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, the January 6th committee presented new footage and testimony on the panel’s first public hearing.On the rest of the menu, the Justice Department is opening a sweeping civil rights investigation into the Louisiana State Police; the Kentucky farm sector could set record receipts; and, after scores of wrecks with parked emergency vehicles, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said they are a step closer to recalling almost all the Teslas with partial automated driving systems that were manufactured since 2014.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the European Central Bank will raise interest rates next month for the first time in eleven years; and, the search narrows as pressure mounts in the Amazon disappearance of freelance journalist, Dom Phillips and Indigenous official, Bruno Pereira.All that and more, on We

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, you can tell how partisan the January 6 Committee is by the way hardcore arch-conservative Liz Cheney is a baby eating representative democracy commie.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled that private companies in Oregon jails must abide by federal laws and serve inmates equally; Brittney Griner’s case is tangled up with that of a lesser-known American also imprisoned in Russia, Paul Whelan; and, a rebel golf league, backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, has made sportswashing stooges out of Phil Mickelson, Dennis Johnson and forty-six other golfers turning a blind eye to the kingdom’s notorious record on human rights.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Angela Merkel said she won’t apologize for her failed efforts in engaging Russia; and, a Fiji court has finally ruled the US ca

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, "If January 6 is such a nothingburger, as Republicans and propaganda outlets like Fox News would have us believe, then why are they going to such extraordinary lengths to hide the committee proceedings?"On the rest of the menu, Joshua Tree National Park has temporarily closed a popular hiking trail so bighorn sheep can get undisturbed access to water; the Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin warning of heightened right wing extremist threats heading into the midterms; and, the latest Crypto meltdown is wake-up call for many, including Congress.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where lawyers for asylum seekers say US officials drastically slowed family reunifications during the Trump administration; and, Dutch prosecutors demanded life sentences for two men in the brazen gangland slaying last year of investiga

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, Americans should keep their eye on Liz Cheney during the January 6 Hearings.Then, on the rest of the menu, the DeSantis budget veto signals his intention to eliminate gun permitting in Florida and replace it with permitless carry; an Arizona judge declined the state Republican party request to block mail-in voting; and, an anti-harassment order has been issued against a sheriff in western Washington state, requiring him to stay away from a Black newspaper carrier who is suing him over a confrontation last year.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Afghan government officials looted tens of millions of dollars from the nation’s treasury during the Taliban takeover; and, Japan recorded its lowest number of births in more than a century.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putn

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, from Bill Clinton through Obama, and until this very day, the GOP put the P in Petty, Payback and Probes.Then, on the rest of the menu, students of color push back on calls for more police in schools; abortion rights advocates say they need more men’s voices; and, a New Orleans Starbucks store is the first in Louisiana to vote union.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where NATO kicked off a nearly two-week Baltic Sea naval exercise with Finland and Sweden; and, Australia charged China for threatening one of its maritime planes over the South China Sea.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, Republicans are out of touch with people in their own party who own guns.On the rest of the menu, a newly revealed report puts to rest the right's conspiracy theories about Michael Flynn; the jury said they are deadlocked in the ‘We Build The Wall’ fraud trial after the judge allowed one juror who made politically biased statements against liberals to stay on the panel; and, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform accused Amazon of “obstructing” their investigation into the company’s labor practices during severe weather events.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where angered by a planned reform they worry will hurt their careers, members of the French diplomatic corp went on strike, the second such strike in over twenty years; and, the United States and its allies vowed to hold Russia accountable for crimes committed by i

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 GOP-appointed justices have to end Roe because pregnant women were prosecuted in the 1600’s.Then, on the rest of the menu, an independent watchdog opened a broad investigation into Trump-era Social Security Inspector General Gail Ennis over an anti-fraud program that imposed massive penalties on disabled and elderly people; the Michigan Court of Appeals unanimously rejected a legal challenge from a former leading GOP candidate for Michigan governor, who was disqualified from the ballot for submitting fraudulent nominating petitions; and, Austin is the largest US city to challenge Trump’s 2020 census numbers.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Denmark is headed toward joining the European Union common defense policy that it long eschewed; and tens of thousands have been displaced by a resurgence of fighting i

Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, observers claim that actually, there is nothing unusual how a Texas police chief can go AWOL, and still be secretly sworn in to the Uvalde city council while federal investigators are trying to contact him.On the rest of the menu, TEDx Portland may have run afoul of IRS rules by hosting Oregon’s independent gubernatorial hopeful, who is one of the state’s 6,740 machine gun owners; inspectors general need more authority to go after fraud in the COVID-19 relief programs; and, a former executive of a California solar power company was sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in a $1 billion fraud scheme.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a thirty-two year-old French reporter became the eighth journalist killed while covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine; and, the new Australian government includes a record thirteen women ministers.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 Justice Department announced it will conduct a review of the law enforcement response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.Then, on the rest of the menu, the TSA reports a spike in travelers trying to bring guns through airport checkpoints; far fight activist Allen West's bid to take over the NRA ended in humiliating failure; and, Pope Francis sent a ‘powerful message’ by elevating a liberal Bishop over the wannabe inquisitor Archbishop who banned Pelosi from communion.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where ignoring EU sanctions, Serbia secured a gas deal with Putin; and, a German federal court is mulling a bid to remove a seven hundred year old antisemitic relic.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“As

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, an NRA board member was caught off guard and misfired when pressed on gun laws and the organization's priorities following the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.Then, on the rest of the menu, white Christian nationalism is on the rise in some GOP campaigns; a California man pleaded guilty in a plot to blow up the state Democratic Party headquarters in retaliation for Donald Trump’s election loss; and, a suburban Portland, Oregon man has been charged with placing a white-supremacist, neo-Nazi sticker near an immigrant community center, before more than a dozen guns were found during a search of his car and residence.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where an ex-Danish police employee has been charged in a huge hacking case; and, the co-founder of the ultra-leftist Japanese Red Army militant group has been released from jail after

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 obsession with guns reveals a major weakness within the party.On the rest of the menu, the Interior Department announced funding to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells; the Senate GOP unanimously blocked a bill to combat domestic terrorism; and, Susan Collins blocked the confirmation of a NOAA official over rules designed to protect rare whales.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the United States won the latest round of a legal battle to seize a $325-million, 348-foot Russian-owned super yacht in Fiji; and, the Turkish central banks will keep the interest rate at 14%, despite a 70% rate of inflation.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, outrage increases at the GOP for blocking gun safety legislation, even after the Texas school massacre.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Biden administration has sided against the airline industry over crew breaks; the State Bar of Texas sued to punish state Attorney General Ken Paxton for lying to the US Supreme court about election fraud; and, police suspect arson in a fire at one of only two Wyoming abortion clinics.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the United States threatened sanctions on anyone in Sudan impeding or blocking the transition to democracy; and, Russia says it will pay its foreign debt in rubles, a move that is likely to be seen by foreign investors as a default.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, being murdered in school is a uniquely American way of death.On the rest of the menu, Big Pharma Dem Kurt Schrader’s potential loss in Oregon’s primary has rekindled Democratic interest in pushing through prescription drug legislation; the GOP has allowed bigotry to be mainstreamed at conservative events; and, supreme courts in Iowa and other GOP-controlled states continue to stymie abortion bans.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Russian naval blockade has halted maritime trade at Ukrainian ports; and, the Taliban ordered female newscasters to cover up, so their male colleagues joined them in protest.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 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, a new report reveals shameless self-dealing by Kushner and Mnuchin.Then, on the rest of the menu, today’s election in Georgia marks the biggest test yet of new voting restrictions enacted by Republicans; not many people charged with felony crimes can go seven years without ever standing trial, but Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is one; and, a new Department of Justice policy stipulates federal agents have a duty to intervene if they see other law enforcement officials using excessive force.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Nancy Pelosi warned Britain there would be no trade deal unless they respect the Northern Ireland peace deal; and, the head of the UN World Food Program pressed billionaires ‘to step up.’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, as the January 6 hearings draw closer, new revelations continue to be revealed.Then, on the rest of the menu, the first shipment of baby formula arrived in Indianapolis from Germany on Sunday; a government report found Trump’s census plot to game apportionment might have actually cost red states scores of seats; and, the top elected GOP official in a rural and sparsely populated West Texas county has been arrested for cattle rustling.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a line of violent thunderstorms tore across Canada from southern Ontario to southeast Quebec, killing at least five and cutting power to nearly a million people; and, Russia banned 963 Americans, including Biden, Harris, journalists, lawmakers who have died, regular US citizens and even actor Morgan Freeman, but not Donald Trump.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 Electoral College is a standing crime on America.”On the rest of the menu, federal contract service workers have lost hundreds of millions of dollars in pay and benefits and are at risk of losing more because of bureaucratic fumbling; the GOP is willing to damage its relationship with big business to score culture war points; and, the Disinformation Governance Board’s ex-leader faced a torrent of online right wing abuse that included credible threats of rape, kidnapping and death.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused Russia of using food as a weapon against millions around the world; and, Poland said it will assist Sweden and Finland, should they be attacked before obtaining NATO membership.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Pu

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, Mitch McConnell “wrecked” the Senate under Trump.Then, on the rest of the menu, two hundred-three House Republicans voted against bolstering federal resources to prevent domestic terrorism in response to the racist mass shooting in Buffalo, New York; a Wisconsin man was sentenced to ten years in prison for a racist acid attack; and, the Defense Department inspector general determined the Vindman brothers suffered “swift” and severe retaliation from Trump over the Ukraine call.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the United States does not have the legal authority to seize frozen Russian central bank assets; and, the Department of Justice charged one American and four Chinese officials with spying.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 Specials, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Justice Department requesting transcripts from the January 6 select committee “may be the savvy way to investigate” the insurrection.On the rest of the menu, the Biden administration announced a plan to increase the supply of affordable housing, and Pennsylvania could benefit the most; three Wisconsin Democratic voters filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against ten fake Trump electors and the two lawyers who advised them; and, the Justice Department sued Republican megadonor Steve Wynn to register as an agent of China, the first affirmative civil lawsuit under the Foreign Agents Registration Act in more than thirty years.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the UN special envoy for Iraq warned that “the streets are about to boil over;” and, the Spanish government approved a draft bill that widens abortion rights, wh

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, “Fox News has blood on its hands.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the America First majority on the Supreme Court made it more difficult for federal courts to review the factual determinations of a case before an immigrant is deported; in a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court struck down another limit on political corruption in the McCain-Feingold Act; and, a confidential workplace survey conducted for the DC federal trial and appeals courts detailed profound instances of gender discrimination, bullying and racial insensitivity.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Russian ransomware gang has threatened to overthrow the Costa Rican government; and, Macron named Elisabeth Borne as France’s new prime minister, only the second woman in history to hold the post.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de 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, an investigation by the Georgetown Law Center reports that ICE can spy on the majority of adult Americans, and they do.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Labor Department ordered a restaurant in South Carolina to pay more than $600,000 to nearly one hundred workers who were forced to share their tips; the Detroit Three automakers reinstated their mask mandate at some Michigan facilities; and, Atlanta is submitting a formal bid to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where India banned exports of wheat amid its own food security concerns; and, in an historic shift, the ruling parties in Finland and Sweden agreed to join NATO.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"I was neve