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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Irish Times columnist Fintan O’Toole says that the US is not on the brink of a civil war.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Biden administration is boosting reproductive health protections in the face of all-out GOP attacks; both US senators from Connecticut were denied access to a federal prison while trying to examine conditions there in response to correctional officers’ complaints; and, the Los Angeles City Council approved a measure to ban new oil and gas wells and phase out existing ones.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where France has a new law that authorizes jail time for practitioners of gay conversion therapy; and, European Union leaders are worried by the rise in antisemitism and Holocaust denial.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.”

-- The Daily Picayune,
New Orleans, March 5, 1851

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Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1/27/2077030/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, while NATO hangs back, an armada of Irish fisherman muster to disrupt the Russian naval war games being conducted in Irish territorial waters.

On the rest of the menu, five hundred acres of Northern California redwood forest has been returned to local Native American tribes; domestic right wing extremist groups view attacking the power grid as a means of disrupting the country; and, Alabama appealed a federal court ruling that ordered the state to draw new congressional maps.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Spain broke up an international Covid passport forgery ring; and, two more Poles critical of the right wing government have been identified as victims of phone hacking with the notoriously powerful Pegasus spyware.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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"To those of us who believe that all of life is sacred every crumb of bread and sip of wine is a Eucharist, a remembrance, a call to awareness of holiness right where we are. I want all of the holiness of the Eucharist to spill out beyond church walls, out of the hands of priests and into the regular streets and sidewalks, into the hands of regular, grubby people like you and me, onto our tables, in our kitchens and dining rooms and backyards.”

-- Shauna Niequist
"Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes"

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Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1/26/2076824/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Trump fake electors plot implodes.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Youngkin faces a new lawsuit as the Virginia mask order kicks in; a federal lawsuit revealed Wyoming’s first Black sheriff fired a white deputy for tormenting a Black subordinate for years with racist name-calling; and, the Supreme Court agreed to take another shot at gutting the Clean Water Act.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where after taking a strong line against Russia's military build-up on the Ukrainian border, Canada’s foreign ministry was hacked; and, Switzerland’s 'banker of the year' faced numerous charges including fraud and embezzlement in a Zurich court.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.”

- Ernest Hemingway
"A Moveable Feast"

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Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1/25/2076607/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack confirmed it is in talks with former Attorney General Bill Barr.

Then, on the rest of the menu, MAGAts are now whining that the allocating of scarce COVID-19 treatments discriminates against white people; small towns push back against Trump’s bogus Census undercounts; and, Virginia’s new Republican attorney general has fired lawyers for two of the state’s large public universities, one on leave to work as counsel for the January 6 Insurrection investigation.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a well-known Turkish journalist has been jailed for insulting Erdogan; and the UK warned Russia it will face severe sanctions if it puts a 'puppet regime' in Ukraine.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help."

-- Julia Child

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Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1/24/2076403/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, “anybody that doesn’t think it's a coup is a kook.”

On the rest of the menu, the Department of Justice is furious that Portland police and the city kept them in dark about training material that advocated violence against Black Lives Matter demonstrators; Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti nominated the first women as the city’s fire department chief; and, the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board told the agency to stop using a misleading statistic.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a federal judge slashed Puerto Rico’s public debt load, ending the nearly five-year bankruptcy battle; and, the United Nations approved a resolution condemning the denial of the Nazi Holocaust.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.”

- Douglas Adams
"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"

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Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1/21/2075950/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump supporters praise Sinema's voting rights stance.

Then, on the rest of the menu, an Illinois tornado victim’s family sued Amazon over the company’s warehouse collapse; a train derailed near the Los Angeles site of a recent wave of cargo container thefts; and, a federal judge ordered the Fish and Wildlife Service to revisit part of its Trump-era decision not to protect Yellowstone National Park’s bison as an endangered species.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Germany is one step closer to scrapping a Nazi-era anti-abortion law; and, neo-Nazi mass killer Breivik's parole hearing begins today in Norway.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.”

- Ernest Hemingway
"A Moveable Feast"

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Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1/18/2075261/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a former adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, spoke about a meeting between ex-Trump staffers focused on preventing Trump’s future influence on US politics.

Then, on the rest of the menu, GOP lawmakers responded to free KN95 masks with racist, anti-Asian attacks; the CDC urged Americans to wear the 'most protective mask you can’ amid the recent surge in infections; and, DirectTV’s decision to drop One America News could financially cripple the propaganda shop.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Ukraine said that Russia is behind a cyberattack in an increasing “hybrid war;” and, New Zealand and Australia were finally able to send military surveillance flights to Tonga to assess the damage from the Pacific volcano.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help."

-- Julia Child

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Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1/17/2075067/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the GOP is ”plotting the next coup” as Manchin and Sinema say they won’t stop it.

Then, on the rest of the menu, eight House Republicans caught in ethics scandals are campaigning for reelection; Navient has agreed to settle predatory student loan claims for $1.85 billion dollars; and, President Biden will nominate three people for the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, including its first Black woman.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the United Nations hailed the landmark conviction of a senior Syrian official on crimes against humanity; and, Russia’s talk of deploying troops to Venezuela and Cuba is dismissed as ‘bluster.’

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.”

― Douglas Adams
"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"


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Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1/14/2074584/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, McConnell made a racist argument to defend blocking voting rights.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a Democratic nominee won the Florida House seat that Ron DeSantis kept empty for nearly a year; Republican lawmakers keep complaining about inflation but stonewall any effort to address it; and, the Ohio Supreme Court declared GOP-drawn legislative maps were unconstitutionally gerrymandered.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where weeks before hosting the Beijing Winter Olympics, China is battling multiple coronavirus outbreaks in half a dozen cities; and, Australia nears a decision on whether to deport tennis star Djokovic for entering the country unvaccinated.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.”

-- The Daily Picayune,
New Orleans, March 5, 1851

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Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1/13/2074365/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, after decades of bipartisan agreement, Republicans now claim passage of the Voting Rights Act is a “power grab.”

On the rest of the menu, the criminal prosecution of Rick Snyder and eight others over the Flint, Michigan Water Scandal is moving slowly; the EPA has moved to crack down on dangerous coal ash storage ponds; and, because of “elevated” threats from violent extremists, the Justice Department is establishing a specialized unit focused on domestic terrorism.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Danish ex-intelligence head has been held for over a month on suspicion of leaking classified information; and, the Catholic Church in Rome “strongly condemned” a funeral procession outside the Saint Lucia Church in which the casket was draped in a Nazi flag and mourners gave the fascist salute.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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"To those of us who believe that all of life is sacred every crumb of bread and sip of wine is a Eucharist, a remembrance, a call to awareness of holiness right where we are. I want all of the holiness of the Eucharist to spill out beyond church walls, out of the hands of priests and into the regular streets and sidewalks, into the hands of regular, grubby people like you and me, onto our tables, in our kitchens and dining rooms and backyards.”

-- Shauna Niequist
"Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes"

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Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1/12/2074158/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays