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, prosecutors everywhere are finally dropping the hammer on Trump’s fake elector’s and co-conspirators.Then, on the rest of the menu, the financial services industry has blocked the Biden administration from requiring brokers to put retirees’ needs first, above lucrative commissions; West Virginia’s high court upheld a lower court panel’s decision to remove two GOP county commissioners who refused to attend meetings; and, Schumer says he will work to block any effort in the Senate to significantly cut the CDC’s budget.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where King Charles III applauded the people who stood against racism during the recent unrest in the UK; and, a wildfire near Greece’s capital has darkened the skies over Athens and is advancing fast.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Ra

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, Apartheid Clyde got some bad news over his Trump-linked scam PAC.Then, on the rest of the menu, three Columbia University deans have resigned in the wake of antisemitic texts they exchanged during an alumni weekend event about Jewish life on campus; an estimated eighteen hundred Alabama students will repeat third grade under a new reading law; and, the FBI arrested a California woman who stormed the Capitol on January 6 with a sword, knife and pepper spray.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russian prosecutors asked for a 15-year sentence in the treason trial of a Russian-American woman, who has plead guilty; and, prepared for a battle with far-right agitators, British police found peaceful anti-racism protesters, instead.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Jus

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, “Tim Walz destroyed JD Vance like a midwestern John Wick.”Then, on the rest of the menu, Arizona grand jurors discussed indicting Trump, but prosecutors urged them not to; extreme heat is impacting most Americans’ electricity bills; and, a Delaware judge rejected a bid by Judicial Watch and the Daily Caller to reopen their fight over access to the Biden Senate papers.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the trial has started for a Polish man accused of punching the Danish prime minister in Copenhagen; and, a Russian pianist has conveniently died in jail while awaiting trial on charges linked to his criticism of Moscow’s military action in Ukraine.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your

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, where did the ten million in one hundred dollar bills from Egypt go?Then, on the rest of the menu, embracing election conspiracies could sink a Kansas sheriff who once looked invulnerable; a Georgia county election board rejected thousands of voter challenges filed by a MAGA activist using faulty data; and, the fact Gorsuch felt free to issue his “be careful” threat to Biden, shows the real dangers of an unchecked Supreme Court.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where commodities giant Glencore is ordered to pay over $150M in the wake of its Congo mining bribery case; and, in its annual report, the Federation of the Jewish Communities said antisemitic incidents in the Czech Republic rose sharply in 2023.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!T

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, Attorney General Garland will authorize Special Counsel Smith to argue to overturn Judge Cannon’s wrong headed decision to dismiss the Mar a Lago indictment against Trump. Then, on the rest of the menu, the Democratic primary in Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District still remains too close to call and could be headed for a recount; election conspiracy theories related to the 2020 presidential race live on in Michigan’s GOP primary; and, Ohio removed 155,000 people from the voter rolls ahead of November’s presidential election.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer strongly condemned an attack on asylum seekers that saw at least 10 police officers injured, as “far-right thuggery;” and, over 3,000 Salvadoran Catholics will participate in Saint Óscar Romero’s pilgrimage, an annual ev

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, legal experts issued a warning to election officials who refuse to certify the election based on bogus fraud claims.Then, on the rest of the menu, the University of California set a new record with the largest, most diverse class of California students for the fall 2024 semester; the Justice Department will offer cash rewards for whistleblower tips on criminal financial misconduct; and, a federal appeals court made it harder for Black and Hispanic voters to form coalitions to elect the candidates they prefer in three southern states, overruling long-standing precedents.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where two Belarusian journalists working for news outlets that the government of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has declared extremist, have been sentenced to prison in a closed-door trial;

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-supporting election officials are poised to prevent the certification of the November election.Then, on the rest of the menu, a jury convicted a man of illegally accessing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s health records in 2019; Massachusetts businesses with at least twenty-four employees must disclose the salary range for new jobs; and, Black and other minority farmers are getting two billion dollars from the USDA after years of discrimination.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Russian couple in Slovenia has been sentenced to nineteen months in prison for spying; and, an investigation has determined that “Chinese state actors” were responsible for a 2021 cyberattack on Germany’s national office for cartography.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Che

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, Vice President Kamala Harris is now leading or close to Trump in every battleground state.Then, on the rest of the menu, Arizona voters will decide the fate of a Republican metro Phoenix election official who pushed hard against MAGA election falsehoods; despite MAGA Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s cruel efforts, a Missouri man was finally freed from prison after his murder conviction was overturned after 34 years behind bars; and, Georgia’s largest school district won’t teach a new AP course in African American Studies because of the MAGA-controlled state Department of Education’s refusal to approve the course.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a two-year investigation in Greece has cleared the country’s security agencies of involvement in an international spyware scandal that triggered san

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, roughly one-hundred-forty individuals who worked in Trump's presidential administration are affiliated with Project 2025.Then, on the rest of the menu, a hooded hooligan vandalized a Hollywood, California synagogue as an accomplice recorded it; federal authorities charged a construction company in a deadly Idaho airport hangar collapse ignored well-established safety standards; and, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed a nearly $58 billion state budget bill that includes a plan for free community college.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a historic UNESCO world heritage park in Germany grapples with dying trees as climate change kicks in; and, a diplomatic spat has erupted between Hungary and Poland over conflicting views on Russia.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Ch

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, JD Vance is so weird he tripled down on his attacks on women, cats and the American Way of Modern Life.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Oregon Health Authority reports the state is on the verge of measles outbreak caused by unvaccinated kids; Mark Meadows’ legal team will argue that Trump’s total immunity means the Supreme Court should toss the former chief of staff’s Georgia election charges; and, a woman mauled on her porch by a ‘find and bite’ police dog while talking to cops she called to report a crime, has sued the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where three sisters of an Irish-born recipient of the Navy Cross, christened a US Navy warship bearing his name with a promise that the ship will visit Ireland; and, Edna O’Brien, one of the world’s most admired and con

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 had a major freakout over FBI Director Chris Wray’s congressional testimony about the assassination attempt.Then, on the rest of the menu, Southern Oregon postal workers will hold a rally next week to raise awareness about the consolidation of mail services that is delaying mail ahead of the November election; Justice Kagan says there needs to be a way to enforce the US Supreme Court’s new ethics code; and, Monsanto agreed to a $160 million settlement with Seattle over pollution in the Duwamish River.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the G20 finance ministers discussed a global tax on the super-rich; and, US authorities indicted a North Korean military intelligence operative in a conspiracy to hack into American health care providers, NASA, US military bases and international entities.All th

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 freaked out big time over Madame VP at his rally in North Carolina.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Missouri MAGA Attorney General whined so much the state Supreme Court halted the release of a man with an overturned conviction just as he was about to go free; a judge ruled a Texas woman’s lawsuit after being jailed on a murder charge over abortion can proceed; and, a third man has pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with threats and vandalism targeting public radio journalists in New Hampshire.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Eluned Morgan will be Wales’ first female leader as she takes over a troubled governing party; and, French authorities say a Russian man is among those arrested in several plots targeting the Paris Olympics.All that and more, on West Coast Cook

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, the possibility of a Judge Cannon on the Supreme Court surges into the spotlight.Then, on the rest of the menu, a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation is kickstarting a new effort at Portland State University to diversify Oregon’s burgeoning semiconductor workforce; pointing a finger at Louis DeJoy, state election directors from across the country expressed fear the Postal Service can’t handle the expected crush of mail-in ballots; and, scientists have found ‘dark oxygen’ being produced in a complete lack of light from metals on the seafloor.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Wisconsin man was charged with fleeing to Ireland to avoid a prison term for his role in the January 6 insurrection; and, Germany’s governing coalition and the conservative opposition presented a plan

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, MAGA Mike and the other insurgents have 0.00 chance of prevailing in their legal challenges to keep Kamala off the ballot, but they’ll still try by any means necessary.Then, on the rest of the menu, one of nation’s largest corporate landlords will pay thirty-five California cities $20 million for making repairs without permits; a Massachusetts woman has been sentenced to three years of probation for calling in a fake bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital; and, the EPA has awarded $4.3 billion to fund projects in 30 states to reduce climate pollution.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Russian-American journalist for Radio Free Europe has been sentenced to 6½ years in prison after a secret trial; and, the EU is putting new pressure on Hungary’s Orban over his outreach to Russia.All that and more, on

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, Fox, the RNC and MAGA are losing it over the news that Vice President Harris will be the presumptive Democratic nominee. Then, on the rest of the menu, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department secretly investigated a Los Angeles Times reporter who wrote about a leaked list of problem deputies; airlines continued to struggle to restore operations two days after a faulty software update and crowdstrike hack caused technological havoc worldwide; and, the US Treasury warned that anti-woke banking laws like Florida’s are a national security risk.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Austrian police detained dozens of protesters trying to disrupt a march by far-right extremists; and, a French neo-Nazi sympathizer was sentenced to two years in prison after making threats online and for targeting the Olympic torch

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 Jack Smith appeal could go faster than expected.Then, on the rest of the menu, in response to an appeals court blocking Biden’s student loan repayment plan, the administration will put the 8 million borrowers’ loans in the Save program in interest-free forbearance; a county judge in California “ignored 89 years of labor law precedent” and granted an injunction for billionaires Stewart and Lynda Resnick to stop the United Farm Workers from unionizing their agricultural employees; and, a MAGA judge in Colorado rejected claims that a group of Trump supporters intimidated voters when they went armed, door-to-door, searching for fraud following the 2020 election.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where France’s divided National Assembly kept a centrist member of President Emmanuel Macron’s party as speake

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 keeps falling asleep at the Republican National Convention.Then, on the rest of the menu, just released financial reports show a conservative group made a last ditch play to influence the Oregon primary in a high-profile congressional race; Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California has filed charges against Libs of TikTok for a doctored viral post in which a professor wishes Trump dead; and, the Nevada GOP official who gained national notoriety backing rancher Cliven Bundy and his family during armed standoffs between militiamen and federal law enforcement officers, has been federally indicted for ripping off a charity for slain cops.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a German court convicted a businessman of delivering components with military use to Russia; and, the hea

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, Trump had an unhinged meltdown over the stock market records and Biden’s plan to reform the Supreme Court.  Then, on the rest of the menu, a Washington state man has been arrested and charged for attacks in 2022 that were part of a national series of disruptions to the electrical grid by far right extremist groups; Steve Bannon’s exiled Chinese businessman partner has been convicted of wire fraud and money laundering; and, federal prosecutors indicted a neo-Nazi ‘murder cult’ leader who plotted to give poison candy to Jewish kids in New York City.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Germany’s top security official banned a far-right magazine, accusing it of spreading hatred against Jews; and, a Romanian court reimposed the travel ban on Andrew Tate and his brother as they await trial on charges

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, Jack Smith quickly delivered a reality check to Aileen Cannon.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Feds charged three former Chicago hospitals executives in a $15 million dollar embezzlement scheme; the President of Dickinson State University in North Dakota resigned after all of the nursing faculty quit; and, a Georgia county says slave descendants can’t use the referendum process to challenge the rezoning of their island community.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Italy’s tax police freed thirty-three Indian farm workers from “slave-like working conditions” in the northern province of Verona; and, Estonia’s first woman Prime Minister is stepping down to become the European Union’s top diplomat.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The

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 shooting incident outside Justice Sotomayor’s home by her security detail, is a reminder of Trump’s general threats against America and Americans.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Black man in Michigan only got a hotel job interview after using a White-sounding name; a lawyer disbarred in Ohio tricked an Irvine, California law firm into a $250,000 job offer; and, the Justice Department arrested a New Jersey man for plotting an electrical substation attack to advance his white supremacist views.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the United States and Germany foiled a Russian plot to assassinate the CEO of an arms manufacturer sending weapons to Ukraine; and, the United Nations demanded that Russia immediately return Europe’s biggest nuclear plant to Ukraine.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbo