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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, despite providing proof of citizenship, Louisiana officials refused to release an American citizen based on his ethnicity, so they could turn him over to ICE.

On the rest of the menu, the Kentucky GOP is wasting thousands of taxpayer dollars to build a wall in the State House so they don't have to sit near Democrats; a bland announcement in the Federal Register marks the beginning of the end of fed’s 50-year Reefer Madness crusade; and, thanks to Moscow Mitch McConnell, the US now has no functioning election commission.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Chinese-born Australian writer held in China since January has been formally arrested on espionage charges; and Amnesty International named five new political prisoners in Cuba.

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/2019/8/27/1881590/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, without any sense of self awareness, Fox News’ Bartiromo and Chaffetz whine about CNN hiring Andrew McCabe.

On the rest of the menu, thanks to Democratic voters, Oregon National Guard members are getting more help to afford college; Dick’s Sporting Goods removed guns from their stores and just had their best earning quarter in three years; and, a cadre of uber-loyal Trump dirty tricksters have an enemies list of journalists they deem hostile to The Chosen One.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are at odds over the seriousness of North Korea's serial short range missile launches; and, Macron caught Trump off guard as Iran's Zarif visits the G7 in Biarritz.

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/2019/8/26/1881320/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, two experts discussed the wildfire crisis in Brazil's rain forest and the loss it represents.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump's new anti-immigrant “Public Charge” rule hurts veterans, and the VA isn't lifting a finger to help them; Pence refuses to break ties with a dark money group corporate America dumped for its overt racism; and, Trump is panicking about suburban women because they don’t like guns, and they don’t like racism.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where FIFA is already setting up the 2023 Women’s World Cup for failure; and, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said Canada’s position on Russia’s participation in the G7 is “very clear,” they are opposed.

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/2019/8/23/1880803/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, US Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon said Trump’s anti-immigrant policy is a “World War II Japanese-American family detention camp-style operation."

Then, on the rest of the menu, kids in border camps are nine times likelier to die of the flu, but Border Protection still won’t vaccinate them; the nation’s top health officials are ordered to stay silent as Trump lies about mental health and shootings; and, a federal court just made the Electoral College even worse.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump is once again trying to pressure world leaders to give Russia a pass; and, Brazil’s far-right President accused NGO’s of burning down the Amazon rainforest to hurt his government.

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/2019/8/22/1880560/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, known for his notorious bullying, ‘sit down and shut up’ tirades, traffic jam revenge and short tempered constituent bashing, Chris Christie is NOW launching an organization for ‘civility’ in politics.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Tennessee is sued over a new law that could put people in jail just for registering voters; three more states join the wave of lawsuits to block Trump's new anti-immigrant rule; and, Trump said farmers who want him to end his trade war are 'dumb people.'

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where South Korea will double the radiation testing of Japanese food contaminated from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant; and, the Dominican Republic’s largest drug trafficking gang, a group that used two former Major League Baseball players to launder assets, has been dismantled.

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/2019/8/21/1880313/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, an Iowa teacher confronted Republican Senator Joni Ernst on gun control at a town hall.

On the rest of the menu, Facebook and Instagram removed the accounts of white supremacist James Allsup, although his YouTube account remains up; another white nationalist is arrested for threatening to attack a Jewish Community Center, this time in Ohio; and, the Florida Bar shredded Matt Gaetz for his 'unprofessional and reckless' attempt to intimidate a witness.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the British Foreign Office is concerned at reports that a Hong Kong staffer is detained in mainland China; and, in a retrial, an El Salvadoran court acquitted a woman accused of killing her stillborn child.

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/2019/8/20/1880103/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Former Ted Cruz staffer Jason Johnson whined when he was told he doesn't get to be the arbiter of what is and isn't considered racist.

On the rest of the menu, Trump insulted the mayor of El Paso to his face while 'comforting' the city after the terrorist shooting there; the mayor of Dayton is assigned a 24-hour security detail for over a dozen “plausible threats” after Trump insulted her over the mass shooting in her city; and, a career State Department staffer was punished for disloyalty to Trump after she accompanied a group of black lawmakers to the UN as part of her job.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump ripping kids from their families is set to cost taxpayers billions of dollars; and, after losing one of its top female athletes, Nike finally decides it cares about maternity rights.

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/2019/8/19/1879896/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s inner circle really, really really needs to stop pranking him about buying Greenland.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge ordered Georgia to get rid of its outdated voting machines before the 2020 election; Trump’s new labor rule would not only allow massive discrimination by for-profit companies, but they’ll help them do it; and, five Democratic senators just declared all-out war on the Supreme Court.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russian scientists and ecologists say the state nuclear agency committed a crime by holding a test near a city; and, Russia softened its stance in a high-profile legal standoff, when a court freed jailed French private equity executive Philippe Delpal from custody, and placed him under house arrest instead.

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/2019/8/16/1879384/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Senator Maizie Hirono noted that you can’t trust Trump’s negotiating. You just can’t.

Then, on the rest of the menu, farm bankruptcies in the Midwest have jumped forty-five percent since Trump started his trade war with China; leaked emails show Washington state GOP lawmaker Matt Shea collaborated with an extremist gun group that was preparing for ‘biblical warfare;’ and, described as a 'punch in the gut,' scientists find micro plastic in Arctic ice.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Mexico continues to push the US to designate the El Paso shooting as an act of terrorism; and, in a major setback for the nation’s aviation strategy, Norway's first electric plane crash-landed on a lake near the southern town of Arendal.

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/2019/8/15/1879146/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s condo deal with Chinese businessmen in Indonesia is the reason he’s turning a blind eye to the bloodbath in Hong Kong.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the EPA is hiding even more from the public than first thought as it guts important regulations; Trump said there's 'no inflation' minutes after data from his own Labor Department showed inflation; and, Trump spilled classified military secrets on Twitter, again.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Canadian PM Trudeau called for action as gun violence spiked in Toronto; and, a massive wildfire continues to rage on the Greek island of Evia as villagers prepare to evacuate.

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/2019/8/14/1878921/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays