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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries of the Leadership Council was pressed on the Pelosi news about impeachment.

On the rest of the menu, the White House rejected the House Oversight Committee’s request to interview two former deputy counsels; Trump wants to spy on your social media to cut your Social Security payments; and, the Department of Justice just ensured that the Mueller probe will have funding for the next fiscal year.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Amazon domain battle between the Amazon basin nations and the multi-national corporation rages on; and, in a rare bipartisan rebuke to Trump, Republican and Democratic congressional leaders invited NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to address the lawmakers next month.

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/2019/3/12/1841400/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, in America, Ilhan Omar’s religious right to wear a hijab ends where Jeanine Pirro’s racist Islamophobia begins.

On the rest of the menu, Trump’s National Golf Club at Washington, DC has been illegally chopping down and then dumping protected trees in the Potomac River; the top Air Force official who slammed Trump's 'space force' suddenly quits; and, Trump officials won't talk to Congress about the sexual abuse of the kids they stole.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the trial of Loujain al-Hathloul, one of nearly a dozen prominent Saudi Arabian women’s rights activists detained since last year, will begin on Wednesday; and, the spokesman for the leading Rwandan opposition politician Victoire Ingabire, has been found dead.

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/2019/3/11/1841125/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Fox attacks the Democrats for refusing to answer the tough questions the propaganda network will give to who they want to win the primary, anyway.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Congress is investigating Brian Kemp’s voter suppression scheme that secured his win of the Georgia governorship; Democratic senators tell Trump it’s time to prove his Chinese election hacking claims; and, Manafort’s lawyer made a bizarrely specific denial about collusion with Russia.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Senator Richard Blumenthal wants a criminal investigation of military base landlords; and, twenty-three Republicans were the only House members to vote no on a resolution that condemns anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and other forms of bigotry.

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/2019/3/8/1840439/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, former Watergate prosecutor Nick Ackerman grilled Michael Caputo on why he is pushing back on the House Judiciary Committee.

Then, on the rest of the menu, leaked chats reveal white nationalist group Identity Evropa’s efforts to cozy up to the GOP; McConnell is blocking the bill that would make it easier for Americans to vote; and, Trump just made sure you won’t hear about how many civilians are killed in US drone strikes.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Trump administration is already obstructing 30 congressional investigations; and, Democrats in Congress unveiled legislation to reinstate net neutrality rules.

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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/2019/3/7/1840152/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Fox’s Outnumbered was shocked the Democrat on the panel identified with the Democrats.

Then, on the rest of the menu, NASA tried to fly a pollution-spotting plane over Houston after Hurricane Harvey caused massive chemical spills, fires, flooded storage tanks and damaged industrial plants, but Trump’s EPA said no; Trump’s pick for the Office on Violence Against Women doesn’t understand gun violence against women; and, House Democrats have hired a veteran Manhattan prosecutor who specialized in Russian organized crime for their investigation into Donald Trump.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the top US general in Europe said the United States should not sell F-35 jets to Turkey unless Ankara drops plans to buy the S-400 surface-to-air missile defense systems from Russia; and, House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings slammed the White House for its attempts to defy Constitution.

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, Trump’s two hour-plus speech at CPAC wasn’t only the longest of his presidency, it was also full of over 100 lies and misleading statements.

On the rest of the menu, coastal states mount bipartisan resistance as Trump forges ahead with his offshore drilling plans; California files a lawsuit over the Trump administration’s family planning gag rule; and, Congress demands to see the communications between Trump and Putin.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Republican and Democratic US senators are frustrated with the Trump administration’s failure to provide more information about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi; and, former acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker quietly left the Department of Justice by the back door over the weekend.

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/2019/3/5/1839514/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Judiciary Committee will be issuing document requests to over 60 different people and individuals from the White House, to the DOJ to the Trump Organization.

On the rest of the menu, Matt Gaetz is rated as the ‘most punchable face in Congress,’ right after Ted Cruz; Trump has threatened to sign an executive order withholding over $30 Billion in research funds if US Universities don’t treat his Gestapo Brownshirts better when they show up on campus demanding free hate speech; and, Republicans could get people killed with their lie about ‘infanticide.’

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump’s ‘space force’ fantasy could cost American taxpayers $2 billion; and, French President Emmanuele Macron warned against the dangers of resurgent nationalism, as tensions eased between France and the Italian right wing government over migration.

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/2019/3/4/1839189/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the My Pillow Guy told the CPAC Incel General Assembly that Trump is"the greatest president in history" because he "was chosen by God," and the My Pillow Guy ought to know, because he’s the My Pillow Guy.

Then, on the rest of the menu, rather than preventing disasters, Trump’s Department of Interior seems to be encouraging them; a new complaint filed by immigration groups cites an 'alarming increase' in infants held in ICE custody; and, indicting a sitting president is tricky, but indicting his children, not so much.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where in a tense, closed-door meeting, Nancy Pelosi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez chewed out House Dems who keep voting with the other side of the aisle; and, Trump’s year-long bombing campaign that pitted some of America’s most high-tech fighter jets against a few of the most primitive Taliban “heroin labs,” has quietly ended after failing to achieve much of anything.

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/2019/3/1/1838508/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, even Fox News can’t paper over the damage Cohen’s testimony has done to Trump.

Then, on the rest of the menu, as Democrats mobilize their caucus, McConnell's symbolic vote on the Green New Deal is not expected anytime soon; McCrae Dowless, the operative hired by North Carolina Republican nominee Mark Harris, was finally indicted on seven separate counts related to the election fraud there; and, the same 43 Republicans who blew up the deficit with tax cuts, now say debt is a security threat.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where US farm debt soars to levels not seen since the 1980’s farm crisis; and, BlackBerry sues Twitter for patent infringement.

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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/2019/2/28/1838260/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, it “would be a bizarre scenario” if Rod Rosenstein rules that Trump cannot even be mentioned in the Mueller report.

Then, on the rest of the menu, prosecutors say they are still getting help from Russian spy Maria Butina; a new report reveals that Jared Kushner may have lied to Congress about his shady security clearance; and, 182 Republicans chose Trump over the Constitution on his fake ’emergency’ at the Southern border.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the US military disrupted the internet access of a Russian troll farm on the day of the November midterm election; and, Colorado Governor Jared Polis took a bold step in a plan to end the undemocratic Electoral College.

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/2019/2/27/1838042/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays