On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the continued events going on in Israel and Palestine, Best Buy's big news, and the mess of the House GOP's Speaker search.

Intro

What Are We Up To?

C: MHA, Castlevania, Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Starfield

B: Cyberpunk 2077, Starfield, music, vtuber rabbit hole

Brandon’s Random Factoid

Assholes of the Week: Israel escalates their attacks on Palestinians by telling the UN that northern Gaza’s 1.1 million people need to be escalated or face attacks, US &European leaders support this genocide, US Intelligence warned Israel about potential attacks from Hamas a week before

George Santos is facing 10 new charges in his fraud case to make it 23 total charges

The NHL banned Pride Tape to go against the tide of sports leagues supporting the LGBTQ community

Heroes of the Week: Kaiser Permanente striking workers got a new deal with a 21% raise over 4 years

House Speaker Mess

Steve Scalise won the nomination after a closed-door election

Steve Scalise steps down from the race less than a day later

Jim Jordan stepped up as the next favorite, but he still doesn’t have the votes to win

Election denier Kari Lake is running for Kyrsten Sinema’s Senate seat

Japan’s gov’t is seeking the revocation of the legal status of the Unification Church in Japan

The UAW’s strike has escalated with 8700 workers walking out of a Ford Kentucky plant

A bear named Grazer won Fat Bear Week

NASA’s next asteroid mission is targeting a metal asteroid

The WGA voted to ratify the new contract

Hollywood unions call on the AMPTP to get back to the table with SAG-AFTRA

It seems like Best Buy will stop selling DVDs and Blu-rays in store and online

Crunchyroll is launch a 24-hour free, ad supported channel in the US for anime newbies

Disney+ is getting a restored 4K version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

After being canceled on Paramount+, Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 moves to Netflix

We got a teaser trailer for Dragon Ball Daima

We got another teaser trailer for A24’s Hazbin Hotel

We got an official trailer for Wonka

We got an official trailer for The Iron Claw

We got an official trailer for Peacock’s Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain

We got an official trailer for Netflix’s Leo

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