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In part two of this two part interview, Brian continues his talk with China historian Matthew Van Duyn about America’s strange cultural relationship with China. We discuss the US’s diplomatic history with China and get to the bottom of the Facebook group “Libertarian Guys with Asian Wives.” Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes, and early release of episodes of Mechanical Freak Presents. https://www.patreon.com/seattlesucks

Do you want to know more? Part one of this interview can be found here and our previous interview with Matthew about China & Covid 19 can be found here. A bibliography for this episode can be found here on the Mechanical Freak.

In this new Mechanical Freak Presents, China historian Matthew Van Duyn (@vanduyn0) is back on the Freak to hunt down the American left’s lost Albanian gold and maybe talk a little China in the process. Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes, and early release of episodes of Mechanical Freak Presents. https://www.patreon.com/seattlesucks

Follow Matthew on Twitter @vanduyn0, and read his recent article “Communists Around Every Corner” on Mechanical Freak

Do you want to know more? A full bibliography for this episode is available on Mechanical Freak

Greg is forced to move and is as surly as ever. Brian gets a new soundboard and breaks Greg’s stranglehold on foley artistry. Oh, and some elections and police stuff happened too.

Volunteer for Sherae Lascelles’ campaign

Washington Sucks Voter’s Guide

Video from the Everyday March to Carmen Best’s house

Thread about family being tormented by vigilantes in Forks back in June

Learn more about Snohomish Sheriff Adam Fortnoy here

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In this new Mechanical Freak Presents, China historian Matthew Van Duyn (@vanduyn0) is back on the Freak to hunt down the American left’s lost Albanian gold and maybe talk a little China in the process. Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes, and early release of episodes of Mechanical Freak Presents. https://www.patreon.com/seattlesucks

Follow Matthew on Twitter @vanduyn0, and read his recent article “Communists Around Every Corner” on Mechanical Freak

Do you want to know more? A full bibliography for this episode is available on Mechanical Freak

We are joined by the Seattle Sucks official hockey correspondent Marena (@MareshkaEvanova) to talk all things Kraken and the sport that we all call “the sweet science.” We also talk about some other less important things going on in Seattle like the effect Covid 19 restrictions are having on service workers and the continuing police crackdown in the city. Also, Greg debuts his new theory about fascism. All this and more on Seattle Sucks!

Follow Marena on Twitter @MareshkaEvanova

Check out these exciting new articles on Mechanical Freak…

Washington Sucks Primary Voter’s Guide by Cassidy Butler

Communists Around Every Corner by Matthew Van Duyn

In this episode liberated from behind The Paywall, we are joined by friend of the show and our Washington state politics correspondent Cassidy (@babycornobi). We talk Covid in WA state, Jay Inslee’s political future, and we take bets on whether the situation has finally gotten bad enough for Tim Eyman to stand a chance in the governor’s race. Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes. https://www.patreon.com/seattlesucks

Check out friend of the show Matthew Van Duyn’s article on Mechanical Freak about how the US uses China and anticommunism to justify repression of left movements like Black Lives Matter at home and imperial policies abroad in his new article “Communists Around Every Corner”

Follow Cassidy on Twitter @babycornobi, and read her “Washington Sucks Primary Voters Guide” on Mechanical Freak

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Greg and Brian are back on Naiad to talk about the passion of the Durkan and the disturbing new developments in Portland. Then we look at two new plans for defunding SPD, one from Carmen Best and one from Decriminalize Seattle. I wonder which one will be better?

Decriminalize Seattle Online Teach-in

Decriminalize Seattle’s Blueprint for Police Divestment/Community Investment

The quarantine host-hang moves into its fourth month and Greg and Brian celebrate by reading another Seattle Times’ editorial on Kshama Sawant. Has the Times’ ed board seen the light regarding the city’s longest serving council person? You won’t be surprised by the answer. Also, they discuss the coming eviction apocalypse and give out free legal advice to renters.

The Intercept, “Backed by Police Unions, Legislators Stand by Laws to Protect Drivers Who Kill Protesters”

Mechanical Freak, “Sheriffs Gone Wild”

Washington Post, “Evictions Likely to Skyrocket This Summer”

SLOG, “A Massive Wave of Evictions Will Probably Hit Washington Next Month”

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