Lake America Great Again *LIVE IN PORTLAND* with Abby Martin, Mike Figueredo & Matt Lieb

Tariffs are flying at Americans faster than angry Canadian geese. All while Pete Hegseth and Scott Bessent throw memes and shade at our allies to the North. Francesca is LIVE in Portland Oregon with Abby Martin of Empire Files, Mike Figueredo of The Humanist Report, and Matt Lieb of Bad Hasbara. They discuss Trump's self-inflicting harm of the Canada trade war, and then the hot war in Iran which the administration refuses to call a war. "Intermittent" and "flare up" is how JD Vance and Trump are talking about the war on Iran that has killed nearly 4,000 Iranians and 18 U.S. servicemembers. Like it’s an STI! But are Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Moscowitz serious about ending the war or do they just want to 'do it better'? Then we talk local Portland politics with DSA-city councilor Sameer Kanal. He talks about how Portland is pushing back on Big Tech, the alternatives to policing that are working, and whether Woke 1 was 'crazy'. Show was recorded on Monday, September 7th 2026 at Helium Comedy Club Featuring: Abby Martin, Journalist & Documentarian The Empire Files & Earth's Greatest Enemy https://earthsgreatestenemy.com/ Mike Figueredo, Host of The Humanist Report Www.youtube.com/@TheHumanistReport Matt Lieb, co-host of Bad Hasbara Podcast Www.youtube.com/@BadHasbara Sameer Kanal, Portland City Councilor https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/2/sameer-kanal 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.