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Let’s Weekend #471 – Avoid Alligator Alcatraz

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In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the incredible primary win of Zohran Mamdani, Ron DeSantis' dumb new concentration camp, and the many bad things SCOTUS did.

  • Intro
  • What Are We Up To?
    • C: Squid Game S3, Pokemon Violet
    • B: We Love Katamari Reroll, Shotgun King, Blue Prince, Babylon 5, the world is lava.
    • Brandon’s Random Factoid
    • Assholes of the Week: Trump admin bombed three of Iran’s nuclear sites late Saturday nightand it doesn’t seem like they obliterated it as Trump claimed. Trump claimed there was a ceasefire, but Israel kept attacking Iran right after that announcement
      • Ron DeSantis announced his new immigrant detention facility he’s calling Alligator Alcatraz
      • Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill’s Medicaid changes don’t meet the Senate’s parliamentarian rules as they struggle to find a solution for their differences with the House before the government defaults
      • Heroes of the Week: Zohran Mamdani has won the Democratic nomination for NYC mayor over Andrew Cuomo, Trump had a meltdown over it
      • SCOTUS End of the Term Dumpster
        • They’re allowing states to prevent Medicaid funds from going to Planned Parenthood
        • They’re limiting nationwide injunctions over Trump’s birthright executive order
        • They’re upholding a key measure in Obamacare on preventive care
        • They’re allowing parents the right to keep their kids out of classes w/objectionable material
        • They’re upholding the Texas law requiring age verification for porn sites
        • They’re upholding a federal program providing subsidized rural internet/phone services
        • They’re blocking a lower court order requiring time for those being deported to contest it
        • They postponed a Louisiana redistricting case to the next term
        • Judge approves Anthropic’s fair use of paid books for its model, but wants a trial for pirated books
        • FX is working on a pilot for Very Young Frankenstein with the What We Do in the Shadows crew
        • Johnny Knoxville will host Fox’s Fear Factor reboot
        • Amazon hired Denis Villeneuve to direct their first James Bond film
        • Aaron Sorkin’s directing a sequel to The Social Network
        • Matt Reeves has finished his work on the script for The Batman’s sequel
        • Disney’s working on a Lilo & Stitch 2 live-action sequel
        • Stephen King’s The Stand is being adapted into a film with Doug Liman as director
        • Park Chan-wook’s next film “No Other Choice” picked up by Neon
        • We got a teaser trailer for Bugonia
        • We got an official trailer for Roofman
        • We got an official trailer for Splitsville
        • We got an official trailer for Washington Black
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