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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Russian agent Konstantin Kilimnik, who met with Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort in 2016, is named in the 2020 intel report.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Republican attorneys general from 21 states are questioning a provision in the pandemic rescue plan that bars tax cuts; massive voter outreach because of the pandemic resulted in a big drop of rejected mail ballots; and, the Biden EPA is toughening smog restrictions at power plants to protect downwind states.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a dissident band of Roman Catholic priests vow to defy the Vatican and bless same-sex couples; and, Steve Bannon loses his bid to start a right-wing Catholic political academy in Italy.

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/2021/3/17/2021432/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Doctor Fauci insists if we declare victory too soon over Covid, we risk a surge of infections.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge ruled ICE can no longer destroy records that may prove human rights abuses; anti-government militia leader Ammon Bundy was arrested for failing to appear on a trespassing charge because he didn’t want to wear a mask in the court house; and, the Tennessee Senate’s proposal to remove slavery as punishment for a crime from the state’s constitution is meeting stiff opposition.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the European Union launched legal action against Britain for unilaterally changing trading arrangements for Northern Ireland; and, after enduring weeks of unprecedented seismic tremors, sleepless Icelanders await a spectacular volcanic eruption.

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/2021/3/16/2021251/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Lindsey Graham must apologize for his 'racist' comment about subsidies kept from farmers of color for decades as, ‘reparations.’

Then, on the rest of the menu, North Carolina police evacuated local businesses in Brevard after they found several incendiary devices near a Black Baptist church and a county building; after being routinely ignored by their departments, US female firefighters are fighting discrimination with lawsuits; and, state Governors are evading sunshine laws during the pandemic to keep records from the public.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where London police face a backlash after beating the crap out of scores of women mourning the death of a young London woman murdered by an off-duty London cop; and, international arms sales were flat from 2016 through 2020, the first time in more than a decade.

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/2021/3/15/2021052/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Cyrus Vance Jr., the Manhattan District Attorney leading the criminal investigation of Donald Trump, has announced he is not seeking another term.

Then, on the rest of the menu, in the wake of the Breonna Taylor protests, the Kentucky Senate voted to make it a crime to taunt the police; a contempt hearing in Phoenix is sought for Joe Arpaio’s successor; and, several groups have sued Kern County, California after the Board of Supervisors approved a plan to fast-track thousands of new oil wells.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Ivory Coast mourned the death of Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko, the second premier to die in office in less than eight months; and, Brazil's lower house approved a bill allowing the renewal of pandemic aid to poor families.

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/2021/3/12/2020702/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Friday

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, there are those who think Lindsey Graham has turned into a version of himself no one recognizes.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a Virginia Republican running for governor is set to speak at a KKK-friendly church; the Biden EPA will reconsider a Trump rule on lead in drinking water; and, while Ken Paxton is suing mayors and businesses for requiring masks, the FBI has opened another investigation into the Texas AG for handing out jobs to big donors.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where one person was killed as police fired on students protesting fee increases at South Africa's Wits University; and, the US returned two hundred-eighty pre-Hispanic archaeological pieces back to Mexico.

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/2021/3/11/2020503/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Representative Swalwell vows to do all he can “to make sure those fourteen senators don’t return to Washington.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court ruled Clemente Pereida can be deported, and now tens of millions of green card holders could be too; an Iowa Hispanic group filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s new voting law; and, and a reporter for the Des Moines Register testified in her own defense on charges for covering the George Floyd protests last summer.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a provincial hospital overrun by the UK virus variant has put Italy’s northern Brescia province on high alert; and, Germany hopes that improved relations with the US under President Joe Biden will open the door for a possible joint sanctions policy.

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"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/3/10/2020340/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the GOP would rather read Dr Seuss aloud and inflame resentment, than actually read what’s in the Covid relief bill and not lie about it.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Twitter filed suit against the Texas Attorney General, claiming abuse of power in retaliation for the social media company banning Trump; a Virginia watchdog investigator filed a lawsuit seeking whistleblower status over retaliation she faced for exposing state parole board wrongdoing; and, a federal judge in Pennsylvania tossed a lawsuit that challenged “race-norming” dementia tests for NFL players that makes it harder for Black athletes to qualify for medical monetary awards.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Brazilian Supreme Court justice annulled all of leftist former president Lula’s convictions, enabling a 2022 run; and; representatives of thirty nations are meeting to protect the Indian Ocean’s depleting tuna fishery.

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/2021/3/9/2020127/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, “in news, politics and pop culture, all roads lead back to the Murdoch’s.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Trump administration purposely relocated the USDA from DC to Kansas City to curtail research and stifle farmer confidence; Republican governors are stepping up wolf kills before the Biden administration cracks down on it; and, the Georgia prosecutor probing Trump’s election interference has hired a leading racketeering attorney.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the US and South Korea have agreed on a new cost-sharing deal for troops stationed there as a bulwark against North Korean intransigence; and, a longtime human rights organization in Russia announced it is disbanding because of the country’s draconian foreign agents law.

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/2021/3/8/2019892/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, where in the world is Jared Kushner?

Then, on the rest of the menu, Georgia Republicans want to make it a crime to supply food and water to voters waiting in line all day to vote; for the first time in state history, the North Dakota House expelled a lawmaker for severe misconduct; and, the Louisiana Attorney General lost a lawsuit he filed against a reporter who requested public records on his top aide.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where OPEC and Russia sent oil prices up with a deal to contain output over pandemic fears; and, the US blocked the Myanmar junta’s attempt to empty $1 billion from its New York Fed account.

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/2021/3/5/2019483/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Friday

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the House abruptly cancelled its Thursday session over concerns of MAGA insurgents’ plans to take over the Capitol, again.

Then, on the rest of the menu, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem’s family got $600,000 in federal virus grant money meant for small businesses; Idaho lawmakers rejected a $6 million dollar federal grant for early childhood education because moms should stay at home; and, Oregon has moved to ban the display of nooses for the racist symbology it conveys.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where indigenous Amazonians sued retailer Casino in a French court over rainforest deforestation; and, Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has put the extreme far-right Alternative for Germany party under observation for neo-Nazi 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/2021/3/4/2019250/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays