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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Aileen Cannon is defying legal norms by giving Trump a forum to attempt to throw out his indefinitely-delayed classified documents case.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Oregon is the first state to join the free filing option for federal taxes; Arizona authorities are investigating whether a 27-year-old temporary election worker in the state’s largest county had political motivations when he stole a fob that would allow him access to vote tabulators; and, a federal judge rejected a $30 billion settlement that would have capped the fees Visa and Mastercard charge to merchants for credit and debit card purchases.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Brazilian police official won crucial backing to become the next head of Interpol; and, Puerto Rico’s Justice Department is suing at least thirty former government officials accused of corruption to recover more than $30 million in public funds.



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

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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...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Cannon made a major mistake inquiring how the DoJ is funding the case, and it may cost her.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the state infant mortality rate rose over eight percent in the wake of the Texas abortion ban; the first Black mayor of a small Alabama town, who was locked out of town hall by the former mayor and the all-white council, will return to the role under the terms of a proposed settlement agreement; and, civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit to block Louisiana’s new unconstitutional law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a high-profile German far-right politician is on trial for the second time over knowingly using a Nazi slogan during a political event; and, Indonesia won’t pay the $8 million ransom demanded by a hacking group who compromised the national data center.


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, Judge Cannon's extraordinary pretrial backlog is 'like LaGuardia on a holiday.’

Then, on the rest of the menu, the FBI has offered a reward for information about those responsible for igniting a pair of New Mexico wildfires that killed two people and destroyed hundreds of homes in the past week; abortion access has won when it’s been on the ballot, that’s why half the states are working hard to keep it off; and, a Wisconsin judge is expected to consider whether to allow people with disabilities to vote electronically from home this November.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the investigation of the Russian hack on London hospitals earlier in the month, may take weeks to complete; and, right-wing Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage, is facing wide-ranging criticism over his claim that the West provoked Putin to invade Ukraine.
















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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, striking back at Trump, Fulton County DA Fani Willis filed a Motion to Dismiss his appeal to remove her as prosecutor, that could lead to the case being sent back to the trial judge in time for setting a trial before November.

Then, on the rest of the menu, educational material from propaganda chop shop PragerU is now taught in public schools in six states; top executives of a California-based online mental health company were arrested in a $100 million dollar scheme to improperly prescribe Adderall during the pandemic; and, a MAGA attorney charged in connection with an effort to illegally access and tamper with voting machines in Michigan after the 2020 election, said that he’s running for the state’s high court.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the leader of Armenia declared his intention to pull out of a Russia-dominated security alliance as tensions rise between the two allies; and, unseasonably extreme heat forced Greek authorities to shut down the Acropolis during the afternoon hours for a second day in a row.


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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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!​

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Jared Kushner’s dark past resurfaces and MAGA is working hard to cover it up, again.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the leaders of Oregon’s two Planned Parenthood affiliates have temporarily delayed their effort to dissolve the organization’s political arm; the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled unanimously the MAGA Superintendent of Public Instruction and the state Department of Education overstepped their authority to force schools to ban books; and, intelligence officials say the presidential election is a prime target for foreign disinformation.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Slovakia plans to boost protection for politicians after the assassination attempt on its populist premier; and, a Russian woman has been detained and questioned in Denmark for helping a foreign intelligence agency operate in the country.








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 his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.”

-- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851










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Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Cannon’s latest efforts to aid Trump and avoid any Mar a Lago espionage act trial this year accidentally exposed her own errors.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal appeals court upheld the California law banning gun shows at county fairs; the Virginia NAACP sued a county school board over its reinstatement of Confederate military names to two schools; and, the lead singer of the Four Tops sued a Detroit-area hospital for restraining him and ordering a psychological exam after refusing to believe that he was one of the Four Tops.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where French opposition parties on the left and right are seeking alliances ahead of the snap elections called by President Macron; and, the government of the Central African Republic suspended a Chinese mining company’s operations in the country, accusing it of cooperating with armed militias.


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

Bon Appétit!

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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...