West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump spiraled out of control on live television during an Oval Office press conference where he kissed merry widow Erika Kirk and attacked Marjorie Taylor Greene for her recent comments on affordability.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Fullerton, California police let a woman go who was held at gunpoint in her car by an ICE agent because “no crime had occurred;” Pam Bondi’s Department of Justi...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump was booed mercilessly at the Washington Commanders/Detroit Lions matchup, which means ‘centrist’ Democratic Senators will cross the aisle and vote to name the stadium after the convicted felon.

Then, on the rest of the menu, after massive election wins across the country repudiating Trump’s MAGA America, eight Democratic Senators picked a weird time to capitulate and go full Vichy on the shutdown; Ghislaine Maxwell h...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Eleventh Circuit smacked down Judge Aileen Cannon for her coverup of the Trump espionage report.

Then, on the rest of the menu, OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide even when they had no prior mental health issues; Dozy Don and Crash Duffy have cancelled hundreds of air flights nationwide, leaving travelers scrambling for last second, alternate travel plans; and...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Supreme Court’s decision about whether Trump's trillion dollar Tariff scheme is unconstitutional or illegal, all comes down to which way Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett flip.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a Senate committee hearing devolved into a “stalking” shouting match after a Republican member admitted to tracking Democratic Senator’s cars and spying on them; a Republican-appointed federal judge blasted ICE’s “fictional” attem...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Fox State Regime Media lost it on live television over the massive election rejection of Trump and MAGA.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump ousted the Inspector General of the US housing regulator involved in the Pulte-led mortgage probes of his foes; Trump’s top immigration goon has been accused of inventing a rock attack to justify the use of tear gas, then lying about it i...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Lindsey Halligan is accused of destroying documents, as a Federal Judge demands to see just what exactly Lindsey did in the Grand Jury rooms to get those indictments against Trump's critics.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Trump administration is making unprecedented admission demands of colleges in the Northwest and across the country; MAGA lawyers flipped an anti-KKK law and used it to rip scholarships fr...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump's Justice Department admitted to lying to a federal appeals court about deploying US troops on American soil in Portland.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the top Trump-appointed drug regulator at the FDA resigned after federal officials probe ‘serious concerns’ about his conduct; somebody should sue CBS and 60 Minutes for deceptively editing Trump losing his cool over his cryptocurrency pardon he claims he knows nothing...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is spiraling out of control and calling for the nuclear option to deal with his Big Beautiful government shutdown.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Whisky Pete Hegseth ordered the military to detail dozens of JAG attorneys to the Justice Department to act as special assistant US attorneys; a judge ripped apart the Trump administration’s argument against her ruling this week by qu...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump got a very rude awakening at the end of his meeting with Xi Jinping as Russian bombs rained down on Ukraine.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump’s pick for a top post at the US Export-Import Bank withdrew his nomination after facing scrutiny over his ties to Russian companies and the Kremlin; patients are going without needed treatment after the government shutdown disrupted an i...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, another Trump lawyer is in an ethical jam over a new filing ordered by the King.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Oregon’s Black elected officials and faith leaders described the city of Portland, the state and nation as being at a ‘crossroad’ with authoritarianism; children's books are once again at the center of the city council “MAGA-nificent Seven’s” fury in MAGA Huntington Beach, California; an...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s DOJ refuses to charge rightwingers who threaten Dems with assassination, but they’ll charge terrorism if you wear an inflatable frog suit in front of an ICE Gulag.

Then, on the rest of the menu Trump made an 'emergency' Supreme Court power grab after an AI plot by his tech pals to take over the Copyright office was thwarted; after a court order to stop its us...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s trip to Asia got ruined as he learned that Democrats have a plan to stop his attempt to rig the midterm elections and there is not much he can do to stop it now.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a ‘suspicious’ fire erupted overnight at the home of a Black Portland, Oregon city councilor; air flights to Los Angeles International Airport were halted due to the Crash...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, former Special Counsel Jack Smith demanded that any hearing involving him take place on live television, in front of the world, so that Trump and MAGA can’t lie about what he said.

Then, on the rest of the menu, under orders from Trump, the FBI has started visiting the homes of innocent No Kings protesters; a federal judge threw out MAGA Rep Ronny Jackson’s laws...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, underreported by major US media, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a powerful speech at the University of Ottawa, where he showed how Canada can fight back against Trump and win.

Then, on the rest of the menu, despite cratering profits, Musk begged Tesla investors to give him his $1 trillion pay package, assuring them he can be fired if he goes “insane;” after Democratic Senators seized the fl...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s approval is crashing to new lows while he literally bulldozes the White House to the ground.

Then, on the rest of the menu, DeSantis officials have been scrubbing evidence that US citizens have been nabbed in Trump’s deportation blitz; more than four-hundred-twenty conspiracy-theory anti-science bills attacking public health protections built up over a century, have hit statehouses this year; and, the Wyoming Capitol, including the go...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, you don’t appoint an incompetent, inexperienced lawyer as your Top Prosecutor in the DOJ to go after your political enemies, because she may just end up screwing her own prosecution by leaking information accidentally to a reporter on Signal.

Then, on the rest of the menu a Trump judicial pick is on hold over criminal links to DeSantis; Trump ordered Treasury employees not to share photos of h...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Did Trump just steal $400 million dollars from a Miami college in order to build his Trump Presidential Library with DeSantis' help?

Then, on the rest of the menu, good thing Newsom closed the freeway to the public during the massive No Kings rallies because JD Vance's motorcade was hit with shrapnel after an artillery shell blew up over Interstate 5 from the Trump-ordered live fire celebration; Indiana Uni...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump may have immunity, but his ‘corrupt sycophants’ do not.

Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the top four star Navy Admiral in Latin America announced his resignation due to Trump’s war crimes of blowing up fishing boats off the coast of Venezuela and murdering at least twenty-one people.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump’s Albert Speer architectural obsession is not ending...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is planning to use Navy warships to strike inside California at the same time the No Kings Protest is taking place on Saturday.

Then, on the rest of the menu, after finding forever chemicals in its drinking water, the Eastern Oregon city of Hermiston was so concerned about the safety of its residents, it stopped testing for them; Brown University is the latest academic institution to tel...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the MAGA SCOTUS hears oral arguments to eliminate Black and Brown people from Congress.

Then, on the rest of the menu, federal stormtroopers threatened to shoot an ambulance crew to prevent them from taking an injured protester to the hospital; Jim Jordan’s attempt to question Jack Smith hits a major snag; and, a federal judge threw the book at Trump’s presidential library plot.

After...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Trump DOJ is in a full-blown panic as James Comey's defense team mounts a powerful challenge to Trump's politically motivated prosecution.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the New York Times, Associated Press and even the extreme right wing Newsmax, are among scores of news outlets who say they won’t sign Whiskey Pete Hegseth’s new Pentagon rules; ICE use of full-body straitjacket restraints during...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Lyin’ JD Vance was kicked off a Sunday show interview for lyin’ JD Vance-ing.

Then, on the rest of the menu, gaslighting right-wing influencers shape Trump’s understanding of the Portland protests; the MAGA attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act designed to protect racial minorities, comes to the MAGA Supreme Court this week; and, Barack Obama trashed businesses and universities that have caved to...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump may have immunity, but his ‘corrupt sycophants’ do not.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a dentist shortage in Maine has some pediatricians working overtime to prevent tooth decay; Dominion Voting Systems quickly sought to finalize the remaining settlements to their lawsuits so they could sell the company to a Trump election denier; and, Trump has weakened the US Chemical Safety Board so seve...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the only humiliation in court during Comey’s arraignment was on the Trump side.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Texas cops were caught lying about why they used an AI tool to track a woman who had an abortion; two right-wing social media accounts beloved by MAGA and Musk are run by a Macedonian man who has never visited the United States; and, Trump pick...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Pam Bondi’s Senate Hearing testimony was ‘brazen,’ ‘shameless’ and ‘verifiably false.’

Then, on the rest of the menu, the feds grant ICE building access to conservative media and influencers while ignoring and lying about the local Portland, Oregon press; a law firm representing another firm targeted by Trump with a punitive executive order, was just hit with a massive cyberattack by China; and; a federal judge blocked a Trump...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is just out loud lying and feigning amnesia about his close relationship with convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a Border Patrol agent tried to murder an anti-ICE protester by shooting her five times in her car at a Chicago intersection, and DHS lied to cover for him; MAGA social media accounts bombarded the South Carolina judge with death th...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump was instantly put in his place after he tried to use the California National Guard troops to conduct a military invasion of Portland, Oregon.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the police chief of Omaha, Nebraska acknowledged that police nationwide are more likely to pull Black people out of their cars at gunpoint after champion boxer Terence “Bud” Crawford was ordered out of his car at gunp...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, posting racist fake videos while refusing to negotiate with Democrats to end the shutdown reveals the madness pouring from the darkness of Donald Trump's mind.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Tim Apple capitulated to demands from Nazi Barbie Bondi and removed the ICEBlock app that allowed users to track ICE goons; a fundraiser for the family of the MAGA gunman who opened fir...

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, how many flashes of insanity from a president should we tolerate?

Then, on the rest of the menu, Stephen King is the most banned author in US schools; the racist Gestapo DHS called a lawsuit filed after a US citizen’s repeated arrests at workplace raids, “race-baiting opportunism;” and, environmentalists, politicians, celebrities and more recall the life and influence of primatologist Jane Goodall.

After the break, we move t...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Canada is outmaneuvering Trump after his latest threats before American military generals and admirals.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the civil rights agency responsible for enforcing worker rights dropped a key tool used to investigate workplace discrimination;  Trump Border Czar Tom Homan’s own ICE agent set up his FBI sting; and, another federal judge ruled yet another Trump-appointed federal prosecutor was unlawfully installed.

After the...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s newly-installed, inexperienced US Attorney, whose claim to fame is not only competing in Trump beauty pageants, but also insisting there are too many exhibits about slavery in the US African-American museum, encountered a fed up judge fed up with MAGA legal incompetence.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Missouri governor signed a Trump-backed gerrymander aimed at helping Republicans win another US House seat...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the MAGA National Archives illegally released the entire unredacted military file of Mikie Sherrill to her three-time loser MAGA opponent for New Jersey governor, who then “shopped it to the press” when told not to.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Oregon firefighter who was arrested by immigration agents while battling the largest wildfire on the West Coast last month has finally been released; Whiskey Pet...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump had an overnight meltdown as United States fighter jets scrambled over Alaska while Russian aircraft encroached into Alaska air space.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the mother of a Black Michigan elementary school student is speaking out after her son was expelled for one year after taking a gun away from a white classmate on campus; Oregon handed over the sensitive Medicaid personal da...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump had another late night meltdown as he says he will sue ABC and Jimmy Kimmel while pushing the United States government closer to a shutdown.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump goon Ed Martin threatened Sandy Hook hero FBI Special Agent William Aldenberg for being part of the Alex Jones suit; Black church leaders reject Charlie Kirk’s martyrdom and point to his race rhet...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, “Big Daddy” Gavin Newsom made the Trump administration cry in public.

Then, on the rest of the menu, attorneys press for the release of an Oregon wildland firefighter detained by federal immigration officials while on the fire line of the largest wildfire on the West Coast; the guy who was kicked out of Italy for being too corrupt and too fascist for the corrupt Italian fascists, says America...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, decorated federal prosecutor Maurene Comey is fighting back against Trump over her illegal firing.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Kentucky Supreme Court struck down a city’s ban on no-knock warrants; the MAGA Senate confirmed forty-eight of Trump’s nominees at once after changing the rules; and, a late-night Instagram post from a San Francisco 49ers star led to the unraveling of a ma...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump wants us to talk about Jimmy Kimmel, so we'll talk about Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, instead.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Portland, Oregon will issue a land use violation notice to the city’s ICE building for breaching detention limits; experts have independently resurrected the Census Bureau advisory committee that was axed by Trump; and, a federal judge ordered Alabama’s largest county to redraw...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Democrats finally go on the offense and call out MAGA Congress Members and witnesses at an important hearing.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Trump administration sued Oregon to force it to turn over the full information about every state voter; ICE Barbie Noem lobbed false homicide claims at a grieving mom who had a stillbirth while in ICE custody; and, Pam Bondi’s Department of J...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the MAGA Supreme Court was “bench slapped” in open court.

Then, on the rest of the menu, authorities in Utah say two men have been arrested on suspicion of placing an incendiary device under a news media vehicle in Salt Lake City; the privately- funded National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta expanding at a critical moment in US history is not immediately subject to King...

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, as Trump musters his illegal Federal shock troops to invade and occupy major Democratic Sanctuary cities and states, leaders of those Cities and States have unleashed an unexpected push back.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Oregon Senate’s top three Democrats, and two of the state’s only Black lawmakers, received bomb threats at their homes over the Charlie Kirk killing; histori...