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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the motivations behind the totally random Scooter Libby pardon are flashing red signs lighting the road to Russia.

On the rest of the menu, a pair of New Hampshire Little League baseball coaches conspired to bean their league’s lone girl player, so she would quit; Arizona State journalism students are trying to stop Sinclair Broadcasting from recruiting there, but the school won’t budge; and, James Comey deserves blame for the FBI bombshell about Hillary’s emails, but Jason Chaffetz leaked it first.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where court testimony in Japan discloses that TEPCO stopped the construction of a massive sea wall protecting Fukushima before the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster; and, cable news ratings reveal a direct correlation between viewership and voter sentiment about the 2018 midterms.

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/2018/4/16/1757324/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, by forcing Trump and his fixer to face the Southern District of New York courtroom, Mueller has run a classic football end around play.

Then, on the rest of the menu, former GOP Texas congressman Steve Stockman is found guilty of 23 felonies; CIA director Mike Pompeo can’t remember if Trump asked him to obstruct the Russia probe, but he’s pretty sure Trump didn’t do anything wrong; and, the Seattle Seahawks postpone Colin Kaepernick’s workout with the team, after he refuses to abandon his protest against police violence and systemic racism.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the North Korean malware, not seen since the 2014 attack on Sony, has now returned and is raising the possibility of future destructive attacks; and, the White House doesn’t seem to know that if you screw with scientists, scientists will screw you back.

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/2018/4/13/1756704/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Department of Justice sent a US Attorney to Fox and Friends to explain to Trump through the TV machine how they review and redact documents when Congress requests them.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a second Republican quits Congress in a single day; neighbors of Trump-loving Sinclair boss, David D. Smith, say he’s breaking restraining orders and making life miserable for everybody; and, the Department of Justice suddenly halts legal aid for detained immigrants facing deportation.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where California police are very mad about a modest proposal on deadly force that they haven’t seen yet; and, Scott Pruitt’s idea to update an agency souvenir coin, is to make it less about the EPA, and more about Scott Pruitt.

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 & Lnks: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/4/12/1756384/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Michael Cohen breaks his silence about the FBI raids on his home, offices and hotel room.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the recent teacher strikes in Oklahoma and West Virginia show how terrible conditions for educators can be in Republican-dominated states; the Fox offices in London were raided by European Commission investigators; and, the UN Security Council is urged to prevent an ‘uncontrollable escalation’ in Syria.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Kern County, California sheriff is caught on tape saying it costs less to kill suspects than to wound them; and, Queen Elizabeth thinks Trump is an annoying sound.

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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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the raid on Cohen’s offices was likely the result of a concern that documents and evidence would be destroyed.

Then, on the rest of the menu, over 300,000 Americans vow to protest in every state when Trump fires Mueller; the Special Counsel is probing a Ukrainian billionaire’s 2015 payment to the Trump Organization, that was solicited by Michael Cohen; and, Yulia Skripal, poisoned along with her former Russian agent father, has left a British hospital.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump promised to eliminate the deficit, but it’s set to rise to $1 trillion instead; and, a Holocaust survivor says Trump’s America is just like Berlin of 1929.

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/2018/4/10/1755819/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Larry Kudlow can't name a single member of his supposed "trade coalition of the willing" who are joining the United States in imposing tariffs on China, but he did lie a lot.

On the rest of the menu, chatroom transcripts reveal the neo-nazi Traditional Worker Party’s violent ideology; analysts predict Zuckerberg will be facing his own Custer’s Last Stand when he appears in front of Capitol Hill on Tuesday and Wednesday; and, Jared Kushner just received a $1.2 Billion dollar miracle, but we don’t know from who, though we can suspect why.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Hanford nuclear plant demolition in Washington state is halted, after 42 workers are exposed to radioactive particles; and, Hungary’s far-right Jobbik party, long known for its overt racism and anti-Semitism, is trying to reinvent itself as the ‘warm and fuzzy’ responsible voice of the center.

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/2018/4/9/1755501/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump will get around the constitutional ban on the line item veto, by breaking the law.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Trump Administration wants to cut internet and phone access to poor Americans; San Francisco sues Jeff Sessions for rescinding civil rights guidelines that protect minorities and the disabled; and, Cambridge Analytica helped Philippines’ brutal authoritarian leader Rodrigo Duterte win his questionable election.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where ICE has no plans to deport a WWII Nazi war criminal immigrant who lied to get his citizenship, while the agency kicks out law abiding, honest immigrants every day; and, as Mueller closes in on Trump, Christian Nationalists are betting Mike Pence has been the puppet-master they’ve prayed for all these many decades.

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/2018/4/6/1754771/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s trade war with China is just a nice way of telling his base, you only hurt the one you love.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Betsy DeVos wanted to prosecute leakers at the Department of Education, but was shot down by her own agency’s internal watchdog; Trump’s mobster business associate, Felix Sater, was grilled by the Senate Intelligence Committee for seven hours; and, Trump’s shady data firm, Cambridge Analytica, is already trying to hijack the next election.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Mueller’s aggressive new approach should terrify Trump; and, the best-selling psychologist, Jordan Peterson, isn't leading young men to salvation, he's delivering them to authoritarianism.

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/2018/4/5/1754525/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is a subject, not a criminal target of the Mueller probe, for now.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Florida congressman Carlos Curbelo is the first Republican to join the calls for EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to resign, or be fired; the National Parks Service will rethink its plan to hike entrance fees after widespread anger; and, Trump’s racist ‘caravan’ lie is really an annual human rights march held every Easter season called, “The Stations of the Cross.”

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the 2020 Census citizenship question is spelling trouble in Texas, just as it was planned; and, calling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the “very definition of tyranny,” White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney demands that Congress gut the agency.

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/2018/4/4/1754268/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump apologist Hugh Hewitt is shredded for his pathetic defense of Scott Pruitt’s enormous corruption in the most corrupt administration since the Tea Pot Dome Scandal.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan holds town halls in Texas, but won’t face his own constituents in Wisconsin; Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has reassigned a third of the department’s Native American staffers to shut them up; and, in an effort to speed up deportations, immigration judges face an “unprecedented” quota of 700 cases adjudicated per year, or Jeff Sessions won’t give them a ‘satisfactory’ rating.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Republican Alabama state lawmaker, a former chairman of the Alabama Republican Party, and a health care executive were all hauled off to jail immediately following a corruption investigation; and, facing $5,000 fines and removal from office if they attempt to enact any kind of gun regulation, ten Florida mayors sue for the right to implement stricter gun laws.

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/2018/4/3/1754002/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays