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, Trump’s 2020 election-denying lawyers have returned to assist in midterm election challenges, just like the over one hundred they’ve lost so far.On the rest of the menu, the FBI warned of a ‘broad’ threat to synagogues in New Jersey; a top Milwaukee elections official has been fired after sending falsely obtained military absentee ballots to the home of an election-denying Republican state lawmaker; and, Oprah delivered a November surprise by endorsing Fetterman over Oz.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Bank of England rolled out its biggest interest rate increase in three decades; and, tens of thousands of Spanish union workers held a protest march in Madrid to demand higher wages to offset the soaring cost of living.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon A

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, crime as a big city, blue state problem is a GOP myth.Then, on the rest of the menu, CBS and its former president, Leslie Moonves, will pay $30.5 million dollars for insider trading; the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada asked the state’s secretary of state to investigate a “coordinated partisan” hand-count of mail-in ballots; and, the attorneys general of California, Illinois and the District of Columbia are suing Albertsons to stop the grocery chain from paying a nearly $4 billion dollar dividend to its shareholders.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where North Korea kept up its missile barrage with the launch of an ICBM; and, with Bolsonaro tamed in defeat, Brazil steps back from the brink of losing its democracy.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.B

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, “why would you trust somebody who jokes about the violent attack on Paul Pelosi?”Then, on the rest of the menu, in another bonehead move, Musk has Twitter working on a paid video feature that raises potential copyright and scam concerns; toxic metal pollution is ten times worse in racially segregated communities; and, Alabama voters will decide whether to ratify a new constitution that strips out the document’s Jim Crow-era language.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Norway raised its military alert level after suspicious drone sightings put the country on edge; and, Brazilian President Bolsonaro’s administration signaled a willingness to hand over power, two days after the election loss to Lula da Silva.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, the majority on the Supreme Court pretended arguments in favor of Affirmative Action “didn’t exist.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the Department of Justice, supporting a claim by the League of Women Voters of Arizona, said that monitoring ballot drop boxes can amount to illegal voter intimidation; Jewish leaders called on GOP candidates to reject antisemitic comments; and, in a victory for the Biden administration’s tougher approach to proposed mergers, a federal judge blocked Penguin Random House’s purchase of Simon & Schuster.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Rwanda criticized the expulsion of its ambassador from Congo; and, a kidnapped French conservationist has been released in eastern Chad.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, years of Republican propaganda and Trump-fueled fascism helped inspire last week's attack on House Speaker Pelosi's 82-year-old husband, Paul.Then, on the rest of the menu, President Joe Biden cast his midterm ballot on Saturday; striking Weyerhaeuser workers in the Pacific Northwest are back to work; and, the Black church tradition of “Souls to the Poll” survives Georgia’s voting changes.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where UK politicians demand a probe into the Liz Truss phone hack claim; and, a venomous seven foot king cobra that escaped from its home in a Swedish zoo, has returned back home by itself.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

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, Donald Trump and allies continue to assert executive privilege as a way to dodge providing testimony in criminal investigations.On the rest of the menu, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton blamed the Biden Justice Department for an investigation that was begun under Trump; North Carolina GOP Senate nominee Ted Budd was part of business scheme accused of defrauding farmers; and, Georgia DA Fani Willis urged the Supreme Court to allow Lindsey Graham’s testimony.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the FBI is probing an ex-CIA officer’s spying for World Cup host Qatar; and, a court in Belarus sentenced yet another independent journalist to three years in prison.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Structural linguistics is a bitterly

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 reaction to Pennsylvania’s Senate debate between John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz ignores the history of illness and disability in the Senate and White House.Then, on the rest of the menu, Texas Republican Chip Roy attacked the Biden administration over a program to stop COVID vaccine lies; Facebook parent Meta was fined nearly $25 million dollars for repeatedly and intentionally violating campaign finance disclosure law; and, three Maryland State Police officers have filed a federal class-action lawsuit, alleging widespread racial discrimination at the agency.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Saudi oil giant Aramco unveiled a $1.5 billion dollar “greenwashing” fund ahead of next month’s UN climate conference in Egypt; and, the gas crunch has eased in Europe, but the respite might not last.All that and more, on

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, prosecutors are putting the squeeze on a key Trump aide in their documents probe.Then, on the rest of the menu, in a dramatic increase from 2018, over one million have voted early in Georgia; Samuel Alito whined that the leak of his draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade, made the majority on the US Supreme Court “targets for assassination;” and, experts are sounding the alarm about what a fourth consecutive drought year could mean for California.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Australia’s largest health insurer said a cybercriminal hacked the personal data of all its 4 million customers; and, New Zealand women lawmakers outnumber men for first time.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"To those of us

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 Supreme Court justice violated the law.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the American Rescue Plan helped 200,000 child care providers stay open; the Federal Trade Commission is taking the rare step of bringing individual sanctions against the CEO of alcohol delivery company Drizly for data privacy abuses; and, the sheriff in metropolitan Phoenix has stepped up security around ballot drop boxes after armed Trump supporters intimidated voters.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Japan has stepped up its push to get the public to buy-in to digital IDs; and, hundreds of Syrian men and boys were detained, beaten and forcibly returned to their country by Turkish authorities over a six-month period.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, Trump is 'not an enough' to comply with the J6 subpoena.Then, on the rest of the menu, JD Vance’s firm invested in a food company that is now facing five lawsuits alleging it misled regulators and duped investors; an Oregon “constitutional” sheriff arrested a US Forest Service 'burn boss' over a prescribed burn near the site of the armed takeover of the Malhuer Wildlife Refuge by white nationalists; and, false election claims by MAGA Republicans are overwhelming local efforts to push back.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the world faces the prospect of more tension with China over trade, security and human rights after Xi Jinping awarded himself a third five-year term; and, Norway prepares for threats from Russia over its energy infrastructure.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine

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, Trump lawyers prove they don’t know why they asked for a Special Master.On the rest of the menu, slavery is on the ballot for voters in five US states; the EPA is conducting a civil rights case that targets Mississippi over the majority-Black state capitol’s deteriorating water system; and, Daniel Smith, one of the last children of enslaved Americans, has died at age ninety.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where at least seven Russians, including the son of a close associate of Putin, were detained by Norwegian officials for flying drones or taking pictures near sensitive areas; and, Russia aimed new legal action at two prominent dissenters.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Structural linguistics is a bitterly di

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, Florida’s voter fraud arrests make the state a modern version of the Jim Crow south.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Biden administration awarded $2.8 billion in grants to boost domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles in twelve states; the EPA reached a settlement with United Parcel Service to pay a civil penalty of $5.3 million and resolve violations of hazardous waste regulations at more than eleven hundred facilities; and, the Department of Justice busted a network in New York and Connecticut for providing US military technology to the Russians for its war in Ukraine.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Germany is set to massively expand its electric car charging network; and, France marked the one hundred year anniversary of the Paris Central Mosque.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook

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, we can’t allow Trump to normalize antisemitism in this country.Then, on the rest of the menu, the USDA announced $1 billion in debt relief for 36,000 farmers; the Biden administration will hold the first-ever lease sale for offshore wind energy on the West Coast; and, NFL owners say removing Daniel Snyder merits ‘serious consideration.’After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the German government announced that it had removed the country’s cybersecurity chief after allegations emerged of links to Russian intelligence; and, Russia’s role in the Burkina Faso crisis comes under scrutiny.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

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, Arizona's Kari Lake is just one of hundreds of Republican election deniers on the ballot this fall.Then, on the rest of the menu, US businesses want the US government to hide trade data used to trace labor abuse overseas; hundreds of volunteer groups are mobilizing to help voters confronting new election laws; and, the National Labor Relations Board is tallying the votes in another Amazon union election.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a leading Belarusian political activist was handed a 25-year prison sentence for opposing the regime; and, a scathing report says UK police are getting away with lawbreaking, racism and misogyny.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

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, the January 6 Committee made Trump’s culpability “dramatically clear.”Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump attacked American Jews and warned they better send more money, or else; the Senate race in Ohio is ground zero for hopes of more manufacturing jobs; and, months after the moon landing, an immigrant family from India showed up uninvited at Neil Armstrong’s family home, they never forgot how they were treated.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a far-right Sweden Democrats party official has been suspended for making degrading comments about Jewish teenage Holocaust victim, Anne Frank; and, UK leader Liz Truss went from triumph to trouble in six short weeks.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"I was never a spy.

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, after the Supreme Court ruled against him, Trump raged he should have made more calls. More calls to whom?On the rest of the menu, people with disabilities are left out of climate planning; the Carter Center will provide nonpartisan observers to monitor midterm elections in Fulton County, Georgia; and, Ohio Democrats are wondering why their party isn’t backing Senate contender Tim Ryan more forcefully.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the US government had to prod Google and other tech companies to help Iranian protesters; and, Putin tempted Turkey with suggestions of making it Europe’s new gas hub.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, a

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, “there is an informer inside of Donald Trump’s home.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the Indiana Supreme Court will keep the state abortion ban on hold; the Treasury Department is investigating whether Florida Governor Ron DeSantis improperly used federal pandemic aid to fly migrants to Martha’s Vineyard; and, Democrats have a slim chance to capture a long-held Washington State GOP district in a race that pits an “America First” city-dwelling Republican against a rural Democrat.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Finnish pharmacies ran out of iodine tablets a day after the country’s health ministry recommended that households buy a single dose in case of a “radiation emergency;” and, France ordered some striking gas station workers back to work to ensure gasoline supplies.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook

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, Americans “have a muscle for authoritarian, fascist, anti-semitic, racist wedge politics.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the Department of Justice urged the Supreme Court not to intervene in their Trump classified records fight; extreme right-wing PACs are injecting millions of dollars into local school board races; and, a former National Security Agency worker accused of trying to sell classified information to Russia, has been ordered detained while he is prosecuted.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the leadership of Hockey Canada has stepped down amid an ongoing sexual assault scandal involving the men’s junior team; and, Israel announced an historic agreement with Lebanon on maritime borders.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, blatantly racist remarks from the right has been met by complete silence from Republican leadership.Then, on the rest of the menu, a dark money right-wing think tank is dumping millions of dollars into the Ohio Supreme Court races; a conservative small-business advocacy group filed a new lawsuit seeking to block the Biden administration’s efforts to forgive student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans; and, five California tribes will reclaim their right to manage coastal land significant to their history, backed with $3.6 million in state money.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Amazon said it will invest $972.1 million to add thousands of more electric vans, long-haul trucks and cargo bikes to its delivery network in Europe; and, the head of Germany’s national cybersecurity agency is under investigation for ties

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, placating Trump’s behavior only emboldens him.Then, on the rest of the menu, Michigan’s GOP statewide candidates stick to the bat-doodoo crazy far-right messaging; a federal judge won’t block the January 6 panel subpoena for Arizona GOP chair Kelli Ward’s phone records; and, Georgia prosecutor Fanni Willis is seeking to compel testimony from former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former national security adviser Michael Flynn.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Austria’s liberal president is set to win a second six-year term without a runoff vote; and, Donald Trump backed Spain’s fascists in a video shown at a rally in Madrid that also included messages from Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and Hungary’s Viktor Orban.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~