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"It's a heated field." —Otto Pippenger

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A two-part story about a campaign trying to unseat Speaker Nancy Pelosi from her congressional seat leads to a much larger reckoning for the left.

Show Notes:

1. [00:30] “The Layers of Heaven” by Jovica
2. [01:10] “Coulis Coulis” by The Blue Dot Sessions
3. [03:45] On Senator Amy Klobuchar, sporks combs and salads 
4. [04:00] “Grizzlies” by Mary Riddle
5. [04:30] “The second most important race” to watch
6. [06:30] Full results of San Francisco’s 2020 Primary elections
   1. Respect to Craig Sager 
7. [06:45] h/t Dorris Burke
8. [07:30] Follow Jasper Wilde
9. [08:50] Read Jasper’s 4,300-word essay here
10. [09:20] “Vik Fenceta” by The Blue Dot Sessions
11. [10:30] Recent progressive wave in San Francisco
    1. San Francisco’s problem with needles
    2. Light reading on San Francisco’s homeless problem
    3. More on the Bay Area housing crisis
12. [11:30] Light reading on:
13. [12:35] “Dusting” by The Blue Dot Sessions
14. [13:00] Related: AOC’s shoes and sneakers
15. [17:05] Follow Otto Pippenger
    1. And a recent interview on the split within the Democratic party
16. [19:20] A past read on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
    1. Shahid’s reply
17. [22:10] Liz Croydon’s sexual harrasment allegations against Shahid Buttar
    1. from The Intercept
    2. from Mission Local
    3. from The San Francisco Chronicle and it’s earlier reporting
    4. from The Humanist Report
    5. from Rolling Stone’s Useful Idiots Podcast
    6. a counter-narrative to Elizabeth Croydon’s Medium essay
    7. a response from the Shahid campaign
18. [23:10] Coverage of the allegation:
19. [23:45] More from The Intercept’s Akela Lacy on the allegations and its impact on the Shahid Buttar campaign
20. [36:45] “Tarte Tarin” by The Blue Dot Sessions 
21. [37:15] Gloria Berry’s defense of Shahid Buttar
22. [42:00] Follow Akela Lacy for more political coverage
23. [44:30] Amy Klobuchar didn’t eat a salad with a spork, it was actually a comb
24. [54:20] “Swing That Horn” by Mary Riddle
25. more at thisissomenoise.com/ep-31

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"I'm a progressive, yeah." —U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

About:

A two-part story about a campaign trying to unseat Speaker Nancy Pelosi from her congressional seat leads to a much larger reckoning for the left.

Show Notes:

1. [00:30] “The Layers of Heaven” by Jovica
2. [01:00] Light reading on Agatha Bacelar
3. [01:05] “Coulis Coulis” by The Blue Dot Sessions
4. [01:45] Light reading on the progressive movement
5. [01:50] Light reading on Tom Gallagher
6. [02:00] Light reading on Medicare for All, The Green New Deal and US Militarism
7. [02:50] “Swing That Horn” by Mary Riddle
8. [04:15] A profile of Shahid Buttar (@shahidforchange / @Sheeyahshee)
   1. And the results
9. [04:45] That time Shahid Buttar ran against Nancy Pelosi in 2018
10. [05:20] “Exquisite Motion” by The Blue Dot Sessions 
    1. His EFF background
    2. A rapper and singer
    3. A poet
    4. A music producer and DJ
    5. His 2016 Buring Man DJ set
    6. His appearance on Russia Today’s “Breaking the Set”
11. [05:25] Light reading on Shahid’s background
12. [06:15] Related: Burning Man sucks Reason #1029492
13. [06:20] Related: “Freedom Music” by Irfan Rainy & Baba Israel
    1. And when it ended
14. [08:45] Remember the Bernie Sanders Presidential campaign 
    1. Mission Local
    2. His early coverage of Shahid’s campaign and here
    3. Spoiler alert: his later coverage of the campaign
    4. And a reminder to go back and listen to the Frisco series, Part I here
15. [09:20] More on Joe Eskenazi
16. [10:55] “Setting Pace” by The Blue Dot Sessions  
    1. The tearing up of speeches
    2. The #resistance movement
    3. The performative criticism
    4. What Shahid tweeted
17. [11:00] More on the clapback
    1. Related reading and viewing
    2. Her wheeling and dealing on Obamacare
18. [11:20] More on Nancy Pelosi’s history in politics
    1. More on her vote on Iraq War
    2. Related: Her handling of Bush impeachment
    3. Her votes on national security
    4. Her stance against progressive movement
    5. Her 2019 interview on 60 Minutes
19. [12:50] Her votes on Iraq Wars
    1. More on Green New Deal
20. [13:10] More on Medicare for All
21. [13:20] “The Cornice” by The Blue Dot Sessions
    1. Related Instagram trends
22. [16:45] h/t @doorsoftunisia
23. [18:20] Follow Otto Pippenger
24. [18:30] Light reading on SF Supervisor Dean Preston 
25. [18:45] Related: Rise of the DSA  
26. [21:00] Related: The recent drug overdose epidemic in the San Francisco Bay Area
27. [23:20] Light reading on San Francisco City College accreditation fight
28. [26:40] Follow Jasper Wilde 
29. [29:15] Light reading on Bernie Sanders 2016 campaign and feminism
30. [29:50] “Setting Pace” by The Blue Dot Sessions 
31. [30:00] For more on the specialty coffee scene, listen to “Bougie Coffee”
    1. Bay Area coffee roaster’s sexual assault and harassment scandal
32. [30:25] Related: SCAA’s expo in Dubai
33. [34:00] More on Shahid’s backstory
34. [34:30] Related: Pelosi’s support of government surveillance
35. more at thisissomenoise.com/ep-30
36. [38:15] Listen to Part II here