West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a federal judge went off on Trump in court.Then, on the rest of the menu, a judge is accused of helping an immigrant defendant hide from ICE when they tried to arrest him in her courtroom without presenting a warrant; the Department of Labor informed all staff members that they could face criminal charges if they speak to journalists, former employees or others about agency business; and, Barnard College staff are alarmed by a Federal survey asking if they are Jewish.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Canadians put off by Trump's bluster and border arrests are booking far fewer US visits; and, Trump's trip to Pope Francis' funeral puts a sharper focus on their clashes over the years.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“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.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump woke up to disastrous news as his approval plummets based on his horrible policies and massive public failures.Then, on the rest of the menu, the State Bar of California disclosed that some multiple-choice questions in a problem-plagued bar exam were developed with the aid of artificial intelligence; the State Bar of Texas rescinded a speaking invitation to the NAACP's president after the civil rights group challenged the Trump administration's dismantling of the Education Department; and, the Oregon attorney general is leading a coalition of twelve states suing Trump over the Trump Tariffs.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the president of Ghana suspended the chief justice of the country's top court in a surprise move; and, Brazilian police probe a pension fraud scheme that stole over one billion dollars from retirees.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, as the Trump regime continues its assault on the Constitution, the defense of democracy will increasingly depend on Governors willing to fight back.Then, on the rest of the menu, the ACLU is suing the Trump government to get access to DOGE records; the white MAGA congresswoman who called Texas Representative Al Green “boy,” brazenly refuses to apologize; and, Trump ordered the National Institutes of Health to cancel the more than three decade long Women's Health Initiative whose findings have had a major influence on health care.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a panel of Brazil's Supreme Court justices unanimously accepted criminal charges against six more key allies of Bolsonaro over their coup plot to illegally keep him in office; and, European Union watchdogs fined Apple and Meta seven hundred million euros as they stepped up enforcement of the 27-nation bloc's digital competition rules.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is plunging the stock market to its “Make America 1932 Again” moment.Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge in Oregon ordered the US government to restore the visa status of two international students and stop their deportation; private security guards have been charged after a woman was dragged out of that chaotic Idaho town hall meeting in February; and, Colorado is fighting the Trump administration's bid to help imprisoned loyalist and ballot box saboteur Tina Peters.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where UN researchers warn that Asian scam operations are spreading across the rest of the world; and, the Puerto Rican government demanded answers from private energy company Luma after another island-wide blackout.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” -- Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the protracted North Carolina Supreme Court race takes a turn in the Democrats' favor.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump's $239 million dollar inauguration haul is officially the biggest presidential suck up in history; Trump has reversed long-held guidance on ‘road diets' for traffic safety that saved lives in small town America; and, strollers and other baby products will get more expensive, and harder to find with Trump's tariffs.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Trump's tough talk might help liberal Mark Carney win a full term as Canada's prime minister; and, Russian attacks during the 30-hour Easter ceasefire unilaterally declared by Putin over the weekend killed three people in Ukraine's southern Kherson region.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is throwing all of his DOJ lawyers under the bus after two brutal court rulings where one ruling involved a finding a probable cause of criminal contempt.Then, on the rest of the menu, an international student at Oregon State University has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration after it revoked his legal status; Idaho gave families $50M for private schools and scrapped $30M used for public education to do it; and, anti-vaxxers with close ties to RFK, Jr are falsely claiming that the deadly measles outbreak in Texas is caused by a “bioweapon.”After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the strange sell-off in the dollar raises the specter of investors losing trust in the US under Trump; and, the European Central Bank cut interest rates for the seventh time as global trade tensions escalate.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“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.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a Trump-appointed judge ruled the Trump administration violated the First Amendment by banning Associated Press reporters.Then, on the rest of the menu, Tulsi Gabbard declared her residency in Texas, then she voted in Hawaii; the Justice Department will not allow employees to participate in American Bar Association events because of the association's “improper ideology;” and Central Oregon's Latino Fest and Juneteenth events have been canceled over fears of violence against Black, Latino and Asian people.(We had a last minute call from Gunner's vet to bring him in early, so we had to forgo the Chef's Table.)All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a paranoid Trump is conducting polygraph tests across all departments to find the dozens of leakers exposing his crimes.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump's federal housing director is calling for a criminal referral at the DOJ against Leticia James over mortgage fraud allegations conjured out of thin air; a Trump-appointed Texas judge threw out the Biden-era rule that would have capped credit card late fees because usury is legal now; and, fresh from a courtroom loss over The Associated Press' access to the presidency, Trump is now banning all international wire services from the White House press pool.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the Hong Kong post office will stop shipping parcels to the US after Trump slapped a 120% tariff on them starting May 2; and, China is pursuing three Trump-NSA operatives for carrying out cyberattacks against the nation's infrastructure during the Asian Games in February.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Harvard ripped Trump a new one in a brutal rejection of his unlawful threats.Then, on the rest of the menu, the men behind developing a Christian Nationalist community in rural Tennessee insist 'this country belongs to Jesus,' not the Jews; in a televised interview, Trump's interim US Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin, blamed the "crazy Black ladies" for his firing from CNN several years ago; and, department officials say ICE Barbie Kristi Noem's DHS cosplaying has interfered with agency operations.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Hungary passed a constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ public events; and, Swedish authorities did not find any evidence that a Chinese-flagged ship in the Baltic Sea intentionally damaged two undersea cables last year.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” -- Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Canada is taking the lead to show the world how to destroy Donald Trump.Then, on the rest of the menu, the man tapped by RFK Jr to run the clinical trial to tie vaccines to autism was previously convicted with practicing medicine without a license, had given autistic children a dangerous drug not approved for use in the US and improperly prescribed puberty blockers; previously charged with misrepresenting its involvement in the Cambridge Analytica scandal and lying about its role in the deportation system set up by Trump, Peter Thiel's Palantir is helping DOGE with a massive IRS data project; and, the community is fighting back after a Florida teacher was fired for calling a trans student by their name.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the Irish privacy watchdog is investigating Musk's use of personal data to train the Grok AI chatbot; and, Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained, or worse.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365! "I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump gets some bad news on the exploding insider trading scandal.Then, on the rest of the menu, the commander in charge of Pituffik Space Base in Greenland has been fired after she pushed back against Vance‘s claims that Denmark was failing to protect the island from Russia and China; the Trump administration moved for the release of the ex-FBI informant who fabricated the bribery story about the Bidens; and, Oregon will refuse to comply with Trump's DEI order on public schools.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where hackers breached Morocco's social security database in an unprecedented cyberattack; and, European countries vowed to sends billions of dollars in further funding to help Ukraine keep fighting Russia's invasion.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“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.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a Trump-appointed judge ruled the Trump administration violated the First Amendment by banning Associated Press reporters.Then, on the rest of the menu, Tulsi Gabbard declared her residency in Texas, then she voted in Hawaii; the Justice Department will not allow employees to participate in American Bar Association events because of the association's “improper ideology;” and Central Oregon's Latino Fest and Juneteenth events have been canceled over fears of violence against Black, Latino and Asian people.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Romania is leading NATO naval drills as Europe scrambles to boost defense spending; and, Mexico and Brazil agreed to strengthen trade ties in the wake of Trump's tariff turmoil.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, if Musk claims Navarro is a 'moron,' what does Musk think of Trump who follows Navarro's advice?Then, on the rest of the menu, a former Facebook employee will testify before Congress that Meta executives undermined US national security and briefed Chinese officials on emerging technologies; more than half the families who applied for Alabama's new school voucher program already have children attending a private school; and, Democratic-led cities and states are pushing back on threats to cut US school funding over DEI.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Japan says it wants to join a NATO command for the support of Ukraine; and, what if a Signal chat exposed a military operation in Yemen and nobody cares that the US continues to pound the country, killing eight people near a Red Sea port and another ninety elsewhere in the latest airstrikes?All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Supreme Court's shocking move on deporting anyone the Trump administration wants has captured world attention.Then, on the rest of the menu, Ford's outstanding Maverick Hybrid AWD Pickup has driven into the Trump tariff trap; Bezos and Musk got their fat, billion dollar federal contracts after sucking up to Trump; and, Trump says high tariffs may have prevented the Great Depression, but History says different.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a French anti-racism group filed a complaint over far-right flyers distributed near a Le Pen rally calling for violence against foreigners; and, Brussels police arrested Rubio's security detail supervisor after fighting with hotel staff and responding police.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” -- Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, it's almost like Trump is destroying the United States from within, tanking the economy and ruining so many lives, on purpose.Then, on the rest of the menu, the chemical and consumer products industries have deployed an army of lawyers to keep the states from banning “forever chemicals;” a federal judge in Washington state warned Trump's rhetoric breeds ‘unprecedented' threats of violence; and, a Duke basketball star is on Trump's deportation list after a brutal loss in the NCAA Tournament.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Turkey's main opposition party reelected its chairman, two weeks after the arrest of Erdogan's main rival; and, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that his centrist political party was the target of a Russian cyberattack ahead of Poland's presidential election next month.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a Senate hearing devolved into chaos after Cancun Ted Cruz repeatedly spoke over Amy Klobuchar and then walked out as the pair exchanged barbs over nationwide injunctions inhibiting Trump's agenda.Then, on the rest of the menu, Georgia MAGA pushed a last minute bill to limit public access to lawmaker and police records; Trump says things are ‘going very well' after the worst stock market drop in almost sixty years over his delusion about tariffs; and, nineteen states filed a lawsuit against Trump's attempt to reshape elections across the US, calling it an unconstitutional invasion of the states' clear authority to run their own elections.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Yoon Suk Yeol has been removed as South Korea's president over his short-lived martial law coup; and, Denmark's prime minister told the US that “you cannot annex another country,” even with the argument that international security is at stake.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“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.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Christo-Fascist Hegseth had displays of the contributions of American Jewish women during World War II removed before his visit to the Naval Academy.Then, on the rest of the menu, an Idaho Republican state representative has accused her own party of weaponizing federal immigration authorities against her after she publicly criticized Trump's immigration policies; Georgia MAGA lawmakers pushed through a religious freedom bill despite its clear discrimination against non-Christians; and, North Dakota voters banned lawmakers from seeking term limit changes, but MAGA did it anyway.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Turkish police detained eleven people for supporting a shopping boycott as part of the protests against the imprisonment of Erdogan's main rival; and, Hungary plans to withdraw from the International Criminal Court as Netanyahu arrives for talks with Orban, despite an international arrest warrant against Bibi.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump's psychotic behavior explodes as his arbitrary and self-imposed tariff deadline hits.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Boston judge held an ICE agent on obstruction of justice and contempt charges after a suspect was detained and renditioned mid-trial; an appeals court affirmed the convictions of two men accused of leading a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Whitmer in 2020 and start a civil war; and, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore legal aid to tens of thousands of unaccompanied migrant children.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where anger over the Trump's tariffs and rhetoric is already causing international travel to the US to fall even further than expected this year; and, Germany's chief diplomat described Trump's efforts to secure a truce in the three-year war between Russia and Ukraine as deadlocked.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a very angry Canada is ripping Trump to shreds in front of the entire world.Then, on the rest of the menu, top career officials at the Department of the Interior were placed on administrative leave after denying DOGE access to the federal payroll systems; Florida Republicans face off today against well-funded Democratic candidates in US House special elections;  and, Louisiana voters soundly rejected four constitutional amendments championed by MAGA Governor Jeff Landry related to crime, courts and finances.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where protests against Musk's purge of the US government swarm Tesla showrooms worldwide; and, Brazil's government admitted to spying on Paraguay during Bolsonaro's presidency.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” -- Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Musk made an unhinged legal threat because Tesla sales are tanking worldwide.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Los Angeles-based federal prosecutor was fired on instructions from the White House due to his part in a case involving one of Trump's top donors; Trump's trade wars threaten America's craft brewers already reeling from changing tastes; and, Trump's promised ‘Liberation Day' of tariffs is coming on Wednesday, at stake are family budgets, America's prominence as the world's leading financial power and the structure of the global economy.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Trump warned military force is not off the table for Greenland after Danish Foreign Minister scolded his administration; and, Russian toady Marine Le Pen was sentenced to four years imprisonment for embezzlement and five years ineligibility in French politics “with immediate effect.”Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, it is so on point in MAGA World that when a man like Mike Walz screws up royally, a woman like Elise Stefanik will lose her cabinet job.Then, on the rest of the menu, the hosts on San Francisco Bay Area sports radio titan KNBR fired back at the ‘racist' Homeland Security ads airing on their station; the first Black Speaker of the House in Virginia's 405-year history was barred from entering a high school to give a presentation because “he was not vetted properly;” and, Trump signed a late night executive order to "eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology" from museums, research libraries and the National Zoo, because of the longtime KKK/ white nationalist screed that “race is a biological reality.”After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where two more journalists were detained in Istanbul as part of a crackdown on media covering Turkey's largest protests in more than a decade; and, the German and Austrian interior ministers broke off a planned trip to Syria because of a possible threat to their delegation.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“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.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump's term is blowing up in his face as failed tariffs and awful scandals cripple him.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Social Security Administration backtracked on some ID requirements after a major public backlash; the family of a woman who was “violently ejected” from a malfunctioning revolving door at Trump's Las Vegas hotel is suing for her wrongful death; and, Oregon's top elections official panned the Trump executive order on voter registrations as an illegal power grab.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Tesla sales fell by 49% in Europe even as the electric vehicle market has grown; and, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned Russia to expect a ‘devastating' reaction if it ever attacks Poland.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the democratic candidate who stunningly flipped a ruby red 15+ Trump district in Pennsylvania's Senate, made opposition to Elon Musk front and center in his campaign.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Trump Administration plans to cut the team responsible for critical atomic measurement data; and, the MAGA gunman who killed twenty-three Hispanics in a racist attack at a Texas Walmart is offered a plea deal to avoid death penalty.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where police executed raids in six German states against “an international network whose aim is to overthrow the government in Eritrea;” and, Greenland and Denmark appeared cautiously relieved by the news that JD Vance and his wife are changing their itinerary for their visit to Greenland on Friday.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, if a Signal was sent in the forest about how there is no bottom to the Trump regime, would it make a flushing sound?Then, on the rest of the menu, more questions arise over Middle Tennessee congressman MAGA Andy Ogles' campaign spending, mysterious companies and bogus addresses; the hired mercenary company who tackled an Idaho woman confronting Republican lawmakers at a town hall, zip-tied her hands and dragged her from the event, have a long history of harassing hippies in Humboldt County California; and, DOGE cuts are testing some Florida conservative voters' faith in MAGA in the special election for Matt Gaetz's old seat.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where international students weigh new risks of pursuing higher education in the US under Trump; and, Brazil's Supreme Court began proceedings today to decide if Bolsonaro stands trial on coup attempt charges.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” -- Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a federal judge lost her patience and exploded in court over Trump officials lying right to her face.Then, on the rest of the menu, where Trump's Border Czar backed off his bold attacks against judges, but just a little; a Georgia jury orders Monsanto parent Bayer to pay nearly $2.1 billion in the Roundup weedkiller lawsuit; and, former US Attorney Jessica Aber, who was conveniently™ found dead at the age of 43 on Saturday, was at the helm of high-profile investigations into intelligence leaks, allegations of war crimes against Russian-linked individuals and people suspected of providing sensitive US technology to Moscow before she stepped down at the start of the year.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Turkish authorities detained several journalists from their homes in a crackdown amid escalating protests triggered by the imprisonment of the mayor of Istanbul and top rival to President Erdogan; and, Austrian authorities said they uncovered a Russian disinformation campaign about Ukraine following the detention of a Bulgarian woman accused of spying for Russia.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Canadian Member of Parliament Charlie Angus warned Canadians not to travel to the United States.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Virginia campground owner evicted two families because they 'didn't tell me the friend's husband is Black;' Musk's dad says Elon can't be racist because two of his best friends were their “Black servants” when they lived in apartheid South Africa; and, Trump's migrant gang members renditioned to El Salvador are anything but.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a library and opera house that straddles the Canada-US border and has been a symbol of binational friendship for 100 years will have its Canadian entrance cut off by US authorities; and, in what has all the hallmarks of Russian sabotage, an electrical substation exploded near Heathrow Airport, disrupting at least 1,350 flights and stranding hundreds of thousands of passengers worldwide.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“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.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, federal judge Boasberg outsmarted Trump in a brilliant move.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump's former campaign lawyer is furious after his personal information and social security number were made public with the release of the unredacted JFK assassination files; an FBI agent who previously criticized the bureau for having a “Trump bias” was arrested this week on charges of illegally disclosing classified information to other agents; and, Tesla has recalled every single Cybertruck ever sold over exterior trim pieces detaching while driving.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Indonesia's new military law is alarming pro-democracy activists and rights groups; and, Canada's new leader announced a $4.2 billion Australian radar purchase instead of the United States' system.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Musk and Trump lose bigly in a “landmark” court case they intend to ignore anyway.Then, on the rest of the menu, real federal auditors say the DOGE take over of whole agencies is “a heist;” a big shot, longtime Tesla investor begged Musk to step down as CEO; and, the MAGA DOJ argued that Trump would be well within his authority to fire all agency chiefs who are women, especially if they are over the age of forty.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Irish leaders slammed thug rapist Conor McGregor for his cozy White House visit with Trump; and, Denmark's intelligence services said that Greenland's recent election took place without any signs of influence by a foreign government.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Musk was caught pulling a bombshell stunt to meddle in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race.Then, on the rest of the menu, Amy Coney Barrett's mysterious recusal could upend the pivotal Supreme Court religion case; the Musk Starship is a hoax, it was never developed to make it to Mars, but only to grift beaucoup bucks from the government; and, Eric and Don Jr are advisors and investors in Dominari Holdings, which has ties to a network linked to a $27 million stock fraud.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where European Union government ministers debated ways to keep Radio Free Europe afloat after Trump defunded the pro-democracy media outlet; and, MI6 is about to go all James Bond for real with it's first woman spy chief.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” -- Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!​​​​​​​Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Chief Judge of the DC Circuit Court has substantially expanded his Temporary Restraining Order against Trump's phony "declaration of war" to lawlessly use the war time powers of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport migrants.Then, on the rest of the menu, a DOGE goon is accused of breaking Treasury privacy rules by circulating a spreadsheet with personal information to other people in the Trump administration; Trump ramps up rhetoric targeting the courts amid his mounting legal setbacks; and, staff cuts at federal agencies overseeing US dams are threatening their ability to provide reliable electricity, supply farmers with water and protect communities from floods.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Lithuanian authorities say Russian military intelligence was behind an arson attack at an IKEA store in Vilnius; and, new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is headed to Paris and London to seek alliances as he deals with Trump's attacks on Canada's sovereignty and economy.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a federal judge blasted the Trump administration's defense of its firing of thousands of federal workers and orders that the jobs be restored, with some harsh words for Trump's lawyers to boot.Then, on the rest of the menu, Arlington National Cemetery "unpublished" links to lists of notable graves, walking tours and educational material pertaining to Black, Hispanic and women veterans, as well as some Medal of Honor recipients; MAGA Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters is hit with a new ethics probe; and, tributes pour in for longtime Arizona congressman Raúl Grijalva who passed away from cancer at age seventy-seven.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Indonesian fishermen have sued Bumble Bee charging the canned tuna giant knew of forced labor abuse in its supply chain; and, the Canadian governing Liberal Party appeared poised for a historic election defeat until Trump declared economic war and threatened to annex the entire country as a 51st state, now the party and its new prime minister could come out on top.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“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.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, John Larson of Connecticut is mad as hell at Elon Musk and he's not going to take it anymore.Then, on the rest of the menu, the MAGA FBI ordered Citibank to freeze accounts for Habitat for Humanity as it criminally charges the longtime charity with accepting EPA grants; a federal judge ruled that Trump cannot fire the Democratic member of federal labor board; and, a Canadian businesswoman detained by ICE for the last nine days is speaking out about being "wrapped in chains" and kept in a cell with thirty other people.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Finland and Ukraine have signed a bilateral defense cooperation agreement; and, Nigerian authorities confirmed a meningitis outbreak has killed twenty-six people since January.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump was dealt a consequential court loss as the federal judiciary continues as a bulwark against the MAGA onslaught.Then, on the rest of the menu, The MAGA spokesperson for the Office of Personal Management posted influencer fashion vids from her government office 'while defending mass layoffs of federal workers;' MAGA attorney general Pam Bondi is set to slash the public corruption unit for wasting money prosecuting corruption; and, ICE is rife with "inner turmoil" as the Stephen Miller-handpicked MAGA leader of the agency has been ousted, deportation numbers are down and expenses are exploding.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the captain of the cargo ship that collided with a US tanker in the North Sea, setting both ablaze in an environmental catastrophe, is a Russian national who remains in UK police custody; and, Trump ordered remaining USAID staff to illegally shred all classified documents and if the shredders break down, burn the docs in burn bags, instead.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump issued a Truth Social order that boycotting Tesla is illegal and suffering a recession is MAGA's patriotic duty.Then, on the rest of the menu, just as hostile foreign powers ramp up hacking efforts against the United States, Trump halted funding for two cybersecurity initiatives, including one for elections; Kentucky bourbon makers fear becoming ‘collateral damage' in Trump's trade war; and, despite widespread opposition from dentists and national health organizations, Utah will become the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where an extreme right wing Greek lawmaker was arrested after attacking paintings in the Athens' National Gallery he claimed are offensive; and, families are reporting more British and German tourists with valid visas have been apprehended by ICE and detained in immigration limbo.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” -- Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Democrats have seized a rare and huge opportunity to defeat Trump.Then, on the rest of the menu, scholars are stranded in America and abroad amid the MAGA funding freeze of State Department programs; Musk slashing government by cutting out the House and the Senate has alarmed even some fiscal conservatives; and, Hegseth is accused of 'endangering troops' with his statement denying military climate science when it was the military that first researched climate change decades and decades ago.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Russia is upset after far-right Vlad toady Calin Georgescu is barred from the Romanian presidential election redo; and, Russia expelled two British diplomats from the Moscow embassy over unsubstantiated espionage claims.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a complaint has been formally filed to disbar rogue Trump prosecutor, Ed Martin.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Bonneville Power Administration is attempting to find and rehire all the staff fired by Trump; life-saving avalanche forecasts are being hindered by the DOGE purge; and, Oregon police investigate nighttime gunshots that shattered windows at a Tesla dealership.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a Buenos Aires power outage has left over 600,000 customers without electricity during a sizzling heatwave; and, after Trump ordered a stop to all early warning and intel-sharing with Ukraine, Russia bombarded Ukraine's energy infrastructure in a large-scale missile and drone bombardment during the night.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“We are after all, Night Hawks, in the diner of life.” - Chef Justice Putnam“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.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a distinctly American resistance is tripping up Trump's illegal power grab.Then, on the rest of the menu, the United States charged twelve spies in China's freewheeling hacker-for-hire ecosystem; Trump lost millions of viewers with the longest-ever speech to Congress; and, in a move even the Antichrist would avoid, Trump plans to revoke the legal status of 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, putting them on a fast-track for deportations.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Romania detained six members of a criminal group on suspicion of plotting a coup in collusion with Russia; and, a Canadian teen recruited to spy for Russia is now sitting in a Polish jail.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump's pathetic behavior throughout the day yesterday is chronicled, from crashing the markets to his disastrous joint session speech.Then, on the rest of the menu, some DOGE staffers are drawing six-figure government salaries from the very agencies they are slashing and burning;” Musk ordered the IRS to draft plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce; and, the Supreme Court denied Trump's emergency challenge and backed a federal judge's order that the administration pay $2 billion to US Agency for International Development contractors for work already done.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the Trump-controlled CFPB dropped its lawsuit against Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo over Zelle fraud; and, Eric Prince's mercenary for hire company BlackRock, has penned a deal to bring ports on both sides of the Panama Canal under American control.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum ripped Trump to shreds over his tariffs, and she was not alone.Then, on the rest of the menu, Musk's one dollar credit card spending limit is paralyzing federal agencies just like it was planned to do; state lawmakers consider the ‘Freedom to Read' bill as the latest attempt to limit book bans in Oregon schools; and, the Supreme Court won't hear a challenge from conservative college students who say their freedom of speech is violated by a university program for reporting allegations of bias.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where at least three Serbian lawmakers were injured, one seriously, as smoke bombs and flares were thrown in parliament; and, the European Union is pondering an eight hundred billion euro plan to beef up defenses to counter US disengagement.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” -- Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, interim US Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin, illegally demoted seven of the top prosecutors in the office.Then, on the rest of the menu, farmers and ranchers in MAGA Southern Oregon hit by the federal funding freeze are confused and worried; the Trump administration wants to exclude government spending from the GDP, obscuring the impact of the DOGE cuts; and, Musk's embrace of right-wing politics is turning off car buyers and sinking Tesla's stock.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the UN human rights chief expressed concern about a “fundamental shift in direction” taking place in the United States when it comes to human rights; and, an Iranian government official who was key to the 2015 nuclear deal resigned under hard-liner pressure.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, during his meeting and press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Trump was “humiliated by his own ignorance.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the MAGA-captured SEC is suddenly backing away from crypto investigations and lawsuits, a move described as “unprecedented;” MAGA has to destroy NOAA because hurricane, tsunami and other weather warnings are woke; and, Trump's pick for Under Secretary of the Navy once accused Monterey, California of being taken over by witches.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where India and the EU have agreed to conclude a long-pending free trade agreement by the end of this year; and, just one voter backed the neo-Nazi Alternative for Germany Party in the nation's smallest town.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“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.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Jamie Raskin humiliated Jim Jordan to his face in the takedown of the year.Then, on the rest of the menu, America First is not America First when it comes to stock markets worldwide this year; MAGA is pushing legislation to weaken judges by abandoning the centuries-old precedent that courts can decide whether laws are constitutional; and, the Georgia State Election Board voted to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to enforce a subpoena against a conservative group that was unable to produce evidence to support its claims of ballot stuffing.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Rubio had the EU's Kaja Kallas fly all the way to DC for transatlantic negotiations, then stood her up as Trump exacerbates transnational tensions; and, Austria is getting a new coalition government without the far-right election winner.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump had his MAGA House vote to kick old folks in nursing homes out into the streets and people on hospice to die on their own so Musk can get richer selling out America.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump signed an executive order targeting the law firm representing former special counsel Jack Smith with special unitary executive punishment; contractors sued Oregon Governor Tina Kotek over an executive order requiring union labor; and, the DOGE-fired cybersecurity chief for the Veterans Affairs site warns that health and financial data of millions of veterans is at risk.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Russia-backed, far-right populist Romanian politician Calin Georgescu was detained and questioned by prosecutors; and, who told Trump that issuing tariffs on copper would reshape global trade?All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the United States joining Russia and North Korea in the Axis of Evil is a day that will live in infamy.Then, on the rest of the menu, Apple shareholders are expected to reject scrapping corporate programs designed to diversify its workforce; nurses at Providence's eight Oregon hospitals approved new contracts, ending the largest health care strike in state history; and, the Trump National Park Service withdrew a Black community in Louisiana from a decade-long historic landmark consideration.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a hard-right British politician has been charged with accepting bribes to boost Russia's agenda in Ukraine; and, Taiwanese authorities are investigating a Chinese-crewed ship suspected of severing an undersea communications cable.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” -- Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is losing it as American's of all of parties quickly turn against him.Then, on the rest of the menu, key federal agencies refused to comply with Musk's latest demand in his cost-cutting crusade; Trump suspended the USDA 1890 Scholars Program for students at historically Black colleges; and, Republican state lawmakers are threatening local officials who resist Trump with lawsuits, fines and even potential jail time.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where conservative Friedrich Merz won the country's national election and will partner with the center-left Social Democrats against the surging neo-Nazis; and, tens of thousands across forty-seven cities rallied in Slovakia to mark the 2018 slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancee.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Republican Members of Congress are getting destroyed by their own voters at Town Halls.Then, on the rest of the menu, Judge Dale Ho has a very messy docket connected to New York's criminal mayor; actual US Marshals are peeved that Marshal badges were handed out to Musk's security guards like candy; and, a small Alabama city placed its entire police force on administrative leave after a grand jury reported it has “operated as more of a criminal enterprise than a law enforcement agency.”After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a Ukrainian man has been sentenced to eight years in a Poland prison for planning sabotage on Russia's behalf; and, Sweden is investigating another damaged cable by the Russia ghost fleet in the Baltic Sea.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“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.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Emil Bove could not find a single attorney to represent Trump's DOJ in court.Then, on the rest of the menu, the incompetence of DOGE is a feature, not a bug; a Cal Fire captain targeted by MAGA during the Los Angeles wildfires for being a DEI hire was found stabbed to death in her San Diego home; and, the chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court is stepping down, opening the door for the court to have a 6-1 majority of Democratic-backed justices.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a billion dollar Russian mafia money-laundering ring has been broken up in Spain; and, King Trump warned Zelenskyy to quickly negotiate the war's end with Russia, or else.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Zelenskyy is not submitting to Trump's threats, coercion, and intimidation. Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump has removed all the remaining US Attorneys, including Oregon's first Black woman and second Asian American to serve the district; the JFK Library in Boston will reopen today after Trump issued an 'executive order' for its sudden closure; and, rejecting arguments from former Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York's top court affirmed the constitutionality of an ethics watchdog created three years ago to stem public corruption.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where racist attacks have increased in the German city of Magdeburg after the deadly Christmas market violence there last year; and, Brazil's prosecutor-general formally charged former President Bolsonaro with attempting a coup in a plot that included a plan to poison his successor and current President Lula da Silva and kill a Supreme Court judge.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump spent President's Day pretending to be a tough guy by posting pictures of his mug shot and taking about a dozen mulligans playing golf.Then, on the rest of the menu, both Oregon senators called Trump's dramatic reduction in the workforce at the Bonneville Power Administration, “not only reckless but also financially ludicrous;” Trump has given US schools a deadline to end DEI programs or risk losing federal money; and, Musk fired the FDA officials regulating his brain implant company.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where downloads of China's DeepSeek AI apps are paused in South Korea over privacy concerns; and, JD Vance doubled down on his claims Germany is “criminalizing speech” and warned that its restrictions on his neo-Nazi friends might put a “real strain” on relations with the MAGA White House.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” -- Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump continues to rage post quotes by and pictures of Napoleon, as European leaders meet to form a new alliance without the United States.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Jewish American Zionist in Miami Beach, Florida, shot two Israeli Jews because he thought they were Palestinian; cats in Oregon are being euthanized after eating raw pet food tainted with bird flu; and, San Francisco police repelled several men claiming to be from Doge who stormed City Hall demanding digital records that prove “wasteful government spending and fraud."After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where an American arrested in Moscow on drug smuggling charges is conveniently freed ahead of the Russia-US talks to sign Ukraine's surrender; and, Argentine lawyers filed fraud charges against Argentine President MAGA Milei, who promoted a crypto coin over the weekend that cratered in “one of the fastest and largest destructions of wealth in retail trading history that erased over $4.5 billion dollars in seven hours.”Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, “The principled resignation era is now upon us.”Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump-forced Bonneville Power Administration staff departures are raising concerns about the agency's ability to ensure the reliability of the Northwest electrical grid; with a nationwide surge in influenza, the Louisiana Surgeon General ordered a stop in media campaigns and community health fairs that encourage vaccinations; and, a state MAGA lawmaker says Pride flags are verbotten, but Utah schools can let their Nazi and Confederate freak flags fly.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where NATO is testing its ability to rapidly deploy across eastern Europe, without direct US assistance; and, under Trump's orders, Department of Defense schools serving US military families around the world, are purging books on Ruth Bader Ginsberg from its libraries.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“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.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.