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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Manhattan DA has convened a special grand jury in the Trump probe.

On the rest of the menu, the federal government will issue new cybersecurity rules for US pipeline operators following the recent ransomware attack; Mitch McConnell says he wants to focus on attacking President Joe Biden rather than on the “partisan” January 6 commission; and, Obama-era policy adviser Chiquita Brooks-LaSure has been confirmed as the first Black woman to run Medicare and Medicaid.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the far-right Alternative for Germany party picked a couple of hardliners as its top election candidates; and, France blasted the 'pathetic' attempts by hostile foreign actors to discredit the Pfizer vaccine online.

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/2021/5/26/2032177/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, just because Lynn Cheney is now a fringe figure compared to the rest of the New GOP, it doesn’t mean she’s a good person.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a new natural resources study shows when wolves colonize a rural county, auto and deer collisions are reduced by twenty-four percent; the water crisis ‘couldn’t be worse’ on the Oregon-California border; and, President Biden announced that he’s doubling emergency spending to help communities prepare for hurricanes and other extreme weather events.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the EU says its tensions with the UK stem from Brexit, not the Northern Ireland protocol; and, Taiwan's bid to take part in the World Health Organization’s annual assembly, failed.

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/2021/5/25/2032006/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a national leading rabbi has a message for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s comments about the Holocaust.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a man with a history of arson-related arrests pleaded not guilty to setting fire to the historic San Gabriel Roman Catholic mission in Southern California; seven nooses halted construction at a Connecticut Amazon warehouse; and, census data shows West Virginia lost a higher percentage of its residents than any other state in the nation.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where an Egyptian Court will allow the Suez Canal to keep holding the Japanese-owned container ship that blocked traffic for six days in March; and, British Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson is in critical condition after being shot in the head in south London.

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/2021/5/24/2031771/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Trump Justice Department secretly sought and obtained the 2017 phone and email records of a CNN correspondent.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a kayaker’s photos show the crack that recently closed the I-40 bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee, in 2016; McDonald's is facing a $10 billion lawsuit for bias against Black-owned media; and, Biden’s tax enforcement proposal seeks reporting of cryptocurrency transfers over $10,000, and a doubling of the IRS workforce.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where graves at the home of a former El Salvador police officer is investigated for possible femicide; and, the United States and Russia held thinly-veiled competing military exercises in the Balkans.

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/2021/5/21/2031448/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Friday

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the bad faith negotiations of the GOP leadership will not derail the January 6 Commission.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a seller of vaccine disinformation had their YouTube channel removed; Texas Governor Abbott signed a law banning abortions before women even know they are pregnant; and, the heads of the Republican Party in Wyoming, Texas and Michigan have called for their states to secede from the Union.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the trial of former French President Sarkozy for illegal campaign funding has resumed after a Covid delay; and, Belgian forces kept up their manhunt for an armed soldier who is on a terror watch list because of his extreme right sympathies.

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/2021/5/20/2031292/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, The New York Attorney General has opened a criminal investigation into the Trump Organization.

On the rest of the menu, the House GOP is trying to weaken Capitol security and build Trump's wall instead; Biden has restored legal aid for low-income and minority Americans that was shut down under Trump; and, Oregon is about to become the fourteenth state to ban fear of gay people as a murder defense.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Kenyan guard who wrote compelling dispatches about living as a low-wage worker in Qatar, has been detained under unclear circumstances; and, the famed Darwin’s Arch in the Galapagos Islands has lost its top due to natural erosion of the stone.

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/2021/5/19/2031128/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, political corruption at the Secret Service has made the security of President Joe Biden a grave concern.

Then, on the rest of the menu, thirty House Republicans introduced legislation that would prevent the federal government from fighting racism, sexism, and gender discrimination; the GOP is upset that Space Force demoted an extremist who bashed its anti-racism training; and, a Minneapolis suburb has approved a roadmap for police reform.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russian cybercriminals hit four Asian subsidiaries of the Paris-based insurance company AXA with a ransomware attack; and, Mexico’s president apologized for the 1911 massacre of over three hundred Chinese people.

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/2021/5/18/2030961/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a GOP lawmaker ripped his colleague’s denial of the insurrection as “bogus.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, the trial for corporate giants facing lawsuits over opioid addiction is about to begin; one hundred-one House Republicans voted against protections for pregnant workers; and, an Arizona lawmaker threatened to sue his constituents for mentioning he was at the Capitol insurrection.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Deutsche Welle journalist was sentenced in Belarus to 20 days for covering the trial of six people charged with mass unrest; and, far right Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz expects to be charged, but eventually cleared, in a perjury case that could doom his coalition government.

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/2021/5/17/2030803/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Ron DeSantis might find a way to prevent Trump from being extradited for prosecution.

Then, on the rest of the menu, House Democrats reintroduced legislation that would ensure farmworkers get overtime pay after eighty years of being ignored; Missouri Republicans ignored their own constitution and refused to expand Medicaid; and, a former Army Green Beret is scheduled to be sentenced for Russian espionage.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Scottish police freed two Indian men who were being transported by a UK immigration force; and, Black Brazilians demonstrated in the country's two largest cities to protest against racism and police violence.

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/2021/5/14/2030422/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Friday

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, how far is Liz Cheney willing to go to stop Trump?

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Justice Department is looking at how to weed out extremists in law enforcement; the EPA announced a big push to clean up contaminated industrial sites; and, the DHS will grant a Jones Act waiver request for Colonial Pipeline to ease the ransomware fuel supply bottlenecks between Gulf Coast and East Coast ports.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russia arrested a former mayor for organizing an illegal rally over the Navalny jailing; and, the Red Cross warned that coronavirus cases are exploding in Asia.

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/2021/5/13/2030253/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays