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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Biden has issued a flurry of climate-related executive actions.

Then, on the rest of the menu, some of America's most spectacular natural settings and historical icons are getting a makeover; the increased scrutiny on racial reckoning has prompted a review of historical markers; and, Thomas E Lovejoy, a leading conservation biologist who is credited with popularizing the term “biological diversity,” has died at age eighty.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a BBC investigative journalist has left Russia for 'exile' in Britain; and, a court in military-ruled Myanmar postponed its verdicts on two charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in which she is accused of importing and possessing walkie-talkies.


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/2021/12/28/2071466/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Dr Fauci warned that Omicron is not something to be taken lightly.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the city of Santa Monica, California will offer affordable housing to Black families forced out during freeway construction and other urban renewal projects of the 1950’s; the Department of Justice is still probing civil rights era police killings; and, the COVID-19 variant has disrupted holiday travel, but not shopping.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russia blocked the website of a group that tracks political arrests in the country; and, Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s moral conscience, has died at age ninety.

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/2021/12/27/2071296/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a sketchy Chinese company under federal investigation is well-suited to partner with Trump and his “media” company.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Democratic governor of Kansas broke with Biden over vaccines in a crass ploy to appeal to Republican voters; GOP representatives would rather prioritize the national party line over failing local bridges; and, forty federal judges were confirmed in 2021, and Joe Biden nominated two more.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Chinese authorities in Hong Kong removed one of the city’s last remaining places of public commemoration of the bloody 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square; and, a prominent Egyptian human rights activist was released from prison after serving her sentence on charges of broadcasting fake news about the spread of COVID-19 in Egyptian prisons.

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/2021/12/24/2070973/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Christmas-Eve-Friday

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the insurgent GOP already have “blood on their hands” from their violent rhetoric.

Then, on the rest of the menu, prosecutors want a four year sentence for the Chicago banker convicted of delivering sixteen million dollars in loans to Paul Manafort; it used to be if the Supreme Court said it would hold a special session in just over two weeks and proffer an opinion out of order to weigh challenges to two Biden administration policies covering vaccine requirements for millions of workers, they’d be called, activist judges; and, the wreck of last US slave ship is mostly intact on the Alabama coast.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where US auto regulators opened an investigation into 580,000 Tesla vehicles over a center console touch screen game feature; and, Amazon is taking India's financial crime fighting agency to court to quash an investigation into one of its 2019 deals.

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/2021/12/23/2070808/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, no Wisconsin Republican has been held accountable for felony election fraud by forging documents to shift votes to Trump.

On the rest of the menu, an information technology contractor will pay the federal government almost $1.4 million dollars to settle allegations that it overbilled NASA; Trump’s USDA overpaid corn farmers by $3 Billion dollars in 2019 alone; and, the Secret Service reported nearly $100 Billion dollars at minimum has been stolen from COVID-19 relief programs.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced he will defy the European Union’s high court ruling on asylum; and, Canada’s Housing Minister said the country should rezone cities and temporarily ban foreign home buyers.

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/2021/12/22/2070645/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Manchin’s “no” doesn’t mean Biden’s agenda is dead.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Pentagon issued rules aimed at stopping the rise of extremism among the ranks; the Department of Justice warned mortgage service providers and landlords to heed the pandemic-related, pro-military housing rules; and, a second lawsuit has been filed challenging the New Hampshire law making it illegal to teach about racism.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where citing “Increased threats” from Russia, the US advised Americans against traveling to Ukraine; and, two Polish opposition leaders were hacked with NSO Pegasus spyware.


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/2021/12/21/2070410/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, The DC Attorney General filed a civil lawsuit against the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.

Then, on the rest of the menu, anti-vax groups are using deceptive videos to link athlete deaths with COVID vaccine shots; a pipeline firm is fighting a regulator’s order to name Iowa landowners in the path of its $4.5 billion dollar project; and NASA is shooting for Christmas Eve to launch the James Webb Space Telescope.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Poles protested across the country to defend media freedom under vicious assault by the right wing government; and, hundreds of thousands of people marched to the presidential palace in Sudan's capital in protest of the October 25th military coup.

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/2021/12/20/2070159/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Senate Democrats get serious about protecting elections and voting rights.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the all-Republican Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Ken Paxton cannot unilaterally prosecute election cases; a superior court judge in Delaware rejected Fox News’ motion to dismiss the defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems; and, the Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously on a rule that would prohibit impersonating government agencies or well-known companies in order to bilk Americans.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where vaccine skeptics in Eastern Europe are having a change of heart; and, the seats in Germany’s Bundestag will be re-arranged after the new ruling party refused to sit next to the extreme far-right Alternative for Germany party.

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/2021/12/17/2069670/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Friday

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, election officials have gained some powerful legal defenders against Trump Republicans bent on corrupting Democracy.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a Houston-based oil company and two subsidiaries were indicted for a crude oil spill that fouled Southern California beaches in October; Project Veritas nearly doubled its funding in 2020 while amplifying baseless election fraud claims; and, the White House pushed the GOP to end its blockade of ambassador picks.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the UN watchdog reported that Iran will allow new cameras at its damaged nuclear centrifuge site; and, Paris is celebrating the one hundredth birthday of, the Bloody Mary.

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/2021/12/16/2069494/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, one wonders about the slap on the wrist the illegal voters for Trump from The Villages will get, after the Republicans threw Crystal Mason in jail for five years for unwittingly filing a provisional ballot that was rejected.

On the rest of the menu, a new report found the American Rescue Plan created millions of jobs; three Western states will sign an agreement to voluntarily cutback Colorado River water use; and, the Treasury Department has awarded $8.7 Billion for lending in minority communities.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the European Union plan for a sweeping update of Big Tech rules gains momentum; and, Mexico and the United States began work on a new security framework.

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/2021/12/15/2069334/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays