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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Bill Barr will face a reckoning when Trump loses.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a third soldier’s body has been found near Fort Hood this month; after passing for fifty-nine straight years, Trump threatened to veto this year’s Defense Authorization Act, objecting to provisions he sees as curbing his absolute authority; and, on a party line vote, the Senate Banking Committee approved anti-Federal Reserve critic Judy Shelton to the Federal Reserve Board.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the US has offered a $5 million dollar bounty on Venezuela’s top judge; and, global coronavirus cases have surged past 15 million.

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/2020/7/22/1962790/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the GOP is tested as Democrats call out Ron Johnson and other Republicans for “laundering” Russian election interference.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a Detroit police corporal faces multiple counts of felonious assault for firing rubber bullets at three photojournalists during a May protest; Montana sued the Trump administration to block the acting director of the Bureau of Land Management from leading the bureau until he’s confirmed by the Senate; and, a federal judge is allowing a challenge to the terrorist watch list to move ahead.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a UK intelligence report will disclose Russian meddling in the Scottish independence vote, but not Brexit; and, Denmark will allow merchant sailors stranded on the high seas since the outbreak of the pandemic to come ashore and be reunited with their friends and families.

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/2020/7/21/1962486/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump changing his tune on virus testing can be pinpointed to Rush Limbaugh.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Walt Disney Company has “dramatically” slashed its advertising budget on Facebook; a growing list of stores across the US will require customers to wear face masks; and, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp sued to “restrain” Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms from even talking about face masks.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed on a seven-month journey to Mars, kicking off the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission; and, tributes pour in for twenty-year old Australian Olympic figure skater Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, who died after conveniently™ falling from a five story window in Moscow.

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/2020/7/20/1962151/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, veteran journalist and author Chris Dickey is remembered.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the acting head of DHS visited Portland, Oregon to inspect the SA Gestapo sent over the Fourth of July holiday to show elected local and state ‘anarchists’ who is the Boss; a massive illegal dump is discovered by New Mexico officials cleaning up an old limestone mining pit; and, an Iowan prosecutor says he’s too busy to provide evidence against a Des Moines Register reporter he wants to throw in jail for covering the George Floyd protests.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the European Union’s top court canceled the data sharing “Privacy Shield” agreement because the American government can snoop on people’s data; and, a Canadian federal court recommended an external review of the nation’s spy agency.

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/2020/7/17/1961379/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a Florida Republican state lawmaker who has filed numerous lawsuits against mask mandates says ‘Florida is doing just fine’ despite data showing the state is an ‘epicenter’ for coronavirus.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a DHS auditor did not employ any medical professionals when his office cleared US border agents of wrongdoing in the deaths of two Guatemalan children; twenty-three Attorneys General sued Betsy DeVos for blocking student loan forgiveness; and, Los Angeles is in “an alarming and dangerous phase” as virus cases surge.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russian authorities sparked outrage as it demanded prison sentences for three anti-Putin youth group members; and, a fire is endangering exhibits at the modern art Museum Kampa in Prague.

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/2020/7/16/1961135/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, concerns are raised of a cover up as Trump orders hospitals to ignore the CDC and send all corona data to a White House approved database instead.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Georgia mayors defied the governor and ordered residents to wear face masks; a GOP US congressman from Kansas was charged with three felonies, including voter fraud; and, four former CDC directors decry GOP efforts to “undermine” health guidelines during a pandemic.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Canada will make it easier for foreign students to enroll and study amid that nation’s COVID-19 restrictions; and, hundreds protested in Belarus as the two main rivals to President Alexander Lukashenko were barred from the ballot.

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/2020/7/15/1960874/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump botched his attempted erasure of the Mueller Report with Roger Stone’s commutation.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a vast majority of Republicans in swing states support the virus aid Moscow Mitch McConnell is blocking; a federal judge permanently blocked Georgia’s 2019 “heartbeat” abortion law, finding that it violates the US Constitution; and, Mars is about to be invaded by planet Earth, big time.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the UN special rapporteur on freedom of expression accused the White House of mounting an “onslaught” against the media; and, the New Zealand opposition leader resigned two months out from election, leaving the conservative National Party scrambling to find a new leader to face Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern,

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/2020/7/14/1960544/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, in a rare display of surprising cognitive abilities rarely displayed at the White House, the SCOTUS decisions were either a witch hunt and a hoax, or a big win.

Then, on the rest of the menu, worker advocacy groups filed a civil rights complaint alleging meat processing companies have engaged in racial discrimination during the pandemic; five coronavirus vaccine makers will testify before a House sub-committee later this month; and, a Texas state judge refused to order Houston to hold the Texas GOP convention in violation of pandemic mandates.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark will head a WHO covid panel investigating the global response to the coronavirus pandemic; and, Albania unveiled a Holocaust memorial in its capital to honor the dead and the Albanians who protected Jews from the Nazis.

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/2020/7/10/1959600/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the guy who sides with Nazis and whose lawyer argued in court that his viewers “don’t expect him to report on the facts,” picked on the wrong wounded and heavily decorated first female combat pilot by calling her a “coward,” a “moron” and that “she is someone who hates America.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Commerce Department Inspector General is seeking information on two Census hirings that are clearly corrupt; the TSA has improved coronavirus protection for airport screeners and travelers after a whistleblower complaint; and, higher education is pushing back as Harvard and MIT sue to block the ICE rule on international students.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Facebook suspended a disinformation network tied to staff of Brazil's Bolsonaro; and, a Monaco court upheld the dismissal of a case against a prominent art dealer accused of defrauding the Russian oligarch who laundered money through Trump’s overpriced Florida ocean front properties.

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/2020/7/9/1959270/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump applauded his pandemic response as three million confirmed cases in the US leads the world.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the University of California system named its first black president; the NAACP and other civil rights groups denounced Facebook over hate speech; and, four states sued the Department of Education and Betsy DeVos for stealing pandemic relief funds meant for poorer K-12 public schools and diverting the money to private, for-profit academies.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russian security forces detained a former journalist and accused him of treason, saying he had passed military secrets to the Czech Republic; and, Russian investigators opened a criminal case against an anti-Kremlin activist and associate of the Pussy Riot punk group, for having failed to declare his dual Canadian citizenship.

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/2020/7/8/1959015/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays