by Chris SelogyIn this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the whole Signal war planning chat that leaked in the dumbest way possible, the latest public disappearance of a college student, and what creepy data may be auctioned off to another company soon.
- Intro
- What Are We Up To?
- C: Daredevil: Born Again, MLB The Show 25
- B: Arcade Paradise, Syberia The World Before, books, pollen-ocalypse The Reckoning
- Brandon’s Random Factoid
- Assholes of the Week: Somebody in the Trump admin’s Signal chat where they discussed war plans accidentally invited the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, who then reported on what was going on in there, CIA Director and DNI claim they didn’t share classified information in the chat, The Pentagon warned after this leak that Signal is untrustworthy due to hacks, Judge James Boasberg is presiding over a case about the admin’s use of Signal for war plan discussions, The Atlantic published the entire text chat after Trump admin officials denied that classified info was discussed, Reports found that Signal password leaks included a number of the people involved in the chat
- Oscar-winning Palestinian director Hamdan Ballal was attacked by Israeli settlers and the IDF kidnapped him, but the IDF released him a day later
- Another immigrant PhD student was kidnapped by plainclothes ICE officials as Rumeysa Ozturk was walking to meet her friends due to an op-ed she wrote for the Tufts university student newspaper, SoS Marco Rubio says his dept has revoked hundreds of student visas so far
- Usha Vance was going to Greenland for their national dog race, but then JD Vance joined her and ruined everything so that it turned into a visit to the US military base instead, he had a press conference to tell Greenlanders that they’d be better off with the US
- Heroes of the Week: Canadian PM Mark Carney stands up to the Trump admin as he says they need to dramatically reduce its relationship with the US
- Trump Dump Truck
- Trump announced a new 25% tariff on imported cars and car parts
- Appeals court sides with judge that blocked deportations under the Alien Enemies Act
- Trump pulls Elise Stefanik’s nom. for UN ambassador due to slim House GOP majority
- USPS head Louis DeJoy has stepped down as DOGE officials threaten the USPS
- 20k people are being laid off from the US Dept. of HHS
- Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, passed away on Sunday
- Pope Francis has been discharged from the hospital after surviving severe respiratory infections
- 23andMe is filing for bankruptcy and its DNA data will go up for auction
- A babysitter checked under the bed for monsters for a kid, but found a man under it instead
- Netflix ordered a Scooby-Doo live-action series for eight episodes
- Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda movie will be out March 26, 2027
- Sony’s Street Fighter movie was pulled from the schedule
- We got an official trailer for One Battle After Another
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