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Lula crushed Bolsonaro’s son in Brazil by doing everything Democratic consultants say never works, Barack Obama compares Trump’s White House redecoration to “Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory,” and Trump’s DOJ is openly trying to cover for Orange Man’s disgusting sex pest behavior.

Francesca is on the final-week-before-the-midterms beat with Justice Democrats communications director Usamah Andrabi, who explains how AIPAC is hiding its money in pop-up super PACs to save Doris Matsui from Mai Vang, why Haley Stevens still won’t campaign for Abdul El-Sayed, and why feckless Democratic leaders want to “go small” if they t...

This is a portion of Francesca’s interview with journalist David Dayen. To get access to the full interview by becoming a member by joining the Patreon.

David Dayen has a really good brain. He's been tracking and unpacking how corporations have used our government as a door mat for years. In this discussion he, joins Francesca to explains how favoritism and bribery have replaced regulation during Trump 2.0, and how the regime fits the textbook definition of fascism, i.e., corporate control and government authoritarianism. 

He also explains the state of antitrust cases under Trump, ass...

JD Vance is on an absolute epic run of terrible campaign speeches, recently comparing the U.S. economy to the Titanic and insulting an Iran war widower. Meanwhile Bernie Sanders campaigns in Florida for Angie Nixon, and Abdul El-Sayed beats back the Islamophobic plants in Michigan. Francesca is solo discussing the state of the midterms race, James Carville’s revelatory rant on The Bulwark--an outlet no one should listen to--and the recent white nationalist line when it comes to protests in France. 

Then, we’re joined Lily Greenberg Call, the first Jewish-American political appointee to resign from the B...

The latest blonde press secretary has come and gone but we press on. Francesca and Matt Lieb were in Philadelphia, bitching about how much those cheesesteaks just sit in your stomach, huh? Joined by organizer and activist Nelini Stamp and labor journalist Kim Kelly, much hay was made over an American Idol going full Karen on a local art store in Brooklyn. Then a little Shane Gillis shade and why the Amish are spreading a disease that was eradicated in the year 2000.

Plus, Trump is fully in his gay period while the GOP continues to parrot anti-trans...

This is a portion of Francesca’s interview with podcast host Jennifer Welch. To get access to the full interview become a patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom.

Jennifer Welch has had it. With Bible thumpers who vote to disappear their neighbors, with incompetent weirdos in the Trump White House, and with Democrats who refuse to fight fascism or oligarchy. A former interior designer turned political podcast host, Jenn and her co-host Angie "Pumps" Sullivan, have struck a necessary chord in the pundit space. There's a brilliant and unfiltered quality to their work, and the kind of refreshing wo...

Trump told a Nebraska rally that letting Iran "take out" Los Angeles or San Diego would be "a very small price to pay" — incredibly normal! We break down that bit of light treason alongside why Ms. Rachel and Hasan Piker are both right on Gaza, Tom Morello wrongly getting dragged for saying he didn't vote for Harris in 2024, and Vanity Fair getting reamed by playwright Jeremy O. Harris for glazing tech oligarchs who "want us all dead."

Then, Democratic strategist and Bernie Sanders campaign veteran Chuck Rocha joins to break down the Texas elections: why James Talarico is...

This is a portion of Francesca’s interview with journalist Aaron Cantú. To get access to the full interview become a patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom.

No state has been hit harder by skyrocketing oil prices under the war on Iran than California. It is heavily reliant on both fossil fuels and foreign oil, and simultaneously hit with unprecedented fires and droughts every year. This paradox seems to be lost on the Democratic Supermajority in the state. Because while California talks the talk on stopping climate change, it does not walk the walk. Large renewable energy projects spu...

An egregious campus sexual assault case at Cornell is back in the news, with a woman allegedly assaulted by seven fraternity brothers over seven hours, just as the Department of Education guts Title IX protections.

Meanwhile, Xavier Becerra refuses to rule out taking corporate money in his California governor bid, and Rahm Emanuel — architect of NAFTA, the 1994 crime bill, and the death of the public option — declares the DSAs "not Democrats" as he eyes 2028. Comedian and union organizer Nato Green joins for the roundup.

Then, Movement Voter Project's Kristee Paschall joins to talk about the grou...

This is a portion of Francesca’s interview with former Congressperson Jamaal Bowman. To get access to the full interview and the rest of the Hot Button series, become a patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom

Jamaal Bowman has been busy. For four years he was a Congressman for NY's 16th district, after ousting a long-time incumbent Eliot Engel in 2020, joining a new class of "The Squad". But in 2024 he lost his re-election after AIPAC poured $24 million into his opponent George Latimer's race. But since, he has been helping progressive candidates win their primary elections and get rid of...

Netanyahu addresses an empty hall at the United Nations, where he name checks Hasan Piker?! Francesca is joined by Wajahat Ali to break down the protests, the ironies and the AI bros speaking at the UN General Assembly.

And Kamala Harris gives Abdul El-Sayed a little boost in Michigan in a meeting about Black maternal health. But when reporters ask him about his support for the Uncommitted Movement, things get testy. Plus, Renee Nicole Good’s mother is a Trump voter? Say it ain’t so.

Then Matt Stoller joins to break down the no good...

We’re being run by a bunch of billionaires who don’t even believe in the human race. Author Naomi Klein returns to discuss End Times Fascism, her new book co-written with Astra Taylor. How can local community-building stop the doomsday clock that psychos like Theil, Musk, Vance and Trump have accelerated?

Plus, ICE shoots a DoorDash driver twice in the back in Austin, while Zohran Mamdani wins DoorDash drivers back pay in New York. Mamdani also met privately with Trump this week and finessed him on a whole new level.

And 15 years after the Occu...

This is a portion of Francesca’s interview with actor Lilan Bowden. To get access to the full interview and the rest of the Hot Button series, become a patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom

Lilan is an actor and improvisational comedian. She got her breakout role as Bex in the Disney show Andi Mack, and is now in the critically acclaimed comedy Shrinking on Apple +.  How did Hollywood's fixation on race and casting made Lilan think more about her own? And what does she think about the rise of the "Wasian" identity. Do we really need to be...

Francesca and Emma break down the news of the week! Do they condemn Hasan Piker?! He was on MSNOW and the hosts kept getting in his face about the real issues – did he hurt people’s feelings by talking about the wanton death caused by the War on Terror?

Then, JD Vance was asked to explain the administration’s total lack of success, and his response was “please give us more time!” Will the Democratic establishment finally get their act together enough to capitalize on this weakness? Or is it total fecklessness all the way down?

Featurin...

We are living in a world where Macklemore is fighting against billionaire Zionist stadium-owner Robert Kraft while Ed Sheeran cowers in a corner, and Matt Lieb joins to break it all down. Plus, journalist Michael Fox joins to talk about his new podcast series focused on American free speech (or the lack thereof), as well as his work tracking the insane levels of corruption, misinformation, and dark influence the US continues to spread in South America.

Then, an Anthropic researcher resigned last week and hit the media circuit warning that AI companies are "gambling with our lives" — da...

It’s the 25th anniversary of 9/11, and Wajahat Ali of The Left Hook joins to discuss a quarter-century of Islamophobia being weaponized against Zohran Mamdani; plus, journalist Jasper Craven on how military schools manufacture the toxic masculinity behind guys like Pete Hegseth.

Republicans used the memorial to attack Mamdani, Abdul El-Sayed, and Hasan Piker as terrorist sympathizers — while Trump skipped the ceremony entirely. Wajahat joins to break down America’s Islamophobia, Zohran Mamdani's release of buried 9/11 air-quality documents showing New Yorkers were misled for decades, and a bombshell Haaretz report on what Netanyahu knew before October 7th and ch...

Tariffs are flying at Americans faster than angry Canadian geese. All while Pete Hegseth and Scott Bessent throw memes and shade at our allies to the North. Francesca is LIVE in Portland Oregon with Abby Martin of Empire Files, Mike Figueredo of The Humanist Report, and Matt Lieb of Bad Hasbara. They discuss Trump's self-inflicting harm of the Canada trade war, and then the hot war in Iran which the administration refuses to call a war.

"Intermittent" and "flare up" is how JD Vance and Trump are talking about the war on Iran that has killed nearly 4,000...

Laura Loomer is doing schoolyard racism against Angie Nixon, and CBS's Islamophobic hit piece on Abdul El-Sayed. It’s a bigoted kind of Monday. Prem Thakker of Zeteo News joins to break it down. Then Rep. Analilia Mejia talks 14th Amendment, ICE, and why Democrats keep capitulating to AIPAC.

Shadow Trump advisor and side chick Laura Loomer calls Angie Nixon ‘ghetto bitch’ and then doubles down, because that's America in 2026. Prem Thakker of Zeteo joins to break down CBS's bogus tweet implying Abdul El-Sayed somehow is related to 9/11 – is our another symptom of “Hasan derangement syndrome?”

Plus, Rep...

This is a portion of a one-hour interview with candidate Angela Gonzales-Torres. To get access to the full interview and the rest of the Hot Button series, become a patron www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom

AIPAC. Crypto and AI. Real Estate. These are the forces that are backing the establishment incumbency of Jimmy Gomez in Congress in November. Angela Gonzales-Torres is trying to change all that.

After clinching her primary in June, Angela is getting to work and knocking doors to tell the district about how everything from universal healthcare to a livable wage to universal...

Milo Yiannopoulos: arrested by the same ICE machine he spent years cheering on! He’s detained pending deportation, and Jasmine Crockett won't say whether she'll campaign for James Talarico against Ken Paxton in Texas. Wajahat Ali of The Left Hook joins to break it all down.

We cover the deliberate dismantling of the FDA, CDC, and EPA that's turned grocery store lettuce, guac, and pistachio butter into public health hazards, the Trump administration's push to sell off Yosemite and Big Bend National Park to private developers and border wall contractors, and Hakeem Jeffries' meeting with Jared Kushner da...

Dolly Parton is dead at 80 — RIP to a lady who set the standard for what a good person can accomplish. Meanwhile, on the extreme opposite end, Jared Kushner is meeting privately with Hakeem Jeffries while AIPAC still runs the table in Washington. Francesca is joined by Miles Gray of The Daily Zeitgeist to talk about Dolly's legacy, the manufactured trans panic that erupted at a WNBA game, and why the Democratic establishment keeps finding common ground with LITERALLY ANYONE instead of the left.

Then, Francesca interviews investigative journalist and labor organizer Camila Lourdes Galarza, reporting from an un...

Minnesota leads the way with Peggy Flanagan and anti-ICE , anti-FLOCK cameras and anti-Jake Lang resistance. How is this midwest seed-art state able to do so much in these times of fascism? Francesca finds out, speaking with state Senator Zaynab Mohamed, on how a slim Democratic majority converted to real political wins.

Then from Natalie Harp’s insanity, Boy George’s genocide song, and the many FDA recalls, Francesca digs into local and national shenanigans with comedians Matt Lieb and Lizz Winstead. Plus a history lesson into Anthony Comstock, the man who purchased all the lewd magazines and obje...

A black academic is dead, while Andrew Tate gets a MAGA lawyer to defend his crimes. Hakeem Jeffries rejects Medicare for All and Jared Kushner tells Israel to “finish the job”. Francesca is joined by Mike Figueredo of The Humanist Report to talk about why the British press is so vicious and how Peter Thiel fascists are behind the deadly anti-DEI backlash. 

Then, the Tate Brothers are bringing all the worst men out to rally for them outside of a Miami jail, and we all wonder how such misogyny has broken containment into the mainstream. 

Finall...

AOC is single and Iran makes Trump hide in a catering truck. Emma Vigeland joins to talk about all that plus Karoline Leavitt resigning, Pete Hegseth's new control of Latin America, sailors jumping overboard on the USS Abraham Lincoln, and whether or not Israel is gaslighting Trump about his imminent assassination. 

Plus, Emma's thoughts on the Woke 1.0 discourse, the failure of Bernie and AOC to endorse Francesca Hong, and how AOC's IVF journey has led to us realizing that she's single.

AOC is single and Iran makes Trump hide in a catering truck. Emma Vigeland j...

This week: Twitch streamer and cultural commentator Caroline Kwan joins to talk about Abdul El-Sayed's fight through Islamophobic attacks, and why fandoms can be good? Plus former FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya on the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger that could kill Hollywood.

Francesca unpacks the online fight over "Woke 1.0" — performative identity politics versus material policy — and how AOC threw the Black Lives Movement under the bus. Also, the Abdul El-Sayed freakout continues, but the candidate has a comeback for every ounce of hate. Then, MSNOW’s Joe Scarborough has a next-level meltdown over Hasan Piker. Also, AOC opens up about...

Michigan results are thrilling as Abdul El-Sayed wins the Senate primary race and William Lawrence wins in MI-7, and Donavan McKinney in MI-13. Still, a tough loss for Cori Bush in Missouri. Francesca and Matt assess the money and the Israel of it all in this late night rant.

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This week: Andrea Flores on the ethnic cleansing at the heart of Trump's immigration regime, and Iran War Season 2 is BACK with fresh war-crimes.

First, Andy Beshear says two sources told him Mitch McConnell is dead. Oh nooo. Meanwhile, the right is accusing Canada of climate warfare over wildfire smoke. 

On top of that, the Iran war is back on for ten straight nights, with the US striking desalination plants and civilian infrastructure in Tehran. In retaliation, Iran killed three more American servicemembers, bringing the total death toll to 18. And it only cost the taxpayers $37.5 b...

This is a portion of a one-hour interview with comedian Aida Rodriguez. To get access to the full interview and the rest of the Hot Button series, become a patron www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom

"I get my likes in person", says Aida Rodriguez, who is difficult not to like in person. Aida is a stand up comedian who has been on HBO, Peacock, and a phenomenal special on HBO, an actor, and political commentator who is also the host of the Say What You Mean Podcast. She joins Francesca to talk about being a touring woman comic...

This week: Joey D'Urso on the politics of the 2026 World Cup, and Wajahat Ali on the 103 Democrats who just voted to end $3.3 billion in military aid to Israel.

Francesca is wearing an Argentina jersey and she IS NOT apologizing! Football and politics journalist Joey D'Urso joins to discuss the historical and political fault lines running through this World Cup: why the US can't host the world's biggest tournament without its immigration enforcement making headlines, what Argentina's racial history actually looks like versus the internet's version of it, the Malvinas/Falklands question, and more. 

Then, Wajahat A...

Lindsey Graham will haunt the United States for years to come. Or come back as a ladybug. *shudders*

This week, Lance of SerfsTV joined to talk about Senate democrats fawning over the death of Lady Gray, and what it says about how seriously they take Trump’s fascism. Then, ICE claims another life in less than a week in Maine. Joan Sebastian Guerrero was 26, Colombian, had a social security number, and could legally work in the US. ICE shot him at least four times while he was in his car and accompanied by his toddler. His last wo...

Graham Platner undermined a movement with his recklessness. Centrists, Republicans are using this moment to dunk on the left, while the left itself is obsessing over "I Told you so"s. Emma Vigeland, who advocated tirelessly for Platner before the recent allegations, joins Francesca to explain why recent SA allegations against are unlike his scandals from before.

It's a tough conversation but an important one. What do we expect of progressive candidates and do we have the time to only elevate those who have been tested inside the party apparatus? Especially when the other side spawns unqualified...

Big yikes — a monster Graham Platner bombshell dropped this week. We talk about the grim news, along with the less-grim news of Mallory McMorrow dropping out of her race against hunky M4A doctor Abdul El-Sayed. Comedian and actor Janesh Rahlan joins for a roundup of the World Cup, and why the Trump Curse has struck again! Also, is Christian Pulisic doing the Trump dance, in support?  

Then, Cayden Mak — publisher of Convergence Magazine and host of Block & Build — joins to discuss what the DSA surge means for left organizing strategy, how movements operate when electoralism feels like the...

The Bill of Rights is the ultimate receipt. The Founding Fathers did not mean to create such a banger of a document that helped enshrine equality and justice for all, they really only meant for landowning white men. Then social movements, wars, and freedom happened and Americans are still trying to live up to this document. Francesca sits down with acclaimed author and Professor Robin DG Kelley, a black radical historian whose work has been instructive for thinkers, organizers and activists.

They dive into how democracy in America has never truly existed, save for a brief moment...

Three DSA candidates just won their primaries in New York — and the bipartisan meltdown has been spectacular. We break down why everyone from Sean Hannity, to Bill Maher to Jon Favreau is personally offended by the likes of Darializa Chevalier, the Afro-Latina UAW member who just became the new AOC.

Then, movement-building reporter Lex McMenamin joins to talk about the Prairieland Protestors — eight activists sentenced to between 50 and 100 years in prison for providing “material support to terrorists,” plus one man who wasn't even at the protest but was convicted for moving boxes of zines! We’ll discuss what the c...

On this episode: Anna Merlan, senior reporter for Mother Jones specializing in conspiracies and technology, who joins for a sweeping discussion about the state of our brains. This is a portion of an exclusive member-conversation with Anna Merlan. To access it, become a member on Patreon.

Did you know that 'Hanta' virus in Hebrew means 'scam'? Well it doesn't. IT DOES NOT. Chances are if you're at all on the internet you've been fooled by or even inadvertently spread some kind of conspiracy theory. Some are harmless and hilarious and others lead to RFK Jr. as our...

Francesca interviews another Francesca! Francesca Hong is running to be the next governor of Wisconsin. She's a DSA member who is fighting for working people, championing universal childcare  and paid leave for all as well as calling for a one-year moratorium on data centers. Wisconsin’s primary election is August 11th!

Featuring: Francesca Hong, candidate for Wisconsin governor  

https://francescahong.com/

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Trump's $14 million reflecting pool renovation is already peeling and full of algae — but it’s “the vandals” who did it, right? We break down the reflecting pool fiasco, as well as a WSJ investigation exposes Polymarket's influencer program as a network of fake wins designed to look like real money. Iraqi-Assyrian comedian and actor Paul Elia joins for the news roundup. 

Then, Marxist economist and co-founder of Democracy at Work Professor Richard Wolff returns to break down the state of the economy under Trump — tariffs, trade wars, the CHIPS Act rollback, and what it actually means when the 1% poin...

Saba and Francesca discuss how rampant wage theft is finally being called such, and why the myth of immigrants taking jobs ignores how much the U.S. has always relied on cheap labor. Then, how did we collectively let the unregulated gig economy metastasize into full-blown automation and now AI. Not bringing down the hammer on Uber, Lyft and AirBnb have led to things like Waymo and Coco delivery robots. It’s like the elites want a revolution? 

So how can unions better-pressure politicians into making policy that centers workers’ rights? And how will the change require ALL O...

Nancy Mace is out, the DOJ is investigating Gavin Newsom for being hotter than JD Vance, and Elon Musk is now the world's first trillionaire — built largely on government contracts he's spent his career trying to take away from everyone else.

Then, political commentator and filmmaker Josh Greene joins to (ironically) celebrate Elon Musk’s totally deserved new trillionaire status, along with (unironically) enjoying how great Iran is doing on the soccer field and at the negotiating table. MoU anyone?

Then, journalist and author Peter Beinart joins to discuss the US-Iran deal, what the war on I...

Featuring: 
Emma Vigeland, the Majority Report, @TheMajorityReport 
Nathan Wilcox, sports journalist, https://substack.com/@natewilcox 

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