West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

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 got a rude awakening with major protests chasing his goons from swank DC neighborhoods.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Wisconsin Lutheran pastor tested the new IRS endorsement rule by backing AOC and lost his church; ICE Barbie says the entire southern border wall will be painted black to stop people from climbing it; and, a federal judge ruled the Mississippi Supreme Court gerrymander map violates the Voting Rights Act.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a US appeals court puts the brakes on the contested land transfer for an Arizona copper mine to a pair of international companies; and, Paris residents fight the ‘Disneyfication’ of their beloved Montmartre neighborhood.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio L

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, Stephen Miller melted down on live television over Trump's latest scandal as Newsom mocked him mercilessly.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump threatened retaliation for countries that tax or regulate US tech companies; the leading license plate camera company has halted cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security over concern how its investigations are used; and, in its efforts to ethnically cleanse America, the Trump MAGA administration charged George Mason University’s efforts to diversify its workforce violates a civil rights law intended to end segregation.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Indonesia launched a measles vaccination campaign in response to an outbreak that has killed seventeen; and, Australia accused Iran of organizing antisemitic attacks across the country and has expelled

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, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson called out her MAGA colleagues for playing “Calvin Ball.”Then, on the rest of the menu, thousands of homes in the Northern California wine country and central Oregon are under evacuation orders and warnings; Trump halted work on a massive New England offshore wind project that’s almost ninety percent complete; and, all of the major railroad companies refuse to join a voluntary safety program to reduce derailments two and a half years after a derailed train spewed toxic gases across eastern Ohio.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where an American accused of offering sensitive information on the US military to China has been indicted in Germany; and, European postal services have suspended the shipment of packages to the US over Trump’s tariffs.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbo

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, the only thing MAGA hates more than fair and free elections, is Gavin Newsom.Then, on the rest of the menu, Alina Habba is ‘unlawfully appointed’ and has been 'disqualified' as a US attorney by a Republican judge; former Trump advisor John Bolton was the subject of an early morning Night of the Long Knives raid conducted by the FBI; and, Trump’s death penalty push faces setbacks as judges block attempts to reverse prior decisions.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Michigan couple held for thirty-two days in a maximum-security Mexican prison without trial over a dispute with a luxury timeshare firm, has filed a lawsuit against the company; and, lawyers asked a judge to order ICE to free a Spanish-language journalist from immigration detention.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy wi

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, the more Trump’s DOJ talks, the more they give a gift of evidence undermining their own prosecutions of Democrats.Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal district court accepted a settlement mandating Montana provide education to students with disabilities up to age twenty-two; parents of kids swept away in the Texas floods begged lawmakers to protect future campers while lawmakers devoted all their attention to their illegal gerrymander, instead; and, stocks are falling again on Wall Street after a weaker-than-expected profit report from Walmart.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where China races to build the world’s largest solar farm in its efforts to meet emissions targets; and, New Zealand will buy a fleet of US helicopters in a $1.6B military aircraft spending package.All that and more, on Wes

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 got a rude awakening with major protests chasing his goons from swank DC neighborhoods.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Wisconsin Lutheran pastor tested the new IRS endorsement rule by backing AOC and lost his church; ICE Barbie says the entire southern border wall will be painted black to stop people from climbing it; and, a federal judge ruled the Mississippi Supreme Court gerrymander map violates the Voting Rights Act.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a US appeals court puts the brakes on the contested land transfer for an Arizona copper mine to a pair of international companies; and, Paris residents fight the ‘Disneyfication’ of their beloved Montmartre neighborhood.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.The Netroots Radio Live Player​K

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 debuted his illegal executive order to eliminate mail-in ballots.Then, on the rest of the menu, Yosemite National Park employees are furious over the firing of a research scientist for making Trump mad; a federal judge issued an injunction preventing Trump’s FTC from investigating watchdog Media Matters; and, twenty states and the District of Columbia sued the Department of Justice to stop immigration requirements on victim funds.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a New Zealand soldier with ties to right wing hate groups admitted to attempted espionage in the country’s first spying conviction; and, the Burkina Faso junta declared the UN coordinator persona non grata over her devastating child rights report.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, Trump’s fatal betrayal of the United States alliances and our democracy is all backfiring in his face.Then, on the rest of the menu, DHS says its speech writer has a first amendment right to post explicitly racist conspiracy theories on social media; three MAGA-led states are sending their National Guard to DC in service to the King; and, the FDA’s new expert panels are rife with financial conflicts and fringe views.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Swiss watchmaker Swatch apologized for an ad showing a racist gesture against Asians; and, Europe is pushing back against Trump moving to end the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.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!

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 hated the Jobs Report so much, wait until he finds out about the Producer Price Index. Who’s left to fire?Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge struck down Trump administration orders against DEI programs at the nation’s schools and colleges; a federal judge ordered RFK, Jr to stop giving deportation officials access to the personal information, including home addresses, of all seventy-nine million Medicaid enrollees; and, a federal judge struck down key parts of the Florida law that led to the removal of books from school libraries.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Turkish authorities detained the mayor of a key Istanbul district along with over forty other officials; and, a senior lawyer in Australia apologized to the Victoria State Supreme Court for AI-generated errors in a murder cas

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 Posse Comitatus trial wraps up.Then, on the rest of the menu, Kari Lake is under investigation for criminal violations of the law related to her leadership at the Voice of America; nine people in Texas pled not guilty in a Ken Paxton-driven elections probe involving ‘vote harvesting;’ and, a federal judge ordered Trump to restore millions of dollars in National Science Foundation grants withheld from UCLA, and in violation of her previous ruling.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Mexico says the twenty-six cartel capos sent to the US were requested by the Trump administration, and not part of tariff talks; and, Brazil President Lula announced five and a half billion dollars in credits for exporters hit by Trump’s fifty-percent tariffs.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speak

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 guy who had his wife he was cheating on drive the getaway car to avoid being served a court subpoena, wants to jail Beto O’Rourke for raising funds for elected legislators fighting the MAGA power grab.Then, on the rest of the menu, a deputy commanding general testified the National Guard rehearsed the show of force against Los Angeles immigration raid protesters; Trump’s rhetoric about DC echoes a history of racist narratives about urban crime; and, TACO now says the Intel CEO has an ‘amazing story’ just days after calling for his resignation.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where China imposed sanctions on two Lithuanian banks in retaliation for the European Union including two Chinese financial institutions in its sanctions against Russia; and, the United States deployed two warships to a disputed S

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’s plans of taking over Washington DC is already backfiring in his face as mass protests break out.Then, on the rest of the menu, a small Oregon county reckons with the fallout from an Amazon data center scandal; dozens of heavily armed feds swarmed a minor DC fender-bender as Trump’s militarized crackdown creates chaos; and, officials are investigating the cause of a Pennsylvania steel plant explosion that killed two and injured over a dozen.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Republicans and Democrats alike exhort Trump to keep the security pact with Australia and the UK alive; and, FIFA moved ahead with a new human rights strategy for the World Cup games, but advocates are skeptical about MAGA America allowing it.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justic

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 judge assigned to the Epstein FOIA lawsuit is Trump’s worst nightmare.Then, on the rest of the menu, commercial fishing in a vast Pacific nature area is halted after a judge blocks a Trump order; the trial on whether deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles violated federal law is set to begin this week; and, a Florida farm has been identified as the source of raw milk that sickened dozens.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Europe says the US-Russia summit this week cannot decide on Ukraine land swaps; and, Finnish authorities have charged the captain and two senior officers of a Russia-linked vessel that damaged undersea cables last year between Finland and Estonia.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live P

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 furious Canada is throwing punches that are landing hard against a weak and incompetent Trump administration.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Stanford University student newspaper sued the Trump administration for violating its first and fifth amendment constitutional rights; Oregon’s only US congressman massively outspent every other US House member on Trump’s inauguration weekend; and, nearly forty percent of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down, quadruple the rate of rejections from a year earlier.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Japan deployed its first F-35B fighter jets to bolster its defenses in the region; and, Japanese warships visited New Zealand’s capital for the first time in almost ninety years.All that and more, on West Coast Coo

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, Texas MAGA totally melt down after Dems derail Trump’s power grab plans.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump thinks he can change when and how the Census is taken because he’s the King and kings can do anything they want, or else; unable to recruit enough unqualified goons for their ethnic purge, DHS has lowered the age limit for ICE applicants so teens can carry guns and kick down doors, too; and, JD Vance made quite the splash when he ordered the Army Corps Engineers to raise the water level of an Ohio river for his kayak vacay.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Toyota’s profit plunged thirty-seven percent with the auto giant cutting its full year earnings forecasts because of Trump’s tariffs; and, Indian authorities continue their brutal crackdown on dissent in Kashmir by banning over two doz

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, US Representative Jasmine Crockett breaks down Gerrymandering, Gaslighting, and Ghislaine.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Southeastern Louisiana University scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in Lake Maurepas was abruptly removed from her research position without explanation; anti-vaxxer Robert F Kennedy, Jr axed five hundred million dollars from vaccine development that has saved millions of lives; and, a Michigan museum preserves Civil Rights artifacts amid federal MAGA efforts to disappear Black history.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump’s crackdown on foreign students and higher education has resulted in a sharp rise in university applications outside the United States; and, Afghan women turn to online courses as the Taliban bans education for women beyond primary

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’s plan to unlawfully gerrymander Texas has instantly backfired as Republicans are terrified now that Democratic governors and leaders are actually fighting back.Then, on the rest of the menu, Oregon is leading the legal fight against Trump’s cuts to humanities funding; a MAGA lawsuit challenging California affordable housing programs has been filed after a Supreme Court ruling on another California housing issue; and, a federal judge ordered Florida and federal officials to produce ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ agreements showing which government agency or private contractor has legal authority to detain people.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russia says it no longer will abide by its self-imposed moratorium on intermediate-range missiles; and, Stella Rimington, the first female chief of Britain’s MI5 in

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 Supreme Court weighs the nuclear option on the Voting Rights Act about a week before the sixty year anniversary of the law.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Trump administration told NASA to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that scientists and farmers rely on that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; the Oregon Jewish Museum was vandalized with painted swastikas; and, Trump told Schumer to “go to hell.”After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a lawyer says he’s not been allowed to see the five immigrants secretly deported last week by the US to solitary confinement in a prison in Eswatini; and, Brazil’s Supreme Court is standing firm on the Bolsonaro trial despite foreign pressure coming mostly from Trump.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine

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 attorney Jeffrey Clark has been referred for disbarment.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Portland, Oregon mayor ordered the city to go Vichy and change its equity policies to comply with the King’s anti-DEI mandate; the MAGA House is trying to defund a beloved national monument in Utah; and, two Colorado deputies have been disciplined for violating state law by helping federal agents make immigration arrests.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where TACO Trump injected a new dose of uncertainty in tariffs as he pushed the start date back to August 7; and, the Pakistani independent human rights group demanded the withdrawal of terror charges against a 7-year-old boy for sharing an anti-government speech by a rights activist on social media.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with C

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, what makes America great is Trump after getting instantly called out and bullied by his pissed off political rivals.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Georgia MAGA PAC tied to a Ponzi scheme illegally sought to influence elections in the state; the MAGA Senate confirmed a white nationalist, neo-Nazi who failed twice running for office, as Trump’s counterterrorism chief; and, the MAGA administration was ordered by a federal judge to explain why his order to restore Voice of America wasn’t followed, and who pocketed the damn money congress appropriated.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where eighteen countries applied for billions of EU funds as Europe seeks to provide for its own security without the renegade United States; and, an Australian court rejected an appeal by the Musk social media outfit in a