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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, John Bolton and Rudy Guiliani have been paid speakers for MEK, relentlessly pushing its “regime change in Iran” policies, now Bolton and Guiliani are in the White House setting war policy.

On the rest of the menu, Repug Dan Crenshaw "wholeheartedly" stands by his racist attacks that have resulted in a marked increase in death threats against Representative Ilhan Omar; the Minnesota GOP refused federal funds for election security, saying people are 'hacked all the time;' and, the National Urban League urged immediate action against Russian efforts to suppress the black vote.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where two Reuters reporters walked free from a prison in Myanmar after being held for five hundred days for doing their job; and, at least eight people are dead as cops raid a Rio slum amid a sharp rise in killings by police.

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, Infowars may have been banned from Twitter, but they've found a new home over on Trump's Twitter feed.

On the rest of the menu, a group of seven Democratic Senators slam the Trump Department of Justice for working to hide white supremacist terrorism; lending discrimination practices, like redlining, are set for a comeback under the Trump administration’s new mortgage policies; and, Fox News viewers couldn’t help but unleash furious racist hell after Los Angeles unveiled, “President Barack Obama Boulevard.”

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the White House is panicking that the nation’s least popular governor, Kentucky's Matt Bevin, could lose; and, if William Barr won’t answer Kamala Harris’ questions, maybe the Inspector General will.

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/2019/5/6/1855655/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Robert Reich said Attorney General Bill Barr should be arrested and put in jail if he refuses to cooperate with Democrats in Congress.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Trump administration officially rolled back safety rules that were put in place after the Deepwater Horizon blowout; Labor Secretary Alex Acosta was shredded for knowing nothing about birth control; and, a Trump State Department official had a really racist take on US/ China relations.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the ACLU and other rights groups sued the US government over William Barr’s decision to hold asylum seekers without bond; and, Trump has left America without a permanent defense secretary for five months.

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/2019/5/3/1855029/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Kamala Harris drew blood in her questioning of William Barr.

Then, on the rest of the menu, thousands march on the Wisconsin capitol in support of driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants; ten thousand teachers rise up against the Republican legislature in deep red South Carolina; and, a court orders officials of Trump’s sham civil rights commission to turn over thousands of emails about Trump’s voter suppression efforts.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where despite a failure to honor its “moral commitments,” a federal judge in California ruled a Spanish museum can keep a Pissaro confiscated by the Nazis in Berlin; and, the Pentagon said the military has not been given orders to prepare for war in Venezuela.

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/2019/5/2/1854736/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, House Oversight Committee Chair, Elijah Cummings, says jail time could be on the table for witnesses who ignore subpoenas and stonewall Congressional oversight.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the GOP is trying to make it a crime to register voters in at least three states; Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale raked in thousands of dollars from foreign officials, and the campaign is just fine with it; and, Trump ally Erik Prince faces a criminal referral for lying to Congress.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Fontana, California police department apologized for calling Representative Rashida Tlaib ‘un-American’ and a ‘disgrace’ on social media; and, jailed Russian agent Maria Butina slamed her ‘absurd’ conviction in a jail house phone interview with Russian media.

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/2019/5/1/1854471/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is abusing power in plain sight by suing Deutsche Bank and Capital One from complying with House subpoenas.

On the rest of the menu, the White House refuses to say why Trump won't honor the Teacher of the Year who just happens to be black; Health and Human Services Secretary, Alex Azar, covered up Trump's anti-vax record amid a 25-year high measles outbreak; and, a new report issued by the UN Interagency Coordination Group finds that antimicrobial superbugs could kill over ten million people in less than thirty years.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Ugandan pop star turned lawmaker, Bobi Wine, is detained over protesting a law on taxing social media users; and, France is in a rush to train skilled workers to restore the Notre-Dame cathedral.

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/2019/4/30/1854226/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Sarah Sanders’ and Kellyanne Conway’s “entire job is excuse me.”

On the rest of the menu, Texas Republicans are forced by a court to admit their 'voter fraud' panic was a lie; GOP Federalist Society judges launch a bizarre attack on Black Lives Matter and the First Amendment; and, Facebook’s newest ‘fact checkers’ are Koch-funded climate deniers.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where former US deputy attorney general Sally Yates said if Trump was not president, he would be indicted; and, despite opposition from China, the Pentagon sailed two US Navy warships through the strategic Taiwan Strait.

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/2019/4/29/1853918/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump doesn’t know it, but his criticism of McGahn is “risky.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Interior Department abruptly paused its offshore drilling plans, following major legal setbacks and a rancorous bipartisan uproar; Trump and Stephen Miller want to grant the administration sweeping authority to go around the courts and deport people even faster; and, Twitter said it can’t get rid of Nazis because too many Republicans would get caught up in the ban.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a panel of US judges ordered Michigan to revamp nearly three dozen Republican-drawn districts in an illegal gerrymandering case; and, Moroccan police used water cannons to disperse a protest by thousands of young teachers in the capital Rabat.

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/2019/4/26/1853238/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump knows so much about America, he thinks the Supreme Court justices he appointed can overturn his impeachment.

Then, on the rest of the menu, military widows and their children are paying higher taxes thanks to the Trump tax scam; a federal judge ruled that Trump can't tell doctors how to do their job; and, Mike Pence dodged questions and then walked away when pressed on his promotion of the hacked Wikileaks emails in 2016.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where US measles cases hit its highest level since the virus was declared eradicated in 2000; and, unexpected rainfall revives Iraq's historic marshlands after Saddam drained them during the First Gulf War.

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

Bon Appétit!

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s census plan is really about defending the Voting Rights Act, you know, the one Roberts gutted.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump has installed more white judges than any president in twenty-five years; another six Trump appointees are under investigation at just one agency; and, Purple Heart vet Mom MJ Hegar, takes on McConnell's top lackey John Cornyn, in the Texas US Senate race.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the New Irish Republican Army apologized for the killing of Irish journalist Lyra McKee, its first acknowledgement that one of its members was involved; and, the NASA probe InSight detected a 'marsquake,’ marking the first time a seismological temblor has been recorded on another planet.

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/2019/4/24/1852712/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays?_=2019-04-24T07:55:32.389-07:00