West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

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, Kamala Harris used a high-profile speech Wednesday to sharply criticize Trump.Then, on the rest of the menu, RFK, Jr doesn’t believe in the cornerstone of health science, Germ Theory, so he shut down the labs researching infectious diseases like Ebola; budget airline Avelo faces backlash for signing up to fly deportation flights for ICE; and, voting machine company Smartmatic revealed new death threats from Fox viewers over their defamation suit against the lying propaganda shop.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Japan’s imperial palace fired an employee for stealing cash from the household for over a year; and, the former prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago swept the polls to take power again.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon App

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, victims of Trump's irresponsible anti-immigrant crusade include American citizens born in the country to natural born American citizen parents.Then, on the rest of the menu, the South African MAGA billionaire who now owns the Los Angeles Times lost the paper over $50 million dollars in the last year and another twenty-five thousand subscribers in just the last month; the attorneys general from Oregon and Washington are joining a coalition of states in a lawsuit challenging Trump’s attempts to dismantle AmeriCorps; and, the Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended the judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Mexico issued a US travel alert because of the growing measles outbreak in MAGA Land along the border; and, a former aide to a far-right German EU la

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, powerful Republican judges are standing up against Trump in a recent series of scathing rulings.Then, on the rest of the menu, the new principal of a private catholic school called the cops on a prominent Black Portland, Oregon family and expelled their son after he reported being called racial slurs; a Texas judge enjoined Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi from rearresting an immigrant couple he ordered released, but they have refused to release them; and, a federal appeals court panel changed its mind and reinstated a lower court order once again blocking Trump from carrying out a mass purge of banking regulators.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the cause of Spain and Portugal’s widespread blackouts remain a mystery; and, large fires are burning on the slopes of South Africa’s famous Table Mountain.All that 

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 and his MAGA minions in Congress are getting booed at more town halls including the recent town hall held by MAGA Republican Mike Lawler in New York’s 17th Congressional District.Then, on the rest of the menu, ICE agreements that were ended under the Obama administration following abuses like racial profiling of Latinos, are back under Trump; a raging Trump demanded criminal probes into reports of his bad poll numbers; and, Trump says Columbus Day will now just be Columbus Day.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Romanians confront a deluge of online disinformation ahead of a presidential election rerun that was necessitated by direct Russian interference; and, Canadians vote today in an election dominated by Trump’s trade war and bluster.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with C

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 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, 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 on

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 m

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 Jus

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

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 th

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 cit

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 oper

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

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 dat

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 Justi

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 Justi

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 nine

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 Appéti

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 Ne

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 t