Let’s Weekend #424 – The Couch Lover

On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the dramatic Biden exit that led to Kamala’s entrance into the race, the Olympics, and the extremely funny rumor about JD Vance.

• Intro
• What Are We Up To?
  • C: Unfrosted, many X-Men movies, Ghostbusters Frozen Empire, Rocket League, No Man’s Sky
  • B: Trails Through Daybreak, Travis Strikes Back NMH, books, Nintendo hanafuda
• Brandon’s Random Factoid
• Assholes of the Week: Israel PM Netanyahu spoke in front of Congress hoping to curry favor for more support for their war on Palestine, Over 400 people protesting the Gaza war on Capitol Hill were arrested by US Capitol Police the day before
  • The new HIV preventative vaccine is 100% effective, but the company that makes it is currently overcharging for it in the US to a ridiculous degree
  • Ohio Supreme Court voted 4-3 against a consumer that sued over injuries sustained after swallowing a bone that was in a boneless wing
  • Trump tells people at a Christian rally that they only need to vote this one time so he can fix elections in the future
• Heroes of the Week: The US male flag bearer at the Paris Olympics is LeBron James, Tennis star Coco Gauff is the female flag bearer
  • Legislation was introduced to make it a crime to fraudulently enroll consumers in ACA health care plans, There’s also legislation introduced to ban the practice of octopus farming
• Biden dropped out of the 2024 reelection race and endorsed Kamala Harris
  • She’s pretty much getting all of the delegates before the DNC
  • Nikki Haley supporters are supporting Kamala as they have higher standards than her
  • The GOP has tried to find a topic to attack her on that’s not racist/sexist and have failed
• JD Vance has been the subject of the weirdest election rumor that’s extremely funny
• US Secret Service’s director has resigned in the wake of the Trump assassination attempt
• There was a big hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone
• French Alps was chosen for the 2030 Winter Olympics and Salt Lake City for 2034
• There’s going to be a Skibidi Toilet film and TV franchise with Michael Bay at the helm
• Disney and WB Discovery partner for a new Disney+/Hulu/Max bundle at decent prices
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes will debut on Hulu August 2
• Homicide: Life on the Street is finally coming to a streaming platform with Peacock August 19
• The Boy and the Heron will debut on Max September 6
• What We Do in the Shadows returns October 21 with its final season
• We got a teaser trailer for A Complete Unknown
• Contact us at letsweekenders@gmail.com
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