West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially Special Daily Specials; River City Hash Mondays, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays & Blue Moon Spirits Fridays!Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam serves up a cornucopia of abundance in The Bistro Cafe with "All The News That's Fit To Read" and "In This Reporter's Opinion," a lively, humorous and astute analyses on the issues of the day, along with spirited discussions at the "Chef's Table" with politicians, pundits, celebrities, musicians, authors, filmmakers, academics and leaders of the New Media. Bon Appét...
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 14 Feb 25

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!
Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, “The principled resignation era is now upon us.”
Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump-forced Bonneville Power Administration staff departures are raising concerns about the agency’s ability to ensure the reliability of the Northwest electrical grid; with a nationwide surge in influenza, the Louisiana Surgeon General ordered a stop in media campaigns and community health fairs that encourage vaccinations; and, a state MAGA lawmaker says Prid...
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays 13 Feb 25

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, MAGA Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the Department of Justice will be going full banana republic and prosecute Democratic governors, representatives, county commissioners, local law enforcement, mayors, city council members and even individual clerks at state DMV’s who conspire against Trump’s orders.
Then, on the rest of the menu, the NYC comptroller accused Musk of “highway robbery” after stealing eighty million dollars from the city bank...
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 12 Feb 25

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday, is now available on the Spreaker Player!
Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Elon crashed and burned over basic questions as his four-year-old pissed Trump off at the Oval Office.
Then, on the rest of the menu, Thomson Reuters has won the first major AI copyright case in the United States; Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor sounded the alarm over Trump’s “monarchy” power grab; and, Oregon expects to get the $26M appropriated for electric vehicle chargers, but many officials also exp...
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 11 Feb 25

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!
Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump lied to America, with a straight face, it was the insurrectionist mob who were assaulted on January 6, not the cops.
Then, on the rest of the menu, the Military is abandoning recruiting efforts at a prestigious Black engineering event, turning down access to a key pool of highly qualified potential applicants amid Trump's purge; twenty-seven religious groups sued the Trump administration to protect houses of worship from im...
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy River City Hash Mondays 10 Feb 25

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!
Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump continues to abuse the court system with his “pathetic” twenty billion dollar amended complaint against CBS.
Then, on the rest of the menu, MAGA had the expected meltdown because of all the Black entertainers performing at the Super Bowl; illegally fired Federal Election Commission Chair Ellen Weintraub revealed there were thirty-one staff-supported Trump complaints that were never investigated; and, after saving consumers over twenty billion dollars...
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Blue Moon Spirits Fridays Podcast 07 Feb 25

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!
Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s mental decline is on full display as he continues to surround himself with the worst people.
Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump ordered the states to retract their plans to build hundreds of federally funded EV charging stations; sheriffs in Southern Oregon say they plan to adhere to the state’s sanctuary laws; and, Musk’s cadre of Lost Boys emailed federal judges to...
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays 06 Feb 25

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, intelligence experts warn of the “grave security risk” after the CIA sent an unclassified email to the White House listing all the thousands of new hires around the world in the last two years.
Then, on the rest of the menu, security experts question whether the nineteen year old Musk “Lost Boy” known online as “Big Balls,” would pass the background check typically required to obtain security clearances; De...
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 05 Feb 25

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday, is now available on the Spreaker Player!
Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, after Musk’s MAGA Trumpenjungen hacked into government servers and mass emails sent out, the Central Intelligence Agency became the first major national security agency to offer buyouts to its entire workforce.
Then, on the rest of the menu, two federal workers seek a restraining order to shut down the illegally connected DOGE email server at OPM; MAGA farmers in Oregon are dependent on overseas markets, and conc...
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 04 Feb 25

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!
Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s illegal actions as president prove “we are not a nation of laws.”
Then, on the rest of the menu, no one could have ever thought that smarmy, sanctimonious Ben Sasse would treat the University of Florida as his personal bank account; failed Washington state MAGA candidate Joe Kent is known for calls to defund the FBI and spouting off the craziest QAnon conspiracies, so Trump nominated him as d...
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy River City Hash Mondays 03 Feb 25

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!
Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump's acting FBI Director defied the felon’s demand to give up thousands of agents who investigated January 6 and the Mar a Lago espionage case for prosecution.
Then, on the rest of the menu, Idaho MAGA proposed a constitutional amendment that would remove state power to enforce mandatory education for children; the Trump administration freeze on federal funding is heading back to a Washington courtroom today; and...