West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; Blue Moon Spirits Friday!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, House Republicans spent yesterday getting crushed by Democrats.On the rest of the menu, despite repeated requests, Florida still has not explained to the College Board how its African American Advanced Placement course violates state law; the Ohio Department of Education says it won’t do anything about neo-Nazi homeschoolers; and, a Nevada company that recycles batteries for electric vehicles has won a $2 billion green energy loan from the Energy Department.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a joint US/UK effort has imposed sanctions on a Russian cybercrime group; and, Greece’s parliament has banned the far-right Greek National Party from the upcoming election.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, thanks to Chrissy Teigen, Donald Trump will forever be described in the Congressional Record with three words that will live in infamy.Then, on the rest of the menu, a former deputy alleges in a lawsuit there is another cop gang forming at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department; a broadcast reporter was arrested for trespassing while covering a news conference about the Ohio toxic train derailment; and, the Missouri Republican-led House voted against banning minors from openly carrying firearms in public without adult supervision.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where China says it was smeared in Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech because of the repeated use of “competition;” and, Twitter’s plan to cut off free access to its application programming interface has evoked a ‘fair amount of panic’ among scientis

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the real reason GOP members heckled Biden was for “showbiz.”Then, on the rest of the menu, Democrats won control of the Pennsylvania House in a special election, ending a dozen years of GOP rule; Virginia Senate Democrats rejected three Youngkin appointees; and, Indiana lawmakers look to broaden birth control access.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where five priests were sentenced to ten years for conspiracy to commit democracy in Nicaragua; and, archaeologists have uncovered a rare 14th-century Spanish synagogue in the southern town of Utrera.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice PutnamBon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"To those of us who believe that all of life is sacred every crumb of bread and sip of wine is a Eucharist, a remembrance, a cal

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Special; Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a Florida teacher ripped DeSantis’ book banning and criminal threats.Then, on the rest of the menu, one hundred forty-six New York City police committed misconduct in the 2020 George Floyd protests; strict changes to the legal sizes for New England lobsters could protect the severely declining population; and, a review of Biden's legislative and policy successes over united GOP opposition, shows why he’s the most successful president since FDR.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where China apologized to Costa Rica for a balloon that flew over its territory; and, Vice President Harris highlighted $4.2 billion in private sector investment in Central America.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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, Trump’s 2024 campaign is anything but normal.Then, on the rest of the menu, a cyberattack caused a nearly daylong outage of the nation’s new 988 mental health helpline late last year; a major northern Florida hospital system was hit by a ransomware attack over the weekend; and, spotty electronic poll book security raises considerable concerns going into 2024.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Buddhist temple has been extensively damaged by fire in the Australian city of Melbourne; and, a pair of 7.8 magnitude earthquakes, followed by severe aftershocks, knocked down scores of buildings across Turkey and Syria.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a nu

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; Blue Moon Spirits Friday!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Dems sound alarm over Capitol security under the GOP.On the rest of the menu, Ohio officials are investigating a pro-Nazi home school network; frustrated Texans endure another winter storm with no power or heat; and, Washington state’s low-income tax credit is available for the first time.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Austria expelled four Russian diplomats based in Vienna; and, a Brazilian senator claimed Bolsonaro plotted the coup to block the Lula presidency.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.”- Dougla

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, one could almost think the College Board 'bowed to political pressure' with the whitening of the AP African American Studies program.Then, on the rest of the menu, lawmakers introduced a bill that would eliminate Idaho’s only bipartisan legislative committee and place the state’s independent auditing agency under Republican control; Pacific Gas & Electric will face trial for manslaughter over its role in a 2020 Northern California wildfire that killed four people; and, the first sweeping federal gun crime report in twenty years has been released.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the United States and the Philippines agreed on a larger American military presence in the island chain, as a bulwark against increasing China aggressiveness; and, Australia is removing the British monarchy from its bank notes.All t

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s decision to invoke the fifth amendment more than four hundred times was 'unprecedented.’Then, on the rest of the menu, the EPA blocked an Alaska gold and copper mine over the environmental impact on the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery; the population of western monarch butterflies wintering along the California coast has rebounded for a second year in a row; and, Maine utility regulators gave final approval to a wind power project that would provide enough electricity for at least 450,000 New England homes.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where state lawmakers may exonerate women killed during the Connecticut Witch Trials three hundred seventy-five years ago; and, the Church of England shed light on its ‘shameful’ slave trade ties.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisi

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Special; Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Trump Stormy Daniels hush money case resumes beyond the reach of Bill Barr's obstacles.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Treasury Department will increase borrowing amid the debt ceiling standoff; California’s Tulare County will pay $32 million dollars in a child welfare settlement; and, a federal appeals court issued a secret hold that blocks the Justice Department from searching the phone of J6 insurgent, Scott Perry. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where NATO member Slovenia apprehended a husband and wife Russian spy team suspected of using an agency dealing in real estate and antiques as a front for their activities; and, a Russian oligarch with close ties to Putin, is standing trial in federal court in Boston over a hacking and insider trading scheme.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with C

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, Trump and Barr lose as their “deep state” bomb blows up in their face.Then, on the rest of the menu, emails reveal tensions on how to drastically reduce water use from the parched Colorado River; mass shootings lead to a widening divide on state gun policies; and, the DEA Mexico chief was quietly ousted last year over ties to cartel drug lawyers.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a search is underway for a radioactive capsule missing in Western Australia; and, Afghan malnutrition rates are at a record high.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia Child~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; Blue Moon Spirits Friday!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, new reporting by the New York Times exposed corruption of the Durham probe was used as a political weapon for Trump.On the rest of the menu, Virginia Democrats defeated bills limiting abortion access; a judge blocked the sale of machine gun converters after the Department of Justice sued; and, the FBI said it “hacked the hackers” to bring down the Hive ransomware gang.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Thai activist was sentenced to 28 years for online posts insulting the monarchy; and, the US Treasury Department toughened sanctions against Russia's Wagner mercenary group.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy prof

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, we’ve all been waiting for the definitive debunking of Trump AG Bill Barr.Then, on the rest of the menu, New York’s attorney general warned the owner of Madison Square Garden that it may be violating anti-bias laws with its practice of barring lawyers from its venues, and using facial recognition technology to enforce it; a record 16.3 million people have sought health coverage through ‘Obamacare’ this year; and, the Department of Agriculture announced it is reinstating restrictions on road-building and logging on the country’s largest national forest in southeast Alaska.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Spain issued an app-based food delivery company a new fine of $62 million for violating labor laws; and, the results of a survey in the Netherlands showed a “a disturbing lack of awareness of key historical fac

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, “Donald Trump must be indicted to save our democracy.”Then, on the rest of the menu, twenty GOP states sued the Biden administration over its new border policy; Los Angeles County’s annual count of homeless residents began Tuesday night; and, Florida is offering an advanced lesson in anti-Blackness.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Finland’s foreign minister signaled the country could join NATO without Sweden; and, killings of journalists around the world jumped by fifty percent in 2022, driven largely by attacks in Ukraine, Mexico and Haiti.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"To those of us who believe that all of life is sacred every crumb of bread and sip of wine is a Eucharist, a rememb

lWest Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Special; Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a top senior FBI counterintel official has been charged for helping Russian oligarch Deripaska sabotage America, and now compromised investigations are a concern after his arrest.Then, on the rest of the menu, someone scammed Republican US Senator Jerry Moran’s reelection campaign out of $690,000; privacy concerns were raised over the New York City police filming people leaving a Drake show in Manhattan; and, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont’s gun proposals include an open carry ban.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Turkey’s President Erdogan threw cold water on Sweden’s membership in NATO; and, most of Pakistan was left without power Monday as an energy-saving measure by the government backfired..All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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, Joe Manchin went full Manchin on the debt ceiling, classified docs, running for president and high-fiving Sinema in Davos for saving the filibuster.Then, on the rest of the menu, the military is probing whether blood cancers are linked to nuclear silo work from decades ago; state lawmakers have proposed power grid protections after scores of domestic terror attacks; and, a subpoena has been granted in the Reno mayor’s suit over who secretly installed a tracking device on her vehicle.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Justice Department charged two businessmen with trying to conceal a sanctioned Russian oligarch’s luxury yacht seized in Spain last year; and, the trial of a former leader of the Hells Angels in Europe for organized crime charges, is set to start today in Madrid.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook &a

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; Blue Moon Spirits Friday!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the reason they had the janitor investigate the court leaks is because John Roberts knows, if they let the Ginni out of the bottle, bad things will happen.On the rest of the menu, a Georgia school district lowered a Black student's GPA after he reported racist Snapchats; T-Mobile says the data on 37 million customers has been stolen; and, climate misinformation rockets out of control on Musk’s twitter.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Peru police used tear gas to block thousands of protesters from marching in the capitol city of Lima; and, over one million people marched in the streets of Paris and other French cities against raising the retirement age.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the DeSantis culture war on US history threatens to backfire on Florida higher education.Then, on the rest of the menu, the State Department launched a new program dubbed, the Welcome Corps, that lets private citizens sponsor refugees in the US; no woman is expected to serve on the South Carolina Supreme Court for the first time in thirty-five years; and, an election-denying GOP congressman under an active Department of Justice probe, has been assigned to the House committee investigating Biden.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Belarus’ main opposition leader denounced her trial as a farce; and, fighting back tears, Jacinda Ardern announced that February 7 would be her last day as New Zealand’s prime minister.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appét

lWest Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, ‘hateful rhetoric transcends into hateful actions.’Then, on the rest of the menu, the Washington, DC mayor and the city council are at odds over the new criminal code; the FEC dismissed the GOP complaint over Gmail’s spam filter; and, the World Economic Forum in Davos said Elon Musk was not on the guest list for the annual meeting, despite what the Head Twit claims.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Nobel laureate Maria Ressa has been acquitted of tax charges in the Philippines; and, the US Supreme Court struggles with criminal charges against Turkish-owned Halkbank, accused of helping to launder billions of dollars so Iran could evade US economic sanctions.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Special; Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a new book shows how journalists exposed the frighteningly invasive Pegasus spyware.Then, on the rest of the menu, Ohio’s restrictive new election law is angering active-duty members of the military and their families because of its potential to disenfranchise them; New Mexico’s top prosecutor wants to focus on child civil rights; and, Elon Musk’s trial on Tesla stock manipulation begins today in San Francisco.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the trial of a journalist for a prominent Polish newspaper began in Belarus on Monday; and, Italy’s most-wanted Mafia boss has been nabbed after thirty years on the run..All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, even if he is elected, “Kevin McCarthy will be the weakest Speaker we’ve ever seen.”Then, on the rest of the menu, US News & World Report will change how its rankings of law schools are calculated after a boycott by a number of top programs; California cops searched Black teenagers at nearly six times the rate of white teens; and, a rural state judge continued to block a provision of Oregon’s voter-approved gun law requiring a background check to close the so-called Charleston Loophole.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a journalist in northern Mexico escaped unharmed in the first reported attempt on a reporter’s life in the country in the new year; and, the US is reopening visa and consular services at its embassy in Cuba.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putn