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Every fantasy franchise has an insufferable part of its fan base. But this one takes the cake. Powerful conservatives are obsessed with The Lord of The Rings. We know this because they name their military tech companies, surveillance companies and venture capital firms after objects in Middle Earth. Billionaire Peter Thiel has named 10 of his companies after things in Lord of The Ring, including Palantir, the Trump's regime's authoritarian surveillance company of choice. JD Vance has called himself a "Lord of the Rings guy", Elon Musk has hot anti-woke takes on The Rings of Power, and Jeff Bezos helped make that series by buying the rights to the franchise via Amazon. Even the far right even in Spain and Italy identify with the Lord of The Rings. They believe they’re in a fight against dark forces, and that they’re heroic men of Gondor, or Elves of Rivendell. Yeah that’s right: the people helping ICE disappear mothers and fathers think they’re the good guys. What’s worse is that they believe that Tolkien’s Catholicism means he would agree with their world view that immigrants, feminists and global cooperation are the enemy.  Francesca digs deep into “The Nerd Reich’s” misreading of Lord of the Rings and how they took all the wrong lessons from the story. She looks at how their behavior and beliefs are more the stuff of Saruman than saviors. But they’re even more like another creature in the bogs of Mordor…  **** Support independent media and these long-form videos by becoming a Patron of The Bitchuation Room: https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. You can also be a member on YouTube, Twitch, or a paid subscriber on substack: franifio.substack.com.  *** See Francesca LIVE PASADENA - October 1st- New World Disorder. Tickets here: https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-10-01-25-7-45-pm BROOKLYN - October 13th Francesca and Matt will co-headline The Bell House. Tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300062E2C3694548 Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokables, salves and more: https://www.sunsetlakecbd.com *** Tip the show: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Get your union-made TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Thanks to Paige Oamek, Andy Vasoyan & Brent Godin *** Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast on: iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuation Google Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Spotify: 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/franifio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Franifio Insta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitchuationroom.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everything just got a lot worse. The manhunt is still underway for Charlie Kirk but President Trump and the regime are wasting no time blaming the ‘radical left’ for basically calling Kirk’s hate speech… hate speech. Trump and the State Department are threatening immigrants who appear to celebrate or rationalize the murder with deportation. The regime has decided, despite any evidence, that Democrats and the broader left are to blame for the heinous crime. Wajahat Ali joins Francesca to talk about the media’s lionization of Kirk, and bringing down the axe on those who point out what a divisive figure he was. To put it mildly. He has demonized immigrants people of color, queer people, Muslim women with smears and lies for years. His audience was primed for blaming others and for conspiracies like the Jeffery Epstein saga. We have to hold a few things at once: nothing justifies this senseless murder, no weapons of war should be available to civilians, and no, no Charlie Kirk was not a good person. *** See Francesca LIVE PASADENA - October 1st- New World Disorder. Tickets here: https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-10-01-25-7-45-pm BROOKLYN - October 13th Francesca and Matt will co-headline The Bell House. Tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300062E2C3694548 Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokables, salves and more: https://www.sunsetlakecbd.com *** Tip the show: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Get your union-made TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Thanks to Paige Oamek, Andy Vasoyan & Brent Godin *** Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast on: iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuation Google Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Spotify: 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/franifio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Franifio Insta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitchuationroom.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week in ‘billionaires ruin everything’: CBS’s David Ellison is foaming at the mouth to hand over millions to Bari Weiss and her “Free Press” brand. David Doel of The Rational National joins to break down the Free Press-ification of the mainstream outlet.  Plus, new reporting shows ICE is working with Israeli spyware company Paragon, whose tools can crack encrypted apps, hijack microphones, and track your every move. Should we all get flip phones? Or land line phones shaped like lips? Then, as Trump attempts to invade Chicago and threatens that the city will "find out why it's called the Department of WAR," we discuss the militarization of cops and fetishization of crime rates that led us here with the author of 'The End of Policing' Alex Vitale. **** Support real independent media and become a Patron of The Bitchuation Room: https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. You can also be a member on YouTube, Twitch, or a paid subscriber on substack: franifio.substack.com.  *** See Francesca LIVE PASADENA - October 1st- New World Disorder. Tickets here: https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-10-01-25-7-45-pm BROOKLYN - October 13th Francesca and Matt will co-headline The Bell House. Tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300062E2C3694548 Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokables, salves and more: https://www.sunsetlakecbd.com *** Tip the show: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Get your union-made TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Thanks to Paige Oamek, Andy Vasoyan & Brent Godin *** Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast on: iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuation Google Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Spotify: 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/franifio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Franifio Insta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitchuationroom.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Journalist Ken Klippenstein joins to talk about the U.S. military’s strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug cartel boat in international waters, and the increasing military positioning against cartels. Trump is salivating at the idea of Venezuelan oil while Pete Hegseth doesn’t rule out a U.S. war of regime change. Wajahat Ali also joins to talk about the Trump slump economy and Democrats like Mayor Bowser of DC captiulating to federal troops policing American cities.  Featuring: Ken Klippenstein www.kenklippenstein.com Wajahat Ali https://thelefthook.substack.com/ **** Support real independent media and become a Patron of The Bitchuation Room: https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. You can also be a member on YouTube, Twitch, or a paid subscriber on substack: franifio.substack.com.  *** See Francesca LIVE PASADENA - September 5th - New World Disorder. Tickets here: https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-09-05-25-7-45-pm BROOKLYN - October 13th Francesca and Matt will co-headline The Bell House. Tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300062E2C3694548 Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokables, salves and more: https://www.sunsetlakecbd.com *** Tip the show: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Get your union-made TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Thanks to Paige Oamek, Andy Vasoyan & Brent Godin *** Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast on: iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuation Google Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Spotify: 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/franifio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Franifio Insta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitchuationroom.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will the master’s tools dismantle the master’s house? If you’re a democratic influencer you might say YES! Journalist Taylor Lorenz joins Francesca to talk about her Wired article that’s getting liberal content creators big mad. But it raises critical questions about transparency, gatekeeping, and messaging over having a message. And comedian Mary Houlihan joins Francesca to talk about the sad news that Trump is still alive and still racist. Plus Bernie calls for Kennedy’s resignation and AIPAC darling Ritchie Torres in the most uncomfortable interview ever: one with anti-Zionist feelings!    Featuring: Taylor Lorenzhttps://www.usermag.co/ www.patreon.com/taylorlorenz Read her article: “A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers” https://www.wired.com/story/dark-money-group-secret-funding-democrat-influencers/ Mary Houlihan, comedian & painter! https://www.instagram.com/maryhoulie/ https://www.youtube.com/@maryhoulie *** See Francesca LIVE PASADENA - September 5th - New World Disorder. Tickets here: https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-09-05-25-7-45-pm BROOKLYN - October 13th Francesca and Matt will co-headline The Bell House. Tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300062E2C3694548 Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokables, salves and more: https://www.sunsetlakecbd.com **** Eat smart at FactorMeals.com/bitchuation50off and use code bitchuation50off to get 50 percent off on your first box plus Free Breakfast for 1 Year. That’s code bitchuation50off at FactorMeals dot com for 50 percent off PLUS Free Breakfast for 1 Year. Get delicious, ready-to-eat meals delivered—with Factor. Offer only valid for new Factor customers with code and qualifying auto-renewing subscription purchase. *** Become a Patron of The Bitchuation Room: https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Tip the show: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Get your union-made TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Thanks to Paige Oamek, Andy Vasoyan & Brent Godin *** Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast on: iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuation Google Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Spotify: 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/franifio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Franifio Insta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitchuationroom.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Republicans want more than just 5 Texas seats and now other red states are catching on. Journalist Peter Rothpletz joins to discuss the redistricting power plays as well as the conundrum Ghislane Maxwell has put MAGA in. Neither Trump nor Clinton did anything wrong?! *Screams in QAnon* Then journalist Michael Fox on Trump’s tariff war on Brazil and former president Bolsonaro trying to stir shit from home arrest. And a broader wrap up of the continent and where it is headed: from Mexico to Chile to the U.S.’ reignited threats against Venezuela and the possible hot war on drug cartels? This does not end well for the “America” of Americas. Featuring: Michael Fox, journalist and podcaster Listen to Stories of Resistance: https://therealnews.com/stories-of-re... Support and follow Michael's work: Patreon.com/mfox Peter Rothpletz, political commentator and writer https://substack.com/@peterrothpletz https://x.com/PeterTwinklage  *** Watch the latest deep dive on RFK Jr. and “The Golden Age of Disease”  https://www.youtube.com/live/shwEtty6RPQ?feature=shared *** See Francesca LIVE HOUSTON AUGUST 28 - Francesca and Matt will be at The Punchline in Houston. Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3A0062C3F8154B3F PASADENA - September 5th - New World Disorder. Tickets here: https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-09-05-25-7-45-pm BROOKLYN - October 13th Francesca and Matt will co-headline The Bell House. Tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300062E2C3694548 Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokables, salves and more: https://www.sunsetlakecbd.com **** Become a Patron of The Bitchuation Room: https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Tip the show: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Get your union-made TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Thanks to Paige Oamek, Andy Vasoyan & Brent Godin *** Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast on: iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuation Google Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Spotify: 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/franifio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Franifio Insta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitchuationroom.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you want to live? If you answered yes, you might be concerned with the roadkill enthusiast taking a sledgehammer to the U.S.’ national health infrastructure. RFK Jr. is Francesca’s front-runner as the most dangerous Trump official. She takes stock of everything that Kennedy has destroyed since assuming his position as secretary of Health and Human Service and who he’s harming the most. And while MAHA has claimed wins over food brands taking out seed oils, artificial dyes and high fructose corn syrup from their products, by how harmful are these things really? And why does no one in MAHA seem to care about the “chronic disease” linked to tobacco use or testosterone, two things that RFK Jr. himself uses. We’ll point out the inconsistencies, the incompetence and the ‘soft eugenics’ of a healthcare official who thinks some people’s death is a-okay. *** Support Francesca’s long-form deep dives like this by becoming a member on YouTube or a patron at www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom and get EARLY ACCESS to new videos. *** CHAPTERS: 00:00:00 - INTRO 00:04:42 - TOTAL INCOMPETENCE 00:08:25 - DEFUNDING HEALTH  00:11:07 - TOBACCO BLINDNESS 00:17:30 - SOFT EUGENICS 00:20:01 - HIV & AIDS 00:21:12 - ANTI-TRANS 00:24:44 - FOOD BENEFITS 00:27:51 - MEDICAID 00:33:15 - VACCINES & COVID 00:42:43 - THROWBACK DISEASES 00:48:07 - AUTISM 00:52:03 - MAHA FOOD WINS? 01:00:50 - FOOD SAFETY FOREGONE 01:03:58 - OUTRO *** See Francesca LIVE HOUSTON AUGUST 28 - Francesca and Matt will be at The Punchline in Houston. Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3A0062C3F8154B3F PASADENA - September 5th - New World Disorder. Tickets here: https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-09-05-25-7-45-pm BROOKLYN - October 13th Francesca and Matt will co-headline The Bell House. Tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300062E2C3694548 Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokables, salves and more: https://www.sunsetlakecbd.com *************************** Become a Patron of The Bitchuation Room: https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Tip the show: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Get your union-made TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Thanks to Paige Oamek, Andy Vasoyan & Brent Godin *** Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast on: iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuation Google Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Spotify: 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/franifio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Franifio Insta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitchuationroom.bsky.social   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“We treated ISIS better than starving Palestinians,” says Anthony Aguilar, a whistleblower who was once tasked with security for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution centers and quit over the things he saw. They include things like IDF soldiers opening fire on starving Palestinian children, a lack of professionalism and lack knowledge of humanitarian operations, and downright Islamophobia. Aguilar is a 25-year U.S. Army veteran, a green beret, and Francesca also welcomes Wajahat Ali back to the show to dig into these horrors, and once again marvel at leading Democrats’ inability to call this genocide a genocide and restrict weapons sales to Israel.  Featuring: Anthony Aguilar Former Green Beret, Subcontractor with UG Solutions Wajahat Ali  thelefthook.substack.com *** See Francesca LIVE HOUSTON AUGUST 28 - Francesca and Matt will be at The Punchline in Houston. Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3A0062C3F8154B3F PASADENA - September 5th - New World Disorder. Tickets here: https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-09-05-25-7-45-pm BROOKLYN - October 13th Francesca and Matt will co-headline The Bell House. Tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300062E2C3694548 Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokables, salves and more: https://www.sunsetlakecbd.com **** Become a Patron of The Bitchuation Room: https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Tip the show: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Get your union-made TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Thanks to Paige Oamek, Andy Vasoyan & Brent Godin *** Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast on: iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuation Google Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Spotify: 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/franifio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Franifio Insta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitchuationroom.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The deep state strikes again. This time it’s a preppy DOJ official hurling his sandwich right to the chest of a border patrol agent. We salute thee. Comedian Jenny Yang joins to talk about planning the revolution from a veranda in Italy and Gavin Newsom’s rebrand of his previous rebrand. Also, Francesca bitchuates about Laura Loomer’s war on child amputees from Gaza, and two activists from the 1000 Madleens Movement speak about new plans to send ships to break the siege and get necessary aid to the people of Gaza.  Featuring: Jenny Yang, comedian/writer/actor https://jennyyang.tv/ jennyyang.substack.com Rae and Jil of the 1000 Madleens Movement https://www.instagram.com/thousandmadleens.usa/ https://linktr.ee/1000milesforpalestine *** The best way to cook just got better. Go to HelloFresh.com/BITCHUATION10 now to Get 10 Free Meals + a Free Item for Life! One per box with active subscription. Free meals applied as discount on the first box, new subscribers only, varies by plan. *** See Francesca LIVE HOUSTON AUGUST 28 - Francesca and Matt will be at The Punchline in Houston. Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3A0062C3F8154B3F PASADENA - September 5th - New World Disorder. Tickets here: https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-09-05-25-7-45-pm BROOKLYN - October 13th Francesca and Matt will co-headline The Bell House. Tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300062E2C3694548 Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokables, salves and more: https://www.sunsetlakecbd.com *************************** Become a Patron of The Bitchuation Room: https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Tip the show: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Get your union-made TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Thanks to Paige Oamek, Andy Vasoyan & Brent Godin *** Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast on: iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuation Google Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Spotify: 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/franifio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Franifio Insta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitchuationroom.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trump rekindles his love of criminalizing youth of color as he seizes control of the DC police and calls the National Guard out to … arrest the homeless?  Comedian Alex Pearlman joins Francesca to talk about this and PragerU creeping into frame as PBS and NPR are dismantled. But first, two comics talk Marc Maron giving no fucks and censoring oneself in “algo speak.” Then writer Jasper Nathaniel joins for an in-depth discussion about the state of settler violence in the West Bank, the abuse of Palestinian prisoners, and the ongoing genocide in which Israel has snuffed out the lives of five more journalists. Featuring: Jasper Nathaniel, reporter https://infinitejaz.substack.com/  Alex Pearlman, comedian https://www.instagram.com/pearlmania5000 Watch his latest special: https://youtu.be/UWjPZArqK4A?feature=shared  See Francesca LIVE HOUSTON AUGUST 28 - Francesca and Matt will be at The Punchline Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3A0062C3F8154B3F PASADENA - September 5th - New World Disorder. Tickets here: https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-09-05-25-7-45-pm BROOKLYN - October 13th Francesca and Matt will co-headline The Bell House. Tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300062E2C3694548 Get 25% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code BIRTHDAY at check out until August 17th. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokables, salves and more: https://www.sunsetlakecbd.com *************************** Become a Patron of The Bitchuation Room: https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Tip the show: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Get your union-made TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Thanks to Paige Oamek, Andy Vasoyan & Brent Godin *** Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast on: iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuation Google Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Spotify: 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/franifio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Franifio Insta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitchuationroom.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A glorious time in Seattle just days before mayoral candidate Katie Wilson advances to the November election. Francesca welcomes the mother and transit riders activist to talk about how the old Democratic guard needs to go in favor of a working-class agenda. And author Ijeoma Oluo joins to discuss liberal establishment’s undoing thanks to its failure to stand for Palestinian lives. Matt Lieb falls through his chair over Sydney Sweeney, and a game of “Two News and a Lie” has everyone stumped.  Featuring: Ijeoma Oluo,  https://www.ijeomaoluo.com/  https://www.instagram.com/ijeomaoluo/   Matt Lieb https://www.instagram.com/mattliebjokes https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/bad-hasbara-the-worlds-most-moral-podcast/id1721813926 Katie Wilson, mayoral candidate https://www.wilsonforseattle.com/ https://www.instagram.com/wilsonforseattle/ See Francesca LIVE HOUSTON AUGUST 28 - Francesca and Matt will be at The Punchline. Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3A0062C3F8154B3F PASADENA - September 5th - New World Disorder. Tickets here: https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-09-05-25-7-45-pm BROOKLYN - October 13th Francesca and Matt will co-headline The Bell House. Tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300062E2C3694548 Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokables, salves and more: https://www.sunsetlakecbd.com *************************** Become a Patron of The Bitchuation Room: https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Tip the show: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Get your union-made TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Thanks to Paige Oamek, Andy Vasoyan & Brent Godin *** Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast on: iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuation Google Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Spotify: 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/franifio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Franifio Insta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitchuationroom.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does a former Customs and Border Patrol agent think about ICE’s new tactics? That they’ve been around for a long time. Jenn Budd joins Francesca to talk ICE’s recruitment problems, the pervasive violence in border enforcement, and why the police state is here. And comedian Brandie Posey joins to talk about the no good very bad U.S. economy and Texas Republicans trying to gerrymander the GOP’s way into never facing consequences for their rank policies. Who cares if people don’t have healthcare if their vote doesn’t matter?  Featuring: Jenn Budd https://jennbudd.substack.com/ Buy her book, Against the Wall https://heliotropebooks.com/books/against-the-wall-my-journey-from-border-patrol-agent-to-immigration-rights-activist/ Brandie Posey, comedian Lady2Lady Podcast, Burn This Records *** Thanks Factor! Go to FACTORMEALS.com/BITCHUATION50OFF and use codeBITCHUATION50OFF to get 50% off plus free shipping on your first box. *** LIVE SHOWS: HOUSTON AUGUST 28 - Francesca and Matt will be at The Punchline in Houston. Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3A0062C3F8154B3F PASADENA - August 30th - New World Disorder. Tickets here: https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-08-30-25-7-pm BROOKLYN - October 13th Francesca and Matt will co-headline The Bell House. Tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300062E2C3694548 Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokables, salves and more: https://www.sunsetlakecbd.com *************************** Become a Patron of The Bitchuation Room: https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Tip the show: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Get your union-made TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Thanks to Paige Oamek, Andy Vasoyan & Brent Godin *** Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast on: iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuation Google Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Spotify: 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/franifio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Franifio Insta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitchuationroom.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The wine o’clock girl boss is at it again. Even though Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona is out of the Senate, she’s spent hundreds of thousands of dollars of campaign cash on lavish hotels, dinners, Taylor Swift concert tickets and LOTS OF WINE. Now she’s working as a lobbyist for the cryptocurrency company in bed with Trump: Coinbase.  How is it that a Democrat is allowed to both be so beholden to corporate donors but also illegally spend so much money on… WINE. So much wine. Francesca will lay our all of Sinema’s illegal spending, which industries paid for her work tanking progress for the American people, and what she’s up to now.  While Kyrsten may be the Anna Delvey of the Senate, the very fact that she was never held accountable for her flagrant fraud is evidence of how the Democratic party might talk a big game, but are just as compromised when it comes to big money. Read more:  Kyrsten Sinema's campaign spending report includes a Saudi hotel and Taylor Swift merch https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/kyrsten-sinemas-campaign-spending-report-includes-saudi-hotel-taylor-s-rcna190436 Kyrsten Sinema’s Campaign Committee Spent Big on Flights, Wine Shops and Skiing https://www.notus.org/money/kyrsten-sinema-campaign-committee-spending-2025 *** Support The Bitchuation Room on Patreon so Francesca can do more of these long-form videos. Also get early viewing access, discounts on merch, and 25% off our sponsor by signing up: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom  *** Friday August 1st - Francesca and Matt will be at Laughs Comedy Club in Seattle. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/4kFt1xE Saturday August 2nd - The Bitchuation Room LIVE in Seattle. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/4khBhnK HOUSTON AUGUST 28 - Francesca and Matt will be at The Punchline in Houston. Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3A0062C3F8154B3F PASADENA - August 30th - New World Disorder. Tickets here: https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-08-30-25-7-pm BROOKLYN - October 13th Francesca and Matt will co-headline The Bell House. Tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300062E2C3694548 Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokables, salves and more: https://www.sunsetlakecbd.com *************************** Become a Patron of The Bitchuation Room: https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Tip the show: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Get your union-made TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Thanks to Paige Oamek, Andy Vasoyan & Brent Godin *** Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast on: iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuation Google Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Spotify: 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/franifio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Franifio Insta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitchuationroom.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why is the DOJ now meeting with Epstein accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell? And what’s with JD Vance meeting with Rupert Murdoch? Wajahat Ali of The Left Hook on Substack joins to talk Epstein, South Park mockery and the shame of Democratic Senators meeting with war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu.  *** Watch Francesca’s latest video essay: “How Republicans FAILED The Texas Flood Victims” https://youtu.be/VaIgFgNOHzE *** Support The Bitchuation Room on Patreon so Francesca can do more of these long-form videos. Also get early viewing access, discounts on merch, and 25% off our sponsor by signing up: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom  *** Friday August 1st - Francesca and Matt will be at Laughs Comedy Club in Seattle. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/4kFt1xE Saturday August 2nd - The Bitchuation Room LIVE in Seattle. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/4khBhnK HOUSTON AUGUST 28 - Francesca and Matt will be at The Punchline in Houston. Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3A0062C3F8154B3F PASADENA - August 30th - New World Disorder. Tickets here: https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-08-30-25-7-pm BROOKLYN - October 13th Francesca and Matt will co-headline The Bell House. Tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300062E2C3694548 Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokables, salves and more: https://www.sunsetlakecbd.com *************************** Become a Patron of The Bitchuation Room: https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Tip the show: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Get your union-made TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Thanks to Paige Oamek, Andy Vasoyan & Brent Godin *** Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast on: iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuation Google Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Spotify: 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/franifio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Franifio Insta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitchuationroom.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A bad vote from AOC is giving Francesca chills about 2026 and 2028. If Democratic leaders can’t shake the liberal Zionist tendencies, the party (and Palestine) are doomed. Meanwhile, vigilante websites like Canary Mission get a new lease on doxxing as Trump’s DHS is using their database to disappear students like Rumeysa Ozturk and Mahmoud Khalil. Journalist Sophie Hurwitz joins to explain.  But first, Eric Adams continues to be trash as limps toward November, and commentator and movement lawyer Olayemi Olurin is here for all of it. Plus declassifying the … MLK Jr. files? There’s a bigger more racist plot afoot.  Featuring: Olayemi Olurin, lawyer, writer, and creator https://www.olayemiolurin.com/  Sophie Hurwitz, journalist at Grist and Instick https://sophiehurwitz.com/ Read Sophie's story here: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/canary-mission-israel-palestine-blacklist-university-trump-deportation-ozturk-khalil/  *** Watch Francesca’s latest video essay: “How Republicans FAILED The Texas Flood Victims” https://youtu.be/VaIgFgNOHzE *** Support The Bitchuation Room on Patreon so Francesca can do more of these long-form videos. Also get early viewing access, discounts on merch, and 25% off our sponsor by signing up: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom  *** Friday August 1st - Francesca and Matt will be at Laughs Comedy Club in Seattle. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/4kFt1xE Saturday August 2nd - The Bitchuation Room LIVE in Seattle. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/4khBhnK HOUSTON AUGUST 28 - Francesca and Matt will be at The Punchline in Houston. Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3A0062C3F8154B3F PASADENA - August 30th - New World Disorder. Tickets here: https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-08-30-25-7-pm BROOKLYN - October 13th Francesca and Matt will co-headline The Bell House. Tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300062E2C3694548 Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokables, salves and more: https://www.sunsetlakecbd.com *************************** Become a Patron of The Bitchuation Room: https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Tip the show: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Get your union-made TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Thanks to Paige Oamek, Andy Vasoyan & Brent Godin *** Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast on: iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuation Google Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Spotify: 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/franifio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Franifio Insta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitchuationroom.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There’s nothing political about tragedy...that is, unless every politician at every level of government did absolutely nothing to prevent it.  What happened in Texas on July 4th wasn’t an act of God, it was an act of recklessness from lying politicians and yes, the voters who still believe them. Over 135 people are dead because at the county level, the state level and the federal level, Republicans have failed to take climate preparedness seriously. Whenever there was a decision to fund it, they decided to cut taxes instead. Whenever there was a discussion to take climate change seriously, they’ve called it a hoax.   Francesca takes you through EVERY level of this colossal failure: from Camp Mystic’s director waiting an hour to evacuate campers, to Kerr County’s refusal to pay for a mere $1 million flood warning system, to Texas state legislators shooting down climate infrastructure projects while simultaneously passing massive tax breaks, to a wildly unqualified FEMA director who didn’t know hurricane seasons was a thing, to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem defunding the agency to the point where distress calls were ignored and rescue crews were missing in action. It’s also a failure on voters, who in 2021 rejected $10 million from the federal government for climate projects because the money came from…. BIDEN!!!!! When it’s all said and done, what is killing people is a right-wing ideology that doesn’t believe in climate change despite it playing out before our eyes, and that is hell-bent on rugged individualism and low taxes no matter what the costs. So when do we stop playing the blame game and start holding people accountable by booting them from power? In other words, when will we actually take our children’s futures seriously. *** Support The Bitchuation Room on Patreon so Francesca can do more of these long-form videos. Also get early viewing access, discounts on merch, and 25% off our sponsor by signing up: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom  *** Friday August 1st - Francesca and Matt will be at Laughs Comedy Club in Seattle. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/4kFt1xE Saturday August 2nd - The Bitchuation Room LIVE in Seattle. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/4khBhnK HOUSTON AUGUST 28 - Francesca and Matt will be at The Punchline in Houston. Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3A0062C3F8154B3F PASADENA - August 30th - New World Disorder. Tickets here: https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-08-30-25-7-pm BROOKLYN - October 13th Francesca and Matt will co-headline The Bell House. Tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300062E2C3694548 Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokables, salves and more: https://www.sunsetlakecbd.com *************************** Independent creators rely on your support to create the content you want!  Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkztf6gttP8D3vrusCrrp4g/join Become a Patron of The Bitchuation Room: https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Tip the show: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *************************** Thanks to Paige Oamek, Andy Vasoyan & Brent Godin *************************** Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuation Google Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Spotify: 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/franifio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Franifio Insta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitchuationroom.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Israel shows no sign of slowing down its assault on the people of Gaza, cretinous opportunists are laying out plans for its future. None of these future plans involve Palestinians living with dignity or autonomy or in their homes.  From Trump’s crass comments about the U.S. “owning” Gaza and being some sort of business middle man, to his own son-in-law taking over islands in nearby Albania, the President and his accolades are licking their chops for the total destruction of the area. Francesca lays out five of the most diabolical and outlandish plans for Gaza, which include things like the “Elon Musk Smart Manufacturing” free trade zone, and highways named after Mohammad bin-Salman of Saudi Arabia.  Of course we can’t forget about Israel itself and both Prime Minister Netanyahu’s aims and the extremists in his coalition who want a “Greater Israel.” CHAPTERS: #5 BIDEN’S PLAN  #4 TRUMP AND KUSHNER   #3 NETANYAHU AND GAZA 2035 #2 PROJECT AURORA AND … TONY BLAIR?! #1 GREATER ISRAEL *** Support The Bitchuation Room on Patreon so Francesca can do more of these long-form videos. Also get early viewing access, discounts on merch, and 25% off our sponsor by signing up: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom  *** Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokables, salves and more: https://www.sunsetlakecbd.com. *** See Francesca LIVE: Seattle Friday August 1st - Francesca and Matt will be at Laughs Comedy Club. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/4kFt1xE Seattle Saturday August 2nd - The Bitchuation Room LIVE in. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/4khBhnK PASADENA - August 30th - New World Disorder. Tickers here: https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-08-30-25-7-pm HOUSTON AUGUST 28 - Francesca and Matt will be at The Punchline in Houston. Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3A0062C3F8154B3F *** Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. ** Give the Show your feedback, by answering a quick survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=AafO2sMvE7gB&ver=standard ** Tip the show via Venmo:@TBR-LIVE Cash-App:@TBRLIVE Music by Nick Stargu Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod, Instagram: @BitchuationRoom , TikTok: @BitchuationRoom Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After briefly opening Pandora’s Box of Trump-Epstein anger, right-wing mouthpieces are now being good ‘boys’ and ‘gals’ by no longer talking about Epstein. Krystal Ball of Breaking Points and Krystal and Kyle and Friends joins Francesca to talk about the easy acquiescence of MAGA, plus the billionaire hubris of hedge fund manager Bill Ackman buying his way into men’s sports. Then, Cuomo is running as an independent and seems even sadder and more frail than before. What does Zohran’s electrifying the Democratic base mean for the party moving forward, and how has anti-Zionism become a litmus test. Then, journalist Matt Broomfield joins to about Jared Kushner’s land grab in Albania, and the the Rojava Revolution in Northern Syria, where 4 million Kurds live after having battled ISIS, the Turks and The Syrian government to carve out self-governance that is  gender and ethnically inclusive.   Featuring: Krystal Ball, podcaster and commentator  Co-host of Breaking Points and Krystal Kyle & Friends podcast.  Matthew Broomfield, author and journalist, https://x.com/mattbroomfield Buy the book here: https://www.akpress.org/hope-without-hope.html Read his latest about Kushner in Albania here: https://jacobin.com/2025/07/kushner-rama-albania-sazan-israel-development-corruption *** Watch Francesca’s latest video essay: “The 5 Most Insane Plans for Gaza” https://youtu.be/W9QTcmOuopY?feature=shared  *** Support The Bitchuation Room on Patreon so Francesca can do more of these long-form videos. Also get early viewing access, discounts on merch, and 25% off our sponsor by signing up: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom  *** Ease your aching muscles with CBD! Get 25% off during SUNSET LAKE CBD’s Topical Sale with code: NewSticks at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokables, salves and more: https://www.sunsetlakecbd.com. *** See Francesca LIVE: Seattle Friday August 1st - Francesca and Matt will be at Laughs Comedy Club. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/4kFt1xE Seattle Saturday August 2nd - The Bitchuation Room LIVE in. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/4khBhnK PASADENA - August 30th - New World Disorder. Tickers here: https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-08-30-25-7-pm HOUSTON AUGUST 28 - Francesca and Matt will be at The Punchline in Houston. Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3A0062C3F8154B3F *** Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. ** Give the Show your feedback, by answering a quick survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=AafO2sMvE7gB&ver=standard ** Tip the show via Venmo:@TBR-LIVE Cash-App:@TBRLIVE Music by Nick Stargu Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod, Instagram: @BitchuationRoom , TikTok: @BitchuationRoom Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As ICE raids roll on, comedian Vanessa Gonzalez and political director of United We Dream Michelle Ming join to talk real community safety and defense. Then, MAGA gets played like a fiddle as Trump’s DOJ seals the Epstein case/covers his tracks. Plus, Cancun Cruz is now Tourist Ted as he’s spotted in Greece instead of in his home state that’s dealing with the tragic fallout of unprecedented flash flooding. *UPDATE ON THE SHOW* There will no longer be a live bonus Wednesday show or a Friday show. Francesca is going to take the time to refocus on longer-form deep dives that can also be funny. Back to the Newsbroke bread and butter now that her team is stronger thanks to you. The audio version of these will be posted on the feed, but there will be fewer “epsiodes” These investigative pieces take more work however and your support is dearly appreciated. Consider becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Thank you so much! ** See Francesca LIVE: Seattle Friday August 1st - Francesca and Matt will be at Laughs Comedy Club. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/4kFt1xE Seattle Saturday August 2nd - The Bitchuation Room LIVE in. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/4khBhnK HOUSTON AUGUST 28 - Francesca and Matt will be at The Punchline in Houston. Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3A0062C3F8154B3F BROOKLYN- October 13th Francesca and Matt will co-headline The Bell House. Tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300062E2C3694548 *** Get your TBR merch: https://www.bitchuationroom.com! ** Give the Show your feedback, by answering a quick survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=AafO2sMvE7gB&ver=standard ** Tip the show via  Venmo:@TBR-LIVE  Cash-App:@TBRLIVE  Music by Nick Stargu  ** Follow The Bitchuation Room on: Twitter @BitchuationPod Instagram: @BitchuationRoom TikTok: @BitchuationRoom  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whelp, the GOP finally did it. The House just passed Trump’s Big Ugly Bill, and millions of Americans are going to suffer as a result. Happy Birthday America! Hope you enjoy losing your healthcare and fascism. It’s not all bad though, because this bill also kills all the incentives for green energy in the U.S. At this point, let’s get the climate apocalypse here ASAP. As ICE becomes completely lawless under the authoritarian Trump regime, we need direct action in resistance. Francesca had a conversation with Los Angeles City Council Member Hugo Soto-Martinez about the increasing violence from ICE in LA, and the ways he is taking action to build effective resistance. Speaking of ICE, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in the U.S. but still under detention. And we are learning exactly how messed up CECOT is. Kilmar confirmed that he was mentally and physically tortured while at CECOT. And don’t forget that there are still so many immigrants that were sent there illegally who are still stuck under those conditions. All the while, the American gestapo is trying to deport Kilmar AGAIN. Featured: Hugo Soto-Martinez, LA City Councilmember https://cd13.lacity.gov/about/meet-hugo See Francesca LIVE: PASADENA JULY 5TH -New World Disorder Comedy with Francesca & Friends. Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/New-World-Disorder-07-05-25-9-30-pm Seattle Friday August 1st - Francesca and Matt will be at Laughs Comedy Club. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/4kFt1xE Seattle Saturday August 2nd - The Bitchuation Room LIVE in. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/4khBhnK HOUSTON AUGUST 28 - Francesca and Matt will be at The Punchline in Houston. Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3A0062C3F8154B3F *** Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to get special perks and listen/watchback privileges of the Wednesday *BONUS BISH* ** Give the Show your feedback, by answering a quick survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=AafO2sMvE7gB&ver=standard ** Tip the show via  Venmo:@TBR-LIVE  Cash-App:@TBRLIVE  Music by Nick Stargu  Follow The Bitchuation Room on: Twitter @BitchuationPod Instagram: @BitchuationRoom TikTok: @BitchuationRoom  Get your TBR merch: https://www.bitchuationroom.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices