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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Nancy Pelosi was shaken at the news of the Mattis resignation, but she was stirred at the national prospects changing on January Third.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump wants to kick people off food stamps since Congress wouldn’t; the bigoted Georgia GOP gubernatorial candidate behind the 'deportation bus' is indicted for a fake burglary scheme; and, the Department of Justice indicted two Chinese spies for hacking the US Navy, NASA and businesses in various sectors.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where an anti-Obamacare lawyer decimated his own case in an interview with a conservative outlet; and, the wonder-filled Baby Jesus stories were late additions to early Christian lore, and were centuries in the making.

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/2018/12/21/1820695/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the logical next step in light of all the evidence known so far, would be for the Mueller team to link up the RNC Ukraine platform change with a quid pro quo, and then indict the Trump campaign.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Oklahoma cops take $149,000 from a black Atlanta DJ and throw him in jail for not using his turn signal ‘a full 100 feet’ before changing lanes; after a century and nearly 250 attempts, Congress is on the verge of finally making lynching a federal crime; and, a federal judge is forcing Trump to bring back the domestic violence victims he deported.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Michigan House plans to kill the Republicans’ lame duck power grab; and, the multi-talented Penny Marshall carved a unique path for women in Hollywood.

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/2018/12/20/1820329/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a three-judge panel on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled a foreign company must answer Mueller’s questions, even though an entire foreign country has been fighting it.

Then, on the rest of the menu, white supremacist groups are using an IRS loophole to make millions; Trump’s school safety commission guts protections for students of color; and, in a tale of two foundations, Steve Bannon wanted people to believe the best of times were the worst of times

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a panel of eight judges tossed out scores of misconduct claims against Brett Kavanaugh; and, Trump measures himself by the stock market, which is on pace for the worst December since the Great Depression.

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/2018/12/19/1820054/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, arguments are now being made that the Law and Order President wasn’t under oath when he lied, except for that little Oath of Office thing, which is just a quaint nicety, anyway.

On the rest of the menu, the spike in ICE arrests of non-criminal immigrants in New York City this year, is emblematic of a larger problem across the country; US border agents refuse to speak to federal lawmakers about seven-year old Jakelin Caal’s death, citing union membership; and, German neo-Nazi police officers used a law enforcement database to threaten people.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where an anti-gay bed & breakfast asked the Supreme Court to expand a Jim Crow-era provision; and, CBS fired CEO Leslie Moonves for cause, and denied his $120 million severance package.

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/2018/12/18/1819811/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, media could do better if it simply got back to basics when covering Trump’s scandals.

On the rest of the menu, Facebook does not care about facts, and their fact-checker rebellion proves it; the ‘pathetic’ NRA deserves more than ridicule for being so easily suckered by the Russians; and, Russia is moving troops into new barracks on a series of disputed islands near Japan.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the chief justice of the California Supreme Court renounced the GOP on Friday, for their continuing and enthusiastic embrace of attempted rapist, Brett Kavanaugh; and, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that his government was looking for a way out of a multibillion-dollar arms deal with Saudi Arabia.

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/2018/12/17/1819595/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Senate delivered an historic rebuke of Trump over the War Powers Act, but Paul Ryan pulled a cowardly stunt to prevent debate in the House, with cowardly help from from five cowardly Democrats.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Ron DeSantis is slow-walking restoration of Florida voting rights; the former Trump tax attorney raided by the FBI in Chicago last month, is raided by the FBI again; and, federal prosecutors are investigating whether Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE funneled cash into the inauguration and a pro-Trump super PAC.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Hungary nullified its independent judiciary, further cementing Orban’s authoritarian grip; and, the number of US inmates on death row has reached a 25-year low as fewer death sentences are handed down and death row inmates clear their names or die of natural causes.

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/2018/12/14/1819039/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, AMI head David Pecker’s written admission regarding the McDougal payoff, ends any hope of Trump using the Edwards defense to weasel out of a felony.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a new GOP congressman admits he ‘may have’ broken the law to get elected; the Michigan public health official implicated in the Flint water controversy is given a cushy new government job, newly-created just for her; and, a technology company bidding for the Pentagon contract to store sensitive US data, has links to a sanctioned Russian oligarch.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the FCC considers ending the seventy-five year-old merger ban among the major broadcast networks; and, Trump wants to deport tens of thousands of Vietnamese boat people and their anchor babies who arrived here forty-five to fifty years ago.

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/2018/12/13/1818829/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the only thing that would have made the clash between Trump, Pelosi and Schumer more enjoyable, is if at the end, Nancy had tossed Chuck her purse.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Arkansas proposed cuts to Medicaid funds to assisted living facilities; the Trump administration spent more than $13 million to hire two border agents; and, the GOP quest to shrink food stamps is thwarted as a ‘clean’ Farm Bill passes the Senate.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where four government sources said there is no evidence to Trump’s claim that US authorities ‘caught ten terrorists’ at the border; and, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft finds signs of water on the Earth-killer asteroid, Bennu.

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"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/12/12/1818594/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump was ‘super pissed’ when Nick Ayers jumped ship.

On the rest of the menu, the Trump campaign's Hispanic outreach staffer was ordered to pay $25,000 for violating her non-disclosure agreement when she sued for racial discrimination; thirty-two leaders of churches, mosques, synagogues and indigenous communities were arrested by riot police at the border fence in San Diego; and, two separate people were planning mass killings in Toledo, Ohio until federal authorities managed to stop them.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Ryan Zinke used Thanksgiving to sneak a Koch adviser and party loyalist to be in charge of FOIA requests to the Interior Department; and, the FBI is now investigating election fraud by Republicans in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District.

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/2018/12/11/1818371/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump economic advisor Larry Kudlow couldn't really explain John Kelly's ouster, China's trade wars or making believe nobody in Trump's administration knew that the chief of Huawei Technologies was going to be arrested.

On the rest of the menu, the fight for a federal right to an education takes a new turn; school officials in Cranston, Rhode Island hired a debt collector to get families to pay for school lunches; and, Trump capo, Mick Mulvaney, gave big banks a ‘discount’ for screwing people over.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where after push back from the usual suspects, the FBI does a U-turn on the Proud Boys ‘extremist’ label; and, a day after a neo-Nazi is convicted of the murder of Heather Heyer, members of the country's oldest, most violent skinhead groups are charged with hate crimes in Washington state.

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/2018/12/10/1818110/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays