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, Trump’s fake elector scheme becomes more than just a scandal.Then, on the rest of the menu, the DOJ wants to know if Sidney Powell is funding the Oath Keepers’ legal defense; a federal judge “reluctantly” postponed the trial of five members of the extremist group Proud Boys, but they will remain in pre-trial detention; and, the owner of seven Louisiana nursing homes, who sent more than 800 of his elderly residents to a crowded, ill-equipped warehouse to ride out Hurricane Ida last year, was arrested on fraud and cruelty charges.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russia’s choke hold over gas could send Europe back to coal; and, the Australian state of Victoria has banned the Nazi swastika amid a resurgence of far-right extremism.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justic

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 used his Big Lie to bludgeon election officials to his will.On the rest of the menu, the Chevron CEO got bent out of shape when Joe Biden said the oil companies “make more money than God,” at a time the oil companies are making more money than God; Facebook signed a deal with the Justice Department to end discriminatory housing ads; and, it could take years to rebuild Yellowstone after the recent catastrophic floods, and cost billions.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Yair Lapid is set to be Israel’s next premier, but he faces a critical test; and, tens of thousands of railway workers walked off the job in Britain in the country’s biggest transit strike in three decades.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, Trump was told the election workers he terrorized were innocent, but he didn’t care.Then, on the rest of the menu, New York passed its landmark voting rights legislation; Facebook removed Red Flag Poster Boy, Missouri GOP US Senate candidate Eric Greitens’ “Rino Hunting” campaign ad; and, nearly 350,000 rainbow trout must be euthanized as California wildlife officials battle bacteria outbreaks at two fish hatcheries in the eastern Sierra.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Cyprus launched a criminal investigation into a senior police officer blackmailing the country’s prison chief; and, the US Navy had a tense encounter with Iran in the Strait of Hormuz.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“As I ate the oysters with

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, nearly six in ten Americans believe Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in January 6.Then, on the rest of the menu, four years after Iowa's top court ruled that abortion was protected by the state's constitution, a stacked court recently appointed by GOP Governor Kim Reynolds have said, ‘precedent? we don’t care about no stinking precedent’; modern ‘redlining’ is pushing some long-time San Antonio, Texans out of their homes; and, as national Republicans block more comprehensive measures, Democrats across the country have started pushing for bans on gun sales near schools and child-care centers.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a government attorney for the Philippines was fatally shot in an Uber while visiting Philadelphia; and, the European Union’s executive arm recommended making Ukraine a candidate for EU

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, why did it take so long for Mike Pence “to do the right thing?”On the rest of the menu, Republican voters in Nevada picked a nominee for attorney general who once called for the lynching of the state's current attorney general, who is Black; a Nebraska man pleaded guilty on charges that he threatened an election official, the first conviction for a Justice Department task force charged with protecting poll workers; and, as severe floods ravage Montana, where in the world is Governor Greg Gianforte.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where defying international condemnation, the Mayanmar junta has vowed to execute pro democracy activists; and, Dutch authorities deported a Russian spy posing as a Brazilian national in an attempt to infiltrate the International Criminal Court.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeas

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 J6 committee revealed Trump raised $250 million for an election fraud fund that didn’t exist, so let’s follow the money.Then, on the rest of the menu, the New Mexico Supreme Court ordered the MAGA-dominated county commission to certify the vote; the chief public health official of Virginia says he doesn’t care about the woke science, there is no structural racism causing racial disparities in healthcare, period; and, the US Supreme Court dismissed an attempt spear-headed by Arizona to defend a Trump-era immigration policy that made it harder for immigrants to obtain green cards.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where agents from the Commerce Department and the FBI are probing how American electronics wound up in Russian military gear; and, the European Union sued the UK over its unilateral move to rewrite the tra

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 violence by Trump-loyal, fascist paramilitary groups that has been in the news lately, lines up neatly with the political targeting by Republican politicians.On the rest of the menu, an explosive device was found at the home of a San Jose, California city councilwoman; the Border Patrol is investigating an unofficial “challenge coin” distributed among the agency that depicts white border agents on horseback using their reins as whips against Black migrants; and, the historic floodwaters that continue to rage through Yellowstone has ‘dramatically changed’ the landscape.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Cambodian court convicted a lawyer and dozens of others of treason for organizing an opposition party to longtime prime minister, Hun Sen; and, China says a Bloomberg news assistant in Beijing has been released o

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 does everything you tell your children not to do.”Then, on the rest of the menu, major crypto bank Celsius put a freeze on withdrawals that sent major currencies down; a children’s story hour at a California Bay Area library was disrupted by the Proud Boys, prompting local authorities to launch a hate-crime investigation; and, Amazon calls the cops and illegally fires workers in its attempts to stop unionization nationwide.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said she will not seek a new four-year term; and, the European Space Agency star survey has revealed a celestial treasure trove.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“As I ate the oysters wit

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 comment to “stand back and standby” tripled the Proud Boys’ membership.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Virginia city plagued by violence will hold a gun buyback event; an assistant police chief of a suburban city near Seattle who displayed a Nazi insignia will be paid $1.5 million dollars to go away; and, a Bremerton, Washington man was charged with threatening to kill the city prosecutor and the mayor.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where NATO’s eastern nations want better protection measures from the alliance; and, a breakthrough court ruling should lead Olympic sports bodies to reopen cases in the Russian state-backed doping program.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 t

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 January 6th committee presented new footage and testimony on the panel’s first public hearing.On the rest of the menu, the Justice Department is opening a sweeping civil rights investigation into the Louisiana State Police; the Kentucky farm sector could set record receipts; and, after scores of wrecks with parked emergency vehicles, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said they are a step closer to recalling almost all the Teslas with partial automated driving systems that were manufactured since 2014.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the European Central Bank will raise interest rates next month for the first time in eleven years; and, the search narrows as pressure mounts in the Amazon disappearance of freelance journalist, Dom Phillips and Indigenous official, Bruno Pereira.All that and more, on We

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, you can tell how partisan the January 6 Committee is by the way hardcore arch-conservative Liz Cheney is a baby eating representative democracy commie.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled that private companies in Oregon jails must abide by federal laws and serve inmates equally; Brittney Griner’s case is tangled up with that of a lesser-known American also imprisoned in Russia, Paul Whelan; and, a rebel golf league, backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, has made sportswashing stooges out of Phil Mickelson, Dennis Johnson and forty-six other golfers turning a blind eye to the kingdom’s notorious record on human rights.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Angela Merkel said she won’t apologize for her failed efforts in engaging Russia; and, a Fiji court has finally ruled the US ca

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, "If January 6 is such a nothingburger, as Republicans and propaganda outlets like Fox News would have us believe, then why are they going to such extraordinary lengths to hide the committee proceedings?"On the rest of the menu, Joshua Tree National Park has temporarily closed a popular hiking trail so bighorn sheep can get undisturbed access to water; the Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin warning of heightened right wing extremist threats heading into the midterms; and, the latest Crypto meltdown is wake-up call for many, including Congress.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where lawyers for asylum seekers say US officials drastically slowed family reunifications during the Trump administration; and, Dutch prosecutors demanded life sentences for two men in the brazen gangland slaying last year of investiga

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, Americans should keep their eye on Liz Cheney during the January 6 Hearings.Then, on the rest of the menu, the DeSantis budget veto signals his intention to eliminate gun permitting in Florida and replace it with permitless carry; an Arizona judge declined the state Republican party request to block mail-in voting; and, an anti-harassment order has been issued against a sheriff in western Washington state, requiring him to stay away from a Black newspaper carrier who is suing him over a confrontation last year.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Afghan government officials looted tens of millions of dollars from the nation’s treasury during the Taliban takeover; and, Japan recorded its lowest number of births in more than a century.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putn

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, from Bill Clinton through Obama, and until this very day, the GOP put the P in Petty, Payback and Probes.Then, on the rest of the menu, students of color push back on calls for more police in schools; abortion rights advocates say they need more men’s voices; and, a New Orleans Starbucks store is the first in Louisiana to vote union.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where NATO kicked off a nearly two-week Baltic Sea naval exercise with Finland and Sweden; and, Australia charged China for threatening one of its maritime planes over the South China Sea.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, but we were all office help." -- Julia Child~~~~~~

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 out of touch with people in their own party who own guns.On the rest of the menu, a newly revealed report puts to rest the right's conspiracy theories about Michael Flynn; the jury said they are deadlocked in the ‘We Build The Wall’ fraud trial after the judge allowed one juror who made politically biased statements against liberals to stay on the panel; and, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform accused Amazon of “obstructing” their investigation into the company’s labor practices during severe weather events.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where angered by a planned reform they worry will hurt their careers, members of the French diplomatic corp went on strike, the second such strike in over twenty years; and, the United States and its allies vowed to hold Russia accountable for crimes committed by i

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 GOP-appointed justices have to end Roe because pregnant women were prosecuted in the 1600’s.Then, on the rest of the menu, an independent watchdog opened a broad investigation into Trump-era Social Security Inspector General Gail Ennis over an anti-fraud program that imposed massive penalties on disabled and elderly people; the Michigan Court of Appeals unanimously rejected a legal challenge from a former leading GOP candidate for Michigan governor, who was disqualified from the ballot for submitting fraudulent nominating petitions; and, Austin is the largest US city to challenge Trump’s 2020 census numbers.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Denmark is headed toward joining the European Union common defense policy that it long eschewed; and tens of thousands have been displaced by a resurgence of fighting i

Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, observers claim that actually, there is nothing unusual how a Texas police chief can go AWOL, and still be secretly sworn in to the Uvalde city council while federal investigators are trying to contact him.On the rest of the menu, TEDx Portland may have run afoul of IRS rules by hosting Oregon’s independent gubernatorial hopeful, who is one of the state’s 6,740 machine gun owners; inspectors general need more authority to go after fraud in the COVID-19 relief programs; and, a former executive of a California solar power company was sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in a $1 billion fraud scheme.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a thirty-two year-old French reporter became the eighth journalist killed while covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine; and, the new Australian government includes a record thirteen women ministers.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 Justice Department announced it will conduct a review of the law enforcement response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.Then, on the rest of the menu, the TSA reports a spike in travelers trying to bring guns through airport checkpoints; far fight activist Allen West's bid to take over the NRA ended in humiliating failure; and, Pope Francis sent a ‘powerful message’ by elevating a liberal Bishop over the wannabe inquisitor Archbishop who banned Pelosi from communion.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where ignoring EU sanctions, Serbia secured a gas deal with Putin; and, a German federal court is mulling a bid to remove a seven hundred year old antisemitic relic.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, an NRA board member was caught off guard and misfired when pressed on gun laws and the organization's priorities following the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.Then, on the rest of the menu, white Christian nationalism is on the rise in some GOP campaigns; a California man pleaded guilty in a plot to blow up the state Democratic Party headquarters in retaliation for Donald Trump’s election loss; and, a suburban Portland, Oregon man has been charged with placing a white-supremacist, neo-Nazi sticker near an immigrant community center, before more than a dozen guns were found during a search of his car and residence.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where an ex-Danish police employee has been charged in a huge hacking case; and, the co-founder of the ultra-leftist Japanese Red Army militant group has been released from jail after

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 obsession with guns reveals a major weakness within the party.On the rest of the menu, the Interior Department announced funding to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells; the Senate GOP unanimously blocked a bill to combat domestic terrorism; and, Susan Collins blocked the confirmation of a NOAA official over rules designed to protect rare whales.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the United States won the latest round of a legal battle to seize a $325-million, 348-foot Russian-owned super yacht in Fiji; and, the Turkish central banks will keep the interest rate at 14%, despite a 70% rate of inflation.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