Ep. 030 — Not Me, Us (Part I of II)

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) And the results [04:45] That time Shahid Buttar ran against Nancy Pelosi in 2018 [05:20] "Exquisite Motion" by The Blue Dot Sessions His EFF background A rapper and singer A poet A music producer and DJ His 2016 Buring Man DJ set 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 And when it ended [08:45] Remember the Bernie Sanders Presidential campaign Mission Local His early coverage of Shahid's campaign and here Spoiler alert: his later coverage of the campaign 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 The tearing up of speeches The #resistance movement The performative criticism What Shahid tweeted [11:00] More on the clapback Related reading and viewing Her wheeling and dealing on Obamacare [11:20] More on Nancy Pelosi's history in politics More on her vote on Iraq War Related: Her handling of Bush impeachment Her votes on national security Her stance against progressive movement Her 2019 interview on 60 Minutes [12:50] Her votes on Iraq Wars More on Green New Deal [13:10] More on Medicare for All [13:20] "The Cornice" by The Blue Dot Sessions 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 Jasper Wilde [29:15] Light reading on Bernie Sanders 2016 campaign and feminism [29:50] "Setting Pace" by The Blue Dot Sessions [30:00] For more on the specialty coffee scene, listen to "Bougie Coffee" Bay Area coffee roaster's sexual assault and harassment scandal [30:25] Related: SCAA's expo in Dubai [34:00] More on Shahid's backstory [34:30] Related: Pelosi's support of government surveillance more at thisissomenoise.com/ep-30 [38:15] Listen to Part II here