West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

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, America’s schools are facing a shortage of three hundred thousand teachers and staff nationwide.Then, on the rest of the menu, the equity language in the Minneapolis teacher contract has ignited a firestorm among white conservative groups; housing benefits for military families lag as rents explode; and, after a five-year review, US protections for Idaho salmon and steelhead must stay in effect.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a planned strike at Britain’s biggest shipping port has added to the disrupted economic activity across the country; and, African migratory birds are threatened by hot, dry weather that has depleted natural water systems and caused a devastating drought.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, there has been a "dangerous" and significant shift by right-wing militia groups.On the rest of the menu, a federal judge blocked Florida from enforcing a new state law that limits how private companies teach diversity and inclusion in the workplace; Utah officials secretly investigated a high school female athlete’s gender after some sore loser parents complained her margin of victory was too good; and, the FTC threatened to sue an Idaho-based adtech firm for revealing abortion clinic visits.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where following Erdogan’s unorthodox economic views, Turkey’s central bank lowered its key interest rate, despite inflation surging to nearly 80%; and, an iconic lighthouse at the northern German port of Bremen has tilted sideways and could soon topple over entirely into the sea.All that and more, on West

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 new DeSantis-ordered Florida teacher training downplays the role of slavery in US history.Then, on the rest of the menu, Weisselberg’s plea deal could make Trump a prosecution witness; Alex Jones’ lawyer faces a disciplinary hearing in Connecticut; and, Oregon’s chief justice denied that a personality conflict led her to fire all members of a commission that governs the Office of Public Defense Services.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a UN investigator reported that contemporary forms of slavery are widely practiced around the world; and, Saudi Arabia sentenced a woman to thirty-four years in prison over her critical Twitter activity.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Everyone in this good city 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, Justice Department lawyers asked the judge who approved the search warrant for Mar-a-Lago to keep the accompanying affidavit under seal.Then, on the rest of the menu, the IRS says teachers can now deduct more for out-of-pocket expenses for the classroom; immigration advocates sued LexisNexis over personal data sold to ICE: and, the special board appointed by President Joe Biden to intervene in stalled railroad contract talks, suggested that 115,000 rail workers should get 24% raises and thousands of dollars in bonuses.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where China’s worst heat wave in six decades has dried up reservoirs used to generate hydropower; and, Russia’s Defense Ministry warned Britain against a planned spy plane flight over Russian territory.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cu

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 former top espionage prosecutor at the Justice Department explained what matters, and what doesn’t, in the Trump secret documents probe.Then, on the rest of the menu, Amazon workers walked off the job mid shift at a major West Coast air hub over low wages and heat safety; Starbucks wants the National Labor Relations Board to temporarily suspend all union elections at its US stores; and, Corporate America is facing its first tax on stock buybacks in the Biden bill.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison took on extra ministerial powers in secret; and, denying Tehran was behind the stabbing of Salman Rushdie, an Iranian official said he deserved it, though.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, the rhetoric and threats against FBI agents and Department of Justice officials in the wake of the Mar-a-Lago search is reminiscent of events leading up to the January 6 insurrection.Then, on the rest of the menu, a state police inquiry found evidence the MAGAt plot in Michigan to breach voting machines points to a coordinated national pattern; some of the arrested Capitol insurgents are trying to profit from their January 6 crimes; and, Krysten Sinema took over a million dollars of Wall Street money over the past year, and then killed the carried interest tax on private equity profits.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Italian right-wing nationalist parties threaten European democracy; and, Zofia Posmysz, whose semi-autobiographical Holocaust story “The Passenger,” which reached the opera stage, has died at age ninety-eig

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, damning new details on the timeline leading up to the FBI search of Trump’s Mar-A-Lago compound have emerged.On the rest of the menu, a lawsuit by a municipal pension fund accuses Glenn Younkin of a profit and tax avoidance scheme; the Federal Trade Commission is looking at rules to corral tech firm data collection; and, over two billion dollars has been earmarked by the Transportation Department for local infrastructure, paving the way for new bridges, roads, bike lanes, railways and ports.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the European Union expressed concern that a new US tax credit aimed at encouraging Americans to buy electric vehicles would break World Trade Organization rules; and, London children have been offered the polio vaccine booster as the virus is found in the city’s wastewater.All that and more, on West C

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 knows what the FBI found” at Mar a Lago.Then, on the rest of the menu, Lindsey Graham is pulling out all the stops to quash his subpoena in the Georgia election probe; lower prices are offering Americans a slight reprieve from inflation; and, an Arizona county where the August 2 primary election was beset with multiple issues, will waive the costs for running municipal elections in eleven cities and towns.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where water levels on the Rhine River could reach a critically low point in the coming days, making it increasingly difficult to transport goods; and, the leaders of Estonia and Finland want their fellow European countries to stop issuing tourist visas to Russian citizens.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, “there is no uprising” for Trump after the FBI search, but the media continues to distort the reaction of a tiny number of Trump’s followers.Then, on the rest of the menu, companies are increasing investment as Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act boosting the US semiconductor industry; Ramsey County, Minnesota settled a racial discrimination suit against the Sheriff’s Office for running a ‘whites only jail’ to guard Derek Chauvin; and, the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs will take place without any of the golfers who defected to the Saudi-funded Bone Saw Invitational Series.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the United States is returning thirty “looted Bronze Age antiquities” to Cambodia; and, Nagasaki paid tribute to the victims of the US atomic bombing seventy-seven years ago yesterday, August 9.All that and more

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 use of search warrant, rather than a subpoena, reflects the DOJ’s “astonishing” lack of confidence in Donald Trump.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Biden administration announced the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy is over; California’s last nuke plant might run a little longer; and, two militia members face a new trial over a scheme to kidnap and execute Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Greek prime minister said he was unaware that the country’s intelligence service had been bugging an opposition politician’s mobile phone for three months; and, France is in the midst of a fourth heat wave amid an historic drought.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“As I ate the oy

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, “this has been an extraordinarily successful two years legislatively.”Then, on the rest of the menu, Indiana’s new sweeping ban on abortion produced immediate political and economic fallout; the Republicans will fist bump their success in blocking a cap on insulin costs for millions of patients; and, Albuquerque detectives have “determined there is a connection” between earlier killings of Muslims, and that of an aide to a Democratic lawmaker just this past week.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Ugandan authorities have suspended the work of a prominent LGBTQ rights group; and, Iraq broils in dangerous 120-degree heat as the power grid shuts down.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"I was never a spy. I was

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, CPAC is thirsty for Hungary’s “no mixed-marriages” Orban, while “read my pie hole, hands off my carried interest loophole” Sinema, signed off on the Inflation Reduction Act.On the rest of the menu, a recount confirmed that an indicted Colorado county clerk who alleged voting fraud, lost the primary election she ran in last month; potable water has become a needed commodity in flood-ravaged Kentucky; and, Democrats are poised to strip Iowa from leading off their presidential nominating process starting in 2024.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russia is set to launch a spy satellite for Iran but will use it first over Ukraine; and, China’s military exercises aimed at Taiwan, including missiles fired into Japan’s exclusive economic zone, represent a “significant escalation.”All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & S

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, Constitutional Sheriffs around the country are vowing to stop the nonexistent 2020 election steal because the FBI are acting like “Nuremberg Officers.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the Transportation Department proposed to increase refund protections for air travelers; the EPA announced flights to look for methane “super emitters” in the Permian Basin of Texas; and, the Justice Department detailed threats against election workers.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a court in Belarus sentenced yet another independent journalist to a lengthy prison term; and, the UN Secretary-General sharply criticized the “grotesque greed” of oil and gas companies. All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Everyone in this

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, an ex-Trump White House lawyer says Congress should disqualify Trump from ever running for office.Then, on the rest of the menu, Joe Manchin’s change of heart could revive the US solar industry; the Oklahoma State Board of Education downgraded the accreditation of Tulsa Public Schools after a teacher complained that the school district’s training materials “shame white people;” and, a special prosecutor has determined a Virginia police officer should not face charges after he pepper-sprayed, struck and handcuffed a Black US Army lieutenant during a 2020 traffic stop.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the arrest of a prominent Guatemalan journalist has drawn widespread condemnation; and, the fact it was England’s women’s team that won a major soccer championship, and not the men’s that ended fifty-six years of pain, m

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, General Milley worried that Trump would try a “banana republic junta move” on January 6.On the rest of the menu, a new United States Postal Service election division will oversee mail-in ballots; the deal Schumer and Manchin brokered on Capitol Hill could ease seniors’ health costs; and, forty-one Republican senators gloated in the well of the senate after they broke their promise to protect veterans' health.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Moscow’s threat to shut down a prominent Jewish organization could worsen antisemitism in Russia; and, Italy’s president encouraged Italians to reinvigorate their country’s democracy as a bulwark against fascism.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Structural linguistics

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 DOJ is honing in on Trump’s involvement in the fake electors scheme and has also obtained phone records from Trump insiders.Then, on the rest of the menu, judges blocked abortion bans that were ready to take effect in Wyoming and North Dakota; tens of thousands of North Carolina felons can now register and vote; and, the outgoing director of the federal prison system refused to accept responsibility for a culture of corruption and misconduct that has plagued his agency for years.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where China rejected a report it tried to obtain Federal Reserve data; and, over a thousand Lufthansa flights were canceled as German ground crew staff went on strike.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, former acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller contradicted Trump under oath.On the rest of the menu, the DHS inspector general should be removed from the Secret Service probe; the Arizona fake-electors subpoenas show the breadth of the DOJ Jan 6 investigation; and, a Washington state GOP candidate’s links to violent right wing extremism surfaced in the US congressional primary.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Boris Johnson defended meeting, without staff, an ex-KGB agent at a party after returning from a NATO meeting in 2018; and, the leaders of Japan and Indonesia agreed to bolster their ties in maritime security, as well as their cooperation on climate change, energy and investment.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 roots of the MAGAt push for Christian Nationalism is a renewed embrace of the racist, antisemitic tenets of its founder, Gerald LK Smith.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Biden administration said the government will plant more than one billion trees across millions of acres of burned and dead woodlands in the US West; the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against some of the largest poultry producers in the US over unfair worker practices; and, Mississippi dropped the attorney they recruited to investigate welfare abuse, after the former Republican Governor was implicated in massive fraud.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the leadership of Scottish cricket is engulfed in a racism scandal; and, a seventy-two year-old liberal Russian opposition politician was detained after returning to Moscow.All that and more,

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, despite warnings from Liz Cheney, all signs point to Republicans standing by Donald Trump as he hints at running for President again.Then, on the rest of the menu, energy experts say the Republican outrage over petroleum reserve sales is overblown; GOP representative Ted Budd of North Carolina got big bucks for opposing consumer protections against predatory lending, despite his own state prohibiting the practice; and, the FBI says it busted a big crypto Ponzi scam, but then they discovered it was even bigger.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Japan’s nuclear regulator approved a planned release of treated radioactive wastewater from the still-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea next year; and, China launched one of two laboratory modules to complete its permanent orbiting space station.All that and more, on

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 made a purposeful choice to violate his oath of office” on January 6.On the rest of the menu, the first US case of polio in nearly a decade has been confirmed in an unvaccinated man in upstate New York; Republican 2022 small-dollar fundraising sputters as the Democratic lead grows; and, two MAGA primary losers in Colorado failed to pay for their recounts by the state’s deadline.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the United States needs to engage more with the Pacific region at a time when China is asserting its presence; and, trees dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Buchenwald death camp were chopped down in a brazen, anti-Semitic attack.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Structural linguistics is a