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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 farmers and 40 million Americans who rely on supplemental nutrition programs or SNAP. In Aransas, soybean farmers are taking their own lives in places, while cattle ranchers are wondering why the U.S. is vowing to buy Argentine beef.   Sam Seder of The Majority Report joins to talk about the moral cruelty and political stupidity of this moment and the fallout of Graham Platner’s tattoo. Then Chris Robbins of the blog Hell Gate NYC joins to discuss how far mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani has come, the growing influence of DSA and how Mamdani is handling the blatant xenophobia.  Featuring: Sam Seder The Majority Report Christopher Robbins  Editor & Co-Founder of Hell Gate Subscribe to Hell Gate: https://hellgatenyc.com/  Watch Hell Gate's new podcast episode with Zohran: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB-fNr6XM9M *** Support independent media 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 -November 1st, New World Disorder, The Ice House https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-11-01-25-7-pm 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

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 Daily Zeitgeist joins to talk about Trump taking an AI dump on protesters, while MAGA searches for who is behind the protesters since nothing they do isn't subsidized by a billionaire. Then, rich New Yorkers are terrified of Zohran Mamdani even though they admit they're not going to move if he wins. Then Rep. Summer Lee is BACK talking Mike Johnson's Epstein-deluded government shutdown, justice for Palestinian Americans killed by Israel, AIPAC, crypto, and why we should abolish Superpacs.  Featuring: Miles Gray, The Daily Zeitgeist milesofgray.bsky.social Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) summerlee.bsky.social *** Support independent media 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.  *** 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 PASADENA -November 1st, New World Disorder, The Ice House https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-11-01-25-7-pm 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

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 nationalist elephant in the room, and the mainstreaming of hate even in just the past four years. Then, establishment Democrats are striking out on progressive podcasts over the issue of AIPAC and Israel. Van Lathan explains his recent interview with Bruce Wayne–er Governor Gavin Newsom–and why his non-response to pointed questions about Israel are very INTERESTING INDEED. Featuring: Van Lathan Jr., Higher Learning Podcast Wajahat Ali, The Left Hook  https://thelefthook.substack.com/ *** Support independent media 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 -November 1st, New World Disorder, The Ice House https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-11-01-25-7-pm 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 administration is unwell. Their online posting habits are evidence enough. If they were a friend we’d probably recommend touching grass. Or therapy. But they are not our friends but rather wannabe fascists who are disappearing immigrants and demonizing anyone who disagrees with them.  In this deep dive Francesca explores how Trump’s propaganda derives from the very bowels of the internet that Trump’s victories have pulled from: the gamers, the incels, the 4chan and 8chan white nationalists. These are the online communities with big mass shooter energy who hate women, people of color, and living in a society?  And actual mass shooters exhibit the same kinds of posting behavior as whoever is behind these unhinged DHS and White House posts.  So it’s no accident that Trump’s propaganda pulls from these same places in order to recruit sad dads to work for ICE. In order to do racist violence you should probably be a violent racist. You want armies of Nick Fuentes’.  And it’s extra funny that while being tough online, DHS claims *they* are the ones being targeted. It’s extra rich that FBI director Kash Patel claims he’s ‘going after nihilistic extremists who were radicalized online’. He should start by looking in the mirror.     **** Thanks to the awesome editing styles of Brent Godin, as well as Paige Oamek and Andy Vasoyan. *** 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 -November 1st, New World Disorder, The Ice House https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-11-01-25-7-pm 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

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 latest updates on breaking the siege and Trump and Bibi's plans for Gaza. Trump is desperate for the Nobel Peace Price and wants a ceasefire to get it, while Bibi is “always so f*cking negative!”. Meanwhile, the FBI cuts ties with the ADL after Charlie Kirk's death despite the organization going to bat for Elon’s nazi salute.  Plus, flotilla activists including Greta Thunberg prove Israel is not impenetrable, and Italy’s general strike is lit. Meanwhile, ICE’s latest crackdown in Chicago leaves over a thousand people detained. As blackhawk helicopters descend and babies are teargassed, Fox News trots out a Michael Rapaport look alike to tell us about the dangers of Antifa. Featuring:  Lana Salah, https://www.instagram.com/thelanasalah/ https://lanasalah.com/ Matt Lieb https://x.com/mattlieb https://www.youtube.com/@Badhasbara 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 BROOKLYN - October 13th Francesca and Matt will co-headline The Bell House. Tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300062E2C3694548 PASADENA -November 1st, New World Disorder, The Ice House https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-11-01-25-7-pm *** Israel's most INSANE plan's for Gaza deep dive: https://youtu.be/W9QTcmOuopY  Interview with Flotilla members: https://youtu.be/0iiRPvbWktk  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.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. *** 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

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 terrorism watchlist. Chuck Schumer says Democrats need Republicans to help to stop it... which sounds like a terrible plan! And ICE’s reign of terror in Portland ramps up as Ta-Nehisi Coates takes on the NYT’s #1 white boy. Then, Derek Beres of the Conspirituality podcast joins to dive into the latest chaos in RFK Jr. world from conspiracy theories on autism to vaccine rollbacks as a massive COVID wave surges.  We also  break down the politics of TrumpRX, Trump’s latest plan to let Americans buy drugs directly from the government -- whatever happened to taking on Big Pharma RFK?! Featuring: Derek Beres, Co-host of the Conspirituality Podcast https://www.conspirituality.net/ https://substack.com/@derekberes  **** 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 40% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FlowerPower25 at check out on all their sungrown flower, prerolls, and even vapor cartridges. This sale ends September 28th. Go to 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

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 himself with yet another cluster of weirdos: the pronatalists. Pronatalists claim they are concerned with population decline despite no evidence of population decline. They claim their movement isn’t racist despite openly talking about ‘white genocide’ and the ‘Great Replacement Theory.’ In this deep dive, Francesca explores the characters who lead this eugenic-adjacent movement– from the Collinses who like to hit their 3-year-old in public, to the founder of the annual conference NatalCon Kevin Dolan, who is an extremist Mormon– and their close ties to the U.S. government via Elon Musk, Peter Theil and JD Vance. What’s the real reason people aren’t having kids, and how are pronatalists and their friends in high places, totally unserious about changing that. Don’t worry, it’s not your genes they want, it’s their own. Their very very weird genes. 00:00 Introduction 00:01:46 EWWW-LON MUSK 00:04:51 THE CREEPY COLLINSES 00:08:12 NATALCON: THE SERENGETI OF PRONATALISTS 00:09:07 DIVORCE "EXPERT" BRIT BENJAMIN 00:10:40 PEACHY KEENAN 00:12:24 KK-KEVIN DOLAN 00:16:52 THE WAR ON CHILDLESS PEOPLE 00:20:54 TRUMP BACKTRACKS ON IVF 00:23:36 NO INTEREST IN LOWERING COSTS FOR PARENTS 00:26:22 TRUMP'S BABY BONUSES ARE A CROCK 00:27:29 MEDALS FOR MOTHERHOOD?! **** 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

Funerals usually have waterworks but pyrotechnics, antisemitism AND Goebbel’s plagiarism? Sign me up! Francesca and comedian Mohanad Elsheiky discuss the unsettling Charlie Kirk memorial, and the looming takeover of TikTok from a man named Lachlan and the Ellison family. Wither Palestine speech. Plus Kimmel is back on the air, kind of… Then journalist Akela Lacy joins to talk about Rep. Ilhan Omar’s path of truth telling and bold proposals, and Kamala Harris. Womp. Harris barely endorses Zohran and tries to pass every buck for her failure as a presidential candidate. What’s next for the rift in the Big Tent party and why is “good enough” not enough.  Featuring:  Mohanad Elshieky, comedian (who you can catch on tour: https://linktr.ee/mohanad.elshieky) Watch or listen to Mohanad's special here: https://www.comedydynamics.com/catalog/mohanad-elshieky-no-need-to-address-me/ Akela Lacy, Senior Politics Reporter & co-host of The Intercept Briefing podcast https://theintercept.com/staff/akelalacy/ https://x.com/akela_lacy **** 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 40% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FlowerPower25 at check out on all their sungrown flower, prerolls, and even vapor cartridges. This sale ends September 28th. Go to 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

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, how we got to this point of media consolidation and why so-called free speech comics are so so silent.  TAKE ACTION AGAINST DISNEY/HULU: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13oN79zvnRjiZEG71HWyqXhvVJ4jNca0xlpwnvLMlxAM/preview?tab=t.0# TAKE ACTION, CALL NEXSTAR AFFILIATES IN YOUR AREA AND DEMAND KIMMEL IS RETURNED: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10q-kcuZDdWXZUv829--kbYz96y9pzwYq0xHXD1coRbk/edit?gid=0#gid=0 **** 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob Silverman, journalist and author of 'Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley,' joins the conversation to explore how tech billionaires have shifted from liberal ideals to reactionary politics. He discusses the impact of AI narratives on authoritarianism and the influence of foreign investments in Silicon Valley. Blakeley, a musician and content creator, adds insight into the dangers of censorship and doxxing in today’s political climate, examining the implications for free speech and local governance.