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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, new details have emerged about the Gaetz/Jordan phone call with Trump on January 6.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Montana State University received a $101M donation for its nursing school; the Colorado secretary of state sued to remove a county election clerk who is accused of allowing a security breach of voting equipment that the FBI also is investigating; and, Ron Desantis blew off a court judgement and withheld funds from two school districts that made masks mandatory in classrooms this fall.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Guatemalan judge ordered two high-ranking ex-generals to stand trial on genocide charges from four decades ago; and, Poland's Constitutional Tribunal is set to rule on whether the country's constitution, or European Union treaties, take precedence.


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/2021/8/31/2049287/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the only way the South Dakota attorney general avoided prison and stayed in office after fatally hitting a pedestrian with his car, is because he’s Republican.

Then, on the rest of the menu, after constant threats of physical violence by white nationalist anti vaxxers, school board members across the nation are calling it quits; despite CDC warnings that COVID-19 is a virus, not a parasite, an Ohio judge ordered a hospital to treat an unvaccinated COVID-19 patient with the horse dewormer, that gets rid of parasites, not viruses; and, Biden's unprecedented Supreme Court losses has prompted more scrutiny of the court’s 'shadow docket.’

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the director of the Estonian National Museum will be the sole contender for the presidency; and, a team of Arctic researchers from Denmark have discovered the world’s northernmost island, located off Greenland’s coast.

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/2021/8/30/2049019/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, there is a reason Republicans want to keep district maps away from the public

Then, on the rest of the menu, a California GOP congresswoman voted against limiting hazardous chemicals following donations by companies using hazardous chemicals; Texas employers say anti-LGBTQ legislation is bad for business; and, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court have ordered evictions to resume during the pandemic.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where YouTube suspended payments to Brazilian accounts over election disinformation; and, Tunisia has banned at least fifty officials, politicians and business people from travel since their president seized all governing powers last month.

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/2021/8/27/2048506/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Friday

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the conspiracy theories about vaccines is just the climate denial playbook rebooted.

Then, on the rest of the menu, huge gaps in the US Western wildfire smoke warning network have left people exposed; an Oklahoma man was charged in the assault on an AP photographer during the January 6 insurrection; and, a sham candidate for the Florida Legislature pleaded guilty to being part of a vote siphoning scheme, and will testify against the former Republican state senator who ran it.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Canada's ruling Liberals vowed to impose higher taxes on big bank profits to help fund the nation’s COVID-19 recovery; and, the organizer of the annual Hong Kong Tiananmen Square Anniversary rally is under investigation by the national security police.

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/2021/8/26/2048285/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, “an incredible full circle event” happened when the co-founder of the Taliban, quietly freed by Trump from a Pakistani prison, met with the CIA who imprisoned him.

On the rest of the menu, the ACLU sued South Carolina over its ban on school mask mandates; two former top officials at a Massachusetts veterans home where nearly 80 residents died of COVID-19, appeared in court to have their criminal charges dismissed; and, the Chicago Office of the Inspector General harshly criticized the police department’s much beloved ShotSpotter system.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Greece announced new restrictions for those not vaccinated; and, five members of the Afghan all-girl robotics team have landed in Mexico.

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/2021/8/25/2048035/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Biden Administration is suing Facebook after an explosive New York Times investigation revealed the company covered up the truth about its anti-vaccine posts.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a lawyer for Purdue Pharma threatened a bankruptcy judge to accept the OxyContin makers plan to reorganize, or face “decades of Hobbesian hell;” Oregon was the poster child for limiting the spread of the coronavirus, now it struggles with a surge of the Delta Variant; and, US existing home sales climbed for the second straight month in July.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the US blacklisted an Eritrean official over human rights abuse in Ethiopia's Tigray; and, Sweden’s next prime minister will need to convince the nation the Social Democrats can stop a tide of right wing gang violence, and restore the welfare state after the pandemic.


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/2021/8/24/2047820/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, senior members of the Trump administration led by Stephen Miller blocked efforts to help refugees in Afghanistan.

Then, on the rest of the menu, anti-mask Republicans trail in 2021 governor races; the Texas attorney general casually suggested Afghan refugees sent to his state might be terrorists; and, bus driver shortages are the latest challenge hitting US schools.

After the break, Russian police detained several journalists protesting for press freedom in front of the FSB; and, World War Two hero Josephine Baker will be reinterred at the Pantheon in Paris, making the American-born entertainer the first Black woman to receive France’s highest honor.

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/2021/8/23/2047572/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the DC bomber threat is but another example of how the collapse of pro-Trump conspiracy theories raises domestic terror concerns.

Then, on the rest of the menu, across the political spectrum, more Americans are worried about domestic terrorism than of foreign threats; a federal judge in Nevada ruled that the felony deportation law is unconstitutional; and, US states rush to meet the deadline to join the $26 billion opioid settlement.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Australian mining company BHP Group has fired forty-eight workers for sexual harassment since 2019; and, unidentified commandos shot a Mexican radio journalist dead outside his home in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.

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/2021/8/20/2047063/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Friday

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, "we need to break out of that mindset that the military is the solution to all our problems."

Then, on the rest of the menu, states banning mask mandates could face civil rights probes; the San Francisco District Attorney sued three California-based 'ghost gun' makers; and, a second Creswell, Oregon mayor has stepped down in less than a year, after intimidation by the Proud Boys.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Belarus blocked another independent news site and raided the homes of at least six of its staff; and, Russia labeled the Golos Get Out The Vote movement as a foreign agent, just a month before the parliamentary election.

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/2021/8/19/2046840/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, everything about Vietnam was much worse than what has happened in Afghanistan.

On the rest of the menu, a federal lawsuit alleges Wisconsin authorities' conspiracy with white supremacists led to the Kyle Rittenhouse killings; the NRA's 'unabated' corruption justifies shutting it down; and, the FBI has joined the probe of a Colorado county election equipment security breach by embedded Trump supporters.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where hundreds of campsites were evacuated as France battles a massive wildfire near Saint-Tropez; and, authorities in Sydney, Australia warned that the worst is yet to come as Delta cases surge.

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/2021/8/18/2046578/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays