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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, with $3.9 million in free publicity, Ron DeSantis is not so much the candidate from Florida, as he is the candidate from Fox News.

Then, on the rest of the menu, an Oregon construction worker was fired for refusing to attend mandatory Bible study; gun sellers whine that sales of AR-15’s continue to collapse since Obama left office; and, Baton Rouge police pulled a fake ‘Antifa’ list from a neo-Nazi hate site and used it to target random people who’d signed an anti-Trump petition.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Ivanka Trump-endorsed family leave plan is a scam to undermine Social Security; and, the National Enquirer scandal ‘substantiates’ two key parts of the Steele Dossier.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appetit!

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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/2018/8/31/1792291/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe,Trump has been warned that too much Fox News “will rot your brain.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump and his government are now using birtherism against Hispanic Americans; a former DHS official had ties to white nationalist groups; and, Trump is busted promoting a fake story about Google blacking out his State of the Union Address.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Bob Mueller is probing suspicious financial transactions made by the Russian embassy around the election and inauguration; and, while no one was watching, Democrats just got a massive electoral opening in Oklahoma.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appetit!

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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/2018/8/30/1792042/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Mike Pence thinks God is 'calling' him to be president.

Then, on the rest of the menu, climate gentrification and Trump’s immigration crackdown is hitting Miami’s Little Haiti, hard; California passes a trio of gun control bills, including a lifetime ban on domestic violence convicts; and, a toddler is dead thanks to Trump’s zero-tolerance policy.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where in an embarrassing snub, a trio of British intelligence agencies refused to meet with House Intel Chairman, Devin Nunes, when he was secretly in London earlier this month; and, Duncan Hunter tells reporters to ‘leave my wife out of it,’ since he’s perfectly capable of throwing her under the bus himself, like he did just days earlier.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appetit!

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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/2018/8/29/1791780/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, call Trump’s trade deal anything you want, just don’t call it NAFTA.

On the rest of the menu, ‘Italy’s Donald Trump’ is investigated for violating immigrants’ rights; West Virginia governor Jim Justice is accused of stacking the state Supreme Court with Republicans; and, the GOP fears Congress will actually do its oversight job after the midterm ‘blue wave.’

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Florida Trump Tower owner avoided personal conversations with Donnie Two Scoops out of fear he’d ask for money; and, Tiger Woods really doesn’t want to discuss his relationship with Trump.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appetit!

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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/2018/8/28/1791498/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Congress is supposed to be a check and balance on the President, just don’t tell the GOP.

On the rest of the menu, the Kansas state government didn’t tell Wichita-area residents their water was contaminated by a highly toxic dry cleaning chemical for 6 years; Kremlin-backed state media attacked McCain following his death as, ‘an implacable opponent of Russia;’ and, Paul Manafort chose Mike Pence as Trump’s running mate, and now Mike Pence is finally facing the heightened scrutiny he so belatedly deserves.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Homeland Security ordered staff to lie so they could turn away legal refugees; and, Trump managed to botch a photo-op with Ohio school kids by coloring his American flag, the colors of the Russian Federation flag, instead.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appetit!

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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/2018/8/27/1791198/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, if Trump wasn’t holding the office of the Presidency as a human shield, he’d have been indicted this week.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the White House gets the Senate GOP to block its own bill to bolster America's election security against hacking and other threats; Randolph County, Georgia, fired the consultant who pushed the plan to close seven of nine polling places in a heavily minority district; and, John Bolton abruptly shut down a press conference after a BBC reporter asked if Trump is a ‘security risk.’

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Paul Manafort tried to get the US military kicked out of Central Asia to help Russia; and, RW vape bully, Duncan Hunter, blamed his wife for the illegal campaign spending, and complained it’s ‘difficult’ to live on a $174,000 a year salary when you’re a materialistic gimmetarian with a Prosperity Gospel in the pilot house of your foreign-flagged yacht at the most expensive marina in San Diego.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appetit!

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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/2018/8/24/1790559/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump confidant and scandal sheet mogul, David Pecker, confirmed to prosecutors that Trump had knowledge of Cohen's payments to mistresses on Donnie Two Scoops behalf.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a Klansman gets 4 years in prison for firing a gun toward a black protester during the Charlottesville ‘Unite the Right’ rally; an Urban Institute study finds rampant discrimination by landlords against people who get housing help; and, Team Trump even invites white supremacists to their birthday parties.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where attempts by the NFL and ESPN to appease Trump on player protests, are the world's worst round-robin fight, where nothing happens and everybody loses; and, a top US diplomat warns that Russia is trying ‘to break apart the American republic,’ and that Trump refuses to defend the US from their ceaseless attacks.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appetit!

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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/2018/8/23/1790282/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the prosecutor’s statement after Michael Cohen's plea to 8 felony counts, serves as a warning to those who think the rule of law does not apply to them.

Then, on the rest of the menu, prisoners nationwide go on strike over poor living conditions and forced labor, including firefighting; a New York judge refuses Trump’s effort to dismiss a lawsuit against his company, stating, Trump ‘authorized and condoned’ his security guards to rough up protesters; and, a lawsuit brought by Russian oligarchs against Trump/Russia dossier author, Christopher Steele, has been tossed out by a federal court.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where US officials from the Treasury, State, and Homeland Security Departments, refuse to answer questions about Putin's American assets at a contentious Senate hearing; and, a study reveals German towns which had high Facebook use, also experienced more far-right violence.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appetit!

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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/2018/8/22/1790005/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is terrified he has a ‘rat in his midst.’

On the rest of the menu, Mick Mulvaney has been lobbying to exempt a friend’s company from Trump’s tariffs; Ryan Zinke was caught red-handed trying to illegally sell off public lands; and, top Democrats want to know if John Bolton disclosed his work with NRA-linked Russian spy Maria Butina, on his security clearance application.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Georgia police chief defended tasering an eighty-seven year old grandmother for picking dandelions while not speaking English; and, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is accused of cultural appropriation for his microwaveable travesty, 'jerk rice.'

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appetit!

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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/2018/8/21/1789641/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump and his supporters believe the Constitution 'is a menu' that ‘they can pick what they like.’

On the rest of the menu, ICE lawyers are looking to reopen thousands of deportation cases that had been adjudicated closed; Trump Supreme Court pick, Brett Kavanaugh, committed perjury, and the GOP is suppressing evidence that proves it; and, a senior Air Force general is using his power to spread far-right Christian nationalism throughout the branches of the military.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump’s visa crackdown is hitting Maryland’s crab industry hard; and, Tom Clark, renowned poet, editor, sportswriter and biographer died early Saturday morning, after being fatally struck by a motorist while walking near his North Berkeley home.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appetit!

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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/2018/8/20/1789449/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays