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The Dad is back! A babysitter has granted Matt back into The Bitchuation Room to talk Ron DeSantis announcing his presidential bid on Twitter, Marjorie Taylor Greene pulling a full Karen on Rep. Jamaal Bowman, and the horror stories of abortion denial in states across the country. Then a "fun" segment about whether we're buying the excuses that famous folks have for hanging with Jeffrey Epstein: Bill Gates, Chomsky, and Musk. It's all pretty bad but Matt helps it feel less heinous. Support the show and get access to the weekly BONUS BISH by becoming a patron! www.patreon.com/bitchuationroomFeaturing:Matt Lieb, https://twitter.com/mattliebPod Yourself The WireThe Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every TUESDAY and FRIDAY at 1/4pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioSupport The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom to get special perks and watchback privilegesTip the show via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVEMusic by Nick StarguFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Francesca spoke with Ryan Cooper of The American Prospect all about the debt ceiling crisis that is coming our way. Republicans are trying to hold the debt hostage and Biden has a couple of good options and a couple of TERRIBLE ones. We discuss, plus Elon Musk has been Soros-pilled. Maybe he needs to watch that Jonah Hill movie too? To get access to audio and video version of the bonus bish become a patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is the antiwar left missing the forest for the trees when it comes to Russia's war on Ukraine? Bill Fletcher, organizer and writer, argues that the left has a responsibility to stand with an oppressed country fighting for its sovereignty. Plus, comedian River Butcher on Ohio's attack on transgender kids in sports, George Santos is finally indicted on 13 felony counts and finally, Ron DeSantis is requiring college and university schools to only teach "the basics": guns, manifest destiny, and missionary position. Well, we assume.Featuring:River Butcher, watch him liveBill Fletcher Jr. https://twitter.com/BillFletcherJr Watch his panel for The Real News on Ukraine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A jury finds Trump a rap... "sexual abuser". Sure, we'll take it I guess. Comedian Jenny Yang joins to talk about E Jean Carroll's defamation and rape lawsuit against the former president coming to a close, and why she as a writer is on strike with the WGA. Also in the room is Rotimi Adeoye, communications director of the ACLU to talk about Justice Clarence Thomas' no good very bad week of bald-faced corruption scandals and how the GOP is trying to disenfranchise young voters. Because why would they want the youth to vote? Finally, there's a new King of England but in everyday life, what is real "King Shit"? Is it just being a good tipper and doing the bare minimum as a partner? We discuss. Featuring: Jenny Yang, https://twitter.com/jennyyangtv Rotimi Adeoye, https://twitter.com/_rotimia Read Rotimi's latest piece on youth voter suppression here: Donate to writers here: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every TUESDAY and FRIDAY at 1/4pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioSupport The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom to get special perks and listen/watchback privileges of the Friday *BONUS BISH*Tip the show via Venmo:@TBR-LIVE Cash-App:@TBRLIVEMusic by Nick StarguFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For a special Bonus episode, Francesca welcomed hosts of the Conspirituality podcast Matthew Remski and Julian Walker to talk about Marianne Williamson's alarming adherence to the book A Course in Miracles. What does her woo mean for her progressive politics and presidential run? Then, Steven Crowder is outed by his wife and his wife's family as a private misogynist and not just a public one! Good on her for getting out. To listen or watch to the full episode become a patron: www.patron.com/bitchuationroomThe BONUS BISH streams LIVE Fridays on YouTube and Twitch at 1pmPT/4pmET for everyone and is available to watch and listen back for Patrons, YouTube and Twitch members. Thank you for your support of the little podcast that could...overthrow capitalism.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fox News fires Tucker on a dime and the fallout will be juicy. Turns out Carlson was as vile off air as he was on air as a former staffer's lawsuit alleges. She also has tapes! Wosny Lambre of The Ringer joins to discuss that and Biden/Harris 2024. Joe's not throwing in the towel yet. He wants four more years to finish a job that no one has that much clarity on, including him. Then, the Teamsters are looking to strike in the summer for a better UPS contract that doesn't undercut workers. Alex Press of Jacobin joins to explain the evolution of the union under new president Sean O'Brien, and how its gearing up for a likely strike. Finally, a segment for all the good news in the world, "You Love to See It!". This time, Chile nationalizes lithium, students support Ralph Yarl, and Elon's rocket goes up in flames. Truly heartwarming stuff.Featuring: Wosny Lambre, https://www.instagram.com/bigwos Alex Press, https://twitter.com/alexnpress Read Alex's piece on UPS: https://jacobin.com/2023/02/teamsters-ups-contract-negotiation-strike-sean-obrien-rank-and-file Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will we ever ditch the war on drugs? Author Maia Szalavitz joins to talk harm reduction, the fentanyl crisis, responsible regulation, and why Francesca's husband can't get his ADHD meds. Plus comedian Jenny Zirgrino on the Pentagon leaks and the right's latest hero, and why the right isn't going to let Dianne Feinstein be temporarily replaced on the Senate Judiciary Committee unless she resigns. And it's tax day! And you probably paid more than most billionaires. Let's discuss just how much of our tax money is spent on war and how much is spent on what truly keeps us safe: education and healthcare, housing and the rest.Featuring:Jenny Zigrino, https://twitter.com/jennyzigrinoMaia Szalavitz, https://twitter.com/maiaszThe Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every TUESDAY and FRIDAY at 1/4pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioSupport The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom to get special perks and watchback privilegesTip the show via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVEMusic by Nick StarguFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Tennessee to superyachts carrying supreme court justices, this episode asks: why are the rich and powerful also so fragile? Mike Figueredo of The Humanist Report joins Francesca to bitch about the "SF crime" narrative in the wake of the murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee, the 20-year sugar daddy relationship between Harlan Crow and Justice Clarence Thomas, and the fight for democracy and gun rights in Tennessee as state lawmakers try and expel two young democrats have not gone quietly. Finally, taking stock of recent missteps from the Biden Administration to make good on their promises: from the Willow project passage to being unwilling to defend mifepristone, to allowing states and schools to discriminate against trans youth, it's all been a lot of Status Quo Joe.Featuring: Mike Figueredo, https://twitter.com/HumanistReportThe Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every TUESDAY and FRIDAY at 1/4pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioSupport The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom to get special perks and watchback privilegesTip the show via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVEMusic by Nick StarguFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trump is FINALLY indicted, bringing all the New York MAGA nutters to the yard. Former Rep. Katie Hill (CA-25) joins Francesca to weigh in on this historic day, and the first of likely many criminal charges levied on the Hamburglar of democracy. THEN, Miles Kampf-Lassin on the Chicago mayoral race and the historic campaign (AND VICTORY!) of Brandon Johnson. Paul Vallas will undoubtedly move on to privatize the education system in Argentina next. And a police union head was importing fentanyl?! Well, well well. Featuring: Katie Hill, former congresswoman, https://twitter.com/KatieHill4CA https://www.her-time.com/ Miles Kampf-Lassin, web-editor In These Time magazine, https://twitter.com/MilesKLassin https://inthesetimes.com/The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every TUESDAY and FRIDAY at 1/4pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioSupport The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom to get special perks and watchback privileges. Tip the show via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVEMusic by Nick StarguFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Millions of Americans believe in the QAnon conspiracy. Some of them have committed extreme acts of violence, and most of them don't know how streaming services work which let's be real would probably fill a lot of their idle time. Journalist Will Sommer joins Francesca to talk about his new book Trust The Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America. Also, another mass shooting in a school and this time, the right is blaming trans people. And the CEO of TikTok bears down all of Congress' offensive anti-China questions with no honest look at the hypocrisy of banning an app that functions in the same way as all other social media platforms. And finally, a game of "Two News and a Lie" to test if we we can still tell fact from fiction on the worst timeline of stories.Featuring:Gianmarco Soresi, Comedian, https://twitter.com/GianmarcoSoresiWill Sommer, Journalist and author of "Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America" https://www.harpercollins.com/products/trust-the-plan-will-sommer?variant=40493482541090https://twitter.com/willsommer  The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every TUESDAY and FRIDAY at 1/4pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioSupport The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom to get special perks and watchback privilegesTip the show via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVEMusic by Nick StarguFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices