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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