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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, as the stock markets collapse again, the Fox Business Network blasted the Trump administration for getting their massive tax cuts passed, and not delivering the economic growth they promised.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Supreme Court spent its morning yesterday smacking around a lawyer for pandering to Gorsuch; CNN's New York offices and studios were evacuated last night due to a bomb threat after Trump unleashed a frantic Twitter attack on the 'FAKE NEWS;' and, with the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and other major tourism landmarks closed this weekend because of the national protests, the French government defended its heavy-handed police tactics against high school students.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where British police arrested a group of neo-Nazis with ties to an American neo-Nazi group responsible for the murder of five people; and, an overwhelming majority of Americans really want the new Congress to release Trump’s tax returns.

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/2018/12/7/1817586/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays#comment_72230822

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, even though Michael Flynn went from chanting 'Lock her up!' at Trump's convention, to flipping on his former boss so Robert Mueller would recommend he not go to jail, he’s still a traitor.

Then, on the rest of the menu, after being hammered by the British Parliament over user data, Facebook is really complaining about ‘fake news’ now; eight counter-protesters were stabbed at a neo-Nazi rally in Sacramento, California, then police tried to charge them with assault; and, a factually-impaired confederate memorial plaque in the Texas Capitol can be debunked in minutes, so what’s taking Texas so long to remove it?

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the NYPD is a police force with a history of illegal surveillance, now it has a fleet of drones; and, Canada arrested Huawei’s global chief financial officer who is now facing extradition to the United States, on suspicion she violated US trade sanctions against Iran.

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/2018/12/6/1817373/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, after the stock market lost 799 points on a Trump Tweet, the Fox Business News Panel fumed they’d “seem more coherent trade policy carved in men’s-room walls.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, a Texas GOP Platform committee member announced he’s a white nationalist and proud of it; Trump’s Homeland Security chief saved her job by being even more racist; and, the ACLU filed a lawsuit against a Florida sheriff’s office for nearly deporting U.S. citizen.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where US prosecutors have charged four people in the 'Panama Papers' tax evasion scheme; and, after losing multiple Montana speaking gigs, a sex robot conference featuring Steve Bannon has prematurely imploded, and subsequently been cancelled.

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/2018/12/5/1817141/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays?_=2018-12-05T08:46:00.633-08:00

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, how many tweeted high crimes and misdemeanors will it take before violations of the terms of use are beyond an unimpeachable doubt?

On the rest of the menu, Trump’s Mar-a-Lago cronies whine about getting busted for the VA scandal; just days after being banned from entering Australia because of "bad character," Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes finds a new home at Glenn Beck’s new media company; and, ICE threatened New Jersey after the state implemented a sweeping pro-immigrant policy.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Fed Chairman Powell's testimony to Congress this week is postponed due to the national day of mourning for former President George HW Bush; and, after embarking on a seven year mission, NASA’s deep space probe Osiris-Rex is now orbiting within a dozen miles of a skyscraper-sized asteroid deemed a catastrophic Earth-threat in one hundred and fifty years.

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 Noted & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/12/4/1816913/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, since they haven’t appeared before the Grand Jury, the lawyer for Donald Trump Jr believes his client will avoid charges from Special Counsel Robert Mueller, experts disagree, very legally and very coolly.

On the rest of the menu, after ditching gun sales, Dick’s Sporting Goods doubles down and removes hunting gear from its stores; a Utah man who shouted he was 'here to kill Mexicans' before a brutal and near fatal attack on a Latino father and son, won’t be charged with a hate crime; and, Michelle Obama set the record straight that ‘it’s not enough to lean in, because that shit doesn’t work all the time.’

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where an anti-Pelosi Democrat says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s criticism of the fourteen-man, two-woman caucus of anti-Pelosi Democrats is sexist; and, Paris is rocked by its worst riots since the Student Riots of 1968.

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/2018/12/3/1816672/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, after Michael Cohen’s latest confession, Trump is retreating and tweeting at the G20.

Then, on the rest of the menu, another Ferguson Protester has mysteriously died; four St. Louis cops are facing multiple federal felonies for beating an undercover cop they mistook for a protester at a Black Lives Matter protest, and then conspiring to cover it up; and, a nine year-old’s letter to Steph Curry changed how a massive corporation markets to girls.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where GOP leaders are very upset that their racist politicians are being called racists; and, all two million federal workers received a memo warning they can’t use the word ‘resist’ or discuss Trump’s impeachment at work.

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/2018/11/30/1816141/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a former Fox News pundit ripped into Trump for his ignorance of world affairs, his neglect of the Ukraine situation and his special relationship with Putin.

Then, on the rest of the menu, in a sudden purge, numerous top LA County sheriff's officials will be fired or relieved of duty once Alex Villanueva is sworn in as the new sheriff; a Project Veritas-linked operative tried to use Sierra Club credentials to access Democratic campaigns; and, a new bill could force the White House to reveal what it knows about Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump’s racist border stunt means troops won’t be home for Christmas; and, a newly discovered letter accuses imprisoned Trump aide George Papadopoulos of coordinating with Russia for financial gain after the 2016 election.

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/2018/11/29/1815902/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, emails prove Jerome Corsi and Roger Stone knew about the Clinton campaign hack in advance.

Then, on the rest of the menu, pediatricians are ‘stunned and shaken’ over Trump’s use of tear gas on infants; a DOJ attorney quit over Trump’s ‘deeply disturbing’ attacks on judges; and, the failed California Republican candidate for lieutenant governor is sued for fraud by his own strategists.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where farmers are going bankrupt thanks to Trump’s trade war; and, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport is going after Trump for emergency funds they were forced to use on the rally for losing GOP candidate Martha McSally.

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/2018/11/28/1815687/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the criminality of Trump's effort to prosecute Hillary Clinton and James Comey has an 'echo of authoritarianism creeping into the United States.'

On the rest of the menu, Five women who were bridesmaids in each other’s weddings, ran for the Colorado state senate and flipped the chamber to the Democrats; ‘No Labels’ spent $2.5 million against a House Democratic majority and lost big, now the group wants a veto on Democratic leadership; and, facing true oversight for the first time since he became president, Trump is lacking lawyers to serve him even before the investigations begin.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Border Patrol commissioner contradicted Trump’s claim that agents were hurt by rock-throwing migrants; and, a group of Salvation Army bell-ringers were booted from Walmart in Indiana after being outed as white supremacists.

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/2018/11/27/1815384/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, incoming House Oversight Committee chair, Representative Elijah Cummings said that he will not be granting his Republican counterparts subpoena power, because the Committee will be investigating policy before Russia, corruption and abuse of power.

On the rest of the menu, a Greek court cleared nine men of the murder of a black American college student, who was brutally beaten to death by the group last year; a Little Free Library with a plaque honoring Michelle Obama has been continuously attacked by Trump-loving vandals since early 2017; and, school officials in one district claim free speech rights protect the students photographed giving the Nazi salute, while another school district maintained a student’s black lives matter shirt was disruptive and threatening language that posed a potential danger to the school.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the UK parliament used its legal powers to seize internal Facebook documents after chief executive Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly refused to answer MPs’ questions; and, archaeologists at a seminal dig in Jordan discover that Christian historian’s accounts of the persecution of the faithful at the hands of the Romans, was greatly exaggerated.

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/2018/11/26/1815163/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays