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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the evidence is overwhelming, Trump is “responsible” for the Capitol insurrection.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Ron DeSantis wants to fine private tech companies $100K a day for banning politicians who use their services to spread lies; four million teachers have demanded Marjorie Taylor Greene be removed from the House education committee; and, in spite of vociferous Republican opposition, the Senate confirmed Alejandro Mayorkas to head the Department of Homeland Security.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Biden administration is in no hurry to engage China, and will do so once it is in “lockstep” with allies and partners; and, two Polish historians face the first legal test of the 2018 law that makes it a crime to accuse Poland of atrocities also committed by Nazi Germany during the Holocaust.

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/2021/2/3/2013660/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, new reporting reveals the careful coordination of pro-Trump groups and the White House over the Capitol insurrection.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Hawaii GOP chair resigned after the party sent tweets defending adherents of the QAnon conspiracy theory; California-based multi-level marketing business LuLaRoe will pay $4.75 million dollar fine to settle a pyramid scheme lawsuit by Washington state; and, Jonestown massacre survivor Rep Jackie Speier urged President Biden to declare white supremacy and violent extremism a threat to national security.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Turkish police detained 159 people for protesting an Erdogan-appointed university head; and, death threats against an 11-year-old environmental activist outrages Colombia.

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/2021/2/2/2013435/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, reducing a liar's reach is not the same as censorship.

Then, on the rest of the menu, GOP lawmakers in state houses across the country seek tougher voting rules after the record turnout in the General Election; a federal judge blocked a last minute Trump rule limiting the use of science at the EPA; and, city health department data shows gross racial disparities in New York City vaccination rates.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Doctors Without Borders has suspended work in El Salvador after armed attacks on its medical teams; and, the German military is sending medical staff and equipment to Portugal after a surge of coronavirus infections there.

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/2021/2/1/2013183/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Nancy Pelosi condemned the GOP for ignoring the “enemy within.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, tens of thousands of Republicans continue to flee the party after the Capitol insurrection; Republican state lawmakers around the country move to curb Governor’s and health official’s emergency powers to keep America safe during a pandemic; and, the South African variant of Covid-19 has been detected in the United States for the first time.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a far-right German extremist was convicted and sentenced to life for the brazen murder of a regional politician who advocated helping refugees; and, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US is ready to prosecute the man acquitted in Pakistan of Daniel Pearl’s murder.

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/2021/1/29/2012623/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Friday

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, The kind of thinking of a Marjorie Taylor Greene is now completely embraced and validated by the whole of the GOP.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a Montana man is facing a $9.9 million fine for racist, anti-Semitic and harassing robocalls; the Pentagon will now include the risk of climate change in the National Defense Strategy report; and, oceanic shark populations have dropped seventy-one per cent since 1970.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Moscow jail space is in short supply after massive anti-Putin protests; and, the US charged a UK national in a bribery scheme to obtain Iraq reconstruction contracts.

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/2021/1/28/2012381/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Republicans in the Senate are counting on American Amnesia to disappear the January 6 Insurrection.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Biden is set to reopen the online health insurance marketplace, and ease Medicaid rules; Republican-controlled states advance bills to limit abortion; and, one hundred ninety-year old North Carolina-based department store chain Belk, announced it is filing for Chapter Eleven bankruptcy.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where two men have been extradited to the United States from Australia to face charges over a $50 million text messaging fraud; and, the Biden administration will “thoroughly review” US sanctions Trump imposed on the International Criminal Court.

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/2021/1/27/2012146/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Dr Fauci discussed the threats against his wife and children, and the envelope of white powder that blew up in his face.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Trump DHS quietly signed agreements with four states to temporarily derail Biden’s immigration policies; domestic and overseas criminal rings stole over $11 billion in unemployment benefits from California last year; and, a Missouri bill would allow the use of deadly force against protesters while giving immunity to people who run over demonstrators.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where four times as many jobs were lost last year from the pandemic as during the worst part of the global financial crisis in 2009; and, the Earth is losing its ice faster today than in the mid-1990’s.

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/2021/1/26/2011908/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Kevin McCarthy wants you to believe everyone else in America is responsible for the DC insurrection, not Trump.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge in Alabama gave five years probation to a white ex-cop who admitted to obstructing investigators on charges he beat a black driver; US district judge Beryl Howell set aside a lower court order and blocked the release of one of the zip tie DC insurgents; and, state GOP insurgent lawmakers want to allow everybody who is white to carry a concealed firearm without a permit.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Estonia will be led by a female prime minister for the first time in the Baltic country’s history; and, former member of parliament, minister and resistance fighter against the Greek 1967-74 dictatorship, Sifis Valyrakis has been found dead at sea at age seventy-seven.

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/2021/1/25/2011642/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Dr Fauci feels “liberated” as Biden unveils a “wartime strategy.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, Biden halted all border wall construction after a final, frantic surge during the inauguration; time and transparency is needed as the new administration inherits a disheartened Census Bureau; and, a group of prominent attorneys have filed a letter with the New York judiciary to suspend Rudy Giuliani’s law license for false election claims and inciting a mob.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Albania expelled a Russian diplomat for not respecting the country’s virus lockdown rules; and, Google threatened to pull its search engine out of Australia over news content fees.

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/2021/1/22/2011078/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Friday

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Joe Biden gets right to work undoing Trump policies.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the NRA is in a double-barreled legal battle in New York and Texas courts; the indicted Texas attorney general cannot wait to sue the Biden administration; and, more than six hundred immigrant kids are still separated from their families thanks to Trump.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where outreach by Tunisia’s leaders has failed to quell youth unrest; and, Italian police have recovered a five hundred year old copy of Da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” that was stolen from a Naples church during the pandemic without the priests knowing it was gone.

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/2021/1/21/2010828/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays