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 wanted his “Legally Blonde” moment, but he didn’t get it.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Oregon Supreme Court will decide if Republican state senators who carried out a record-breaking walkout during this year’s legislative session, can run for reelection; Scholastic will drop the highly criticized policy that makes it easier for school fairs to exclude diverse books; and, the White House wants fifty-six billion dollars from Congress for disaster relief, child care and high-speed Internet.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the World Bank approved a one billion dollar loan to help blackout-hit South Africa’s energy sector; and, Slovakia’s president is ready to swear in a new Cabinet after a coalition partner agreed to replace a climate change-denying ministry nominee.All that and more,

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 DOJ granting Meadows immunity is ‘not surprising’ because his ‘self-preservation kicked in.’Then, on the rest of the menu, the wealthy Nashville suburb of Franklin roundly rejected the scandal-scarred MAGA mayoral candidate and her coterie of Nazi white supremacists; Texas sued the Biden administration seeking to stop federal agents from cutting the state’s “inhumane” razor wire on the border; and, the Senate voted 98-0 to confirm Biden’s nominee to run the Federal Aviation Administration.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where China replaced its defense minister mere months after its foreign minister was removed from office; and, women across Iceland, including the prime minister, went on strike for equal pay and no more violence.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with

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 lawyers keep pleading guilty in the Georgia election interference case and keep agreeing to testify against him.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Montana man was sentenced to eighteen months in federal prison for repeated racist phone calls made to a church; the Justice Department has issued subpoenas after expanding its investigations into Tesla beyond the electric vehicle maker’s partially automated driving systems; and, North Dakota’s Republican-dominated legislature began a special session to fix the budget invalidated as unconstitutional by the Republican-dominated state Supreme Court.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a prominent German leftist is set to launch a new party that could eat into the far-right’s support; and, Orbán blasted the European Union on the anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 a

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, multiple House Republicans have reported receiving threats and harassment following their Speaker votes.Then, on the rest of the menu, police in an Atlanta suburb pledged a full investigation after residents reported anti-Semitic flyers plastered throughout the community; the Charlottesville, Virginia City Council suspended virtual public comments after anonymous callers Zoomed into a council meeting and made racist remarks; and, Michigan State has suspended an employee involved in allowing Adolf Hitler’s image to be shown on videoboards for a quiz contest before playing arch rival Michigan.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where envoys of the European Union and the United States urged Kosovo and Serbia to resume their dialogue before the bitter tensions between the two sides result in more violence; and, the G

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 tactics of the extreme right in the speaker fight is to “rule or ruin.”Then, on the rest of the menu, Maryland police are investigating the fatal shooting of a circuit court judge; a state of emergency was issued in a northern New York county following a major water main break that has left tens of thousands without water; and, the Department of Justice secured a $9 million settlement with Ameris Bank over redlining in Florida.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Dutch Court convicted a man who projected an antisemitic message on the Anne Frank museum; and, the EU demanded Meta and TikTok detail their efforts to curb disinformation from the Israel-Hamas war.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, Trump’s embrace of violence since leaving office is not too dissimilar from when he entered the 2016 campaign.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Republican lawmaker from Iowa received "credible death threats" following her vote against Jordan for Speaker, and law enforcement is investigating the matter; Trump’s lawyer is not only incompetent, he’s literally unqualified to appeal the gag order in the DC Court; and, a Texas city settled a lawsuit over their police response to a caravan of Trump supporters who aggressively surrounded a Biden bus in an attempt to run it off the freeway in 2020.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where German Chancellor Olaf Scholz strongly condemned a firebomb assault on a synagogue in Berlin; and, the failed referendum on Indigenous rights has set back the Australian gover

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 public has to understand what is at stake’ over a possible Jordan speakership.Then, on the rest of the menu, a security problem has taken down the computer systems for almost all Kansas courts for the last five days; Disney attorneys want to question a former administrator in its lawsuit with DeSantis appointees; and, a federal judge sentenced a former Republican candidate for Michigan governor to two months behind bars for his actions during the January 6 insurrection.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Swedish security police arrested two people suspected of unauthorized possession of secret information; and, citing the stand of the United States, the lower house of the Russian parliament voted unanimously to revoke the ratification of the global nuclear test ban treaty.All that and mor

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, a gag order can be issued on Trump, but enforcing it is the problem.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Supreme Court ordered makers of gun parts to comply with Biden Administration rules on ghost guns; New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an executive order directing state agencies to switch to an all-electric vehicle fleet by the year 2035; and, Georgia’s cash hoard approaches $11 billion after a third year of big surpluses.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where voters in Poland gave support to the centrist opposition after eight years of anti-EU, hyper-nationalist rule; and, the UN Security Council rejected Russia’s resolution on Gaza that failed to mention Hamas.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, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the US is 'working through third countries' for the release of hostages held by Hamas.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Supreme Court dispute over a $15,000 IRS bill may be aimed at a never-enacted tax on billionaires; a suspended Miami city commissioner pleaded not guilty to money laundering and other charges; and, an executive who had business ties to Playgirl magazine pleaded guilty to a $250M fraud scheme at one of his lending companies.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Greece’s ruling conservative party suffered serious setbacks in Sunday’s regional and municipal elections; and, announcing that 'reconciliation is dead,’ indigenous Australians vowed a week of silence after the landmark equality referendum was decisively defeated.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cui

Friday’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, Hamas has relentlessly attacked the peace process for its own agenda since the late 1980’s.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Colorado judge has rejected an attempt by Trump to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks to keep him off the state ballot; a Florida college reported it has seen "27 percent of its student body drop out" since Ron Desantis' recent takeover; and, a Mississippi city was sued for failing to properly inform property owners in a majority-Black neighborhood that their homes could be targeted for eminent domain under a redevelopment plan.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where French prosecutors are investigating the suspected poisoning of a Russian journalist who fled after denouncing the war in Ukraine on live TV; and, the European Union made a formal, legally binding request for infor

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, Hamas terrorism echoes the barbaric playbook from Putin to ISIS.Then, on the rest of the menu, Nebraska voters will decide next year whether public money can go to private school tuition; Virginia’s Democratic members of Congress asked for a DOJ probe after voters were removed from the state electoral rolls in error; and, a former Alabama lawmaker plead guilty to a voter fraud charge for using a fake address to run for office.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russia was defeated in its bid to regain a seat on the UN’s top human rights body; and, Finland charged that damage to an undersea gas pipeline and telecommunications cable connecting Finland and Estonia appears to have been caused by “external activity.”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, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Netanyahu warning Gazans to leave amid Israel’s war with Hamas is called “disingenuous.”Then, on the rest of the menu, Nevada’s largest teachers union filed suit against a state law making it illegal for teachers and other public school employees to go on strike; the Wisconsin Supreme Court sided with tenant advocates in limiting eviction records; and, Florida settled a lawsuit over COVID data DeSantis ordered was off limits, and has agreed to provide weekly stats to the public.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where an independent inquiry opened into unlawful killings by United Kingdom special forces in Afghanistan a decade ago; and, the European Union reversed an earlier announcement that it was suspending development aid to the Palestinians.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, the GOP's lies on Israel attack funding is exposed, while Tuberville continues his military holds.Then, on the rest of the menu, an illustrated children's book about siblings who build a dog house together was placed on a watch list for removal in Alabama, simply because its author's last name is "Gay;" a judicial order canceled a demonstration planned by a Roman Catholic diocese in Kansas that would have blocked the only entrance to a Wichita abortion clinic; and, Alaska fishermen will be allowed to harvest the lucrative red king crab in the Bering Sea for the first time in two years.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the United Nations warned Pakistan that forcibly deporting Afghans could lead to severe human rights violations; and, the American Airlines pilot union called for stopping all flights to Isr

Friday’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’s lawyers say Trump’s sharing of highly classified nuke sub secrets on the patio of Mar a Lago with a billionaire Australian container magnate, “lacks proper context.”Then, on the rest of the menu, battleground state Republicans are refusing campaign donations from Marjorie Taylor Greene; Oklahoma has executed more people per capita than any other state in the US, but some Republican lawmakers want to impose a moratorium until more safeguards can be put in place; and, the US government has agreed to help restore a sacred Native American site on the slopes of Oregon’s Mount Hood that was destroyed by highway construction.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where developed countries pledged $9.3 billion at a conference held in the German city of Bonn, to help poor nations tackle climate chan

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, Kevin McCarthy blaming Nancy Pelosi for his ouster is the “weakest of weak ideas.”Then, on the rest of the menu, a newly enacted Arizona recount law could cause the state to miss crucial deadlines for certifying the 2024 vote; the Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether Alabama discriminated against Black residents in wastewater infrastructure funding; and, three New England states are joining together for offshore wind power projects, the first multi-state agreement in the nation.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the European Union announced plans to better protect its cutting-edge technologies from foreign snooping; and, Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant began releasing a second batch of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea.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, The MAGA House cares more about “making headlines than headway.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the FBI alleges a die-hard MAGA sheriff in Virginia, charged with accepting bribes for deputy badges, sold one to a controversial Iraqi fixer; neo-Nazis violently threatened journalists covering a Tennessee mayoral race; and, the Education Department asserts Liberty University violated federal safety laws by failing to warn the campus community about gas leaks, bomb threats and people credibly accused of repeated acts of sexual violence, for years.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Armenia’s parliament voted to join the International Criminal Court, a move that further strains the country’s ties with Russia; and, police in India searched journalists’ homes and offices in the country’s latest raids o

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, a new filing from Special Counsel Jack Smith reinforces a request for a narrowly-tailored gag order to be placed on Donald Trump in one of his federal cases.Then, on the rest of the menu, an Army officer pepper-sprayed during a traffic stop in Virginia, asked for a new trial in his lawsuit against police; the Elias Law Group sued to block Wisconsin’s absentee voting witness requirements; and, the lawyer who won a defamation lawsuit for the Sandy Hook parents against Alex Jones, is representing a California man suing Elon Musk over posts that falsely identified the recent college-graduate as a government agent inciting a riot that he never attended.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where amid tight security, Pakistan launched its second nationwide anti-polio campaign of the year in an effort to inoculate fort

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, Donald Trump has shown a “lifelong pattern” of disrespect for America’s most cherished institutions and practices.Then, on the rest of the menu, a grant program for Black women entrepreneurs has been blocked by the Atlanta-based Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, because it discriminates against rich, white men; attorneys for the New College of Florida, the traditionally public liberal arts academy confiscated by the state in a right wing takeover, are suing former faculty and students after they formed an alternative online institute offering all the “woke” curriculum DeSantis is trying to get rid of; and, an Oklahoma Democratic candidate's office was ransacked after his impressive debate performance.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the European Parliament president backs the UN naming an envoy to help

Friday’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 Republican Party knew that” their impeachment hearing “was cooked and done from the beginning,”Then, on the rest of the menu, a MAGA hat gunman is in custody after opening fire on dozens of protesters in New Mexico over the installation of a conquistador statue; Los Angeles police recovered a stolen 250-pound Japanese Buddha statue valued at $1.5 million and arrested a suspect, but mystery still shrouds the case; and, the governor of Indiana broke ground on a $1.2 billion state prison that will replace two others.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where tens of thousands of women marched in cities across Latin America calling for abortion rights; and, a Swiss Academy of Sciences panel is reporting a dramatic acceleration of glacier melt in the Alpine country, which has lost ten percent of

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, ‘Mob Boss’ Trump is directing his 'soldiers' to shut down the government.Then, on the rest of the menu, Nebraska is the latest Republican state to expand Medicaid to cover postpartum care for low-income mothers; the Biden administration made disaster assistance available to Louisiana, as salt water threatens the state’s drinking water; and, a Rhode Island community bank will pay $9 million dollars to resolve discriminatory lending allegations.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Bulgarian parliament approved additional weapons to Ukraine; and, the leader of Spain’s conservatives failed in his long-shot first bid to become the country’s next prime minister.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Ke