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, the new federal appeals court ruling that undermines Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is expected to test the racial reality of John Robert’s long dedication to attacking the law.Then, on the rest of the menu, retailers are ready to kick off Black Friday just as shoppers pull back on spending; a Florida judge ruled a lawsuit blaming Tesla’s Autopilot for a driver’s death can go to trial; and, a Georgia Supreme Court ruling prevents a GOP-backed commission from beginning to discipline and remove liberal prosecutors.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Britain’s Conservative government pushes tax cuts in hopes of bolstering its electoral chances; and, three New Zealand political leaders say they’ve reached an agreement to form the next government.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook &

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, despite all his whines of victimhood, parallel hearings exposes Trump's special treatment by the courts.Then, on the rest of the menu, the California Supreme Court ruled Pacific Gas & Electric cannot be sued over safety-related power shutoffs due to wildfires; a right wing NRA-funded rural judge ruled the voter-approved Oregon gun control law violates the state constitution; and, the Missouri Supreme Court turned away a extreme right wing appeal about how to word a ballot question on access to abortion in the state an upcoming citizen initiative.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where online abuse and hate speech targeting politically active women in Afghanistan significantly increased since the Taliban took over the country; and, German authorities raided the homes of seventeen people in the

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, prosecutors for Jack Smith clashed in the DC Court of Appeals with Trump's legal team over the gag order in the DC election crimes case.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Republican former congressional staffer and a Democratic state senator face off in a Utah special election to replace Republican US Representative Chris Stewart; Las Vegas hotel union workers voted overwhelmingly to approve their contract agreement with casino giant Caesars Entertainment; and, the Republican Party argued New Mexico’s state Supreme Court should strike down a congressional map that has divvied up a politically conservative oil-producing region into multiple, competitive districts.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a parliamentary committee hearing in Israel descended into chaos as far-right lawmakers screamed at the famili

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 is ramping up his dangerous rhetoric on 2024 campaign trail.Then, on the rest of the menu, Moms for Liberty reported over $2 million in revenue, with the bulk of contributions coming from just two donors; Mississippi’s capital city is considering a unique plan to slash water rates for poor people; and, fears of political violence are growing as the 2024 campaign heats up and conspiracy theories evolve.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Moscow Times, noted for its English coverage of Russia, is declared a ‘foreign agent;’ and, censored art from around the world finds a second opportunity at a Barcelona museum for banned works.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

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, Elon Musk’s ‘shocking pronouncement of antisemitism’ is not only repellent on its face, it’s also abhorrent that he actually believes it.Then, on the rest of the menu, climate change in Texas science textbooks is causing divisions on the state’s education board; the US Securities and Exchange Commission urged a federal judge to force Elon Musk to testify for its investigation into his $44 billion takeover of Twitter; and, a federal judge in Nevada has dealt another legal setback to Native American tribes trying to halt construction of one of the biggest lithium mines in the world.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Blackwater founder Erik Prince and four others went on trial in Austria over the export of illegally modified crop-spraying planes for military purposes; and, the US will resume f

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, just because Trump loses repeatedly doesn't mean the judges are biased.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Montgomery County, Maryland middle school teacher is put on leave after publicly claiming the October 7 massacre is a hoax; twenty-four people were arrested in Grants Pass, Oregon as part of a major illicit drug trafficking investigation; and, the Federal Communications Commission has enacted new rules intended to eliminate discrimination in access to internet services.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a German publisher will stop selling books about Vladimir Putin by an award-winning reporter who accepted money from Putin-aligned Russian oligarchs; and, calling them “envoys of friendship between the Chinese and American peoples,” Chinese President Xi Jinping promised that China will

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, a Trump conviction is more likely as aides confess to the RICO prosecutors.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Detroit police corporal accused of shooting three photojournalists with rubber pellets while they covered the 2020 George Floyd protests has been ordered to stand trial; a new Democratic-leaning congressional district in Alabama is a rare opportunity in the deep red state to flip a Republican seat in the battle for control of the House of Representatives; and, Kansas officials evacuated the secretary of state’s building after it received a letter with “a suspicious substance.”After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Putin approved new restrictions on media coverage ahead of the March presidential elections; and, the new owners of Univision cancelled all of Biden’s campaign ad buys after a lat

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 new Supreme Court code of ethics written by John Roberts, leaves ‘a gaping hole for mischief.’Then, on the rest of the menu, a South Dakota hotel owner who was sued for racial discrimination has been ordered by the Justice Department to publicly apologize and step down for four years; an Oregon jury awarded an Hispanic man more than $3 million after cops used excessive force arresting him for trying to steal a car he was fixing outside his home; and, arson is behind the massive fire that shut down the I-10 Freeway in Los Angeles.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where one in three US Asians and Pacific Islanders faced racial abuse this year; and, an ex-Philippine senator who fought Duterte’s harsh drug crackdown, is free on bail after a six year-long detention on fabricated drug charges.All that and more

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, a Trump second term would look 'a lot like Vladimir Putin's Russia.'Then, on the rest of the menu, woman after woman after woman has died on an Alaska mayor’s property, and no one has been charged; two California tech execs could face up to twenty years behind bars in a massive fraud case; and, commuters are urged to work from home or take public transportation after a massive fire over the weekend closed a mile-long section of Interstate 10 in downtown Los Angeles.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where over one hundred thousand people in Paris and another one hundred-eighty thousand across France marched peacefully against the surge of antisemitism in the wake of the war in Gaza; and, researchers, farmers and brewers want to safeguard beer against climate change.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook &

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 highest court in the land cannot have the lowest ethical standards.'Then, on the rest of the menu, Jezebel has been shuttered after sixteen years, just as major layoffs rocked the company; a federal judge has temporarily blocked Idaho’s “abortion trafficking” law from being enforced while a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality is underway; and, a class-action lawsuit alleges unsafe conditions at a migrant detention facility in New Mexico.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Turkey is marking its centennial, but a brain drain has cast a shadow on the occasion; and, Apple might end up on the hook after all for billions of euros in back taxes to Ireland in the latest twist in the long running European Union dispute.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de

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, Democrats will not pay the Republican 'ransom note' to keep government open.Then, on the rest of the menu, librarians turn to a civil rights agency to oppose book bans and their own firings; four Washington state elections offices were evacuated after workers processing ballots received envelopes containing suspicious powders, including two that field-tested positive for fentanyl; and, Mount St Helens recorded more than four hundred earthquakes since mid-July, and just like last time, seismologists say there are no signs of an imminent eruption.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Turkey’s highest court upheld a controversial media law that mandates prison terms for people deemed to be spreading “disinformation,” even when they are not; and, Russian authorities demanded an eight-year prison term

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 new filing by the Jack Smith team fights back against Trump’s effort to delay his trial past the election.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Black Tacoma, Washington newspaper carrier and the county sheriff reached a settlement in their controversial 2021 confrontation; the FBI is investigating suspicious packages containing a white powder sent to over a half dozen Seattle synagogues in the last four days; and, a federal lawsuit denouncing the conditions at a West Virginia jail has been settled.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Cyprus has a plan for a humanitarian sea corridor to Gaza and will present it to the European Union heads of state; and, a French prosecutor says a link to Russia is responsible for the dozens of Stars of David stenciled around Paris.All that and more, on West Coast

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 incriminated himself and his children with one word on the stand.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Philly teen saw a murder, called 911 and did 15 years in prison, now, he’s exonerated; morale is down while cronyism is up after the DeSantis takeover of the Disney World governing district; and, California’s oldest tree, a Palmer’s Oak estimated at over 13,000 years old, may be threatened by a huge planned community development in Riverside County.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the French justice minister went on trial on charges of using his office to settle personal scores; and, Hungary fired its national museum director over LGBTQ+ content in the prestigious World Press Photo exhibition in Budapest.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bo

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 is 'going to perjure himself one way or another' when he takes the stand in his New York civil fraud trial.Then, on the rest of the menu, a judge in central Arizona charged with extreme DUI earlier this year has resigned; a California police officer involved in a controversial shooting last year has resigned after the discovery of racist text messages he wrote; and, an Arkansas man was arrested for trying to crash through the exit gates of a South Carolina nuclear plant.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where South Korea plans to launch its first military spy satellite on 30 November; and, Russia says it test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile from a new nuclear submarine.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, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson is just a dapper insurrectionist.Then, on the rest of the menu, two women intend to sue the City of Portland, Oregon after Portland police drove into their car and held them at gunpoint by mistake; Indiana’s attorney general violated professional conduct rules in statements he made about a doctor who provided an abortion to a ten-year-old rape victim from Ohio; and, a Minnesota appeals court ruled to protect felon’s voting rights after finding a lower court judge overstepped.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Putin signed a bill revoking Russia’s ratification of the global nuclear test ban treaty; and, police in Bangladesh’s capital used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse more than a thousand garment factory workers who took to the streets for a sixth straight

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, Team Trump is looking for a 'different type of lawyer' to serve a second term with more loyalty.Then, on the rest of the menu, antisemitic messages found painted outside the famous Canter’s Deli in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles are being investigated as a possible hate crime; a smalltown newspaper publisher and reporter in Alabama were arrested after authorities accused them of publishing an article that revealed information about a grand jury investigation; and, a Georgia Tech scientist was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for defrauding the university and the Central Intelligence Agency.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where European officials widened its ban on Meta’s “behavioral advertising” practices to most of Europe; and, two more men have been arrested into who cut down the wor

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 'terrorist' threatening DA Willis did so with Trump's implicit instructions.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Black senior manager at AT&T was fired after she reported a racist death threat; the Arizona attorney general is investigating two county officials who refused to certify the 2022 election; and, the country’s largest Christian university is being fined almost thirty-eight million dollars for misleading students about the cost of its graduate programs.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Finland convicted three neo-Nazis for plotting racially motivated attacks using 3D printed weapons; and, three members of a pop music group in Belarus were sentenced to prison for nine years in the country’s relentless crackdown on dissent.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

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 will do anything he can to save himself between now and the 2024 election.Then, on the rest of the menu, Senate Democrats plan to subpoena the wealthy benefactors of the justices on the Supreme Court; a federal judge blocked California’s ban on gun shows at county fairs; and, US regulators sued SolarWinds for fraud for failing to disclose cybersecurity deficiencies ahead of the stunning hack by Russian spies.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a 22-year-old Bavarian politician from the far-right Alternative for Germany party was arrested in connection with incitement and the use of illegal Nazi symbols; and, activists urged Paris Olympics organizers to respect the rights of migrants and homeless people.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon

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, in an urgent action Sunday night, Judge Chutkan has heard enough from Trump and reimposed her gag order.Then, on the rest of the menu, boys graduate from high school at lower rates than girls, with lifelong repercussions; most of the voters in Mississippi will have no choice about who represents them in the Legislature; and, California’s commercial Dungeness crab season is delayed for the sixth year in a row to protect humpback whales.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Israel is reassessing its diplomatic relations with Turkey due to Erdogan’s ‘increasingly harsh’ remarks; and, reminiscent of the beginning of the 1905 Odessa Pogrom, a mob of almost a thousand people shouting antisemitic slogans, stormed a Russian airport looking for ‘genocidal Jews’ arriving from Tel Aviv.All that and more, on West Coast C

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 voting record and extreme policy positions of new House Speaker ‘MAGA Mike Johnson’ deserves a closer look.Then, on the rest of the menu, Wisconsin Republicans back a bill outlawing university financial aid based on race and diversity; the Kentucky Supreme Court struck down a new law giving participants in constitutional cases the right to change venue; and, a federal judge ruled Georgia congressional and legislative districts are racially discriminatory and must be redrawn by December 8th.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the UN Secretary-General has appointed a thirty-nine member panel to advise on the international governance of artificial intelligence; and, the Sudanese army and its rival paramilitary force have resumed peace talks in Jeddah.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbo