You have the mayor of Edison, New Jersey saying immigrants are welcome and they're illegal and they belong on the other side of the border.

You have Eric Adams saying that the influx of asylum seekers would destroy New York City like they're a horde of zombies in a disaster movie or something?

Like... The home of the Statue of Liberty.

It really felt like some horror movie or something. What is happening? My fellow Franz Roman Countryman.

Welcome to the Bituation Room.

I am your host Francesca Fiorentini,

so happy to have you here.

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Hope I have nothing in my teeth if you're listening as a

podcast there's nothing in my teeth and I do not have a slight overbite.

Thank you so much for joining me. There's been a lot of news I am a little bit lost which is why I've got a

special announcement in a little bit I'm gonna save it I save it. But you know, there's a lot to talk about and sometimes there's not enough time on a Tuesday to do it, but right now you got to know we got a great show because author and journalist Natasha Elena Ullman is here or Ullman.

We'll get clarity on the U in a little bit. She wrote the book Abolish Ice and has recently

been following a lot of the BS that's been going down between both Republicans and Democrats

alike when it comes to ratcheting up fears, very much unfounded fears about the US-Mexico border.

So I'm very excited to dig into all of that

literally no one is serious about

is a perennial issue that literally no one is serious about solving.

Also, comedian Brandy Posey is back.

We're going to talk about Trump's legal trials and troubles and

get out of paying your debt free cards once again. Once again, he's been saved at least for now. We'll get into that and then some updates about what's going on in Gaza specifically the US finally isn't a

hindrance to a ceasefire but what does that mean and then what's Congress

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