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, MAGA Republican Jefferson Griffin’s long effort to steal the North Carolina Supreme Court race has finally failed.Then, on the rest of the menu, more older Americans worry Social Security won’t be there for them after the massive Trump/Musk sabotage of the agency; GOP centrists revolt against steep cuts to Medicaid and other programs in Trump’s tax breaks bill; and, the guy who granted Trump ‘absolute immunity,’ now says judicial independence is key to checking Congress and the president.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Denmark says it will summon the top US diplomat in the country for an explanation about intelligence gathering on Greenland; and, the EU published a US product hit list as it prepares for World Trade Organization action against Trump’s tariffs.All that and more, on West Coast C