Progressives in Power LIVE in Chicago (Ep 245)

Hydrate. Connect with your neighbors. Join a union or local organization. Fight the right. Usamah Andrabi of Justice Democrats and author and activist Max Elbaum join Francesca to understand how and why Kamala Harris lost, and what we must to do build a progressive left that can defeat fascism. *** 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.twitch.tv/franifio. ** Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to get special perks and listen/watchback privileges of the Wednesday *BONUS BISH* ** Give the Show your feedback, by answering a quick survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=AafO2sMvE7gB&ver=standard ** Tip the show via Venmo:@TBR-LIVE Cash-App:@TBRLIVE Music by Nick Stargu Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod, Instagram: @BitchuationRoom , TikTok: @BitchuationRoom Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokeables, salves and more: www.sunsetlakecbd.com.

It's Election Day! Before the votes came in, we spoke with Pennsylvania Representative Summer Lee about how her state could determine the outcome of the election and about how to keep fighting regardless of the results. Then, we interviewed Dave Weigel of Semafor about races to watch and Kamala's path to victory. And finally we talked about the gender gap that is FREAKING Republicans out with comedian Megan Gailey and how abortions is actually on the ballot in every state. Featuring: Congresswoman Summer Lee, https://x.com/RepSummerLee David Weigel, reporter at Semafor, https://x.com/daveweigel https://www.semafor.com/author/david-... Megan Gailey, comedian, https://x.com/megangailey *** 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.twitch.tv/franifio. ** Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to get special perks and listen/watchback privileges of the Wednesday *BONUS BISH* ** Give the Show your feedback, by answering a quick survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=AafO2sMvE7gB&ver=standard ** Tip the show via Venmo:@TBR-LIVE Cash-App:@TBRLIVE Music by Nick Stargu Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod, Instagram: @BitchuationRoom , TikTok: @BitchuationRoom Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokeables, salves and more: www.sunsetlakecbd.com.

The October surprise has come November 1st. The jaw-dropping allegations of journalist Michael Wolff about Epstein having photos of Trump with naked girls are turning Francesca into full conspiracy Karen. Plus, Trump just says he wants Liz Cheney executed. Just like that. And the election is still close? Frantastic Fridays on The Bitchuation Room are free to watch. To see more bonus content and get access to the Wednesday Bonus Bish become a member on Youtube or a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. *** 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.twitch.tv/franifio. ** Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to get special perks and listen/watchback privileges of the Wednesday *BONUS BISH* ** Give the Show your feedback, by answering a quick survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=AafO2sMvE7gB&ver=standard ** Tip the show via Venmo:@TBR-LIVE Cash-App:@TBRLIVE Music by Nick Stargu Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod, Instagram: @BitchuationRoom , TikTok: @BitchuationRoom Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokeables, salves and more: www.sunsetlakecbd.com.

Well this is it. The final week before the election and Donald Trump has made his bid to be the vilest candidate possible, with an "America First" rally at Madison Square Garden complete with hack comics telling racist jokes. Comedian Gianmarco Soresi joins Francesca to pick apart the scariest display of sad manhood, a CNN guest who went full Islamophobe, and the spooookiest parts of a second Trump term. But FIRST, Maurice Mitchell Director of Working Families Party joins to give some much-needed optimism about how of people power can and does defeat billionaire's checks. Plus his thoughts on how to build a viable third-party movement. Featuring: Maurice Mitchell, https://x.com/MauriceWFP Get involved in final days to Stop Trump with Working Families Party: https://www.mobilize.us/workingfamilies/ Gianmarco Soresi https://x.com/gianmarcosoresi *** 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.twitch.tv/franifio. ** Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to get special perks and listen/watchback privileges of the Wednesday *BONUS BISH* ** Give the Show your feedback, by answering a quick survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=AafO2sMvE7gB&ver=standard ** Tip the show via Venmo:@TBR-LIVE Cash-App:@TBRLIVE Music by Nick Stargu Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod, Instagram: @BitchuationRoom , TikTok: @BitchuationRoom Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokeables, salves and more: www.sunsetlakecbd.com.

Trump supporters and billionaire backers are already preventing voters from the ballot. Over 850,000 have already bee removed in swing states like Georgia. In fact, all it takes is a "challenge" to a voter's ballot to get them removed unless they are physically present to reinstate it. Investigative reporter Greg Palast joins Francesca to discuss his latest documentary Vigilantes Inc. which details the history and present-day realty of vote suppression or stealing, and its racist roots in Jim Crow laws. Palast has been on the beat of vote suppression for decades and is STILL doing the Lord's work! Watch Vigilantes Inc. and check your registration at www.saveyourvote.org. *** 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.twitch.tv/franifio. ** Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to get special perks and listen/watchback privileges of the Wednesday *BONUS BISH* ** Give the Show your feedback, by answering a quick survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=AafO2sMvE7gB&ver=standard ** Tip the show via Venmo:@TBR-LIVE Cash-App:@TBRLIVE Music by Nick Stargu Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod, Instagram: @BitchuationRoom , TikTok: @BitchuationRoom Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokeables, salves and more: www.sunsetlakecbd.com.

Two weeks until America could go back into its toxic ex, or elects Kamala Harris. Francesca feels the doom setting in, only to be saved by the power of two comedians: Pallavi Gunalan and Anthony Atamanuik. Together they look at Harris' path to victory, Elon Musk's somehow legal ploy to pay swing voters $1 million for signing a petition, and Trump's ridiculous economic plans while working the fry station. Finally, what do you think each candidate's final pitch should be to the American people? Featuring: Pallavi Gunalan, comedian https://x.com/PallaviGunalan Anthony Atamanuik, comedian https://www.youtube.com/@coffeewithtonylive https://x.com/TonyAtamanuik *** 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.twitch.tv/franifio. ** Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to get special perks and listen/watchback privileges of the Wednesday *BONUS BISH* ** Give the Show your feedback, by answering a listener survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=AafO2sMvE7gB&ver=standard ** Tip the show via Venmo:@TBR-LIVE Cash-App:@TBRLIVE Music by Nick Stargu Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod, Instagram: @BitchuationRoom , TikTok: @BitchuationRoom Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokeables, salves and more: www.sunsetlakecbd.com.

Kamala Harris crushes Fox News interview despite some hard questions from Brett Baier. Donald Trump faceplants on Univision while everyday voters bring some excellent questions. Then the IDF kills Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, but Netanyahu wants to keep "fighting"? Why of course he does. Francesca breaks it all down with live viewers. Frantastic Fridays on The Bitchuation Room are free to watch at 1pmPT/4pmET. To see ahnd hear more bonus content and get access to the Wednesday Bonus Bish become a member on Youtube or a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. *** 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.twitch.tv/franifio. ** Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to get special perks and listen/watchback privileges of the Wednesday *BONUS BISH* ** Give the Show your feedback, by answering a quick survey here: https://survey.podtrac.com/panel-registration.aspx?header=0 ** Tip the show via Venmo:@TBR-LIVE Cash-App:@TBRLIVE Music by Nick Stargu Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod, Instagram: @BitchuationRoom , TikTok: @BitchuationRoom Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokeables, salves and more: www.sunsetlakecbd.com.

There isn't a housing crisis if you remember what the housing market does: delivers wealth to landlords. Providing housing is a distant second. Author of "Abolish Rent" Tracy Rosenthal joined Francesca to explain why we need to conceive of the struggle against rent as a class struggle, and organize as tenants. And comedian David Nguyen joins to talk Republican attempts to avoid election certification being smacked down by a Georgia judge, and Israel threatens to ethnically cleanse 400,000 Gazans in the North by issuing evacuation orders. And finally, three moments that prove that Republicans really know women! Featuring: David Nguyen, comedian instagram.com/davidnguyen Tracy Rosenthal Author, Abolish Rent www.twitter.com/tracyrosenthal_ *** 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.twitch.tv/franifio. ** Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to get special perks and listen/watchback privileges of the Wednesday *BONUS BISH* ** Give the Show your feedback, by answering a quick survey here! ** Tip the show via Venmo:@TBR-LIVE Cash-App:@TBRLIVE Music by Nick Stargu Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod, Instagram: @BitchuationRoom , TikTok: @BitchuationRoom Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokeables, salves and more: www.sunsetlakecbd.com.

Real immigration reform has languished under President Biden, and Kamala Harris could offer a new path but will she? Democrats have a pretty awful track record on standing up for immigrants, undocumented or otherwise, while the right has been busy dragged the whole issue to the right. They've built a whole fantastical infrastructure of lies about migrants: Eating cats and dogs, taking over buildings, bringing crime and using resources. Sadly, there hasn't been any countervailing narrative to push back against this demonization. Jacinta Gonzalez, policy director for the Latinx-led organization Mijente, joins Francesca to assess Kamala Harris' immigration stances and how to fight the right while pushing the left. Frantastic Fridays on The Bitchuation Room are free to watch. To see more bonus content and get access to the Wednesday Bonus Bish become a member on Youtube or a Patron. *** 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.twitch.tv/franifio. Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to get special perks and listen/watchback privileges of the Wednesday *BONUS BISH* Tip the show via Venmo:@TBR-LIVE Cash-App:@TBRLIVE Music by Nick Stargu Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod, Instagram: @BitchuationRoom , TikTok: @BitchuationRoom Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokeables, salves and more: www.sunsetlakecbd.com.

A year into a genocide and Israel's dreams are coming true. The U.S. is ratcheting up the rhetoric against Iran and sleepwalking to war, as guest Negar Mortazavi explains. Then Matt Lieb is back to talk Oct 7th anniversary and give Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff some notes on his commemoration. And a monster hurricane is headed for Florida, meteorologists are crying on air, but Republicans are once again playing politics and refusing to fully fund FEMA. Finally, Elon Musk's comes fully out of the non-partisan closet and reveals himself as just another MAGA piss pig. Featuring: Matt Lieb https://x.com/mattlieb Listen to Bad Hasbara, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-hasbara-the-worlds-most-moral-podcast/id1721813926 Negar Mortazavi https://x.com/NegarMortazavi Listen to the Iran Podcast, https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-iran-podcast/id1515542917 *** 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.twitch.tv/franifio. Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to get special perks and listen/watchback privileges of the Wednesday *BONUS BISH* Tip the show via Venmo:@TBR-LIVE Cash-App:@TBRLIVE Music by Nick Stargu Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod, Instagram: @BitchuationRoom , TikTok: @BitchuationRoom Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokeables, salves and more: www.sunsetlakecbd.com.