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Let’s Weekend #450 – Consequences

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In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the latest awful events of the Trump administration, Neil Gaiman's projects that are getting canceled, and the shockwaves that DeepSeek has created in the western AI industry.

  • Intro
  • What Are We Up To?
    • C: One Piece, Rocket League, Command & Conquer, Just Cause 2
    • B: GoW Ragnarok, Fallout NV, books, Old Gaming Magazines
    • Brandon’s Random Factoid
    • Assholes of the Week, presented by Trump: There was a fatal plane and helicopter crash at Ronald Reagan National Airport that killed all 67 people involved, which Trump blamed on Biden, DEI, & diversity hiring
      • Trump’s placing 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico along with 10% on Chinese goods on Saturday
      • Trump wants to send up to 30,000 criminal migrants to a migrant holding facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
      • The Trump admin halted work for PEPFAR that helped prevent and manage HIV in Africa
      • The Trump admin laid off nearly 400 people from the USAID for supposedly not following a “stop-work” order
      • South Korean prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his attempted use of martial law
      • Heroes of the Week: Federal judge blocked Trump’s federal funding freeze that would’ve stopped all funding for various federal programs, loans, and grants
      • Trump Dump Truck
        • Trump’s FCC chief is opening an investigation into NPR and PBS
        • Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth ordered investigation into General Mark Milley’s conduct
        • Meta settled Trump’s lawsuit against them for banning him in the wake of January 6
        • Trump’s admin offered federal workers a suspicious buyout option to leave on February 6
        • A medical plane crashed in Philadelphia that killed seven and injured 19 others
        • Jim Acosta is leaving CNN after schedule shakeup pushed him out of the daytime schedule
        • Chinese AI DeepSeek sent shockwaves through the AI market with their much cheaper model
        • Neil Gaiman’s consequences
          • Dark Horse Comics dropped him after the allegations
          • Coraline musical has been canceled
          • Netflix’s adaptation of The Sandman will end with its upcoming second season
          • Netflix has greenlit a new adaptation of Little House on the Prairie
          • Netflix’s Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney talk show debuts March 12
          • Squid Game Season 3 will premiere on June 27
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