A letter to liberals concerned about Trump SHAHID BUTTAR JAN 7∙ PREVIEW (shahidbuttar@substack.com) On Friday, President Biden delivered a speech widely hailed as a defense of democracy from an existential threat in the form of his likely general election opponent, Donald Trump. Many—including me—share the president’s view of his predecessor as a threat to… Continue reading
Yet again, journalists & editors from DC & New York to San Francisco & Los Angeles have been duped—forcing voters to pay the price SHAHID BUTTAR SEP 18 ∙ PREVIEW Last week, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that she would be seeking reelection to represent San Francisco in the… Continue reading
SEP 4 • 10M America’s institutions—not only the octogenarian careerists who have co-opted them—chain our futures to the failures of the past. 21 hrs ago (shahidbuttar.substack.com) Appears in this episode Shahid Buttar This Sunday, The Guardian’s David Smith published an editorial about gerontocracy in Washington. It explores whether our nation’s ruing class… Continue reading
This week’s crises expose the inadequacy of our choices By Shahid Buttar August 17, 2023 Beyond a humanitarian and ecological disaster Last weekend, the worst wildfire in Hawaii’s history claimed at least (and likely many more than) 100 lives and destroyed the traditional indigenous capital of Lahaina, yet the President of the… Continue reading
Shahid Buttar for Congress On February 19, 2023, hundreds of San Franciscans gathered to challenge the bipartisan militarism in Washington that idiotically invites a global nuclear conflict. After speeches & performances in Embarcadero Plaza, we marched to the San Francisco office of Lockheed Martin, where organizers staged a creative street… Continue reading
