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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, significant financial secrets could be exposed from the Deutsche Bank subpoena for Trump's records, that is at the center of today's Supreme Court arguments, if Trump's legal losing streak continues.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Alabama Republicans want to use federal virus aid to build a new Statehouse; a GOP congresswoman says federal virus aid that might help the Post Office is ‘a recipe for disaster;’ and, Republicans complain about 'discrimination' against oil companies amid the pandemic, and UV light from the sun is making it worse.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Interpol issued a Red Notice for Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a US diplomat, who is sought over the fatal UK car crash that killed British teen Henry Dunn; and, Portugal is counting on drones to bolster its defenses against wildfires not sheltering in place during the pandemic.

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/2020/5/12/1944432/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Bill Barr dropping the Flynn case is “a clear coverup” designed to help Trump.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump is lying about kids being safe from Covid-19; Chuck Schumer called on the Department of Veterans Affairs to explain why vets were used as guinea pigs to test Trump’s vanity drug; and, Trump is counting on Kavanaugh and Gorsuch to help him cover up his taxes and bank records.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where South Korea is scrambling to contain the predicted “Second Wave” outbreak of coronavirus in densely populated capitol city of Seoul; and, Malta’s ambassador to Finland resigned after he came under fire for comparing German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Adolf Hitler.

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/2020/5/11/1944180/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Bill Barr dropping criminal charges against Flynn is “a shameful day for the Department of Justice.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, Representative Ken Buck, the chair of the Colorado Republican Party, was caught on tape pressuring a district GOP party chair to illegally sign a false affidavit certifying the results of that district assembly's vote; Trump has been illegally hiding his taxes from Congress for four hundred days; and, an Arizona GOP congressman says the virus safety rules in another state illegally violate 'religious liberty.'

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Australia prepares to ease its coronavirus restrictions in four-week stages; and, New Zealand will back Taiwan joining the World Health Organization due to its success with the pandemic.

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/2020/5/8/1943508/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, as the US covid death toll is set to blow past seventy-four thousand, Trump claims, “it is what it is” and what it is is a lot higher than the official reports that Trump will claim is Fake because he thinks it’s lower, a lot lower. It’s not. It’s higher. Lots higher.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump said he “wants to terminate healthcare” and cause tens of millions to lose their health insurance during the pandemic; the new White House press secretary called oversight of pandemic funds a “publicity stunt,” while Trump’s Lincoln Memorial stunt was “essential government business;” and, a stalwart Trump ally was named Postmaster General, so say goodbye to that Prime package, and your mail-in ballot.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the International Boundary and Water Commission found the construction firm promoted by Trump to build his border wall violated the Rio Grande Treaty; and, Poland’s ruling parties struck a deal to postpone the presidential vote, averting a political crisis and maybe even massive deaths caused by the pandemic.

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/2020/5/7/1943233/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, with over seventy-thousand dead, one million infected and a damning whistleblower complaint, Trump pushed back against criticism of his government's coronavirus response by insisting, “I’ve got a lot of things going on.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, amid a massive covid death toll in facilities caring for aging veterans, a group of Senators are seeking an investigation into the Department of Veterans Affairs and their Mar a Lago overseers; a federal judge ruled Gavin Newsom’s pandemic stay-at-home order did not violate the constitutional rights to free assembly and religion; and, Congressional Republicans who threw a hissy fit when the House subpoenaed Trump’s financial records last year, have remained unusually quiet now that the fight has reached the Supreme Court.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the country’s oldest and most influential TV network off the air; and, Romania’s former anti-graft chief wins her case in the European court.

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/2020/5/6/1942923/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, ‘there is a danger’ with Trump putting out misinformation about COVID-19, but his removal of the inspectors generals is ‘deadly dangerous.’

Then, on the rest of the menu, House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney and US Representative Jackie Speier, criticized Jaguar Health Inc for a nearly threefold price increase on a drug that alleviates side affects for covid-19 patients; the White House won’t let Fauci testify to any House committees because that’s how cover-ups work; and, the US women’s national soccer team was dealt an unexpected blow by a judge’s ruling in their gender discrimination lawsuit against the US Soccer Federation, but the case is far from over.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where indigenous leaders in Brazil asked the World Health Organization to set up an emergency fund to help fight the coronavirus pandemic in their communities; and, the World Health Organization called comments by Mike Pompeo, who cited “evidence” the new coronavirus emerged from a Chinese laboratory, were “speculative”, and called for a science-based inquiry instead.

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/2020/5/5/1942657/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Susan Rice set the record straight, again, on the Obama pandemic prep Trump keeps saying he wasn’t able to find.

Then, on the rest of the menu, The National Rifle Association is cutting staff, salaries, fundraising and events amid the coronavirus pandemic; faced with over twenty thousand dead and counting because of inadequate care during the pandemic, the nation’s nursing homes are pushing a sweeping lobbying effort to get states to grant them emergency protection from claims of inadequate care; and, ignoring mail-in ballot proposals, Nebraska is forging ahead with plans to hold the nation’s first in-person election in more than a month.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Benjamin Netanyahu’s fate as prime minister rests with Israel’s Supreme Court; and, the parents of slain US journalist Daniel Pearl petitioned the Pakistani Supreme Court to overturn the freeing of his convicted killers.

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/2020/5/4/1942393/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s coronavirus debacle contrasts sharply with Obama’s emphasis in science, his pandemic work while in the Senate, and his dealings with Dr Fauci.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Louisiana GOP is trying to repeal the state’s emergency declaration, but will lose federal funding to fight the virus and help small business; an appeals court ruled against Trump’s attempt to withhold funds from 'sanctuary' cities; and, the NCAA is facing a federal lawsuit over violence against women at colleges and universities.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Russian Prime Minister told Putin he had coronavirus and was stepping down to recover; and, contradicting Trump’s wild-haired conspiracy theories, the US intel community for the first time definitively stated the COVID-19 virus was not manmade or genetically modified.

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/2020/5/1/1941758/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, with Trump’s mixed messaging and lack of leadership, the world has never seen “a leader who has been active spreading a deadly virus, which is really what Trump has been doing.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, with over a million Americans infected and over sixty thousand killed by covid-19, Jared has deemed Trump’s response “ a great success story,” so social distancing guidelines will not be extended; over seventy per cent of federal prison inmates tested have covid-19, but families don’t find out until their loved ones are dead; and, Los Angeles is the first major city offering tests for all residents, regardless of symptoms.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Bosnia reported its sharpest daily rise in new coronavirus infections this month, after easing its lockdowns; and, Poland’s Supreme Court chief justice, and a top critic of the country’s white nationalist government, has retired.

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/2020/4/30/1941485/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, reports that US intelligence warned Trump over a dozen times in January and February about the pandemic, raises the question of whether he believed his intel agencies, or lied to the American people.

Then, on the rest of the menu, nearly seventy aging Massachusetts veterans sickened with coronavirus have died in the deadliest known outbreak at a long-term care facility in the US; the federal government has been sued over its denial of coronavirus relief payments to US citizens married to immigrants; and, FBI documents reveal extensive communication between Roger Stone and Julian Assange about the Russia hacks.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Prague district mayor is under police protection against one of those convenient™ Russian assassination threats; and, the World Health Organization warns the pandemic is “far from over” and children from the poorest countries will suffer needlessly.

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/2020/4/29/1941222/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays