West Coast Cookbook and Speakeasy - Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 17 May 23

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, House Democratic Leader Jeffries hopes to find some reasonable Republicans to prevent the default crisis.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Secret Service is investigating how an unidentified man entered National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s home undetected by his protective detail; Arizona announced a crackdown on Medicaid fraud targeting tribal communities; and, Wells Fargo agreed to pay one billion dollars to settle a shareholders’ class-action lawsuit.After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Department of Justice announced a series of criminal cases involving the flow of technology and information to Russia, China and Iran; and, the Cyprus Finance Ministry has frozen more than 1.2 billion euros in Russian assets.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!"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 people like you and me, onto our tables, in our kitchens and dining rooms and backyards.” -- Shauna Niequist "Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes"Show Notes & LinksBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.