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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Representative David Price of North Carolina explained the contours of the deal that will keep the government open and Homeland Security funded.

On the rest of the menu, ICE blamed the mass raids in North Carolina over the weekend on local police officers for not cooperating with the agency; Denver teachers go on strike for the first time in 25 years; and, new evidence suggests the New York Times was tricked into retracting a major Russia probe bombshell.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where former Fed Chair Paul Volcker warned that Trump’s handling of domestic issues, as well as trade talks with China, is hurting the United States’ long-term prosperity; and, the passing of an angry generation died with Albert Finney last Friday, but it was barely mentioned in the American press.

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/2019/2/12/1834066/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting oaff in the Bistro Cafe, Nancy Pelosi clapped back hard on Trump coming into her House and making threats.

Then, on the rest of the menu, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, ordered a withdrawal of the majority of the state’s National Guard troops assigned to the southern border; the GOP gave banks a $21 billion tax cut, and they used it to fire over 4,300 employees; and, House Intel Chair Adam Schiff, is ramping up the Russia investigation, with quiet hints it may implicate Devin Nunes.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Border Patrol agent in California illegally sold guns to an undercover agent out of the trunk of his car; and, a key ally of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari warned that foreign election observers would be sent back in body bags.

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/2019/2/7/1832908/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her guest, New York activist Ana Maria Archila, explained why and where Donald Trump's State Of The Union fell short.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Texas GOP officials are facing three lawsuits over their transparently racist attempt to remove people from the state’s voter rolls; Trump blames the Senate for the nominations problem his administration has created; and, the far right hated that Trump brought Jewish guests to the State of the Union.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Customs and Border Protection officials admit a BuzzFeed reporter trying to enter the US was harassed by a Border agent over the outlet’s Trump coverage; and, Amnesty International accused the United Arab Emirates of diverting arms supplied by Western and other states to, “unaccountable militias accused of war crimes” in Yemen.

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/2019/2/6/1832641/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s withdrawal from the INF nuke treaty is already having real consequences.

On the rest of the menu, GOP congressman Lee Zeldin randomly lashed out at Nancy Pelosi after a Jewish website accused him of supporting Nazis; Trump’s plan to keep US troops in Iraq was news to the Iraqis; and, in a final act as he heads out the door, acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker is working hard to block child sex abuse victims from seeking asylum.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump’s nominee to lead the Interior Department is under fire for his illegal actions as Acting Interior Secretary during the shutdown; and, the GOP is implementing a vile plot to sabotage low-income health care, even after voters approved it.

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/2019/2/5/1832310/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the general consensus is that Trump’s Super Bowl interview was filled with ‘a lot of ignorance and a lot of lies.’

On the rest of the menu, ninety Democrats and one lone Republican sign onto a bill giving back pay to federal contract workers; Trumpist judges are standing up for the most oppressed people in the country, white Republican elected officials; and, the Trump administration claims reuniting separated children with their parents is an ‘undue burden,’ and would traumatize the children irreparably by ripping them away from their host families.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where teens with anti-vaxx parents are seeking out help online to get secretly vaccinated; and, a new study surprisingly finds neanderthals were sprinters, rather than distance runners.

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/2019/2/4/1831975/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a lot of people are laughing at the idea of Roger Stone as a victim.

Then, on the rest of the menu, “whistlebower” Tricia Newbold was suspended less than a week after reports that Jared Kushner's top-secret security clearance was approved over staff objections; a former IBM executive says she was ordered not to comply with a federal agency’s request that the company disclose the names of employees over 50 who’d been laid off; and, a United Arab Emirates senior diplomat denied the country had targeted American citizens in a cyberspying program that involved a hacking team of U.S. mercenaries.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a newly emerged photo shows Ben Carson with a key employee of a sanctioned Russian oligarch; and, Siberian cave findings shed light on the enigmatic extinct human species of Denisovans.

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/2019/2/1/1831335/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Venture Capitalist and entrepreneur, Nick Hanauer says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the centrist, not Howard Schultz.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump Cabinet members are doing all they can to avoid questions from Congress; only a Russian dupe like Mitch McConnell would call an Election Day holiday a power grab; and, despite local objections, the Trump administration secretly shipped ‘weapons-grade plutonium’ to Nevada.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where two bipartisan groups of lawmakers introduced legislation to limit Trump’s power to levy import tariffs for national security reasons; and, Canada will reduce staff at its Cuba Embassy after another diplomat developed that “unusual illness.”

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/2019/1/31/1831097/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Billionaires really hate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez threatening their marginal tax rate scam.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Iowa House’s decision to deny press credentials to influential political blogger Laura Belin, is a disturbing limitation on her First Amendment rights; Trump’s new Stephen Miller Immigration Policy™ makes it virtually impossible to claim asylum in the United States; and, the anti-vaccination movement has fueled a deadly measles outbreak in Washington State.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Tax Committee chair Richard Neal is seeking details of the Treasury Department’s debt limit plans, an issue already floated by the White House as part of the debate over Trump’s border wall; and, Russia leaked information about another secret US meeting with Putin to remind Trump that Vlad has saved all the receipts from their interactions, and he's not afraid to use them.

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/2019/1/30/1830818/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Sarah Sanders “simply would not answer” April Ryan’s questions about newly-indicted Trump confidante Roger Stone.

On the rest of the menu, Trump’s shutdown tantrum cost the US economy a whopping $11 billion dollars; ProPublica developed tools to let the public see exactly how Facebook users are being targeted by advertisers, but Facebook quietly made changes to its site that stop those efforts; and, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker issued a warning ahead of the dangerous polar vortex.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Democrats are poised to throw an unprecedented spotlight on Trump's troop deployment to US/Mexico border; and, Roger Stone’s Proud Boy allies are still backing him.

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/2019/1/29/1830440/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Jared Kushner’s security clearance was initially denied by intelligence officials, but was later approved by an Administration hack hired just for the job.

On the rest of the menu, one of America’s worst gerrymanders suffered a potential fatal blow; a former surgeon general warns Trump’s war on science is as egregious as he’s ever seen; and, after the end of the longest government shutdown in US history, White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney made it clear that Trump would be willing to do it all over again.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where China has jailed prominent rights lawyer, Wang Quanzhang, for 4-1/2 years for subversion of state power; and, over ten thousand protesters wearing red scarves marched through Paris on Sunday, to condemn violence in the “yellow vest” movement.

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/2019/1/28/1830111/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays