Roy Moore co-authored a text book and academic course that argued women are not morally suited for public office; Texas appears to concede a voting rights court case on its restrictive language interpreter rules; and, French leader Emmanuel Macron announces that EU states will take part in a military operation to end slave trafficking in Libya.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table for a discussion about whether the most controversial Russia expert in America is Putin’s American Apologist, or simply a dupe? Regardless, friend and critic alike ask the same question, “what the hell happened to Stephen F. Cohen?”

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

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Roy Moore co-authored a text book and academic course that argued women are not morally suited for public office; Texas appears to concede a voting rights court case on its restrictive language interpreter rules; and, French leader Emmanuel Macron announces that EU states will take part in a military operation to end slave trafficking in Libya.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table for a discussion about whether the most controversial Russia expert in America is Putin’s American Apologist, or simply a dupe? Regardless, friend and critic alike ask the same question, “what the hell happened to Stephen F. Cohen?”

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

Bon Appetit!

Arkansas has cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood over discredited sting videos, again; the Trump administration is using a shady loophole to circumvent Senate confirmations, and it could violate federal law; and, Trump’s Health and Human Services nominee wants to balance reproductive rights with, ‘the conscience of the employer.’

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table for a discussion about a giant iceberg that just broke off of Chile’s Grey Glacier; rising seas will erase most of the record of the last several thousand years of human occupation in US coastal areas; and, a new translation of the Dead Sea Scrolls is unveiling new mysteries from the time of the Second Temple in Jerusalem.

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

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Arkansas has cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood over discredited sting videos, again; the Trump administration is using a shady loophole to circumvent Senate confirmations, and it could violate federal law; and, Trump’s Health and Human Services nominee wants to balance reproductive rights with, ‘the conscience of the employer.’

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table for a discussion about a giant iceberg that just broke off of Chile’s Grey Glacier; rising seas will erase most of the record of the last several thousand years of human occupation in US coastal areas; and, a new translation of the Dead Sea Scrolls is unveiling new mysteries from the time of the Second Temple in Jerusalem.

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

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Sebastian Gorka keeps getting jobs, despite his Nazi connections; Trump’s FCC chairman says Twitter banning Nazis is an attack on the conservative movement; and, the secret donors behind James O’Keefe are exposed.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table, for a discussion on federal prosecutors arguing for the right to call Trump inauguration protesters, ‘Antifa;’ and, right wing media juggernaut, Sinclair Broadcasting, is sneaking into communities across the country, from Las Vegas to DC.

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

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A federal judge ordered U.S. immigration officials to delay deporting 51 Indonesians living in New Hampshire under a 2010 agreement; the Mayo Clinic rips Trump for making it harder to hire world-class doctors; and, Trump’s cabinet Bible study leader has a new plan to aggressively expand the ‘Christianizing’ of government officials.

After the break, we move from the Front Cafe to the Chef’s Table, for a discussion on the senior State Department official charged with overseeing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s effort to overhaul the agency, has resigned after just three months on the job; and, who are the Sufis and why does the Islamic State fear them so much?

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

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Rex Tillerson is purging many of the State Department’s high-ranking women diplomats and diplomats of color; Jeff Sessions is exposed covertly installing white nationalism in the Department of Justice; and, the Meredith Corporation will acquire Time Incorporated for $2.8 billion in a Koch-financed deal.

After the break, we move from the Front Cafe to the Chef’s Table, for a discussion on how Trump betrayed his intelligence community by leaking the contents of a classified, and highly sensitive, Israeli intelligence operation, to Russian diplomats, Sergey Kislyak and Sergey Lavrov.

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

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The American Petroleum Institute says black people get sick from methane, carbon monoxide, lead, and hydrogen sulfide because of bad genetics; the average One Percent Household is $2.6 million dollars richer this past year; and, Jeff Sessions give cops a $78 million dollar bribe to harass and attack immigrants.

After the break, we’ll move from the Front Cafe to the Chef’s Table, for a discussion on the bigger story behind Trump’s latest unqualified judicial nominee; and, Southern Plantations should be Slave Memorials, not storybook theme parks, or Trump businesses.

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

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The actual inaugural episode.

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! Monday through Friday 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET.

I’ll be serving up a cornucopia of abundance in the Front Cafe with"All The News That's Fit To Read" and "In This Reporter's Opinion," along with spirited discussions at “The Chef's Table."

Online racism and anti-semitic memes is a highly profitable growth industry; the United States has responded to twenty years of high-profile school massacres with a booming school security industry; and, House Republicans lure donors with raffle tickets for a “weekend of Christmas magic” at Trump’s DC Hotel.

After the break, we’ll move from the Front Cafe to the Chef’s Table, for a discussion on a federal judge in California blocking Trump’s most recent executive order on Sanctuary Cities; and, it’s a myth that the tryptophan in turkey makes you sleepy, but it may bring more trust to your Thanksgiving table.

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

Bon Appetit!