Antifa Algae and American Decline with Professor Richard Wolff & Paul Elia (Ep 337)

Trump's $14 million reflecting pool renovation is already peeling and full of algae — but it’s “the vandals” who did it, right? We break down the reflecting pool fiasco, as well as a WSJ investigation exposes Polymarket's influencer program as a network of fake wins designed to look like real money. Iraqi-Assyrian comedian and actor Paul Elia joins for the news roundup.  Then, Marxist economist and co-founder of Democracy at Work Professor Richard Wolff returns to break down the state of the economy under Trump — tariffs, trade wars, the CHIPS Act rollback, and what it actually means when the 1% point to the stock market and say that it proves everything is just fine. Featuring: Paul Elia, comedianwww.watchpaulelia.com Go see Paul at The Comedy Storehttps://thecomedystore.com/calendar/show/3144/2026-07-31t220000-0700-paul-elia Professor Richard Wolff, economisthttps://www.democracyatwork.info/https://www.instagram.com/democracyatwrk/ *** Get ad-free listening and exclusive content by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom. You can also be a member on YouTube, Twitch, or a paid subscriber on substack: franifio.substack.com.  *** Thanks to Brent Godin, Andy Vasoyan and Drew Spears Productions. *** Rock the pod on your bod. Get a brand new “Abolish ICE” t-shirt and a brand new mug at: www.bitchuationroom.com. *** LIVE SHOWS: Minneapolis August 20th: The Bitchuation Room will be LIVE! at The Parkway Theater. Get tickets here: https://theparkwaytheater.com/all-events/bitchuation-room Portland, OR September 7th: The Bitchuation Room LIVE! At Helium Comedy https://portland.heliumcomedy.com/shows/373712 Portland, OR September 8th: Francesca Fiorentini & Matt Lieb, co-headline Helium Comedyhttps://portland.heliumcomedy.com/shows/372818 Watch The Bitchuation Room LIVE on Tuesdays 1pm PT/4pmET on YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/franifio or Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/franifio.Listen to the show on:iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuationGoogle Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuationSpotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuationFollow the show on:BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitchuationroom.bsky.socialIG: https://www.instagram.com/bitchuationroom/Twitter: https://x.com/BitchuationPodFollow Francesca on:IG:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/franifio/⁠Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifioBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/franifio.bsky.socialThreads: https://www.threads.com/@franifioFacebook: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.