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, GOP redistricting is undermining democracy in the state legislatures.On the rest of the menu, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved a plan to demolish four dams on the Lower Klamath River that would be the largest dam removal and river restoration project in the world; a federal judge in Florida issued a temporary injunction against the Ron DeSantis “Stop Woke” act in a ruling that called the legislation “positively dystopian;” and, Starbucks workers went on strike at more than one hundred US stores.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where thousands of people marched through central Athens to mark the anniversary of the 1973 student uprising; and, Vice President Harris has arrived in Thailand for the Asia-Pacific summit.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon

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 Republican party is “in ruin.”Then, on the rest of the menu, two Republicans who control the elected board in a rural Arizona county have sued their own elections director to force a greatly expanded hand-count of ballots, that could affect certification of the results; a key Federal Reserve official suggested the central bank will likely slow the pace of its interest rate hikes beginning in December; and, the Energy Department awarded nearly $74 million from the bipartisan infrastructure law to advance recycling and reuse of batteries for electric vehicles.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a federal judge handed down a 20-year prison sentence to a Chinese national who was convicted in a US aviation spying case; and, a Cambodia wildlife official has been jailed in New York for monkey smuggling.All that and

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 wrongly thinks running again will shield him from the DOJ.Then, on the rest of the menu, a comprehensive report found new-officer training presents an ‘immediate crisis for policing;’ a bipartisan Senate report detailed “aggressive and unethical” medical mistreatment of women immigration detainees at ICE facilities; and, Trump holdovers at DHS are mostly responsible for blocking vital research on domestic threats.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a convicted French Holocaust denier has been arrested in Scotland after a two year search; and, Britain’s polar research ship is preparing for its second voyage to Antarctica to investigate sea level rises and threats to marine biodiversity.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, MAGA Republicans claim to want distance from Donald Trump after the massive midterms losses, while ignoring their extremist Tea Party roots.Then, on the rest of the menu, the last suspect has been sentenced in a California truck driving licensing scandal that put hundreds of unqualified big-rig drivers on the nation’s highways; former Los Angeles Dodger Yasiel Puig will plead guilty to lying to the feds about a sports gambling ring; and, officials from six nations spent more than $750,000 at Trump’s DC hotel as they were trying to influence his administration.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the European Union warned Serbia and Kosovo against returning to their violent past; and, the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution calling for Russia to be held accountable for violating international law, includin

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, Democrats defied midterm expectations not only in the national races, but also by making historic gains in state legislatures.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Republican-engineered shorter voting window could cut turnout in the Georgia runoff; the US Merchant Marine Academy will get its first female superintendent in the eighty-year history of the institution; and, a tech CEO is spending millions to stop Elon Musk.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where liberal rights advocate Natasa Pirc Musar won the runoff to become Slovenia’s first female head of state; and, the United Nations is investigating allegations of misconduct by Egyptian police providing security at this year’s international COP27 climate talks.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, Republicans are paying the price for right wing extremism in the midterms.On the rest of the menu, California seeks to pair home energy storage and rooftop solar; work was stopped after a noose was found at the Obama Presidential Center construction site in Chicago; and, US authorities are investigating crypto exchange FTX.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Vladimir Putin will not attend the Group of 20 summit in Indonesia next week; and, the US will buy one hundred thousand rounds of howitzer artillery from South Korean manufacturers to provide to Ukraine.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 large number of its practitioners spend ma

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, Trump is privately "very angry" after the disappointing performance for Republicans in the midterm elections.Then, on the rest of the menu, the CDC is conducting a new study to determine whether veterans were exposed to dangerously high levels of cancer-causing toxins at the now-shuttered Fort Ord military base in California; a Virginia judge ordered Gingrich to testify in the Georgia election probe; and, Twitter’s new owner sold nearly $4 billion worth of Tesla shares, totaling more than $19 billion liquidated since April.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where NATO announced its next leaders’ summit will be in Lithuania; and, Holocaust survivors from around the world warned about the reemergence of antisemitism as they marked the 84th anniversary of Kristallnacht.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Spea

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, voters voting against Dobbs, Deniers and Donald lifted the Dems in the midterms.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Supreme Court seemed unlikely to agree to overturn decades of precedent in a case about civil rights lawsuits; over one million Americans with diabetes rationed their insulin in the past year; and, Colgate University is returning fifteen hundred funerary artifacts to the Oneida Indian Nation.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where hackers published the personal medical records of over ten million customers after Australian health insurer Medibank refused to pay a ransom; and, a senior UK government member resigned after mounting allegations that he bullied colleagues.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, “Republicans who have given in to fascist elements are trying to nuke democracy.”Then, on the rest of the menu, an Arizona judge blocked a Republican effort to delay election results by hand-counting all ballots; Biden legislation is funding the largest community air pollution monitoring program in EPA history; and, the Justice Department has sent monitors to twenty-four states in an effort to ensure compliance with federal voting rights laws in today’s elections.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Philippine authorities filed murder charges against the nation’s top prisons official in the killing of a radio commentator; and, China lashed out over a visit to Taiwan by British Trade Policy Minister, Greg Hands.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’s 2020 election-denying lawyers have returned to assist in midterm election challenges, just like the over one hundred they’ve lost so far.On the rest of the menu, the FBI warned of a ‘broad’ threat to synagogues in New Jersey; a top Milwaukee elections official has been fired after sending falsely obtained military absentee ballots to the home of an election-denying Republican state lawmaker; and, Oprah delivered a November surprise by endorsing Fetterman over Oz.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Bank of England rolled out its biggest interest rate increase in three decades; and, tens of thousands of Spanish union workers held a protest march in Madrid to demand higher wages to offset the soaring cost of living.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon A

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, crime as a big city, blue state problem is a GOP myth.Then, on the rest of the menu, CBS and its former president, Leslie Moonves, will pay $30.5 million dollars for insider trading; the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada asked the state’s secretary of state to investigate a “coordinated partisan” hand-count of mail-in ballots; and, the attorneys general of California, Illinois and the District of Columbia are suing Albertsons to stop the grocery chain from paying a nearly $4 billion dollar dividend to its shareholders.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where North Korea kept up its missile barrage with the launch of an ICBM; and, with Bolsonaro tamed in defeat, Brazil steps back from the brink of losing its democracy.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.B

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, “why would you trust somebody who jokes about the violent attack on Paul Pelosi?”Then, on the rest of the menu, in another bonehead move, Musk has Twitter working on a paid video feature that raises potential copyright and scam concerns; toxic metal pollution is ten times worse in racially segregated communities; and, Alabama voters will decide whether to ratify a new constitution that strips out the document’s Jim Crow-era language.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Norway raised its military alert level after suspicious drone sightings put the country on edge; and, Brazilian President Bolsonaro’s administration signaled a willingness to hand over power, two days after the election loss to Lula da Silva.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, the majority on the Supreme Court pretended arguments in favor of Affirmative Action “didn’t exist.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the Department of Justice, supporting a claim by the League of Women Voters of Arizona, said that monitoring ballot drop boxes can amount to illegal voter intimidation; Jewish leaders called on GOP candidates to reject antisemitic comments; and, in a victory for the Biden administration’s tougher approach to proposed mergers, a federal judge blocked Penguin Random House’s purchase of Simon & Schuster.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Rwanda criticized the expulsion of its ambassador from Congo; and, a kidnapped French conservationist has been released in eastern Chad.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, years of Republican propaganda and Trump-fueled fascism helped inspire last week's attack on House Speaker Pelosi's 82-year-old husband, Paul.Then, on the rest of the menu, President Joe Biden cast his midterm ballot on Saturday; striking Weyerhaeuser workers in the Pacific Northwest are back to work; and, the Black church tradition of “Souls to the Poll” survives Georgia’s voting changes.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where UK politicians demand a probe into the Liz Truss phone hack claim; and, a venomous seven foot king cobra that escaped from its home in a Swedish zoo, has returned back home by itself.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

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, Donald Trump and allies continue to assert executive privilege as a way to dodge providing testimony in criminal investigations.On the rest of the menu, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton blamed the Biden Justice Department for an investigation that was begun under Trump; North Carolina GOP Senate nominee Ted Budd was part of business scheme accused of defrauding farmers; and, Georgia DA Fani Willis urged the Supreme Court to allow Lindsey Graham’s testimony.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the FBI is probing an ex-CIA officer’s spying for World Cup host Qatar; and, a court in Belarus sentenced yet another independent journalist to three years in prison.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Structural linguistics is a bitterly

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 reaction to Pennsylvania’s Senate debate between John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz ignores the history of illness and disability in the Senate and White House.Then, on the rest of the menu, Texas Republican Chip Roy attacked the Biden administration over a program to stop COVID vaccine lies; Facebook parent Meta was fined nearly $25 million dollars for repeatedly and intentionally violating campaign finance disclosure law; and, three Maryland State Police officers have filed a federal class-action lawsuit, alleging widespread racial discrimination at the agency.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Saudi oil giant Aramco unveiled a $1.5 billion dollar “greenwashing” fund ahead of next month’s UN climate conference in Egypt; and, the gas crunch has eased in Europe, but the respite might not last.All that and more, on

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, prosecutors are putting the squeeze on a key Trump aide in their documents probe.Then, on the rest of the menu, in a dramatic increase from 2018, over one million have voted early in Georgia; Samuel Alito whined that the leak of his draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade, made the majority on the US Supreme Court “targets for assassination;” and, experts are sounding the alarm about what a fourth consecutive drought year could mean for California.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Australia’s largest health insurer said a cybercriminal hacked the personal data of all its 4 million customers; and, New Zealand women lawmakers outnumber men for first time.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"To those of us

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 Supreme Court justice violated the law.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the American Rescue Plan helped 200,000 child care providers stay open; the Federal Trade Commission is taking the rare step of bringing individual sanctions against the CEO of alcohol delivery company Drizly for data privacy abuses; and, the sheriff in metropolitan Phoenix has stepped up security around ballot drop boxes after armed Trump supporters intimidated voters.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Japan has stepped up its push to get the public to buy-in to digital IDs; and, hundreds of Syrian men and boys were detained, beaten and forcibly returned to their country by Turkish authorities over a six-month period.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, Trump is 'not an enough' to comply with the J6 subpoena.Then, on the rest of the menu, JD Vance’s firm invested in a food company that is now facing five lawsuits alleging it misled regulators and duped investors; an Oregon “constitutional” sheriff arrested a US Forest Service 'burn boss' over a prescribed burn near the site of the armed takeover of the Malhuer Wildlife Refuge by white nationalists; and, false election claims by MAGA Republicans are overwhelming local efforts to push back.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the world faces the prospect of more tension with China over trade, security and human rights after Xi Jinping awarded himself a third five-year term; and, Norway prepares for threats from Russia over its energy infrastructure.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine

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 lawyers prove they don’t know why they asked for a Special Master.On the rest of the menu, slavery is on the ballot for voters in five US states; the EPA is conducting a civil rights case that targets Mississippi over the majority-Black state capitol’s deteriorating water system; and, Daniel Smith, one of the last children of enslaved Americans, has died at age ninety.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where at least seven Russians, including the son of a close associate of Putin, were detained by Norwegian officials for flying drones or taking pictures near sensitive areas; and, Russia aimed new legal action at two prominent dissenters.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Structural linguistics is a bitterly di