The Empire’s Wasteland w/ Abby Martin (Ep 320)

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Comedy, News, Government, News Commentary

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Stopping climate chaos means stopping the U.S. military. It is the biggest polluter and consumer of fossil fuels. In her new documentary, "Earth's Greatest Enemy”, Abby Martin unmasks the global military empire's climate impact on humans, animals and nations. Plus, was our only hope against Biden’s genocide a blunt and White Castle? We discuss Kal Penn’s recent admission on Hasan Minhaj’s show. Also this week, we learned that a 2-month old is being held in the squalid Dilley detention center in Texas. The baby is one of thousands held at this private immigration prison. Francesca and Abby discuss the growing warehouse detention center industry with direct ties to the White House. And Hillary Clinton strikes again with the world’s worst take on immigration, offering another stark reminder why Democrats should leave Clintonism behind. Featuring: Abby Martin, journalist and documentarian (13:21) hhttps://earthsgreatestenemy.com/ *** The Bitchuation Room will be LIVE in Los Angeles with Emma Vigeland on Sunday March 22nd at Dynasty Typewriter. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/TBR322 *** 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. *** Get your union-made podcast merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Thanks to Paige Oamek, Andy Vasoyan & Brent Godin *** Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitchuationroom.bsky.social Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast on: Apple Podcasts: 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	Prime Video brings the best in entertainment.
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0:18.0	I'm taking you to see the wizard.
0:20.0	There's no going back. Whatever you're into,
0:22.9	it's right here. Prime Video. Click or tap the banner to find out more. It's just horrifying to look at,
0:31.7	this is the world that is incubated for someone like Trump, when you have impunity for war
0:37.1	criminals and torturers
0:38.3	and you don't have any accountability and then of course we're going to get Trump because
0:42.3	the Democrats have no opposition and they've basically paved the way and incubated what we have now.
0:52.3	Hello everybody and welcome to the Bituation Room podcast live.
1:01.4	My name is Francesca Fiorentini.
1:02.9	I'm your host.
1:03.9	Thank you so much for being here for joining me.
1:06.0	Feels like it's been way too long since we hung out, since we did the show. I took a couple days off last week.
1:13.1	We streamed on a Monday. That was weird. I then lost my voice, screaming at a Cardi B concert,
1:18.6	and all was right with the world for a very brief moment of time. Thank you everyone who, you know,
1:26.6	allowed me those days to just recuperate and scream and attempt to twerk.
1:32.6	Very bad at it. Anyway, I'm really excited because joining me for the show is independent journalist Abby Martin,
1:39.9	who has a new documentary out called Earth's Greatest Enemy. We're going to dig into that.
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