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, co-defendant Carlos de Oliveira could save himself by telling Jack Smith about that twenty-four minute phone call with criminal defendant, Donald Trump.Then, on the rest of the menu, citing the separation of church and state, a group of parents, clergy and education activists in Oklahoma filed a lawsuit to halt the opening of the nation’s first religious charter school; Texas extremist foot soldiers became federal judges under Trump, securing a conservative stronghold in America's courts; and, monsoon rains in Phoenix ended a thirty-one day streak of highs at or above 110 degrees.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where four separatist Bosnian Serb leaders are sanctioned by the US Treasury for undermining the 1995 peace deal; and, Kosovo’s journalists protested against the government’s decision to suspend a 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, according to two major reports, the Department of Homeland Security has a domestic extremism problem.Then, on the rest of the menu, Kentucky Governor Beshear has 'set the stage' for ignoring the law banning him from appointing a Democratic replacement if McConnell steps down; a federal judge blocked the Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over ‘harmful’ materials; and, voting rights activists are returning to court to fight Alabama’s redrawn congressional districts for failing to follow federal court orders to create a district that is fair to Black voters.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where pro-democracy Russians in Serbia protested after two prominent anti-war activists and critics of Putin faced problems with entry and residence permits in the Balkan country; and, a human rights law

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, Jack Smith waited until now to charge Trump for the secret Iran document he flaunted on tape.Then, on the rest of the menu, Texas is shutting down libraries in the Blackest school district in the state and turning them into child prisons; misleading women on abortion could cost Illinois crisis pregnancy centers big bucks; and, protected by 'shield laws', US health workers are able to skirt state bans on women’s healthcare.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Japan’s annual defense paper raised new alarms about China’s military, its ties to Russia and Taiwan tensions; and, Switzerland, Finland and Sweden are considering joining the US National Guard’s security partnership program.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netr

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, MAGA lies and physical intimidation have driven election workers from their jobs in every state of the union, but Trump's Big Lie has hit a brick wall in court.Then, on the rest of the menu, twenty-two attorneys general oppose the 3M Company settlement over public water systems contaminated with ‘forever chemicals;’ high superintendent turnover means many Oregon school districts are led by inexperienced newcomers; and, Lockheed Martin won the NASA contract to build a nuclear thermal rocket engine, a key technology that could dramatically speed up space travel and help humans get to Mars.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a prominent Belarusian journalist was sentenced to six years in prison for reporting on the opposition; and, the British billionaire owner of the English soccer team Tottenham

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, this time, Trump might not do the news media the favor of announcing when he is indicted.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Kansas judge ruled that the police practice of detaining motorists on I-70 with license plates from states with legal pot, is an unconstitutional “war on motorists;” the GOP and the NRA want to stop the one-of-its-kind gun violence research they just found out California has conducted since 1966; and, the Department of Education has launched a civil rights investigation into Harvard University’s policies on legacy admissions.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a fugitive Catalan separatist may hold the key to unifying Spain’s government after the socialist party barely beat back a Franco-adjacent right wing takeover; and, thousands of women across Poland protested outside p

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, Alabama Republicans may be plotting something bigger with their defiance of the Supreme Court.Then, on the rest of the menu, a southern Oregon town is buying the forest around it to confront wildfires; small-town GOP officials are torn over Biden’s clean energy cash; and, an Idaho jury hit right wing anti-government militant Ammon Bundy with $26.5 million in compensatory damages and $26 million in punitive damages over a defamation lawsuit filed by a Boise hospital.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a week-old wildfire on the Greek resort island of Rhodes tore past fire line defenses, forcing more evacuations; and, Argentina demanded that Bolivia explain its new defense agreement with Iran.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netro

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, Georgia prosecutors could bring charges in the election probe as soon as 31 July, or maybe not.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Justice Department threatened to sue after telling Texas the floating barrier the state put on the Rio Grande violates federal and international law; a Missouri school board taken over by Christian extremists revoked an anti-racism resolution; and, a federal judge ruled that an Arizona law limiting how close people can get to recording law enforcement is unconstitutional.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the right wing extremist party in Spain failed in Sunday’s general election to control government for the first time since Franco; and, Bulgaria agreed to send heavy military equipment to Ukraine for the first time since the invasion.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook &a

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, Musk and MAGA were crushed in the dictator censorship scandal.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Missouri Supreme Court ordered the Republican attorney general to stand down and allow an initiative petition to legalize abortion in the state to move forward; a California court will consider the state’s anti-discrimination law in a hearing over racist texts by Antioch police officers; and, solar panels on water canals seem like a no-brainer, so why aren’t they widespread?After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where after Kenyan police were told not to report deaths during the current protests, an independent watchdog says they killed six this week; and, German authorities arrested four suspects in the theft of hundreds of ancient Celtic gold coins from a museum in Bavaria last year.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, legal experts trashed Trump lawyer’s espionage case argument as “arrogant and brazen.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect has links to the Trump Organization; a serial fraudster who was granted clemency by Trump is accused of running a massive Ponzi scheme; and, Trump lawyer John Eastman has raised big bucks from religious zealots to help in his defense in the coming “holy war.”After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where conservative military-appointed senators in the Thai Parliament blocked the leader of the progressive Move Forward Party from being renominated for prime minister; and, South Africa says Putin will skip a Johannesburg summit next month because of an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speake

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 GOP is attacking the DOJ for doing what Kevin McCarthy said the DOJ should do.Then, on the rest of the menu, Michigan charged sixteen Trump electors who falsely claimed he won the state; Sarasota County in southwest Florida reported its seventh case of locally contracted malaria; and, officials see promise in a South Carolina prison unit where ‘restorative justice’ has boosted safety.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where two European spyware firms were added to the US export blacklist; and, the US deployed a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea in a show of force against North Korea.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!"To those of us who believe t

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, nineteen Republican state attorneys general demand their law enforcement be allowed to seize out-of-state abortion medical records.Then, on the rest of the menu, abortion in Iowa is legal again, for now; several civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit challenging Florida’s new immigration law; and, a gag order has been issued ahead of Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial after ‘inflammatory’ remarks.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Britain officially joined an Asia-Pacific trade group that includes Japan and ten other nations; and, Russia halted a breakthrough wartime deal that allowed grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player

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 Trump 2024 campaign is a 'shield against legal prosecution.'Then, on the rest of the menu, GOP lawmakers defended restricting abortion access for women in the military; and, Alito has a cozy relationship with right-wing billionaire benefactors and curious links to the Wall Street Journal editorial page.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Britain’s Health Security Agency said that measles vaccination rates have dropped so low that London alone could see tens of thousands of cases unless immunization coverage is quickly boosted; and, and the man who threatened to burn holy books outside the Israeli Embassy in Sweden has abandoned the plan.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 Beami

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, special counsel Jack Smith aggressively rejected the reasons the Trump lawyers gave for why the espionage trial should be delayed.Then, on the rest of the menu, Alabama Democrats expressed frustration over Republican secrecy in sharing proposals to the Supreme Court redistricting order; Arizona Democrats filed a complaint against No Labels over donor secrecy; and, Houston plans to spend millions of dollars to relocate residents from neighborhoods located near a rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russian lawmakers moved to further restrict transgender rights in new legislation; and, a prosecutor in Argentina has launched an investigation into crimes against humanity in Venezuela following a criminal complaint filed by the Clooney Foundation

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 Clarence Thomas aide received payments in their Venmo account from parties that had successful cases before the Supreme Court.Then, on the rest of the menu, the second Oregon mayor resigned this week after racist and homophobic social media posts; Austin has suspended its controversial partnership with the Texas Department of Public Safety to police the streets of the capital city; and, the California State University system named its first Latina chancellor.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a former Mozambique finance minister is extradited to the US to face trial over a $2 billion scandal; and, Chinese hackers breached State Department and other government email on the eve of the Blinken visit.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, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​​​​​​​Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, just as with his first two runs, Trump’s third run for the presidency is a legal strategy to keep out of prison.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Utah Supreme Court scrutinized the process that sliced the state’s most Democratic-heavy county into four districts; deputies who reported a Texas sheriff to public corruption investigators say nothing was done; and, Bank of America has been ordered to reimburse customers and pay big time fines for “double-dipping” on overdraft fees, withholding reward bonuses on credit cards and opening accounts without customer consent.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Japan’s Supreme Court ruled government restrictions on a transgender employee’s use of restrooms is illegal; and, the European Union faces a cliffhanger vote on a major bill protecting nature and

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, “Clarence Thomas wanted to be rich, now he's pals with billionaires.”Then, on the rest of the menu, Democratic Colorado lawmakers sued their Democratic and Republican colleagues over repeatedly violating the state open meetings law; authorities in central Washington state issued evacuation orders as a new, growing wildfire sparked in the resort area of Crescent Bar; and, the owner of the Los Angeles Times sold sister paper The San Diego Union-Tribune to publishing powerhouse, MediaNews Group.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Albanian special prosecutors demanded that a former deputy prime minister be arrested on corruption charges; and, tensions rise in Zimbabwe after police barred the opposition party from holding an election rally.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; River City Hash Mondays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, “it’s Trump’s House of Representatives and Kevin McCarthy is just living in it.”Then, on the rest of the menu, for years the mayor of an Oregon Coast city has posted racist, homophobic and violent memes on a Facebook group for law enforcement; a federal judge found Washington state in contempt for not providing services to mentally ill people in jails; and, with pregnancy-related deaths soaring in the state and across the nation, Idaho disbanded its Maternal Mortality Review Committee.(we had a small emergency before we to Precious for her eye appointment and were not able to do a Chef's Table.

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, even legal threats that have no standing to enforce the Supreme Court ‘s affirmative action ruling is 'enough to frighten universities’ from admitting students of color.Then, on the rest of the menu, three crosses were found burned outside a small Los Angeles church; the Oregon Department of Justice reported a 178% spike in bias incident reports since 2020; and, California governor Gavin Newsom demanded the US Department of Justice probe Florida for their 'unconscionable' migrant flight 'scheme.’​​​​​​After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Tesla began laying off some battery production workers at its Shanghai plant; and, the British tourist who defaced the Colosseum with a love note to his girlfriend says he wasn’t aware the UNESCO World Heritage site was ancient.All that and more, on West Coast Coo

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, Justice Kagan shares our “crisis of faith in the Supreme Court.”Then, on the rest of the menu, a newly released government study found drinking water from nearly half of US faucets contains potentially harmful chemicals; dozens of Vermont schools districts sued Monsanto over toxic PCB contamination; and, a Florida city famous for its water, worries that it might run out of it.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a virulent right wing nationalist has succeeded in removing the name of Black US civil rights activist Angela Davis from a Paris high school; and, Germany’s top court blocked a parliament vote on a contentious bill to replace heat sources in the nation’s homes.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, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​​​​​​​Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a lot pundits speculate the extremism of the GOP base could make their favored Republican candidates too toxic for the general election, but that’s exactly how the base like it.Then, on the rest of the menu, filthy rich sellers of Los Angeles mansions are dodging a tax meant to help the homeless; the GOP targeting minority scholarships signals a new effort to thwart campus diversity; and, a Trump-appointed judge blocked the government from working with social media companies to fight disinformation perpetuated by hostile foreign actors.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Taliban are outlawing women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan; and, a French far-right figure ended his divisive and ghoulishly successful crowdfunding for the officer whose shooting of a Paris teen set off riots around the c