Let’s Weekend #226 – The Kids Are Alright

On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend: Minnesota sued some oil companies for long campaigns of deceit on climate, COVID-19 is back on the rise, and Trump had a bad week of dealing with his failed rally in Tulsa. Plus, the animation industry is making some good, long awaited changes to how it casts black characters.

6/26/2020 – The Kids Are Alright

• Intro
• What Are We Up To?
  • F: Salvation Lost, the heat, getting out now and then.
  • T: Castlevania Season 2, Grace & Frankie, finished Season 1 of Space Force (watch it, much funny), PSO2, Kingdom 2 Crowns, Civ 6, ACNH, PoGo (so my usuals)
  • C: Watchmen, She-Ra, Eurovision Song Contest, Floor is Lava, Last of Us Part II, Rocket League
  • B: TLoU Part II, Jak & Daxter collection, Chinese food, Escaping the heat. 
• Brandon’s Random Factoid
• Assholes of the Week: AG Barr tried to fire SDNY US Att. Berman for investigating Trump’s cronies, but he refused until his former deputy takes his place
  • Man that flew White Lives Matter sign over soccer game during Black Lives Matter knees loses job along with GF
  • Louisville officer that shot Breonna Taylor fired, but not charged yet
  • 3 NC officers fired over racist comments caught on tape
• Heroes of the Week: Minnesota Sues Exxon and Koch Industries for ’30-Year Campaign of Deception’ on Climate
  • NASA names DC HQ after Mary W. Jackson
• COVID-19 Dump Truck
  • US coronavirus cases hit new one-day high as states backtrack on reopening
  • Texas closing bars, limiting restaurant seating after Gov’s re-open plan fails
  • Barcelona Opera opens up with first concert played just for plants
  • IMF predicts deeper world recession than before 
• Only 6,200 attended Trump’s Tulsa Rally
  • TikTok Teens & K-pop stans claimed tickets to ensure low turnout
  • Trump said he told officials to slow down COVID-19 testing to get lower numbers
  • Tom Petty’s family issues C&D over use of “I Won’t Back Down” for rally
  • Panic! at the Disco’s Brendon Urie criticizes Trump for using ‘High Hopes’ at rally
• Statue Watch
  • American Museum of Natural History will remove Teddy Roosevelt statue
  • DC police stopped protesters from tearing down Andrew Jackson statue
  • Charleston, SC removed slavery advocate/VP John C. Calhoun statue
  • Trump threatens 10 years of prison time for those attempting to topple statues
• Senate Dems block Sen. Reps police reform bill
  • House passed their own police reform bill
• House votes to make Washington DC a State, Senate GOP not interested
• Trump continues spouting false conspiracy that the 2020 election will be rigged by mail
  • Trump admin also renews push to get SCOTUS to end the ACA
• The 3 men that killed Ahmaud Arbery have been indicted
• A noose was found in Bubba Wallace’s garage, FBI finds it’s been there since last fall
• MLB’s finalized details on a 60 game season
• Amazon buys naming rights for KeyArena to call it Climate Pledge Arena for NHL team
• Disney is overhauling Splash Mountain to remove the ride’s ties to a racist film
• Dixie Chicks Change Name to ‘The Chicks,’ Drop Protest Song
• Tina Fey requests 30 Rock episodes featuring blackface be removed from streaming
• The Simpsons are recasting their non-white characters voiced by white VAs
• Lin-Manuel Miranda gives two fucks to get Hamilton to a PG-13 rating for Disney+
• Tenet delayed again to August 12
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