West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

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, 'let's not sleepwalk into another Trump Presidency'.Then, on the rest of the menu, it’s a feature, not a bug that 'threats and harassment' are causing America's West to bleed qualified election officials; California will raise taxes on guns and ammo to pay for school safety; and; academics, universities and government agencies are ending research programs to counter the spread of online misinformation, after a relentless campaign of intimidation by the MAGA insurgents in congress.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the German government banned a far-right, racist group known for its Nazi indoctrination of children; and, the European Union reports Musk’s Xitter is the biggest purveyor of disinformation in the twenty-seven nation bloc.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy wit

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, Cassidy Hutchinson described Trump’s “dangerous” need for attention, and the “careless and reckless” handling of classified intelligence documents.Then, on the rest of the menu, a white neighbor in toney Forest Hills, New York, is sued for hosing down his prominent Black neighbors and their prominent Black dinner guests during a catered dinner in their spacious backyard garden; California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill to ban school boards from rejecting textbooks based on their teachings about the contributions of people from different racial backgrounds, sexual orientations and gender identities; and, rogue Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito 'invented an entirely new rule' for himself.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the United States offered Poland a rare loan of $2 billion to modernize its mi

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, there’s a reason Vladimir Putin feared Hillary Clinton and used any means necessary to keep her from the presidency.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Florida judge ordered a far-right blogger and Proud Boys associate be arrested and held in contempt of court in a civil suit brought by a former Florida House candidate; California Governor Gavin Newsom signed several bills aimed at bolstering the state’s protections for LGBTQ+ people, a day after issuing a controversial veto that was criticized by advocates; and, subsidized child-care meals are tied to better child health and lower rates of household food insecurity.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where European Union antitrust enforcers slapped Intel with a fresh $400 million fine in a long-running legal fight; and, Canadian autoworkers ratified a new labor agr

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, for the first time since resigning from the Durham Trump/Russia investigation three years ago, federal prosecutor Nora Dannehy confirmed it was the politically-driven way that Barr handled the investigation that drove her to leave.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Mississippi state auditor says numerous social science and humanities degree programs are “indoctrination factories;” Fort Lauderdale, Florida was duped in a $1.2 million phishing scam; and, with climate change hitting home, California announced that they are making reforms to the state’s insurance system to stabilize the market.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the European Union called on the Bosnian Serb parliament to reject a draft law that brands NGOs as ‘foreign agents;’ and, Bulgaria expelled a Russian and two Belarusia

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 witness to one of the greatest crimes ever committed in America,” who has defied a congressional subpoena for almost five hundred days, threatened Merrick Garland with contempt of congress for not being a bootlicker.Then, on the rest of the menu, a progressive group is planning a $10 million investment in left-leaning school and library board candidates for the 2024-25 election cycle; one of only four black mayors in the whole state of Oregon has resigned, claiming he was bullied out of office;’ and, even though California enacted sweeping legislation nearly a decade ago, thousands of drinking water wells could run dry in the Central Valley by the time the law’s restrictions take full effect in 2040.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the president of South Korea warned Russia against any wea

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, on the senate floor, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse dressed down the corruption of the FedSoc Supreme Court and the “very possible illegal conduct” of the billionaires funding their lavish lifestyles.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Republican book-banning bill in Texas has been blocked by a Trump-appointed conservative judge, on the same day a Texas middle school teacher was fired for reading the Diary of Anne Frank to her class; a white supremacist plead guilty to threatening the jury and witnesses in the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre trial; and, Musk’s unfounded attacks on a Las Vegas reporter are a new low in his thuggery.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the German government banned a neo-Nazi group with close links to the US, then conducted raids on their compounds in ten German states;

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, legal experts are astounded by Trump openly admitting the election subversion was his decision.Then, on the rest of the menu, the University of California regents grapple with how best to protect the system's first Black president in its 155-year history, after a series of racist attacks at his home; a man has been charged with a hate crime after the windows of the Wing Luke Museum in Seattle’s Chinatown International District were smashed last week; and, the Indiana Supreme Court’s disciplinary commission filed a misconduct complaint against the Attorney General over remarks he made about an abortion doctor and her patient, an out of state ten year old rape victim.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Netanyahu administration complained to Germany after the German ambassador attended a high-profile Is

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 blasted for floating a pardon for the Proud Boys.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Black Alabama high school band director was tased and then arrested after Birmingham police ordered him to end the performance; an Oregon judge will decide whether the gun control law approved by voters last November violates the state’s constitution; and, the Mississippi River is running so low barge companies are limiting their loads, just as farmers want to move their crops downriver.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a newly discovered letter in the Vatican archives suggests Pope Pius XII may have known about the Holocaust well before previously thought; and, tens of thousands of South Korean teachers rallied for new laws to protect them from abusive parents.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakea

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, maybe the reason Romney didn’t get a response when he warned McConnell about the dangers to all their lives on Jan 6 is because Mitch froze.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump’s New York fraud trial is in limbo after an appellate judge took the remarkable step of granting his last minute gambit in a surprise hearing that was closed off to the public; uber-conservative propaganda shop PragerU has officially infiltrated another state’s classrooms; and, all that Berkeley landlords wanted to do was celebrate kicking people out on the street again, then protestors showed up and spoiled the party.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Russian pilot deliberately fired missiles at a British Royal Air Force surveillance plane in international airspace over the Black Sea last year; and, Britain, Fra

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, ‘this is a GOP run by Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene.’Then, on the rest of the menu, the Biden administration is recommending an overhaul of a 151-year-old mining law that will make companies pay royalties for the first time for copper, gold and other hard rock minerals; facing a one and a half billion dollar deficit, the California State University system will hike tuition six percent annually for the next five years; and, two leading conservation groups sued the Bureau of Land Management for rangeland degradation.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where French regulators ordered Apple to stop selling the iPhone 12, saying it emits electromagnetic radiation levels that are above European Union standards; and, the Russian spaceport visited by North Korea’s Kim has a history of corruption and constr

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, there are ways to salvage US democracy from the 'tyranny of the minority.'Then, on the rest of the menu, a controversial Penn Carey Law professor has invited a white nationalist, who was cited in race murderer Dylan Roof’s manifesto, to lecture on campus for the second time; the five NYC pension funds accused Fox of neglecting its responsibility to shareholders by airing election lies; and, a star football reporter for the NFL filed a racial discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against the league and its media arm.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Guatemala President-elect has suspended the transition after agents raided election facilities and illegally opened vote boxes; and, the Israeli Supreme Court hears the first challenge to Netanyahu’s divisive judicial overhaul.All that and mo

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, three military service secretaries urged Tuberville to stop blocking senior officer confirmations, but he only takes his orders in Cyrillic.Then, on the rest of the menu, the US government is eager to restore its powers to keep dangerous chemicals out of extremists’ hands after Rand Paul objected to renewing the bill authorizing it; after nearly 30 years, Pennsylvania will end state funding for anti-abortion counseling centers; and, a Georgia trial arguing that redistricting harmed Black voters, could decide control of a US House seat.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Northern Ireland’s top police officer resigned following a series of controversies, including an “industrial scale” data breach; and, Russian authorities arrested a mathematician on terrorism charges, minutes after his release from four y

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, thirteen presidential libraries dating back to Herbert Hoover have released a statement calling for a recommitment to the country’s bedrock principles, just as we learn more about a plot hatched by Trump allies to destroy the federal government as we know it.Then, on the rest of the menu, DeSantis’ immigration law is worsening labor shortages in Florida, just as the planting season begins; an obscure Trump lawyer stands out as a key witness in the election tampering cases; and, a Minnesota meat processing plant that is accused of hiring child laborers, agreed to pay $300K in penalties.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a foreign student has been arrested in Norway on suspicion of espionage, including illegal eavesdropping; and, Egypt’s annual inflation rate hit a new record high of 39.7% in August.All that

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 DC grand jury that indicted Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss met again for the first time in four weeks.Then, on the rest of the menu, Republicans are freaking out over imaginary COVID mandates; Brett Kavanaugh said that he is “hopeful” the Supreme Court soon will take specific steps to deal with ethics issues at the court; and, California lawmakers approved a new tax for guns and ammunition to pay for school safety improvements.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where three round-the-world sailors reached land safely after sharks nearly sank their catamaran in the Coral Sea; and, an ailing American researcher trapped 3,000 feet deep in a Turkish cave awaits a difficult and long rescue.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justi

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, how long does it take to put an election theft conspiracy on trial?Then, on the rest of the menu, a US federal judge ordered that Texas must remove Abbott’s illegal floating buzz saw border barriers in the Rio Grande; Wisconsin’s gerrymandering rides to the rescue of its gerrymandering; and, the former Orange-Osceola state attorney filed a lawsuit against Ron DeSantis, and asked the Florida Supreme Court to reverse his order removing her from office.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the European Union will target Apple, Amazon, Meta and other Big Tech companies in the next phase of its digital crackdown; and, Japan launched a rocket carrying a lunar lander and an X-ray telescope to explore the origins of universe.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Ju

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, in emulating Trump, the Republican Party is also “committing fraud” against small donors.Then, on the rest of the menu, OAN and its star correspondent Chanel Rion, settled a defamation lawsuit over their wacko claims about a Dominion Systems executive; a civil rights lawsuit in North Dakota accuses a white supremacist group of racial intimidation; and; four million people have enrolled in Biden’s new student loan repayment plan.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Swiss parliamentary commission voted to systematically expel Russian and other spies who threaten Switzerland’s security; and, the United Kingdom will declare Russia’s Wagner mercenary group a banned terrorist organization.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The N

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, three military service secretaries urged Tuberville to stop blocking senior officer confirmations, but he only takes his orders in Cyrillic.Then, on the rest of the menu, the US government is eager to restore its powers to keep dangerous chemicals out of extremists’ hands after Rand Paul objected to renewing the bill authorizing it; after nearly 30 years, Pennsylvania will end state funding for anti-abortion counseling centers; and, a Georgia trial arguing that redistricting harmed Black voters, could decide control of a US House seat.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Northern Ireland’s top police officer resigned following a series of controversies, including an “industrial scale” data breach; and, Russian authorities arrested a mathematician on terrorism charges, minutes after his release from four y

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, Democratic members on the House Oversight Committee, want to subpoena Jared Kushner over his business dealings with Saudi Arabia after leaving the White House.Then, on the rest of the menu, prominent right-wing online influencers claim neo-Nazi groups demonstrating across the state of Florida are part of a “false flag” operation staged by the federal government to smear their otherwise righteous conservative movements; a crackdown on ‘woke’ coverage is tearing Atlanta magazine apart; and, a Minnesota prison reached a resolution with inmates who refused to return to their cells during the heat wave over the weekend.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where scientists finally know why Germany’s wild boar are surprisingly radioactive; and, less than two weeks after a successful uncrewed landing near the south pole o

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, Clarence Thomas had to eat more Crow disclosures.Then, on the rest of the menu, the police chief of Tillamook, Oregon was arrested for stealing drugs and cash from the evidence locker; late last year, DeSantis signed revisions to an existing law that will now increase the suffering of Hurricane Idalia victims; and, heat-related deaths are up, and not just because it’s getting hotter.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where four Finnish men were charged with plotting racially motivated attacks using 3D printed weapons; and, a German court convicted a Russian man of plotting the murder of an exiled Chechen dissident.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!“St

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 Houston school libraries have been turned into 'discipline centers' in a 'hostile takeover' by the state and Greg Abbott.Then, on the rest of the menu, public defenders sued an Oregon county over systemic courthouse racism; a Trump supporter in court for sentencing, faced the election official he violently threatened; and, the Los Angeles City Council wants to sue Texas and its governor for sending over a dozen busloads of asylum seekers to the city since June 14, and to investigate whether Abbott’s actions violated any criminal laws.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Cyprus police arrested 21 people wearing hoods and brandishing bats who tried to attack Syrian refugees; and, Guatemalan prosecutors arrested the former representative of a United Nations-backed anti-corruption commission that