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Let’s Weekend #473 – Project Measles 2025

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In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the awful floods in Texas, the return of Measles as a threat to kids, and the DOJ news about Jeffrey Epstein's client list.

  • Intro
  • What Are We Up To?
    • C: Superman, Conan O’Brien Must Go, Civil War, Home Movies, American Truck Simulator, Squeakross
    • B: Deux Ex, System Shock 2 Remaster, books, Goddamn rain
    • Brandon’s Random Factoid
    • Assholes of the Week: Flooding in Texas killed over 100 people with more than 160 people missing, funding issues prevented local siren warning systems from being approved, FEMA’s call centers has tons of firings and expired contracts as people were calling them for assistance, Ted Cruz was on vacation in Greece during the floods
      • Trump’s restarting tariffs with 30% for EU and Mexico on August 1
      • Twitter’s Grok AI went full Nazi before they deleted its worst responses
      • Measles cases in the US has hit its highest level in 33 years
      • SEC is suing a prominent Georgia Republican over a Ponzi scheme he ran that defrauded 300 investors of at least $140 million
      • Hero of the Week: Coast Guard rescue swimmer saved more than 165 people during the Texas floods
      • El Salvador’s government acknowledged that the US is still in control of migrants sent to CECOT
      • DOJ claims that there’s no evidence that Jeffrey Epstein had a client list or blackmailed associates
      • The State department is warning diplomats that somebody’s using AI to impersonate Marco Rubio
      • Nigeria’s government says it will refuse any deportees the Trump admin sends to its country
      • The IRS says churches can now endorse political candidates
      • The TSA has ended the rule requiring you to remove your shoes at US airport security checkpoints
      • Italian candy giant Ferrero is looking to buy Kellogg for $3.1 billion
      • Legendary Entertainment is looking to acquire Lionsgate Studios after it separated from Starz
      • A24 is bringing Ne Zha 2 to theaters in the US August 22
      • The Paper will debut on Peacock September 4
      • Alice in Borderland Season 3 will debut on Netflix September 25
      • Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2 debuts November 4 and was renewed for Season 3
      • Jon M. Chu is directing a Hot Wheels live-action movie
      • Netflix is working on a live-action Solo Leveling series
      • Larry David’s working on a new HBO show about American history
      • HBO Max cancelled Duster
      • We got a teaser trailer for Long Story Short
      • We got an official trailer for King of the Hill Season 14
      • We got an official trailer for Twisted Metal Season 2
      • We got an official trailer for Wednesday Season 2
      • Contact us at [email protected]
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