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, Florida’s voter fraud arrests make the state a modern version of the Jim Crow south.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Biden administration awarded $2.8 billion in grants to boost domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles in twelve states; the EPA reached a settlement with United Parcel Service to pay a civil penalty of $5.3 million and resolve violations of hazardous waste regulations at more than eleven hundred facilities; and, the Department of Justice busted a network in New York and Connecticut for providing US military technology to the Russians for its war in Ukraine.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Germany is set to massively expand its electric car charging network; and, France marked the one hundred year anniversary of the Paris Central Mosque.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook

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, we can’t allow Trump to normalize antisemitism in this country.Then, on the rest of the menu, the USDA announced $1 billion in debt relief for 36,000 farmers; the Biden administration will hold the first-ever lease sale for offshore wind energy on the West Coast; and, NFL owners say removing Daniel Snyder merits ‘serious consideration.’After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the German government announced that it had removed the country’s cybersecurity chief after allegations emerged of links to Russian intelligence; and, Russia’s role in the Burkina Faso crisis comes under scrutiny.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

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, Arizona's Kari Lake is just one of hundreds of Republican election deniers on the ballot this fall.Then, on the rest of the menu, US businesses want the US government to hide trade data used to trace labor abuse overseas; hundreds of volunteer groups are mobilizing to help voters confronting new election laws; and, the National Labor Relations Board is tallying the votes in another Amazon union election.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a leading Belarusian political activist was handed a 25-year prison sentence for opposing the regime; and, a scathing report says UK police are getting away with lawbreaking, racism and misogyny.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

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 January 6 Committee made Trump’s culpability “dramatically clear.”Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump attacked American Jews and warned they better send more money, or else; the Senate race in Ohio is ground zero for hopes of more manufacturing jobs; and, months after the moon landing, an immigrant family from India showed up uninvited at Neil Armstrong’s family home, they never forgot how they were treated.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a far-right Sweden Democrats party official has been suspended for making degrading comments about Jewish teenage Holocaust victim, Anne Frank; and, UK leader Liz Truss went from triumph to trouble in six short weeks.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"I was never a spy.

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, after the Supreme Court ruled against him, Trump raged he should have made more calls. More calls to whom?On the rest of the menu, people with disabilities are left out of climate planning; the Carter Center will provide nonpartisan observers to monitor midterm elections in Fulton County, Georgia; and, Ohio Democrats are wondering why their party isn’t backing Senate contender Tim Ryan more forcefully.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the US government had to prod Google and other tech companies to help Iranian protesters; and, Putin tempted Turkey with suggestions of making it Europe’s new gas hub.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, 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, “there is an informer inside of Donald Trump’s home.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the Indiana Supreme Court will keep the state abortion ban on hold; the Treasury Department is investigating whether Florida Governor Ron DeSantis improperly used federal pandemic aid to fly migrants to Martha’s Vineyard; and, Democrats have a slim chance to capture a long-held Washington State GOP district in a race that pits an “America First” city-dwelling Republican against a rural Democrat.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Finnish pharmacies ran out of iodine tablets a day after the country’s health ministry recommended that households buy a single dose in case of a “radiation emergency;” and, France ordered some striking gas station workers back to work to ensure gasoline supplies.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook

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, Americans “have a muscle for authoritarian, fascist, anti-semitic, racist wedge politics.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the Department of Justice urged the Supreme Court not to intervene in their Trump classified records fight; extreme right-wing PACs are injecting millions of dollars into local school board races; and, a former National Security Agency worker accused of trying to sell classified information to Russia, has been ordered detained while he is prosecuted.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the leadership of Hockey Canada has stepped down amid an ongoing sexual assault scandal involving the men’s junior team; and, Israel announced an historic agreement with Lebanon on maritime borders.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, blatantly racist remarks from the right has been met by complete silence from Republican leadership.Then, on the rest of the menu, a dark money right-wing think tank is dumping millions of dollars into the Ohio Supreme Court races; a conservative small-business advocacy group filed a new lawsuit seeking to block the Biden administration’s efforts to forgive student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans; and, five California tribes will reclaim their right to manage coastal land significant to their history, backed with $3.6 million in state money.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Amazon said it will invest $972.1 million to add thousands of more electric vans, long-haul trucks and cargo bikes to its delivery network in Europe; and, the head of Germany’s national cybersecurity agency is under investigation for ties

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, placating Trump’s behavior only emboldens him.Then, on the rest of the menu, Michigan’s GOP statewide candidates stick to the bat-doodoo crazy far-right messaging; a federal judge won’t block the January 6 panel subpoena for Arizona GOP chair Kelli Ward’s phone records; and, Georgia prosecutor Fanni Willis is seeking to compel testimony from former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former national security adviser Michael Flynn.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Austria’s liberal president is set to win a second six-year term without a runoff vote; and, Donald Trump backed Spain’s fascists in a video shown at a rally in Madrid that also included messages from Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and Hungary’s Viktor Orban.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, the government might not know what documents Trump stole are still missing.On the rest of the menu, a whistleblower alleged six-hundred-sixty-five agents, including forty-five senior-level officials, left the FBI over misconduct charges in the last two decades; the Coast Guard Academy settled a lawsuit over its cadets-with-kids ban; and, the city of Philadelphia issued an apology for the unethical medical experiments performed on Black inmates at its Holmesburg Prison from the 1950s through the 1970s.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Sweden’s domestic security agency seized criminal evidence at the Baltic Sea pipeline blow-out site; and, renowned Sierra Leone journalist Clarence Roy-Macaulay has died at age eighty-five.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appét

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, a comprehensive report found a whopping three thousand percent increase in violent “civil war” online rhetoric just before the midterms.Then, on the rest of the menu, a motorcade taking Vice President Harris to work was in a one-car accident, but agents misled the Secret Service director on the true nature of the incident; a former Uber security chief has been convicted of covering up a 2016 data breach; and, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has put Dreamers’ lives “in limbo.”​​After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Mexican government plans to bring another lawsuit against US companies responsible for the flow of illegal weapons into Mexico; and, the head of the European Union’s executive arm vowed to “stress test” key EU infrastructure after the sabotage of natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea.All that and m

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 lawyers stepped in it by admitting Trump had “possession of classified documents” at Mar a Lago.Then, on the rest of the menu, three major medical associations want the DOJ to investigate and prosecute people who are threatening violence against children’s hospitals and physicians; kids with disabilities face off-the-books school suspensions that is a denial of their legal right to an education; and, California wells run dry as the drought depletes underground aquifers.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where motorcycle-riding gunmen killed a longtime Philippine radio commentator in metropolitan Manila, the second killing of a journalist since Marcos, Jr took office in June; and, the Estonian Prime Minister says the West should heed, not appease Putin’s threats.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speake

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, disturbing, hateful rhetoric and a sign of a resurgence of fascism is being condoned on the right.Then, on the rest of the menu, a California high school football team forfeited the rest of the season after players staged a ‘slave auction’ with three black students in their underwear; an Arizona clinic has a workaround for the state’s abortion pill ban; and, Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis seeking search warrants in the Trump election fraud case, is sure a sign that the wide-ranging probe has entered a new phase.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan, causing officials to issue a rare evacuation order for the northern region prefectures; and, the Russian journalist who made international headlines after protesting the war in Ukraine live on state television, has escaped house a

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, “there’s no right in the Constitution to violently attack the government.”Then, on the rest of the menu, a scheme to kidnap Michigan’s governor in 2020 will get yet another airing in a different court when three men face trial today; the suspect accused of migrant deaths on the border ran a detention center with a history of abuse; and, election officials brace for confrontational MAGAt poll watchers.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Haiti has reported cholera deaths for first time in three years; and, Category Three Hurricane Orlene is expected to make landfall at Mexico’s Pacific coast sometime today.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

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 way Trump-appointed judge Aileen Cannon treated a fellow and senior Article III judge is “tawdry” and makes her “unfit” to serve.On the rest of the menu, an Albuquerque Starbucks is the first store in the state to vote for unionization; the Treasury Department moved forward with its database on corporate ownership; and, in response to overwhelming demand, the Environmental Protection Agency is nearly doubling the money available to states to buy electric models of the familiar yellow school bus.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Latvians will be voting on Saturday in a general election that has been substantially influenced by Russia’s attack on Ukraine; and, the US imposed sanctions on a group of firms that have played a critical role in shipping sanctioned Iranian oil.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook &

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, Giorgio Meloni has a problem with Jewish “financial speculators,” just like all fascists do.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Florida CEO urged her staff to work through Ian, then she grudgingly took it back; reversing course after Biden and Harris supported it, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a farmworker unionization law; and, the Supreme Court will continue providing live audio broadcasts of arguments in cases, even as it welcomes the public back to its courtroom for a new term that begins Monday.​​After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a fashion model from Myanmar who feared being arrested by the country’s military government if she was forced back home from exile has been granted asylum in Canada; and, Italians marched in scores of cities and towns for abortion rights after neo-fascist Giorgia Meloni’s e

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 though Giorgia Meloni and Steve Bannon share great glee in attacking immigrants, minorities and democratic norms, while also pushing the racist, anti-semitic "Great Replacement Theory," Meloni’s neo-fascist Mussolini party still thought Bannon was too fascist for them.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office stripped forty-seven deputies of their firearms and California peace officer duties after an internal audit revealed they failed their psychological evaluations; American interstates are going to get a lot friendlier to EVs; and, millions of Americans will save on Medicare fees next year.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the British pound plunged to a record low against the soaring dollar, prompting defeatist memes about the world’s sixth-largest economy; and, European leaders beli

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, party elders have called newly-elected Italian Fascist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the “great heir to Il Duce.”Then, on the rest of the menu, Arizona abortion clinics are sending women to other states after prosecutors were given the go-ahead to enforce the civil war-era near-total ban on the procedure; the EPA is preparing a plan to help fix the Jackson, Mississippi water system; and, the United States’ antitrust lawsuit against American Airlines and JetBlue begins today.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the head of France’s Greens party stepped down from his post after his former partner accused him of psychological abuse; and, another suspect is detained in Poland in the slaying of Dutch crime reporter Peter R de Vries.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 Specials; River City Hash Mondays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Jedi mind tricks don’t work for declassification.Then, on the rest of the menu, Greg Abbott’s otherworldly vow to ‘eliminate all rapists’ to justify no-exception abortion, rings hollow in the real world of Texas sexual assault clinics; staffing shortages and violence plague Oklahoma for-profit prisons; and, an ex-Nevada deputy attorney general has been arrested for a 1972 homicide in Hawaii.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned Britain’s ambassador to protest what it described as a hostile atmosphere created by London-based Farsi language media outlets; and, a fire broke out at the world’s biggest produce market in Paris.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 th

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 is facing a judge who is not playing games.Then, on the rest of the menu, US authorities charged forty-eight people in Minnesota in the largest pandemic-related fraud scheme yet, stealing $250 million from a federal program that provides meals to low-income children; the California Attorney General stripped control from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department of a controversial criminal investigation into county Supervisor Sheila Kuehl; and, FEMA tells a skeptical Puerto Rico that this time won’t be like Hurricane Maria.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Myanmar’s military-ruled government denied reports it carried out an air attack on a school that killed at least seven children; and, Iran faced global criticism and massive internal protests over a woman’s death by the notorious morality police.All