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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, despite the ‘gobbledegook’ from Trump stooge Jay Sekulow, ‘going to a foreign government’ and asking for ‘dirt’ on a ‘political rival,’ is the ‘dictionary definition’ of ‘an impeachable offense.’

On the rest of the menu, seventy-three House Republicans want to punish Adam Schiff for accurately describing Trump's Ukraine call; ninety former national security officials signed a letter supporting the Ukraine whistleblowers; and, more than one hundred and thirty thousand new voting machines could cause more distrust in US elections.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Supreme Court declined to take up a dispute over the assets of Puerto Rico’s largest public sector pension fund; and, the British foreign minister told Secretary of State Mike Pompeo he was disappointed by the decision to let a diplomat’s wife who was involved in a fatal car crash use diplomatic immunity to leave Britain.

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/2019/10/8/1890915/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Chair of the Federal Election Commission made it absolutely clear that “it is illegal for any person to solicit, accept, or receive anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a U.S. election.”

On the rest of the menu, after exposing his own foreign policy blunders and crimes, Trump orders a 'substantial' cut in National Security Council staff; talks between the UAW and GM take a 'turn for the worse;' and, OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma funneled more than $13 Billion dollars to the Sackler Family, not the $4 Billion the company’s owners admitted to previously.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where almost 12,000 rallied in Kiev to protest Zelenskiy’s deal with Putin and Trump; and, not content to just sell out America, Trump just sold out the Kurds to the Turks because the the Kurds ‘cost too much.’

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/2019/10/7/1890663/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, while running a one man impeachment war room, a “terrified” Trump will get “way worse.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Trump tax whistleblower accused at least one political appointee at the Treasury Department of attempting to interfere with the IRS’s mandatory audit process; the North Carolina GOP played the sore loser after a court struck down its gerrymandering scheme; and, Italian Prime Minister Conte said he is not concerned that William Barr held secret meetings with the Italian intelligence agencies.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Mexican Supreme Court Justice resigned amid corruption allegations; and, Brazil police raided a Rio hospital to get the bullet one of their officers fired that killed an eight year-old girl.

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/2019/10/4/1889979/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, former federal prosecutor John Flannery observed the rats are not only jumping ship from the White House, they are falling into the laps of reporters in the White House press room.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the South Carolina GOP is slammed with a lawsuit for canceling its primary to protect Trump; leaked audio from a recent ALEC seminar on gerrymandering exposed an ex-GOP lawmaker bragging about tricking black Democrats with his gerrymandering schemes; and, Border officials say, nope, Trump still hasn't built a foot of new wall in his nearly three years in office.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where cyber-attackers targeted the personal information of students, professors and employees at one of Australia’s most prestigious universities; and, the UN special rapporteur reported that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince is working overtime to dodge blame for the Jamal Khashoggi killing.

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/2019/10/3/1889690/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump should be in solitary confinement, but impeachment will have to do.

Then, on the rest of the menu, an entrance-exam official agreed to plead guilty in the US college cheating scandal; Democrats see 'huge opportunities' as voter registration soars in Georgia; and, Elizabeth Warren slamed Facebook for 'refusing to protect our democracy' after audio of Zuckerberg leaked.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Vatican police raided the top offices of the Holy See’s Secretariat of State for financial irregularities; and, Emmanuel Macron met with freed Ukrainian filmmaker, Oleg Sentsov, after a prisoner

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/2019/10/2/1889432/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Attorney General Barr has been traveling around the globe asking foreign intel officers to prove Trump’s 8chan conspiracy theories against US intelligence agencies and federal law enforcement.

On the rest of the menu, Trump claimed victory for creating 'hundreds' of Apple jobs that already existed; Trump is about to be frustrated by an IRS whistleblower detailing efforts to influence the agency; and, Putin says the United States needs his permission to release his phone conversations with Trump.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a San Francisco tour guide has been charged with being an agent of the Chinese government; and, Ireland dismissed the UK Brexit border “customs clearance centers” proposal.

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/2019/10/1/1889179/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Secretary of State Pompeo was served a subpoena as Trump envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker, resigned.

On the rest of the menu, the Trump administration suffered a legal setback to speed up deportations; Moscow Mitch rewarded Susan Collins' loyalty with a posh DC fundraiser; and, frightened GOP lawmakers are relying on Trump’s Ukraine talking points he emailed to the Democratic Party by mistake, because they have no idea what is coming next.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where more than than twenty thousand Russians took to the streets of Moscow to demand the release of protesters jailed over the summer; and, Portugal's Azores braces for the impact of category 4 hurricane Lorenzo.

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/2019/9/30/1888892/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a senior Trump campaign official, tried to explain, without lying like Lewandowski, how asking for foreign help in an election is against the law, and okay at the same time.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a district judge denied the release of a Canadian man accused of duping an Oregon woman in a Bitcoin fraud; a sixty-eight year-old Missouri man is charged with flying to the San Francisco Bay Area, renting a car and setting dozens of fires in the grassy foothills of the East Bay; and, former acting ICE director and current anti-immigrant Fox talking-head Tom Horman, sneered that the first Indian-American woman elected to congress, works for him. And don’t you forget it. Ever.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Czech opposition lawmakers failed in their bid to remove their president after he was accused of violating the constitution; and, former French president Jacques Chirac, ”the political chameleon,” has died at age 86.

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/2019/9/27/1888222/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Lawmakers who have seen the Trump whistleblower complaint call the document “disturbing, credible” and “explosive.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, Oracle says congressional and state investigators have asked it for information about Google; California and sixteen other states sued the Trump administration over weakened protections for endangered species; and, the Senate voted to terminate Trump's 'national emergency' for his border wall, again.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Afghan women rights activists fear mandatory poll photos could stop them from voting; and, Mexico's Oaxaca state legalizes abortion in an historic move for the Catholic nation.

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/2019/9/26/1887981/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Chuck Todd finally found a spine. You heard that right. Chuck. Todd.

Then, on the rest of the menu, in a bipartisan effort, the House overwhelmingly voted to rebuke Trump's attacks on refugees; Trump ignored the three hundred and ninety-five bills Democrats have passed to claim they're only focused on impeachment; and, the Trump Labor Department is slammed for the ‘wholly inadequate’ overtime pay rule that is ‘literally taking money from the pockets of workers.’

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where an ex-US intelligence officer gets ten years in a federal prison for espionage on behalf of China; and, Chinese hackers who used an unknown iPhone security flaw to target ethnic minority Uighurs, also went after Tibetans in exile.

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/2019/9/25/1887701/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays