Let's Weekend

Let’s Weekend #467 – Shook It Off

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In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about Joni Ernst's awful actions, that wild glacier collapse, and Taylor Swift finally owning all of her own music.

  • Intro
  • What Are We Up To?
    • C: Friendship, Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney, Fortnite, MLB The Show 25
    • B: Clair Obscur Expedition 33, Arcade Paradise, Babylon 5, Cousin got robbed
    • Brandon’s Random Factoid
    • Assholes of the Week: The Tate brothers are facing rape and trafficking charges in the UK
      • The Trump admin canceled a $766 million contract with Moderna to develop an mRNA vaccine for flu strains with pandemic potential like the bird flu
      • Trump reversed Biden’s block of US/Nippon Steel deal to approve it, so he now wants to double tariffs on foreign steel to 50%
      • The FBI is reexamining Dobbs opinion leak, the undetonated pipe bombs found on January 5, 2021, and that weird White House cocaine bag case
      • Camilla, Georgia mayor and two former election officials have been jailed for trying to halt a local election last November
      • Iowa GOP Senator Joni Ernst tells townhall constituents that “We are all going to die” in defense of Trump’s Medicaid cuts, then doubled down with sarcastic apology the next day
      • Heroes of the Week: Louisiana celebrated the return and burial of the remains of 19 African American people whose skulls were sent to Germany for racist research practices in the 19th century
      • RIP Alf Clausen
      • Trump Dump Truck
        • The State Dept has halted scheduling of visa interviews for foreign students
        • Rubio also wants to aggressively revoke vias for many Chinese students
        • Trump pardoned Todd and Julie Chrisley, reality show couple convicted of fraud
        • RFK Jr’s MAHA report had many AI-generated sources cited
        • Kristi Noem claimed an immigrant threatened Trump’s life and it seems like he was framed
        • PBS sued the Trump White House and NPR did the same 
        • Swiss glacier collapsed and buried 90% of an Alpine village
        • Taylor Swift bought the rights to the recordings of her first six albums so she owns all of her music
        • Lilo & Stitch broke the Memorial Day box office record with a $183 million weekend
        • King of the Hill revival debuts on August 4 on Hulu
        • Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery will be out on Netflix December 12
        • We got a teaser trailer for The Thursday Murder Club
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