Quote:

"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:

[00:30] "The Layers of Heaven" by Jovica
[01:00] Light reading on Agatha Bacelar
[01:05] "Coulis Coulis" by The Blue Dot Sessions
[01:45] Light reading on the progressive movement
[01:50] Light reading on Tom Gallagher
[02:00] Light reading on Medicare for All, The Green New Deal and US Militarism
[02:50] "Swing That Horn" by Mary Riddle
[04:15] A profile of Shahid Buttar (@shahidforchange / @Sheeyahshee)
1. And the results
[04:45] That time Shahid Buttar ran against Nancy Pelosi in 2018
[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"
[05:25] Light reading on Shahid's background
[06:15] Related: Burning Man sucks Reason #1029492
[06:20] Related: "Freedom Music" by Irfan Rainy & Baba Israel
1. And when it ended
[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
[09:20] More on Joe Eskenazi
[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
[11:00] More on the clapback
1. Related reading and viewing
2. Her wheeling and dealing on Obamacare
[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
[12:50] Her votes on Iraq Wars
1. More on Green New Deal
[13:10] More on Medicare for All
[13:20] "The Cornice" by The Blue Dot Sessions
1. Related Instagram trends
[16:45] h/t @doorsoftunisia
[18:20] Follow Otto Pippenger
[18:30] Light reading on SF Supervisor Dean Preston
[18:45] Related: Rise of the DSA
[21:00] Related: The recent drug overdose epidemic in the San Francisco Bay Area
[23:20] Light reading on San Francisco City College accreditation fight
[26:40] Follow