West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

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 Posse Comitatus trial wraps up.Then, on the rest of the menu, Kari Lake is under investigation for criminal violations of the law related to her leadership at the Voice of America; nine people in Texas pled not guilty in a Ken Paxton-driven elections probe involving ‘vote harvesting;’ and, a federal judge ordered Trump to restore millions of dollars in National Science Foundation grants withheld from UCLA, and in violation of her previous ruling.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Mexico says the twenty-six cartel capos sent to the US were requested by the Trump administration, and not part of tariff talks; and, Brazil President Lula announced five and a half billion dollars in credits for exporters hit by Trump’s fifty-percent tariffs.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, the guy who had his wife he was cheating on drive the getaway car to avoid being served a court subpoena, wants to jail Beto O’Rourke for raising funds for elected legislators fighting the MAGA power grab.Then, on the rest of the menu, a deputy commanding general testified the National Guard rehearsed the show of force against Los Angeles immigration raid protesters; Trump’s rhetoric about DC echoes a history of racist narratives about urban crime; and, TACO now says the Intel CEO has an ‘amazing story’ just days after calling for his resignation.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where China imposed sanctions on two Lithuanian banks in retaliation for the European Union including two Chinese financial institutions in its sanctions against Russia; and, the United States deployed two warships to a disputed S

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’s plans of taking over Washington DC is already backfiring in his face as mass protests break out.Then, on the rest of the menu, a small Oregon county reckons with the fallout from an Amazon data center scandal; dozens of heavily armed feds swarmed a minor DC fender-bender as Trump’s militarized crackdown creates chaos; and, officials are investigating the cause of a Pennsylvania steel plant explosion that killed two and injured over a dozen.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Republicans and Democrats alike exhort Trump to keep the security pact with Australia and the UK alive; and, FIFA moved ahead with a new human rights strategy for the World Cup games, but advocates are skeptical about MAGA America allowing it.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justic

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, the judge assigned to the Epstein FOIA lawsuit is Trump’s worst nightmare.Then, on the rest of the menu, commercial fishing in a vast Pacific nature area is halted after a judge blocks a Trump order; the trial on whether deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles violated federal law is set to begin this week; and, a Florida farm has been identified as the source of raw milk that sickened dozens.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Europe says the US-Russia summit this week cannot decide on Ukraine land swaps; and, Finnish authorities have charged the captain and two senior officers of a Russia-linked vessel that damaged undersea cables last year between Finland and Estonia.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live P

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, a furious Canada is throwing punches that are landing hard against a weak and incompetent Trump administration.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Stanford University student newspaper sued the Trump administration for violating its first and fifth amendment constitutional rights; Oregon’s only US congressman massively outspent every other US House member on Trump’s inauguration weekend; and, nearly forty percent of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down, quadruple the rate of rejections from a year earlier.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Japan deployed its first F-35B fighter jets to bolster its defenses in the region; and, Japanese warships visited New Zealand’s capital for the first time in almost ninety years.All that and more, on West Coast Coo

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, Texas MAGA totally melt down after Dems derail Trump’s power grab plans.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump thinks he can change when and how the Census is taken because he’s the King and kings can do anything they want, or else; unable to recruit enough unqualified goons for their ethnic purge, DHS has lowered the age limit for ICE applicants so teens can carry guns and kick down doors, too; and, JD Vance made quite the splash when he ordered the Army Corps Engineers to raise the water level of an Ohio river for his kayak vacay.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Toyota’s profit plunged thirty-seven percent with the auto giant cutting its full year earnings forecasts because of Trump’s tariffs; and, Indian authorities continue their brutal crackdown on dissent in Kashmir by banning over two doz

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, US Representative Jasmine Crockett breaks down Gerrymandering, Gaslighting, and Ghislaine.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Southeastern Louisiana University scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in Lake Maurepas was abruptly removed from her research position without explanation; anti-vaxxer Robert F Kennedy, Jr axed five hundred million dollars from vaccine development that has saved millions of lives; and, a Michigan museum preserves Civil Rights artifacts amid federal MAGA efforts to disappear Black history.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump’s crackdown on foreign students and higher education has resulted in a sharp rise in university applications outside the United States; and, Afghan women turn to online courses as the Taliban bans education for women beyond primary

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’s plan to unlawfully gerrymander Texas has instantly backfired as Republicans are terrified now that Democratic governors and leaders are actually fighting back.Then, on the rest of the menu, Oregon is leading the legal fight against Trump’s cuts to humanities funding; a MAGA lawsuit challenging California affordable housing programs has been filed after a Supreme Court ruling on another California housing issue; and, a federal judge ordered Florida and federal officials to produce ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ agreements showing which government agency or private contractor has legal authority to detain people.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russia says it no longer will abide by its self-imposed moratorium on intermediate-range missiles; and, Stella Rimington, the first female chief of Britain’s MI5 in

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, the Supreme Court weighs the nuclear option on the Voting Rights Act about a week before the sixty year anniversary of the law.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Trump administration told NASA to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that scientists and farmers rely on that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; the Oregon Jewish Museum was vandalized with painted swastikas; and, Trump told Schumer to “go to hell.”After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a lawyer says he’s not been allowed to see the five immigrants secretly deported last week by the US to solitary confinement in a prison in Eswatini; and, Brazil’s Supreme Court is standing firm on the Bolsonaro trial despite foreign pressure coming mostly from Trump.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine

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 attorney Jeffrey Clark has been referred for disbarment.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Portland, Oregon mayor ordered the city to go Vichy and change its equity policies to comply with the King’s anti-DEI mandate; the MAGA House is trying to defund a beloved national monument in Utah; and, two Colorado deputies have been disciplined for violating state law by helping federal agents make immigration arrests.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where TACO Trump injected a new dose of uncertainty in tariffs as he pushed the start date back to August 7; and, the Pakistani independent human rights group demanded the withdrawal of terror charges against a 7-year-old boy for sharing an anti-government speech by a rights activist on social media.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with C

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, what makes America great is Trump after getting instantly called out and bullied by his pissed off political rivals.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Georgia MAGA PAC tied to a Ponzi scheme illegally sought to influence elections in the state; the MAGA Senate confirmed a white nationalist, neo-Nazi who failed twice running for office, as Trump’s counterterrorism chief; and, the MAGA administration was ordered by a federal judge to explain why his order to restore Voice of America wasn’t followed, and who pocketed the damn money congress appropriated.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where eighteen countries applied for billions of EU funds as Europe seeks to provide for its own security without the renegade United States; and, an Australian court rejected an appeal by the Musk social media outfit in 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 goes on the attack against the chief judge of the DC federal district court.Then, on the rest of the menu, RFK Jr is under investigation after his  'dangerous and unprecedented' purge of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; Pete Hegseth is about to see “Signalgate” enter the group chat once again; and, a Wisconsin man plead guilty to smuggling lab equipment to Russian companies.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump moved to lift visa restrictions for Argentina in a boost to his right-wing ally; and, former Colombian President Uribe is found guilty in a bribery and witness tampering trial that threatens the strongman’s legacy.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beami

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’s lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch is blowing up in his face.Then, on the rest of the menu, Ratcliffe’s CIA dumped the 'best officer of his generation' over a 'nightmare' warning about Trump; the Trump Justice Department has been forced to drop scores of cases against protesters in Los Angeles because of false claims made by federal immigration agents; and, MAGA states have “kicked a hornet’s nest” by repealing voter-approved laws.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Poland has detained thirty-two people for coordinating with Russia to engage in acts of sabotage; and, the EU admits it doesn’t have the power to guarantee the $600 Billion Dollar promise to Trump, only hours after he brayed about it.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine

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, DOJ officials who enter into a corrupt bargain with Maxwell to protect Trump, can be charged with criminal conspiracy.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump was caught on camera cheating at golf in Scotland; authorities will file terrorism and assault charges against the suspect in the Michigan Walmart knife attack; and, more than 3,400 Boeing fighter jet workers in the St Louis area rejected a contract offer and are expected to strike.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where European Union regulators accused Temu of failing to prevent the sale of illegal products; and, as Dubai cracks down on crowded, illegal apartments, migrant workers have nowhere else to go.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistan

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, Ghislaine Maxwell never testified in her own criminal trial, so “what did Todd Blanche offer her to make her suddenly decide she was safe” with him?Then, on the rest of the menu, a virtual meeting of the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission was interrupted by a “Zoom bomb” of pornographic, racist and antisemitic images and audio; Oregon-based Columbia Sportswear is suing New York Columbia University over a trademark dispute; and, an exhibit at the Muir Woods National Monument in California has become the first casualty in Trump’s order to erase history.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Russian parliament approved a bill punishing online searches for information deemed ‘extremist;’ and, a French court will decide if Assad can be stripped of immunity and tried for the Syrian chemical attack

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, Japan outplayed Trump in his big beautiful trade war.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Trump EPA is torched for a move that will 'decimate' home gardens; the Trump Forest Service claims it has reached 99% of its firefighting hiring goal, but internal data shows that characterization is dangerously misleading; and, Trump’s gulag guards banned Bibles at Alligator Alcatraz, saying there's "no right to religion" there.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Spanish airline Vueling denies reports that passengers were removed from a plane because they are Jewish; and, small Brazilian coffee producers fear for the future after Trump’s 50% tariff.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

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, it may be purely a coincidence, but Epstein’s former lawyer suddenly died and then total chaos consumed the White House on all fronts.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Trump administration wants Oregon to hand over personal food stamp data by tomorrow; the Third US Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the New Jersey law banning immigration detention contracts; and, Texas lawmakers finally begin a review of catastrophic floods that killed at least one hundred thirty-five children and adults.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Turkey, lacking any logic whatsoever, has banned elective C-sections at private medical centers because Erdogan thinks it will increase birthrates; and, in response to Trump disrupting the United States economy, over a dozen companies pledged to invest more than seven hundred billi

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, the “most transparent administration in history” keeps exposing their Epstein cover up for the world to see.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump’s Labor Department proposes more than sixty rule changes to deregulate workplaces; Trump administration officials sold stocks days before key tariff announcements; and, MAGA Blondie Bondi is taking revenge on the family of the man who created the Anti-ICE app.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a fugitive Moldovan oligarch implicated in a one billion dollar bank fraud has been detained in Greece; and, a British man who dreamed of being like James Bond was convicted of attempting to spy for Russia.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 Beami

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 panicked all night over his ever-consuming scandals.Then, on the rest of the menu, a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled Mississippi’s social media age verification law can go into effect; Trump threatened to hold up a stadium deal if the Washington Commanders don’t switch back to their legacy of racism; and, Crash Duffy imposed new restrictions on flights from Mexico.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Kenyan pro-democracy activist Boniface Mwangi was charged with possession of ammunition; and, Musk’s social media platform denied accusations from French prosecutors of data tampering and fraud, calling them politically motivated.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your R

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, MAGA Mike panicked live on television as Trump’s plan backfired in his face.Then, on the rest of the menu, Louisiana canceled its $3 billion repair of disappearing Gulf coastline that was funded by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement; a second Neo-Nazi has been charged for assault in the 2024 Nashville antisemitic attack; and, the wife of the embattled Louisiana police chief charged in an immigration visa fraud scheme has also been arrested.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where British spies and special forces identities were exposed in the Afghan data leak; and, El Salvador’s top human rights organization announced it is leaving the country because of mounting harassment and legal threats by the government of President Bukele.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef