Ep. 31 — Not Me, Us (Part II)
About
The gold brooch Nancy Pelosi placed on her white blazer the night of the State of the Union Address earlier this year was a miniaturized version of the Mace of the United States House of Representatives. The actual Mace is nearly four feet tall and made of silver and ebony.
It represents the authority of the Speaker. It is a symbol.
And for so many years, Speaker Pelosi, in her own right, has been a symbol: one of power, divisiveness, and #resistance.
As she was tearing up a copy of the President’s speech that night, a San Francisco progressive activist named Shahid Buttar was firing off tweets about the shallowness of her performative politics.
He and his team of political misfits have spent months building up a campaign to challenge her seat in Congress. It is a long shot but has been billed as the second most important race to watch in this country.
Shahid is the first serious Democratic contender to Nancy Pelosi in years. Or at least, he was.
Show Notes:
[00:30] “The Layers of Heaven” by Jovica
[01:10] “Coulis Coulis” by The Blue Dot Sessions
[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
[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
[11:30] Light reading on:
San Francisco’s problem with needles
Light reading on San Francisco’s homeless problem
More on the Bay Area housing crisis
[12:35] “Dusting” by The Blue Dot Sessions
[17:05] Follow Otto Pippenger
[19:20] A past read on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
And a recent interview on the split within the Democratic party
[22:10] Liz Croydon’s sexual harrasment allegations against Shahid Buttar
Shahid’s reply
[23:10] Coverage of the allegation:
from The Intercept
from Mission Local
from The San Francisco Chronicle and it’s earlier reporting
from The Humanist Report
a counter-narrative to Elizabeth Croydon’s Medium essay
[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