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, the naive emphasis on 'colorblindness' is the new ‘Separate but Equal.’Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge blocked portions of Florida’s new elections law; ten states plan to sue the EPA over standards for residential wood-burning stoves; and, New Jersey’s other wind farm developer wants government breaks, too.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Hong Kong police offered rewards for the arrests of eight pro-democracy activists who live abroad; and, Vietnam banned the ‘Barbie’ movie due to an illustration showing China’s territorial claim in the South China Sea.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!“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea

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 John Roberts' Supreme Court rolls back civil rights one marginalized group at a time.Then, on the rest of the menu, a longtime Rutgers professor is glad her exchange went viral in which NYC mayor Eric Adams called her a plantation owner; thousands of hotel workers across Southern California walked off the job; and, the first Asian contestant to win the crown in the pageant’s 85 years, the current Miss Texas is taking on the state’s most virulent Republican leaders.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where tens of thousands rallied across Australia in support of Indigenous reform; and, the right wing mayor of Lisbon has been accused of "boycotting" Portugal's first memorial to victims of slavery.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroo

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 the MAGA SCOTUS ruling that ‘diversity is discrimination’ sounds like some deep, Orwellian trolling, is because it is.Then, on the rest of the menu, an Iowa judge blocked the state from attempting to prevent election officials from offering non-English voting materials to the public; the Department of Justice accused Los Angeles County of repeatedly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act at polling places during recent elections; and, a fugitive on the run for his role in the January 6 insurrection, was arrested with weapons near Obama’s DC home after Trump posted the former president’s address on social media.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where China’s manufacturing contracted in June as export orders decreased; and, Ukrainian emergency workers held drills to prepare for

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, Giuliani now talking to the DOJ about Jan 6 is Trump’s prison nightmare.Then, on the rest of the menu, Connecticut's first Muslim state representative was assaulted during an Eid-al-Adha ceremony in Hartford; Oregon governor Tina Kotek named a new secretary of state after the last one resigned over her consultancy work for the pot industry; and, Wisconsin Republicans are trying to force a vote on firing the state’s nonpartisan top elections official before the 2024 presidential election.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a UN human rights official says an arms embargo and deployment of special forces is needed for Haiti immediately; and, scientists have finally ‘heard’ the chorus of gravitational waves that ripple through the universe, maybe.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speak

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 Supreme Court ruled against the right’s ‘slow-motion insurrection.’Then, on the rest of the menu, Pennsylvania caseworkers who ignored years of child abuse, now face felony charges; a federal watchdog reports that more than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives; and, New Mexico reached a settlement with the Department of Energy over a permit renewal for the federal government’s only underground repository for nuclear waste.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where former Audi boss Rupert Stadler was convicted of fraud in connection with the automaker’s diesel emissions scandal; and, Germany documented 2,480 incidents of antisemitism in the country last year, just under seven incidents per day on average.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speake

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 MAGA House attempts to expunge Trump's impeachments is out of a DC/Marvel ‘alternative universe timeline.’Then, on the rest of the menu, Ron DeSantis and his political allies seek to have a federal lawsuit brought by Disney dismissed; seven groups of historians have now denounced a welcome reception at the Museum of the American Revolution for the “anti-government extremist hate group,” Moms for Liberty; and, Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Stonewall Inn national monument in a pointed rebuttal to the hundreds of anti- LGBTQ+ bills passed so far this year.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Mexico arrested the former head of a federal anti-kidnapping unit in connection with the disappearance of forty-three students in 2014; and, the first UN independent investigator to visit Guantanamo Bay sa

The 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 January 6 probe heats up as witnesses reportedly get immunity deals.Then, on the rest of the menu, US honeybees just suffered their second deadliest year on record; librarians were trained to defend intellectual freedom and fight book bans at the American Library Association’s annual conference in Chicago; and, a union official testified that the safety of railroads has been compromised by job cuts and time constraints.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Greece’s conservative New Democracy party won a landslide election victory for its second four-year term; and, Mexico began imposing a fifty-percent tariff on white corn imports amid a trade dispute with the United States and Canada.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio L

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, a common player in the recent Supreme Court scandals exposes a broader project to manipulate the court.Then, on the rest of the menu, an Iowa meteorologist resigned after an 18-year career in television, citing PTSD from threats over his climate change coverage; abortion pills will remain legal in Wyoming, for now; and, the lawsuit protesting the Arizona governor’s refusal to execute prisoners has been dismissed.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where nearly 1.5 million foreign pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia so far for the annual Hajj pilgrimage; and, the Qatar sovereign wealth fund is set to buy a stake in Washington’s NBA, NHL and WNBA sports teams.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep You

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, Leonard Leo matched Paul “The Vulture” Singer with Alito because he knows it’s the best Supreme Court that money can buy.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Navajo Nation declared a widespread Medicaid scam in Arizona a public health state of emergency; a federal judge struck down Florida’s ban on Medicaid funding for transgender treatment; and, Alabama lawmakers are set to begin work on new congressional maps after the US Supreme Court ruled the state’s existing plan was a racist gerrymander.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Australian online safety watchdog issued a legal notice to Twitter demanding Elon Musk stop the hate speech in twenty-eight days; and, Tel Aviv University announced it has removed the Sackler family name from its medical school after decades of donations from the maker

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, “it’s all smoke, no fire and a hell of a lot of McCarthyism” as Republicans vow to keep ‘Benghazi-ing’ Hunter Biden.Then, on the rest of the menu, in a blow to Trump’s election conspiracy theories, Georgia officials won’t take over elections in Fulton County; killer tornadoes clobbered Mississippi, toppling buildings and knocking out power, but it didn’t stop Governor Tate Reeves from hightailing it out state to attend a Republican fundraiser in Alabama; and, reform-minded prosecutors in northern Virginia won reelection nominations in Democratic primaries.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where French police searched the Paris Olympic organizers’ headquarters, the third straight time graft allegations have dogged a Summer Olympics; and, saying minerals are needed in a green transition, Norway prop

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 DeSantis fixation on 'the woke' has a poor track record as a political strategy in Florida.Then, on the rest of the menu, the disciplinary hearing to disbar Trump coup attorney John Eastman, begins in California; opponents of offshore wind energy projects in New Jersey are furiously passing wind energy restrictions; and, Montana officials said a victory by the young plaintiffs in the climate trial would not stop them from continuing their blood oath to the fossil fuel industry.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Mexico’s president announced the appointment of a 35-year-old woman lawyer as interior secretary, considered the country’s top Cabinet post; and, Amazon, Marriott and other companies vow to hire thousands of refugees in Europe.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Che

The 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 hostile takeover of the PGA Tour by Saudi-backed LIV Golf has sparked outrage and Congressional Democrats are demanding answers.Then, on the rest of the menu, corporate and political opponents of President Biden’s signature Inflation Reduction Act have intensified their campaign to kill broad swaths of the law before it takes effect; a small group of conservative doctors has sought to shape the nation’s most contentious policies by promoting views rejected by the medical establishment as scientific fact; and, the collapsed stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia is set to reopen within two weeks.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the harsh crackdown on dissent in Belarus targets not just political activists, but also their lawyers; and, Thailand’s caretaker government is criticized for holding a meeting w

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 ‘Bedminster Mystery’ has some grave implications that Jack Smith has already dug into if he brings charges from New Jersey.Then, on the rest of the menu, a bipartisan Senate bill would seize the paychecks of executives overseeing failed banks; the Justice Department has begun investigating the PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger; and, a massive hack of the Oregon DMV system has put an estimated 3.5 million driver license and ID card info at risk.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where state-backed Chinese hackers broke into the networks of hundreds of public and private sector organizations around the globe; and, support mounts for Stoltenberg to stay on in NATO’s top job.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, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, prosecutors need 'Goldilocks Documents' to try an Espionage Act case without exposing national secrets.Then, on the rest of the menu, a jury ordered the electric utility PacifiCorp to pay punitive damages for causing devastating wildfires in Oregon in 2020; a US Marine and a second man were arrested on federal charges of firebombing a Planned Parenthood clinic in Southern California last year; and, the House rejected MAGA efforts to censure and fine Adam Schiff over the Trump-Russia investigations.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Canada has suspended work with a Chinese-founded development bank while it investigates complaints the bank has “one of the most toxic cultures imaginable;” and, a US appeals court rejected bail for a Steve Bannon-affiliated Chinese businessman awaiting trial in a $1

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, Hillary Clinton called the GOP efforts to defend Trump, profoundly disturbing.Then, on the rest of the menu, a teacher group sued over a Tennessee law that bans the deduction of members’ dues from their paychecks; the Senate narrowly confirmed Jared Bernstein to be the chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers; and, federal assistance is sought for northeastern vineyards and apple orchards hit by a severe late-season frost.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where France accused Russia of faking websites to sow confusion and disinformation about the Ukraine war; and, three Kosovo police officers were injured during the arrest of an organizer of the Serb protests that injured 30 NATO-led peacekeepers.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, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, banning Trump from public office could tempt the DOJ to offer a no-jail plea deal.Then, on the rest of the menu, funding for schools, literacy programs and special education teachers in Oregon could be jeopardized by a Republican walkout that has stalled hundreds of bills and derailed the Legislature for nearly six weeks; the California Coastal Commission penalized some beaucoup rich Malibu homeowners for blocking access to Escondido Beach; and, a ‘first of its kind’ Illinois law will penalize libraries that ban books.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where South Africa’s ruling party expelled its former secretary-general while he faces charges of criminal corruption; and, the United Nations Secretary-General called for coordinated global action on disinformation, hate and artificial intelligence.All that an

The 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 former impeachment lawyer, Robert Ray, admits the law applies to everyone, but then insists Presidents like Trump are not everyone.Then, on the rest of the menu, SEC lawsuits against cryptocurrency companies have raised serious questions about the industry’s future; Brittney Griner and her Phoenix Mercury teammates were confronted by a hate-spewing “provocateur” at a Dallas airport over the weekend; and, a hulking smokestack brought down in a controlled implosion at a defunct Detroit trash incinerator, ends decades of toxic stink.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where ex-Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon was released after her arrest by police in a party finance probe; and, the United States will rejoin UNESCO after a five-year absence that began while Trump was president.All that and more, on West Coast Coo

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 has a history of admitting intent publicly, but he’s about to find out he can't bully federal judges, or the feds themselves.Then, on the rest of the menu, the FBI arrested the Texas businessman linked to the impeachment of state Attorney General Ken Paxton; Joe Biden picked a longtime transportation official as acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration; and, Juneteenth is now recognized as a state holiday in Nevada.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the United States Agency for International Development suspended all food aid for millions in Ethiopia after an investigation found ‘widespread’ theft; and, Malaysia and Indonesia have ended their 18-year-long sea border disputes.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!

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, when pressed, former-Trump lawyer Palatore would not answer why a classified document was illegally in Donald Trump’s desk.Then, on the rest of the menu, Nevada’s GOP governor is facing a $1.7M ethics penalty for campaigning while wearing his sheriff’s badge and uniform; an outbreak of salmonella infections in the Chicago area has been linked to ground beef; and, Black workers at the Fremont, California Tesla factory have alleged rampant racism and are seeking class-action status.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where UN investigators are compiling evidence on chemical weapons use by the Islamic State in Iraq; and, Australia plans to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols with legislation coming next week.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, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​​​​​​​Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Mark Meadows could be only the second White House Chief of Staff to be convicted of crimes.Then, on the rest of the menu, Virginia regulators are expected to take a final vote on whether to advance Youngkin’s plan to withdraw from a multi-state carbon cap-and-trade program; racist messages and a dead raccoon were left for an Oregon mayor and a Black city council member; and, the US Army Corps of Engineers revoked a permit for a Minnesota mine citing threats to a downstream tribe’s water standards.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where an Air India Boeing 777 flying to San Francisco made an emergency landing in Russia’s Siberia after experiencing engine problems; and, artist Françoise Gilot, the acclaimed painter who loved and later left Picasso, is dead at age 101.All that and more, on West Coast