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, Clarence Thomas was caught trying to protect himself from investigation.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Massachusetts House unanimously approved legislation that bans companies from selling cellphone location data of reproductive and gender-affirming care clinics; a pair of government regulators slapped Citigroup with a $135.6 million fine for making insufficient progress resolving longstanding internal control and risk issues; and, a woman who pleaded guilty to killing entertainment consultant and social justice advocate Michael Latt, was sentenced to thirty-five years to life in prison.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Germany’s foreign minister says she doesn’t plan to run for chancellor in the next election; and, Russia declared The Moscow Times, an online newspaper popular among

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, if Ted Lieu raised the issue of Donald Trump’s awful past at a press conference, would it make a sound?Then, on the rest of the menu, Montana Republicans want the state high court to reverse the landmark youth climate ruling; election conspiracy-addled MAGA commissioners in Nevada’s second most populous county refused to certify the results of two local recounts from last month’s primary; and, California fast food franchisees are responding to the state-mandated $20 per hour minimum wage by drastically cutting employee hours.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Russian court ordered the arrest of opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s widow, who lives abroad; and, following in a long-held family tradition, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is being investigated over illicit financing in her 2

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 unwritten deal with the media was exposed by the “hyenas” of the White House press corps yesterday.Then, on the rest of the menu, billionaire LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman has invested heavily in Smartmatic’s lawsuit against Fox; Governor Greg Abbott was not the only Texas bigwig to jet out of the state just as Hurricane Beryl made landfall; and, welfare fraudster Brett Favre is asking an appeals court to reinstate his defamation lawsuit against fellow pro football Hall of Fame member Shannon Sharpe.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Russian playwright and a theater director were sentenced to prison for six years each on charges of advocating terrorism; and, the Brera Modern Art Museum will be inaugurated this fall, fifty-two years and thirty-nine Italian governments after it was first envi

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 prosecutions can still move forward despite the Supreme Court's immunity ruling.Then, on the rest of the menu, Texas is still investigating migrant aid groups on the border in violation of a judge’s scathing order; the Kansas Supreme Court strongly reaffirmed that the state constitution protects abortion access; and, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey announced the formation of a new panel charged with guiding the state’s transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a coalition of the French left beat back a far-right surge by winning the most seats in the high-stakes snap election; and, Hungary’s Orbán made a surprise visit to China after trips to Russia and Ukraine.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!"I was

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 threat by the president of the Heritage Foundation that there will be blood, is only part of Project 2025.Then, on the rest of the menu, a cybersecurity breach could delay court proceedings across New Mexico; a federal judge sentenced four anti-abortion activists for a 2021 Tennessee clinic blockade; and, two more people charged with conspiring to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of cash in one of the country’s largest COVID-19-related fraud cases, pleaded not guilty.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the UN human rights chief appealed to voters not to scapegoat migrants and refugees as the elections loom; and, Russian-linked cybercampaigns put a bull’s-eye on France during the Olympics and their elections.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays Independence Day Special, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​​​​​​​Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, new audio recordings of Trump were just leaked from a pissed off reporter who was writing a book on him.Then, on the rest of the menu, the DOJ quickly outmaneuvered the Supreme Court after the immunity ruling.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Epstein evidence drop reveals shocking details about Trump.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!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.”-- The Daily Picayune,New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/suppor

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, former Federal Prosecutor, Shan Wu, reported on what it was like inside the Supreme Court during the reading of Trump's immunity decision.Then, on the rest of the menu, federal officials are seeking to overhaul how Medicare pays health-care providers after a $3 billion scheme to defraud the program; the Department of Justice announced a policy change agreement after accusing educators in Kansas’ largest public school district of discriminating against Black and disabled students when disciplining them; and, the National Black Farmers Association called on Tractor Supply’s president and CEO to step down after the rural retailer announced that it would drop most of its corporate diversity and climate advocacy efforts.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a court in Belarus sentenced twenty politica

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 has become totally unhinged after the immunity ruling.Then, on the rest of the menu, the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ordered more than a dozen of the nation’s most prominent white supremacists and hate groups to pay about $9.7 million dollars for the 2017 Charlottesville Unite the Hate rally; the Naval Criminal Investigative Service is probing the death of a major general whose body was found at the Twentynine Palms, California Marine base; and, a MAGA US representative from Indiana was charged with bringing a .380-caliber firearm through airport security.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the US military has heightened the security alert at its European bases due to a combination of threats; and, a Japanese executive is among dozens arrested in Myanmar for selling rice above set price

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, Jack Smith slipped a ‘poison pill’ in the brief Cannon demanded he file.Then, on the rest of the menu, nine Oregon Senate Republicans are seeking to tie rising electricity rates to a program that is not yet in effect; Nevada has verified enough signatures to put a constitutional amendment for abortion rights on the ballot; and, California is the first of three states to pass bills requiring tracking codes for gun stores, while seventeen states have passed bills barring or limiting gun store codes.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Australia has appointed only the second woman governor-general in 123 years to represent the British monarch; and, the European Union is escalating its scrutiny of the artificial intelligence industry.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 2

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, Dr Jill was at the debate while Melania watched the Uruguay/Bolivia Copa soccer match with her 24-hour bodyguard at her Manhattan penthouse.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Arizona MAGA RNC delegation chair said she ‘would lynch’ the Jewish county election official who oversaw the 2020 election for Maricopa County; a Minnesota judge was reprimanded for stripping voting rights from people with felonies; and, Maryland Governor Wes Moore’s administration is moving forward with plans for a new light rail project in Baltimore.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Slovakia will boost protections for politicians after an assassination attempt on the populist premier Fico; and, fire tore through the Danish taxation ministry, the latest of over a dozen major fires in Copenhagen since April.All that and more,

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 immunity challenge has been hogging the news at SCOTUS, but the Fischer case has been flying under the radar and it could make insurrections great again.Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge ruled Border patrol officers falsely imprisoned a 9-year-old US citizen, and now they must pay; California lawmakers approved a budget that slashes spending and temporarily raises taxes on some businesses; and, an independent watchdog within the IRS reported delays in resolving identity theft cases are ‘unconscionable.’After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russia ordered an Austrian journalist out in response to Austria’s expulsion of a Russian journalist; and, a Bolivian general was quickly arrested after a failed coup attempt, which is proof it can be done.All that and more, on West Coast

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, Aileen Cannon is defying legal norms by giving Trump a forum to attempt to throw out his indefinitely-delayed classified documents case.Then, on the rest of the menu, Oregon is the first state to join the free filing option for federal taxes; Arizona authorities are investigating whether a 27-year-old temporary election worker in the state’s largest county had political motivations when he stole a fob that would allow him access to vote tabulators; and, a federal judge rejected a $30 billion settlement that would have capped the fees Visa and Mastercard charge to merchants for credit and debit card purchases.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Brazilian police official won crucial backing to become the next head of Interpol; and, Puerto Rico’s Justice Department is suing at least thirty form

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, Cannon made a major mistake inquiring how the DoJ is funding the case, and it may cost her.Then, on the rest of the menu, the state infant mortality rate rose over eight percent in the wake of the Texas abortion ban; the first Black mayor of a small Alabama town, who was locked out of town hall by the former mayor and the all-white council, will return to the role under the terms of a proposed settlement agreement; and, civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit to block Louisiana’s new unconstitutional law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a high-profile German far-right politician is on trial for the second time over knowingly using a Nazi slogan during a political event; and, Indonesia won’t pay the $8 million ransom dem

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, Judge Cannon's extraordinary pretrial backlog is 'like LaGuardia on a holiday.’Then, on the rest of the menu, the FBI has offered a reward for information about those responsible for igniting a pair of New Mexico wildfires that killed two people and destroyed hundreds of homes in the past week; abortion access has won when it’s been on the ballot, that’s why half the states are working hard to keep it off; and, a Wisconsin judge is expected to consider whether to allow people with disabilities to vote electronically from home this November.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the investigation of the Russian hack on London hospitals earlier in the month, may take weeks to complete; and, right-wing Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage, is facing wide-ranging criticism over his claim that the West provoked Puti

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, striking back at Trump, Fulton County DA Fani Willis filed a Motion to Dismiss his appeal to remove her as prosecutor, that could lead to the case being sent back to the trial judge in time for setting a trial before November.Then, on the rest of the menu, educational material from propaganda chop shop PragerU is now taught in public schools in six states; top executives of a California-based online mental health company were arrested in a $100 million dollar scheme to improperly prescribe Adderall during the pandemic; and, a MAGA attorney charged in connection with an effort to illegally access and tamper with voting machines in Michigan after the 2020 election, said that he’s running for the state’s high court.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the leader of Armenia declared his intention to pull

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, Jared Kushner’s dark past resurfaces and MAGA is working hard to cover it up, again.Then, on the rest of the menu, the leaders of Oregon’s two Planned Parenthood affiliates have temporarily delayed their effort to dissolve the organization’s political arm; the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled unanimously the MAGA Superintendent of Public Instruction and the state Department of Education overstepped their authority to force schools to ban books; and, intelligence officials say the presidential election is a prime target for foreign disinformation.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Slovakia plans to boost protection for politicians after the assassination attempt on its populist premier; and, a Russian woman has been detained and questioned in Denmark for helping a foreign intelligence agency

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, Cannon’s latest efforts to aid Trump and avoid any Mar a Lago espionage act trial this year accidentally exposed her own errors.Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal appeals court upheld the California law banning gun shows at county fairs; the Virginia NAACP sued a county school board over its reinstatement of Confederate military names to two schools; and, the lead singer of the Four Tops sued a Detroit-area hospital for restraining him and ordering a psychological exam after refusing to believe that he was one of the Four Tops.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where French opposition parties on the left and right are seeking alliances ahead of the snap elections called by President Macron; and, the government of the Central African Republic suspended a Chinese mining company’s operations in

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, the decision by the right wing Georgia appellate court to stop the continued prosecution of Trump until they issue their appellate ruling raises serious questions.Then, on the rest of the menu, voting technology company Smartmatic subpoenaed four Fox Corporation board members as part of its $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News; a Federalist Society judge in Texas halted a federal disaster aid program for minority farmers because it discriminated against white farmers; and, the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission unanimously chose a Democratic member as chair for the next two years.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Czech authorities suspect that Russia may have been behind last week’s attempt to set Prague public transportation buses on fire; and, Hungary Prime Minister Orbán’s party s

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 allies, Kenneth Chesebro, James Troupis and Michael Roman, were charged with felony forgery in the Wisconsin 2020 fake electors scheme.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Georgia congressional candidate convicted for his participation in the January 6 insurrection, walked out of a televised debate on Sunday ahead of a June 18 primary runoff; an Indiana Christian group teaching Bible instruction to public school students during classroom hours, says it will triple its programs in the state this fall after new legislation forced school districts to comply; and, New Haven, Connecticut dedicated an immigrant monument in the square where Christopher Columbus statue was removed.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Norway’s sovereign wealth fund said it will vote against Elon Musk’s hefty CEO compensation packag

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!S​​​​​tarting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s train wreck of a speech in 118 degree heat in Arizona sent over fifty people to the hospital.Then, on the rest of the menu, the only Black head team doctor in the NFL has filed suit alleging racial discrimination; an appeals court ruled eight books dealing with racism and transgender issues must be returned to library shelves in a rural Texas county that had removed them; and, Eugene Meyer, the longtime president of the Federalist Society, announced his retirement.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the United States imposed sanctions on dozens of Georgian officials in response to the enactment of a law that will curb media freedom; and, a French citizen was arrested in Moscow on charges of collecting military data.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisin