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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is obstructing justice with his pick of Whitaker as acting Attorney General.

Then, on the rest of the menu, clearly afraid of what the recount will reveal, Rick Scott freaked out and accused liberals of trying to steal his election, and now Trump has joined in; wealthy white people in an Atlanta suburb tried to secede from their black-led town, they failed; and, Trump planed Session’s firing like a murder.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Oregon's House majority leader said her Democratic caucus will attempt to overturn the state’s 'racist' non-unanimous jury law; and, Trump will snub Macron’s ‘Peace Forum’ in Paris on Armistice weekend.

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/2018/11/9/1811434/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Representative Eric Swalwell says Trump’s “days of free passes are over,” as the Democrats are now finally able to protect Mueller, in about two months.

Then, on the rest of the menu, ICE-friendly sheriffs suffered major losses in the midterm elections; Trump called PBS reporter Yamiche Alcindor a racist for asking him about racism; and, Matthew Whitaker was involved with a Miami company that was shuttered by the Federal Trade Commission as a scam, and then he threatened customers for complaining about it.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Kremlin says any new US sanctions on chemical weapons like the type they use to poison expatriate dissidents, is illegal; and, the new GOP minority is two indictments, a violent criminal, and Jim Jordan.

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/2018/11/8/1811139/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Republicans warn Democrats against investigations and hearings, but Mueller is more likely to finish his job now that Representative Adam Schiff is poised to become chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Wells Fargo knew that an auto insurance plan was overcharging their customers for four years before the bank scrapped the program; China's ties with Taiwan chip firms is under scrutiny as the US trade war heats up; and, Monaco police detained the Russian tycoon who paid $100 million over asking for Trump’s Palm Beach property, Dimitri Rybolovlev, in a far-ranging graft and corruption probe.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Wall Street futures are up after the Democrats capture the US House of Representatives; and, the Girl Scouts sue the Boy Scouts over trademark infringement as the Boys welcome older girls into their ranks.

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/2018/11/7/1810696/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Scary-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Fox Business was not happy when the former ICE director said that rather than being an invasion, the Caravan is a humanitarian crisis.

On the rest of the menu, the Indiana GOP was forced to drop a completely tone-deaf rally appearance by NRA president Oliver North, but only after parents pushed back; Facebook booted 115 suspicious accounts linked to a foreign entity, after an FBI tip on the eve of the US midterm elections; and, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division has not filed a single Voting Rights Act case since Trump took office.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump says he doesn’t agree with his own government climate report that he never read; and, a toxin in the US corn harvest poses the latest headache for farmers hit hard by Trump’s trade tariffs.

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/2018/11/6/1810310/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, HAIS, the group targeted by the Pittsburgh shooter, helped Jared Kushner’s grandparents escape Nazi Germany.

On the rest of the menu, the Missouri Republican Attorney General let his Senate campaign consultants direct his state office; Neil Gorsuch’s attack on immigrant communities slams hard into a wall; and, in a probe that has prompted fresh calls to pause Britain's EU departure, British police are investigating Brexit campaigners who received millions in illicit Russian funding in 2016.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump is turning the border into a playground for violent extremists and endangering our troops; and, Trump’s Freudian slip revealed the truth about the Russia-based influence campaign that got him into office.

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/2018/11/5/1809909/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Art Of The Deal co-author Tony Schwartz said that Trump is so 'terrified' of midterm losses, that if the Dems fail, we should all fear the darker turn he will take.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a GOP lawmaker promised that giving away billions to Foxconn would bring immediate innovation and thousands of jobs, so Foxconn built a factory of thousands of robots; a Pennsylvania GOP official called the cops on an interracial couple canvassing for a Democratic candidate in a gated-community; and, the Catch-22 that just stripped Native Americans of their votes in North Dakota, is the result of a Supreme Court that hates voting rights.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a San Francisco 49ers cheerleader took a knee during the national anthem; and, the Tree of Life terrorist pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges and other offenses, as Pittsburgh’s Jewish community buried three more of its dead.

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/2018/11/2/1809222/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Kris Kobach sure didn’t like Jeffrey Toobin calling him a racist, to his face, on national television.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump’s EPA concludes communities don’t have the right to know about potentially toxic emissions; Trump’s Medicare chief says more Americans having Medicare is scary; and, Trump officials find 14 more children they forgot they’d kidnapped.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the US charged Chinese intelligence officers for a jet engine data hack that hit several of the world’s largest aerospace companies; and, ex-White House Counsel Don McGahn, left the job in a frantic hurry after Trump began blaming him for the Mueller investigation.

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/2018/11/1/1808952/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, what exactly does Maggie Haberman mean when she says it’s going to get very, very scary and very, very ugly if Democrats have subpoena power again?

Then, on the rest of the menu, an Oregon Gun group draws fierce criticism for blaming a local rabbi for the Holocaust, because he backed the state’s assault rifle ban; Kellyanne Conway attacked grieving Pittsburgh Jews praying for peace, instead of praying for Trump’s success in the midterms; and, newly elected Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, just launched a campaign against ‘indoctrinator teachers,’ as Brazilian police brutally raid universities.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Wyoming court rules the controversial ag-gag law violates free speech; and a Missouri GOP candidate’s daughter urges voters not to elect her father because of his anti-Semitic views.

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/2018/10/31/1808663/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Joe Scarborough admits Liberals have been right about Republicans since before Eisenhower even thought of the Interstate Highway system.

On the rest of the menu, a US government-run television service actually ran a segment attacking George Soros as a “multimillionaire Jew;” a US citizen detained by the Trump administration without charge for over a year, is finally free; and, Pennsylvania’s Republican gerrymander is now so dead that not even Brett Kavanaugh can revive it.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where lawyers for a man convicted in a right-wing terror plot, begged the judge for leniency because he believed Trump’s lies; and, Angela Merkel’s exit from the world stage will polarize not only Germany, but the whole of Europe as well.

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/2018/10/30/1808322/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, it doesn’t matter if Trump is an anti-Semite, the anti-Semites believe Trump is an anti-Semite.

On the rest of the menu, a computer server crucial to a lawsuit against Georgia election officials was quietly wiped clean just after the suit was filed; a sixty-year-old US citizen won a $55,000 settlement after she was wrongfully detained and then mocked by ICE; and, late last week, DHS stripped funding from a group that counters neo-Nazi violence.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump’s withdrawal of the California gillnet protections for whales, turtles and other marine creatures, is ruled illegal; and, Democrats ask for proof of Trump’s claims about China election interference, but all they get is silence.

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/2018/10/29/1807997/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays