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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump withholding military aid from Ukraine in exchange for investigating Biden, is "the ultimate impeachable act," until the next one.

On the rest of the menu, Cuccinelli complained DC police are using the First Amendment as an excuse for not arresting climate change protesters; a new plan by Trump's Department of Homeland Security to finally address right-wing violence, conveniently omitted guns; and, a federal appeals court dealt a severe blow to the latest Trump FCC effort to weaken media ownership rules.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump is set to announce Poland will be included in the US visa waiver program; and, Spain’s supreme court will rule today whether to move the remains of fascist dictator General Francisco Franco from a state mausoleum.

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/2019/9/24/1887445/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, by forcing the Biden narrative, the New York Times is pushing Trump as the anti-corruption candidate, just like it did in 2016.

On the rest of the menu, after suing Border Protection for demanding to know why they were speaking Spanish, two women and their families are forced from their small Montana town; Facebook suspended tens of thousands of apps in response to it’s Cambridge Analytica scandal; and, backed by over two dozen cities and as many states, California sued the Trump administration for revoking its authority to adopt strict emissions standards.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where global aviation leaders gathered amid climate protests and Boeing 737 MAX safety talks; and, British travel firm Thomas Cook collapsed, stranding hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers around the globe, and sparking the largest peacetime repatriation effort in British history.

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/2019/9/23/1887222/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a former Inspector General for the NSA discussed why the efforts of Inspector General Michael Atkinson in meticulously following the law, has now made him vulnerable to Trump’s considerable vengeance.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Moscow Mitch took credit for adding $250 million to election security after blocking the bill for months; Education Secretary Betsy DeVos wants to pull funding from a Middle East studies program offered by Duke University and the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, because it teaches too much Islam; and, citing a glut of “modern sporting rifles,” gun maker Colt suspended production of the AR-15 for the civilian commercial market.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Amnesty International accused Hong Kong police of torture and other abuses of protesters; and, fumigation against mosquitoes in Cuba, not “sonic attacks,” may have caused US and Canadian diplomats to fall ill in Havana.

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/2019/9/20/1886666/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, some people might call Trump’s interaction with a foreign leader that prompted the whistleblower complaint as a “promise,” while others would call it a “betrayal” and selling out America.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the House GOP tried to remove the word 'shooting' from a bill about school shootings; a white supremacist faces federal charges for racially-motivated threats that sought to intimidate a black Charlottesville civic leader exploring a run for office; and, anti-Semitic trolls are creating an online list of Jewish people critical of white nationalism that even 4-chan found too toxic.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Tokyo court cleared all three former Tepco executives of negligence over the 2011 Fukushima disaster; and, a Moscow court freed an anti-Putin protester from custody, as school teachers and Orthodox priests demanded authorities rein in the crackdown.

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/2019/9/19/1886443/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, House Intel Chair Adam Schiff discussed confronting acting-DNI Joseph Maguire about a whistleblower complaint not brought to the committee.

Then, on the rest of the menu, overseas military will be unable to cast a ballot because of Trump’s objection to a 145 year-old treaty which governs the international mail exchange for nearly 200 countries; Dan Crenshaw called health care for veterans 'pandering,' even though he uses it; and, the Air Force admitted it ‘would’t be surprised’ if they were ‘Trump Turnberry’s largest customer.’

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Brazil’s top prosecutor ordered indictments over the sabotage of the investigation in the assassination of a Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman; and, Mexico seeks to halt the 'illegal' auction of pre-Columbian art in Paris today.

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/2019/9/18/1886197/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump uses the Justice Department to “pardon his friends” while “throwing the book” at “his political enemies.”

On the rest of the menu, the new Interior secretary is slammed for promoting a Park Police official under FBI investigation over a murder by subordinates on his watch; less than a week after being kicked to the curb, John Bolton is already shopping a tell-all about the Trump White House; and, ‘unlike other presidents,’ Trump will be renting out the US military because if ‘Saudi Arabia pays cash,’ these other loser rube nations will pay, too.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the UK Supreme Court will hear cases that Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament was illegal; and, the arrest of a top Canadian police officer in Ottawa on charges of spying for Russia, is certain to severely impact the intelligence operations of the Western Allied nations.

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/2019/9/17/1885948/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, former representative and Nixon impeachment investigator, Elizabeth Holtzman, knows the semantics and substance behind Trump’s impeachment investigation.

On the rest of the menu, water contamination clean up on all US military bases is set to top $2 billion dollars; major drug dealing companies filed a motion that the judge hearing the US opioid trial must recuse himself; and, a three-judge Court of Appeals panel ruled that hotel and restaurant owners can sue Trump over unfair competition.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Australian intelligence has concluded China was behind the hack on parliament and the three major political parties before their General Election last May; and, Mexican prosecutors will target a former attorney general and his top aides in the disappearance five years ago of 43 student teachers.

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/2019/9/16/1885719/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Barr and Trump want to indict former FBI Director Andrew McCabe for running the Russia probe, but a grand jury might not let them.

Then, on the rest of the menu, while Trump is diverting military resources to build his wall, recruits are using duct tape to patch holes in the walls at their barracks; GOP senator Joni Ernst refused to answer questions about her secret plan to cut Social Security; and, California is banning all private prisons, including ICE concentration camps and ice box baby gulags.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump says he does not believe the Israelis are spying on him because of all the love letters he’s gotten from Bibi; and, scientists have found the first evidence of water in the atmosphere of a rocky planet.

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/2019/9/13/1885200/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Samantha Power explained how Russia took such a dark turn under Putin in the aftermath of the Cold War, that Vlad exceeded her worst expectations.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the White House wants biofuel producers to accept oil refiners blending mandates, but no one cares what the corn farmers think; the GOP admits two more recall efforts have failed in Colorado; and, Justice Sotomayor issued a powerful dissent to the Supreme Court’s ‘extraordinary’ move unleashing Trump’s harsh asylum rules.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Japan’s new environment minister wants to shut down all the country’s nuclear reactors; and, climate change campaigner in the South Pacific, pro-democracy Tongan Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pohiva, died in a New Zealand hospital at the age of seventy-eight.

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/2019/9/12/1884978/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the House Oversight Committee threatened to subpoena documents from the Pentagon related to military personnel staying at Trump properties.

Then, on the rest of the menu, thirty-seven businesses and counting tell customers to stop carrying guns in their stores; a GOP congressman claimed Trump's record deficit is somehow Pelosi's fault; and, Giuliani's attempt to pressure the Ukraine to dig up dirt on Trump challengers triggers several congressional probes.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Japanese utility Tepco said it has not been able to restore electricity to about 400,000 homes after outages caused by Typhoon Faxai; and, both Republican and Democratic senators said they expected Congress would restore the $250 million in military aid for Ukraine if Trump goes ahead with his plans to block the assistance.

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/2019/9/11/1884739/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays