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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a federal judge ordered Trump to immediately turn over government documents about his plan to intimidate voters with ICE and other armed federal agents in Blue States.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Samuel Alito is hit by a new scandal as his son is found secretly working for Trump’s Treasury; a MAGA federal judge declined to halt Trump’s executive order creating a federal voter list and limiting mail-in voting; and, Musk’s SpaceX Starship launches are grounded pending an investigation into last week’s test flight where a first stage booster crashed and narrowly missed several ranch houses in the Texas farmland.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where reversing the decision by the previous administration of Orban, Hungary’s parliament voted to remain a member of the International Criminal Court; and, with no help from the United States, aid supplies have finally reached the heart of Congo’s Ebola outbreak.

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 Nazi and Klan-hunting Southern Poverty Law Center, seeks dismissal of the ‘vindictive’ MAGA Justice Department indictment.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal three-judge panel in Alabama told the MAGA SCOTUS to ‘do your dirty work yourself;’ the Trump administration wants federal workers to sign NDAs because running government like a business is not a democracy, it’s a dictatorship; and, billionaire Tom Steyer’s record-breaking California governor’s race ad spending hopes to get Californians to forget who Tom Steyer is.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Roman Catholic Philippine bishop and an ex-ICC judge lead a new inquiry into thousands of Duterte-era killings; and, the director of the British communications intelligence agency, warned that Moscow is “relentlessly targeting critical infrastructure, democratic processes, supply chains and public trust” in Britain and Europe.

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

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“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” – Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families’ (1845)


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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump delivered a disaster of a Memorial Day speech in Arlington, Virginia, where he disrespected fallen troops, made jokes and stumbled over his words.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump demanded action on Iran’s “nuclear dust” from an agency that ceased to exist more than 50 years ago; the MAGA federal government is moving ahead with plans to spray the controversial herbicide glyphosate on thousands of acres in the Lake Tahoe Basin; and, a homesteading Montana mother of six is taking on Big Tech.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she has “no issue” with her country hosting Iran’s World Cup team after its training base was moved from the United States to Mexico; and, the head of an inquiry into antisemitism in Australia issued a condemnation after Jewish witnesses who appeared before it are facing online harassment and bigotry.

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

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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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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a federal judge dismissed the charges against the “Broadview 6” protestors in Chicago after discovering perverse DOJ misconduct, leading her to signal that she will sanction the office and refer the lawyers for bar discipline.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a key government agency is dismantling efforts to regulate online betting markets and crypto while Trump and his family make big bucks from the booming industries; Trump’s MAGA Justice Department scrubbed its website of news releases about his January 6 goons; and, after evacuating over 50,000 people, Southern California officials scramble to prevent a massive chemical tank explosion that could endanger a few million folks in the neighborhood.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Lithuania suspects Russian involvement in a data leak of over 600,000 national register entries; and, Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology for the role the Holy See played in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries.

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

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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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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Republicans called Trump’s almost $8 billion dollar slush fund a “Payout Pot for Punks,” then they shut down the Senate.

Then, on the rest of the menu, one of the San Diego mosque shooter’s obsession with mass killings and Nazism so alarmed authorities in 2025, police confiscated dozens of his father’s guns; a rat invasion in Boise is testing the limit of Idaho’s small government rules; and, reality show villain Spencer Pratt’s Los Angeles mayoral merch may be ‘straight-up’ trademark infringement.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where NATO allies are bewildered by Trump’s announcement that he would send 5,000 US troops to Poland, just weeks after he ordered 5,000 US troops pulled out of Poland; and, after the Supreme Court chief justice called them “cockroaches,” millions of Indian youth are flocking to the Cockroach political party.

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

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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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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, rogue Republicans, along with lame duck legislators who ran afoul of Trump and lost primaries because of him, now have the rest of their term to exact payback as members of the “Yolo Caucus.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, a former Department of Justice prosecutor faces twenty-five years in a MAGA prison for emailing Jack Smith’s Vol II report to herself; after shooting a Black man multiple times, some see a white livestreamer’s freedom of speech claims as cover for race-baiting; and, a lawsuit charges an Arkansas real estate development group rejected a woman’s land purchase due to her Jewish ancestry, Black husband and biracial children.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where an Australian judge fined Musk’s social media platform $465,000 for online safety breaches after a 3-year court battle; and, Taiwan’s president says he’d tell Trump he hopes to continue arms purchases from the US, if given a chance.

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, Jamie Raskin explained plans on blocking Trump’s $1.7 billion dollar slush fund.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a Tuberville/Jones rematch is set for the Alabama governor race; a former Tennessee police officer who was jailed over his anti-Charlie Kirk posts won an $835,000 court settlement; and, Democratic-led states challenge the Trump administration’s new caps on federal student loans.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where South Korean Samsung faces a strike after pay talks with its union fell apart; and, Argentine investigators hunting for the source of the hantavirus outbreak trap rats in the country’s southernmost city.

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

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“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” – Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families’ (1845)


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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is causing an Arctic Cold War as he initiates credible threats against the sovereignty of Greenland and Canada following his failed trip to China.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump’s own handpicked lawyer quit his Treasury Department general counsel position in disgust at the mad man’s massive $1.776 billion dollar grift; a federal judge banned most arrests by federal agents in immigration courts in New York; and, the New York Times sued the Pentagon a second time over Hegseth’s media restrictions.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Australia banned a neo-Nazi network under a new law that criminalizes hate groups; and, a Spanish court is investigating former Prime Minister Zapatero for influence peddling and other crimes tied to a government airline bailout.

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

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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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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Ka$h Patel has failed to take the sobriety test he promised under oath.

Then, on the rest of the menu, former reality TV star and now the MAGA-favorite Los Angeles mayoral candidate, Spencer Pratt, vowed to leave LA if he loses the election; Trump cashed in big time one day after handing AI tech firm CoreWeave a major government deal; and, the Texas Supreme Court refused to declare that Democratic lawmakers who briefly fled the state in 2025 to block a vote on new congressional maps pushed by Trump had, vacated their office.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump’s Pentagon quietly shut down the legally required program to prevent civilian deaths by military; and, Trump’s Pentagon has halted deployments to Poland and Germany to cut troop numbers in Europe to make it easier for Vlad to be Vlad.

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

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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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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, world leaders set a fatal trap that Trump walked right into while he was in China.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Jackson County welcomes Oregon’s first floating solar project; a man who livestreams himself saying racially derogatory statements to Black people in public settings was arrested and charged with attempted murder after a shooting outside a Tennessee courthouse; and, Todd Blanche accused the DC Bar of acting as a “blatantly partisan arm of leftist causes” for sanctions against Jeff Clark and “Eagle” Ed Martin.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Chinese security officials refused to allow a US Secret Service agent into an historic Beijing temple compound in a tense Trump showdown, because he was carrying a gun; and, an EU commissioner warned of long term jet fuel shortages because of Trump’s “little excursion.”

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

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“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue their own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” — The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851


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