Seattle Sucks

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.

In this action-packed mega-episode we interview Sherae Lascelles who is running to unseat Frank Chop in the 43rd LD. Sherae is a long-time organizer with Seattle area sex workers and talks with us about housing, decriminalizing sex work, and de-policing generally. Then we talk with friend of the show Munya about the march to Jenny Durkan’s house last Sunday and her subsequent heel-turn.

In our glorious return to Patreon, Brian and Greg take a look at Mayor Durkan’s new austerity budget and her bold cuts to the Seattle Police Department (SPD). They then read a letter that Police Chief Carmen Best wrote to the people of Seattle before hearing what SPD officers think about the future of policing. Join us for an episode that is bound to fill you with hope for the future! Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes. patreon.com/seattlesucks

A year and a half ago the MLK Labor Council (MLKLC) was alone in applauding SPOG’s awful contract that overturned every police reform of the past nine years. Last week, the MLKLC voted overwhelmingly to throw SPOG off the labor council. What changed? We talk with teacher/activists Anna Hackman and Whitney Kahn to find out. Later, Brian and Greg speculate on some of the more suspicious happenings of the past week. Also, a rare (final?) transmission from Colin as he continues his quest to pierce the veil of reality.

From Minneapolis to Portland, kicking cops out of schools is the hot new look this summer. But how did all those cops get into schools in the first place? We have a history of police in schools for you with all the dirty details, but since we know, and love, our listeners we have taken the time to put this article on tape – because reading is for nerds. Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes, and early release of episodes of Mechanical Freak Presents. patreon.com/seattlesucks

A big shout out to the Radical POC Organizers leading this movement here and across the country. We’re winning! Don’t stop now.

The people are taking back the streets, and we’re winning. We’ve got friend of the show Marena (@MareshkaEvanova) and the one and only Shaun Scott to help us work through what is happening now in the streets and for a long time in the communities of people of color living under this police state. Fuck the Seattle Police.

Brian and Greg are here to encourage you to get that bread from unemployment before it is too late! Soon all that will remain of the state is the armed thugs who exist to terrorize your communities and quell unrest. Solidarity to the people of Minneapolis who have risen up over the cold blooded murder of George Floyd at the hands of a very average cop having a very good day.

Greg asks Brian for “permission to come aboard” after turning his boat into a Superfund site. They talk with Evelyn Chow (@evelyntchow) from Real Change about the city’s latest homeless camp sweep in the ID and we speculate on what the possible goal of this could be. Finally, if anyone has seen Colin or knows of his whereabouts, please contact our Twitter account.

In this new Mechanical Freak Presents, Brian tries to make Brynn cry with stories of woe and mayhem from the former Soviet Union and Eastern bloc. Ever wondered what 1,000 bottles of vodka could buy you? Ever bristled under the cruel lash of the military when all you wanted to do was cause a few reactor meltdowns? Or are you just curious about how Jeffrey Epstein met all those lovely girls? Kick your shoes off and put on your headphones, this podcast is for you! Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes, and early release of episodes of Mechanical Freak Presents. patreon.com/seattlesucks

In this new Mechanical Freak Presents, Brian tries to make Brynn cry with stories of woe and mayhem from the former Soviet Union and Eastern bloc. Ever wondered what 1,000 bottles of vodka could buy you? Ever bristled under the cruel lash of the military when all you wanted to do was cause a few reactor meltdowns? Or are you just curious about how Jeffrey Epstein met all those lovely girls? Kick your shoes off and put on your headphones, this podcast is for you! Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes, and early release of episodes of Mechanical Freak Presents. patreon.com/seattlesucks

A plane is heading for Seattle. Is it bringing medical supplies? Or something more sinister? Greg and Brian look at the two sides of the austerity coin with Nancy and Donald. And the Seattle City Council chants “process” in front of a mirror until the old gods appear to wipe out the city’s poor.

Greg and Brian don masks (which fail to cover their nose or mouths) and go to a swank party with Cassidy from Better Left Cast where they fall in love with a mystery man who is running for WA 38. Watch the video: …/watch%3Fv=JptFhW7m3tM?v=JptFhW7m3tM

Greg and Brian see if Fortune favors the bold before reading the new script for 10 Things I Hate About You. The universe is listicles all the way down! Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes. patreon.com/seattlesucks

Greg and Brian get high-brow as they discuss the city known as the Seattle of the East, its terrible food culture, and one of its most storied periodicals, The New Yorker. We’re listening to scientists and injecting Simple Green directly into our necks so that we may die furious on the Fury Road with Colin’s war boys!

Greg, Brian, and Colin talk Trump Bucks (and how to get them), unemployment, and the recent formation of the Western States Pact, or The League of Extraordinary Governors. Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes. patreon.com/seattlesucks

Greg and Brian are joined by friend of the show, Codename Tanya, Esq., to talk about how the judicial system is functioning during these pandemic conditions.

Greg and Brian choose to take the black so they can jump off the wall as they talk about Bernie dropping out, the political courage demanded by the Seattle Times’ ed board to gut the state budget, and the state’s early strategy for stopping a COVID-19 outbreak. Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes. patreon.com/seattlesucks

Greg and Brian are joined by Dae Shik Kim Jr and Guy Oron to talk about their recent piece in The Nation about the city’s continued encampment sweeps in the face of a pandemic.

In this new episode of Mechanical Freak Presents, Brian talks with historian Matthew Van Duyn in order to get a handle on China’s response to the coronavirus, the workings of the Chinese state, and the state of US/China relations. For instance, did you know that China has an employer provided healthcare scheme that was created to “break the iron rice bowl” in the 1980s? Because I sure as hell didn’t. So, kick your feet up, grab a slice of pizza, and let’s learn about China! Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes, and early release of episodes of Mechanical Freak Presents. patreon.com/seattlesucks