Let’s Weekend #425 – Dr. Doom Toots Again

Let's Weekend

On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about Trump bombing at the NABJ event, the awful and cool stuff happening at the Olympics, and the return of a certain actor to the MCU.

• Intro
• What Are We Up To?
  • C: Deadpool & Wolverine, Lost, Prison Break, Arranger, Hollow Knight
  • B: No More Heroes III, Guilty Gear Strive, manga, fuck you Gamestop
• Brandon’s Random Factoid
• Assholes of the Week: Trump spoke at the NABJ and bombed so hard with his racist bullshit that his team made him leave early
  • Transphobes lost their mind after an Olympic boxing match between two athletes that failed gender eligibility tests in the past, Imane Khelif beat the Hungarian boxer that posted offensive memes about her before the match
• Heroes of the Week: Katie Ledecky won her 8th gold medal after her 1,500m win for a new Olympic record
  • Biden admin negotiated a deal with Russia to get Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan back in a prisoner swap
• Biden called for SCOTUS term limits, an enforceable ethics code, and a constitutional amendment
• Kamala Harris raised over $310 million in July
• Project 2025’s director stepped down, but that won’t mean it’s over
• Kari Lake won the GOP’s Senate primary in Arizona to face the Dem’s Ruben Gallego
• The US is recognizing Venezuelan opposition leader as the victor in their election
• Illinois is the 8th state to adopt a law making it illegal for employers to hold anti-union meetings
• New York judge banned Wayne LaPierre from working for the NRA for 10 years
• US judge overturned the $4.7 billion Sunday Ticket judgment against the NFL
• A study suggests that the drying Great Salt Lake is becoming a significant greenhouse gas source
• Google pulled a controversial ad from the NBC Olympics rotation that promoted AI for fan letters
• Francis Ford Coppola kissed extras on the set of Metropolis
• Aerosmith is retiring from touring as Steven Tyler’s vocal injury will not fully recover enough to sing
• The next Avengers movies will be subtitled Doomsday and Secret Wars from the Russo Brothers
• The Disney, WB, and Fox sports service will launch at $42.99 per month
• Netflix’s That 90s Show Part 3 will come out two months earlier on August 22
• Netflix’s Squid Game Season 2 will premiere December 26
• We got an official trailer for Netflix’s Terminator Zero
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