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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the protracted North Carolina Supreme Court race takes a turn in the Democrats’ favor.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump’s $239 million dollar inauguration haul is officially the biggest presidential suck up in history; Trump has reversed long-held guidance on ‘road diets’ for traffic safety that saved lives in small town America; and, strollers and other baby products will get more expensive, and harder to find with Trump’s tariffs.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump’s tough talk might help liberal Mark Carney win a full term as Canada’s prime minister; and, Russian attacks during the 30-hour Easter ceasefire unilaterally declared by Putin over the weekend killed three people in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is throwing all of his DOJ lawyers under the bus after two brutal court rulings where one ruling involved a finding a probable cause of criminal contempt.

Then, on the rest of the menu, an international student at Oregon State University has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration after it revoked his legal status; Idaho gave families $50M for private schools and scrapped $30M used for public education to do it; and, anti-vaxxers with close ties to RFK, Jr are falsely claiming that the deadly measles outbreak in Texas is caused by a “bioweapon.”

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the strange sell-off in the dollar raises the specter of investors losing trust in the US under Trump; and, the European Central Bank cut interest rates for the seventh time as global trade tensions escalate.
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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a Trump-appointed judge ruled the Trump administration violated the First Amendment by banning Associated Press reporters.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Tulsi Gabbard declared her residency in Texas, then she voted in Hawaii; the Justice Department will not allow employees to participate in American Bar Association events because of the association’s “improper ideology;” and Central Oregon's Latino Fest and Juneteenth events have been canceled over fears of violence against Black, Latino and Asian people.

(We had a last minute call from Gunner’s vet to bring him in early, so we had to forgo the Chef’s Table.)







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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a paranoid Trump is conducting polygraph tests across all departments to find the dozens of leakers exposing his crimes.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump’s federal housing director is calling for a criminal referral at the DOJ against Leticia James over mortgage fraud allegations conjured out of thin air; a Trump-appointed Texas judge threw out the Biden-era rule that would have capped credit card late fees because usury is legal now; and, fresh from a courtroom loss over The Associated Press’ access to the presidency, Trump is now banning all international wire services from the White House press pool.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Hong Kong post office will stop shipping parcels to the US after Trump slapped a 120% tariff on them starting May 2; and, China is pursuing three Trump-NSA operatives for carrying out cyberattacks against the nation’s infrastructure during the Asian Games in February.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Harvard ripped Trump a new one in a brutal rejection of his unlawful threats.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the men behind developing a Christian Nationalist community in rural Tennessee insist 'this country belongs to Jesus,' not the Jews; in a televised interview, Trump’s interim US Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin, blamed the "crazy Black ladies" for his firing from CNN several years ago; and, department officials say ICE Barbie Kristi Noem’s DHS cosplaying has interfered with agency operations.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Hungary passed a constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ public events; and, Swedish authorities did not find any evidence that a Chinese-flagged ship in the Baltic Sea intentionally damaged two undersea cables last year.


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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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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Canada is taking the lead to show the world how to destroy Donald Trump.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the man tapped by RFK Jr to run the clinical trial to tie vaccines to autism was previously convicted with practicing medicine without a license, had given autistic children a dangerous drug not approved for use in the US and improperly prescribed puberty blockers; previously charged with misrepresenting its involvement in the Cambridge Analytica scandal and lying about its role in the deportation system set up by Trump, Peter Thiel’s Palantir is helping DOGE with a massive IRS data project; and, the community is fighting back after a Florida teacher was fired for calling a trans student by their name.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Irish privacy watchdog is investigating Musk’s use of personal data to train the Grok AI chatbot; and, Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained, or worse.

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump gets some bad news on the exploding insider trading scandal.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the commander in charge of Pituffik Space Base in Greenland has been fired after she pushed back against Vance‘s claims that Denmark was failing to protect the island from Russia and China; the Trump administration moved for the release of the ex-FBI informant who fabricated the bribery story about the Bidens; and, Oregon will refuse to comply with Trump’s DEI order on public schools.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where hackers breached Morocco’s social security database in an unprecedented cyberattack; and, European countries vowed to sends billions of dollars in further funding to help Ukraine keep fighting Russia’s invasion.
All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a Trump-appointed judge ruled the Trump administration violated the First Amendment by banning Associated Press reporters.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Tulsi Gabbard declared her residency in Texas, then she voted in Hawaii; the Justice Department will not allow employees to participate in American Bar Association events because of the association’s “improper ideology;” and Central Oregon's Latino Fest and Juneteenth events have been canceled over fears of violence against Black, Latino and Asian people.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Romania is leading NATO naval drills as Europe scrambles to boost defense spending; and, Mexico and Brazil agreed to strengthen trade ties in the wake of Trump’s tariff turmoil.







All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, if Musk claims Navarro is a 'moron,' what does Musk think of Trump who follows Navarro’s advice?

Then, on the rest of the menu, a former Facebook employee will testify before Congress that Meta executives undermined US national security and briefed Chinese officials on emerging technologies; more than half the families who applied for Alabama’s new school voucher program already have children attending a private school; and, Democratic-led cities and states are pushing back on threats to cut US school funding over DEI.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Japan says it wants to join a NATO command for the support of Ukraine; and, what if a Signal chat exposed a military operation in Yemen and nobody cares that the US continues to pound the country, killing eight people near a Red Sea port and another ninety elsewhere in the latest airstrikes?

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!
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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Supreme Court’s shocking move on deporting anyone the Trump administration wants has captured world attention.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Ford’s outstanding Maverick Hybrid AWD Pickup has driven into the Trump tariff trap; Bezos and Musk got their fat, billion dollar federal contracts after sucking up to Trump; and, Trump says high tariffs may have prevented the Great Depression, but History says different.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a French anti-racism group filed a complaint over far-right flyers distributed near a Le Pen rally calling for violence against foreigners; and, Brussels police arrested Rubio’s security detail supervisor after fighting with hotel staff and responding police.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

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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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