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The Bitchuation Room
A weekly caucus of progressive comics, activists and thinkers hosted by Francesca Fiorentini
Episodes
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A Ceasefire that Isn’t, Melania’s Epstein Denial, and the Clusterf*ck of CA’s Governor’s Race *BONUS STREAM*
Pete Hegseth declares V for Victory in Iran, but on what grounds? Seems like Iran has had the upper hand even on AI-produced propaganda. Then, Melania Trump…
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Trumpism In Latin America with Eddie Pepitone & Michael Fox (Ep 327)
Donald Trump: destroyer of civilizations and learner of Spanish? Trump praises Allah and says he's ready to bomb bridges, power plants, and civilians in Iran…
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Who's Afraid of Hasan & SCOTUS Goes for Broke with Rhiannon Hamam (Ep 326)
Is SCOTUS really about to let Trump overturn the constitution and let Stephen Miller decide who should be a citizen? We discuss birthright citizenship case…
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Candidate Corner: Marissa Roy
Marissa Roy, who joined us for the LA live show, is BACK to talk about why being the city's lawyer is secretly one of the most important positions in city…
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Cuban Solidarity Grows and Beating AIPAC w/ Cori Bush & Christy Thornton (Ep 325)
Spring break? Don't worry about missing your flight, 'cause Trump made sure to send thousands of alcoholics to stand around and play Candy Crush in the…
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Surveillance Apocalypse w/ Jason Koebler & Caroline Kwan (Ep 324)
Are AI-powered cameras watching your every move? Journalist Jason Koebler from 404 Media joins to explain how a creepy company called “Flock” is partnering…
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MIDRIFFS AND GROYPERS with Francesca and Emma Vigeland
Emma Vigeland of The Majority Report joined Francesca on The Bitchuation Room to talk about the nonsense and the news. The right wing freaks are losing their…
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Candidate Corner: Jane Kim for CA Insurance Commissioner
Even IF you can afford a home, have a monthly mortgage, you’re oftentimes still being gouged by insurance companies. That’s what candidate Jane Kim wants to…
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MiSsiON AcComPliShED w/ Negar Mortazavi & Jasper Nathaniel (Ep 323)
Don’t call it a war! It’s an excursion, a vision quest, an unwoke walkabout. Gas prices are rising along with the death toll, and Trump officials say there…
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Candidate Corner: Kina Collins + Oliver Larkin
AIPAC hates her but it doesn’t stop her. Kina Collins is a grassroots community organizer who has worked for Medicare for all and against gun violence in…
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Netanyahu Cucks Trump & Organizing Against ICE w/ Eric Blanc (Ep 322)
Who is really calling the shots in the US military operations in Iran? Marco Rubio and Mike Johnson are very open to admitting that Israel is the one who is…
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US/Israel Kill Ayatollah Khamenei w/Trita Parsi
An impromptu show in the wake of the joint US-Israeli attack on Iran. Featuring: Trita Parsi, co-founder of the Quincy Institute https://x.com/tparsi *** The…
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Candidate Corner: Faizah Malik for LA City Council Or Unseating LA MAGA
She’s a badass housing attorney who’s written tenant protection policies and is now running for city council at a time when LA is more expensive than ever. And…
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The Cuomo of California with Jennifer Welch, Angie Sullivan, and Anat Shenker-Osorio (Ep 321)
The current reality of pedo-rings, state murders, and Epstein’s sperm bank of Nobel laureates *scrubs eyes* feels pretty far away from the “politics of joy”…
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Candidate Corner: Kat Abughazaleh for Illinois!
She’s a 26-year old Palestinian-American journalist who’s spent her career reporting on the right. And now she wants to beat their agenda in Congress. She’s…
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The Empire’s Wasteland w/ Abby Martin (Ep 320)
Stopping climate chaos means stopping the U.S. military. It is the biggest polluter and consumer of fossil fuels. In her new documentary, "Earth's Greatest…
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Gerrymandering Armageddon w/David Daley & Usamah Andrabi (Ep 319)
Can Democrats convince voters they’re serious about stopping ICE ahead of the midterms? And also, will the midterms be fair given the amount of redistricting…
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How Sports Betting Came For EVERYTHING
Want to bet on the U.S. invading Iran? Sure why not? You can do exactly that with prediction markets, the billionaire-backed platforms that gamble on the…
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Nancy Mace Is The Ultimate Pick Me with Gareth Reynolds & Jake Lahut (Ep 318)
She's a crossfaded cross-wearing conservative who had it made in the shade until she finally crossed Trump. Journalist Jake Lahut joins the show to break down…
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A Tech Savvy Left with Taylor Lorenz & Mehdi Hasan (Ep 317)
While Lil' Bovino got the boot, right wing influencers are somehow still licking it. We discuss the regime and its minions’ reaction to the killing of Alex…
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Grok Is Everything That’s Wrong with AI
Grok. It’s like Uber for your brain. And Grok is growing bigger and bigger, despite breaking laws and being criminally cringe. If you haven’t been on Elon’s…
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Is Bovino Being Taken Out to Pasture?
Bovino looks like he’s being put on a different ice, as backlash to the killing of Alex Pretti is perhaps breaching the castle walls. Gun enthusiasts are…
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Exit Through Greenland with Gil Duran & Walter Masterson (Ep 316)
Trump is going all-in on a hostile takeover of Greenland, once again to appease his billionaire sugar daddies like Peter Thiel. Gil Duran, author of the…
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Federalizing The Border's Militarism with Jenn Budd & Wajahat Ali
How is what we’re seeing in Minneapolis simply a replica of what’s been playing out on the US-Mexico border for decades? Murder, cover-ups, ramming vehicles…
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The Real Narco Rubio w/ Moe Tkacik & Ariana Jasmine (Ep 315)
Failed cops continue to brutalize the state, while Kristie Noem smirks at the idea that the murderer called Renee Good a ‘bitch’. (We love you Minnesota.)…
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Renee Good Is Proof MAGA Relishes in Violence
New video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good from the perspective of her killer, Jonathan makes it even clearer how little of a threat she posed to agents…
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Crude Awakening In Venezuela w/Trae Crowder & Alexander Aviña (Ep 314)
Trump has blown an Epstein-sized hole in Venezuela. Francesca unpacks the stupidest rationale for this coup ever with comedian Trae Crowder as we toast to the…
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U.S. Attacks Venezuela, Welcome to the Donroe Doctrine w/ Wajahat Ali
Good news! The U.S. has ANOTHER country to run now. The U.S. attacked Venezuela in the early morning of January 3rd, and kidnapped President Nicholas Maduro…
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Getting Serious About Medicare For All w/ Dr. Abdul al-Sayed (Ep 313)
It's all about [REDACTED]: from censorship at CBS to the DOJ's Epstein files, the truth is [REDACTED]. Bari Weiss kills a story about the Salvadoran torture…
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The Year Of The Criminal
What if a mob boss had the power of the pardon? We’re finding out. It’s been quite the year to be a criminal. Not for the people labeled criminals like…
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The Erika Kirk Tour & Challenging AIPAC Dems w/ Mav Viola & Angela Gonzalez-Torres (Ep 312)
It's Erika Kirk's world we’re just living in it. Francesca and comedian Mav Viola react to the widow's weirdest glitches from blaming iPads and Pilates for…
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Socialist State of Mind with NYC DSA & Anthony Atamanuik (Ep 311)
What kind of pressure is needed to ensure Zohran's success--both in the streets and in City Hall? Co-chair of NYC-DSA Grace Mausser joins to discuss this and…
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Wicked And The Politics of Revolution
Is Glinda a centrist? Is Elphaba a revolutionary leader or did she fail? And how does the story of Elphaba and Glinda working together teach us some lessons…
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It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like War Crimes with Pete Dominick & Jose Vasquez (Ep 310)
Trump continues to meddle in Latin America while operating with half a brain cell. Comedian Pete Dominick joins to talk about Trump’s unhinged Truth Social…
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Thanksgiving on ICE with Memo Torres & Pallavi Gunalan (Ep 309)
Zohran rizzes up Trump and calls him a fascist in the same breath... is he taking the president on or is there a bromance brewing? We discuss how the NYC mayor…
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Cheney's Funeral Brings All the Ghouls to the Yard w/Wajahat Ali
Rachel Maddow and Anthony Fauci walk into a war criminal’s funeral… we wish this was a joke. Wajahat Ali joins Francesca for a Thursday show looking at the…
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Marjorie's Apologies and Hegseth's Fragility w/ John Hastings & Jasper Craven (Ep 308)
What makes an unrepentant misogynist? This is the question we dig into with reporter Jasper Craven as we go down the rabbit hole of Pete Hegseth’s twisted…
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The Right’s Civil War Over Israel
*Become a patron to get Francesca's exclusive postscript* MAGA rarely disagrees. But blind support and billions of dollars to Israel is becoming a wedge issue…
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Bubba and Trump Sitting in The Epstein Files w/ Emma Vigeland (Ep 307)
Does Putin have photos of Trump fellating Bill Clinton? Cause… we never want to see them. This week has been a wild political whiplash from the cowardly…
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Supreme Leader’s Supreme Court w/ Olayemi Olurin & Pema Levy (Ep 306)
Trump is fast-tracking major rulings on trans rights, deploying the national guard, voting rights, tariffs and more through the billionaire-beholden Supreme…
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Socialism VS Barbarism w/Maurice Mitchell of WFP (Ep 305)
Is that hope we’re all feeling? After the absolute trouncing of Republicans on November 4th, people who believe in basic decency are feeling pretty damn good…
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MAGA’s McCarthyism w/Ken Klippenstein & Ramzi Kassem
Activists visited by the FBI at their homes, racial justice movement leaders subpoenaed, Palestine protesters detained. With chilling new directives like the…
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Greta Hasn’t Changed: A Deep Dive
Is Greta Thunberg different now? Ever since taking action for the people of Palestine she has been called a terrorist, an anti-semite, and someone who left…
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Argentina First And The Hope of Zohran w/ Sam Seder & Chris Robbins (Ep 303)
Food seems important. Whether eating it or growing it. But in between the government shutdown and the tariff trade wars, Trump and the GOP have endangered both…
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Don't Poop on My Parade with Rep. Summer Lee & Miles Gray (Ep 302)
How can the No Kings energy translate into real legislative and political wins? It's not like people haven't shown up in the millions before. Miles Gray of The…
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Yes They're Nazis with Van Lathan Jr. & Wajahat Ali (Ep 301)
The Young Republicans group chats have leaked and it’s even worse than you might imagine. Wajahat Ali and Van Lathan Jr. join Francesca to talk about the white…
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Most Brain Rotted Presidency Ever
This administration is unwell. Their online posting habits are evidence enough. If they were a friend we’d probably recommend touching grass. Or therapy. But…
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A Two Year Sea Change On Zionism with Lana Salah & Matt Lieb (Ep 300)
For the 300th episode of The Bitchuation Room and the two-year anniversary of the genocide, Francesca is joined by comedians Matt Lieb and Lana Salah for the…
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Anti-Capitalism Is Now a Crime and RFK Jr.'s Tylenol Crusade feat. Derek Beres (Ep 299)
Trump escalates his crackdown: unveiling a new directive on so-called "left-wing terrorism," to put puts thousands of FBI and other agents to work to domestic…
The Bitchuation RoomThe Creeps Of The Pronatalist Movement
We’ve been promised a new American Baby Boom by a man who wears diapers and calls himself president, but the plan isn’t going well. Trump has surrounded…
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Kirk's Creepy Memorial and Democrats Demanding Better w/ Akela Lacy and Mohanad Elsheiky (Ep 298)
Funerals usually have waterworks but pyrotechnics, antisemitism AND Goebbel’s plagiarism? Sign me up! Francesca and comedian Mohanad Elsheiky discuss the…
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Kimmel Canceled As Media Billionaires Do An Authoritarian’s Bidding
Francesca takes stock of WTH has happened over the last few days. We'll break down why Kimmel was allegedly canceled, the FCC chair wanting more shows to go…
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Black-Pilled Billionaires and Shooters w/ Jacob Silverman & Blakeley (Ep 297)
As information about Charlie Kirk’s assassin trickles in, so do the bizarre inconsistencies. A destroyed letter? A very on the nose text thread. And there…
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What The Right Gets Wrong About Lord of The Rings
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…
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The Right Blames “Radical Left” While FBI Bungles Charlie Kirk Investigation
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…
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Crushing The Crime Narrative w/ Alex Vitale & David Doel (Ep 296)
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…
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New Regime-Change War Dropped w/ Ken Klippenstein & Wajahat Ali
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…
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Dark Money and Dem Influencers with Taylor Lorenz & Mary Houlihan (Ep 295)
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…
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Last Battle for Congress and Brazil V Trump with Michael Fox & Peter Rothpletz (Ep 294)
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…
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Everything RFK Jr. Has Destroyed So Far
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…