West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

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 use of search warrant, rather than a subpoena, reflects the DOJ’s “astonishing” lack of confidence in Donald Trump.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Biden administration announced the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy is over; California’s last nuke plant might run a little longer; and, two militia members face a new trial over a scheme to kidnap and execute Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Greek prime minister said he was unaware that the country’s intelligence service had been bugging an opposition politician’s mobile phone for three months; and, France is in the midst of a fourth heat wave amid an historic drought.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“As I ate the oy

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, “this has been an extraordinarily successful two years legislatively.”Then, on the rest of the menu, Indiana’s new sweeping ban on abortion produced immediate political and economic fallout; the Republicans will fist bump their success in blocking a cap on insulin costs for millions of patients; and, Albuquerque detectives have “determined there is a connection” between earlier killings of Muslims, and that of an aide to a Democratic lawmaker just this past week.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Ugandan authorities have suspended the work of a prominent LGBTQ rights group; and, Iraq broils in dangerous 120-degree heat as the power grid shuts down.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"I was never a spy. I was

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, CPAC is thirsty for Hungary’s “no mixed-marriages” Orban, while “read my pie hole, hands off my carried interest loophole” Sinema, signed off on the Inflation Reduction Act.On the rest of the menu, a recount confirmed that an indicted Colorado county clerk who alleged voting fraud, lost the primary election she ran in last month; potable water has become a needed commodity in flood-ravaged Kentucky; and, Democrats are poised to strip Iowa from leading off their presidential nominating process starting in 2024.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russia is set to launch a spy satellite for Iran but will use it first over Ukraine; and, China’s military exercises aimed at Taiwan, including missiles fired into Japan’s exclusive economic zone, represent a “significant escalation.”All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & S

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, Constitutional Sheriffs around the country are vowing to stop the nonexistent 2020 election steal because the FBI are acting like “Nuremberg Officers.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the Transportation Department proposed to increase refund protections for air travelers; the EPA announced flights to look for methane “super emitters” in the Permian Basin of Texas; and, the Justice Department detailed threats against election workers.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a court in Belarus sentenced yet another independent journalist to a lengthy prison term; and, the UN Secretary-General sharply criticized the “grotesque greed” of oil and gas companies. All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Everyone in this

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, an ex-Trump White House lawyer says Congress should disqualify Trump from ever running for office.Then, on the rest of the menu, Joe Manchin’s change of heart could revive the US solar industry; the Oklahoma State Board of Education downgraded the accreditation of Tulsa Public Schools after a teacher complained that the school district’s training materials “shame white people;” and, a special prosecutor has determined a Virginia police officer should not face charges after he pepper-sprayed, struck and handcuffed a Black US Army lieutenant during a 2020 traffic stop.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the arrest of a prominent Guatemalan journalist has drawn widespread condemnation; and, the fact it was England’s women’s team that won a major soccer championship, and not the men’s that ended fifty-six years of pain, m

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, General Milley worried that Trump would try a “banana republic junta move” on January 6.On the rest of the menu, a new United States Postal Service election division will oversee mail-in ballots; the deal Schumer and Manchin brokered on Capitol Hill could ease seniors’ health costs; and, forty-one Republican senators gloated in the well of the senate after they broke their promise to protect veterans' health.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Moscow’s threat to shut down a prominent Jewish organization could worsen antisemitism in Russia; and, Italy’s president encouraged Italians to reinvigorate their country’s democracy as a bulwark against fascism.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Structural linguistics

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 DOJ is honing in on Trump’s involvement in the fake electors scheme and has also obtained phone records from Trump insiders.Then, on the rest of the menu, judges blocked abortion bans that were ready to take effect in Wyoming and North Dakota; tens of thousands of North Carolina felons can now register and vote; and, the outgoing director of the federal prison system refused to accept responsibility for a culture of corruption and misconduct that has plagued his agency for years.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where China rejected a report it tried to obtain Federal Reserve data; and, over a thousand Lufthansa flights were canceled as German ground crew staff went on strike.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, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, former acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller contradicted Trump under oath.On the rest of the menu, the DHS inspector general should be removed from the Secret Service probe; the Arizona fake-electors subpoenas show the breadth of the DOJ Jan 6 investigation; and, a Washington state GOP candidate’s links to violent right wing extremism surfaced in the US congressional primary.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Boris Johnson defended meeting, without staff, an ex-KGB agent at a party after returning from a NATO meeting in 2018; and, the leaders of Japan and Indonesia agreed to bolster their ties in maritime security, as well as their cooperation on climate change, energy and investment.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 roots of the MAGAt push for Christian Nationalism is a renewed embrace of the racist, antisemitic tenets of its founder, Gerald LK Smith.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Biden administration said the government will plant more than one billion trees across millions of acres of burned and dead woodlands in the US West; the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against some of the largest poultry producers in the US over unfair worker practices; and, Mississippi dropped the attorney they recruited to investigate welfare abuse, after the former Republican Governor was implicated in massive fraud.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the leadership of Scottish cricket is engulfed in a racism scandal; and, a seventy-two year-old liberal Russian opposition politician was detained after returning to Moscow.All that and more,

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, despite warnings from Liz Cheney, all signs point to Republicans standing by Donald Trump as he hints at running for President again.Then, on the rest of the menu, energy experts say the Republican outrage over petroleum reserve sales is overblown; GOP representative Ted Budd of North Carolina got big bucks for opposing consumer protections against predatory lending, despite his own state prohibiting the practice; and, the FBI says it busted a big crypto Ponzi scam, but then they discovered it was even bigger.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Japan’s nuclear regulator approved a planned release of treated radioactive wastewater from the still-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea next year; and, China launched one of two laboratory modules to complete its permanent orbiting space station.All that and more, on

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 made a purposeful choice to violate his oath of office” on January 6.On the rest of the menu, the first US case of polio in nearly a decade has been confirmed in an unvaccinated man in upstate New York; Republican 2022 small-dollar fundraising sputters as the Democratic lead grows; and, two MAGA primary losers in Colorado failed to pay for their recounts by the state’s deadline.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the United States needs to engage more with the Pacific region at a time when China is asserting its presence; and, trees dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Buchenwald death camp were chopped down in a brazen, anti-Semitic attack.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Structural linguistics is 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, the Secret Service was told at least three times to preserve text messages and communications on their agency phones.Then, on the rest of the menu, one hundred fifty-seven House Republicans voted against protecting same-sex and interracial marriages; House Dems moved to protect contraception from from the Supreme Court; and, it only took two hundred forty-six years for the Marines to elevate their first Black four-star general.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Italy’s political turmoil is turning into a headache for Europe’s central bank; and, the European Union moved closer to imposing more sanctions on Russia.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursu

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 outrage is only increasing over the Secret Service deleting text messages from January 5 and 6.On the rest of the menu, at least a dozen GOP electors who falsely certified Trump as the victor of the 2020 election in Georgia are now subjects of a criminal investigation; the unprofessional response to the mass shooting in Uvalde has intensified doubts over whether tiny police agencies make sense; and, election security experts have urged state and county directors to be prepared for possibly years of supply chain issues affecting paper, computer hardware and other items.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a top administrative court in Turkey ruled that Erdogan’s decision to pull the country out of a key European treaty protecting women from violence was lawful; and, the FBI has disrupted a group of state-sponsored N

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 Garland Memo doubles down on the Barr policy on investigating presidential candidates without approval.Then, on the rest of the menu, America wants more red flag laws, but anti-government gun groups and Republican-controlled states don’t; in response to Manchin’s sabotage, Biden could declare a climate emergency as soon as this week; and, the Library of Congress’ holdover Trump-era renovation plan is not only a “desecration,” it “is nothing short of vandalism.”After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Sri Lankan lawmakers prepare to vote on a new president; and, lawmakers promised more laws and enforcement of them, after a five-year government report found Australia’s environment continues to deteriorate due to climate change and resource extraction.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuis

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, Kinzinger says the J6 Committee has "filled in the blanks" and this week’s hearing will “open people’s eyes in a big way.”Then, on the rest of the menu, Maryland Dems are eager to break the Republican stranglehold on the governor’s office; a survey of state election officials across the US found the expanded use of drop boxes for mailed ballots during the 2020 election did not lead to any widespread problems; and, a state-chartered bailout fund is seeking to borrow $600 million after seven Louisiana insurers went bust following 2021′s Hurricane Ida.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Thai pro-democracy activists had their cell phones or other devices infected and attacked with government-sponsored Pegasus spyware; and, French holocaust survivors marked eighty years since the mass Paris roundup.All that and more, on West Coa

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 GOP blocked a bill protecting a woman’s right to travel because they don’t even need to hide it anymore.On the rest of the menu, every House Republican voted to recruit Nazis and white supremacists in the military; a suburban Detroit man sued to disqualify Republican Ryan Kelley from the Michigan governor’s race, saying he should be declared an insurrectionist whose votes won’t count; and, Manchin said he’ll oppose an economic measure he’s been negotiating like he liked it, if it includes climate or energy provisions or higher taxes on the rich and corporations.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the International Monetary Fund has reached a preliminary deal with Pakistan on a $6 Billion dollar bailout; and, a Van Gogh self-portrait has been found hidden behind another painting.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, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the willful blindness of “team normal” enabled Trump’s coup.Then, on the rest of the menu, masks could return to Los Angeles as COVID surges nationwide; ten anti vax players on the Kansas City Royals will not be making the trip to Toronto due to Canada’s vaccine mandate; and, a former Colorado elections manager taken into custody marks the third arrest in the state on charges of tampering with voting equipment for Trump.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Pope Francis named three women to serve as members of the Vatican office that vets bishop nominations; and, the European Union’s executive decried the rule of law situation in Poland and Hungary in its annual report.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, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the J6 Committee revealed new details about an Oval Office showdown that preceded the Capitol riot.On the rest of the menu, Republicans are threatening Wall Street over climate positions and other politically sensitive national issues; the Justice Department named Colette Peters, the director of Oregon’s prison system, to run the federal Bureau of Prisons; and, the Idaho lame-duck MAGAt Lt Governor gave a huge pay raise to her assistant so as to deplete the office’s budget and hamstring her successor.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a new pipeline from Greece to Bulgaria will offset the Russian gas cut; and, it’s going to be difficult for the Moonies to distance themselves from Abe’s assassination, since Japan is their major cash cow.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Jus

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, new reporting on the weapons brought by the January 6 insurgents amplifies the severity of the attack.Then, on the rest of the menu, House and Senate committees are set to grill Trump-appointed IRS chief Rettig over the unusual audits of Trump’s enemies; a federal judge blocked Arizona’s confusing ‘personhood’ abortion law; and, California firefighters have gained ground against the dangerous Yosemite wildfire.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Macron’s sketchy Uber dealings may prompt a parliamentary inquiry in France; and, Shinzo Abe’s complicated legacy looms large for the current Japan Prime Minister.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 and their f

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, in a midnight move, Pennsylvania Repugs wrote an abortion ban in the state’s constitution.Then, on the rest of the menu, the June jobs report found the US private sector has regained every job lost during the pandemic; the Biden administration is sending billions of dollars to upgrade airports after Trump failed to help them; and, nearly a year after the DOJ opened an investigation into Phoenix police brutality, Arizona has made it illegal to videotape cops beating the crap out of somebody.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Russian alternative to McDonald’s is facing a french fry shortage; and, the US is terminating its four-decade-old tax treaty with Hungary over that country’s resistance to implementing a global minimum tax.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.