West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, as Trump musters his illegal Federal shock troops to invade and occupy major Democratic Sanctuary cities and states, leaders of those Cities and States have unleashed an unexpected push back.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Oregon Senate’s top three Democrats, and two of the state’s only Black lawmakers, received bomb threats at their homes over the Charlie Kirk killing; historically Black colleges across the United States issued lockdown orders and canceled classes after receiving threats over the Charlie Kirk killing; and, the two people who were detained, publicly named and later released following the killing of Charlie Kirk, continue to face an onslaught of death threats and stalking, even after police said they were not suspects.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where thousands in Slovakia gathered i

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s FBI is in total shambles as Kirk’s killer escapes.Then, on the rest of the menu, Texas dropped its lawsuit against a doctor accused of “illegally” providing care to transgender youth; the Oregon couple who are members of a Christian anti-medicine cult and let their newborn baby die while waiting for a miracle, will serve only thirty days in jail; and, Trump cut grants for minority-serving colleges, declaring them unconstitutional and discriminatory against white men.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the German parliament lifted the immunity of a prominent far-right lawmaker who was recently accused of being a spy; and, a New Zealand court rejected the latest bid by internet racketeer Kim Dotcom to halt his deportation to the United States.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook &

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, will Trump's attorney face sanctions for lying about the Epstein letter?Then, on the rest of the menu, Intel’s most senior woman leader has been forced out; former school board member Jennifer Jenkins who defeated a Mom’s for Liberty co-founder, challenges MAGA-extremist Ashley Moody for a US Senate seat in Florida; and, a Georgia judge will toss the landmark racketeering charges against sixty-one ‘Cop City’ protesters.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a spy network being built across Europe by Belarus was broken up by the intelligence services from the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania; and, NATO held Article 4 consultations after Polish and Dutch jet fighters shot down Russian drones in Poland airspace.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.B

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Stephen Miller's wife is losing it over Gavin Newsom's mockery.Then, on the rest of the menu, while DHS continues to post propaganda about the arrests on the fire line in Washington State, wildfire veterans say the operation was nearly unprecedented and a breach in longstanding protocol that federal agents don’t disrupt emergency responders to check immigration status; a drug dealer whose sentence was commuted by Trump has been found guilty of violating terms of his release after a spate of recent crimes; and, Democratic lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee want the Trump administration to give its reasons for revoking the security clearances of thirty-seven current and former national security officials.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Moldova’s president accused Russia of conducting a ‘hybri

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, MAGA Republicans pulled an “insane” last minute scheme in court.Then, on the rest of the menu, Intel said DEI was ‘instrumental’ to innovation, then suddenly stopped talking about it when Trump confiscated part of the company; Trump ordered a Peace Vigil that has stood in Lafayette Park for over forty years dismantled for being a “hazard to those visiting the White House and the surrounding areas;” and, a MAGA Marines' shocking ties to pro-Russian neo-Nazis has been exposed after Raw Story sued the Trump-led Naval Criminal Investigative Service.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where South Korea leaders feel betrayed over the detainment of hundreds of workers at the Hyundai plant raid in Georgia; and, undersea cables cut in the Red Sea disrupted internet access in Asia and the Mideast.All that and more, on West

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the most dangerous nepo baby in American history was not put under oath by the MAGA Chairman from Idaho when he repeatedly lied in the Senate Health Department hearing.​​​​​​Then, on the rest of the menu, five-time draft-dodger Trump really wants to rebrand the Department of Defense to the Department of War; Brett Kavanaugh is doing his best to rebrand the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” by another name; and, US employers adding just 22,000 jobs last month means Trump will fire whoever at the Labor Department released the report.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where South Korea expressed ‘concern and regret’ over a US immigration raid at Hyundai’s Georgia plant that apprehended over four-hundred-fifty South Koreans, including the executives; and, prosecutors in Argentina charged the daughter of a fugitive

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Tulsi Gabbard’s reckless outing of a CIA officer has exposed the staggering incompetence of this administration, again.Then, on the rest of the menu, Oregon, Washington and California are forming a new public health partnership aimed at preserving access to vaccines; the Navy reversed its demotion of drunk quack MAGA Ronny Jackson; and, Trump's surge of federal law enforcement into Washington, DC, is exposing the FBI's fleet of unmarked cars, risking its ability to do its most sensitive national security and surveillance work.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Nepal blocked Facebook, Xitter, YouTube and others for failing to register with the government; and, China’s military parade revealed new hypersonic missiles, drone submarines and ICBMs.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speak

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, MAGA leaders in Congress instantly folded during a contentious cross examination at a heated hearing about Trump’s cover up of his dark past.Then, on the rest of the menu, the just-resigned director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease, accused Robert F Kennedy Jr of promoting eugenics; concerns about possible deportation are at the top of the mind as Oregon’s roughly half million students return to their classrooms; and, Trump is moving the Space Command from its fortified base buried deep in the Rocky Mountains, to an area out in the open in the Redneck Riviera of Alabama.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where NATO is working to thwart Russian jamming of civilian flights, two days after a jet carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was targeted; and,

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, world leaders are furious at Trump after Russia’s attempt to assassinate European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in a GPS jamming operation that forced her plane to land in Bulgaria.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump’s authoritarian policies sparked protests in multiple US cities on Labor Day;  a Democrat and a Republican will team up to try to ban masked law enforcement in Oregon; and, the MAGA Supreme Court is poised to rip a new hole in the Constitution.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where African media grilled FIFA’s Infantino about fans and players being safe from MAGA thugs and officials at the 2026 World Cup in the United States; and, German authorities warned people against becoming ‘disposable agents’ for Russia.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cu

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is headed for a major disaster in court over his attempt to fire Lisa Cook.Then, on the rest of the menu, Hegseth is purging everything Black from the military, but he restored the giant painting at West Point of turncoat Robert E Lee wearing his gray Confederate uniform and accompanied by a slave guiding his horse; the Bum from Queens and Ice Barbie put a target on her back as they revoked Secret Service protection for Kamala Harris ahead of her book tour; and, Native American firefighters were detained and arrested by ICE while fighting the largest wildfire in Washington State.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Tesla sales plunged again in Europe as anger at Musk keeps buyers away for the seventh month in a row; and, President Milei of Argentina defended his influential sister against claims tha

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Jack Smith and his lawyers are coming out swinging as he shoves back against MAGA’s “imaginary and unfounded” phony “whistleblower” complaint against him.Then, on the rest of the menu, mystery surrounds a $1.2 billion Army contract to build a huge tent concentration camp in the Texas desert; the MAGA-led Air Force will provide full military funeral honors to traitor Ashli Babbitt; and, Army is the last service academy to finally sell alcoholic drinks at football games.(No Chef’s Table today, had to get Gunner to his Vet appointment earlier than planned. The links to the reportage do work.) After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where defense ministers from Japan and Britain hailed their “deep strategic alignment” as a Royal Navy aircraft carrier made a historic port call in Tokyo; and, Australia, Canada a

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump got a rude awakening with major protests chasing his goons from swank DC neighborhoods.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Wisconsin Lutheran pastor tested the new IRS endorsement rule by backing AOC and lost his church; ICE Barbie says the entire southern border wall will be painted black to stop people from climbing it; and, a federal judge ruled the Mississippi Supreme Court gerrymander map violates the Voting Rights Act.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a US appeals court puts the brakes on the contested land transfer for an Arizona copper mine to a pair of international companies; and, Paris residents fight the ‘Disneyfication’ of their beloved Montmartre neighborhood.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio L

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Stephen Miller melted down on live television over Trump's latest scandal as Newsom mocked him mercilessly.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump threatened retaliation for countries that tax or regulate US tech companies; the leading license plate camera company has halted cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security over concern how its investigations are used; and, in its efforts to ethnically cleanse America, the Trump MAGA administration charged George Mason University’s efforts to diversify its workforce violates a civil rights law intended to end segregation.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Indonesia launched a measles vaccination campaign in response to an outbreak that has killed seventeen; and, Australia accused Iran of organizing antisemitic attacks across the country and has expelled

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson called out her MAGA colleagues for playing “Calvin Ball.”Then, on the rest of the menu, thousands of homes in the Northern California wine country and central Oregon are under evacuation orders and warnings; Trump halted work on a massive New England offshore wind project that’s almost ninety percent complete; and, all of the major railroad companies refuse to join a voluntary safety program to reduce derailments two and a half years after a derailed train spewed toxic gases across eastern Ohio.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where an American accused of offering sensitive information on the US military to China has been indicted in Germany; and, European postal services have suspended the shipment of packages to the US over Trump’s tariffs.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbo

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the only thing MAGA hates more than fair and free elections, is Gavin Newsom.Then, on the rest of the menu, Alina Habba is ‘unlawfully appointed’ and has been 'disqualified' as a US attorney by a Republican judge; former Trump advisor John Bolton was the subject of an early morning Night of the Long Knives raid conducted by the FBI; and, Trump’s death penalty push faces setbacks as judges block attempts to reverse prior decisions.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Michigan couple held for thirty-two days in a maximum-security Mexican prison without trial over a dispute with a luxury timeshare firm, has filed a lawsuit against the company; and, lawyers asked a judge to order ICE to free a Spanish-language journalist from immigration detention.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy wi

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the more Trump’s DOJ talks, the more they give a gift of evidence undermining their own prosecutions of Democrats.Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal district court accepted a settlement mandating Montana provide education to students with disabilities up to age twenty-two; parents of kids swept away in the Texas floods begged lawmakers to protect future campers while lawmakers devoted all their attention to their illegal gerrymander, instead; and, stocks are falling again on Wall Street after a weaker-than-expected profit report from Walmart.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where China races to build the world’s largest solar farm in its efforts to meet emissions targets; and, New Zealand will buy a fleet of US helicopters in a $1.6B military aircraft spending package.All that and more, on Wes

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump got a rude awakening with major protests chasing his goons from swank DC neighborhoods.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Wisconsin Lutheran pastor tested the new IRS endorsement rule by backing AOC and lost his church; ICE Barbie says the entire southern border wall will be painted black to stop people from climbing it; and, a federal judge ruled the Mississippi Supreme Court gerrymander map violates the Voting Rights Act.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a US appeals court puts the brakes on the contested land transfer for an Arizona copper mine to a pair of international companies; and, Paris residents fight the ‘Disneyfication’ of their beloved Montmartre neighborhood.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.The Netroots Radio Live Player​K

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump debuted his illegal executive order to eliminate mail-in ballots.Then, on the rest of the menu, Yosemite National Park employees are furious over the firing of a research scientist for making Trump mad; a federal judge issued an injunction preventing Trump’s FTC from investigating watchdog Media Matters; and, twenty states and the District of Columbia sued the Department of Justice to stop immigration requirements on victim funds.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a New Zealand soldier with ties to right wing hate groups admitted to attempted espionage in the country’s first spying conviction; and, the Burkina Faso junta declared the UN coordinator persona non grata over her devastating child rights report.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s fatal betrayal of the United States alliances and our democracy is all backfiring in his face.Then, on the rest of the menu, DHS says its speech writer has a first amendment right to post explicitly racist conspiracy theories on social media; three MAGA-led states are sending their National Guard to DC in service to the King; and, the FDA’s new expert panels are rife with financial conflicts and fringe views.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Swiss watchmaker Swatch apologized for an ad showing a racist gesture against Asians; and, Europe is pushing back against Trump moving to end the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump hated the Jobs Report so much, wait until he finds out about the Producer Price Index. Who’s left to fire?Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge struck down Trump administration orders against DEI programs at the nation’s schools and colleges; a federal judge ordered RFK, Jr to stop giving deportation officials access to the personal information, including home addresses, of all seventy-nine million Medicaid enrollees; and, a federal judge struck down key parts of the Florida law that led to the removal of books from school libraries.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Turkish authorities detained the mayor of a key Istanbul district along with over forty other officials; and, a senior lawyer in Australia apologized to the Victoria State Supreme Court for AI-generated errors in a murder cas