In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about Trump's dumb funding bill, the new comet visiting our solar system, and the fun time that Dr. Phil is having these days.
IntroWhat Are We Up To?C: Sinners, Get Out, Squeakross, Death Stranding 2B: Deus Ex, Shotgun King, Babylon 5, July 4th stuff.Brandon’s Random FactoidAssholes of the Week: Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill was passed by the Senate and House, so it’s just awaiting Trump to sign it, ICE will be supercharged with more funding than any other police or military force in the US government, Trump celebrated by using an antisemitic term about bankers that he claimed he didn’t know was antisemiticArmed man in Idaho created a fire to lure firefighters to a location that he fired upon and killed two of them and injured another before he was found dead later that nightParamount settled with Trump for $16 millionNYT used some dubiously-sourced information from a Columbia hack that originated from a race science Nazi on TwitterPenn announced a deal with the DoE to settle case over transgender athletes like swimmer Lia Thomas to erase records and post apologiesThe DOJ plans to prioritize denaturalization cases to strip Americans of their citizenshipHero of the Week: The Dalai Lama announced that he will reincarnate and have a successor that will be found by his office after his death in spite of what China would like to happenRIP Michael MadsenGood Riddance to Jimmy SwaggartKilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers filed a new doc in his case about the abuse he endured at CECOTSCOTUS will take on a case about whether states can ban transgender girls in sports next termWIsconsin’s Supreme Court ruled that it’s 1849 law does not ban abortionThe killer of 4 Idaho students back in 2022 has plead guilty in plea deal with life sentenceTrump wants to host UFC matches on the White House lawn for America’s 250th birthdayJudge okays sale of 23andMe and its trove of DNA data to a nonprofit led by its founderNASA spotted a new comet flying through our solar system from a distant star systemThe WNBA is expanding to Cleveland, Detroit, and Philadelphia from 2028 to 2030Dr. Phil’s cable TV network files for bankruptcy and is suing its former partner TBNNeil Druckmann & Halley Gross are stepping back from The Last of Us show to go to Naughty DogSinners producers says their costumes were purchased from Mavel’s Blade reboot that stalledThere’s going to be a standalone second season of Cyberpunk EdgerunnersWe got a teaser trailer for Troll 2We got an official trailer for Project Hail MaryWe got an official trailer for Sentimental ValueWe got an official trailer for The Cat in the HatWe got an official trailer for The Running ManSubscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, or RSS