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 and his allies are on edge as former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone is set to testify before the J6 committee, under oath.On the rest of the menu, acting as his own lawyer, a former CIA software engineer accused of stealing the largest trove of data in CIA history, told a jury that there’s not enough evidence to convict him of espionage; the MAGAt spectacle in Michigan is threatening the GOP’s bid for governor; and, the IRS commissioner asked the Treasury Department’s internal watchdog to immediately review the suspicious tax audits of James Comey and Andrew McCabe.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where two leading human rights groups accused Egyptian authorities of failing to conduct an impartial and transparent investigation into the suspicious death of an economic researcher in custody; and, the European Uni

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, as Cipollone is set to testify in the J6 Committee investigation, Giuliani said Trump should have pardoned himself.Then, on the rest of the menu, The "No Jews Allowed" law in Tennessee deserved a separate, but equal rant to the usual morning offerings; the Biden Administration has proposed more flexibility for student debt forgiveness; the Department of Justice is investigating potential civil rights violations in Texas’ multibillion-dollar border security mission; and, contact has been restored with a $32.7 million dollar NASA spacecraft headed to lunar orbit.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a key witness in the corruption trial of Bibi Netanyahu testified that her billionaire boss ordered her to deliver gifts and expensive jewelry to the then-Israeli premier; and, Cairo’s historic Nile River houseboats are 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, the deputy press secretary in the Trump White House until resigning shortly after the January 6 attack on the Capitol, has been subpoenaed by the J6 Committee.On the rest of the menu, a Trump-endorsed Ohio GOP House nominee says the three hundred-eighty mass shootings so far this year are a fair trade for his Second Amendment rights; for the second time in the last nine years, the Department of Justice sued Arizona over requiring proof of citizenship to vote; and, West Coast dockworkers are still talking with management after their contract expired.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where hackers claim to have obtained a trove of data on one billion Chinese from a Shanghai police database; and, Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska was named as one of four recipients of the prestigious Fields Medal, which is often descr

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, legal analysts explained what possible Trump criminal referrals could look like.Then, on the rest of the menu, in light of the EPA court ruling, a renewed focus is on the states’ power to rein in greenhouse gasses; researchers warn abortion misinformation will only get worse; and, nearly a year after three opioid distributors finalized a $21 billion national deal to resolve most of the lawsuits against them, a federal judge ruled against a West Virginia community that was the hardest hit.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where French President Emmanuel Macron rearranged his Cabinet after losing his parliamentary majority; and, Chinese authorities refused to allow Canadian diplomats to attend the trial of a Chinese-born Canadian tycoon who disappeared from Hong Kong five years ago.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; River City Hash Mondays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Liz Cheney says the J6 Committee could issue multiple Trump criminal referrals. Then, on the rest of the menu, the White House slammed Mitch McConnell for protecting Big Pharma price gouging; companies that help workers seeking abortions could be held criminally liable by the MAGAt Nazi States of Amerikka; and, California has better beaches than Florida, better surf, better food, better Due Process and better Equal Protection, too.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where two Russian airplanes departed Bulgaria with scores of Russian diplomats, staff and their families amid a mass expulsion that has sent tensions soaring between the historically close nations; and, thirty-two thousand Sydney, Australia residents were warned they may need to evacuate their homes after more than three feet of rain fell in twenty-four hours.All that

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 attacked Cassidy Hutchinson on Newsmax over her testimony before the J6 Committee.On the rest of the menu, ransomware attacks are increasing in Oregon; the Department of Transportation announced funding of a program to aid communities harmed by racist urban planning; and, New York officials ruled against a natural gas-guzzling bitcoin-mining power plant.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the UN special envoy for Congo warned that the M23 rebel group has increasingly acted as a conventional army; and, authorities have suspended the operations of Puerto Rico-based Euro Pacific International Bank, which was under suspicion of money laundering and offshore tax evasion.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Structur

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, some experts on the law might think paying the lawyer fees for the J6 Committee witnesses and sending threats to those who sought their own counsel, is coercion and witness intimidation.Then, on the rest of the menu, antiabortion lawmakers want to block patients from crossing state lines by using the Texas vigilante law; two North Carolina workers filed suit against an employer who fired them for not participating in the company’s daily Christian prayer circle meetings; and, Rhode Island has set an ambitious target for one hundred percent renewable energy by 2033.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where New Zealand has joined Canada in designating American far-right group The Proud Boys as a terrorist organization; and, a Mexican journalist was shot to death in the northeastern part of the country, the 12th journalist

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, Representative Jamie Raskin discussed Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony to the J6 Committee.On the rest of the menu, health clinics scramble to divert patients as states’ “trigger bans” on abortions kick in; the Michigan Supreme Court threw out the charges against former Governor Rick Snyder and others in the Flint water scandal; and, and in a slap to the face, New York City Mayor Eric Adams suggested that Rudy Giuliani be investigated for filing a false police report.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Scotland leader Nicola Sturgeon proposed a new independence vote in October of 2023; and, for the first time, the French parliament elected a woman as its speaker.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"To those

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, voters are swinging back to the Democrats ahead of the midterms.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump’s special purpose acquisition company faces a grand jury investigation; Planned Parenthood sued Idaho over its ‘trigger’ abortion ban; and, Facebook has begun removing posts offering birth control and the morning after pill.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Swiss court fined Credit Suisse for facilitating a cocaine cash laundering scheme; and, a Paris court found the French government guilty of wrongful negligence in the use of a banned pesticide in the French Caribbean islands.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 faint metallic taste that the cold wh

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 British documentary filmmaker who provided evidence to the January 6 select committee, revealed a conversation he had with Trump days after he lost the election.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Rhode Island cop running for state office as a Republican, was forced out of the race after punching his Black female Democratic opponent in the face during an abortion protest, twice; the former Louden County, Virginia prosecutor, and now a Louden County judge, removed his progressive successor and her office from prosecuting cases; and, the Bone Saw Golf Tournament moves to Oregon, where local officials are not happy.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where French lawmakers want abortion rights in their constitution; and, the Auschwitz Museum says it’s been a target of Russian propaganda.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook &am

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 Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller had to call Italy to debunk the ridiculous “Italygate” conspiracy theory.On the rest of the menu, the Education Department will erase about $6 billion of student-loan debt for defrauded borrowers; proposed in the wake of the Pandora Papers, a bipartisan House panel approved expanding anti-money laundering reporting requirements; and, the Virginia Board of Health reprimanded the state health commissioner for scandalous remarks dismissing scientific evidence of structural racism in health outcomes.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a US woman who was denied an emergency abortion while vacationing in Malta, has been airlifted out amid fears for her life; and, the new Australian leader is set to visit France to fix their damaged relations.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, Trump’s fake elector scheme becomes more than just a scandal.Then, on the rest of the menu, the DOJ wants to know if Sidney Powell is funding the Oath Keepers’ legal defense; a federal judge “reluctantly” postponed the trial of five members of the extremist group Proud Boys, but they will remain in pre-trial detention; and, the owner of seven Louisiana nursing homes, who sent more than 800 of his elderly residents to a crowded, ill-equipped warehouse to ride out Hurricane Ida last year, was arrested on fraud and cruelty charges.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russia’s choke hold over gas could send Europe back to coal; and, the Australian state of Victoria has banned the Nazi swastika amid a resurgence of far-right extremism.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justic

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 used his Big Lie to bludgeon election officials to his will.On the rest of the menu, the Chevron CEO got bent out of shape when Joe Biden said the oil companies “make more money than God,” at a time the oil companies are making more money than God; Facebook signed a deal with the Justice Department to end discriminatory housing ads; and, it could take years to rebuild Yellowstone after the recent catastrophic floods, and cost billions.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Yair Lapid is set to be Israel’s next premier, but he faces a critical test; and, tens of thousands of railway workers walked off the job in Britain in the country’s biggest transit strike in three decades.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, Trump was told the election workers he terrorized were innocent, but he didn’t care.Then, on the rest of the menu, New York passed its landmark voting rights legislation; Facebook removed Red Flag Poster Boy, Missouri GOP US Senate candidate Eric Greitens’ “Rino Hunting” campaign ad; and, nearly 350,000 rainbow trout must be euthanized as California wildlife officials battle bacteria outbreaks at two fish hatcheries in the eastern Sierra.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Cyprus launched a criminal investigation into a senior police officer blackmailing the country’s prison chief; and, the US Navy had a tense encounter with Iran in the Strait of Hormuz.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“As I ate the oysters with

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, nearly six in ten Americans believe Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in January 6.Then, on the rest of the menu, four years after Iowa's top court ruled that abortion was protected by the state's constitution, a stacked court recently appointed by GOP Governor Kim Reynolds have said, ‘precedent? we don’t care about no stinking precedent’; modern ‘redlining’ is pushing some long-time San Antonio, Texans out of their homes; and, as national Republicans block more comprehensive measures, Democrats across the country have started pushing for bans on gun sales near schools and child-care centers.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a government attorney for the Philippines was fatally shot in an Uber while visiting Philadelphia; and, the European Union’s executive arm recommended making Ukraine a candidate for EU

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, why did it take so long for Mike Pence “to do the right thing?”On the rest of the menu, Republican voters in Nevada picked a nominee for attorney general who once called for the lynching of the state's current attorney general, who is Black; a Nebraska man pleaded guilty on charges that he threatened an election official, the first conviction for a Justice Department task force charged with protecting poll workers; and, as severe floods ravage Montana, where in the world is Governor Greg Gianforte.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where defying international condemnation, the Mayanmar junta has vowed to execute pro democracy activists; and, Dutch authorities deported a Russian spy posing as a Brazilian national in an attempt to infiltrate the International Criminal Court.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeas

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 J6 committee revealed Trump raised $250 million for an election fraud fund that didn’t exist, so let’s follow the money.Then, on the rest of the menu, the New Mexico Supreme Court ordered the MAGA-dominated county commission to certify the vote; the chief public health official of Virginia says he doesn’t care about the woke science, there is no structural racism causing racial disparities in healthcare, period; and, the US Supreme Court dismissed an attempt spear-headed by Arizona to defend a Trump-era immigration policy that made it harder for immigrants to obtain green cards.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where agents from the Commerce Department and the FBI are probing how American electronics wound up in Russian military gear; and, the European Union sued the UK over its unilateral move to rewrite the tra

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 violence by Trump-loyal, fascist paramilitary groups that has been in the news lately, lines up neatly with the political targeting by Republican politicians.On the rest of the menu, an explosive device was found at the home of a San Jose, California city councilwoman; the Border Patrol is investigating an unofficial “challenge coin” distributed among the agency that depicts white border agents on horseback using their reins as whips against Black migrants; and, the historic floodwaters that continue to rage through Yellowstone has ‘dramatically changed’ the landscape.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Cambodian court convicted a lawyer and dozens of others of treason for organizing an opposition party to longtime prime minister, Hun Sen; and, China says a Bloomberg news assistant in Beijing has been released o

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, “Trump does everything you tell your children not to do.”Then, on the rest of the menu, major crypto bank Celsius put a freeze on withdrawals that sent major currencies down; a children’s story hour at a California Bay Area library was disrupted by the Proud Boys, prompting local authorities to launch a hate-crime investigation; and, Amazon calls the cops and illegally fires workers in its attempts to stop unionization nationwide.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said she will not seek a new four-year term; and, the European Space Agency star survey has revealed a celestial treasure trove.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“As I ate the oysters wit

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 comment to “stand back and standby” tripled the Proud Boys’ membership.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Virginia city plagued by violence will hold a gun buyback event; an assistant police chief of a suburban city near Seattle who displayed a Nazi insignia will be paid $1.5 million dollars to go away; and, a Bremerton, Washington man was charged with threatening to kill the city prosecutor and the mayor.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where NATO’s eastern nations want better protection measures from the alliance; and, a breakthrough court ruling should lead Olympic sports bodies to reopen cases in the Russian state-backed doping program.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 t