The Bitchuation Room

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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

The tables are turning in America's one-sided class war that working people tend to lose. Strikes are cropping up nationwide, and workers are no longer settling for underpaid jobs, and everyone is sharing HBOMax passwords! #Solidarity. Stimulus checks have meant there’s a bit more more ‘fuck you money’ as economist Doug Henwood observes, leading to what some are calling The Great Resignation. Henwood joins to discuss how reckless the one percent has been and how much the pandemic has exposed that the ways we usually conceive of the economy are in and of themselves, bankrupt. Plus comedian Nato Green on Trump’s new social media fail and what Alec Baldwin’s accidental murder says about workers’ rights on film sets. AND a Patreon Only *Bonus Bish* about which supernatural creatures 53% of Trumpers believe in. Guests: Doug Henwood, Economist and Journalist: https://twitter.com/DougHenwood Nato Green, Comedian 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 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

We now know that AT&T nearly fully funded OANN because they "needed another right-wing news channel." And it just so happens a multi-millionaire who ran a channel called WealthTV (!) was able to set one up in no time. Covid conspiracies, the Big Lie and all kinds of insanity then ensued. A taste of the *Patreon Only* bonus bish. Listen now on an exclusive RSS feed by becoming a patron at just $2 a month: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

America can’t afford universal childcare! and other red flags. Founder of Moms in Office Simona Grace joins the podcast to discuss why the only way to combat women dropping out of the workforce is by supporting families. Paid leave, childcare, and child tax credits and so much more. Plus soon-to-be-mom Erin Ryan of Hysteria Podcast talks anti-vax job sites, an anti-stealthing law and why people who 'don’t like rap or country music' are walking red flags. Finally a *BONUS BISH* for the patrons all about how AT&T helped to fund the extremist conservative Big Lie-touting cable channel OANN. Available here. Featuring: Erin Gloria Ryan, Hysteria Podcasthttps://twitter.com/morninggloriahttps://eringloriaryan.bulletin.com/ Simona Grace, Moms In Officehttps://twitter.com/simonagracewww.momsinoffice.org Join the Franifa and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroomFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Thanks to Rebecca Rufer, Maximillien Inhoff, Ellie Hoffman, Alexandra Orness Music Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 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 MAGA head of an NYPD police union resigns after an FBI raid? What's going on? A snippet from 10/10's bonus bish with comedian Sammy Obeid Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The pod’s first Congressperson! Squad member Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York—who unseated a 16-year Democratic incumbent in 2020— talks border policy, defense spending, and the progressive strategy to deliver on the Build Back Better Act. Plus just how far the anti-vax conspiracy has indoctrinated some, and facebook’s terrible week …continuing to turn a giant profit. The hilarious Sammy Obeid joins to talk all that plus long Covid, getting banned from TikTok for talking about Palestine and of course, SQUID GAME. *BONUS BISH FOR THE PATRONS*: An NYPD police union is in trouble after the FBI raids its office. What does it all mean? Featuring:Rep. Jamaal Bowman, Congressman (D-NY 16) Sammy Obeid, Comedian 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 most ridiculous revelations from the latest former Trump staffer, including lots of dirty words, CATS and colonoscopies. Listen to the full bonus by becoming a Patron today: https://bit.ly/FullEpBonus107. Here's how to get the Patreon only RSS feed right to your phone: https://bit.ly/PatreonRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There’s a reason to elect more progressives to Congress: they’re finally organizing within it. David Dayen of The American Prospect joins to talk about the behind the scenes wheelings and dealings of the infrastructure and transformative Build Back Better bills and the key role that progressives are playing to deliver for the American people. And comedian Zack Bornstein on why 'Salt Bae' is too high on his own supply, a Mississippi AG gives the worst anti-abortion excuse, and a new grim milestone has us wondering whether vaccine mandates will finally get Republicans into getting vaccinated. PLUS a *Patreon only* bonus bish test on the newest and perhaps most bonkers Trump book yet featuring colonoscopies, mushrooms and Memory. Featuring:Zack Bornstein, comedian and writer David Dayen, author and executive editor of The American Prospect Contents5:30 What Are You Bitching About?: Salt Bae, Ozy, & Sinema22:13 The Week Where: Red Covid & Anti-Abortion AG42:50 Progressives beat back attempt to steamroll Biden/Bernie agenda1:08:00 Which TV character would be anti-vax? Join the Franita 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

Occupy vs. Obama, police repression, and whether or not there should have been demands made by organizers. A continued conversation with social justice educator and musician Sonny Singh and comedian Nato Green. Become a Patron to listen to the whole discussion 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

It was anti-capitalist mass direct action. How did it even happen? Looking back at ten years since Occupy Wall Street, the lasting legacy of a “leaderless” movement with no central demands was actually far greater than anyone could have imagined. It was a moment of resistance, of saying enough is enough. Social justice educator Sonny Singh and comedian Nato Green join Francesca to discuss the lessons of Occupy Wall Street and the conditions that were ripe for such an unprecedented action. Plus the GOP-led Arizona election audit goes awry and AOC votes “present” on a billion dollars for Israel’s Iron Dome. Finally, imagining a world without Facebook. And a BONUS discussion for *PATRONS ONLY*, more discussion of Occupy: what were the internal struggles, how did the police ultimately win, and the openings for social movements when fascism is out of the way. Get the extra content at www.patreon.com.bitchuationroom. Featuring:Nato Green, comedian and labor union organizer Sonny Singh, social justice educator, musician Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your Frantifa merch: www.bitchuationroom.comSupport The Bitchuation Room on Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Thanks to Rebecca Rufer, Maximillien Inhoff, Ellie Hoffman, Alexandra Ornes ***************************Independent creators rely on your support to create the content you want! Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron:https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Support The Bitchuation Room on:Venmo: @TBR-LIVECash-App: @TBRLIVE Check Out The Bitchuation Room PodcastiTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuationGoogle Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuationStitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuationSpotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuation 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

There isn't a labor shortage, there's a WAGE shortage. Saru Jayaraman, President of One Fair Wage joins Francesca to discuss the openings for real change in the restaurant industry. And comedian Jena Friedman on Texas’ abortion ban is tested by randos and Customs and Border Patrol forgets what year it is and whether black migrants are human. PLUS in a Patreon-only bonus discussion, Jena and Francesca hash out the case of Gabby Petito and what we are and are not talking about. Join to listen: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Featuring: Jena Friedman, comedian, Soft Focus, Indefensible on AMC+ Saru Jayaraman, President of One Fair Wage Join the Franita 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

How can we lure loved ones away from the conspiracy theory dark side? Dr. Danna Young joins the podcast to discuss how to put away the quick quips and jokes and actually listen to those who we disagree with. Plus, comedian Jesse Fernandez on 20 years since 9-11 and George W. Bush somehow is speaking not from a prison cell, dogs that can smell Covid, and the "Tax the Rich" dress. What do we make of it? Performative or powerful, neither or both? Finally a new game: "Would you/wouldn't you?" Featuring: Jesse Fernandez, comedian & writer Dr. Dannagal Young, professor of communications & political science Join the Franita and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroomFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodThanks 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

From neo-Nazis to composting, what happens in America first happened in Portland. Francesca and comedian Matt Lieb had the pleasure of sitting down in person with BLM activist and journalist Mac Smiff, civil rights strategist Eric K. Ward of Western States Center along with more than 130 fired up audience members to talk about how to uproot white supremacy from the police to the Capitol rioters. Plus Nabisco workers are taking their strike to the next level, America comes face to face with the dire need to abort the Supreme Court, and Eric Clapton goes off the deep end. If you were lucky enough to be there you know how special it was. Recorded on Thursday September 2, 2021 Featuring: Mac Smiff, activist & journalist https://twitter.com/MacSmiff Eric K Ward, Western States Center, SPLC fellow https://twitter.com/BulldogShadow Matt Lieb, Pod Yourself A Gun, Good Mythical Morning https://twitter.com/mattlieb Join the Franita and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Support The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Thanks to Rebecca Rufer, Maximillien Inhoff, Ellie Hoffman, Alexandra Orness 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

Can Peru's new leftist president deliver economic justice for poor and indigenous Peruvians? Professor José Ragas joins to discuss. Meanwhile in the "first world" while Delta cases rage, Americans reject the Covid vaccine and choose livestock de-wormer instead. And guy who definitely has a maid, Bill Maher, comes in hot with the coldest take on Afghanistan. And the only Capitol police officer who behaved the way we all expected on January 6th speaks out. Plus, what's your milk crate challenge in life? Featuring:Brett Erlich, TYT head of programming @bretterlich José Ragas, Professor of History Catholic University of Chile, @joseragas----Contents:6:15 What are you Bitching About- Afghanistan, Lindsay Graham21:26 The Week Where22:15 Covid Neigh-sayers30:27 Ok Boo-Maher!37:40 A moving Capitol Police Officer interview48:25 A Socialist President in Peru1:14:00 My Milk Crate Challenge Join the Franita and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroomFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodThanks 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

Everyone thinks they could've done Afghanistan war better! And Biden isn't backing down from his decision to withdraw. Author and activist Max Elbaum joins Francesca to weigh in on the 20-year war and whether this will be a new chapter of American de-militarization (or whether the President will just pivot to military aggression against China.) Plus, comedian Matt Lieb on Covid taking out conspiracy theorists and OnlyFans hanging sex workers out to dry. Featuring: Max Elbaum, author & activist (Revolution in the Air, People's World) Matt Lieb, comedian (Pod Yourself a Gun, Good Mythical Morning) Get your official Bitchuation Room merch: www.bitchuationroom.com! 20% off when you become a patron at patreon.com/bitchuationroom Support The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Thanks to Rebecca Rufer, Maximillien Inhoff, Ellie Hoffman, Alexandra Ornes, Cody Hickox & Rosalie Atkinson 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

Well that war de-escalated quickly. On the 100th episode of The Bitchuation Room (!) Francesca welcomes Nando Vila of Jacobin Weekends and comedian Jennifer Jajeh to discuss the Afghan government falling once again to the Taliban. You'd think the Americans would've had a bit more of a plan than this? Or was it just to funnel money to weapons manufacturers? Plus, census data scares the right, anti-vaxers think their sperm will be valuable and moderate Democrats seek to stymie the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation plan. Plus, how do you keep it 100? Featuring:Nando Vila, @nandovila (Jacobin Weekends)Jennifer Jajeh, @jenjajeh (comedian/actor, Transparent) Contents:9:00 What are you bitching about?21:50 Anti-vax sperm is the new bitcoin!28:40 Moderate democrats stopping infrastructure budget37:15 Are white people actually in decline according to the census?51:10 The "failure" in Afghanistan1:11:00 Keeping it 100 Get your official Bitchuation Room merch: www.bitchuationroom.com! 20% off when you become a patron at patreon.com/bitchuationroom Join Francesca LIVE in Portland on Thursday Sept 2nd at the Alberta Alley with Matt Lieb, Mac Smiff, and Eric Ward. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/TBRPortland Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodThanks to Rebecca Rufer, Maximillien Inhoff, Ellie Hoffman, Alexandra Ornes, Cody Hickox & Rosalie AtkinsonMusic 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

Yes the U.S. military is a place to organize for social justice. The Bitchuation Room welcomes Esti Lamonaca, a non-binary combat veteran with the grassroots veterans organization Common Defense, which advocates an end to forever wars. Plus, comedian Nato Green joins Governor Cuomo's pathetic "cultural" excuses for sexual harassment, Tucker Carlson's open mouth kiss of Viktor Orban's Christian nationalism, and Biden's broken promises on immigration. And finally what non-Olympic sport would you win a medal in? Nato claims a silver medal in Napping. Featuring: Esti Lamonaca, organizer with Common Defense @commondefensewww.commondefense.us/join Nato Green, comedian & labor organizer, @natogreenBuy Nato's comedy albums from Bandcamp Contents:5:23 Thank you to Patrons & tippers~6:28 Francesca bitches about IPCC & climate change, Nato's story about Frantifa member20:35 Week Where round up21:17 Cuomo blames Italian-ness for sexual harassment31:39 Tucker introduces audience to the authoritarian Viktor Orban47:58 Vets resist forever war with Esti Lamonaca of Common Defense1:19:58 "My Olympic Medal” Join the Franita and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroomFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodThanks 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

Journalist Ioan Grillo on the ways a lack of American gun control impacts the narco-trafficking violence and feeds a Zombie drug war. We discuss the "iron river" of guns, immigration, the prison industrial complex, paramilitaries, narco-states, hopes of drug legalization, and the only way Francesca will do cocaine. Featuring: Ioan Grillo @ioangrillo https://www.ioangrillo.com/ ---Join the Franita and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroomFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodThanks 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

Head to www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to listen to the full interview NOW! Journalist Ioan Grillo on the ways a lack of American gun control impacts the narco-trafficking violence and feeds a Zombie drug war. We discuss the "iron river" of guns, immigration, the prison industrial complex, paramilitaries, narco states, hopes of legalization, and the only way Francesca will do cocaine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices