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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Joan Walsh hammered Ben Ferguson with some truth, and it was delicious.

On the rest of the menu, Ireland's landslide vote to repeal their 8th Amendment in an historic abortion referendum, marks a huge cultural shift; as an Oklahoma state senator, Scott Pruitt introduced a bill to grant men “property rights” over unborn fetuses; and, the US Border Patrol changes its story about why its officer killed an unarmed woman.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where top White House aide, Stephen Miller, announced that the Trump administration is going all-in on racism to try to retain a Republican majority in Congress in 2018; and, with a brand spanking new US arms sale pending, what happened to Saudi assurances on reducing civilian casualties in Yemen?

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/2018/5/28/1767580/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, former federal prosecutor, John Flannery, rips John Kelly and Emmett Flood for crashing the Gang of 8 meeting.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the white supremacists behind the violent Charlottesville rally last year, face a lawsuit with major implications; the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance three controversial judicial nominees who would not tell senators whether they believed Brown v. Board of Education was correctly decided; and, slamming due process, Trump complains, “we’re the only country that has judges!”

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where AT&T might have avoided the scandal over its Michael Cohen payments if the company had just listened to its investors; and, does the TSA really need an enemies list of unruly passengers?

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/2018/5/25/1766935/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Russia story fits into a long pattern of Trump associates selling off American foreign policy to the highest bidder.

Then, on the rest of the menu, after the NFL caved to Trump, one owner stood up for his players; a judge rules the federal prosecutor who has pursued hundreds of Trump inauguration protesters, lied about key evidence; and, Robert Mueller asked a federal judge to move ahead with the sentencing of former Donald Trump campaign adviser, George Papadopoulos.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a researcher, using CDC data, finds Trump Country is far more dangerous for white people, than the most diverse and Democratic-voting counties; and, you shouldn’t be afraid of spiders, because spiders are our friends.

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/2018/5/24/1766649/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a passage in former DNI James Clapper's new book, "Facts and Fears," describes the effect of the massive Russian propaganda campaign in support of Donald Trump in the 2016 election.

Then, on the rest of the menu, civil rights religious leaders were arrested at the nation’s Capitol while demanding restoration of Voting Rights Act; continuing to struggle with the idea of players protesting police brutality, the NFL wants in-game penalties for kneeling during the anthem; and, Michigan scrapped its racist Medicaid work exemption, but it’s still happening in other states.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the West Wing melts down as Trump staffers become paranoid that spies are working to destroy Donnie Two Scoops; and, Trump’s subpoena gamble could just open the door to indictments.

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/2018/5/23/1766396/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, ex-felon and new NRA President, Oliver North, says he wasn’t criticizing the Parkland shooting survivors, he was just calling them dupes.

On the rest of the menu, Trump is so unpopular that his properties are taking the hit; after erasing all mentions of climate change, the National Park Service quietly releases its uncensored report; and, buried in SCOTUS’s upcoming assignments, is an ominous sign for gerrymandering opponents.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the third white supremacist is found guilty of beating DeAndre Harris during last year’s Charlottesville protest; and, a recent study reveals Republican-appointed judges sentence black offenders to 3 months longer on average than whites.

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/2018/5/22/1766099/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump's attacks on Amazon, and his attempt to get the Post Office to raise their rates, exposes the hypocritical Republican base's willingness to ignore it.

On the rest of the menu, the RNC has paid over $500,000 for Hope Hicks’ legal fees from donations meant for campaign war chests; it was no accident former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg endangered the life of an FBI source when he blurted out his name on MSNBC; and, we are shocked, shocked the notorious ‘progressive’ anti-Hillary conspiracy blogger, H.A. Goodman, is now pro-gun and campaigning for Trump 2020.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the FBI has made arrests of a cybercrime extortion group that has plagued health and dental clinics, schools, law firms, and even Netflix; and, Missouri cops are ripping off school kids by keeping asset forfeiture monies for themselves.

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/2018/5/21/1765813/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the fact more people respect and admire Bill Gates today than they did at the beginning of the week is yet more proof of how utterly evil Donald Trump really is.

Then, on the rest of the menu, China nearly triples purchases of Russian soybeans as US farmers suffer over Trump’s trade war; two Arizona men behind a slew of pro-GOP and anti-abortion PACs are indicted for bilking small donors out of $23 million; and, the lawyer who represented Equifax will now run the office that investigates Equifax.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where ICE claimed a Dreamer was “gang-affiliated” and tried to deport him, but a federal judge ruled that ICE was lying; and, House Republicans’ repeated demands for sensitive information on the origins of the Russia investigation is endangering the life of a crucial FBI informant.

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/2018/5/18/1765183/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a suspicious meeting between a foreign diplomat and guilty former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos, triggered a crossfire hurricane, but it’s alright, in fact, it’s a gas, gas, gas.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a Texas family wouldn’t pay an IRS phone scammer $5,000, so the scammer called in a fake 911 report of a man with a gun at their house; a Minnesota State Senator seeking to be the Republican nominee in the state’s upcoming US Senate special election, writes laws that benefit her real estate business; and, a two democratic House members proffer a bill that would reinstate the White House cybersecurity office that was shuttered by John Bolton.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy admitted in a secret meeting, that the GOP is opposing immigration reform to keep its racist voters from abandoning the party in November; and, scientists suspect someone, somewhere, is making a banned chemical that destroys the ozone layer.

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/2018/5/17/1764900/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Democratic senator from California, Kamala Harris, questioned Trump's Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, regarding the policy which rips children from their parents and incarcerates them in concentration camps on military bases when they cross the border.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the congressman who clashed with Maxine Waters recently on the House floor, says it is un-American to acknowledge that racism exists; the Education Department will investigate Yale University based on a complaint by a University of Southern California graduate student, with no affiliation to Yale, who claims the Ivy League school discriminates against men; and, data from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study reveals a troubling picture for black borrowers of student loans.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where as the Trump administration struggles to keep track of the usual hotspots, major trouble is brewing in forgotten corners of the world; and, for the first time, scientists have found that antibodies produced by the immune system can target multiple microbes, as opposed to just one type of microbe.

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/2018/5/16/1764630/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, you know you’re in trouble when you’ve lost Judith Miller.

On the rest of the menu, Betsy DeVos’ Education Department dismantled the team investigating for-profit colleges; the White House can’t explain how Chinese financing of a Trump-linked project in Indonesia doesn’t violate the Constitution; and, lawmakers in both the senate and house call for investigations after emails reveal the Trump administration tried to block a critical health study about toxins near military sites.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump stole another family’s crest, and wants to trademark it to sell some furniture; and, Mad Magazine’s clout may have faded, but its ethos matters more than ever before.

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/2018/5/15/1764305/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays