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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Fox News Anchor Shep Smith was not having any of Moscow Mitch McConnell’s whining about a “modern day McCarthyism.”

On the rest of the menu, the 2016 Trump campaign gave a draft of the 'America First' speech to a foreign government for approval first; Trump retweeted a racist British columnist who called Baltimore a ‘proper sh*thole;’ and, a new bombshell report out of Elijah Cummings’ Oversight committee, detailing the hidden effort by Trump allies to empower Saudi Arabia’s nuclear ambitions, may explain the raft of racist vitriol directed at the Committee chair.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Capital One says what information you and over 100 million other individuals in the US and Canada have in your wallet, has been hacked; and, Brazil's Bolsonaro said there is no evidence an indigenous leader was murdered by illegal miners who invaded protected tribal lands and threatened tribal communities with murder for the last several months.

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/2019/7/30/1875288/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Democratic candidates and activists who ignore Trump’s racism are “bringing spreadsheets to a gunfight.”

On the rest of the menu, a Colorado sheriff slammed Mike Pence for stiffing cops with a huge bill while holding a $700,000 fundraiser; environmental groups vow to fight on after the Kavanaugh Supreme Court okay’d Trump’s border wall; and, Barr’s Department of Justice approved the $26 billion T-Mobile merger after the company spent $200,000 at Trump’s hotel.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Singapore prime minister’s estranged brother has backed the opposition party in a strange election twist; and, just-jailed Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has developed some Convenient™ “allergies” after being Conveniently™ poisoned with some Convenient™ chemicals.

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/2019/7/29/1875066/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the election systems in all fifty states were targeted by Russia in 2016, and they are doing it again.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump vetoed a bipartisan bill that prevented arms sales to Saudi Arabia; in a strong rebuke of Trump, four major automakers entered into secret negotiations and struck a deal with California to increase fuel efficiency standards; and, one hundred ninety-four House Republicans voted against better health and safety conditions at Trump’s concentration camps.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Border Patrol chief said she only joined the racist Facebook group because she was the answer to a “Jeopardy!” question; and, even legal immigrants are avoiding everyday activities over deportation concerns.

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/2019/7/26/1874511/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, US Representative Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota tried playing the Peter Strzok card with Mueller, it did not go well for him.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the FTC’s $5 billion deal with Facebook is a paper tiger with a partisan tail; William Barr would like the government to be able to break into your phone; and, coal CEO Bob Murray hosted a Trump fundraiser as his industry’s hurdles mount and workers are left behind.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Bulgarian prosecutors charged two workers at a cyber security firm with terrorism in that country’s biggest data breach; and, Sudan’s military thwarted a coup attempt and arrested an unspecified number of senior officers.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, during an oversight hearing, FBI director Christopher Wray was asked why the FBI changed the definition of "white nationalism" to something more benign.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump told a convention of cheering teen TrumpBros that the Constitution gives him “the right to do anything” he wants “as president;” EPA funded research showing US air pollution is linked to more than 30,000 deaths was released before Trump could quash it; and, there was another 2016 election interference plan by a foreign nation that Mueller didn’t tell us about.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the slain Russian gay rights activist conveniently stabbed in St Petersburg, had regularly received death threats the police ignored; and, China said a former senior space official is under investigation for 'serious violations of discipline.'

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/2019/7/24/1873964/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Mother Jones' David Corn takes apart the lying hack from The Washington Examiner, Siraj Hashmi, for repeating the right wing lie about the origins of the Russia investigation.

On the rest of the menu, the Department of Agriculture wants to kick over three million working class people off of food stamps to make a conservative Minnesota millionaire happy; a new Trump administration rule lets ICE rapidly deport undocumented immigrants without due process; and, no one can really dispute Republican Dan Crenshaw’s wholly misleading attack on the minimum wage, because he lost an eye in the war.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Huawei Technologies secretly helped North Korea build and maintain its wireless network; and, the resignation of Congo’s health minister unblocks the introduction of a second and more effective Ebola vaccine.

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/2019/7/23/1873746/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Representative Elijah Cummings stated the obvious when asked if Trump is a racist.

On the rest of the menu, Trump has been quietly shutting down defense programs that protect Americans from terrorism; Lara Trump complained critics of ‘send her back’ are pushing a ‘biased, racially-charged narrative’ about her father-in-law’s racist campaign strategy; and, Mike Pence’s nephew is an embedded ‘section leader’ who orchestrates Trump rally chants.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where villagers and firefighters battle huge wind-driven wildfires in central Portugal; and, New Zealanders handed over 10,000-plus guns and weapon parts in the first week of the nation’s buy-back policy after the Christchurch massacre.

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/2019/7/22/1873470/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Rand Paul whined about Jon Stewart being so mean while fighting for 9/11 first-responders.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump officials buried a report meant to help farmers because it mentioned climate change; the White House is trying to sabotage a deal that would ward off ‘financial-market chaos;’ and, William Barr gave the Senate GOP a ton of cash just months before they voted to confirm him.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Canadian police arrested nine members of a powerful Mafia clan with roots in southern Italy; and, the new Moldovan prime minister said her “first issue on the agenda is the ‘de-oligarchisation’ of the state.”

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/2019/7/19/1872899/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump says he's pleased with the Democratic reaction to his 'racist' attacks.

Then, on the rest of the menu, after threatening to kill state cops ordered to bring them in for a vote, the Oregon GOP is now trying to recall the Democratic governor for doing her job; the Marines demanded that indicted GOP congressman Duncan Hunter stop using their seal in his racist campaign mailers; and, called an attack on science, the BLM and the USDA are slammed over their controversial efforts to relocate the agencies outside of DC.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where even after being fined a record $5 billion, Facebook still profited from its Cambridge Analytica scandal; and, Kentucky isn't financing Mitch McConnell's reelection campaign, tax scam beneficiaries are.

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/2019/7/18/1872647/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, John Paul Stevens was known as the “Rule of Law Justice,” but he should also be known as the last great conservative justice on the Supreme Court.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Trump administration ignored ethics rules to replace scientists with industry polluters at the EPA; the House Oversight committee is expanding its investigation after 'disturbing new revelations' of how Betsy DeVos used her personal emails; and, a veteran GOP strategist has a 'real concern' over freshmen Democrats raising $24 million dollars over the last three months.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Planned Parenthood sacked its leader as the organization decided to double down on protecting abortion rights; and, Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen has become the first female EU president, winning on a platform of a greener, fairer and rule-based Europe.

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/2019/7/17/1872389/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays