Episode Description
In 2022, rightwing influencers began using the term "doom loop" to paint San Francisco as a crime- and fentanyl-ridden hellhole that whose downfall was due to too much woke progressivism.
It didn't matter that the doom loop narrative wasn't based in reality: the media took it and ran with it. The narrative has since lost its resonance in San Francisco, but it's now being deployed in several other cities.
Jeremy Mack is back to talk about the Phoenix Project's most recent report, "The Rise and Fall of the San Francisco Doom Loop."
The Phoenix Project: Rise and Fall of the San Francisco Doom Loop
https://www.phoenixprojectnow.com/doomloop-report
SF Mayor Daniel Lurie celebrates Blackstone and private equity
https://youtube.com/shorts/1MsExVGa5sY
Andrew Cuomo's racist anti-Zohran Mamdani ad
https://youtube.com/shorts/y4yqFFDD650
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TogetherSF (RIP), with Jeremy
https://www.patreon.com/posts/togethersf-wants-114226580
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/5-rich-guys-to-f-104982980
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