The World Cup, Argentina Hate & Democrats Break From AIPAC w/ Joey D'Urso & Wajahat Ali

This week: Joey D'Urso on the politics of the 2026 World Cup, and Wajahat Ali on the 103 Democrats who just voted to end $3.3 billion in military aid to Israel. Francesca is wearing an Argentina jersey and she IS NOT apologizing! Football and politics journalist Joey D'Urso joins to discuss the historical and political fault lines running through this World Cup: why the US can't host the world's biggest tournament without its immigration enforcement making headlines, what Argentina's racial history actually looks like versus the internet's version of it, the Malvinas/Falklands question, and more. Then, Wajahat Ali of The Left Hook joins to break down Trump's announcement that China rigged the 2020 election in Georgia, Pete Hegseth's testosterone screening program for service members, and the National Security Presidential Memo 7 groundwork being laid to declare a national emergency over "election interference." Plus, a vote that actually matters: 103 Democrats — including Nancy Pelosi?! — backed Thomas Massie's bill to end ALL U.S. military aid to Israel, while AIPAC is spending $40 million to sink Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan? Democrats are evolving… just slowly. Still sometimes it feels like the establishment would rather lose the Senate than admit the left is winning. Featuring: Joey D'Urso, football and politics journalist, https://joeydurso.substack.com https://www.instagram.com/joey.durso/ Buy Joey's book More Than A Shirt: How Football Shirts Explain Global Politics, Money and Power https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/joey-durso/more-than-a-shirt/9781399622837/ Wajahat Ali, host of The Left Hook, https://thelefthook.substack.com https://www.youtube.com/@wajahatali Watch The Bitchuation Room LIVE on Tuesdays 1pm PT/4pmET on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/franifio or Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/franifio. Listen to the show on: iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuation Google Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuation Spotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuation Follow the show on: BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitchuationroom.bsky.social IG: https://www.instagram.com/bitchuationroom/ Twitter: https://x.com/BitchuationPod Follow Francesca on: IG:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/franifio/⁠ Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifio BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/franifio.bsky.social Threads: https://www.threads.com/@franifio Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Franifio Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.