

The Bitchuation Room
Francesca Fiorentini
A weekly caucus of progressive comics, activists and thinkers hosted by Francesca Fiorentini
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Aug 27, 2025 • 1h 42min
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 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
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Watch the latest deep dive on RFK Jr. and “The Golden Age of Disease”
https://www.youtube.com/live/shwEtty6RPQ?feature=shared
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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
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Aug 25, 2025 • 1h 9min
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 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.
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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
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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
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Aug 22, 2025 • 1h 32min
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 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
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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
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Aug 20, 2025 • 1h 20min
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 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
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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
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Aug 12, 2025 • 1h 52min
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? 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
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Aug 11, 2025 • 1h 31min
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 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
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Aug 7, 2025 • 1h 30min
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 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
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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
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Jul 26, 2025 • 20min
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 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
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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
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Tip the show:
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Cash-App: @TBRLIVE
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Thanks to Paige Oamek, Andy Vasoyan & Brent Godin
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Find Francesca On:
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Jul 26, 2025 • 1h 29min
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 Substack joins to talk Epstein, South Park mockery and the shame of Democratic Senators meeting with war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Watch Francesca’s latest video essay: “How Republicans FAILED The Texas Flood Victims” https://youtu.be/VaIgFgNOHzE
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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
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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
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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:
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Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation
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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
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Jul 23, 2025 • 1h 31min
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) 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/
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Watch Francesca’s latest video essay: “How Republicans FAILED The Texas Flood Victims” https://youtu.be/VaIgFgNOHzE
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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.
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BROOKLYN - October 13th Francesca and Matt will co-headline The Bell House. Tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300062E2C3694548
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