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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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The Psychopaths In Charge of Palestinian Aid w/ Anthony Aguilar & Wajahat Ali
“We treated ISIS better than starving Palestinians,” says Anthony Aguilar, a whistleblower who was once tasked with security for the Gaza Humanitarian…
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Dark Sandwich Guy Rises & Madleens Multiply (Ep 293)
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…
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Avenging Big Balls & Annexing the West Bank feat. Jasper Nathaniel & Alex Pearlman (Ep 292)
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?…
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Palestine and The Battle for Seattle 2025 - LIVE with Katie Wilson, Ijeoma Oluo and Matt Lieb
A glorious time in Seattle just days before mayoral candidate Katie Wilson advances to the November election. Francesca welcomes the mother and transit riders…
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The Police State is Here with Jenn Budd & Brandie Posey (Ep 291)
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…
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Kyrsten Sinema Is Still Trash
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…
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Trump Destroyed By South Park, and Yep He's in the Epstein Files w/ Wajahat Ali
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…
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AOC’s Big Whiff & Canary Mission’s Big Break w/ Olayemi Olurin & Sophie Hurwitz (Ep 290)
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)…
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How Republicans FAILED The Texas Flood Victims
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…
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The 5 Most Insane Plans for Gaza *DEEP DIVE*
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…
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Good Boys and Gals & The Rojava Revolution w/ Krystal Ball and Matt Broomfield (Ep 289)
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…
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Taco Stand Safety with Vanessa Gonzalez & Michelle Ming (Ep 288)
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…
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Special Thursday Show with Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez
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!…
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MAGA Murder Bill Passes Senate & ICE Out of Home Depot w/ Nato Green & Pablo Alvarado (Ep 287)
The Senate passes a bill that will strip 12 million people of their healthcare, kick millions off of food assistance, all while making the police state even…
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TYT's Sad Demise & Ron DeSantis Building "Alligator Alcatraz?" with The Vanguard
With all the insanity going on in the world right now, sometimes you need to take a break, grab some popcorn, and enjoy the Drama. Gavin and Zac from The…
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ZOHRAN WINS! with Wajahat Ali
WHAT A NIGHT FOR NEW YORK AND THE COUNTRY! Thank you to the city that never sleeps for giving us hope. *** See Francesca LIVE: PASADENA JULY 5TH -New World…
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No War, No Cuomo with Negar Mortazavi (Ep 286)
*UPDATE: ZOHRAN MAMDANI WINS! REACTS COMING SOON OR GO TO YOUTUBE.COM/FRANIFIO TO WATCH HER RESPONSE WITH WAJAHAT ALI* Iranians are deeply terrified about the…
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MAGA Falls In Line As Trump Defends Iran War *MONDAY SHOW 6/23*
After bombing three nuclear facilities in Iran, Trump says NOW, nowww it's time for peace. But will it be that simple? As Israel and Iran continue to trade…
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The World After Trump
Trump might try and be king, but the billionaires who back him and far more concerned with their reign. Someday Donald Trump and the movement that got him…
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Wars At Home And Abroad + Zohran Surges! *FRANTASTIC FRIDAY*
What happened to the peace candidate, Donald Trump? [He never existed.] Who could have seen Israel’s unprovoked attack on Iran? [Everyone]. Francesca talks…
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Feds Terrorize LA and Did School Integration Fail? with Tadhg Hickey & Prof. Noliwe Rooks (Ep 285)
State repression is operating on all cylinders whether in Los Angeles or Gaza. Trump salivates at the chance to deploy the military to a blue city by painting…
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Centrists Gather In DC, and Israel Wants Hamas to STAY?! *BONUS TEASER*
The worst kind of Democrats with the worst ideas, taking the wrong lessons from 2024 and getting billionaire backing to do it. Do they want to lose to fascism…
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Who Will Stop ICE? feat. Rep. Yassamin Ansari (Ep 284)
An up-and-coming representative from Arizona isn't backing down on bearing witness to ICE's lawlessness. Francesca speaks with Rep. Yassamin Ansari all about…
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Dodgers Not DOGErs *LIVE IN LA* with Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, John Iadarola, Matt Lieb, Rachel Reyes (Ep 283)
It’s a super special LIVE edition of The Bitchuation Room in Los Angeles and we’re talking Elon’s exit but not without drug-fueld love triangle drama. Then…
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Losing The BLM Narrative, Winning The Planetary Fight w/ Mike Drucker & Malcolm Harris (Ep 282)
Five years after the George Floyd uprisings we reflect on how police killings are up along with the copaganda. Then, will GOP Senators tank Trumps MAGA Murder…
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Trump's 'SKETCHY" Dinner & Will SCOTUS Let Trump End Birthright Citizenship? *FRANTASTIC FRIDAY*
In this white nationalist fanfic we’re living in, Trump has put birthright citizenship on the chopping block. Traci Feit Love, President & Executive Director…
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MAHA's Milk and Vibes with Dave Anthony & Beatrice Adler-Bolton (Ep 281)
From Biden's cancer To MAHA's eugenics, we're talking about the politics of healthcare... again. Beatrice Adler-Bolton is back to talk Medicare and the cruel…
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How Policing Is Making Us Sick & Other Stories *Frantastic Friday May 16th*
Policing is deadly but it’s also making us less safe and sicker. Ronica Mukerjee and Carlos Martinez are the authors of All This Safety Is Killing Us, a book…
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Woke Marxist Pope *BONUS BISH TEASER*
A peek into the Wednesday May 15th bonus episodes you missed in which Francesca talks about Republicans' Medicaid cuts, David Hogg and DNC drama, RFK Jr…
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Solidarity Under Fascism with River Butcher, Jaz Brisack & Matt Lieb (Ep 280)
As Trump unleashes ICE on workers, grandmothers, judges and mayors, what does solidarity look like. Comedian River Butcher joins Francesca to talk about these…
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Late Stage Financial Literacy with Chelsea Fagan & John Hastings (Ep 279)
The Trump effect crushes another right-wing candidacy, this time in Australia. Canadian comic John Hastings joins to make sense of it all and to talk about the…
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Fetterman's Decline, Pam Bondi's Fent and Elon's New Project *FRANTASTIC FRIDAY MA
ICE Director Tom Homan is threatening to arrest sanctuary city mayors. But don’t worry! Democrats are not taking this lying down… Actually, they are. Hakeem…
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*BONUS BISH TEASER* Trump's Hilarious Defense of China Tariffs
A snippet of the Bonus Bish from Wednesday April 30th talking about Trump admitting goods will be more expensive and less accessible. Join the patreon at…
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How To Lose a Country In 100 Days with Josh Gondelman & Juan Cole (Ep 278)
Ratings are in the golden toilet for the Trump sequel and we’re here to both laugh and cry at the authoritarian incompetance. Comedian Josh Gondelman is along…
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Zuckerberg In Court, Google on the Ropes & FBI Arrests Judge *FRANTASTIC FRIDAY**
The Meta and Google antitrust cases continue to move forward on Capitol Hill, despite all the kissing up to Trump Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai have done…
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Pete Hegseth Is Crashing Out and Progressives Try To Boot Cuomo w/ Jason Selvig & Jasmine Gripper (Ep 277)
As suspected, Signalgate was only the beginning. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been discussing war plans on unsecure chats that have his wife and brother…
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Fake Margaritas & Gang Cover-Ups: El Salvador's Bukele Worse Than We Thought *FRANTASTIC FRIDAY*
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is alive. Thanks to the efforts of Senator Chris Van Hollen and public pressure, the Senator was able to meet with Garcia in El Salvador…
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Homegrown Authoritarians with Karinda Dobbins & Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch (Ep 276)
Fascism is upon us as Trump refuses SCOTUS orders to send home a man locked up in a death camp in El Salvador, while simultaneously pining to send Americans…
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Where Are The Democrats Amidst Trump's Lawless Hunt for Immigrants? with Erika Pinhero *FRANTASTIC FRIDAYS*
The Supreme Court just ruled in a 9-0 decision that Trump’s DOJ has to “facilitate” the return of Maryland Father Kilmar Abrego Garcia for the El Salvador…
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Tariffied with Andy Haynes & Michael Liroff (Ep 275)
The Supreme Court has thrown down with disappearing people without due process, asTrump lackeys attempt to explain the logic of sweeping tariffs. Comedian Andy…
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Being Disabled Under Fascism & Trump Tarriffs Backfire with Cameron Mitchell & Doug Henwood *FRANTASTIC FRIDAY*
It was disabled people who Hitler first put to the gas chambers. Filmmaker Cameron Mitchell discusses his new documentary “Disposable Humanity” all about the…
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AI Smear Campaigns & Trump's Anti-Labor Crusade with Taylor Lorenz & Kim Kelly (Ep 274)
Yale Law School has expelled a student based on an smear campaign generated by AI. And one of Elon’s baby mamas joins the sell Tesla craze because she needs…
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Marco Rubio's Disappearances & The Sunrise Movement's Next Moves *FRANTASTIC FRIDAY*
Dog-Killer Face-filler Kristi Noem does a photo op in front of innocent imprisoned Venezuelans, some of whom simply had tattoos. Then Marco Rubio defends…
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Group Chat Warmongering and Building Beyond Bernie with Kate Willet & Imara Jones (Ep 273)
What’s the rest of The Trump Administration doing? Oh, texting war plans from their private phones and accidentally including a journalist in them? Cool cool…
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Fetterman's Pager and Kim K Is a GOOD MOTHER! with RM Brown
A veritable grab bag of off the beaten hellscape stories: John Fetterman is back in Israel and Netanyahu has quite the gift for him. Kim Kardashian takes a…
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Mass Deportations and Mass Labor Movements with Sam Seder & Eric Blanc (Ep 272)
An American Gestapo is taking shape as ICE continues to torture and detain law-abiding people–whether they are green card holders or protested against…
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What Is A ‘Startup City’? And Democrats Are Dust *FRANTASTIC FRIDAY 3/14*
The same week that Trump calls Schumer a “Palestinian”, Schumer gives Trump everything he wanted. Francesca streams while ten Democrats hand the GOP a wishlist…
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The Drug War Gets Even Dumber with Maia Szalavitz and Jessica Sele (Ep 271)
Trump’s tariffs are causing a recession all while claiming to be going after Fentanyl? Francesca welcomes author Maia Szalavitz to talk about our country’s…
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What Happens Now With Ukraine with Anthony Bartaway, And Gavin Newsom’s the Worst *FRANTASTIC FRIDAY*
Now that Trump has thrown Zelensky to the wolves, what comes next? Anthony Bartaway of Ukraine Without Hype podcast offers a leftist analysis from Kiev of the…
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Beating The Right In The Messaging War with Anthony Atamanuik & Anat Shenker Osorio (Ep 270)
The only SS Elon Musk supports doesn't dole out retirement funds. Francesca and comedian/actor Anthony Atamanuik talk about Trump going after social security…
The Bitchuation RoomTrump's Mob Meeting With Zelenskyy, RFK Jr. Already Destroying American Health
Sad little men argue with President Zelenskyy about his lack of gratitude towards Trump, a man who tried to extort him back in 2018. BE GRATEFUL!! The…
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Criminalizing Women with Jessica Valenti and Jamie Loftus (Ep 269)
Abortion rights are popular, but the broligarchy cannot abide. Journalist Jessica Valenti joins Francesca to talk about criminalizing women’s travel and…
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Bannon Salutes, Elon's Baby Mamas and Mob Boss Trump *FRANTASTIC FRIDAY Feb 21*
Heroes are few and far between these days but Governor of Maine Janet Mills is one of them. She stood up to Trump's anti-trans ban saying 'I'll see you in…
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What Does The Musk Broligarchy Want? With Paris Marx (Ep 268)
Elon admits the DOGE project is political. And who TF is actually in charge of the bullsh*t agency anyway? The administration can’t get their story straight…
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Extorting Eric Adams & How to Get A Green New Deal with Thea Riofrancos *FRANTASTIC FRIDAYS*
Climate chaos is here and only radical action will save us. Thea Riofrancos, professor and co-chair of the Climate and Community Institute joined Francesca to…
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A Socialist Mayor for New York with Zohran Mamdani & Nato Green (Ep 267)
Corrupt NYC mayor Eric Adams makes a deal with the devil named Donald Trump. Luckily, socialist NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani joins Francesca to lay out…
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No More Middle Ground with Kyle Kulinksi *FRANTASTIC FRIDAY*
Unelected tween hackers have seized our government. Kyle Kulinksi of Secular Talk and Krystal & Kyle and Friends joins Francesca to break down the week of…
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*BONUS TEASER* Gaza, DEI, And Fascist Takeovers with Professor Robin D.G. Kelley
Professor Robin DG Kelley joins Francesca to take stock of the first two weeks of the Trump administration and Elon's coup of the administrative state. How…
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Elon's Tween Techie Coup with Emma Vigeland (Ep 266)
It might not be Jan 6th, but an administrative coup is underway. And this times it's working. Emma Vigeland of The Majority Report joins Francesca to talk…
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Let's Talk About DEI and Deregulation *FRANTASTIC FRIDAY* Jan 31st
As bodies are still being pulled out of the water, Donald Trump had the audacity to blame inclusive hiring practices for the American Airlines/Blackhawk plane…