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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Rand Paul says he will filibuster Mike Pompeo and Gina Haspel, but how many times have we heard that before?

On the rest of the menu, a Walmart worker tips police to an arms cache and bomb-making materials collected by a Cornell University student; a former Kentucky Creation Museum safety officer is busted for possession of C-4 explosives and an arms cache; and, another two people of color are gravely injured in another package explosion in Austin, Texas.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump is pointedly silent as the firm he paid millions to is caught engaging in fraud and stealing American’s private information; and, forty-eight GOP senators are disturbingly silent on Trump’s threats to fire Mueller.

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/2018/3/19/1750120/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, MSNBC Editor-at-Large, John Harwood, rips Trump for “BSing” Trudeau based on simplistic, out-of-touch Economic Voodoo, and for lying about the whole thing.

Then, on the rest of the menu, an Arkansas student describes being hit on the thighs by school officials as punishment for participating in National Walkout Day; a Montana Green Party senate candidate was only recently on the GOP payroll, and currently runs a nativist, anti-college group; and, the Oregon judge who refused to marry same-sex couples is found guilty of “exceptionally serious misconduct,” and for making “willful misstatements” to investigators to cover up the truth.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table to investigate secret emails that reveal the Trump administration plotted the removal of a career civil servant with expertise on Iranian nuclear issues, because of her Iranian heritage; and, the prime minister of Slovakia resigned following mass demonstrations over the murder of a journalist who was uncovering government corruption.

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/2018/3/16/1749429/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the United Kingdom has deep concerns about Trump’s leniency towards Russia.

Then, on the rest of the menu, US regulators charge Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes with an elaborate, years-long fraud; a network of religious groups is offering undocumented immigrants sanctuary from ICE through safe houses; and, Kris Kobach plagiarized language from the ACLU when he drafted changes to his federal voting law.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table to examine the extravagant spending by Trump’s Champagne Cabinet; and, there is a despicable reason the gun industry has special economic protections in the United States.

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/2018/3/15/1749150/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Qatar officials have decided to shield Jared Kushner from the Mueller probe.

Then, on the rest of the menu, in a victory for voting rights, Democrats in the Kentucky House of Representatives managed to defeat a voter suppression bill pushed by the GOP; an ex-aide to New York Governor Cuomo is found guilty of taking bribes; and, an Illinois contractor who authored several “Christian” books and bid for Trump’s border wall, is charged with two other men of bombing a mosque and a women’s health clinic.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table to examine a report that reveals multinational companies found even more ways to avoid taxes following the financial crisis; and, Mike Pompeo, Trump’s pick to replace Tillerson at State, has a history of preferring war and extrajudicial killings, over diplomatic talks and peaceful solutions.

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/2018/3/14/1748864/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Representative Adam Schiff says it should come as no surprise the GOP is shutting down the House Intel Committee investigation of Trump and Russia.

Then, on the rest of the menu, ICE spokesman James Schwab quits after saying he ‘couldn’t bear the burden’ of lying for the Trump administration; Ivanka is caught making $1 million using the White House to sell real estate; and, the widow of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, says the UK should sanction Russian individuals under the Magnitsky Act, over the recent poisonings there.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table to examine a federal court ruling that the Trump Administration broke the law by failing to implement the smog rule under the Clean Air Act; and, the Department of Homeland Security’s constant vetting initiative is a Muslim Ban by algorithm.

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/2018/3/13/1748555/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, former Obama advisor Ben Rhodes says negotiating with North Korea is not bean bag Jersey Shore reality television.

On the rest of the menu, Trump CIA director Mike Pompeo won’t deny having evidence of collusion between Trump and Russia; Putin blames “Jews with Russian citizenship” for the 2016 election hack; and, far right French leader Marine Le Pen thinks changing the name of the National Front will hide her racist xenophobia, and get her more votes.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table for a brief history of attempted Russian assassinations by poison.

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/2018/3/12/1748294/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump might have to wait until May to put the world on the brink of collapse, so why not have a good trade war now?

Then, on the rest of the menu, Republicans just priced out a third of America from health insurance; Kris Kobach has turned a landmark voting rights case into a comedy of fumbling questions, misplaced documents, errors of omission and lessons from the judge in basic civil procedure; and, the Trump appointee reshaping the Census has a long history of voter suppression.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the white tourist trap of Branson, Missouri holds a “Hispanic 101” class to try to figure out their Latino workers; and, Pope Francis has cleared the way for Archbishop Oscar Romero, an advocate for the poor who was slain in 1980 by right-wing death squads in El Salvador, to become a saint.

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/2018/3/9/1747636/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Jeff Sessions declared war against California and the fifth largest economy in the world is fighting back.

Then, on the rest of the menu, two Democratic senators asked all the major vote machine vendors whether they allowed Russian entities to scrutinize their software source code; Texas voters delivered a new kind of justice by electing a pair of reform prosecutors in two big-city primaries; and, the openly racist leader of the far right Lega Party, credited Facebook for his party’s success in Italy’s nationwide elections on Sunday.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table to examine a report that reveals Trump’s offshore oil plan threatens millions of jobs; and, Trump wants you to pay $70 just to see the Grand Canyon, up from the $30 it costs now.

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/2018/3/8/1747358/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-Grits-Thursdays#comment_69501695

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, there is a reason Robert Mueller is saving Trump aide Roger Stone next to last.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump’s labor chief gets nailed for letting bosses steal workers’ tips; Right Wing grifter, Milo Yiannopoulos, is not returning ticket money after he cancelled an event in Arizonastan because of death threats the police have no record of; and, after a few critical articles, lawyer Kyle Bristow, the “sword and shield” of white supremacists, decides to quit the movement.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table to examine Europe’s retaliation against America’s heartland following Trump’s trade war threats; and, Oregon Governor Kate Brown defies the NRA by signing the nation's first new gun law since the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

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/2018/3/7/1747081/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the ACLU is working to reunite an asylum seeker with her seven-year-old child, who was separated from her by immigration officials.

Then, on the rest of the menu, TrumpBros in DC whine that liberal women want no part in dating them; the Broward County Police union won’t defend Florida’s ‘coward’ sheriff’s deputy, but not for the reason you’d think; and, a man who is critically ill after being exposed to an unknown substance near Salisbury, England, is a Russian national convicted in Russia of spying for Britain.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table to examine how a strange Supreme Court case involving sex offenders could gut the EPA; and, an Ohio town offers an inspiring approach to integrating people with developmental disabilities into the community.

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/2018/3/6/1746836/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays