On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the awful bills coming out of Oklahoma and Alabama, the confirmation vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson, and how politics will kill us all.
IntroWhat Are We Up To?C: Better Call Saul, The Last Bus, Old Enough, Moon Knight, MLB The Show 22, Tunic, Rocket LeagueT: South Beach spring break, started What We Do In The Shadows, finished Bridgerton, finished Book of Fett, finished Star Trek Discover, started this season of Picard, still not done watching Harley Quinn, played too much Civ 6B: Elden Ring, books, documentaries.Brandon’s Random FactoidAssholes of the Week: Oklahoma’s House passed an anti-abortion bill to make abortions a felonyAlabama legislature signed a bill to ban gender-affirming medical care for transgender youthHeroes of the Week: The Senate votes to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme CourtSCOTUS voted to make it easier to sue the police for malicious prosecutionThe Russian attack on UkraineUS, EU, and Group of Seven nations announced new sanctions on RussiaUN members vote to suspend Russia from the Human Rights CouncilThe IPCC put out its final report on Climate Change and warns that politics will kill us allThe Biden admin has extended the moratorium for student loans until August 31Elon Musk decided to become Twitter’s biggest shareholderSolar panels that can generate electricity at night have been developed at StanfordFor the first time, researchers found microplastics in the lungs of living peopleThere’s a nasty bird flu tearing through US farms in at least 24 statesTwo of Charles Darwin’s notebooks were returned after disappearing over 20 years agoWill Smith has been banned from attending the Oscars for 10 yearsThe Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition has completedContact us at
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