJ investigation.Then, on the rest of the menu, despite dangerous pregnancy complications threatening the life of the mother, abortions are still being denied in some states; the FTX bankruptcy filing says it owes more than $3 billion to creditors; and, the Club Q shooting follows a year of bomb threats, anti-drag protests and virulent anti-trans bills stoking the flames.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Brazilian economist Ilan Goldfajn has been selected to lead the region’s largest development bank after the previous president was fired for misconduct; and, in a historic move, developed nations at the COP27 agreed to help developing countries pay for the catastrophic consequences of climate change.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook