Let's Weekend

In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the incredible primary win of Zohran Mamdani, Ron DeSantis' dumb new concentration camp, and the many bad things SCOTUS did. Trump admin bombed three of Iran’s nuclear sites late Saturday nightand it doesn’t seem like they obliterated it as Trump claimedTrump claimed there was a ceasefirebut Israel kept attacking Iran right after that announcementRon DeSantis announced his new immigrant detention facility he’s calling Alligator AlcatrazTrump’s Big Beautiful Bill’s Medicaid changes don’t meet the Senate’s parliamentarian rules as they struggle to find a solution for their differences with the House before the government defaultsZohran Mamdani has won the Democratic nomination for NYC mayor over Andrew CuomoTrump had a meltdown over itThey’re allowing states to prevent Medicaid funds from going to Planned ParenthoodThey’re limiting nationwide injunctions over Trump’s birthright executive orderThey’re upholding a key measure in Obamacare on preventive careThey’re allowing parents the right to keep their kids out of classes w/objectionable materialThey’re upholding the Texas law requiring age verification for porn sitesThey’re upholding a federal program providing subsidized rural internet/phone servicesThey’re blocking a lower court order requiring time for those being deported to contest itThey postponed a Louisiana redistricting case to the next termJudge approves Anthropic’s fair use of paid books for its model, but wants a trial for pirated booksFX is working on a pilot for Very Young Frankenstein with the What We Do in the Shadows crewJohnny Knoxville will host Fox’s Fear Factor rebootAmazon hired Denis Villeneuve to direct their first James Bond filmAaron Sorkin’s directing a sequel to The Social NetworkMatt Reeves has finished his work on the script for The Batman’s sequelDisney’s working on a Lilo & Stitch 2 live-action sequelStephen King’s The Stand is being adapted into a film with Doug Liman as directorPark Chan-wook’s next film “No Other Choice” picked up by NeonWe got a teaser trailer for BugoniaWe got an official trailer for RoofmanWe got an official trailer for SplitsvilleWe got an official trailer for Washington Blackletsweekenders@gmail.comApple PodcastsTuneInRSS

In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about Trump's dumb military parade, the heat dome that's making our upcoming week miserable, and SpaceX's new explosion. Vance Boelter shot two Minnesota state reps and their spouses, killing one couple, and was captured after two days on the runUtah Senator Mike Lee joked about the shootings on his Twitter accountTrump’s military parade was a boring, pathetic showSCOTUS upholds Tennessee’s ban on transgender care for minorsTrump admin’s SAMHSA is ending the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline’s live counselors for high risk groups like LGBTQ+ youth and veterans that need to talk to somebodyTrump’s calling for a special prosecutor to investigate the 2020 electionFDA approves HIV drug that requires only two injections per year versus the current daily pill optionMahmoud Khalil has been released from ICE detention on bailMuch of the eastern half of the US will be trapped in a heat dome over the next weekTrump will decide on whether the US joins in on Israel’s attacks on Iran “within two weeks”Appeals court sides with Trump on federalizing California’s National Guard troopsTrump signed another EO to delay the sale date for TikTok for another 90 daysTrump announced Trump Mobile phone that’s supposedly US madeKaren Read has been acquitted of her boyfriend’s murderThe new $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and all 50 states has been approvedSpaceX’s latest rocket test immediately exploded on the launchpadKraft Heinz will remove artificial dyes from all of its products like Jell-O and Kool-AidStreaming viewership surpassed cable and broadcast combined for Nielsen for the 1st time in MayBlumhouse acquired the rights to make future Saw films, shows, and other contentJon Bernthal’s Punisher will be in Spider-Man: Brand New DayNetflix is working on a series reboot of Land of the LostSinners will be available to stream on HBO Max July 4Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite will be on Netflix October 24 and theaters before thatWe got an official trailer for The Naked GunWe got an official trailer for The Sandman Season 2We got a teaser trailer for Untamedletsweekenders@gmail.comApple PodcastsTuneInRSS

In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the wild stuff going on in Los Angeles, the awful stuff going on between Israel and Iran, and the deaths of two of music's brightest geniuses. Israel attacked Iran and its nuclear and military sites in TehranProtesters faced off against the LAPD and ICEThe Trump admin got angry and sent the CA National Guard to help themThen the Trump admin brought in some MarinesFederal judge temporarily rules against Trump’s use of National Guard in LAwhich is on hold until a hearing can be held on TuesdaySen. Alex Padilla tried to attend DHS press conference in LA to ask questions, but was detained and removed by securityIsrael seized a boat with Greta Thunberg and others hoping to bring aid to Gaza and have detained the crewRFK Jr. has booted all members of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee after promising not to do so during his hearingand replaced them with vaccine skepticsRep. McIver has been indicted on federal charges related to that tussle at the NJ ICE facilitySCOTUS unanimously approved family being able to sue federal cops over a wrong house raidRIP Brian WilsonRIP Sly StoneRIP Harris YulinThe NPS is required to post signs inviting feedback about misrepresented negative historyTrump’s EPA plans to repeal all climate pollution limits on fossil fuel power plantsElon Musk said some of his posts “went too far” in criticizing TrumpDozens of states are suing to stop the sale of 23andMe’s personal genetic dataWarner Bros. Discovery is splitting into two companiesDisney closed their Hulu deal with Comcast for less than NBC Universal wantedDisney and Universal filed suit against Midjourney over copyright infringementThe next adult animation DC Studios show is Mister MiraclePixar announced a new film called GattoPixar has Elemental’s director on Incredibles 3A Minecraft Movie will be available to stream on HBO Max June 20Spaceballs 2 is officially happening with Bill Pullman and Rick Moranis returningWe got an official trailer for Eddingtonletsweekenders@gmail.comApple PodcastsTuneInRSS

In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about Elon and Donald's feud, the good news out of South Korea, and the heroic sacrifice of voice actor Jonathan Joss. Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been brought back to the US, but to face smuggling chargesTrump’s bringing back his travel ban for another go around with some exceptionsTrump pardoned a Virginia sheriff that sold badges to businessmen for campaign contributionsHegseth orders the Navy to remove gay rights leader Harvey Milk’s name from a shipNew Zealand’s Parliament suspended 3 lawmakers that performed the Maori haka in protest of a terrible billMan attacked Pro-Israel marchers with molotov cocktailsTrump admin moved to immediately remove his family from the country before a federal judge blocked themJonathan Joss, voice of John Redcorn on King of the Hill, was killed in a homophobic shooting pushing his husband out of harm’s wayBillion-dollar battery plant halted construction amid the market chaos going on right nowTrump’s reconciliation bill is working its way through the Senate, but will probably changeTrump and Elon are fighting after Elon criticized Trump’s big beautiful billSCOTUS ruled on three notable cases this weekSouth Korea elected liberal Lee Jae-myung after the last president was removed from officeOver 20k people had to be evacuated in Cologne, Germany due to 3 WW2 bombs being foundPrivate lunar lander from Japan crashed into the moon as a mission failureDisney laid off hundreds of people across multiple teamsSnow White will debut on Disney+ June 11Netflix is splitting the final season of Stranger Things into three parts out this holiday seasonWake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery will be out December 12We got a look at Tony Tony Chopper in Netflix’s One Piece series with it getting a 2026 releaseWe got a trailer for Alien: EarthWe got an official trailer for Happy Gilmore 2We got an official trailer for Squid Game: Season 3We got an official trailer for Wicked: For GoodWe got a teaser trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankensteinletsweekenders@gmail.comApple PodcastsTuneInRSS

In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about Joni Ernst's awful actions, that wild glacier collapse, and Taylor Swift finally owning all of her own music. The Tate brothers are facing rape and trafficking charges in the UKThe Trump admin canceled a $766 million contract with Moderna to develop an mRNA vaccine for flu strains with pandemic potential like the bird fluTrump reversed Biden’s block of US/Nippon Steel deal to approve itso he now wants to double tariffs on foreign steel to 50%The FBI is reexamining Dobbs opinion leak, the undetonated pipe bombs found on January 5, 2021, and that weird White House cocaine bag caseCamilla, Georgia mayor and two former election officials have been jailed for trying to halt a local election last NovemberIowa GOP Senator Joni Ernst tells townhall constituents that “We are all going to die” in defense of Trump’s Medicaid cutsthen doubled down with sarcastic apology the next dayLouisiana celebrated the return and burial of the remains of 19 African American people whose skulls were sent to Germany for racist research practices in the 19th centuryRIP Alf ClausenThe State Dept has halted scheduling of visa interviews for foreign studentsRubio also wants to aggressively revoke vias for many Chinese studentsTrump pardoned Todd and Julie Chrisley, reality show couple convicted of fraudRFK Jr’s MAHA report had many AI-generated sources citedKristi Noem claimed an immigrant threatened Trump’s life and it seems like he was framedPBS sued the Trump White House and NPR did the same Swiss glacier collapsed and buried 90% of an Alpine villageTaylor Swift bought the rights to the recordings of her first six albums so she owns all of her musicLilo & Stitch broke the Memorial Day box office record with a $183 million weekendKing of the Hill revival debuts on August 4 on HuluWake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery will be out on Netflix December 12We got a teaser trailer for The Thursday Murder Clubletsweekenders@gmail.comApple PodcastsTuneInRSS

In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the GOP's dumb reconciliation bill, Trump's continued fight with Harvard, and Joe Biden's cancer announcement. Two Israeli Embassy staffers in DC were killed by a shooterHouse GOP barely passed that massive reconciliation bill to fund Trump’s agendaThe DOJ charged NJ congresswoman LaMonica McIver for allegedly assaulting law enforcement officers outside the ICE facility a few weeks agoNewark mayor Ras Baraka’s case was dropped because they had no evidence of wrongdoingTrump admin is revoking Harvard’s ability to enroll international studentsFederal judge has blocked it for nowUK suspended free trade talks with Israel and announced sanctions over their continued blockade of supplies into GazaRIP George WendtTrump’s meeting with South Africa’s president had him pushing the genocide conspiracySupreme Court blocked the creation of religious charter school in OK with 4-4 deadlockFederal judge blocks Trump admin from shutting down the DOEDOJ made deal with Boeing to drop criminal case over two fatal crashes of 737 MAX jetsFederal judge continues block of DOGE taking over US Institute of PeacePresident Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancerDilbert creator Scott Adams announced that he’s dying of the same cancerRomania picked a Pro-EU centrist over a hard-right nationalist in its presidential electionPresident of CBS resigned as the Trump lawsuit looms over the companyWB Discovery’s credit rating has been cut to junk statusDarren Aronofsky announced a new studio Primordial Soup that focuses on AI-based toolsNetflix stepped in to pick up Sesame Street’s worldwide streaming rightsNetflix has ordered a series adaptation of the upcoming Dan Brown book “The Secret of Secrets”Avengers Doomsday and Secret Wars were delayed to 2026 and 2027Alex Garland will direct the Elden Ring movieAmazon Prime canceled The Wheel of Time after three seasonsWe got an official trailer for Jurassic World RebirthWe got a teaser trailer for Zootopia 2letsweekenders@gmail.comApple PodcastsTuneInRSS

In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the explicit bribe that Trump is accepting from Qatar, Trump's love of a certain group of immigrants, and how James Comey angered the Trump admin. Due to Georgia’s abortion ban law, a brain-dead woman must be kept alive to give birth to her fetusTrump’s accepting Qatar’s offer to replace Air Force One with a $400 million luxury Boeing 747 jet that he gets to keep after he’s out of officeSomebody tried to car bomb a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, but only killed one person and only damaged their offices while the lab was fineTrump admin made a deal with Mexican cartel leaders to let 17 members of Ovidio Guzman Lopez’s family into the USDems + 5 Republicans block Trump’s reconciliation bill from passing the Budget CommitteeRIP Joe Don BakerUS and China announced a temporary deal to cut tariffs from 145% to 30% for 90 daysJames Comey’s being investigated by DHS/Secret Service over a seashell Instagram postWalmart says that higher prices due to tariffs are coming as soon as later this monthThe FDA is moving to remove prescription fluoride supplements for kids from the marketIndia disputed Trump’s claim his trade talks helped make India/Pakistan’s ceasefire happenHarvard found out that a mislabeled document in their digital archives is an authentic Magna CartaRodrigo Duterte won his mayoral race in his home city of Davao despite being stuck at the HagueA trove of forgotten Nazi documents were found in Argentina’s Supreme Court basementThe man who stabbed Salman Rushdie has been sentenced to 25 years in prisonTwitter’s AI Grok was telling everybody about the white genocide in South Africa that didn’t happenMLB’s commissioner has removed Pete Rose and others from the permanently ineligible listCharter and Cox Communications struck a $21.9 billion merger deal to become a cable giantESPN’s getting a standalone service this fall for $29.99 per monthMax will be renamed HBO Max after two yearsMickey 17 will be available on HBO Max May 23Captain America: Brave New World will be on Disney+ May 28Amazon Prime is getting a Creed spinoff series set in the Delphi GymFallout has been renewed for a Season 3 ahead of Season 2’s premiere in DecemberPeacock’s The Office offshoot “The Paper” will premiere in SeptemberNetflix renewed The Four Seasons for Season 2We got an official trailer for Marvel’s IronheartWe got an official trailer for Nobody 2We got an official trailer for Supermanletsweekenders@gmail.comApple PodcastsTuneInRSS

In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the new Pope from Chicago, what ICE did to the mayor of Newark, and Trump's new dumb idea of the week. Newark mayor Ras Baraka was arrested at ICE detention facility for alleged trespassing as he and two members of Congress were there to inspect and protest the facilityThe USDA and DOGE are demanding that states hand over personal data of food stamp recipients for their nefarious plansThe Trump admin fired the Librarian of Congress via late night email on ThursdayTrump’s new surgeon general pick loves raw milk and has no medical licenseTrump’s new pick for interim US attorney for DC is Fox News’ Jeanine PirroThe World Central Kitchen closes their soup kitchens across Gaza due to dwindling supplies as Israel’s continued blockade of aid forces them to close downJudge ordered the release of Rumeysa Ozturk from immigration detentionTrump’s EO allowing white Afrikaans South Africans results in the 1st group arriving soonTrump fired all 3 Democrats from the Consumer Product Safety CommissionFedEx board member David Steiner is the new postmaster general of the USPSTrump says he wants to reopen Alcatraz for the “most ruthless and violent” prisonersFEMA’s admin was fired after testifying in Congress that FEMA should not be shut downThe new Pope is American Cardinal Robert Prevost with the name Leo XIVFriedrich Merz was confirmed as German chancellor after a second vote in parliamentGeorgia Governor Brian Kemp said he won’t run for a Senate seat, but for President in 2028Russian probe will be re-entering Earth’s atmosphere after spending decades orbiting EarthThe movie industry was confused by Trump’s announcement of 100% tariffs on foreign productionsNetflix is pulling Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and another interactive title on May 12The team behind BoJack Horseman’s new show with Netflix will debut August 22We got a teaser trailer for Squid Game: Season 3We got a teaser trailer for Peacemaker Season 2letsweekenders@gmail.comApple PodcastsTuneInRSS

In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the awful things Trump's admin continues to do, the good things going on in Canada, and the latest chance you'll have to check out Alfred Hitchcock's movies. Trump admin deported three young children, one with cancer, who are US citizens to Honduras alongside their mothersThe Trump admin wants to cut funding for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline for LGBTQ+ youthAmazon Haul was considering listing import tariff charges on some products until Trump complained to Jeff Bezos and he forced them to cancel those plansTrump admin dismissed the scientists working on the National Climate AssessmentTrump’s new EOs want to “unleash high-impact local police forces” on immigrants and criminalsIllinois landlord that killed a Muslim boy and injured his mom in a knife attack hate crime was sentenced to 53 years in prisonMark Carney’s Liberal Party won the federal election in Canada and his Conservative Party opponent Pierre Poilievre lost the election and his seat in ParliamentJudge ordered the release of Mohsen Mahdawi after he was arrested by immigration officials during an interview about finalizing his US citizenshipDEA raided a nightclub in Colorado Springs and claimed to capture 114 immigrantsBipartisan bill targeting revenge porn passed through CongressThere’ll be a military parade on Trump’s birthday to celebrate the Army’s 250th anniversaryMaine’s legal fight against the Trump admin ended with a settlementFederal judge permanently blocked Trump’s EO targeting the Perkins Coie law firmLindsey Graham asked the enclave to be open-minded about naming Trump the new PopeSCOTUS heard arguments about whether cops can be accountable for wrong house raidsArmy Black Hawk helicopter flew in Reagan Airport airspace, causing flights to abort landingsGermany’s domestic intelligence agency labels AfD party as extremistNetflix is getting a collection of Alfred Hitchcock movies on June 1Natasha Lyonne plans to direct a movie called Uncanny Valley using “Ethical” AIGuy Ritchie will direct Road House 2 with Jake GyllenhaalWe got an official trailer for DusterWe got an official trailer for The Smashing Machineletsweekenders@gmail.comApple PodcastsTuneInRSS

In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the newest Signal chat scandal, this brewing Ron DeSantis scandal, and how long George Santos is going to be in prison. DOD Sec. Pete Hegseth caught using a 2nd Signal chat for attack plans that included his wife and brother among its membersIt seems like the White House is searching for his replacementThe FBI arrested a Wisconsin judge for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant avoid arrestICE refused to let Mahmoud Khalil be there for his son’s birth, so his wife had to do it aloneThe El Paso Walmart shooter was sentenced to 23 consecutive life sentencesGeorge Santos was sentenced to over 7 years in prison for fraudHarvard is suing the Trump admin over their freeze of more than $2 billion in grantsPope Francis diedthe day after meeting JD Vance on SundayTrump now claims he has no intention of firing Federal Reserve’s Jerome PowellNIH’s autism study will pull from private medical recordsTrump posted on Truth Social asking Putin to stop his attacks on UkraineTrump admin canceled funding for women’s health study before reversing that decisionElon will spend less time with DOGE as Tesla’s sales and profits plungedOne of the top Dems in the Senate, Illinois’ Dick Durbin, will not seek reelectionGov. Ron DeSantis has a controversy brewing over $10 million of state money funneled to his wifeFyre Festival 2 was canceled with all tickets refunded with the brand now for sale60 Minutes’ top producer has left the show over pressure from Paramount to be Trump friendlySydney Sweeney’s set to star in a Split Fiction film adaptation with John M. Chu directingMichael Bay is set to direct an OutRun film adaptation with Sydney Sweeney producing itMax joins the wave of cracking down on passwords with Extra Member Add-on featureWe got a teaser trailer for MountainheadWe got a teaser trailer for Predator: BadlandsWe got a teaser trailer for Wednesday Season 2letsweekenders@gmail.comApple PodcastsTuneInRSS

In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the school shooting you might have missed, the cute colossal squid, and the Maryland Senator that did something amazing we weren't expecting to happen. Two people died and six others are injured after a mass shooting at Florida State UniversitySomebody set fire to the Governor’s Residence that PA Gov Josh Shapiro and his family lived at before getting out safely on Passover in apparent antisemitic attack that the GOP gave no shits aboutthe suspect seemed to be upset about his role in the Gaza warIsrael killed Fatma Hassona and her family with a missile strike on their building shortly before the film she starred in was to debut at CannesBritain’s Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of a woman is someone born biologically female in huge blow to the trans communityShortly after DOGE took over the NLRB, they made their computer systems incredibly unsafe that led to suspicious log-in attempts from an IP address in Russia almost immediatelyMaryland Senator Chris Van Hollen pledged to go to El Salvador after Trump and El Salvador President Bukele refused to consider bringing Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from CECOT and managed to meet with him to confirm that he’s okay at the momentTrump admin shutters a CDC lab that could’ve helped with an ongoing hepatitis outbreakTrump’s war against Harvard includes freezing $2.2 billion in grants and contractsTrump considers pulling Harvard’s tax exempt status in retaliationTrump admin drafted a memo to Congress to outline its desire to cut NPR/PBS fundingLuigi Mangione was indicted on a few charges as AG Pam Bondi seeks the death penalty for himMarjorie Taylor Greene’s town hall in Acworth, GA featured three arrests and two people tasedA colossal squid was filmed in its natural habitat for the first timeGoogle’s digital ad network was declared an illegal monopolyDisney+ is getting a Darth Maul animated series in 2026Shawn Levy is directing a new Star Wars: Starfighter movie with Ryan Gosling starring for 2027Clueless sequel series with Alician Silverstone is in development at PeacockPeacock’s Poker Face Season 2 begins May 8Netflix’s final two-part season of The Sandman will release on July 3 and July 24Peacock’s Twisted Metal Season 2 begins July 31We got an official trailer for The Fantastic Four: First StepsWe got an official trailer for The Life of ChuckWe got an official trailer for The Rosesletsweekenders@gmail.comApple PodcastsTuneInRSS

In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the chaos of the tariffs rollout and pause, the fun times of seeing how depraved the Trump admin is to deport people wanting a better life, and what the difference is between The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men. A lie on Twitter about an interview from a Trump official claiming Trump considering pausing tariffs caused the stock markets to rally for a bit on Monday before the White House corrected it and the markets crashed againThen Trump paused the tariffs for 90 days on Wednesday for every country but China to cause a big reboundbut then they went down again because there’s no trust in Trump’s BSand now some want an inquiry into whether this whole charade was market manipulation to help insider tradersChina raised their tariffs on US goods to 125% after Trump raised tariffs on China to 145%Smartphones and computers are now spared from Trump’s tariffsThe Trump IRS finalized a deal to share tax information with ICE to help them find more immigrants in the USTrump admin has added more than 6k living immigrants to the social security deaths list to try to force them to leave the countrySecretary of State Marco Rubio admits that there was no criminal conduct by Mahmoud Khalil, but did say he could be expelled for his beliefsJudge ruled that he can be deportedSupreme Court voted unanimously to order the Trump admin to facilitate the return of the Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El SalvadorFederal judge again ordered the Trump admin to provide her with daily updates on its efforts to bring him backMajor nations have agreed on the first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases for international shipping boatsTrump admin backed off of the in-person requirements they announced for Social SecurityWhite House ordered NIH to research trans “regret” and “detransition”RFK Jr claims the HHS will find the cause of autism by SeptemberRFK Jr endorsed the MMR vaccine with the measles outbreak, angering his anti-vax fansThe House passed the SAVE act to require voters to have more than just a driver’s licenseAustralian woman unknowingly gave birth to a stranger’s baby after IVF clinic errorBiotech company is trying to bring back the dire wolf from extinctionThe National Recording Registry announced their 25 latest additionsA Minecraft Movie has done incredibly well to become the second biggest movie the yearAmazon’s working on a Carrie seriesAmazon’s developing a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon seriesNetflix landed a Monopoly competition reality showAMC’s new Great American Stories anthology series’ first season will be The Grapes of WrathThe Last of Us was renewed for Season 3 ahead of the premiere of Season 2We got an official trailer for The Phoenician Schemeletsweekenders@gmail.comApple PodcastsTuneInRSS

In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the big tariff wave of news, the latest awful disappearance of a legal American resident, and the signs that a blue wave is on the wave in response to Trump's actions so far. Trump admin disappeared a Maryland man to El Salvador by mistake, but won’t bring him back to the US to his familyFederal judge in Maryland has ordered the Trump admin to bring him backTrump unveiled sweeping 10% tariffs and reciprocal tariffs on dozens of nationsleaders around the world are furious at these tariffsmarkets in Europe and Asia fall after Trump’s tariff announcementThe Dow Jones dropped almost 1,700 points during the following dayA number of uninhabited islands are included in Trump’s tariffs targetsthe formula they used to determine tariff amounts has drawn a lot of criticismChina hits back with 34% tariffs on all US goodsDow Jones dropped another 2,200 points on FridayFederal judge has dropped Eric Adams’ corruption caseDemocrat Susan Crawford won election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, defeating the Trump-endorsed and Elon-funded Republican to keep the liberal majoritySenator Cory Booker broke Strom Thurmond’s filibuster record at just over 25 hoursRIP Val KilmerTrump extends the deadline for TikTok to be soldFCC chair opened an investigation into Disney/ABC over DEI practice despite donationTrump says he’s open to running for a third term and that he’s not joking about thatPentagon inspector general is investigating Hegseth’s use of SignalTwo mom House Reps countered the House Speaker’s attempt to stop their proxy voting billTwo Dems lost their elections for heavy GOP districts in Florida, but with much improved marginsSouth Korea’s Constitutional Court removed impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from officeFrench court has barred Marine Le Pen from public office for five years for embezzlementThere are over 3,000 billionaires now, which is a recordWB completed the sale of Coyote vs Acme to Ketchup EntertainmentFox renewed The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, and Bob’s Burgers for four season eachDavid Fincher is directing a “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” follow-up for NetflixSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse got a new release date of June 4, 2027Fubar Season 2 starts on Netflix June 12Sydney Sweeney’s in talks to star in a Gundam live-action movieWe got an official trailer for Phineas and FerbWe got an official trailer for Tron: AresWe got a teaser trailer for The Naked Gunletsweekenders@gmail.comApple PodcastsTuneInRSS

In 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. 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 thereCIA Director and DNI claim they didn’t share classified information in the chatThe Pentagon warned after this leak that Signal is untrustworthy due to hacksJudge James Boasberg is presiding over a case about the admin’s use of Signal for war plan discussionsThe Atlantic published the entire text chat after Trump admin officials denied that classified info was discussedReports found that Signal password leaks included a number of the people involved in the chatOscar-winning Palestinian director Hamdan Ballal was attacked by Israeli settlers and the IDF kidnapped himbut the IDF released him a day laterAnother 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 newspaperSoS Marco Rubio says his dept has revoked hundreds of student visas so farUsha 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 insteadhe had a press conference to tell Greenlanders that they’d be better off with the USCanadian PM Mark Carney stands up to the Trump admin as he says they need to dramatically reduce its relationship with the USTrump announced a new 25% tariff on imported cars and car partsAppeals court sides with judge that blocked deportations under the Alien Enemies ActTrump pulls Elise Stefanik’s nom. for UN ambassador due to slim House GOP majorityUSPS head Louis DeJoy has stepped down as DOGE officials threaten the USPS20k people are being laid off from the US Dept. of HHSMia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, passed away on SundayPope Francis has been discharged from the hospital after surviving severe respiratory infections23andMe is filing for bankruptcy and its DNA data will go up for auctionA babysitter checked under the bed for monsters for a kid, but found a man under it insteadNetflix ordered a Scooby-Doo live-action series for eight episodesNintendo’s The Legend of Zelda movie will be out March 26, 2027Sony’s Street Fighter movie was pulled from the scheduleWe got an official trailer for One Battle After Anotherletsweekenders@gmail.comApple PodcastsTuneInRSS

In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the legal battle between a judge and the Trump admin, the very helpful DC police helping DOGE take down another government entity, and something good that may be happening with Coyote vs Acme. Israel declared its ceasefire over as it launched more airstrikes in Gaza to kill hundreds more peoplethey’re also attacking Hezbollah targets in southern LebanonTrump signed an executive order aimed at closing the Dept. of EducationStudent loans will go to the Small Business Administration and special needs concerns to the HHSTrump had hundreds of Venezuelans deported to El Salvador, despite court order demanding they stop for nowFederal judge asked for the DOJ to provide a sworn declaration on why they did it anywaythen he asked again for more details in another statement while Trump attacked him on Truth SocialTrump demanded that the judge be impeached before Chief Justice John Roberts stood up for the judgethe judge called the DOJ’s response to his orders “woefully insufficient”and has questioned the use of the Alien Enemies Act for this purposeDOGE were able to enter the US Institute of Peace thanks to the help of the DC police after being denied access for daysThe White House released the last of the JFK assassination files unredacted, which includes hundreds of social security numbers of people that are still aliveUS District judge Ana Reyes blocks Trump’s transgender soldier ban, citing the military’s history of discriminationRIP George ForemanDHS revoked legal protections for over 500k Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, VenezuelansTrump yelled on Truth Social that he could void all of Biden’s pardons because of AutopenThe Pentagon had to restore webpages of Black veterans, Navajo Code Talkers, and moreCanada and a few EU countries have issued travel advisories for travelers to the USBernie Sanders and AOC are drawing huge crowds for their town halls across the USHarvard is making tuition free for families that make $200k or lessThose two astronauts that were stuck in space for nine months finally returned to EarthScientists find out that exposure to heat can alter your DNA and age you as much as smokingDirector Carl Rinsch has been indicted on charges of fraud and money laundering from NetflixWB may be close to finding a buyer for Coyote vs AcmeA Complete Unknown will be available on Hulu March 27Conan O’Brien will host the Oscars again next yearPixar’s working on Coco 2 for a 2029 releaseWe got an official trailer for BallerinaWe got a teaser trailer for DusterWe got a teaser trailer for Happy Gilmore 2We got a teaser trailer for The Four Seasonsletsweekenders@gmail.comApple PodcastsTuneInRSS

In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about citizens being disappeared, a certain VP getting booed at the Kennedy Center, and the silliest major cheating scandal in sports. ICE kidnapped Columbia University student and protestor Mahmoud Khalil without any real chargesDHS official tried to defend the arrest to NPR while not citing a reason for itThe US wants to go after more pro-Palestine immigrant protestorsFormer Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested on order of the ICC for crimes against humanity and taken to The Hague over his killing of thousands of peopleTrump’s EPA plans to target more than two dozen rules and policies for what it calls the “most consequential day of deregulation in US history”Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and 9 other Dems voted to help the GOP pass their short-term spending bill to keep the government going that also enables Trump to keep gutting the governmentThe audience at the Kennedy Center for a concert started loudly booing once they saw that JD Vance had entered the hallMark Carney is Canada’s new prime minister and will continue the fight against TrumpGreenland got a bit of a surprise result in their recent election of parties to fight TrumpTrump announced new 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum importsEU respondsFederal judge temp. blocks Trump from enforcing EO that targets Perkins Coie law firmTrump’s pick to head the CDC was withdrawn just before his Senate confirmation hearingElon Musk turned the White House into a Tesla dealership for a cheap publicity stuntThere’s a major scandal going on in the sport of ski jumping as Norway’s cheating goes publicNetflix is working on a remake of Stephen King’s CujoSony’s working on a Starship Troopers rebootMufasa: The Lion King is debuting on Disney+ on March 26Babygirl will debut on Max April 25Percy Jackson and the Olympians was renewed for Season 3 ahead of Season 2’s Disney+ debutWe got a teaser trailer for Freakier FridayWe got a teaser trailer for The Life of ChuckWe got a teaser trailer for Poker Face Season 2We got a teaser trailer for Spinal Tap IIWe got an official trailer for F1We got an official trailer for Lilo & StitchWe got an official trailer for The Last of Us Season 2We got an official trailer for The Shroudsletsweekenders@gmail.comApple PodcastsTuneInRSS

In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the one notable event from the State of the Union address, SpaceX's latest mishap, and which company will be the next victim of private equity firms. After firing hundreds of CDC employees, some received emails rescinding their firingsNearly 6k USDA workers that were fired have been ordered back to workTrump’s working on an executive order to call on new DOE Sec. Linda McMahon to close the DOEDOD’s DEI purge featured a blanket removal of items with “gay” in the title, like information on the Enola Gay plane and service members with the last name GaySpaceX had another rocket launch explode, causing flights in its debris path in Florida to be delayedAustralian James Harrison, who had a rare antibody in his blood and donated blood over 1k times to save over potentially 2 million babies, has diedRep. Al Green was removed from the House chamber for heckling Trump’s speech that he didn’t have a mandate for his sweeping changesHouse GOP + 10 Dems voted to censure himWalt Disney Animation Studios workers have ratified their first union contractTrump implemented last minute 25% tariffs on Canada/Mexico, plus an increase on ChinaThe US stock markets plunged quickly, wiping out any gains since NovemberChina imposed tariffs of up to 15% on US farm importsTrump gave automakers a one month reprieve from his tariffsTrump then signed an executive order to exempt goods covered by the USMCATrump signed an executive order to establish a government bitcoin reserveEU is proposing a big defense spending package after Trump’s denied support for EU alliesWalgreens has been acquired for a private equity firm for nearly $10 billionCalifornia man was charged after stealing $25k in LEGOScientists start their journey to bring back the Woolly Mammoth by making woolly miceInvestigators figured out the causes of Gene Hackman and his wife’s deathsDisney laid off under 200 people from its TV & ABC News operations, plus shutting down 538Sony’s working on a new Resident Evil reboot movie for 2026letsweekenders@gmail.comApple PodcastsTuneInRSS

In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the Trump's continued siding with Russia over Ukraine, his support for Andrew Tate and his brother, and some positive news about that asteroid that had a small chance of hitting the Earth in 2032. DHS released a memo about detaining migrants in US bases across the country to make them internment campsUS voted with Russia and its allies against a UN resolution urging Russia to withdraw from UkraineTrump invited Ukraine president Zelenskyy to the White House to try to humiliate him and side with Russia in front of himWestern allies lined up to pledge continued support for UkraineTrump pulled strings to get Andrew Tate and his brother back to the US while they’re facing rape and trafficking charges in RomaniaTrump posted an AI-generated video on Truth Social showing the transformation of Gaza into Trump GazaIllinois jury finds Chicago landlord guilty of murder and hate charges for killing a 6 year old Palestinian American boy and attacking his momRIP Gene Hackmanthough the cause of his and his wife’s death are still under investigationRIP Michelle TrachtenbergTrump named former Fox News host Dan Bogino as Deputy FBI DirectorTrump’s tariffs for Canada and Mexico will supposedly go into effect on April 2The House GOP barely passed their first reconciliation bill to fund Trump’s plansTrump announced a new green card for rich foreigners called the “gold card”21 DOGE staffers resigned, saying they won’t help dismantle public servicesTrump admin tried a very stupid plan to blame Biden for a $400m Tesla armored car dealJeff Bezos announced new Libertarian focus for the WaPo Opinions section that everybody hatesGermany’s election ended with Friedrich Merz winning as a major loss to the AfD NazisThanks to the private equity firm that owned it, Joann Fabrics will be going out of businessThat asteroid that had a strikingly high chance of hitting the Earth is now at 0% chance to hit usSkype is shutting down in MayAyo Edibiri is set to write the script and star in the live-action A24 Barney movieDisney+ is getting a slimmed-down version of Sportscenter for casual sports fans called SC+Moana 2 will be available on Disney+ March 12Kathleen Kennedy is planning to leave Lucasfilm at the end of 2025We got a teaser trailer for Andor Season 2letsweekenders@gmail.comApple PodcastsTuneInRSS

In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the Trump admin siding with Russia over its war on Ukraine, Mitch McConnell going away for good soon, and how a plane landed upside down in Toronto. Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged with allegedly attempting a coup to overturn the 2022 electionTrump blames the Russian war on Ukraine on Ukraine’s President and calls him a dictatorafter negotiating the end of the war without Ukraine’s presenceThe DOJ expands Trump’s pardons on January 6 defendants to include separate, but related gun chargesSenator Mitch McConnell will not seek reelection in 2026Kash Patel confirmed by the Senate 51-49 to head the FBICanada beat the US in overtime to win the NHL’s tense 4 Nations tournament finalsThe USDA fired staffers working on the bird flu, but now wants to hire them backThe IRS is cutting 6k jobs in the middle of tax seasonTrump is hanging a NY Post cover of his mug shot just outside of the Oval OfficeDelta Air Lines jet flipped upside down during landing in Toronto, but everybody survivedArchaeologists in London uncovered a 2k year old Roman town hall during constructionAmazon MGM gains creative control of 007 franchise after longtime producers step backNetflix is investing $1 billion in Mexico’s film industryNetflix is working on an Extraction TV series with Omar Sy as the leadWicked will begin streaming on Peacock March 21The Last of Us Season 2 will debut on HBO April 13We got an official trailer for Cheech & Chong’s Last Movieletsweekenders@gmail.comApple PodcastsTuneInRSS

In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the big oopsie that Elon Musk's team had with the NNSA, the weird way that Fort Liberty was reverted to Fort Bragg, and an asteroid that one might root for in these strange times. The National Park Service erased any mention of transgender people from their website about the Stonewall UprisingTrump admin fired many people at the National Nuclear Security Administration before realizing that they maintained the national’s nuclear stockpileVance went to speak at the Munich Security Conference to tell EU leaders that they’re on their own if they’re not helping the Trump admin and their interestsTulsi Gabbard was confirmed as director of national intelligenceRFK Jr was confirmed as HHS secretary7 NY prosecutors resigned rather than comply with a DOJ request to dismiss their corruption case against NYC Mayor Eric AdamsTrump’s planning a 25% tariff on imported steel and aluminumFederal judge temporarily blocked Trump admin’s USAID funding freezeFederal judge is blocking the Trump admin from firing more CFPB workersFederal judges temporarily blocked Trump’s EO to block gender-affirming careFort Bragg sort of gets its old name backSteve Bannon pleaded guilty in We Build the Wall case, but avoids jailtimeTrump admin blocks the AP from covering events for not using “Gulf of America”There’s an asteroid that has a 1 in 47 chance of hitting the Earth in 2032The Goonies is getting a sequel with Steven Spielberg producing itNetflix is working on a live-action Dungeons & Dragons seriesWe got a teaser trailer for Twisted Metal Season 2We got an official trailer for FriendshipWe got an official trailer for O’dessaletsweekenders@gmail.comApple PodcastsTuneInRSS