Let’s Weekend #240 – Stand Back and Stand By

On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about all of the disastrous Trump news, this weird but cool scorpion gaming chair, and who got the role of Ms. Marvel for the MCU.

• Intro
• What Are We Up To?
  • P: Gamers Without Borders stuff, and a lot of written content planned…
  • C: The Good Place, Cowboy Bebop, Crash Bandicoot 4, Super Mario Bros. 35, Rocket League
  • B: 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Disgaea V, anime.
• Brandon’s Random Factoid
• Assholes of the Week: Trump refused to denounce white supremacists and militias during the debate, gives the Proud Boys a new slogan/logo 
  • Trump campaign strategy in 2016 in Facebook ad plan to encourage millions of Black Americans to not vote
  • Indigenous woman in Canada broadcast doctors’ insulting her on her deathbed on Facebook Live
  • Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman are facing felonies for conspiracy to intimidate voters with robocalls
• Heroes of the Week: CA Gov. Newsom passed law prompted by Kobe Bryant crash
  • House Rep. Katie Porter took pharma CEOs to task for cancer drug price hikes
  • Chrissy Teigen and John Legend break the silence around miscarriages with Chrissy’s instagram post shortly after losing her son
• COVID-19 Dump Truck
  • Trump and Melania tested positive for COVID-19
    • Hope Hicks tested positive
    • Sen. Mike Lee also tests positive, may have exposed Judge Barrett
    • Joe and Jill Biden test negative
  • They’re still not going to require masks at the White House after this
  • GA Sen. Kelly Loeffler wins worst take by claiming China’s responsible
  • Trump admin is using $300 million from CDC on advertising blitz
  • NFL postpones Pittsburgh, Tennessee game after several positive tests
  • Amazon admits that nearly 20k of its workers got COVID-19 or had symptoms
• 2020 US Election Watch
  • Trump’s tax returns for the past 15 years finally leaked to the public
    • Ivanka is wrapped up in his schemes
  • Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and their spouses released their tax returns
  • Commission on Presidential Debates adds tools to maintain order for next debate
  • Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale had a mental breakdown
  • Brooklyn voters received absentee ballot envelopes w/wrong names/addresses
  • Dwayne Johnson endorsed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
• WH described Amy Barrett as a Rhodes Scholar because she went to Rhodes College
• There’s a weird scorpion chair that’s made for gaming and is also a home workstation
• Iman Vellani will play title role of Ms. Marvel for Disney Plus series
• Conan The Barbarian series in development at Netflix
• Cobra Kai renewed for Season 4 on Netflix
• No Time to Die pushed to 2021 release
• We got a trailer for The Witches
• Contact us at letsweekenders@gmail.com 

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Let's Weekend #240 - Stand Back and Stand By

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