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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a Trump aide painted a 'rudderless' coronavirus response inside the White House.

Then, on the rest of the menu, craven GOP senators ask for more CDC funds after voting to cut them; the Supreme Court’s decision on Obamacare could hurt the GOP in the 2020 election; and, the coder charged with the largest leak of classified information in CIA history was portrayed as, “vindictive.”

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump and Pompeo thought they could get the Taliban to agree to one peace deal, and the Afghani government to another, like nothing would go wrong; and, half of world's sandy coastlines could vanish by the end of this century.

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/2020/3/3/1923764/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Pence defended Junior’s claim that Democrats want ‘millions’ to die from Covid-19, while Fox and Limbaugh were ripped for turning the crisis into a political issue to protect Trump.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge ruled that Ken Cuccinelli was unlawfully appointed to lead the US Citizenship and Immigration Services agency and all his actions must be rescinded; Republican-controlled states make it really, really hard for college students to vote; and, the US has only 75,000 diagnostic kits for testing coronavirus available at the moment because of a “manufacturing defect.”

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a warm winter means that, for the first time in the history of German winemaking, the country’s fabled vineyards will produce no ice wine; and, if the world is going to give you a viral pandemic, why not have swarms of locusts, too?

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/2020/3/2/1923377/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a long list of tasks await the would-be managers of the coronavirus outbreak.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Moscow Mitch McConnell has blocked the gun background checks bill for a full year; an HHS whistleblower complaint alleges that federal workers are 'not properly trained or equipped' to help coronavirus patients; and, Trump's border wall construction is destroying sacred sites.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Hong Kong police arrested media tycoon Jimmy Lai on “illegal” assembly charges; and, New Zealand's Prime Minister says Australia's deportation policy is 'corrosive.’

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/2020/2/28/1922668/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Dr. Peter Hotez explained the trajectory of the coronavirus, and what can and should be done.

Then, on the rest of the menu, citing government overreach, three Republicans voted against the bill that makes lynching a crime; Congress warns the Trump administration not to take more money for the border wall; and, a Roger Stone juror clapped back at Trump for “denigrating the concept of equal justice.”

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the United Nations decried a nearly fifty-percent increase in killings of women activists in Colombia; and, disgraced former Austrian far-right leader Heinz-Christian Strache will run again with an extremist splinter group.

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/2020/2/27/1922354/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Larry Kudlow went on CNBC and lied his ass off about the coronavirus being contained because the market continues in free fall.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that it would place an undue burden on rogue border agents protecting the border if they can’t shoot unarmed Mexican teenagers in the back a hundred yards away on Mexican soil; Oregon Republicans walked out of the state capitol to prevent Democracy from happening, just like they did last year, twice; and, McConnell's attempt to force radical abortion bills through the Senate failed, but it riled up the base just fine, thank you very much.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the second indigenous leader from Costa Rica has been killed during a violent land dispute this year; and, Dmitry Yazov, the former Soviet defense minister who took part in an unsuccessful coup against Mikhail Gorbachev, has died at the age of 95.

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/2020/2/26/1922111/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Lindsey Graham promised Fox viewers he would haul former Justice Department officials in front of his committee over FISA warrants.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump says the 'stock market is starting to look very good' after its biggest drop in two years; Susan Collins is mad about 'dark money' ads, but she's the reason they're legal; and, senior US Democrats want Russia sanctions over their 2020 election interference.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Australia’s top spy chief warned of "unprecedented" foreign espionage threats; and, a Chinese court sentenced a Hong Kong bookseller to 10 years in jail for selling books critical of the mainland leadership.

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/2020/2/25/1921803/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump will continue to purge intelligence officials who are not Trump loyalists and Shelby Pierson, the official in charge of election security, may be the next to go.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal DEA agent has been arrested and accused of conspiring with the cartel to launder money; don’t let Trump know, but the EPA is concerned that nonstick and stain-resistant compounds found in drinking water may pose a health risk; and, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House in Los Angeles has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where thousands of Hungarians marched to protest Prime Minister Orban's anti-Roma campaign; and, voters punished German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives for flirting with the far-right and descending into a messy leadership battle.

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/2020/2/24/1921514/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the federal judge who ruled against “stop and frisk” fact-checked Bloomberg’s debate performance.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump's own top economic advisers poured cold water on his claims of the "greatest economy in the history of our country;” New Mexico’s attorney general sued Google over illegally collecting personal data generated by children in violation of federal and state laws; and, as if help from Russia wasn’t enough, the GOP is set to spend $10 million to make it harder for people to vote.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the president of the Paris Saint-Germain soccer club was indicted as part of a five-year bribery and corruption investigation linked to FIFA; and, without any irony, the United States blacklisted five Iranian officials, accusing them of preventing free and fair elections before a parliamentary vote that it branded a “sham.”

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/2020/2/21/1920779/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Roger Stone will be sentenced today, as questions swirl about when the ‘chief law enforcement officer of the country' will pardon him.

Then, on the rest of the menu, after threatening an armed insurrection if they were forced to return to the Capitol last year to vote, Oregon Republicans stage a walkout to slow the short 35 day session this year; voters in Kentucky break the record for registration ahead of the 2020 election; and, Florida's latest voter suppression tactic is ruled unconstitutional by a federal court.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where The Hill criticized, but would not recant the John Solomon articles that pushed Russian propaganda Trump used to avoid being removed from office; and, ICE ignored a new California state law requiring a judicial warrant to make immigration arrests inside court houses, when they arrested two men awaiting hearings in Sonoma County.

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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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump has “gotten away with so much” the “law is going to come after him,” and America’s “courts will bring him to justice.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, a North Carolina appeals court blocked the state’s voter ID law as racially discriminatory; ICE issued subpoenas to an Oregon county over two Mexican national inmates in a test of the state’s 1987 sanctuary law; and, the Trump administration has waived important regulatory contracting laws to speed up construction of Trump’s vanity wall.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Turkish businessman and philanthropist has been re-arrested hours after being acquitted over his alleged role in the landmark protests of 2013; and, the US arrested a Mexican citizen in Miami for working on behalf of Russian intelligence.

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/2020/2/19/1920289/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays