The Bitchuation Room

While Democrats need to 'energize and ignite' their voting base, voters need to remember that democracy is not a spectator sport. We welcome LaTosha Brown, the co-founder of Black Voters Matter, to discuss critical midterm elections and where grassroots organizers are working hardest. And comedian James Fritz joins to talk about Biden's imminent cancelation of a very small amount student debt, and Republicans starting to see the implications of stripping abortion rights from half the population. Plus, if you had to choose one Trump son as your ride or die, who would you choose? Finally a BONUS BISH about a firefighter who got fired over a very ACAB rant... was he in the wrong? Become a patron to listen or watch back: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Featuring: James Fritz, Comedian: https://twitter.com/fritzisdead LaTosha Brown, Co-founder of Black Voters Matter: https://twitter.com/mslatoshabrown The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every TUESDAY (now!) at 1/4pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If only the memes were true. Instead, the president isn't a vengeance-seeking diehard, he signs the Inflation Reduction Act and gives Joe Manchin the pen. And on immigration, Biden has put up little fight against some of the worst Trump policies. Organizer Erika Andiola joins Francesca to break down the fate of DACA, Trump's border wall, Title 42 and the recently rescinded "Remain in Mexico" policy. And more details about the FBI raid on Mar a Lago. Was he trying to hawk the nuclear codes? Comedian Mateen Stewart joins to discuss that plus the massive nationwide teacher shortage and what some red states are doing about it. Finally a BONUS BISH about the newest right-wing dating app "The Right Stuff". The icebreaker questions they're asking are...incredible. Listen or watch back by becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Featuring: Mateen Stewart, Comedian https://twitter.com/mateenstewart Erika Andiola, Immigrant rights activist https://twitter.com/ErikaAndiola The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every TUESDAY (now!) at 1/4pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The right isn't funny, but they're effective. That's Professor Nick Marx's argument in the book "That's Not FunnyHow the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them". He joins Francesca and comedian Jessica Sele to discuss how the edge lord comedy ecosystem is recruiting young people to more extremist causes. Then the right screams "Defund the Police!" after the FBI raids Trump's Mar-A-Lago estate, including his safe! And major climate legislation passes the Senate. What's in the bill and does it do more good than harm or more harm than good? Finally a homophobic production of Hamilton has us playing the game "Un-gay This Musical". PLUS a patron-only Bonus Bish about Alex Jones getting his ass handed to him by everyone in court. Problem is, he's super into it. Become a patron to listen & watch back www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Featuring: Jessica Sele, comedian: https://twitter.com/jsele Nick Marx, professor Colorado State University: https://twitter.com/marxnick Order Nick's book here! https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520382138/thats-not-funny The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every TUESDAY (now!) at 1/4pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Starbucks is closing stores over letting its workers unionize?! Oldest trick in the busting book. Buffalo organizer with Starbucks Workers United Jaz Brisack joins to discuss the wave of union efforts across Starbucks stores and the latest corporate tactics to shut them down. And Emma Vigeland of The Majority Report joins to talk about Joe Manchin finally being on board with a piece of legislation! How good is it? Plus, Jon Stewart roasts Senate Republicans for holding out healthcare on veterans. Finally, a fun segment imagining the terrible policy proposals that Andrew Yang’s new centrist party will make. Think the “Move to Higher Ground” initiative. AND A BONUS BISH with Matt Lieb about whether the DCCC’s tactic to highlight crazy MAGA candidates is dangerous or just plain dumb. Become a patron, support the show and get exclusive access: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Featuring: Emma Vigeland, The Majority Report: https://twitter.com/EmmaVigeland Jaz Brisack, organizer with Starbucks Workers United: https://twitter.com/jazbrisack The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every TUESDAY (now!) at 1/4pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE 1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When life gives you Christian theocracy and climate collapse, sometimes you gotta swim in your own bin. Comedian Anna Valenzuela joins to talk about Trump’s January 6th outtakes, heatwaves throughout Europe, and Biden’s refusal to dub extreme temperatures due to climate change a national emergency. And the legal system in America hates pregnant people, and has hated them for awhile. Rafa Kidvai, director of the Repro Legal Defense Fund for If/When/How discusses legal strategy now that Roe has been overturned, and why even with all the money to defend abortion seekers, we’ve still got to change policies and mobilize politically. And a much-needed edition of “What’s Good?” Including FF’s love of Bad Bunny and Cotton Candy grapes. Then a patreon-only bonus bish about the GOP in Texas holding out on Medicaid expansion, all while claiming to love mothers. Francesca gets big mad. What else is new. Become a patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to listen and watch back. Featuring: Anna Valenzuela, comedian: https://twitter.com/annavisfun Rafa Kidvai, Director of Repro Legal Defense Fund for If/When/How: https://twitter.com/rkidvai DONATE YOUR MONEY & GET INVOLVED: https://reprolegaldefensefund.org/give/ + The Repro Legal Helpline https://www.reprolegalhelpline.org/ The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The U.S. could really use some Sri Lankan uprising energy. We get into the island nation's "occupy moment” with Artist Yalini, a Sri Lankan artist of Tamil descent. And comedian Nato Green joins to discuss Biden’s no good very bad trip to the Middle East/a Saudi Arabian PR stunt, where he doubled down on Trumpian foreign policy. And backed up GOP congresspeople get some stern lessons from women in the abortion rights movement. Plus, now that the restaurant Medieval Times has unionized, which niche sector should be next? PLUS: A solo bonus bish all about the right coming for gay marriage, the LGBTQ community and HIV meds?! Listen/watch back by becoming a patron and supporting this show: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Featuring: Yalini Dream https://twitter.com/yalinidream Nato Green https://twitter.com/natogreen The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio AND we are switching the stream to Tuesdays at 1/4pmEST beginning in August! Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How is the cost of inflation falling on working Americans? And why is the Federal Reserve adding insult to injury by raising interest rates? We talk economic sh*t in unprecedented times with Professor Richard Wolff. And the White House finally takes small steps to protect abortion rights through executive orders. But what do they say and is it enough? John Iadarola, host of The Damage Report on TYT, joins to discuss this plus Boris Johnson booting himself out of power after his party abandons his reckless behavior. Are there are the lessons for the American GOP? Finally a BONUS BISH all about Elon dropping his bid to buy Twitter. LOL! Listen or watch back by becoming a patron www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Dearest patrons! Send your questions for the AMA to [email protected], and apologies for the lack of the fart song. Next episode you'll get double. Featuring: John Iadarola https://twitter.com/johniadarola https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDamageReport Professor Richard Wolff https://twitter.com/profwolff DemocracyAtWork.Info The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As abortion clinics rush close, women are rushing to stock up on Plan C. Luckily the success rate is higher than Trump’s Plan C for remaining in office: doing a coup. Comedian Matt Lieb joins Francesca to discuss the revelations about January 6th and bitch about Viktor Orban and Liberal TERFs. Then abortion activist & executive director of the Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund, Laurie Bertram Roberts, explains what clinics are doing in the wake of the Roe reversal and how she became involved as a militant mama. Finally a game of “Smash or Pass” all governors edition. Plus a patreon-only *BONUS BISH* dedicated to the saddest anti-trans beta male: Jordan Peterson. Join the Frantifa to get access: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Featuring: Laurie Bertram Roberts, Executive Director of Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund twitter.com/smartstatistic Matt Lieb, Comedian twitter.com/mattlieb The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio *MOVING TO TUESDAYS AT 1/4PMET* Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A marathon episode on the many facets of the Supreme Court striking down Roe V Wade. From its immediate impact and calling out hypocrites, to the weak sauce Presidential response and why ‘vote harder’ is a terrible scold, Francesca welcomes comedian Kate Willet to take it all in. Then, some good news out of Colombia as the country elects its first leftist president Gustavo Petro. BBC’s Colombia correspondent Daniel Pardo joins to break down how Petro won and what this means for the future of the oil rich but vastly unequal country. Finally a feminist version of the game of “She’s a 10 but…”. Plus a patreon-only BONUS BISH all about how YIMBY ("Yes in my backyward”) weirdos on Twitter brigade any and everyone who dares speak about rent control and affordable housing. Kate knows firsthand! Get access to the bonus content each week by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom **CORRECTION: THE SCOTUS VOTE WAS 5-4 NOT 6-3 AND JOHN ROBERTS DID NOT JOIN THE MAJORITY** Featuring: Featuring: Kate Willett, Comedian twitter.com/katewillett Daniel Pardo, BBC correspondent twitter.com/pardodaniel The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A bunch of chads get busted for attempting to riot at a Pride event, and the January 6th hearings show just how in danger Mike Pence was and how much Trump loved it. Plus, how the recall of Chesa Boudin has blotted out any honest discussion of criminal justice and police reform and the national media has simply run with a tough on crime line. Finally, can you spot the fake Juneteenth corporate-washing? Or are they all far too cringe? AND a solo Frannie Bonus Bish on drag queens and shows becoming the latest target for the right. RuPaul has some words. Become a patron www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to get access. Featuring: Open Mike Eagle, Comedian, Rapper and Podcast Host: https://twitter.com/Mike_Eagle Joe Eskenazi, editor & journalist for Mission Local: https://twitter.com/EskSF Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A slice of the bonus episode from June 5th's show with comedian Jaye McBride where she and Francesca talk trans jokes in comedy, Ricky Gervais, Dave Chappelle, and her bizarre experience with Chappelle on stage in New York. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another day, another millionaire comedian or right-wing politician targets trans people. While one might seem like easy laughs, it’s hard not to look around at the hundreds of anti-trans bills sweeping the country and still muster a chuckle. Republicans are fixated on preventing trans girls participate in sports and trans kids overall from receiving any gender-affirming care. Founder of the Trans Formations Project Erin Reed joins Francesca to detail the impact of stopping trans children from receiving care, what “informed consent” is, and why it is that the GOP is so obsessed. Plus comedian Jaye McBride takes down Bill Maher’s latest “old man doesn’t get the gays” rant, and what strange spell compels Caitlyn Jenner continues to throw other trans people under the bus. Plus, Jaye stays on for a BONUS episode all about Ricky Gervais and Dave Chappelle’s anti-trans comedy and tells the story of working at the Comedy Cellar while Dave Chappelle was performing and he made her get on stage. Do not miss this incredible and super awkward encounter. Join the Patreon at www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to get access and a special bonus RSS feed with bonus content every episode. Featuring: Jaye McBride, comedian https://twitter.com/jayemcbride Erin Reed, Trans Formations Project https://twitter.com/ErinInTheMorn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good guys with guns are also bad. Every detail that emerges about the Uvalde, Texas shooting at an elementary school is worse than the last. The takeaway remains the same: we need gun control NOW. If there isn’t the political will, the people are gonna have to make it so. Comedian and union organizer Nato Green is back to discuss the details of another somber week in America. Dave Weigel, political reporter for the Washington Post, also joins to break down both parties’ strategy in a midterm/primary season that is swimming in SuperPAC cash. And even still, progressive have claimed victories! Finally, LA mayoral candidate Gina Viola on why neither Karen Bass nor Rick Caruso are delivering what Los Angeles desperately needs. Finally a *BONUS BISH* on Eric Adams becoming Dems new pro-cop darling, and a positive update on US-Cuba relations. Become a patron at www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to watch and listen. Featuring: Nato Green, comedian https://twitter.com/natogreen Dave Weigel, political reporter at the Washington Post https://twitter.com/daveweigel Gina Viola, candidate for LA mayor https://twitter.com/GinaForLA, https://ginaforla.com/ @LA VOTE JUNE 7th! The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grifts, hacks, phishing and pyramid schemes built on cartoon apes. This is Web3, the world of cryptocurrenicies and NFTs. Molly White, software engineer and founder of Web3 Is Going Great explains why the lofty promises of digital currency have fallen flat. And comedian Atsuko Okatsuka joins to discuss newly-minted Republican Elon Musk’s sexual misconduct that involves a horse, and the pathetic downfall of the Biden Administration’s attempts to reign in misinformation. Plus, Taylor Swift tells us to embrace the cringe. So what are the cringiest things you’ve done and are they worse than George W. Bush accidentally calling himself out for the Iraq War? Finally a patreon-only *BONUS BISH* on the creative dope efforts of strippers in Los Angeles to unionize. Solidarity with stripper strike Noho! To watch & listen back join the Frantifa: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Featuring: Atsuko Okatsuka, Comedian Molly White, Creator of 'Web3 Is Going Just Great' The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Turns out nothing is safe from rampant corporate greed, including f*cking baby formula. Francesca and guest Brett Payne of Street Fight Radio talk about the layers of corruption currently causing families to ration food for their infants. And, the murder of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh once again shows us exactly who the Israeli government is and how little they care for human rights. Meanwhile, why are leading Democrats acting so shocked that the multi-decade plan to overturn Roe V. Wade has finally come to fruition. Senior editor and reporter at The Lever, Andrew Perez, joins Francesca to explain the dark money interest groups behind the current SCOTUS. Finally a newsy game of “Is it Real?” and a *BONUS BISH* looking at the most disrespectful anti-choice argument yet, made by a Montana Senator: “Why come we protect sea turtle eggs and not zygotes?" Become a patron to listen/watch back: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Featuring: Andrew Perez, Senior Editor at The Lever https://twitter.com/andrewperezdc Brett Payne, Cohost of Street Fight Radio https://twitter.com/BrettPain The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ah the natural conclusion of the far-right’s takeover of America: obliterating abortion rights! Comedian Erin Lennox joins Francesca to discuss the Samuel Alito’s sniveling leaked opinion arguing for Roe V. Wade to be overturned, the pitiful response from leading Democrats, including campaigning for an anti-choice lawmaker in Texas over a progressive option. Then, socialist Minneapolis city councilmember Robin Wonsley on the role of police in suppressing social movements and progress, and local efforts to defund the police in their current violent iteration, and fund alternative safety units. PLUS: A patreon-only bonus episode about the bizarre and depressing “he said, she said” defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. We’ve got THOUGHTS! Join the Frantifa to watch live or listen back: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Featuring: Robin Wonsley Worlobah, Minneapolis City Council Member https://twitter.com/robin4mpls Erin Lennox, Comedian https://twitter.com/ErinDeweyLennox The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who are the union organizers left out of most American history books? This May Day, Francesca talks to labor reporter and author Kim Kelly about her new book Fight Like Hell: The Untold Labor of American History and the people, from sex workers and prisoners, who shaped workers rights. Plus an update on the desperate measures both Starbucks and Amazon are taking to stop union drives among their workers, as victories across the nation galvanize millions. Also along for the ride is comedian James Fritz to imagine a social media network completely free of sociopathic tech billionaires. Finally a *BONUS BISH* about the return of White House Press Correspondents Dinner. Biden’s got some zingers! Join the Patreon to get a special feed and watch live/back: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Featuring: Kim Kelly, Labor Journalist and Author of “Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor” twitter.com/grimkim James Fritz, Comedian twitter.com/fritzisdead The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-cannery License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Support The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Francesca is back and talking pregnancies! Overall the ones forced upon millions of women across the country now that abortion rights are being taken away. And specifically, her own! Thankfully *not* forced. Comedian and founder of Abortion Access Front Lizz Winstead joins to discuss the dozens of abortion bans sweeping the country, the imminent end or partial end of Roe V. Wade, and the two most bizarro cases of anti-choice extremism including stolen fetusgate. Plus Baby Daddy Matt Lieb joins to talk about mask requirements ending on planes and Florida’s math book bans being ridiculous and a secret money maker for one special textbook company. Finally a patreon-only BONUS BISH on Rudy Giuliani’s latest public embarrassment on The Masked Singer. Sign up at www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to watch or listen back with a special RSS feed. Featuring: Lizz Winstead, Founder of Abortion Access Front twitter.com/lizzwinstead Matt Lieb, Father-to-be and co-host of the Soprano's podcast, Pod Yourself A Gun twitter.com/mattlieb The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Thanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra Ornes Music Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-cannery License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Support The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Thanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra Ornes Music Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-cannery License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Support The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rivalry, jealousy, betrayal. The China-U.S. relationship is the stuff of geopolitical daytime drama. Writer and progressive strategist Tobita Chow of Justice Is Global joins Francesca to discuss what China’s ambitions, contradictions, and how the U.S. can avoid conflict by working with not against the rising superpower. And podcast host and sports writer Wosny Lambre dissects the bid by Elon Musk to buy nearly 10% shares of Twitter (even though he now says he won’t join the board). And, it’s the dawn of the robot dog. A fascist’s best friend. Robot dogs are now being deployed to the US-Mexico border. What could go wrong? Finally a solo Bonus Bish about what the arrest of a Texas woman accused of murder (!) for terminating her pregnancy means for the future of reproductive rights in the country. Become a patron to listen and watch the extra content: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Featuring: Tobita Chow: https://twitter.com/tobitac Wosny Lambre: https://twitter.com/BigWos The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Thanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra Ornes Music Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-cannery License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Support The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Thanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra Ornes Music Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-cannery License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Support The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Both liberals and conservatives have their heads up their asses on homelessness and housing. They let the market run the table no matter the fact that there are half a million unhoused people on any given night in the U.S. Associate professor at the University of Washington Gregg Colburn joins to talk about his new book “Homelessness is a Housing Problem” which re-affirms the real cause of homelessness and offers concrete solutions. Comedian Katrina Davis joins to talk about the first Amazon union (!) in the country and the incredible organizing efforts of ALU at a warehouse in Staten Island. Also, nearly eight hours of missing Trump call logs from January 6th points to only one thing: burner phones, Mr. White. Finally a Will Smith-inspired slap bracket game called “March Slapness” on who deserves to get slapped the most. And of course a Bonus Bish all about the freaky anti-choice extremist who was found to be storing 5 fetuses in her freezer. Coooooool. Get it by becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Featuring Katrina Davis, Comedian https://twitter.com/katrinasivad Gregg Colburn, Associate Professor University of Washington https://twitter.com/ColburnGregg Read his book/research, “Homelessness is a Housing Problem" here: https://www.sightline.org/2022/03/16/homelessness-is-a-housing-problem/ The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Thanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra Ornes Music Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-cannery License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Support The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Thanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra Ornes Music Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-cannery License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Support The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A week of double standards: SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on the one hand grilled to shreds by seething Republicans, and the wife of 30-year conservative veteran Clarence Thomas outed as a Stop the Steal rally organizer. You couldn’t have scripted it better. Comedian Gianmarco Soresi joins to talk about the KBJ hearings and the latest revelations about Ginni Thomas. Will Clarence have the decency to resign or be impeached? Plus if prisons actually worked, why, in the most carceral country on Earth do we still have crime in America? Huh. Author and journalist Victoria Law joins to discuss her book “Prisons Make Us Safer”: And 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration and why prison reform is often expansion in disguise. Finally, PROPAGANDA FAIL out of North Korea and a Patreon-only Bonus Bish about Applebee’s bosses relishing in higher gas prices. Why? Become a patron to find out: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Featuring: Victoria Law, https://twitter.com/LVikkiml Gianmarco Soresi, https://twitter.com/GianmarcoSoresi The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Thanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra Ornes Music Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-cannery License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Support The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Thanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra Ornes Music Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-cannery License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Support The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Take it from Muslim Americans: America’s counter-terrorism has done little more than criminalize innocent people. And now those same bogus tactics are being used to root out far right extremists, like the news that the plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor was an FBI sting operation. Is this the best way? Leena Al-Arian, director of Coalition for Civil Freedoms joins the podcast to explain. Plus, the sweet-taking “liberal redneck” comedian Trae Crowder on America running out of Covid money and abortion rights being trampled in states across the country. Finally, an all con-artists edition of Sext Elect Overthrow with the Tinder Swindler, Anna Delvey and Elizabeth Holmes. It’s way harder than it sounds. As always, join the Patreon for this week’s bonus story: the latest drama between Disney and Desantis over the “Don’t Say Gay” bill in Florida. Nothing a gender non-binary fox can’t solve. The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Thanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra Ornes Music Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-cannery License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Support The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Thanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra Ornes Music Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-cannery License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Support The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gas prices, the Kardashians, and working toward prison abolition from inside City Hall. A special LIVE episode from the Bell House in which Francesca is joined by comedian Matt Lieb and Sam Seder to break down and bitch about the week's shenanigans, including a look at how the right wing is blaming Greta Thunberg for Putin's war on Ukraine, and Kim K on why nobody wants to work! Least of all her. Then the insightful NY Councilmember Tiffany Cabán joined to discuss her time in office, the importance of electoral politics even as radicals, and how to move the needle on changing a carceral and police-based justice system in America. We get into it all in front of a tremendously warm Brooklyn audience. Please support the show by becoming at Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Featuring: Sam Seder, The Majority Report https://twitter.com/SamSeder Tiffany Cabán, NY Councilmember https://twitter.com/tiffany_caban Matt Lieb, Comedian https://twitter.com/mattlieb The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: The Bitchuation Room’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Thanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra Ornes Support The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Music Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-cannery License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A third week of Russia's assault and threats of nuclear war make us wonder why any given madman should be able to end the world? (And it's always a man.) Francesca is joined by Nomiki Konst and comedian Chloe Hilliard to break down the latest in Ukraine and the insane new dimensions this war is taking. Including an WNBA player being held hostage?! Does Russia think the U.S. cares about female athletes that much? Plus, the State of the Union features Biden throwing the BLM movement under the bus and Texas’ anti-trans pushers have got students protesting in the most beautiful way. Finally a Patreon-only bonus bish on REI retail workers in Manhattan successfully unionizing, after seeing right through the most corporate "woke-washing" campaign imaginable. Get access by joining the Frantifa: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Featuring: Nomiki Konst, https://twitter.com/NomikiKonst Host of the Nomiki Show, www.youtube.com/c/TheNomikiShow Chloé Hilliard, https://twitter.com/chloe_hilliard Comedian and author of Fuck Your Diet, https://www.chloehilliard.com/ The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: The Bitchuation Room’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Thanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra Ornes Support The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Music Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-cannery License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ukrainian President Zelensky might be a former comedian but Putin is the real clown. Unhinged, erratic and currently trying to do regime change Ukraine, things have gotten very scary for everyday Ukranians, many who have fled the country while others take up arms. Francesca, Wajahat Ali and Andy Kindler break down the various aspects of Russia's war on Ukraine, from Zelensky's heroism to the hypocrisies of the American media and security apparatus to the sad lack of a united international antiwar movement to say nothing of a functional United Nations. Not a lot of jokes abound, but hey, war is hell. Finally in honor of the nomination of Kentaji Brown Jackson, the panel picks their Supreme Court nominees to grow the bench and support her! PLUS a Patreon-only Bonus Bish on Charlie Kirk’s hilarious stumble into defending socialism. Featuring:Andy Kindler, https://twitter.com/AndyKindler: Get Andy’s album “Hence The Humor” Wajahat Ali, https://twitter.com/WajahatAli: Check out Wajahat's new book: Go Back to Where You Came From, And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American. Suggested Articles on Ukraine: A letter to the Western Left from Kyiv https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/a-letter-to-the-western-left-from-kyiv/ Join the Franifa and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Thanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra OrnesMusic Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-cannery License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVECheck Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast. Find Francesca On: Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifio YouTube: The Bitchuation Room’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Franifio Insta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ (edited) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18 NAKED COWBOYS IN THE SHOWER AT RAM RANCH!! Francesca and Karinda dig into how lefty Ottawans turned a gay anthem into a brilliant anti-vaxxer trolling technique. There's only so many niceties Canadians will regale you with before they get MAD. Do not underestimate them. Listen to the whole bonus episode by going to www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does Putin really really really really really wanna zigga zig ah? Anatol Lieven, author of Ukraine and Russia: A Fraternal Rivalry, joins Francesca to discuss the probabilities and the calculations of all sides when it comes to war in Ukraine. Weapons manufacturers are happy, while Putin wants to exert influence and get a better bargaining chip against NATO. And Tucker Carlson’s AOC obsession reaches peak thirst and creepdom, while a critical Biden policy sunsets and plunges millions back into poverty. Thanks to the Manchin Sinematic universe! And finally, a no fly list for unruly passengers? Yes please. Which activities should get you banned? BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE: A bonus bish all about the hilarious trolling of Ottawa protesters known as the “Ram Ranch Resistance”. You gotta hear this. Become a patron to listen: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Featuring: Karinda Dobbins, https://twitter.com/KarindaDobbins, https://karindadobbins.com/ (Check out Karinda’s NEW album! https://www.blondemedicine.com/bm073-black-blue) Anatol Lieven: https://twitter.com/Lieven_Anatol Read his books: Ukraine and Russia: A Fraternal Rivalry and Climate Change and the Nation State Join the Franifa and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Thanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra Ornes Music Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeod Support The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Biden can regain Americans’ approval if he’d only make an enemy out of the one percent. Does he have it in him? Max Moran of The Revolving Door Project joins to discuss a new study about how both Republicans and Democrats want a crackdown on corporate crime. Plus the Canadian Truckers blockades come to an end … for now. Who was behind the faux working-class movement? And the Trump White House toilets were allegedly perpetually clogged with classified documents. You thought your deuces were incriminating! Finally, another edition of The Cringeys, featuring Marjorie Taylor Greene, Dave Chappelle, and Joe Biden. PLUS: A bonus bish all about the “crack pipe” hysteria and how the right is tanking harm reduction during a time of massive drug overdoses. Get it by becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Featuring:Dhaya Lakshminarayanan https://dhayacomedy.com/https://twitter.com/DhayaLive Max Moran, The Revolving Door Projecthttps://twitter.com/MaxMoranHi Join the Franifa and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroomFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comThanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra OrnesMusic Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuationSpotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Find Francesca On: Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifio YouTube: The Bitchuation Room’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FranifioInsta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She was a border patrol agent for six years, until one too many incidents of corruption and violence forced her out. Jenn Budd now dedicates herself to speaking about what she calls America's genocidal policies and its broken immigration system. Francesca sat down with her for an in-depth conversation to understand how the border became so militarized over the years, the extremist culture within Customs and Border Patrol steeped in racism, rape and corruption; and the ineffectiveness of both Republicans and Democrats to actually change. Join the Franifa and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Thanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra Ornes Music Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-cannery License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Support The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Kiss My Ass Jay Inslee", Robert LaMay said just before quitting his state trooper after 22 years over the vaccine mandate. He said he was waiting for a sign from God to get vaccinated. If 800k Americans dead wasn't enough of a sign... then is it any wonder he wound up dead himself? John Iadarola and Francesca break down the story and why so many celebs are low key anti-vax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cash cows, climate cows and having cows. John Iadarola of the Damage Report joins Francesca to break down the Spotify/Rogan drams, and why both trash entities need one another to form the great pacific garbage patch of content. Also, is the U.S. going to war on Russia? Sadly for Raytheon most likely not, but there’s more to discuss. And Daniel Wayne Lee, organizer turned mayor of Culver City, discusses his run for Karen Bass’ seat in CA-37. Finally, there’s a cat in the White House. Let’s revisit the weirdest presidential pets. PLUS a Bonus Bish on the state trooper who told Governor Jay Inslee to 'kiss his ass’ over Covid mandates … dies of Covid. Become a patron to listen and watch back: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comThanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra Ornes Music Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuationSpotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Find Francesca On: Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifio YouTube: The Bitchuation Room’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FranifioInsta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sexy M&Ms, Biden’s first year in office, and Bari Worst Take Weiss. Plus, why is no one talking about the $90 billion infusion into public transportation passed in the infrastructure bill? We thought Joe loved Amtrak?! Sell it, POTUS. Investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz joins to discuss how Gulf coast communities are taking energy matters into their own hands, and why democratizing the energy grid with renewables leads to better service AND a less CO2. Comedian and writer Will Miles joins to discuss Mitch McConnell showing his whole ass on how he views Black voters and which cartoon mascots will trigger the right next. Finally a *BONUS BISH* about cops replacing teachers. What could go wrong? Join the Frantifa to listen and watch back: www.patreon.com/bitchuationrooom. Featuring: Will Miles, Comedian & Writer on South Side twitter.com/mrwillmiles Antonia Juhasz, Investigative Journalist and Author twitter.com/AntoniaJuhasz Join the Franifa and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroomFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comThanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra OrnesMusic Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuationSpotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Find Francesca On: Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifio YouTube: The Bitchuation Room’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FranifioInsta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Francesca explores the latest research out of Oregon State University, and tries to understand the many different acids in cannabis. WEED NERD ALERT! Brandy Howard and Julie Goldman talk the purpose of plagues, people overly-obsessed with hemp, and the hard work of podcasting! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So is there anyone in charge of pandemic safety anymore? Public health researcher Abdullah Shihipar has some thoughts on how the Biden administration can stop making America's pandemic strategy individualized and short-sighted. Plus the Anti-Critical Race Theory governor struts into office with an Dr. MLK Jr. quote, and Senator Kyrsten Sinema gives a spectacular defense of minority rule. Co-hosts of Dumb Gay Politics podcast Julie Goldman and Brandy Howard join Francesca to dig into it all. Plus, following noted neoliberal Thomas Friedman’s lead, what would the worst presidential ticket in 2024 be? Megan McCain and Rocco the rock of Sesame Street? Finally, a Patreon-only *BONUS BISH* on cannabis preventing Covid infections and why the baddies aren’t dying fast enough. Get it by becoming a patron at: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comThanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra Ornes Music Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuationSpotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Find Francesca On: Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifio YouTube: The Bitchuation Room’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FranifioInsta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Democrats concede nothing without a demand. Political strategist Alicia Garza joins Francesca to discuss how social movements need to rethink their relationship to the Democratic Party. Plus one year after the Capitol riots, what’s been done to root out white supremacist extremism? Can it actually be done by the likes of the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security? And comedian and labor organizer Nato Green on how soothing it is to imagine Trump no longer alive, and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot making teachers unions the enemy. Plus, the podcast’s first edition of The Cringey Awards. This week’s nominees: Nancy Pelosi for asking the cast of Hamilton to perform in honor of January 6th, Candace Owens calling herself an elite who can skirt vaccine requirements, and Ted Cruz for handing his nuts gift wrapped to Tucker Carlson. Finally a *BONUS BISH* for Patrons of the podcast all about Liz and Dick Cheney, who're trying to save the GOP from Trump. Is their cause valiant or should the war crimes boss family sit down and be humble? Listen and watch back by becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Featuring: Alicia Garza, Black Futures Lab and author of "The Purpose of Power": https://twitter.com/aliciagarzaNato Green, Comedian, writer, and union organizer: https://twitter.com/natogreen Join the Franifa and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroomFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comThanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra Ornes Music Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuationSpotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Find Francesca On: Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifio YouTube: The Bitchuation Room’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FranifioInsta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How did QAnon get laundered into the wellness world? Julian Walker (Conspirituality podcast) and Francesca discuss "Pastel QAnon" and the difference between conspiracies and conspiracy theories. Plus, how you pull someone back from the brink of cults and anti-vax rabbit holes? Julian explains to he did it. Become a patron for a special RSS feed to listen and watch back or live: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How did the MAGA and the wellness worlds begin to collide? The pandemic and Trumpism have a lot to do with it. Co-hosts of the podcast Conspirituality Derek Beres and Julian Walker join Francesca to explain the similarities between fascism and some new age spiritual and health communities. They're obsessed with individuality, freedom, gender norms, and willing yourself to believe pretty much anything so long as it goes against the establishment. From anti-vax misinformation spreaders, to anti-science healers, "insurrectionist influencers" who cheered on the capitol riots, and of course Joe Rogan you’re about to meet some unsavory characters. Plus a *BONUS BISH* for patrons about how QAnon infiltrated wellness spaces and how to extract a friend from the anti-vax worm hole. Get access to an extra 20 minutes by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Featuring:Derek Beres, former fitness and yoga instructor, author, Senior Editor at Eco & co-host of the Conspirituality podcast.https://twitter.com/derekberes Julian Walker, yoga teacher, writer and co-host of the Conspirituality Podcasthttps://twitter.com/embodiedsacred oin the Franifa and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroomFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comThanks to Maximillien Inhoff, Ellie Hoffman, Alexandra Ornes, Paige Oamek Music Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuationSpotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Find Francesca On: Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifio YouTube: The Bitchuation Room’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FranifioInsta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trump's latest comments about American Jews being disloyal to Israel REEKS of real anti-semitism. He also claims that Israel used to own Congress and, thanks to Obama, no longer does. What? Matt Lieb and Arun Gupta try to make sense of Trump's unique brand of anti-Semitic hate while still claiming Israel is the best country. SUPPORT THE SHOW, BECOME A PATRON AND LISTEN TO 15 MINUTES OF EXTRA CONTENT: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2021 is ending nearly as bizarre as it began. This time it’s the Covid denialist Donald Trump embracing the vaccine and speaking… science? Journalist Arun Gupta and comedian Matt Lieb join Francesca to discuss this heel turn. Plus, the anti-apartheid legacy of Desmond Tutu and Christmas Eve got saucy between President Biden and one Oregonian father. Although it seemed to only dawn on one of the parties. Finally the year’s highs and lows— from Rumsfeld croaking to the Delta Variant to Afghanistan withdrawal, we look back at it all. Finally, *BONUS BISH* for patrons on Trump’s latest anti-semitic pro-Israel remarks reveal that it is possible to be zionist and actually not like Jews. To get access become a patron and support the show: www.patron.com/bitchuationroom. Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comThanks to Maximillien Inhoff, Ellie Hoffman, Alexandra OrnesMusic Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuationSpotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Find Francesca On: Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifio YouTube: The Bitchuation Room’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FranifioInsta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another variant sweeping the nation is somehow still not as upsetting as Democrats letting Senator Joe Manchin tank Build Back Better Bill. Writer Molly Jong-Fast joins Francesca to discuss Democrats squandering any leverage they once had over the Maserati coal baron, and what it will take for them to actually LEAD damnit. Plus comedian Anthony Atamanuik on Fox News hosts' secret frantic text messages to Trump’s Chief of Staff on January 6th. Looks like they *do* have a heart buried under all that Murdoch money. And in the spirit of Christmas, what three spirits would you wish upon which powerful figure? PLUS a *BONUS BISH* all about the sexual assault allegations against Sex and the City star Christopher Noth, and comedian Louis CK self-releases a new special. Become a patron and listen or watch back: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Featuring: Molly Jong-Fast, Writer, The New Abnormal Podcast: https://twitter.com/MollyJongFastAnthony Atamanuik: Comedian: https://twitter.com/TonyAtamanuik Join the Franifa and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroomFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comThanks to Rebecca Rufer, Maximillien Inhoff, Ellie Hoffman, Alexandra OrnessMusic Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuationSpotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Find Francesca On: Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifio YouTube: The Bitchuation Room’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FranifioInsta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Santas are in short supply and high demand. After all why would an elderly overweight man allow small un-vaccinated children on his lap for minimum wage? Gareth and Francesca hear from Santas about their plight, and Gareth recalls when he used to dress up as good ole Saint Nick. To listen to the full bonus bish and every bonus bish, become a patron at www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Turns out Nancy Reagan sucked a lot more than we all imagined. Or never wanted to imagine. Comedian Gareth Reynolds joins Francesca to discuss the right's slut shaming gone wrong and Amazon corporation's crass reaction to their own workers killed by a tornado while on the job. Plus, progressive candidates for LA city council Eunisses Hernandez and Hugo Soto-Martinez discuss taking on status quo council-members to enact their vision for Los Angeles: housing for all and money for supportive services instead of carceral non-solutions. Finally, what super dumb conspiracy theory would you start a-la “Birds Aren’t Real.” AND in a special *BONUS BISH* Gareth and Francesca talk about the real reason for the labor shortage of Santas and Gareth remembers what it was like to be one. Get access by becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Join the Franifa and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroomFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comThanks to Rebecca Rufer, Maximillien Inhoff, Ellie Hoffman, Alexandra OrnessMusic Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuationSpotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Find Francesca On: Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifio YouTube: The Bitchuation Room’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FranifioInsta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ten months after the vaccine rollout and just 11 percent of Africans are fully vaccinated as compared with 72% of North Americans. Why? Big Pharma’s intellectual property rights (ie) money is running the show. And no wealthy nation, certainly none in the EU nor the one led by Joe Biden, is willing to stand up to the pharmaceutical industry’s power. Journalist Sarah Lazare joins to discuss the need for real internationalism. Plus, did Trump try and kill Biden at a presidential debate? He tested positive for Covid three days before! And, Rep. lhan Omar has the last word on Rep. Boebert's Islamophobia and Rep. McCarthy’s cowardice. Finally, if America had a Spotify account, what would our “Spotify Wrapped” statistics be like? 525,600 minutes listening to Rogan? BONUS BISH: A mass shooter’s parents are implicated in their son’s murder so they flee. Become a patron to get access: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Featuring:Mateen Stewart, Comedian: https://twitter.com/MateenStewartSarah Lazare, Reporter, In These Times Magazine: https://twitter.com/sarahlazare Join the Franifa and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroomFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comThanks to Rebecca Rufer, Maximillien Inhoff, Ellie Hoffman, Alexandra OrnessMusic Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuationSpotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Find Francesca On: Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifio YouTube: The Bitchuation Room’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FranifioInsta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trump proved presidents have way too much power. It's easy to flaunt anti-corruption laws in the highest office because, well, they hardly exist. We mostly have cute little "norms" and guidelines. So when should those "norms" be made into laws, and how can we stop the ever-expanding power of the executive branch? Walter Shaub, former director of the Office of Government Ethics, had a front row seat to the worst impulses of one of the most corrupt administrations... ever. Where it was Donald Trump's refusal to divest from his organization or Kellyanne Conway hawking Ivanka jewelry on television. Shaub's job was to try and hold Trump minimally accountable which, as you can imagine, became impossible. Shaub resigned in July of 2017, citing the administration's disregard for basic government oversight and the stonewalling of his office. Now Shaub continues the work advocating for reform of the executive branch outside of government. He spoke with Francesca about his time in OGE under Trump, the importance of voting rights, and assesses whether Biden is doing what he can to prevent a future Trump. Short answer: No. Featuring: Walter Shaub, Senior Ethics Fellow, Project on Government Oversight https://twitter.com/waltshaub Join the Franifa and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroomFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comThanks to Rebecca Rufer, Maximillien Inhoff, Ellie Hoffman, Alexandra OrnessMusic Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuationSpotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Find Francesca On: Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifio YouTube: The Bitchuation Room’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FranifioInsta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does a trans man think about Senator Josh Hawley's cry that "Democrats are destroying masculinity"? Comedian RB Butcher weighs in. To get this PATREON ONLY content, become a patron at www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom and get an extra 15 minutes of content each week right to your feed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why can't fascists get original? Banning books is so 1933. And yet here we are with parents raging in school board meetings about "gay themes" in stories. Comedian RB Butcher helps break it down along with understanding why Steve Bannon is so afraid to testify about January 6th. He's not scared, you're scared! Plus IfNotNow director Morriah Kaplan on how American Jews against the occupation are pushing Congress and slowly but surely winning the moral argument on Palestine. Finally, what the hell does Elon Musk want? Cause crypto ain't it. AND A *PATREON ONLY BONUS BISH* all about Missouri Senator Josh Hawley's sad empty idea of masculinity. Become a patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Featuring: RB Butcher, Comedian - https://twitter.com/RheaButcher Morriah Kaplan, Managing Director of IfNotNow - https://twitter.com/morriahk Join the Franifa and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroomFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comThanks to Rebecca Rufer, Maximillien Inhoff, Ellie Hoffman, Alexandra OrnessMusic Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuationSpotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Find Francesca On: Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifio YouTube: The Bitchuation Room’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FranifioInsta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The pressure is on for democrats to deliver. Biden, Pelosi, Schumer as the horsemen of the infrastructure-pocalypse need to show the nation that they can pass a pared down Build Back Better Act or risk voters losing all faith in them. And were recent elections all bad for team blue? John Nichols of The Nation says not if you’re actually paying attention and care less about drama. Plus, comedian Matt Lieb on right-wing media vaccine mandates, and two more murder trials that say a lot about how far America has yet to go for real racial justice. And a *BONUS BISH* for all patrons on why Joe Rogan has become the go to COVID-19 shaman for dumb guy celebrities. Listen and watch by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Featuring: Matt Lieb, https://twitter.com/mattlieb John Nichols, https://twitter.com/NicholsUprising Join the Franifa and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroomFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comThanks to Rebecca Rufer, Maximillien Inhoff, Ellie Hoffman, Alexandra OrnessMusic Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuationSpotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Find Francesca On: Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifio YouTube: The Bitchuation Room’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FranifioInsta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Facebook came to life when QAnon believers gathered on the grassy knoll to wait for JFK Jr. Or senior. Comedian and former pastor Steve Hernandez explains to Francesca the overlap between evangelicals and QAnon supporters. Listen to full episode 111 with bonus bish by becoming a patron today for as little as $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/posts/death-by-with-ep-58240239 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Faith in Biden is slipping. Faith in even progressive representatives is slipping. Whether it’s ending climate change, passing an infrastructure bill or rooting out white supremacy, Democrats too often end up going home when they could go big. On the eve of a bad night for many Democrats (with some silver linings in local elections), Adam Johnson of Citations Needed joins to talk about the failure of the party to think outside the box and their pocketbooks. And comedian Steve Hernandez discusses how unsurprised he is by the details of one Jan 6th insurrectionists’ prison stay. We’ve all eaten those bologna sandwiches. Finally, what thing in your life can you blame on the illustrious “supply chain.” PLUS a *PATREON ONLY* bonus bish on the hundreds of QAnon supporters wait on the grassy knoll in Dallas for JFK Jr. to return from the dead. Get it by becoming a patron today! Featuring: Steve Hernandez, comedian: @hernia Adam Johnson, media analyst, host of Citations Pod: @adamjohnsonNYC Join the Franifa and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroomFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comThanks to Rebecca Rufer, Maximillien Inhoff, Ellie Hoffman, Alexandra OrnessMusic Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuationSpotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Find Francesca On: Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifio YouTube: The Bitchuation Room’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FranifioInsta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices