AI Smear Campaigns & Trump's Anti-Labor Crusade with Taylor Lorenz & Kim Kelly (Ep 274)

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News Commentary, News, Comedy, Government

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🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Yale Law School has expelled a student based on an smear campaign generated by AI. And one of Elon’s baby mamas joins the sell Tesla craze because she needs the money for child support? Journalist Taylor Lorenz joins to discuss this plus another bad Utah law. Then labor journalist Kim Kelly on Trump’s brazen attacks on federal unions and whether or not a general strike is the way to go. Plus, a massive thank you to all the new subscribers on YouTube, patrones, and everyone who’s decided to throw down with the Frantifa over other unmentionable networks. Taylor Lorenz, journalist https://www.youtube.com/taylorlorenz https://www.usermag.co/ Kim Kelly, journalist https://bsky.app/profile/kimkelly.bsky.social Preorder Kim's book for kids: https://www.powells.com/book/fight-to-win-9781665937290 LIVE SHOWS April 23rd - Francesca will be at The Ice House in Pasadena for New World Disorder with Gareth Reynolds and more. Get tickets here: https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-04-23-25-7-45-pm May 7th - Francesca and Matt Lieb are coming to Cobb’s Comedy Club in San Francisco. Get your tickets here: https://tr.ee/ImZ_W42k_U *** 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.

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0:00.0	Increasing there aren't Muslims employed in these major newsrooms, and they certainly don't have any sort of voice or leadership.
0:06.9	So, I mean, there's always been this double standard.
0:09.7	They won't let a Palestinian cover Palestine, but they'll let a former IDF soldier write propaganda.
0:15.4	Like, the whole thing is such a far as...
0:17.0	The whole thing is such a far as... ours.
0:33.8	Hello everybody and welcome to the Bituation Room podcast, live stream show thing,
0:36.0	um, habit.
0:37.3	Welcome. We have an amazing show for you today. Taylor Lorenz is here for the very first time.
0:44.6	The now the author of UserMag on Substack that everyone should be subscribed to truly some of the most
0:53.3	important and also off the beaten internet, off the beaten internet
0:58.1	stories that I absolutely love. I'm going to just re-center myself here. As well as labor reporter
1:05.7	and author Kim Kelly is back on the show. We're going to talk about Trump's wildly anti-union moves and what
1:13.7	they mean for the labor movement going forward. What they mean for any union members who thought
1:20.3	maybe Trump would be good? We're going to get into that in a little bit with Taylor. We are going to be talking about her new reporting on how AI-generated smear campaigns
1:34.2	are getting students fired or expelled.
1:39.7	So it's not only that, you know, State Department is rounding students up.
1:43.8	It's not only that universities are rolling over and allowing ICE to round up their students.
1:49.0	It is that they are falling for straight up robot Hezbara and using that as a pretense to fire their students without any evidence without any cause.
2:00.0	So we're going to talk about that in just a little bit,
2:03.9	in addition to some Elon Baby Mama drama.
2:08.2	You know, it's always fun to look back and look at the fun side.
2:15.2	There's a fun side of Elon a little bit,
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