West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

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, Republicans see early success at damaging elections with their flurry of new voting restrictions.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Democratic Party eyes key governors’ races as a backstop against the GOP dismantling democracy; the GOP is positioned to grab left-leaning Nashville after they gerrymandered the US House map; and, a gunman attempted to assassinate the Jewish Democratic mayoral candidate in Louisville, Kentucky.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a public inquiry opened over the wrongful convictions of hundreds of British postal workers because of a faulty computer system; and, Canadian police arrested eleven people linked to the border blockade, seizing over a dozen long guns, as many handguns, along with thousands of rounds of ammunition.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de

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, parents fight back against the GOP’s classroom culture wars.Then, on the rest of the menu, states get the go-ahead to build a nationwide network of electric vehicle charging stations every 50 miles along interstate highways; the Republican-led West Virginia Senate rescinded the state’s ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, declaring that it expired in 1979; and, a right wing extremist ex-Air Force sergeant plead guilty to killing a federal guard during the 2020 police brutality protests, and blaming it on Black Lives Matter.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where three members of the Canadian Special Forces are under investigation for their involvement in the anti-covid trucker protest in Ottawa; and, a former vice president of China Development Bank was arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes, and facilitating other fi

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, a convicted fraudster and self-appointed election auditor was invited by Wisconsin Republicans to present his personal, colorful stolen election conspiracy theory to the state assembly's elections committee.On the rest of the menu, a judge restored federal protections for gray wolves across much of the US; California regulators sued Tesla for discriminating against Black employees who have been likened to monkeys and slaves; and, the CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Latvia passed a long-awaited Holocaust restitution law; and, the United States urged Americans in Ukraine to leave immediately due to the "increased threats of Russian military action."All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisin

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, Navarro’s actions and the draft executive order is like “sedition for dummies.”Then, on the rest of the menu, the Capitol Police deny the baseless claim its officers spy on the GOP; the National Archives asked the Justice Department to investigate whether Trump violated federal law in the handling of presidential records; and, SpaceX’s newest fleet of satellites launched last week is tumbling out of orbit after being struck by a solar storm.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Mexico arrested the perpetrators of the murder of journalist Lourdes Maldonado; and, after serving a decade of a thirty-year sentence, El Salvador freed a woman jailed for homicide after suffering a miscarriage.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Republicans try to straddle the “pro-coup” line after censuring Cheney and Kinzinger.On the rest of the menu, an Arizona GOP governor candidate promises to illegally build a border wall on federal land; the House passed a bill ridding the Postal Service of the onerous requirement of funding health care benefits seventy-five years in the future; and, after delays by the GOP insurgent caucus, Biden’s pick to combat antisemitism finally gets a hearing.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Belarusian cross-country skier fled the country with her family after she was barred from competition over the family's political views; and, the Italian parliament approved a law making protection of the environment part of the Constitution.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bo

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, Florida voters were duped into changing their party affiliation from Democratic to Republican.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Biden administration is considering expanding a policy that limits the use of “no-knock” warrants by federal agents; the IRS will suspend the use of facial recognition technology to identify taxpayers; and, the House is preparing a short-term spending bill to keep the government open.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Germany’s state-funded broadcaster Deutsche Welle was right to suspend five employees and take actions against eight others following a probe into antisemitism; and, Canadian police cracked down on the Covid-19 truckers, seizing thousands of gallons of fuel and an oil tanker, while a court silenced the constant blaring of trucker horns.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook &am

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, Mike Pence thought he had a clear road to the presidency, now he is in a delicate balancing act.Then, on the rest of the menu, Delta Airlines wants the DOJ to put unruly passengers on the national no-fly list; Trump’s tirade that Black DAs are ‘racist,’ echoes other racist tropes; and, as women’s health clinics are closing across the country, millions in tax dollars are flowing to anti-abortion centers instead.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where far-right candidates in France fight for the limelight; and, Ottawa declared a state of emergency over the anti-science COVID-19 protests, and warned US GOP politicians to cease meddling in Canada’s domestic affairs.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"I was never a

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 bombshell MAGA memos have Trump scrambling, and Bill Barr expecting a subpoena.On the rest of the menu, a handful of states are seeking greater protections for election officials amid growing concerns for their safety; a California court ruled developers who include affordable housing in their projects are exempt from local rules; and, the Black former president of the largest LGBTQ advocacy group in the United States, sued the organization, accusing it of racial discrimination in his firing last year.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Ottawans are fed up with the trucker anti-vaccine blockade and blame police for inaction; and, Spain’s Economy Minister said she would no longer attend events if women were not equally represented among the speakers.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de

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, neo-Nazis and Trump treat a racial disparity fix in healthcare as white genocide.Then, on the rest of the menu, the reason Ron DeSantis ignores the racist history of urban planning is because then he’d have to admit it’s systemic; the right wing Federalist Society cabal at the Supreme Court are aiming to gut major opinions by leftists O’Connor and Kennedy; and, the National Butterfly Center who won a court victory against Trump’s Wall in Texas, had to close indefinitely because delusional MAGAts decided to Comet Pizza the sanctuary.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Mexican federal agents arrested a state security chief on torture charges; and, with investigative journalists murdered at an alarming rate, a Mexican journalist narrowly escaped in Cancun when the attacker’s pistol malfunctioned.All that and more, o

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, why did Trump rip up “… pieces of paper to hide the trail? It's because he knew he was doing something wrong, and he wanted to keep his hands clean."On the rest of the menu, the right wing court stacking cabal, the Federalist Society, has barred the media from a talk by Justice Gorsuch at its annual banquet in Florida; Trump’s relentless, false claims about the 2020 presidential election has spurred Congress to bolster the electoral count law; and, calling the league, “rife with racism,” fired Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores sued the NFL and three teams over racist hiring practices for coaches and general managers.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Israeli national police found evidence of improper use of sophisticated spyware by its own investigators to snoop on Israeli citizens; and, a Norwegian court rejecte

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 has “always said the quiet part out loud.”Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge rejected a plea agreement for one of the white men convicted of murder for fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery; the Georgia DA investigating Trump asked the FBI for protective security help; and, a trial challenging Florida’s new sweeping voting restrictions law has begun.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Twitter filed a lawsuit against the Germany’s new online hate speech reporting rule; and, thirteen US states, along with the countries of Antigua, Barbuda and Belize, are backing Mexico's lawsuit against gun makers.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 sea and their faint