West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the response from the White House and Congress in the first three weeks of the Ukraine crisis has been “nothing short of historic.”On the rest of the menu, jury selection begins today in the trial of a Republican congressman from Nebraska who’s accused of lying to federal authorities about illegal campaign contributions from a Nigerian billionaire; several Republicans competing for the party’s nomination to run for US Senate in Ohio are facing scrutiny for their ties to Russia; and, a major Boise hospital went on lockdown after far-right activist Ammon Bundy urged hundreds of his supporters to go the facility in protest of a child protection case involving one of his family friends.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where journalists of Belarus’ oldest newspaper were handed prison terms in the latest move in a relentless g

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Special; Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, “the sound of war is changing” in Kyiv.Then, on the rest of the menu, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new law that stops UC Berkeley from having to turn away thousands of students from its incoming freshman class; Democrats on the House Oversight Committee want an investigation into Dejoy’s US Postal Service plan to replace its aging mail trucks with mostly gasoline-powered vehicles; and, Trump has been accused of violating federal campaign laws by raising and spending money for a presidential run without officially filing his candidacy.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Tiananmen Square protester was killed in his New York law office; and, Slovakia’s Foreign Ministry expelled three Russian diplomats following information from the country’s intelligence services on possible spying and bribery.All that and mor

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; River City Hash Mondays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, when looking for an off ramp for Putin, it’s important to remember “there isn’t much of an off ramp, because autocrats don’t negotiate.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the West Virginia Legislature’s Republican supermajority failed to pass a controversial bill restricting how race is taught in public schools because they missed a midnight deadline; Congress renewed the landmark Violence Against Women Act nearly three years after Trump partisans caused it to lapse; and, Nantucket shops are scrambling after UPS missed the priority window for ferry bookings of large trucks for the year.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Ukraine’s only woman rabbi is among the many Jews Putin has called a Nazi who are fleeing the war; and, AirSerbia will go back to one flight a day to Moscow following criticism that the carrier is busting a Eur

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; Blue Moon Spirits Friday!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, some pundits on Russian state TV called for Putin to end the war as harsh sanctions and growing protests destabilize life in Russia.On the rest of the menu, Senate Republicans are pretending gas prices didn't start rising under Trump; South Dakota lawmakers struck a deal to defy Kristi Noem to pass the state’s $5.8 Billion dollar budget; and, the IRS plans to hire 10,000 new workers to relieve a massive backlog.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the mayor of a troubled Mexican town was shot dead just weeks after the army's arrival to restore order; and, a far-right party will hold a share of power in Spain for the first time since the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Putin will be overthrown before anyone gives him bad news about Russian setbacks in Ukraine.Then, on the rest of the menu, one hundred and seventy-three GOP lawmakers tried to send Congress home instead of voting on Ukraine aid; over twenty-seven thousand mail ballots were rejected in the Texas primary, vastly surpassing the number of rejected ballots in all previous Texas elections combined; and, in another reversal of a Trump administration policy, the Biden administration is restoring California’s authority to set its own tailpipe pollution standards for cars.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Ukrainian government is preparing to move its sensitive data and servers abroad if Russia's invading forces push deeper into the country; and, UNICEF reported more than 1 million children have fled Ukraine since the

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, when Ukraine needed US backing after Zalenskyy was first elected, all they got was Trump’s corruption.On the rest of the menu, legislation to limit insulin costs is being revived in the Senate; Congress sent the Postal Service overhaul bill to Biden’s desk for signing; and, the President has a solution for high inflation that seems counterintuitive, bring factory jobs back to the US.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a German court ruled for the nation’s domestic intel agency against the far-right Alternative for Germany party; and, a dual national has been charged with acting as an unregistered Russian agent in the US.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"To those of us who believe that all of life is sacred ev

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Special; Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the lessons of the Cold War could help us de-escalate the war in Ukraine.Then, on the rest of the menu, a proposed EPA rule would make heavy trucks cut its smog and soot pollution; the Supreme Court turned away efforts from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to block state court-ordered congressional district maps; and, President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on regulating cryptocurrency.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the United States and ten other countries condemned North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch; and, the US assured the nervous Baltics of NATO protection against Russia.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the se

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; River City Hash Mondays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Putin is taking Russia back to the “depths of the cold war.”Then, on the rest of the menu, housing advocates seek funding to repeal a California law that keeps Black families out of white neighborhoods; a contractor defaulted on a contract to build a $12.3 million bridge replacement on Interstate 40 in North Carolina; and, WNBA players wouldn’t have to play overseas during the offseason and become pawns in geopolitics if they were paid more here in the states.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where an international anti-money-laundering body put the United Arab Emirates on its global ‘gray’ list; and, Denmark will boost its defense spending in response to the invasion of Ukraine, while phasing out Russian gas.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; Blue Moon Spirits Friday!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Russian state media refuses to show the death and destruction from the war with Ukraine, and its viewers sound a lot like Fox viewers in America.On the rest of the menu, the EPA confirmed the filters distributed in Benton Harbor, Michigan during the city’s recent lead water crisis worked properly; Sean Hannity’s former Fox News director has been arrested in London and charged with violating Crimea-related sanctions; and, the Peace Corps plans to start sending volunteers overseas again.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Germany urged the UN rights office to publish its Uyghur report; and, Biden will meet the Finnish leader at the White House today as Russia rattles its European neighbors.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Republicans are on defense after idealizing “Red State” Russia for years.Then, on the rest of the menu, an Alabama Oath Keeper is first person involved in the insurrection to be convicted of seditious conspiracy; the House is poised to vote on a bill to help veterans exposed to burn pits; and, the federal government warned states seeking billions of dollars from the infrastructure law to widen roads, protect the safety of pedestrians and bicyclists, or risk losing the money.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where OPEC is sticking with their plan to gradually increase oil production while Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rattles the world’s markets; and, the United States delayed a scheduled ICBM test-launch in a bid to de-escalate Russia nuclear tensions.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, seizing oligarchs' property may be trickier than it sounds.On the rest of the menu, Texas has begun investigating the parents of transgender youth for child abuse; despite wide-ranging opposition, Utah lawmakers passed new media restrictions for their House floor; and, a judge overturned a Washington state legislature-approved capital gains tax on high profit stocks, bonds and other assets, ruling that it is an unconstitutional tax on income.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russian authorities have threatened to block Wikipedia's Russian-language site over an article that mentions deaths among Ukrainian civilians; and, non-Ukrainians also fleeing the war are reporting mistreatment at border check points.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Special; Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump couldn’t slam Biden and praise Putin enough at CPAC.Then, on the rest of the menu, California, Oregon and Washington announced they will drop school mask mandates; the US Supreme Court wrestled with the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to curb greenhouse gas emissions; and, the Arizona Republican Party filed a lawsuit with the state Supreme Court to strike down the vote-by-mail system used by ninety percent of the state’s voters since 1991.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Germany’s vice chancellor will raise energy security and the climate on his visit to the US; and, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will open an investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity by Russia in Ukraine.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Pu

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; River City Hash Mondays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, The Republican Party just can’t get enough of Vladimir Putin.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Biden administration has blown past expectations with $3 billion in wind lease sales; repeatedly stymied by local courts to draw election maps in their favor, Republicans are now set on neutralizing state supreme courts; and, Phil Mickelson was removed from a PGA Tour event in California as the fallout continued over his shocking remarks and involvement in a Saudi-funded rival league.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Germany’s move to help arm Ukraine signals an historic shift; and, despite the arrests of hundreds of protesters each day, tens of thousands of Russians continue anti war protests across the country.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; Blue Moon Spirits Friday!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Putin crossed the line with his overt nuclear threat.On the rest of the menu, Oregon lawmakers proposed $400 million dollars for housing and homelessness; the Biden administration shut down Ron DeSantis’ attempt to cut off care to migrant children; and, whistleblowers are being bullied by high-ranking prison officials for exposing prison abuse.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the EU said "Putin must and will fail," as it agreed to new sanctions against the reckless strongman; and, from Moscow to New York, tens of thousands around the world protested against Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large numb

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, something “strange and mysterious” is happening as the lead Manhattan prosecutors in the Trump criminal investigation resign in protest.Then, on the rest of the menu, despite push back from the EPA, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy signed off on the next generation of mail vehicles, most of them gas guzzlers; an Amazon union organizer was arrested at a NYC facility on charges of trespassing; and, the Missouri Republican Party said it would not accept a filing fee from a state representative who is facing federal fraud charges.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Haitian police opened fire on demonstrators, killing a journalist; and, as Ukraine came under Russian attack, the Ukraine UN ambassador told the Russian UN ambassador, “there is no purgatory for war criminals, they go straight to hell.”All that and more, on

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump can’t praise Putin’s strategy in Ukraine enough.On the rest of the menu, GOP obstruction is preventing vital debt relief for Black farmers facing foreclosure; Joe Biden announced a plan to reduce dependency on China for vital electric car parts; and, America’s first abolitionist newspaper is being resurrected two centuries later for a nation that continues to grapple with racism.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a key organizer of the Ottawa COVID protests has been denied bail; and, Mexican television host and model Michelle Perez Tadeo, was found dead south of Mexico City, marking her as the sixth media worker killed in the nation so far this year.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"To th

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Special; Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Ukraine will not tolerate the installation of Putin’s puppet government.Then, on the rest of the menu, beekeepers are turning to anti-theft technology as hive thefts rise; a former University of Delaware police officer accused the school of racial discrimination over its COVID protocols; and, Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman is open to lifting interest rates by more than the traditional quarter-point.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where world shares dropped after Putin ordered troops into the separatist regions of eastern Ukraine; and, Colombia became the latest country in Latin America to expand access to abortion.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; River City Hash Mondays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Hillary Clinton called out Fox and right-wing media for their misleading coverage of the filing from special counsel John Durham.Then, on the rest of the menu, right wing brownshirts have bullied hundreds of school districts to alter their lessons on race and social injustice; Mississippi Republicans want to defund one of the poorest, unhealthiest states in the nation; and, a Texas grand jury indicted nineteen Austin police officers on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for their actions during the 2020 protests.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison wants a 'full investigation' into a Chinese naval vessel that pointed a laser at an Australian defense plane; and, a data leak of Credit Suisse has revealed some very unsavory details of over thirty thousand unsavory clients

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; Blue Moon Spirits Friday!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the most revealing words in a New York judge's opinion requiring Donald Trump and his children to testify under oath are, “copious evidence of possible financial fraud.”On the rest of the menu, Biden celebrated the Great Lakes infrastructure project Trump tried to kill; GOP House candidates have received $162,000 from fake Trump electors; and, the Justice Department launched a new program aimed at companies exploiting supply chain disruptions to price gouge in violation of federal antitrust laws.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the United States denounced Bolsonaro's 'solidarity' with Russia as the Ukraine crisis heats up; and, Australia has added Hamas and a US neo-Nazi group to its terrorist list.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, no one testifies against Trump better than Trump.Then, on the rest of the menu, West Virginia’s only Black female lawmaker has filed a lawsuit against an anti-abortion group over racist threats; the Biden administration granted loan relief to students misled by for-profit DeVry University; and, a Kushner pal at the Observe,r pardoned by Trump, will plead guilty to state cyberstalking charges in New York. After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a job advertisement for thirty women train drivers in Saudi Arabia got twenty-eight thousand applicants; and, the leading standard German dictionary changed the definition of ‘Jew’ after an outcry from the nation’s Jewish community.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~