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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump and Barr fired Berman not so much over any particular case, but so they could replace him with someone they “can keep an eye on.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, NASCAR rallied around Bubba Wallace, as the FBI investigated a noose hung in the garage stall of the Cup Series only Black driver; eight black officers have sued for discrimination over being barred from guarding George Floyd murderer Derek Chauvin because of their race; and, fired US Attorney Geoffrey Berman refused to sign on to a Barr-crafted letter critical of New York City for COVID restrictions on religious gatherings.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where New Zealand seized $90 million in assets of a major Russian cybercrime suspect; and, construction of Austria’s first public monument naming all the country’s Holocaust victims has finally begun.

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/2020/6/23/1955241/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Daddy Trump was trolled at his hate rally in Tulsa, and now Daddy is mad.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a Tennessee newspaper is investigating a ‘horrific’ end of times ad paid for by an extremist Christian group; after losing twice in the Supreme Court, the Trump administration now aims to end the Dreamers immigration program in six months; and, because of the abject corruption of the GOP Senate, impeaching Bill Barr would be a “waste of time.”

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Hungary’s leading news website and major critic of Prime Minister Viktor Orban is at risk of losing its independence because of “external influence;” and, in shocking news that shocks no one, Putin says he will seek another term if constitutional changes are passed.

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/2020/6/22/1954958/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, for the second time, Trump Administration sloppiness handed a Supreme Court victory to the DREAMERs.

Then, on the rest of the menu, GOP governors refuse to take any blame for virus spikes after rushing to reopen their states; Facebook removed Trump campaign ads with symbols once used by the Nazis; and, a lawsuit filed by Black Lives Matter against Bill Barr might finally be the case that John Mitchell’s the Trump Consigliere.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where US congressional lawmakers offered a bill to block Trump from his German troop withdrawal; and, a Turkish court ruled a Kurdish leader's lengthy jailing violated his rights.

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/2020/6/19/1954276/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Adam Schiff ripped Bill Barr for using the DOJ to protect Trump from Bolton’s book.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation has established a fund worth more than $12 million to aid organizations fighting institutional racism; Minnesota waived its absentee ballot witness signature mandate; and, the new chief of the US Agency for Global Media has begun a deep purge to turn the Voice of America and its sister outlets into a Trump administration propaganda machine.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the former governor of the northern Mexican state of Coahuila pleaded guilty in a US District court to money laundering and concealing bribes for road-building contracts; and, the US State Department issued a pirate warning to boats and oil rigs in the southern Gulf of Mexico.

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/2020/6/18/1953996/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, taxpayers deserve transparency over PPP funds.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Oregon’s largest Covid outbreak yet is tied to a Northeastern Oregon church that grossly violated social distancing rules; the Arkansas Attorney General sued failed televangelist Jim Bakker for his fake covid cure; and, California’s Pacific Gas & Electric pleaded guilty to eighty-four counts of manslaughter in the 2018 Paradise wildfire.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the German Defense Minister warned Trump that “security is not a commodity to be traded;” and, upending yet another longstanding tradition, Trump will nominate his top Latin American advisor to head the Inter-American Development Bank.

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/2020/6/17/1953762/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Democrats are moving ahead with a police reform bill while slamming a “totally lawless” Bill Barr.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Supreme Court rejected Trump's attempt to throw out the California immigrant sanctuary law; House investigators tell Mnuchin there is nothing proprietary or confidential about businesses receiving millions of taxpayer dollars in coronavirus funds; and, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is encouraging teams to sign Colin Kaepernick.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Brazil’s treasury secretary quit, worrying investors that a country reeling from the pandemic and a recession was losing a leading advocate for fiscal discipline; and, a Maltese court ordered an investigation of former police chief Lawrence Cutajar over his role in the murder of anti-corruption journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017.

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/2020/6/16/1953467/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Joe Biden’s search for a running mate enters a second round of vetting.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a star player on the Liberty University Women’s basketball team is transferring because of “racial insensitivities shown within the leadership and culture” of the school; the CEO of Pilgrim’s Pride is taking a leave of absence to focus on his legal defense in a price gouging scheme with other chicken companies during the pandemic; and, Trump thought his top Russia expert, Fiona Hill, was a pool secretary.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Brazilian governor has shut the streets of Brasilia to keep protesters from reaching the presidential palace, congress and the supreme court; and, a 5.7 earthquake rattled Turkey, killing one and injuring nine.

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/2020/6/15/1953203/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the economic shockwave hits as coronavirus warnings from February come to pass.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a majority of Americans support NFL players protesting despite what Trump says; Moscow Mitch McConnell refuses to denounce Confederate statues at the Capitol; and, Pompeo denies knowing the State Department IG was inspecting him when he fired the watchdog just as he was closing in.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Turkish court jailed a US consulate worker on terrorism charges; and, the International Criminal Court called US sanctions against its workers as an “unacceptable attempt to interfere with rule of law.”

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/2020/6/12/1952544/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, retired Judge John Gleeson, tasked with diving into the Flynn matter, called Barr’s move to drop the case “corrupt” and a “gross abuse of prosecutorial power.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump refuses to blame violence on far right extremists who have been arrested for far right extremist violence; a majority of Americans want abortion to remain safe and legal, but the far right extremists on the Supreme Court don’t care; and, volunteers are working with the Smithsonian to save the White House Fence protest art.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where universally despised outgoing US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, defended Trump’s troop withdrawal plan everyone thinks is idiocy; and, a project to name a Polish military base, Fort Trump, has been toppled and dragged mercilessly.

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/2020/6/11/1952261/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Black Lives Matter movement has pressed the world to confront its racist colonial history and the statues commemorating that past.

Then, on the rest of the menu, as the pandemic spikes anew, the chief health officer for Orange County, California has resigned after receiving numerous credible death threats; states that rushed to reopen against expert advice are reporting record high numbers of virus cases; and, Black Lives Matters sued the Seattle police department over its violent tactics.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the arrest of Mexican labor activist Susana Preito has raised concerns for worker rights; and, US aircraft intercepted four Russian nuclear-capable bombers near Alaska.

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/2020/6/10/1951986/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays