Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, it is fairly certain that forty years from now, someone will say Oprah Winfrey’s speech at the Golden Globes inspired them to do great things; then, on the rest of the menu, companies that announced big bonuses after the GOP tax cut, are now laying off their workers by the hundreds; the Kushner real estate company is under Investigation by the SEC; and, the real reason the Mercer’s have cut ties with Steve Bannon has nothing to do with Wolff’s book, and everything to do with Bannon's proposed tax hike on millionaires.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table to analyze insider warnings that Silicon Valley is eating your Soul; and, an unmanned Chinese space station is set to crash in March with a highly corrosive toxin aboard.

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

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the funding for Trump’s border wall will cover 70 miles of a photo op that could prevent the government remaining open in an election year; then, on the rest of the menu, the Trump Administration just announced a delay to an Obama-era rule that combatted housing segregation; Jeff Sessions tried to obtain compromising information on James Comey in the days before his firing; and, Donald Trump is finally forced to hand over his business documents to special counsel Robert Mueller.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table for a discussion of Apple issuing a fix for iPhones, iPads and Macs after major chipmakers disclosed flaws that leave nearly every modern computing device vulnerable to hackers; and, the oceans of liquid ethane and methane on Saturn’s largest moon Titan, are much like the water oceans on our own planet.

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

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Julian Castro explains why a furious Trump insists Bannon is a Nobody; then, on the rest of the menu, we’ll investigate why the Trump administration seeks to make student loan debt forgiveness harder for the defrauded; a Turkish banker was convicted by a jury in a U.S. Federal Court in connection with a massive scheme to help Iran evade US sanctions; and, a former U.S. National Security Agency contractor has agreed to plead guilty to stealing classified information, in what may have been the largest heist of U.S. government secrets in history.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table for an inquiry in how the person anonymously leaking racist attacks on the Mueller grand jury sure sounds a lot like John Barron; and, Morning Joe has some thoughts on what Trump thinks of Sally Yates.

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

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Julian Castro explains why a furious Trump insists Bannon is a Nobody; then, on the rest of the menu, we’ll investigate why the Trump administration seeks to make student loan debt forgiveness harder for the defrauded; a Turkish banker was convicted by a jury in a U.S. Federal Court in connection with a massive scheme to help Iran evade US sanctions; and, a former U.S. National Security Agency contractor has agreed to plead guilty to stealing classified information, in what may have been the largest heist of U.S. government secrets in history.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table for an inquiry in how the person anonymously leaking racist attacks on the Mueller grand jury sure sounds a lot like John Barron; and, Morning Joe has some thoughts on what Trump thinks of Sally Yates.

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

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, we have a clip of Bloody Bill Kristol really not wanting to be reminded he’s a bloody war-monger; then, on the rest of the menu, Facebook photos of Oregon refuge occupiers, Jon Ritzheimer and Ryan Payne visiting the Bundy ranch in Nevada during the holiday break without permission, have angered an Oregon judge; acting ICE director, Tom Homan, wants to ignore the Constitution and arrest local leaders for their sanctuary city policies; and, a Tennessee TV station fires a reporter of 34 years after she is named as a witness in an age discrimination lawsuit.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table for a discussion on Gimmetarian™ Interior Secretary, Ryan Zinke, tapping almost $40,000 from the wildfire preparedness fund to pay for a helicopter trip that had nothing to do with wildfires; and, a record-setting seventy-nine women are running for Governorships in 2018.

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

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, we have a clip of Bloody Bill Kristol really not wanting to be reminded he’s a bloody war-monger; then, on the rest of the menu, Facebook photos of Oregon refuge occupiers, Jon Ritzheimer and Ryan Payne visiting the Bundy ranch in Nevada during the holiday break without permission, have angered an Oregon judge; acting ICE director, Tom Homan, wants to ignore the Constitution and arrest local leaders for their sanctuary city policies; and, a Tennessee TV station fires a reporter of 34 years after she is named as a witness in an age discrimination lawsuit.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table for a discussion on Gimmetarian™ Interior Secretary, Ryan Zinke, tapping almost $40,000 from the wildfire preparedness fund to pay for a helicopter trip that had nothing to do with wildfires; and, a record-setting seventy-nine women are running for Governorships in 2018.

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

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, we have a clip of Third Way co-founder Jim Kessler telling Fox News Republicans are facing a ‘blood bath’ in 2018; then, on the rest of the menu, voter fraud czar, Kris Kobach, whines that lawsuits are slowing down his voter suppression efforts; Attorney General Jeff Sessions takes a stand for debtor’s prisons; and, Trump urges the Department of Justice to ‘jail’ Jim Comey, Clinton aide Huma Abedin, ‘and others’ after a Fox News report on New Year’s Day.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where we’ll examine why chemicals in America are woefully unregulated; and, too much screening has misled us about real cancer risk factors.

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

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, we have a clip of Third Way co-founder Jim Kessler telling Fox News Republicans are facing a ‘blood bath’ in 2018; then, on the rest of the menu, voter fraud czar, Kris Kobach, whines that lawsuits are slowing down his voter suppression efforts; Attorney General Jeff Sessions takes a stand for debtor’s prisons; and, Trump urges the Department of Justice to ‘jail’ Jim Comey, Clinton aide Huma Abedin, ‘and others’ after a Fox News report on New Year’s Day.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where we’ll examine why chemicals in America are woefully unregulated; and, too much screening has misled us about real cancer risk factors.

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

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We are dedicating the restaurant to Special Holiday Specials today, for our River City Hash Mashup New Year’s Day Special, we start off in the Bistro Cafe with ex-CIA agent, Ned Price revealing that the Papadopolous leak was timed to let Trump know the gloves are off; then, Joan Walsh shuts down Hugh Hewitt’s denial of a Trump Russia interaction; former Clinton-era Deputy Press Secretary David Goodfriend lays waste to former South Carolina GOP chair Katon Dawson downplaying of the story; Bob Woodword and Carl Bernstein claim Trump’s lawyers are lying to him because he’s out of control; and, Joy Ann Reid and Sarah Kendzior on Trump and Russia’s use of Blackmail and Bribery.

Then we move to the Chef’s Table while Us the Duo leads us off with Auld Lang Syne; then a Hightower break; followed by, Christina Lopez of Media Matters discussing with the Union Edge how the Right Wing Media lays the groundwork to deny collusion; Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) calls Trump the ‘most despicable human being to ever reside’ in the White House; and, Russia historian, Simon Sebag Montefiore, tells CNN's Fareed Zakaria that Trump "wants to be the first American Czar."

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

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We are dedicating the restaurant to Special Holiday Specials today, for our River City Hash Mashup New Year’s Day Special, we start off in the Bistro Cafe with ex-CIA agent, Ned Price revealing that the Papadopolous leak was timed to let Trump know the gloves are off; then, Joan Walsh shuts down Hugh Hewitt’s denial of a Trump Russia interaction; former Clinton-era Deputy Press Secretary David Goodfriend lays waste to former South Carolina GOP chair Katon Dawson downplaying of the story; Bob Woodword and Carl Bernstein claim Trump’s lawyers are lying to him because he’s out of control; and, Joy Ann Reid and Sarah Kendzior on Trump and Russia’s use of Blackmail and Bribery.

Then we move to the Chef’s Table while Us the Duo leads us off with Auld Lang Syne; then a Hightower break; followed by, Christina Lopez of Media Matters discussing with the Union Edge how the Right Wing Media lays the groundwork to deny collusion; Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) calls Trump the ‘most despicable human being to ever reside’ in the White House; and, Russia historian, Simon Sebag Montefiore, tells CNN's Fareed Zakaria that Trump "wants to be the first American Czar."

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

Bon Appetit!