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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump compared the United States election to “a third world nation,” without any sense of irony.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump loyalist Michael Pack plots a final purge of civil servants at Voice of America before Biden takes office; years of research laid the groundwork for the speedy COVID-19 vaccines; and, the Trump administration relented to a court order and fully restored protections for the young DACA immigrants, but DHS said it will fight the order in another court.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the UN approved a resolution urging Russia to immediately withdraw its forces from the Crimea; and, a dry German autumn has lowered the level of the Rhine, forcing shippers to reduce their loads by half to avoid running aground.

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/2020/12/8/2000573/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, A sizable number of US citizens are unable to answer the citizenship questions, so Trump just made the test harder for immigrants.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Iowa accepted an emergency contact-tracing bid to a company owned by a Republican insider who donated big time to Trump’s campaigns; Right Wing killer Kyle Rittenhouse’s belligerent Right Wing lawyer was forced to withdraw as counsel over “significant ethical concerns;” and, Biden picked Medicare-for-All advocate, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his health secretary.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the United Arab Emirates was the target of cyber attacks after establishing formal ties with Israel; and, the European Union is ready to make good on its sanctions threat against Turkey.

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/2020/12/7/2000349/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump thinks he can pardon himself because he hasn’t gotten to Section Three of Article II in the Constitution that stipulates the President shall take care to obey and uphold the laws of the United States.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a Trump aide is banned from the Justice Department after she was caught trying to collect insider information about ongoing cases; Trump is rushing to auction off the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drillers before Biden takes office; and, the Supreme Court sided with a California church that it has the constitutional religious right to ignore science and kill people with COVID-19.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Egyptian authorities released three members of a leading human rights organization following widespread international criticism; and, an Italian judge ordered the mass trial of four hundred forty-four gangsters of the powerful Calabrian Mafia.

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/2020/12/4/1999858/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, MAGA fans and pardoned Trump convicts turn on Bill Barr for going against The Family.

Then, on the rest of the menu, historians are suing Trump, individuals and agencies to ensure they comply with the Presidential Records Act and not destroy White House documents; a court-appointed committee has yet to find the parents of 628 children separated at the border; and, the US Air Force appealed a ruling against urban training in Idaho. That’s right. Urban training. In Idaho.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Putin ordered a 'large-scale' COVID-19 vaccination campaign with the Russia-designed Sputnik V shot before completion of advanced safety testing; and, Israel took a major step toward plunging into its fourth national election in under two years.

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/2020/12/3/1999648/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s talk of a self pardon stokes some difficult questions about Trump self-owning.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin defended axing virus aid programs on the way out the door; Republicans are slamming Fauci for saying something he didn't say; and, the Mississippi state auditor demanded that a University of Mississippi professor pay nearly $2,000 after a two-day “Scholar Strike” protesting police brutality and other racial inequities.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where more than 180 police officers raided homes in three German states after the government banned the neo-Nazi group, Wolfsbrigade 44; and, Russia deployed missiles to the disputed Pacific islands claimed by Japan.

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/2020/12/2/1999426/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-WednesdaysArts

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Right Wing Media continues to enable Trump's 2020 election conspiracy theories, despite lacking evidence and plausibility.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a US district court ruled that detained immigrants must see a judge within ten days; despite the federal ban, renters are still being evicted amid the virus; and, in an obvious return to a Republican normal, the Georgia Secretary of State will investigate progressive groups signing up voters ahead of the critical senate runoff races.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Brazil's Bolsonaro suffered a wave of defeats in the just completed mayoral races; and, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons put renewed pressure on Russia to explain the Navalny poisoning.

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/2020/12/1/1999183/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump admits “it’s hard to get to the Supreme Court.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, GOP lawmakers around the country are refusing to follow rules about masks; no one wants to show up for jury duty in the middle of a pandemic; and, inequality is 'baked into' virus testing that most people can't afford.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Polish police teargassed a member of parliament during the abortion ban protests because showing her legislator ID was deemed a threat; and, after the killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist, the Kushner team are headed to Saudi Arabia and Qatar this week, coincidence?

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 & Link: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/11/30/1998950/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s corrupt pardon of Flynn must be court-challenged.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the lame duck Trump administration will appeal a court order barring the expulsions of migrant children seeking asylum; a prominent Washington lawyer defending Steve Bannon against border wall fraud charges, has dropped out of the case; and, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo dismissed the US Supreme Court's religious gatherings ruling as, 'irrelevant.'

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the UK asked its medicine regulator to assess the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine amid questions about preliminary results from the trials; and, a Cambodian court began hearing the cases of nearly one hundred thirty government critics charged with treason for taking part in nonviolent political protests.

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/2020/11/27/1998518/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Marco Rubio attacked Biden’s cabinet picks for being too qualified.

Then, on the rest of the menu, crushed by the pandemic, El Paso officials have hired a law firm to collect over $500,000 Trump still owes them for a 2019 rally; one of the QAnon-addled incoming GOP congresswomen hissed that virus safety efforts are somehow 'starving' people; and, PEN America honored President Obama with its 'Voice of Influence' award.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Germany will compensate gay servicepeople who experienced discrimination in the military before a change of policy twenty years ago; and, a man from Lippe, Germany is held for driving into a gate outside Angela Merkel’s Berlin offices, again.

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/2020/11/26/1998379/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Thanksgiving-Day-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursday

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the life and legacy of former New York City Mayor David Dinkins was mired in Rudy Giuliani’s white grievance politics.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge slapped down a lame duck Trump ploy to force the elderly into death trap nursing homes; two women detained in their hometown in northern Montana for speaking Spanish, have settled their lawsuit against the Border Patrol; and, a strange metal monolith has suddenly appeared in a remote part of the Utah desert.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Germany warned that anti-Semitism is emerging as a common position among people protesting the pandemic lockdown; and, for the first time in its history, a New Zealand soldier is charged with espionage.

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/2020/11/25/1998140/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays