On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about Ken Paxton's impeachment, the end of the debt ceiling crisis, and why Republicans are lining up to start failing presidential campaign bids.

Intro

What Are We Up To?

C: Spider-verse 2, I Think You Should Leave, Futurama, Tears of the Kingdom, Garden Simulator

B: Zelda TOTK, still reading Blood Meridian and Karl May, work stuff.

Brandon’s Random Factoid

Assholes of the Week: Two more Oath Keepers have been sentenced to prison terms

Texas AG Ken Paxton has been impeached by the Texas House

Scientologist Danny Masterson has been found guilty of 2 out of 3 counts of rape in retrial

The three leaders of the Atlanta Solidarity Fund have been charged with money laundering and charity fraud for helping protesters against “Cop City”

YouTube will no longer take down videos falsely claiming stolen US elections

Heroes of the Week: The House and Senate have voted to approve the debt ceiling bill on somewhat bipartisan support

The family of Aderrien Murry is suing the city and at least two police officials over their son’s shooting

Utah school district has removed the Bible from middle and elementary schools

Federal judge has rejected Tennessee’s anti-drag law for being too broad and vague

Turkey president Erdogan wins his runoff election

Chris Christie is running for President for some reason

Biden will veto the bill that the Senate barely passed to repeal his admin’s student loan relief plan

The FTC is requiring Amazon to pay over $30 million over privacy claims with Ring and Alexa

Tourist has plead guilty for handling a Yellowstone bison calf that had to be euthanized

The ESA held the first livestream from Mars

Disney+ now has the first four Indiana Jones movies and the Young Indiana Jones series

Dwayne Johnson’s returning to his role of Luke Hobbs in Fast & Furious standalone movie

We got an official trailer for TMNT Mutant Mayhem

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