It's Friday June 12th. I'm Gideon Resnick. And I'm Erin Ryan filling in for a Keela Hughes.

And this is what a day where we're making a pledge to never participate in a multi-saleb

front-facing camera video. I think we get that tattooed on my forearm in case like I am

ever tempted to participate in a forward-facing PSA video. I want my face on a milk carton

with that sentence below it. If found, do not put in video.

On today's show, we check in on the economic picture amidst the coronavirus pandemic,

then some headlines, but first, the latest.

Move over at Chaz Bono. America's crazy uncles have a new Chaz to rage post about on Facebook.

It's called the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone or CHZ Chaz for short. It's a section of

Seattle that is now controlled by protesters fighting against police brutality in particular

in racial injustice more generally. Basically, after clashing with protesters for several

days, the Seattle police boarded up their east precinct building and abandoned it.

And then protesters moved in. They now control about six city blocks and there are no police

allowed. They essentially want to prove that it's possible for a self-governing community

to exist safely without police. Seattle, alt-weekly, the stranger, described the vibe as chill.

They've also published a list of their demands on medium, including paying reparations to victims

of police violence, abolishing the Seattle police department and removing police officers from

schools. And despite the Republican Pearl clutching and we'll get to that, it's basically like

freshman orientation week at Evergreen State College. Chaz residents are subjecting each other

to such horrors as documentary screenings every night and free vegan pizza and la Croix.

Yeah, it sounds like they're just vibing. But like you said, it's become Trump's new favorite

thing to get mad about online. Exactly. The president has been very mad online about it, tweeting

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