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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Republicans don’t care that Trump bribed foreign leaders for crass political gain that endangered national security, but only that he got caught.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump insisted the founders 'never thought' impeachment was 'possible,' but Hamilton in Federalist 65 sings a different tune; McConnell blamed the House impeachment inquiry for the four hundred bills he’s buried alive in the Senate graveyard; and, the impeachment inquiry didn’t stop the House from approving legislation to avert a widespread government shutdown later this week.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the FBI wished it had acted quicker as China stole vital intellectual property for the last ten years; and, the Maltese police arrested one of the country’s most prominent businessmen in the 2017 murder of the Malta’s most prominent anti-corruption journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia.

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/2019/11/20/1900663/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, if the GOP could exonerate Trump, they would testify to it.

On the rest of the menu, Mitch McConnell demanded civility after suggesting his political opponent should just roll up and die; knowing what we know now, you would expect Jeff Sessions to insist that it's 'unthinkable' to protect the whistleblower's identity; and, California will stop buying GM, Toyota and Fiat Chrysler vehicles for the state fleet over its tail-pipe emissions battle with Trump.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Australian authorities urged all Sydney residents to remain indoors as smoke from hundreds of bushfires blanket the country’s most populous city; and, tens of thousands of Greeks marched through Athens to mark the anniversary of the 1973 student revolt that helped topple the US-backed right wing military junta.

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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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s Ukraine conspiracy theory is a classic Putin alternative narrative that Vlad has used in various forms throughout the region.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a new Ohio law lets students invoke their religion to give wrong answers; Democratic victories in Virginia could help bring down Confederate statues; and, twice as many Americans are dying from antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’ than previously estimated.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russia is moving the three ships it violently seized from Ukraine last year to a handing over location today; and, the widow of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko, conveniently™ poisoned with polonium in London in 2006, is taking legal action against Boris Johnson for repressing a report on Russian meddling in Britain.

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/2019/11/18/1900209/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Senator Chris Murphy warned President Zelenskiy in September not to get entangled in US politics.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the student body president at the University of Florida faces impeachment over bribing Don Jr. to visit with $50,000.00 in student fees; Trump's plan to use a webcam at the border could backfire spectacularly by revealing US work crews continuously violating Mexican sovereignty; and, federal prosecutors say Roger Stone 'undermined' the Russia probe by deliberately lying to investigators to protect Trump.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Australia universities will list foreign ties and share cyber intelligence with national security agencies to thwart offshore interference; and, climate change is blamed as floods overwhelm Venice, swamping the basilica and inundating centuries-old buildings.

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/2019/11/14/1899310/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, bots and trolls ignited false claims of voter fraud in Kentucky that portends something very serious for 2020.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Wisconsin GOP is still focused on stealing power from the duly elected Democratic governor; an anti-abortion group misused funds yanked from Planned Parenthood so badly the state of Texas took its money back; and, Trump’s trade war farmer bailout has paid more per acre to several wealthy food conglomerates in five southern states, while hurting medium to small farmers across the Midwest and Great Plains the most.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where South Korea agreed to pay Trump $1 billion dollars a year to house US troops as a bulwark against North Korean aggression, but now Trump wants $5 billion dollars a year; and, pirates attacked an Italian-flagged offshore supply vessel in the southern Gulf of Mexico, injuring two crew members.

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/2019/11/13/1899052/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump and his allies tried to weaponize a debunked conspiracy theory, but the impeachment probe blew it up in their face.

On the rest of the menu, a California Republican who raised over $80k to challenge Adam Schiff, has now decided to carpetbag and run in Texas instead; Trump vowed to 'stand by' military families days after paying a $2 million dollar fine for stealing from a military charity; and, a federal judge tossed Trump’s suit against the New York law that lets Congress get his tax returns.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Canadian hockey commentator Don Cherry was fired over his bigoted remarks toward immigrants; and, still incapable of admitting its complicity in the Holocaust, Poland wants Netflix to make revisionist changes to its documentary about a Nazi death camp guard.

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/2019/11/12/1898767/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Republicans have a wish list of witnesses for the impeachment hearings that will mostly Biden their time.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump's oil mission in Syria raises serious legal problems for the US military; US intel and law enforcement agencies have beefed up security measures and communication protocols to combat ever more foreign interference in the elections; and, missing from the curricula for decades, civics and the Constitution are now being taught because of the impeachment inquiry.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed rebels began withdrawing from a village in the disputed Donbass region, paving the way for a summit between Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany, but not the United States; and, the British officer who started the Syrian Civil Defense known as The White Helmets, has conveniently™ fallen from a five story balcony and died, after being accused by Russia of being a spy.

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/2019/11/11/1898534/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, now that Rudy Giuliani has hired three criminal defense lawyers, “he’s going to sing” rather than running the “risk of ending up in the Federal Bureau of Prisons.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, Georgia is sued over their “absentee ballot law” that could disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters in 2020; the Trump administration ignored career State Department official’s warnings about ending refugee protections; and, the White House is urging private industry to “modernize” the national parks with a vision of food trucks, WiFi and Amazon drone deliveries.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where an international “grand committee” called for a pause on online micro-targeted political ads with false information until the area is regulated; and, the EU criticized Russia for shutting down the second indigenous people’s rights group in less than a week.

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/2019/11/8/1897984/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s Justice Department disclosed during the Roger Stone trial that Trump lied to Mueller.

Then, on the rest of the menu, California revealed for the first time it has been involved in an eighteen-month Facebook probe, and that the social media company has been stonewalling the investigation; rich, white conservative men are spending tens of millions to fund 'women-led' anti-abortion groups; and, many questions remain unanswered about the Ukraine disinformation campaign, so it only seems fair and balanced that John Solomon is forced to answer about a dozen.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Malaysia has detained Cambodian opposition leader Mu Sochua, after a news conference in Indonesia; and, two former Twitter employees, along with a third man, face US federal charges of spying for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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/2019/11/7/1897753/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, after Sondland added a bribery confession to his past testimony, Trump allies and the GOP scramble to prep a new impeachment defense.

Then, on the rest of the menu, ICE agents tried unsuccessfully to confiscate student records without a subpoena at a Florida elementary school; almost two and a half million poor Americans have lost vital phone services under Trump; and, Devin Nunes threatened to sue the Fresno County DA for ignoring a fake cow on twitter who Devin really, really hates.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Boris Johnson has withheld a government report on Russian meddling to avoid devastating revelations about Brexit; and, Iran will start injecting uranium gas into centrifuges at its underground Fordow enrichment facility because that’s what happens when you have to undo everything the Black President did.

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/2019/11/6/1897503/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays