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, 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

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 I

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

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

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 ineli

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

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 Put

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 & Sp

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 de

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 protest

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 fli

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 We

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 Liv

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.

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 s

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