We're back! This week we discuss the internet frenzy around presidential candidate Kamala Harris and our collective amnesia surrounding her previous (and conservative) policies.  We talk about her contradictory political history, the abject failure of US democracy and whether radical change can truly be enacted via electoral politics.    Soaliha: @soalihaofficial & Linktree Mitch: @mitchs.miscellanea & Linktree Email: heresthethingthopodcast@gmail.com PayPal: PayPal.me/soaliha    Sources: Report: The War on Marijuana in Black and White | American Civil Liberties Union How Kamala Harris Fought to Keep Nonviolent Prisoners Locked Up - The American Prospect   Opinion | Kamala Harris Was Not a ‘Progressive Prosecutor’ - The New York Times  Kamala Harris’ A.G. Office Tried to Keep Inmates Locked Up for Cheap Labor  Kamala Harris laughed about jailing parents over truancy. But it's not funny | Nathan Robinson | The Guardian  Twitter thread of Kamala Harris' speeches on truancy and criminal justice reform  Kamala Harris Takes 'Responsibility' for Opposing Trans Surgeries  US to allow migrants from Mexico as critics slam ‘kids in cages’ | Migration News | Al Jazeera  The Pitfalls of Liberalism (1969)  Woke Scientist on Instagram.