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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Barr’s investigation of John Bolton’s book is a bad faith effort to look for classified material.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Wisconsin election officials rushed to send mail-in ballots to voters before yet another legal challenge by the Trump campaign; Trump insists mail-in voting is more dangerous than Russian election meddling; and, Trump’s fossil fuel agenda has suffered a string of rebukes from federal judges.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where an Algerian appeals court upheld the conviction of a journalist, causing alarm among human rights activists; and, teachers rallied with health care workers in Spain over the government’s poor Covid planning.

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/2020/9/16/1977785/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a California science official challenged Trump on the climate crisis, while Trump insisted he knows more than Science.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge issued an arrest warrant for a neo Nazi podcaster for being in “total disregard” of court orders associated with the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia; a federal judge chastised the Trump Administration for not producing the census records she ordered to be filed; and, a federal judge is considering whether to order Georgia to dump its new hackable voting machines with hand-marked paper ballots.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where scientists expressed dismay as a giant chunk of Greenland’s ice cap breaks off; and, Russia’s ruling party lost its majority in two Siberian city councils targeted by Kremlin-poisoned Alexei Navalny.

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/2020/9/15/1977487/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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/2020/9/14/1977213/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump launched an “October Surprise against himself.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, the police chief of Connecticut’s largest city resigned hours after being arrested on federal charges he rigged his own hiring; a group of states petitioned a federal judge to immediately reverse the changes at the US Postal Service; and, the West Coast Wildfires have forced over five hundred thousand to flee their homes in Oregon.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the top opposition activist who resisted her forcible expulsion from Belarus by ripping up her passport, accused Belarusian authorities of threatening to kill her; and, Mexico's militarized police are under investigation after a deadly clash with protesters over a dam diverting water to the United States.

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/2020/9/11/1976613/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump intentionally misled America about coronavirus because Wall Street lives matter, my friend.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Kathryn Kimball Mizelle is the tenth Trump judicial nominee to be so inexperienced she was rated “not qualified” by the American Bar Association; Trump has secretly ordered the halt to airport coronavirus screenings of international travelers coming into the US; and, General Mad Dog Mattis quit the White House when he was told to commit a felony.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Mexican journalist was found beheaded in the violent Gulf Coast state of Veracruz; and, Russian state hackers are suspected in targeting Biden’s main election campaign advisory firm.

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/2020/9/10/1976314/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Department of Justice is supposed to enforce the law and ensure public safety, but is preparing to defend Trump in rape accuser E Jean Carroll’s defamation suit.

Then, on the rest of the menu, GOP candidates won't say if they'll return money from the group backing the Kenosha gunman; the GOP tries to gut protections for workers in the new virus relief bill; and, the Trump administration is shutting down its international coronavirus task force despite the pandemic surging across the United States and the globe.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where France has postponed strategic talks with Russia next week over the Navalny poisoning; and, the Siberian campaign offices of a Navalny ally were attacked by intruders using a liquid chemical, and injuring three.

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/2020/9/9/1976032/-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/2020/9/8/1975756/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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/2020/9/7/1975532/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, political analysts and investigative reporters think “Trump is genuinely confused about service” to America and our fellow citizens.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the head of the North Carolina State Board of Elections pushed back on Trump's illegal voting scheme; the US trade deficit surged in July to its highest level in twelve years; and, a lifeline for the troops since the Civil War, Trump has inexplicably ordered the Pentagon to shut down Stars and Stripes, even though Congress specifically cited the newspaper not be defunded.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where two prominent Thai political activists were remanded in prison for violating bail by protesting without permission; and, the European Union says the US blacklisting of the ICC prosecutor must be reversed.

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/2020/9/4/1974866/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a combative Bill Barr got totally pissed while brazenly lying about election law and mail in ballots.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a second Trump appointee is out at the FDA amid a botched announcement about an experimental therapy for COVID-19; a Minnesota Biker is the first reported Sturgis Motorcycle Rally fatality from COVID-19; and, after struggling for decades with racism and white supremacists, Arkansas communities endorse a hate crimes law effort.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Belarusian journalists face charges for covering the massive protests there; and, the US blacklisted the ICC prosecutor over her probe of possible American war crimes in Afghanistan.

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/2020/9/3/1974605/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays