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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the restaurant industry is fighting for survival during the pandemic.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Iowa governor says schools are 'defying the law' if they follow health guidelines; the dirty Republican plan to cut the census short is potentially illegal; and, high flying Virgin Atlantic filed for US bankruptcy protection.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Malaysia police raided the office of Al Jazeera, after a documentary about badly treated undocumented migrants enraged the government; and, Jordanian police clashed with protesters over a crackdown on the teacher’s union.

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/2020/8/5/1966657/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump isn’t sure of the character of John Lewis or how history will remember him, and Trump doesn’t really care anyway, since Lewis snubbed his inauguration.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the House Oversight Committee invited the new postmaster general to appear at a hearing next month, instead of ordering him now; the House Intelligence Committee launched an investigation into the Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence office over its actions in Portland, Oregon, and other protests across the country; and, a federal judge ruled it is “discriminatory” to deny Puerto Rico US aid.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a new survey in Italy found the coronavirus is six times more prevalent than the official data; and, classified US-UK trade documents leaked ahead of Britain’s 2019 election were stolen from the email account of former trade minister Liam Fox by Russian hackers.

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/2020/8/4/1966324/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the GOP needs to hold Trump accountable on election interference and the conscious mistakes on the pandemic, but they won’t.

Then, on the rest of the menu, States are eager to expand broadband internet into underserved areas, but are wary of the CARES Act deadline; the Navy was reluctant to reinstate former Navy SEAL and Missouri Governor Eric Greitens, until Vice President Mike Pence’s office intervened; and, despite not being confirmed by the Senate, Trump’s most divisive nominee for a Pentagon position so far, has taken a different, less-senior policy role at the Defense Department.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Netanyahu condemned the thousands protesting against him daily and criticized the media for encouraging them; and, gunmen killed a journalist in the violent southwestern Mexican state of Guerrero, the fourth murder of a reporter in the country this year.

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/2020/8/3/1966031/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is trying to create a racist bogeyman out of low income housing.

Then, on the rest of the menu, after spending years trying to defund them, Trump trashed postal workers for being part of the liberal Marxist conspiracy to steal the election from him; California Governor Gavin Newsom appealed directly to Warren Buffet to support demolishing four salmon killing hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River along the Oregon-California border; and, the slaying at a US judge’s home has raised concern about the proliferation of misogynistic cyberthreats.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump’s military shuffle in Europe will take time and be costly, but what Vlad wants, Vlad gets; and, seasonal flu reports hit record lows amid global social distancing rules.

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/2020/7/31/1965337/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays!

Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump never spoke to Putin about the Bounties, and then used Russian talking points to defend Vlad while giving him “a gift” by withdrawing troops from Germany.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Buffalo Soldiers museum in Houston was vandalized with swastikas and other hateful graffiti; Trump wants $377 million from the new virus bill to remodel the West Wing in his indelible petty dictator chic; and, a federal judge ordered DHS to collect all the 'inaccurate' or 'misleading' statements it made in its Global Entry lawsuit.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where nearly half of all the violence on African migrants during their journey to the Mediterranean coast is by law enforcers; and, the World Trade Organization will likely not appoint an interim chief after Trump’s insistence on a US candidate caused a deadlock.

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/2020/7/30/1965040/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Bill Barr’s contentious House hearing was a case study in dissembling, defensiveness and partisanship.

Then, on the rest of the menu, US mayors decry the lack of new funding for cities in the Senate Republican bill; the American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal court to sanction individual members of Trump’s SA Gestapo for targeting journalists at the Portland protests in violation of the court’s order; and, a Black West Virginia man filed a federal lawsuit against a police chief and two white officers accused of pulling him from his home and severely beating him.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the University of Hong Kong sacked a veteran pro-democracy activist from his tenured position as an associate professor of law; and, scientists are pouring over a surprisingly well preserved woolly mammoth skeleton found in a lake in Russia's Arctic.

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/2020/7/29/1964725/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, when negotiating with the the White House and Republicans, “what we are talking about is our Democracy.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, wealthy donors are pouring millions into the fight over mail in voting; days after a legal challenge by Oregon failed because of legal standing, protesters have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its SA Gestapo tactics in Portland; and, Bill Barr’s opening salvo at congress is a mendacious and fraudulent piece of gaslighting perjury.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was found guilty on all seven corruption charges in the multi-billion dollar state fund scandal; and, after Trump’s call with Vlad, Russia scrambled a Su-27 fighter jet to intercept a US surveillance plane over the Black Sea. Coincidence?

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/2020/7/28/1964383/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, with his upcoming testimony in front of the House tomorrow, Bill Barr “has a lot of explaining to do about his actions and how he runs the Justice Department.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, bypassing a judge’s blockade, ProPublica published the disciplinary records of the NYPD because they were not named as a party to the police union lawsuit; the fight for police-free schools has been years in the making; and, South Dakota’s federal coronavirus relief funds went to law enforcement instead of everybody else.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where France condemned a far-right protest that targeted a black lawmaker; and, Germany rejected Trump’s proposal to let Putin back into the G-7.

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/2020/7/27/1964048/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, after his non-apology apology about accosting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, “Yoho and his crew would have liked her to just let it drop. Instead she said, you know what, permission denied. Permission denied.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump urged 'suburban housewives' to support his plan to bring back segregation; Tom Cotton insists schools that teach the real history of slavery shouldn't get any federal funding; and, the Connecticut Supreme Court upheld sanctions against Alex Jones in the Sandy Hook lawsuit.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the first and only president of Belarus threatened to expel western media over election coverage of his expected sixth term; and, the head of the World Health Organization denounced Mike Pompeo’s 'unacceptable' comments questioning his independence.

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

Bon Appétit!

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, after his non-apology apology about accosting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, “Yoho and his crew would have liked her to just let it drop. Instead she said, you know what, permission denied. Permission denied.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump urged 'suburban housewives' to support his plan to bring back segregation; Tom Cotton insists schools that teach the real history of slavery shouldn't get any federal funding; and, the Connecticut Supreme Court upheld sanctions against Alex Jones in the Sandy Hook lawsuit.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the first and only president of Belarus threatened to expel western media over election coverage of his expected sixth term; and, the head of the World Health Organization denounced Mike Pompeo’s 'unacceptable' comments questioning his independence.

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/2020/7/24/1963374/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays!

Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the GOP continues to gaslight America and say “everything is fine” with COVID-19.

Then, on the rest of the menu, one hundred thirteen House Republicans voted to keep Confederate statues on display in the Capitol; an attorney arrested by Trump’s SA Gestapo among Portland’s Wall of Moms protesters says she was not read her rights; and, ethnic and social justice studies will join English and science courses as graduation requirements at the nation’s largest public university system.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Canadian court ruled the bilateral 'Safe Third Country' pact with the US is invalid because US immigration detention violates human rights; and, Greek firefighters brought in reinforcements from across the country to control a large forest fire near the seaside village of Kechries in the eastern Peloponnese.

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/2020/7/23/1963053/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays