West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

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, E Jean Carrol has not received one red cent for winning her lawsuit against Trump, but Trump just got $15 million from ABC/Disney to defame her over it.Then, on the rest of the menu, cybercriminals demanded ransom after they hit the Rhode Island benefits system in a major cyberattack; Time magazine gave Trump something it has never done for a Person of the Year designee, a lengthy fact-check of claims he made in the issue’s interview; and, the Securities and Exchange Commission wants Musk to pay a penalty or face charges involving what he disclosed, or failed to disclose, about his purchases of Twitter stock before he bought the social media platform.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the German foreign minister warned anyone involved in atrocities for the ousted Syrian government against seeking refuge in

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, SCOTUS ruled to keep Trump’s gag order in place.Then, on the rest of the menu, charges have been revived against a slate of six Nevada Republicans for submitting a bogus certificate to Congress that declared Trump the winner of the presidential 2020 election; the FTC has sued the largest US wine and spirits distributor, saying it discriminates against smaller stores; and, the Governor of Kentucky unveiled a paid leave plan for state workers with a new child or serious illness.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where human rights abuses took place, has been charged with several counts of torture after being arrested in Los Angeles for visa fraud charges; and, Poland will guard its major TV stations against hostile purchase attempts by Russia.All that

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, Democratic House members went on the offense against MAGA Republicans at the latest Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing.Then, on the rest of the menu, Washington state lawmakers could decide whether a MAGA representative facing felony voter fraud charges will serve in the state legislature; North Carolina MAGA lawmakers enacted a law after midnight that nullifies the powers of the incoming Democratic governor, attorney general and school superintendent;  and, federal court filings allege a MAGA parish official committed perjury in a lawsuit tied to a Louisiana grain terminal.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where South Korea’s president pulled a Trump and defended his martial law decree as an act of governance while denying the rebellion charges; and, Australian police have launched a special operatio

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Louis DeJoy suffered a bipartisan Senate hearing beatdown. Then, on the rest of the menu, judges in Oregon and Washington separately blocked a $24.6 billion merger of Kroger and Albertsons; a federal bankruptcy judge rejected the sale of Infowars to satirical news website The Onion; and, US Biathlon officials ignored sexual harassment and abuse of women racers for decades.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where tens of thousands of protesters demonstrated across North Macedonia to demand better air quality in cities that are among the most polluted in Europe; and, Ecuador’s government will stop rationing electricity nationwide, just before the holidays.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resista

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Justin Trudeau is fed up with the Mayor of Mar a Lago.​​​​​​​Then, on the rest of the menu, Idaho’s strict abortion ban , even when the mother’s life is in danger, faces scrutiny in a federal appeals court hearing; a federal judge is considering whether to overturn a Minnesota law that bans religious tests for colleges that participate in a state program; and, a state attorney in Florida appointed by DeSantis says he won’t help his elected democratic replacement transition into office.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where prosecutors told the International Criminal Court that two leaders of a Christian rebel group in the Central African Republic were guilty of multiple counts of war crimes; and, the global chemical weapons watchdog said that it reminded Syria of its obligations to comply with rules to safe

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, If Trump chops down the Constitution in the Vichy forest of Meet the Press, will it make a sound?Then, on the rest of the menu, the FBI warned iPhone and Android users to stop sending texts between the two platforms because of the Salt Typhoon Chinese military hacking group; the California Capitol was deemed safe for reopening after an emailed threat prompted an evacuation; and, a bid by The Onion to buy Alex Jones’ Infowars is scheduled to return to a Texas courtroom where a judge will decide whether the bankruptcy auction was properly run, as Jones alleges collusion and fraud because a shadow company he owns was outbid.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Romanian prosecutors conducted raids linked to the funding of Russia-linked Georgescu’s campaign; and, the foreign ministers of Germany, France an

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 pick for IRS Commissioner Billy Long, has already promised to screw over Trump’s own voters.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Department of Justice investigation found that the Memphis Police Department uses excessive force and discriminates against Black people, the mentally impaired and children; Michigan Democrats moved to protect reproductive health data before the MAGA GOP takes control of the state House of Representatives; and, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook a large area of Northern California and Southern Oregon, prompting a brief tsunami warning for 5.3 million people along the US West Coast.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the European Union ordered TikTok to preserve data related to the Romanian election after declassified intelligence revealed Moscow arranged an online campaign to s

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, a town in ‘Murder’ Taylor Greene’s Georgia district that voted overwhelming for Trump, is freaking out after realizing he will destroy their economy.Then, on the rest of the menu, Wells Fargo announced it will lay off seven hundred of its Oregon employees in 2025; Jeff Bezos said he really wants to help cut regulations from a made-up cabinet position, too; and, a federal judge in Texas blocked the nationwide enforcement of the federal anti-money laundering law.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Belgian authorities opened a money laundering investigation into the just-departed former European Union chief justice; and, the United Kingdom dismantled a series of massive money laundering operations tied to Russian oligarchs, Gorky Park organized crime groups, FSB cybercriminals and Moscow drug dealer

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Democrats officially won a huge House race and flipping a key seat.Then, on the rest of the menu, for a second time, a Delaware judge has nullified a pay package that Tesla had awarded to Elon Musk, that once was valued at $56 billion; the founder of failed crypto lending platform Celsius Network plead guilty to fraud charges; and, Ohio’s top elections official has rejected a Republican challenge over the legal residency of one of the state’s Democratic members of Congress.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where South Korea’s opposition parties submitted a motion to impeach President Yoon over his sudden call for martial law; and, tens of thousands of demonstrators in the Georgian capital converged on parliament again on Tuesday, venting outrage against the governing party’s decision to suspend negotiati

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Even Bill Ackman begging could not stop the markets from freaking out after Trump’s late night trade war tirade.Then, on the rest of the menu, bird flu is racing through poultry, dairy and swine farms, but Northwest states are rarely testing its workers; Mississippi voters will decide winners for one seat on the state Supreme Court and one on the state Court of Appeals in a runoff election today; and, experts are expressing grave concern that the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee has declined to investigate any abortion ban death.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where police in Turkey detained scores of demonstrators seeking more protection for women against violence after more than four hundred women have been murdered this year; and, Britain sanctioned thirty ships in Russia’s so-cal

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 takes aim at Jack Smith, Biden-appointed judges and individual federal workers by name.Then, on the rest of the menu, Louisiana GOP lawmakers want to make it easier to try juveniles as adults; Fox attorneys seek to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit over reporting of Dominion vote rigging allegations in 2020; and, the last meatpackers in New York City’s Meatpacking District are getting ready to say goodbye.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Belarus has granted asylum to a fugitive Polish judge wanted on allegations of spying for Russia; and, Romania is in shock after a far-right, pro-Russia populist, funded by a secret trove of foreign cash and who no one had heard of before the  October 1 filing for president, is leading after the first round of voting.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your

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, while Durbin and Schumer caved to MAGA, President Biden continues to quietly lay the roadblocks to protect America from Trump.Then, on the rest of the menu, Georgia’s top health official dismissed all members of a state committee that investigates pregnancy-related maternal deaths after their investigation revealed that scores of women were dying from the state’s abortion ban; the executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections wants a powerful MAGA legislator to retract a comment suggesting ballot results were being manipulated, saying it is already leading to threats against local election workers; and, Texas-based oil company Phillips 66 has been federally indicted in connection with severe violations of the Clean Water Act in California.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where British an

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 attorney and Deputy AG nominee, Todd Blanche, tried to claim in a New York court that "the Presidential Transition Act of 1963" mandates dismissal of Trump’s guilty verdicts, except, it doesn’t.Then, on the rest of the menu, a convicted January 6 insurrectionist was found guilty in a separate criminal case for his plan to murder federal law enforcement agents who investigated his role in the Capitol attack; Oklahoma State Superintendent for Schools, Ryan Walters, insisted he would "absolutely" penalize schools that don't show a video of him praying for Trump; and, a Florida man was arrested and charged with a plot to plant a bomb at the New York Stock Exchange this week and detonating it with a remote-controlled device.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Czech Defense Ministry said it p

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Democrats went on cutthroat offense at a House of Representatives Hearing called by the MAGA GOP.Then, on the rest of the menu, segregation academies across the South are getting millions of taxpayer dollars from school voucher programs; the US Senate approved a stalled federal judicial nominee in Oregon; and, lame duck North Carolina Republicans advanced extensive legislation that would weaken the powers of the incoming Democratic governor, attorney general and schools superintendent, elected two weeks ago.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Danish Navy sailing close and keeping tabs on a Chinese-flagged ship that left a Russian seaport after data cables were severed in the Baltic Sea; and, NATO’s newest members, Finland and Sweden, have updated their civil preparedness guides with instructions

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s Cabinet pick scandals are drawing Fox into the dumpster fire. Then, on the rest of the menu, a MAGA federal trifecta could reshape abortion access in a deep blue state like Oregon; a state judge struck down Wyoming’s abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy; and, New Jersey Democratic US Representative Mikie Sherrill announced she is running for governor.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Vlad is hella mad that the US is allowing Ukraine to hit Russian soil with longer-range weapons; and, the acclaimed Russian ballet dancer and Ukraine war critic, Vladimir Shklyarov, has died after one of those convenient© falls from the fifth floor of a building that Putin has been fond of for almost two decades.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cui

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 pathetic behavior over the weekend is discussed.Then, on the rest of the menu, dozens are sickened across more than a dozen states with one person dead after eating California carrots contaminated with E. coli; the Library of Congress notified lawmakers of a criminal “cyber breach” of its IT system by a foreign adversary: and, less than a month after the largest dam removal project in US history, salmon are once more returning to spawn in the cool creeks of the Northwest that have been cut off to them for generations.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the European Union Executive Commission reported Trump’s protectionism could undermine the modest growth forecast for the eurozone; and, coming to an America near you, Belarus arrested scores of relatives of dissidents and opposition candidates ahead

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 Gaetz nomination has both intended and unintended consequences.Then, on the rest of the menu, prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty for an Idaho white supremacist who killed a man while on the run; a former Phoenix Suns employee filed a racial discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against the team; and, lawmakers postponed a vote on a key bill in Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry’s complex tax reform package over a sales tax snag.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the European Union slapped Meta with a nearly 800 million euro fine for engaging in ‘abusive’ Marketplace practices; and, US and Polish officials opened a missile defense site that Russia has long protested.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live

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, JD Vance’s Yale Law School roommate says, “I lived with the creep, I know his secrets and how to control him.”Then, on the rest of the menu, prosecutors revealed that some evidence a federal judge had excluded from the bribery trial of former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, was inadvertently put on a computer given to jurors; a California eighteen year-old plead guilty to making hundreds of swatting calls to Black colleges, synagogues and mosques; and, the state of Louisiana asked a federal appeals court to immediately block a judge’s ruling that posting the Ten Commandments in classrooms is unconstitutional.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a federal investigation into efforts by the Chinese government to hack into US telecommunications networks has revealed a “broad and significant” cyber-es

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, it’s almost like Trump fell into Putin’s trap on purpose.Then, on the rest of the menu, a conservative freelance writer plead guilty for his part in the January 6 Capitol insurrection; a judge recused himself from presiding over Arizona’s fake electors case after the MAGA defendants complained about an email in which he told fellow judges to speak out against attacks on Kamala Harris; and, from “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison, to “Slaughterhouse-Five” by Kurt Vonnegut, Florida education officials report hundreds of books have been pulled from the state’s school libraries.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where one of the most popular and charismatic figures of the imprisoned Belarusian opposition, has resurfaced after more than twenty months of no contact with the outside world; and, police in Antigua

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, it’s not a personal record, but Putin humiliated Trump in under forty-eight hours on the world stage.Then, on the rest of the menu, Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira could get up to seventeen years in prison for stealing a lot less important documents than what Trump stole; Spokane City Hall in Washington state was temporarily closed and a council meeting was canceled because of a security threat; and, revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was the first woman to oversee an American military action during a time of war, was posthumously awarded the rank of general.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the International Criminal Court’s oversight body announced it will open an outside investigation into sexual misconduct accusations against its top prosecutor; and, Azerbaijan has been accused of rampi