by Chris SelogyIn this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the Texas Democrats getting out of the state to keep redistricting from happening, MAGA Disney’s formation, and the news of Big Balls getting beat up in Disney that’s causing the Trump admin to crackdown on DC.
- Intro
- What Are We Up To?
- C: The Naked Gun, King of the Hill, Wednesday, Octopath Traveler
- B: Astro Bot, Void Stranger, Strange Houses by Uketsu, momentary respite.
- Brandon’s Random Factoid
- Assholes of the Week: RFK Jr pulled $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine contracts
- A sergeant at Fort Stewart in Georgia shot five coworkers at the base without killing any of them
- Israel approved a plan to take over Gaza City as their war continues
- The US Air Force will deny early retirement benefits to all transgender service members that have served between 15 to 18 years the option to retire early
- Trump wants the 2030 census to exclude anybody living in the country without legal status
- Heroes of the Week: Texas Democrats left the state to break quorum to keep the Texas House from being able to pass its new redistricting map that would give the GOP more seats in the House of Representatives, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has helped keep them safe, Abbott wants the state Supreme Court to remove them from office, Trump wants the FBI to help Texas get them back, Many of them have gone to California to meet with Gov. Gavin Newsom and Nancy Pelosi
- RIP Apollo 13 astronaut James Lovell
- The Senate confirmed Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor for DC
- Trump’s NPS will restore and reinstall a statue of Albert Pike in DC
- The State Department wants to require some visa applicants to post bond of up to $15,000
- Big Balls got beat up in DC and Trump’s mad about it
- Jury has ordered Tesla to pay over $240 million in damages for Autopilot crash
- There might be a planet orbiting the star Alpha Centauri A that’s featured in the Avatar movies
- ESPN signed a big deal to get WWE’s live PPV events in the US for 2026
- ESPN is acquiring NFL Network and NFL RedZone while the NFL gets 10% stake of ESPN
- Disney and Gina Carano have settled their legal dispute
- Disney’s phasing out the Hulu app to put all of its content on Disney+
- Disney canceled Goosebumps series for Disney+ after two seasons
- Netflix’s Fubar is canceled after two seasons
- Netflix is working on a T.J. Hooker reboot film
- Sony’s working on a Spider-Punk animated movie
- Neon acquired rights to make an Exit 8 movie
- Hamilton’s coming to theaters on September 5
- We got an official trailer for The Paper
- We got an official trailer for Rental Family
- We got a teaser trailer for Cold Storage
- We got a teaser trailer for Jay Kelly
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