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 Secret Service was told at least three times to preserve text messages and communications on their agency phones.Then, on the rest of the menu, one hundred fifty-seven House Republicans voted against protecting same-sex and interracial marriages; House Dems moved to protect contraception from from the Supreme Court; and, it only took two hundred forty-six years for the Marines to elevate their first Black four-star general.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Italy’s political turmoil is turning into a headache for Europe’s central bank; and, the European Union moved closer to imposing more sanctions on Russia.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 pursu

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 outrage is only increasing over the Secret Service deleting text messages from January 5 and 6.On the rest of the menu, at least a dozen GOP electors who falsely certified Trump as the victor of the 2020 election in Georgia are now subjects of a criminal investigation; the unprofessional response to the mass shooting in Uvalde has intensified doubts over whether tiny police agencies make sense; and, election security experts have urged state and county directors to be prepared for possibly years of supply chain issues affecting paper, computer hardware and other items.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a top administrative court in Turkey ruled that Erdogan’s decision to pull the country out of a key European treaty protecting women from violence was lawful; and, the FBI has disrupted a group of state-sponsored N

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 Garland Memo doubles down on the Barr policy on investigating presidential candidates without approval.Then, on the rest of the menu, America wants more red flag laws, but anti-government gun groups and Republican-controlled states don’t; in response to Manchin’s sabotage, Biden could declare a climate emergency as soon as this week; and, the Library of Congress’ holdover Trump-era renovation plan is not only a “desecration,” it “is nothing short of vandalism.”After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Sri Lankan lawmakers prepare to vote on a new president; and, lawmakers promised more laws and enforcement of them, after a five-year government report found Australia’s environment continues to deteriorate due to climate change and resource extraction.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuis

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, Kinzinger says the J6 Committee has "filled in the blanks" and this week’s hearing will “open people’s eyes in a big way.”Then, on the rest of the menu, Maryland Dems are eager to break the Republican stranglehold on the governor’s office; a survey of state election officials across the US found the expanded use of drop boxes for mailed ballots during the 2020 election did not lead to any widespread problems; and, a state-chartered bailout fund is seeking to borrow $600 million after seven Louisiana insurers went bust following 2021′s Hurricane Ida.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Thai pro-democracy activists had their cell phones or other devices infected and attacked with government-sponsored Pegasus spyware; and, French holocaust survivors marked eighty years since the mass Paris roundup.All that and more, on West Coa

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 GOP blocked a bill protecting a woman’s right to travel because they don’t even need to hide it anymore.On the rest of the menu, every House Republican voted to recruit Nazis and white supremacists in the military; a suburban Detroit man sued to disqualify Republican Ryan Kelley from the Michigan governor’s race, saying he should be declared an insurrectionist whose votes won’t count; and, Manchin said he’ll oppose an economic measure he’s been negotiating like he liked it, if it includes climate or energy provisions or higher taxes on the rich and corporations.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the International Monetary Fund has reached a preliminary deal with Pakistan on a $6 Billion dollar bailout; and, a Van Gogh self-portrait has been found hidden behind another painting.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, the willful blindness of “team normal” enabled Trump’s coup.Then, on the rest of the menu, masks could return to Los Angeles as COVID surges nationwide; ten anti vax players on the Kansas City Royals will not be making the trip to Toronto due to Canada’s vaccine mandate; and, a former Colorado elections manager taken into custody marks the third arrest in the state on charges of tampering with voting equipment for Trump.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Pope Francis named three women to serve as members of the Vatican office that vets bishop nominations; and, the European Union’s executive decried the rule of law situation in Poland and Hungary in its annual report.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 J6 Committee revealed new details about an Oval Office showdown that preceded the Capitol riot.On the rest of the menu, Republicans are threatening Wall Street over climate positions and other politically sensitive national issues; the Justice Department named Colette Peters, the director of Oregon’s prison system, to run the federal Bureau of Prisons; and, the Idaho lame-duck MAGAt Lt Governor gave a huge pay raise to her assistant so as to deplete the office’s budget and hamstring her successor.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a new pipeline from Greece to Bulgaria will offset the Russian gas cut; and, it’s going to be difficult for the Moonies to distance themselves from Abe’s assassination, since Japan is their major cash cow.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Jus

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, new reporting on the weapons brought by the January 6 insurgents amplifies the severity of the attack.Then, on the rest of the menu, House and Senate committees are set to grill Trump-appointed IRS chief Rettig over the unusual audits of Trump’s enemies; a federal judge blocked Arizona’s confusing ‘personhood’ abortion law; and, California firefighters have gained ground against the dangerous Yosemite wildfire.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Macron’s sketchy Uber dealings may prompt a parliamentary inquiry in France; and, Shinzo Abe’s complicated legacy looms large for the current Japan Prime Minister.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 and their f

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, in a midnight move, Pennsylvania Repugs wrote an abortion ban in the state’s constitution.Then, on the rest of the menu, the June jobs report found the US private sector has regained every job lost during the pandemic; the Biden administration is sending billions of dollars to upgrade airports after Trump failed to help them; and, nearly a year after the DOJ opened an investigation into Phoenix police brutality, Arizona has made it illegal to videotape cops beating the crap out of somebody.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Russian alternative to McDonald’s is facing a french fry shortage; and, the US is terminating its four-decade-old tax treaty with Hungary over that country’s resistance to implementing a global minimum tax.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

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 and his allies are on edge as former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone is set to testify before the J6 committee, under oath.On the rest of the menu, acting as his own lawyer, a former CIA software engineer accused of stealing the largest trove of data in CIA history, told a jury that there’s not enough evidence to convict him of espionage; the MAGAt spectacle in Michigan is threatening the GOP’s bid for governor; and, the IRS commissioner asked the Treasury Department’s internal watchdog to immediately review the suspicious tax audits of James Comey and Andrew McCabe.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where two leading human rights groups accused Egyptian authorities of failing to conduct an impartial and transparent investigation into the suspicious death of an economic researcher in custody; and, the European Uni

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, as Cipollone is set to testify in the J6 Committee investigation, Giuliani said Trump should have pardoned himself.Then, on the rest of the menu, The "No Jews Allowed" law in Tennessee deserved a separate, but equal rant to the usual morning offerings; the Biden Administration has proposed more flexibility for student debt forgiveness; the Department of Justice is investigating potential civil rights violations in Texas’ multibillion-dollar border security mission; and, contact has been restored with a $32.7 million dollar NASA spacecraft headed to lunar orbit.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a key witness in the corruption trial of Bibi Netanyahu testified that her billionaire boss ordered her to deliver gifts and expensive jewelry to the then-Israeli premier; and, Cairo’s historic Nile River houseboats are 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, the deputy press secretary in the Trump White House until resigning shortly after the January 6 attack on the Capitol, has been subpoenaed by the J6 Committee.On the rest of the menu, a Trump-endorsed Ohio GOP House nominee says the three hundred-eighty mass shootings so far this year are a fair trade for his Second Amendment rights; for the second time in the last nine years, the Department of Justice sued Arizona over requiring proof of citizenship to vote; and, West Coast dockworkers are still talking with management after their contract expired.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where hackers claim to have obtained a trove of data on one billion Chinese from a Shanghai police database; and, Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska was named as one of four recipients of the prestigious Fields Medal, which is often descr

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, legal analysts explained what possible Trump criminal referrals could look like.Then, on the rest of the menu, in light of the EPA court ruling, a renewed focus is on the states’ power to rein in greenhouse gasses; researchers warn abortion misinformation will only get worse; and, nearly a year after three opioid distributors finalized a $21 billion national deal to resolve most of the lawsuits against them, a federal judge ruled against a West Virginia community that was the hardest hit.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where French President Emmanuel Macron rearranged his Cabinet after losing his parliamentary majority; and, Chinese authorities refused to allow Canadian diplomats to attend the trial of a Chinese-born Canadian tycoon who disappeared from Hong Kong five years ago.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; River City Hash Mondays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Liz Cheney says the J6 Committee could issue multiple Trump criminal referrals. Then, on the rest of the menu, the White House slammed Mitch McConnell for protecting Big Pharma price gouging; companies that help workers seeking abortions could be held criminally liable by the MAGAt Nazi States of Amerikka; and, California has better beaches than Florida, better surf, better food, better Due Process and better Equal Protection, too.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where two Russian airplanes departed Bulgaria with scores of Russian diplomats, staff and their families amid a mass expulsion that has sent tensions soaring between the historically close nations; and, thirty-two thousand Sydney, Australia residents were warned they may need to evacuate their homes after more than three feet of rain fell in twenty-four hours.All that

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 attacked Cassidy Hutchinson on Newsmax over her testimony before the J6 Committee.On the rest of the menu, ransomware attacks are increasing in Oregon; the Department of Transportation announced funding of a program to aid communities harmed by racist urban planning; and, New York officials ruled against a natural gas-guzzling bitcoin-mining power plant.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the UN special envoy for Congo warned that the M23 rebel group has increasingly acted as a conventional army; and, authorities have suspended the operations of Puerto Rico-based Euro Pacific International Bank, which was under suspicion of money laundering and offshore tax evasion.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Structur

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, some experts on the law might think paying the lawyer fees for the J6 Committee witnesses and sending threats to those who sought their own counsel, is coercion and witness intimidation.Then, on the rest of the menu, antiabortion lawmakers want to block patients from crossing state lines by using the Texas vigilante law; two North Carolina workers filed suit against an employer who fired them for not participating in the company’s daily Christian prayer circle meetings; and, Rhode Island has set an ambitious target for one hundred percent renewable energy by 2033.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where New Zealand has joined Canada in designating American far-right group The Proud Boys as a terrorist organization; and, a Mexican journalist was shot to death in the northeastern part of the country, the 12th journalist

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, Representative Jamie Raskin discussed Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony to the J6 Committee.On the rest of the menu, health clinics scramble to divert patients as states’ “trigger bans” on abortions kick in; the Michigan Supreme Court threw out the charges against former Governor Rick Snyder and others in the Flint water scandal; and, and in a slap to the face, New York City Mayor Eric Adams suggested that Rudy Giuliani be investigated for filing a false police report.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Scotland leader Nicola Sturgeon proposed a new independence vote in October of 2023; and, for the first time, the French parliament elected a woman as its speaker.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"To those

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, voters are swinging back to the Democrats ahead of the midterms.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump’s special purpose acquisition company faces a grand jury investigation; Planned Parenthood sued Idaho over its ‘trigger’ abortion ban; and, Facebook has begun removing posts offering birth control and the morning after pill.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Swiss court fined Credit Suisse for facilitating a cocaine cash laundering scheme; and, a Paris court found the French government guilty of wrongful negligence in the use of a banned pesticide in the French Caribbean islands.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 and their faint metallic taste that the cold wh

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 British documentary filmmaker who provided evidence to the January 6 select committee, revealed a conversation he had with Trump days after he lost the election.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Rhode Island cop running for state office as a Republican, was forced out of the race after punching his Black female Democratic opponent in the face during an abortion protest, twice; the former Louden County, Virginia prosecutor, and now a Louden County judge, removed his progressive successor and her office from prosecuting cases; and, the Bone Saw Golf Tournament moves to Oregon, where local officials are not happy.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where French lawmakers want abortion rights in their constitution; and, the Auschwitz Museum says it’s been a target of Russian propaganda.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook &am

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 Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller had to call Italy to debunk the ridiculous “Italygate” conspiracy theory.On the rest of the menu, the Education Department will erase about $6 billion of student-loan debt for defrauded borrowers; proposed in the wake of the Pandora Papers, a bipartisan House panel approved expanding anti-money laundering reporting requirements; and, the Virginia Board of Health reprimanded the state health commissioner for scandalous remarks dismissing scientific evidence of structural racism in health outcomes.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a US woman who was denied an emergency abortion while vacationing in Malta, has been airlifted out amid fears for her life; and, the new Australian leader is set to visit France to fix their damaged relations.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook