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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, as the US coronavirus death toll quickly approaches sixty thousand, Trump takes ‘no responsibility’ and can’t ‘imagine why’ anyone would ingest disinfectants.

Then, on the rest of the menu, McConnell vowed in the next round of coronavirus relief he would make it impossible for workers to sue their employers if they contract the virus when forced back on the job; a purloined GOP memo tells senators to blame Trump's virus failures on political correctness, social justice warriors, identity politics and Chiner, Chiner, Chiner; and, Bill Barr ordered federal prosecutors across the US to identify and prosecute any unconstitutional coronavirus-related restrictions from state and local governments, then steal any of their medical supplies they can find.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump faces a tough UN battle if he pushes his plan to extend an Iran arms embargo; and, Brazil’s top court authorized an investigation of Bolsonaro on charges he interfered in the work of the country’s federal police force for political motives.

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/2020/4/28/1940954/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, because of Trump’s latest erroneous statements on coronavirus treatments, 'medical professionals have come forth and said no, he’s has gone too far this time.'

Then, on the rest of the menu, the FBI says coronavirus scams are on the rise; doctors push for telemedicine to keep patients safe, but of course the GOP is fighting it; and, three publicly traded hotel companies tied to a Trump-loving Texas businessman will not give back tens of millions of dollars in government loans aimed at helping small businesses.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Italy’s far-right League party has suffered devastating losses because of its pandemic response in the Italian heartland; and, Russia is at risk for a spike in coronavirus cases if people flout lockdown measures during the May holidays.

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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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump disagreed with Dr Fauci on US testing capacity because Trump has seen the bleached light.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Supreme Court sided with a small Connecticut company in a trademark infringement case against fashion leader Fossil; the Federal Reserve will provide monthly reports on its economic rescue programs after large publicly traded companies drained the first tranche of funds dry; and, the House of Representatives accused Trump of trying to “scapegoat” the World Health Organization as committees open probes into the federal response to the pandemic.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Greenlanders said they welcome US investment in their island, but the money has to come without conditions; and, a US warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the second time in a month in an attempt to rattle viral sabers.

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/2020/4/24/1939934/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, we are “playing Russian Roulette with our food system” for putting profits ahead of people as “our food plants, factories and farms are becoming the next coronavirus hotspots.“

Then, on the rest of the menu, in a “deliberately cruel” carve out, millions of US citizens are blocked from stimulus payments because they married immigrants; perfectly happy to rush through a gazilliongabillion dollar tax cut for a few thousand mega rich fat cats, Moscow Mitch McConnell wants the states to go bankrupt over fears they’ll use virus funds to prop up state pensions; and, longtime Rutgers professor and prominent scholar of African American women writers, Cheryl A. Wall has died at age seventy-one.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where one of the few nations in the world that has reported no cases of the new coronavirus, Turkmenistan insisted its official data was true and it was not hiding anything; and, in a weird celestial coincidence, several nations run by right wing fat heads who called the pandemic a hoax and then totally fubar’ed their response later, now want a major inquiry into the World Health Organization.

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/2020/4/23/1939636/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Dr Fauci’s stunning pandemic warning came long before Trump minimized coronavirus.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the CDC confirmed the first deaths from Covid-19 happened in California weeks earlier in February than the first reported death in Washington state; fought by the GOP every step of the way, Texas Democrats launched a site to make sure residents can still register to vote during the pandemic; and, the Multnomah County Republican Party accused Oregon Governor Kate Brown of “tyranny” for prioritizing human life over economic stability.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a World Health Organization vehicle carrying swabs to be tested for coronavirus came under gunfire in Myanmar and the driver was killed; and the conservative Tyrolian government lifted restrictions early on Austrian ski resorts that were hotbeds of infections from the first stages of the pandemic.

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/2020/4/22/1939333/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, “the obvious parallels to the climate crisis have been impossible to ignore. The same warnings, the same disinformation, the same tragic consequences, the same failure to act.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Supreme Court added a computer fraud case to its merits docket for next term; the Supreme Court sided with British Petroleum/ Atlantic Richfield to curtail Superfund site cleanup lawsuits; and, in a six to three ruling, the Supreme Court ended Oregon’s practice of allowing split verdicts to convict felony defendants.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the World Health Organization said it is currently not possible to determine the precise source of the new coronavirus; and, UNICEF reported that the new coronavirus will impoverish millions of children in the Middle East alone.

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/2020/4/21/1939049/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a Louisiana pastor is trying to get his parishioners to hand over their coronavirus stimulus checks to him.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Neiman Marcus is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection as soon as this week; the Trump administration is hiding the number of nursing home deaths ‘because it's bad for business and it's just horrible;' and, Broadway star Nick Cordero had his right leg amputated after suffering complications from coronavirus.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where thousands of Israelis practicing strict coronavirus restrictions rallied against Netanyahu; and, an Ebola flare-up in eastern Congo is expected to spread again after a patient escaped from a clinic and infected scores.

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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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power criticized Trump's decision to freeze funding to the World Health Organization and touted the need for a global response to the pandemic.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Louisiana GOP blocked an emergency election plan because it would let 'anybody' vote; Facebook will let you know if you shared or interacted with dangerous coronavirus misinformation on the site; and, Democratic contenders for Republican-held US Senate seats outraised their opponents in the first quarter by a margin of almost three to one.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Australia could keep coronavirus restrictions for a year while sending children to school in shifts; and, Canada’s border restrictions with the US will remain in place for a 'significant' time.

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/2020/4/17/1937986/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump ignoring scientific expertise got us into this situation, “… and he’s going to cause additional mass preventable deaths if he ignores the expertise because he has artificial deadlines.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, amid criticism over a lack of transparency, federal health officials are pressured to publicly track coronavirus infections and deaths in nursing homes; the government is approaching the lending limit on relief money to the nation’s small businesses; and, beaten by the KKK, hounded by racist politicians and jailed by the police for representing black civil rights activists in Louisiana at the height of the movement, attorney Richard Barry Sobol is dead at age eighty-two.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russia carried out an anti-satellite missile test yesterday morning; and, in a last ditch meeting, Netanyahu and Gantz failed to reach a unity deal, so the deadlock persists.

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/2020/4/16/1937647/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s dangerous attacks on WHO apply more to his initial virus response rather than the health organization.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a for-profit ice box baby gulag is forcing asylum seekers to give up their rights if they want protections from the pandemic; Liberty University is sued for not refunding student and campus fees while the school is offering online-only classes; and, a district court threw out Trump’s rollback of school nutrition rules.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Chilean court upheld the conviction of former Pinochet aide Christian Labbe for torture in 1973; and, Iraq suspended Reuters for three months for reporting the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country was higher than officially released.

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/2020/4/15/1937371/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays?_=2020-04-15T08:10:56.642-07:00