Federalizing The Border's Militarism with Jenn Budd & Wajahat Ali

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🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 94 minutes

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How is what we’re seeing in Minneapolis simply a replica of what’s been playing out on the US-Mexico border for decades? Murder, cover-ups, ramming vehicles and persecuting the vulnerable. Former border patrol agent turned immigrant rights advocate Jenn Budd joined Francesca for an in-depth look at all of this, who is also featured in the new documentary Critical Incident on HBO Max. Governor Walz has issued a statement, but is it enough? Wajahat Ali joins to talk about the pathetic halfway measures Democrats are floating, and what’s needed to get out of this mess. Featuring: Jenn Budd (03:07) bordertalk.substack.com Against The Wall (book) Wajahat Ali (1:14:29) thelefthook.substack.com *** See Francesca LIVE Saturday January 24th at 7pm Pasadena for New World Disorder: https://www.showclix.com/event/new-world-disorder-01-24-26-7-pmE *** Support the show becoming a patron https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom and get exclusive perks. You can also be a member on YouTube, Twitch, or a paid subscriber on substack: franifio.substack.com. Join before Jan 17th and get 25 percent off any tier with code: "HOLIDAYS" *** Get your union-made podcast merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Thanks to Paige Oamek, Andy Vasoyan & Brent Godin *** Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod *** Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitchuationroom.bsky.social Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast on: iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuation Google Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Spotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuation Find Francesca On: Substack: franifio.substack.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifio YouTube: The Bitchuation Room’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Franifio Insta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, welcome to the Bituation Room.
0:13.0	Bonus Bish, extra Thursday session.
0:17.0	Oh my God, we are living in, you know, American Nazism session.
0:24.9	Like, let's talk about it.
0:27.1	And we're under attack.
0:29.6	Must go live and discuss.
0:32.3	Take break from trying to tail ice in your neighborhood to do this.
0:37.8	Welcome. We are going to be streaming for a little bit.
0:41.4	There's a lot to talk about and I'm really excited
0:43.9	because Jen Budd, who's an immigrant rights activist,
0:48.0	former Board of Patrol, who has been a part of a documentary
0:52.4	that is out now on HBO Max that everyone needs to watch
0:56.3	is going to be joining me in just a second.
0:59.2	So if you are here, like and share the stream, do all the things.
1:02.7	Thank you for tuning in, whether it's on Twitch or Substack or YouTube or as a podcast
1:08.4	after the fact.
1:09.4	As a reminder, it's really you that I rely on
1:14.1	to be able to do this, trying to do everything,
1:18.9	do all things, do short content, do long content,
1:21.6	do live streams, when all I wanna do is go away,
1:26.7	you know, I just wanna relax, I just wanna relax is go away, you know? I just want to relax. I just want to relax.
1:29.5	Did anyone else have nightmares or dreams about Iran and the United States? Because I
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