Chinese Spy Balloon Bonanza Ep. 246 ft. Liam McCollum

by Patrick Macfarlane | Feb 4, 2023

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Patrick is joined by Liam McCollum to discuss the state of US-China tensions.

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Show Notes:

Liam’s testimony against Ukraine war support in a Montana legislative committee.

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Patrick MacFarlane is the Justin Raimondo Fellow at the Libertarian Institute where he advocates a noninterventionist foreign policy. He is a Wisconsin attorney in private practice. He is the host of the Vital Dissent at www.vitaldissent.com, where he seeks to oppose calamitous escalation in US foreign policy by exposing establishment narratives with well-researched documentary content and insightful guest interviews. His work has appeared on antiwar.com, GlobalResearch.ca, and Zerohedge. He may be reached at patrick.macfarlane@libertyweekly.net

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