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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump “decapitated” the civilian leadership at the Pentagon and replaced them with die hard, extreme Trump loyalists.

Then, on the rest of the menu, destroying federal documents during a presidential transition is a federal crime; Kelly Loeffler blasted Georgian Democratic opponent Reverend Warnock’s small dollar California campaign donations from “liberal elites,” after she pocketed a couple hundred grand from wealthy California special interests; and, North Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has her grift on.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Germany seeks a “new deal” with the United States under a Biden Administration; and, Hong Kong disqualified four pro-Democracy legislators for being “threats to national security.”

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/2020/11/11/1994889/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Bill Barr authorized the DOJ to investigate allegations of voting fraud, no word on any investigations into the voting fraud of ripping out mail counting machines and mail delivery slow downs.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the White House threatens to fire anyone who tries to quit; Trump claimed the stock market would crash and people would lose their retirement funds if Biden won, but it did the opposite; and, the Oregon elections chief was fired by the outgoing Republican Secretary of State, before the count is final, for pointing out the office’s antiquated and vulnerable election technology.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Ukrainian president has tested positive for Covid-19 and will go into quarantine; and, Vladimir Putin won’t concede and congratulate Joe Biden until all legal challenges are resolved, and the election is official.

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/2020/11/10/1994588/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s devastating loss at the hands of a massive voter turnout means Trumpism will become even more toxic.

Then, on the rest of the menu, rural doctors fear more deaths as the Dakotas experience virus ‘sorrow’; Trump’s new Supreme Court won’t make abortion go away, they’ll just make it much more dangerous; and, States that expanded voting access for the pandemic look to keep those changes.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the United Arab Emirates announced a major overhaul of the country’s rigid Islamic laws while expanding personal freedoms; and, Japan’s top spokesman said with a Biden presidency, the two nations can once again exercise leadership for peace and prosperity.

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/2020/11/9/1994243/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump claiming voter fraud is not only “nonsensical, it is dangerous.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, counties with the worst virus surges overwhelmingly voted for Trump; a federal court ordered the FDA to reassess the environmental impact of genetically modified salmon; and, a divided Washington Supreme Court ruled the state’s dairy workers are entitled to overtime pay.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Brazil’s federal police opened an investigation into the hacking of computers at one of the country’s high courts; and, Canada reported the country’s first case of a human infected with a rare strain of swine flu.

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/2020/11/6/1993231/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump aides describe him as “feeling down” as Biden approaches 270.

Then, on the rest of the menu, San Francisco voters approved higher taxes on CEO’s and Big Businesses; Alabama voters approved an amendment to strip racist language from its one hundred nineteen year old racist constitution; and, two Oregon counties voted to join Idaho.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a police brutality activist was blocked from leaving Nigeria as officials confiscated her passport; and, an Australian bookmaker paid out seventeen million dollars on a Biden victory ahead of the official result.

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/2020/11/5/1992884/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s declaring victory before the votes are counted was “shockingly disappointing.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, natural disasters are raging and Trump is making them worse; a federal labor authority stripped the collective bargaining powers of a national union representing more than four hundred-fifty immigration judges; and, the head of the Kentucky State Police resigned days after a report surfaced about old training materials that encouraged cadets to be “physically ruthless,” and quoted Hitler favorably.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Chile's president loses a third interior minister in a year; and, Zimbabwe police arrested for the second time a journalist critical of the government.

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/2020/11/4/1992472/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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/2020/11/3/1992083/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump gets misled by Fox and then Trump misleads everyone else.

Then, on the rest of the menu, no matter how hard he tries, there’s no apologizing for Scott Atlas going on a designated Russian propaganda outlet to diss Dr Fauci; Georgia lawmakers push for jail reform after investigative journalists uncovered hundreds of deaths in the state’s county jails; and, an Oregon logging company owner, who was instrumental in the Malheur Occupation, filed suit challenging the constitutionality of a state fund to aid Black Oregonians.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where chain-smoking Nigel Farage will relaunch his Russia-connected UK Brexit Party as an anti-lockdown party; and, the Moldovan presidential election is headed for a runoff as the pro-Russian incumbent has a slight lead over his main pro-Western opponent.

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

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; Blue Moon Spirits Fridays!

Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the election is a battle between a pro-Democracy majority and an anti-Democracy minority.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump’s executive order that prohibits diversity training faces a lawsuit by three civil rights groups; in a craven grab for rural votes, Trump stripped Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in most of the US; and, the Trump Administration knew of the problems its cruel Family Separation would cause, that’s why they did it.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Angela Merkel lashed out at “dangerous and irresponsible” populists who argue coronavirus is harmless; and, documents show Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross remained on a Chinese joint venture board while running the US-China trade war.

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/2020/10/30/1990936/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump-era racism is exposed as voters seek to oust Trump.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a lawsuit filed by advocacy groups and local governments claims census takers were pressured to falsify data in states across the nation; the White House suddenly decided it didn't end the COVID pandemic after all; and, after Vermont’s rigorous complaints, Brett Kavanaugh cleaned up the sloppy language in his mock trial-like election opinion, but it still contains the same lies.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a group of British lawmakers filed a legal case against Boris Johnson over his supine Russian interference response; and, thieves have stolen rare Nazi uniforms, weapons and memorabilia from two Dutch World War Two museums.

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/2020/10/29/1990587/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays