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

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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. [01:00] 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