West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

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 mid-decade “census recount" plan is obviously illegal to anyone who cares.Then, on the rest of the menu, a MAGA TV outlet was forced to change its name because it 'confused' Trump; Zuckerberg’s ‘Bizzaro World’ cameo at a top secret military conference with Trump left military leaders and officials in attendance “mystified and a bit unnerved;” and, a bombshell report revealed a 'massive stockpile' of cash Trump has built since the election.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the first American ‘scientific refugees’ have begun arriving in France; and, Azerbaijan detained seven people linked to Kremlin media outlet Sputnik over the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis held in Russian custody.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The

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 rushed off to the Florida Everglades concentration camp for alligator feeding time.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump is appealing the judicial order striking down his EO that targeted law firm Perkins Coie; Texas data shows after Abbott outlawed abortion, near death first trimester miscarriages soared to over fifty-four percent; and, Iran, if you’re listening, if you could release the tens of thousands of hacked emails from Tump’s inner circle of Susie Wiles, Lindsey Halligan and Roger Stone, our media will reward you, mightily.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russia’s lavish ex-deputy defense minister was handed a thirteen-year prison sentence on corruption charges; and, coming to an America near you, Turkey’s Erdogan has just detained over one hundred-twenty opposition figures, including a f

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 Trump lawyer just got some brutal disbarment news.Then, on the rest of the menu, the suspected gunman who fatally ambushed firefighters in MAGA Land Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, has been found dead; a second intelligence leak has undermined Trump’s claim that the Iranian nuclear program has been “totally obliterated;” and, while serving as governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem secretly took a 'disturbing' $80K payment from a mystery donor.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Chilean communist scored a surprise win in the primary vote as the larger battle with the far-right looms; and, women can be drafted into the Danish military as Russian aggression and military investment grows.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Pl

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, Republicans have lost so much control at their hearings, even Melania got roasted by witnesses on live television.Then, on the rest of the menu, Big Balls never left, he’s now embedded in the biggest agency Musk wants to break; Oregon’s only congressional Republican has joined the chorus against federal land sales; and, Louisiana is latest state to redefine planet-warming natural gas, as green energy.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Apple revamped its EU App Store terms to avert more fines; and, Brazil’s outspoken first lady is coming under fire, but she refuses to stop speaking out.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 div

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, well-known draft dodger Bone Spurs Krasnov says he’s a warrior for watching bombs drop, and he’ll disappear any reporter who reports he’s not more of a warrior than Eisenhower, that guy on PT-109 and all the those dead losers on battlefields through all of time.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump’s Big Beautiful $20 Billion Dollar War with CBS will have to knock off three zeros; rumors about armed militia threatening teams from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, forced a medical unit to flee hurricane-hit North Carolina; and, a federal judge ordered the Labor Department to keep Job Corps running during its lawsuit to purge the Great Society from American life.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where reeling from the erratic firehose of Trump rebukes, Europe weighs deeper ties with China; and, M

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, an exploding “F*** You!” Trump whistleblower bomb has exposed a lawless DOJ plot.Then, on the rest of the menu, Stephen Miller’s push to have the FBI assist in the Trump administration’s ethnic cleansing has been put on ice; in response to a habeas ruling by the bench, MAGA Pam Bondi is demanding the entire federal district court in Maryland recuse itself; and, acting-US attorney Alina Habba was slapped with a new ethics complaint over her pursuit of New Jersey Democrats.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a federal judge ordered Trump to release billions of dollars in funding for electric vehicle chargers in more than a dozen states; and, after musing whether he abides by Article 5 of the NATO treaty “depends on your definition,” TACO said about twenty-four hours later that he stood with that promise.

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 key provision of the MAGA budget bill that sought to limit judicial power is dead.Then, on the rest of the menu, Musk’s lawyers are trying to claim in court he doesn’t use a computer; home sales just posted their slowest May in sixteen years; and, a jury ordered a J6’er to pay five hundred thousand dollars to the widow of a DC police officer who killed himself after the insurrection.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where pro-Russian hackers launched a series of denial-of-service attacks on several municipalities and organizations linked to the NATO summit; and, the fighting between Iran and Israel raises questions about Russia’s influence in the Middle East.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resi

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 was dealt a stinging rebuke by the judge in the latest Garcia hearing.Then, on the rest of the menu, ICE detained a Marine Corps veteran’s wife who was still breastfeeding their baby; oil prices flip-flop and US stocks drift as Wall Street waits for Iran’s reaction to Trump’s ‘Good Vibrations’ bombing attacks; and, Elon Musk announced plans to completely rewrite human knowledge itself after his AI chatbot Grok keeps clashing with his far-right worldview.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russian prosecutors asked for a 14.5-year prison sentence for a former deputy defense minister jailed on bribery charges; and, 639 employees of Voice of America, including employees at VOA’s Persian-language service, were issued layoff notices just before Trump’s Big Beautiful Bombing of Iran.All that and more, on We

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, New Jersey governor candidate and former Navy lieutenant Mikie Sherrill, critiqued Trump’s military deployments to US cities.Then, on the rest of the menu, first the states cut civics classes, now the Mississippi education board has axed the US history test for high schoolers to graduate; Virginia Democrats have a big fundraising advantage in the race for governor this year; and, he didn’t complain about it on Columbus Day, but Trump had to rail about federal holidays on Juneteenth.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Romania’s new president nominated a center-right former mayor as prime minister; and, Europe and Iran will try diplomacy as Trump weighs nuking cofeve in two weeks.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Liv

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, Hegseth insists on “Peace Through Strength,” but several strong women senators tore him to pieces.Then, on the rest of the menu, tech companies don’t want you to know how much energy AI uses; the MAGA Justice Department says the Harvard researcher accused of smuggling frog embryos for her cancer research brought in illegal ‘biological materials;’ and, Redemption Bank becomes the first bank owned by a Black-led investment group in the Western US.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Finland’s lawmakers voted to leave the international land mine treaty as the Nordic country boosts its defenses against Russia; and, Russia’s economy minister says the country is on the brink of recession.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroot

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, Senator Tina Smith confronted Christo-Nationalist MAGA Mike Lee for mocking the Minnesota assassination victims, who were also her personal friends.Then, on the rest of the menu, Colorado shut down a state campaign finance site after the Minnesota assassination; Oregon state lawmakers recently passed a bill blocking their personal addresses; and, Trump called Minnesota Governor Tim Walz “slick,” “whacked out” and said, “I’m not calling him” after the targeted shootings of two state lawmakers because it would “waste time” he doesn’t waste on losers.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Czech coalition government faces a parliamentary no-confidence vote over a bitcoin scandal; and, the remaining leaders at the G7 will have no problem completing their summit after Trump’s early exit.All that and more, on W

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’s cognitive issues continue being exposed as he is bullied into submission for his failures.Then, on the rest of the menu, voters rebuked the MAGA-led Huntington Beach City Council effort to ban books; Noem’s not-so-secret boyfriend Lewandoski was spotted at the detention of Senator Alex Padilla; and, the Louisiana AG is investigating CVS for sending mass text messages lobbying against legislation that would have closed down the corporation.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a US-backed Israeli company’s spyware was used to target European journalists; and, with daily threats from DHS, ICE and the White House, fans don’t appear to be snatching up tickets to the Club World Cup.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radi

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, the rightwing Georgia Supreme Court ruled against MAGA Republicans.Then, on the rest of the menu, the former head of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs filed a federal lawsuit accusing Governor Kay Ivey of wrongful termination and defamation; a former worker who leaked information about plans by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis’ administration to build golf courses and hotels in Florida state parks has filed a whistleblower lawsuit; and, seven Arkansas families filed suit challenging the state law that requires the Ten Commandments be posted in classrooms.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Polish security services have detained three men who were planning an attack inspired by Neo-Nazi perpetrators of mass killings; and, the European court ruled Italy is not liable for the actions of the

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, Pam Bondi's brother was dealt a stunning defeat in the DC Bar election.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Wisconsin lawsuit seeks to ban Elon Musk from ever again offering $1 million checks to voters for their votes; Louisiana lawmakers passed a bill targeting out-of-state doctors who prescribe and mail abortion pills; and, a federal appeals court in New York is set to hear arguments in Trump’s bid to erase his hush money conviction.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Netanyahu’s government faces a possible collapse as the opposition seeks to dissolve it; and, three far-right lawmakers in Greece were expelled from parliament due to ties with a Neo-Nazi politician convicted of leading a criminal organization.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon

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, over three hundred National Institute of Health employees have published the ‘Bethesda Declaration’ in dissent of Trump administration health policies.Then, on the rest of the menu, RFK Jr’s top aide attacks the US health system while running a company that promotes untested wellness alternatives; Trump got a public rebuke as the Smithsonian refused to kowtow to his illegal orders; and, the Mad King decreed we are all going to get coal, and we better like it or else.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Czech president appointed a new justice minister amid a bitcoin scandal; and, the US-China trade talks in London entered their second day.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 Bea

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, Gavin Newsom criticized Trump as “a stone-cold liar” after his call about the ICE invasion.Then, on the rest of the menu, Washington state farmworkers fear retaliation and deportation for reporting sexual harassment to a key federal agency under Trump; a reporter from Australian Channel 9 News was shot with rubber bullets live on air in Los Angeles as she was covering the ICE blitzkrieg; and, you can tell MAGA propaganda works because MAGA state houses are filing bills to outlaw chem trails.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Czech court sentenced a Colombian national to eight years in prison for an arson attack tied to Russia; and, NATO chief Rutte called for a 400% increase in the alliance’s air and missile defenses to counter the threat from Russia.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speake

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 lost four court cases within hours of each other.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump’s surgeon general pick criticizes others’ conflicts but profits from wellness product sales that puts money in her own pocket; a jury awarded a California prosecutor $3 million after she was forced out of her position; and, seventy law professors, attorneys and former Florida Supreme Court justices filed a Florida Bar complaint accusing Pam Bondi of ‘misconduct’ as US Attorney General.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where China issued warrants for Taiwanese hackers and banned a business for pro-independence links; and, the private lunar lander from Japan crashed into the moon in a failed mission.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Rad

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 legal scholar schooled Josh Hawley during a Senate hearing on all these “commie judges ruling against Trump.”Then, on the rest of the menu, instead of being gone in one hundred and thirty days, ‘Big Balls’ and other core DOGE brownshirts are now full time government employees; a MAGA political consultant behind AI-generated robocall deepfakes of Joe Biden, goes on trial in New Hampshire; and, surgeons say the MAGA MAHA report wrongly dismisses tonsil and ear tube surgeries as harmful, ignoring evidence that the procedures greatly improve sleep, hearing, and behavior in children.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the outgoing head of Europe’s drug agency warned of a surge of violence from the extreme right wing stimulant trade; and Trump’s travel ban has an exemption for Olympic and World Cup a

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, MAGA Mike was torn to shreds by his own party.Then, on the rest of the menu, Musk’s DOGE goons left the US Institute of Peace they illegally tried to take over, full of cockroaches and pot; a Tennessee appeals court upheld the law from Republican legislators to punish blue Nashville’s council for refusing the Republican National Convention in the Music City; and, the FBI discovered a cache of guns, armor and Nazi paraphernalia while raiding a home in Washington state.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Pete Hegseth is too busy purging women, gays and non-whites from the US military to show up at an important NATO meeting, the first time a Pentagon chief has blown off the fifty-nation meeting since the group’s inception; and, Cologne, Germany has begun its biggest evacuation since 1945 to defuse three u

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 New York Bar Council is addressing a complaint about top Trump official Emil Bove by kicking it back to Trump’s DOJ.Then, on the rest of the menu, ex-Homeland Security official Miles Taylor is fighting back against Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ investigation order; NOAA says it will hire ‘mission-critical’ weather service positions that were cut because ketamine-addled, apartheid-loving South African Boers said they know better; and, OAN’s ‘MAGA Girl’ Pentagon reporter learned the limits of expressing her own opinion.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Dutch Prime Minister said his coalition government will become a caretaker administration after far-right lawmaker Geert Wilders pulled his ministers out of the Cabinet; and, the Liberal candidate is forecast to win South Korea’s snap presidential electio