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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, McCarthy is willing to sacrifice the security of Congress to curry favor with MAGA and Fox.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Oregon will halt electric vehicle rebates for one year beginning in May, due to high demand and dwindling funds; Michigan added LGBTQ protections to state's civil rights law; and, California will transform the infamous San Quinten prison into a lockup where less-dangerous prisoners will receive education, training and rehabilitation.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Guatemala arrested another former prosecutor, the latest in a series of detentions seen as weakening anti-corruption efforts in the country; and, Tanzania’s first female president is on her first official visit to South Africa.

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

Bon Appétit!

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, how long until Trump’s lawyers turn on Trump, again?

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Michigan Senate voted to repeal the 2012 law restricting unions; Mississippi will restrict electric vehicle manufacturers from selling cars in person unless they open franchised dealerships; and, Ohio State asked the Supreme Court to hear Title IX issues in the sexual abuse suits Jim Jordan helped cover up.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Dutch voters go to the polls today in local elections that have a national impact; and, a "mafia-style" assault on a state-employed archaeologist by commercial development interests has triggered protests in Greece.

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

Bon Appétit!

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Chateau de Valicourt, Montmorancy, France / copyright Justice Putnam

“Do you smell that?” she asked, as we drove through Reims, past the headquarters of the National Front, on our way to La Tranche sur Mer.

“I don’t know,” I said flatly, “what is it?”

“It smells like… ” she sniffed in a haughty, Parisian disdain, “it smells like, fascism.”

I knew then I was in love with her. I knew it truly.

– Justice Putnam

“My Little French Honeymoon”

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Who luvs ya, baby?

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 Question: Who is your audience? What are you here for?

Answer: Tribal Alliances, Heart-felt Convictions, Passionate Reason, Random Abandon, Sustainable Civility and a kiss; to comfort the sad and the mad Ones; the Ones roaming the International section of the American Supermarket at night; or roaming the neglected streets looking for an angry malaprop to sink their teeth into; the Ones who seek without seeking and learn as much as they teach; the Ones who embrace and kiss and embrace again; the Ones who sing the song of the city and the ballads of the forest; the Ones who chant the rhythm of the sea and hum the melody of the desert; the Ones who sing the prayer of Her name and Her name is the World. Yes, those are the Ones.    -- JP

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Man, Girl and Broken Window, Klamath Falls, Oregon — copyright Justice Putnam

Give me a church  

Israel “Izzy Maq Styles” Putnam 2 Oct 1977 — 30 Dec 18

made entirely of salt.

Let the walls hiss

and smoke when

I return to shore.

I ask for the grace

of a new freckle

on my cheek, the lift

of blue and my mother’s

soapy skin to greet me.

Hide me in a room

with no windows.

Never let me see

the dolphins leaping

into commas

for this water-prayer

rising like a host

of sky lanterns into

the inky evening.

Let them hang

in the sky until

they vanish at the edge

of the constellations —

the heroes and animals

too busy and bright to notice.

— Aimee Nezhukumatathil 

“Sea Church”

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Rest in Peace Aaron Swartz

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Detroit, Michigan, NN14 / copyright Justice Putnam