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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:

[00:30] "The Layers of Heaven" by Jovica
[01:10] "Coulis Coulis" by The Blue Dot Sessions
[03:45] On Senator Amy Klobuchar, sporks combs and salads
[04:00] "Grizzlies" by Mary Riddle
[04:30] "The second most important race" to watch
[06:30] Full results of San Francisco's 2020 Primary elections
1. Respect to Craig Sager
[06:45] h/t Dorris Burke
[07:30] Follow Jasper Wilde
[08:50] Read Jasper's 4,300-word essay here
[09:20] "Vik Fenceta" by The Blue Dot Sessions
[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
[11:30] Light reading on:
[12:35] "Dusting" by The Blue Dot Sessions
[13:00] Related: AOC's shoes and sneakers
[17:05] Follow Otto Pippenger
1. And a recent interview on the split within the Democratic party
[19:20] A past read on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
1. Shahid's reply
[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
[23:10] Coverage of the allegation:
[23:45] More from The Intercept's Akela Lacy on the allegations and its impact on the Shahid Buttar campaign
[36:45] "Tarte Tarin" by The Blue Dot Sessions
[37:15] Gloria Berry's defense of Shahid Buttar
[42:00] Follow Akela Lacy for more political coverage
[44:30] Amy Klobuchar didn't eat a salad with a spork, it was actually a comb
[54:20] "Swing That Horn" by Mary Riddle
more at thisissomenoise.com/ep-31