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 Russian war on Ukraine. Then trouble in DOGE-land as administration officials are getting sick and tired of Elon Musk. And Gavin Newsom gives the most despicable softball interview to Christian Nationalist right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk on his new podcast. HARD PASS. Frantastic Fridays on The Bitchuation Room are free to watch. To see ...
Mar 08, 2025•2 hr 27 min
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, and an awesome Oscars first as the documentary No Other Land wins and brings the words "ethnic supremacy" to the Hollwood stage. Then campaign and messaging strategist badass Anat Shenker-Osorio speaks with Francesca about how to win back the American narrative from the right. Hint: it's not by ignoring your active and engaged base. Featur...
Mar 05, 2025•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 270
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 embarrassing s-show had one man giddy: Vladimir Putin. The rest of us are in shock. Then, Elon's Starlink wants to take over the FAA, a body that heretofore was REGULATING Starlink. And RFK Jr. is already on his way to getting us all killed by downplaying the Measles, and canceling the meeting of flu vaccination board. Frantastic Fridays on The Bi...
Mar 01, 2025•1 hr 29 min
Abortion rights are popular, but the broligarchy cannot abide. Journalist Jessica Valenti joins Francesca to talk about criminalizing women’s travel and healthcare despite a surge in infant and maternal mortality deaths. And comedian Jamie Loftus joins to talk our new deputy FBI chief who is more concerned with liberal tears than law enforcement. And Bernie Sanders is on tour again taking his Fighting Oligarchy message to vulnerable swing districts, where Republicans are being absolutely demolis...
Feb 26, 2025•1 hr 29 min
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 court' during a luncheon with governors in which the President threatened her with cuts to her state's funding if it didn't comply. You know, mob boss style. Then, Steve Bannon doesn't want to be left out of the Roman Salute club and throws a very ominous arm up during CPAC. Then, Elon Musk is ignoring his children to the point where his baby ...
Feb 22, 2025•1 hr 24 min
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, they just know he’s in charge, mmkay? Author and podcast host Paris Marx joins Francesca to understand how the breaking of the federal government is by design. You know the same designer that gave us the finger-chomping Cybertruck. Then Francesca explains the bizarre Zionist Spy Vs Spy attempted murder case in Miami and the first ever state...
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 29 min
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 talk about green populism and how Biden's plans never went far enough. Then a look at how Eric Adams is willfully being extorted by the Trump administration, and the wild illegality of The Department of Justice in exchanging Adams' charges for his selling out the undocumented immigrants in his city. RESIGN ALREADY! Featuring: Thea Riofranc...
Feb 15, 2025•1 hr 15 min
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 a vision for New York that has everything to do with giving back to New Yorkers rather than taking them for a ride. And comedian Nato Green explains how the Musk/Trump attacks on organized labor is a challenge that must be met with every form of resistance, including militant action. Plus, House speaker Hakeem Jeffries asks the dumbest qu...
Feb 12, 2025•1 hr 24 min
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 illegal atrocities. From sending 10 people to Guantanamo, to the seizure of the U.S. Treasury, to denying Congresspeople entry to agencies, and the executive orders against Trans people, it's an assault on every aspect of American society. Plus, why the strategy of just talking to the right is dangerously misguided. Featuring: Kyle Kulinks...
Feb 08, 2025•1 hr 22 min
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 have Democrats been sleepwalking for decades to this very moment of outright attacks on people of color in the professional and governmental space. Then Francesca talks about Nayib Bukele's offer to house U.S. citizens (!) in prisons in El Salvador, and finally PETA continues trolling Groundhog's Day. Become a patron to watch and listen to th...
Feb 06, 2025•4 min
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 about the most fragile white nationalist billionaire commandeering the U.S. Treasury and eliminated USAID. And somehow Democrats and federal bureaucrats have allowed it to happen. Tens of thousands of jobs are at risk as a small cohort of DOGE techies infiltrate our payment systems and our personal information. So what are Democrats doing abou...
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr 32 min
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 collision with absolutely no evidence. Beyond that, some on the left have fallen prey to the anti-DEI line as if DEI is some how a barrier to class struggle. Francesca debunks both Trump's myths, and the leftists who wrongfully collapse corporate decision-making with grassroots demands for liberation. Frantastic Fridays on The Bitchuation ...
Feb 01, 2025•1 hr 19 min
Get rid of woke early childhood nutrition! The Golden Showers era has definitely begun as Trumpers begin hollowing out the government by cutting federal funding from over 2,600 social programs. And Dr. Phil--another Oprah creation--is working with Border Czar Tom Homan to do ICE raids on communities, while Latin American leaders are strong-armed into accepting flights of deportees. Then, Adam Johnson on Trump's Gaza policies versus Biden's and why liberals' "I told you so" gripes are deeply misi...
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr 43 min
If you thought the insurrectionists were terrifying, what about the 23 extreme anti-choice activists who kept fetuses in their homes?! Francesca looks at Trump's plans for people with uteruses, and how he snuck in fetal personhood into his anti-trans Executive Order. Then, some rich people are actually good. Actor Simu Liu openly says he doesn't need a tax break under Trump's tax scheme that is a direct wealth transfer from the poor to the rich. Frantastic Fridays on The Bitchuation Room are fre...
Jan 25, 2025•1 hr 15 min
Not 24 hours into a Trump presidency and Elon throws up a very telling gesture. John Iadarola of The Damage Report joins to discuss the billionaire-back inauguration, the impact of Trump's revoking of birthright citizenship along with Congress passing the Laken Riley Act. Plus a look at Biden versus Trump on Gaza-- one ideologically committed, the other committed to nothing but himself. Then author Bill Fletcher Jr. joins Francesca to talk about where the left goes from here, building left insti...
Jan 22, 2025•1 hr 45 min
It's the last Friday of the Biden Administration and Francesca is going out with a bang. First, we talk with Lois Parshley of The Lever about her latest piece on the insurance industry in California in the wake of the LA fires. Read her article here: https://www.levernews.com/we-will-all-be-paying-for-l-a-s-wildfires/ Then a fitting end to a genocidal tenure, as outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken has journalist Sam Husseini hauled out of the press briefing room. And Francesca looks at Zu...
Jan 18, 2025•2 hr 8 min
The fires still rage in California while Republicans threaten to withhold aid to the state unless it stops doing... DEI? Comedian Trae Crowder joins Francesca to break down the dumbest conspiracies about the fires other than what it really is: climate change. Then Mondale Robinson, Mayor of Enfield North Carolina and founder of Black Male Voter Project joins Francesca to talk about how Democrats keep losing Black and brown voters, the Kamala Harris loss, and why Mondale no longer contributes to ...
Jan 15, 2025•1 hr 44 min
We welcome iconic actor Laverne Cox back on the show to discuss the news of the week and trans resistance under Trump. What's her assessment of the Harris campaign's as it pertains to trans rights? Should the first trans Congressperson Sarah McBride try and ignore the hate? And is Josh Hawley the right kind of "right-wing populist"? So many questions and one juicy ass interview. Frantastic Fridays on The Bitchuation Room are free to watch. To see more bonus content and get access to the Wednesda...
Jan 11, 2025•1 hr 40 min
The coup is complete. Kamala Harris presides over Congress as it certifies Donald Trump's victory in the most pride-swallowing act of unrequited normalcy possible. Comedian Will Weldon and commentator Jordan Uhl join Francesca in the first show of the year to talk about an eerily normal January 6th, the MAGA civil war over H1B visas, and the legacy of Jimmy Carter. Plus a healthy dose of bitching to begin what will certainly be the dumbest year yet. Featuring: Will Weldon http://instagram.com/ol...
Jan 08, 2025•1 hr 33 min
While the right rushes to blame the border for two acts of homegrown terrorism, Francesca looks at the commonality between the Vegas and New Orleans attacks: the U.S. military. Why is it that so many anti-government militias or violent religious extremists have a military background? Maybe it has something to do with the culture of the U.S. military as a kind of death cult in its own right. Then, why Josh Hawley is not the kind of right-wing populist that we should be heralding. Frantastic Frida...
Jan 04, 2025•1 hr 13 min
The last show of 2024 from an undisclosed cabin in the woods. Francesca takes some time to look back at the intense debate with Cenk Uygur and his new approach to the right. *** Come see Francesca at The Ice House in Pasadena on Wednesday January 22nd with Aida Rodriguez, Matt Lieb, James Fritz and Chloe Hilliard. https://www.showclix.com/event/the-ice-house-new-world-disorder-1-22-25-7-30-pm The Bitchuation Room Podcast is available everywhere you get your podcasts. It streams LIVE every TUESDA...
Jan 02, 2025•1 hr 52 min
Woooee! Things get spicy between Francesca and Cenk as they discuss Cenk's recent tour of right wing media outlets, left versus right populism, establishment vs anti-establishment, and the future of TYT as the country awaits the ascendence of God Emperor Donald Trump for a second term. *** The Bitchuation Room Podcast is available everywhere you get your podcasts. It streams LIVE every TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY at 1/4pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www....
Dec 28, 2024•2 hr 3 min
The billionaire class continues to bend the knee to Trump, while Democrats are in the perpetual "bargaining" stage of the stages of grief by trying to 'find common ground' with Trump. Then MSNBC hosts finally allowed to critique Democrats?! And the NLRB finds that the Love Is Blind contestants might be rule as employees, plus Iowa's Satanist cults have their holiday parties ruined. The Bonus Bish is available for all patrons and members on YouTube and Twitch. Become part of the Frantifa: www.pat...
Dec 19, 2024•6 min
What changes could be made to the political system that would restore our faith in it? Strategy director of Working Families Party Nelini Stamp joins Francesca to talk about things like fusion voting, ranked choice voting and proportional representation--things that could help third parties break out, and possibly even Republicans could get down with. And comedian Rell Battle discusses the IRANIAN MOTHERSHIP that has deployed drones according to extremists, the coddling of vigilantes, and when n...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 35 min
Bernie Sanders says RFK Jr. is "right" about the food industry? Should we be giving this anti-science kook any credit as he takes over Health and Human Services? Hosts of the podcast Conspirituality, Matthew Remski and Derek Beres join Francesca to discuss RFK Jr.'s lawyer suing to rescind the polio vaccine, the National Institute of Health nominee and COVID herd immunity guy Jay Bhattacharya, the continued fallout of the United Healthcare CEO's murder, and Tulsi Gabbard in a far-right Hindu cul...
Dec 14, 2024•1 hr 10 min
There's a new genre Trump crony: crypto-fascists. These are the billionaire urchins hanging around the new administration like David Sacks, Marc Andreesen and David Horowitz who want to ensure crypto goes legit. Journalist Molly White joins Francesca to talk about the political crypto spending blitz in 2024 and what it means for the future. And comedian James Adomian joins Francesca to talk about new Italian folk hero Luigi Mangioni, who may or may not have offed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thomp...
Dec 11, 2024•1 hr 51 min
Award-winning journalist, founder of Zeteo and man feared by all war criminals, Mehdi Hasan joins Francesca to talk about a wide range of issues. They discuss Trump 2.0 and whether or not idiocy will stop the fascism, and the idea that Trump's base would ever turn on him when he fails to deliver. They also talk about the media's loss of credibility during the Gaza genocide, whether debates with right wingers are worth it, and the phenomenon of heralding the murder of a healthcare CEO. Make sure ...
Dec 07, 2024•1 hr 5 min
What lessons can people-powered movements learn from the Democrats' failures? How can we regroup to ensure that we stop playing nice with corporate Dems and not allow our causes to be co-opted. Jonathan Smucker, co-founder and Executive Director of the Popular Comms Institute and strategist joins to discuss this and more. And comedian Matthew Broussard joins to talk Hunter Biden's pardon, Rapey Pete's tanking of veterans organizations, and finally what will tariffs do to to the price of our favo...
Dec 04, 2024•1 hr 39 min
After checking in on MAGA's Thanksgiving, Francesca dives into Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum asking Trump to direct money into real solutions to migration, not militarism. Apparently the two had a phone call in which Trump wow'ed Sheinbaum with his stunning lack of knowledge about Mexico. Then, Texas Republicans salivate at the idea of Trump's mass deportations. And finally, Bill Maher celebrates being able to make racist jokes to his multi-millionaire friend. Frantastic Fridays on The Bit...
Nov 30, 2024•1 hr 27 min
Trump proves the American justice system ain't sh*t as the Jan 6 and stolen documents cases against him are dropped. Some deep state! Writer Roberto Lovato joins Francesca to talk about the need to use the R word: revolutionary! They discuss developing real radical politics to finally counter fascism, and looking to Latin America for inspiration. Then Comedian James Fritz joins to discuss this and the cringiest new govt agency, DOGE, and what it means for funding basic government services. And f...
Nov 27, 2024•1 hr 48 min
