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Introduction: Minutes 0 to 4:00
I saw Twisters. It was more of a rental, but I liked Glen Powell in it. Chandra is looking forward to the Olympics, particularly the tennis. I’ve been watching 48 Hours episodes on YouTube.  Chandra likes watching Snapped with her mom.
Politics: Minutes 4:00 to 18:00
Last week when we talked Biden was still in the race although there were calls for him to step down. We also heard he has covid. Some of the top democratic brass were calling for Biden to step down, including Pelosi and Obama. Biden submitted his resignation on Sunday, July 21. In his announcement he endorsed Kamala Harris. This was not what the people asking for him to step down had planned for. They wanted an open convention and voting, which would have led to chaos.
The Democratic party lined up behind Kamala and by late Monday night she had enough delegates to secure the party’s nomination. She raised a record $100 million in just two days after Biden stepped down. She also got endorsements from so many people, including the Clintons, Nancy Pelosi, all the major democratic governors and many congresspeople. As of our recording on Thursday, July 25th at 2pm Eastern time, Barack Obama had not yet endorsed Kamala Harris. (He has since endorsed her, as I mentioned in an update.) We like how the Clintons supported Biden and endorsed Harris quickly.
There’s a groundswell of support for Harris. We both gave money to her campaign. We appreciate how enthusiastically Biden endorsed Harris. The tagline “We’re not going back” is so good.
Trump is thinking of dumping Vance as his running mate. We doubt that they even vetted Vance. Vance has a long history of saying terrible sh-t. One of the big stories this week was when people brought back comments Vance made in 2021-22 about “childless cat ladies” who are running the Democratic party. Jennifer Aniston clapped back at that. We wonder when Taylor Swift will endorse Harris.
Royals: Minutes 18:00 to 25:45
This week the big news is that the Invictus Games are going to be in Birmingham in 2027. At lot of us were shocked because it seems so unsafe for Harry and Meghan to go back to the UK. There are three years until that happens and it seems premature to speculate about it. I play a segment from Zoom where we talk about the royals. We hope they have great security in Birmingham. Chandra hopes Meghan will never go back there but I think she’ll go to support Harry.
Prince Harry was interviewed as part of the ITV documentary, Tabloids on Trial, which aired this week. He talked about the press portraying his mother as paranoid when she was being hacked. His own brother called their mother paranoid in his 2021 statement on the Dyson investigation into Martin Bashir’s interview with Diana. We talked about that in episode 130. I play a segment from Harry’s interview. Harry is so diplomatic and explains what happened to him so well. We hope that he knows that his family is behind the press attacks on him.
Comments of the Week: Minutes 25:45 to end
Kaiser’s comment of the week is from Lurker M on the post about Biden’s address to the nation.
My comment of the week is from Lightpurple on Kismet’s post covering June Squibb’s interview.Thanks for listening bitches!

Introduction: Minutes 0 to 7:00
I saw the movie Thelma twice in theaters. It’s one of my favorite movies of all time. Chandra was watching Wimbledon and her favorite, Daniil Medvedev, got to the semifinal. Chandra has also been watching YouTube reaction channels. Her favorite is MANIACITV. She also recommends I-9ine5ive.
Royals: Minutes 7:00 to 20:00
The last time we talked Kate had made her return after six months at Trooping the Color. She’s since been seen at Wimbledon at the men’s final. She did not attend the women’s final. We’re hearing now that she’ll be on vacation for several months for summer, which is what she’s done for some time. There was just a story about how she no longer lives by the calendar. There’s a real effort to lionize her for going to a tennis match. We would like to see Kate reach out to other cancer patients and charities.
As we mentioned in episode 176, the Middletons are also back from their insolvency crisis. They popped back up the minute Kate came out again. They were at Wimbledon this year and were even in the royal box. Chandra remembers when Kate waved to her parents in the cheap seats at Wimbledon.
The big story the past couple of weeks was about Prince Harry receiving the Pat Tillman award at the ESPYs. After the award was announced and before the ESPYS happened the British press tried to smear Harry. There were so many articles trashing Harry for receiving this award. ESPN commentator Pat McAfee was one of the naysayers. He is an idiot and an antivaxxer. The Daily Mail got Pat Tillman’s mother on the record to say that Harry is divisive. ESPN and former Pat Tillman award recipients defended Harry after that. Harry was so gracious at the ESPYs and the response was overwhelmingly positive. Of course the tabloids tried to spin it negatively.
Charles and Camilla opened Parliament this week, decked out in stolen jewels and finery. They were met with large protests and Charles was seen snapping at a page boy.
Prince William went to the Euro final, where he looked like a hooligan.
Politics: Minutes 20:00 to 30:30
Donald Trump was grazed by a bullet or some glass that ricocheted and hit the top of his ear at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania last weekend. The shooter was a 20-year-old registered Republican man and he was killed at the scene. One man in the crowd was shot and killed and two others were hurt. The whole scene was bizarre because Trump stood up right afterwards and was showboating, lifting his arm to the crowd. Security experts have said that you’re supposed to shield a high profile target. So many security failures happened. It’s doubtful anyone will stand up to Trump and it’s known that he tried to attack a secret service agent who stood up to him on January 6. Trump is doing open air events because he didn’t pay venues in 2020. We remember when Trump left his rally goers stranded out in the cold. That was in Omaha, we remembered it wrong.
Trump picked his Vice President, and it’s Hillbilly Elegy author and freshman senator from Ohio J.D. Vance. Vance is married to an Indian-American lawyer and has three children with her. The MAGAs hate that and of course they’re being racist about his family.
Unfortunately Biden has covid. Biden did not do that well at the debate a couple weeks ago, but he’s since done interviews and he’s been excellent. Plus of course the press focused on Biden’s performance instead of the fact that Trump tried to overthrow the government, that he lies constantly and that he’s a convicted felon. There are calls for him to step down and it’s ridiculous. There is not enough support for Kamala. Biden is also said to be making changes to the Supreme Court.
Comments of the week: Minutes 30:30 to end
Chandra’s COTW is from Oh_Hey on the post about Angelina Jolie requesting Brad Pitt’s communications around the 2016 plane incident. It clear that Pitt’s team is using bots to control the narrative. 
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Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:30
We’re glad we took last week off. I’ve been watching Dark Matter on Apple TV with Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly. Chandra watched Bridgerton season three and Late Night with the Devil. She also loved Kendrick Lamar’s live concert.
Royals: Minutes 6:30 to 25:15
We got a photo and announcement from Princess Kate last Friday. She said she would be at Trooping but we did not expect to really see her. We wonder who has been making the decisions at Kensington Palace.
We have heard for weeks that we shouldn’t expect to see Kate until the autumn and maybe not all year. Her appearance at Trooping was a big surprise, especially since she missed the rehearsal. We wonder why so many fake videos and photos were released of Kate the past few weeks.
The narrative after Kate’s appearance was typical. Allison Pearson at the Telegraph ran a fawning over the top piece about how amazing Kate was for showing up at Trooping. The subtitle of the piece was “When lesser mortals would have stayed at home, Catherine proved that the show goes on.” It looks like Kensington Palace has taken over the messaging again as it’s very tone deaf. Kate is covering People Magazine this week. King Charles’ biographer Catherine Mayer gave the quote that “However difficult, or otherwise, this has been for Kate, appearing was an act of service under the terms of the institution she is part of.”
Meghan sent jam and dog biscuits to Harry’s best friend Nacho Figueras. Nacho posted photos of his dog, I think it’s a whippet, next to the biscuits and the jam, which was labeled 2/2. Meghan was just sending a gift to a friend, it’s not like she was doing it to overshadow Kate. Instead there was an article in the Daily Beast with a source who said “You just have to ask yourself, who would set out to ruin a cancer-sufferer’s day? It is absolutely pathetic.” It’s likely Meghan sent that jam days before anyone knew Kate would go to Trooping. I play a segment from Zoom where we talk about the royals.
We saw Carole and Michael Middleton at Royal Ascot. This was surprising, because there were stories as of late last week about how they didn’t even pay the insolvency firm that helped them restructure and sell Party Pieces.
Kate did not go to Royal Ascot and she also didn’t go to the big Order of the Garter investiture ceremony earlier this week. She let everyone know that she would not be at those ceremonies. She’s expected to be at Wimbledon in early July.
Comments of the Week: Minutes 25:15 to end
Chandra’s comment of the week is from sevenblue on the post about Kendrick Lamar’s live concert on Amazon prime.Kendrick has been making hip hop history.
My comment of the week is from lanne on the post about the details of Justin Timberlake’s DUI arrest.
Thanks for listening bitches!

Introduction: Minutes to 6:15
I loved the Fall Guy and am on the second season of AMC’s Interview with the Vampire. Chandra enjoyed Challengers.
Royals: Minutes 6:15 to 21:30
We’ve talked for years about this common narrative from the British Press where they’ll come up with something the Sussexes need to attend and cover it endlessly. They’ve done this with Hugh Grosvenor’s wedding since the invitations went out in December. Roya Nikkhah, a journalist who regularly gets exclusives from William, reported in The Times that Harry and Meghan weren’t invited, which was not true. Then we heard that Harry was invited, but he declined. Chandra thinks that story was pushback from Hugh and Harry to William’s narrative. They tried to spin it like Harry declined because William is going to be an usher and Harry is jealous or something. People magazine reported that Harry and Hugh talked on the phone and realized that it would be best if Harry didn’t come.
We haven’t seen Kate since Christmas apart from her video announcement. We’ve heard Kate is not likely to be at Trooping the Colour on June 15th. She’s also not expected to attend any events around the state visit from the Emperor and Empress of Japan on June 25th to 27th. William was asked about Kate this week by a WWII veteran during events ahead of D-Day. William said she’s getting better.
Just last week People and US claimed that Kate was seen out running errands including making a trip to a chocolate shop with William. This is very bizarre messaging. It seems like Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace are not on the same page. Much of the narrative is to protect William. 
Kate is covering US Magazine, and the article is getting a lot of attention on social media because of the quote that “she may never come back in the role that people saw her in before.” Richard Eden in the Daily Mail said a couple of weeks ago that Kate might not be seen until autumn and then Tom Sykes in the Daily Beast reported from sources that she won’t be back until next year. It feels like a different narrative keeps taking over and being taken back.
Shiloh Jolie: Minutes 21:30 to 26:15
Shiloh Jolie, who is now 18, filed to have Pitt officially dropped as her last legal name. She hired her own lawyer and filed the paperwork herself. We’ve previously heard that Vivienne, who turns 16 next month, is only using Jolie as her last name, and that Zahara is only using Jolie as her last name in college. Brad Pitt and his children have been estranged for years since he abused and terrorized them on an airplane in 2016.
A source told People that Brad Pitt is “aware and upset that Shiloh dropped his last name. He’s never felt more joy than when she was born. He always wanted a daughter.” Brad and Angelina already had daughter Zahara for a year when Shiloh was born. All of Brad’s statements to outlets about this have been self-centered and lack any remorse or responsibility. We hope the public sees him for who he is soon.
Comments of the Week: Minutes 26:15 to end
Chandra’s comment of the week is from Miranda on the post about Trump getting convicted finally.
My comment of the week is from Jennifer on the post about Jennifer Lopez canceling her tour.
Thanks for listening bitches!

Introduction: Minutes 0 to 4:45
We will be off next week due to Memorial Day. I finished watching From on MGM+ and also watched Blown Away on Netflix. Chandra remembers the show Flea Market Flip with Ali Wentworth on HGTV. The documentary she remembers is called Craft in America and was on PBS.
Royals: Minutes 4:45 to 25:30
Last week, as we were recording, the news had just come out that the Sussexes were going to be in Nigeria the next day. There were so many stories, pictures and videos of their visit, but it was mostly limited to Getty and social media. Their visit was announced late, and we think that was to keep British journalists from traveling to Nigeria to cover their tour. It was hard to source stories and photos, but we loved that they weren’t being held up by protocol. They gave a lot of personal time to the causes and people they visited.
Meghan was declared a princess of Nigeria by four kings. That was such a moving gesture and you could tell Meghan was touched. Nigeria pulled out all the stops for the Sussexes. People love the Sussexes because they are so genuine. During their tour they were getting invitations from other countries to visit. I play a segment of Meghan’s speech at the Women in Leadership panel in Nigeria. 
There was a lot of racism and toxicity in the British press around that visit. Nigerian Twitter united to call it out. It seemed like Buckingham Palace gave the press the go ahead to attack the Sussexes. We’ve also heard that Charles is trying to block Harry and Meghan from visiting more commonwealth countries, similar to how Charles tried to block the Bidens from being hospitable toward them.
We mentioned in our last episode that Charles had scheduled a handover event to give William the title of colonel in chief of the Army Air Corps, which was Prince Harry’s regiment when he served two tours in Afghanistan. That little event happened, William cosplayed as Harry, dressed like him and took a ride in an Apache helicopter. The optics were terrible, because William wants to be Harry and falls short in every way.
The Sussexes are covering this week’s People and it’s such a contrast to last week’s weird cover story that centered how William was coping with his wife’s illness. There are direct quotes from Harry and Meghan saying how well they’re doing and that they’re going to plan more visits. I play a clip from Zoom with Karen, Zakia and Ameerah, where we talked about the Nigerian tour.
Like Karen mentioned on Zoom, the Sussexes got a lot of gifts. Of course there are calls for them to give them back. The British press is trying to make it sound like they got extravagant gifts. Chandra remembers when Camilla was gifted diamonds by the Saudis.
Archewell was briefly “delinquent” with their registration in the state of California, but that was a simple mixup by the Attorney General’s office which lost a check. The check was sent by certified mail and was delivered. Governor Newsom spoke out on their behalf.
This week we also saw more of William’s alleged one time mistress, Rose Hanbury. She was at the Badminton Horse Trials where she was photographed with Camilla. Rose and her husband, David Rocksavage, were also at an OBE service where their son was the page for Charles and Camilla. 
Comments of the Week: Minutes 25:30 to end
Chandra’s comment of the week is from Sunday on the post about Rose Hanbury’s reemergence.
My comments of the week are from Harla A Brazen Hussy and StellainNH on the post about King Charles’ new portrait by Jonathan Yeo.
Thanks for listening bitches!

Introduction: Minutes 0 to 8:00
I saw an alligator with her babies when I was in Florida. Chandra’s cat captured a chipmunk who looked dead but then escaped. I watched Fallout on Amazon Prime, Files of the Unexplained on Netflix and a mystery horror show on MGM+ called From. Chandra watched The Idea of You and Dune 2.
Royals: Minutes 8:00 to 26:00
We still haven’t seen Kate. William was asked about Kate and their kids earlier this month and he said “we’re all doing well.” A fashion designer who dresses the children said in an interview “I think they are going through hell, I hope they will be back.” When The Times reported on Prince Charles’ visit to a cancer center on April 30th they included the detail that Kate “is expected to be away from public duties for some time.” There’s no timeline for when she might return.
William is on the cover of this week’s People Magazine. He’s the focus and center of the story, with very little details about how Kate and the kids are doing. There’s a narrative that any questions about Kate’s condition are “bullying” and mean to her, when it’s more about the messaging around her illness. Anyone who points out the fake photos and videos the palace has been putting out are somehow hurting Kate according to their narrative. We wonder when the international press will start to call them out.
Harry went to the 10th year anniversary service for Invictus at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London on Wednesday and got a rock star reception. Harry’s relatives on his mother’s Spencer side were out in full force, but none of the Windsors came. They held a garden party at the same time because they’re just that petty.
We heard that Harry requested ahead of time to see his father but was told Charles was too busy. Harry’s spokesperson issued a simple statement about that. Richard Kay reported that “there had been no formal request from either the King or his son to schedule a meeting.” Royal commentator Charlotte Griffiths suggested the meeting fell through because Harry didn’t want Camilla in the room when he met Charles. Kay also reported that Harry didn’t request housing. Camilla has been leaking like crazy.
They also announced a military honors event in which Charles will officially hand off Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps to William. They made the announcement about William getting that title last year, but this is a made up handover event to try to pull focus from Harry. The Army Air Corps is Harry’s regiment with which he served two tours in Afghanistan.
The Sussexes have been invited by the Nigerian government to visit. As we were recording, the news had just come out that they would arrive the next day, Friday. The British envoy in Nigeria has admitted he had no idea about the visit and is not involved in scheduling.
Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef: Minutes 26:00 to 37:00
Drake had been trying to bait Kendrick for months before he finally responded with some of the most epic songs in rap battle history. We talk about the BBL Drizzy phenomenon, starting with the King Willonius song and evolving into Metro Boomin’s BBL Drizzy challenge. After Drake’s cheap shot at Kendrick, Family Matters, Kendrick dropped Meet The Grahams and then Not Like Us, which is breaking records. After that Drake released The Heart Part 6 in which he tells on himself and reveals that he doesn’t understand Kendrick’s lyrics.
There was a shooting at Drake’s house recently and one of his bodyguards was injured. Drake has feuds with so many people in his industry. Meghan Thee Stallion’s HISS is likely about Drake.
Comments of the Week: Minutes 37:00 to end
Chandra’s comment of the week is from PaddingtonJr on the post about Harry at the Invictus anniversary service.
My comments of the week are from MrsFonzieFace, K and Eowyn on the post about Robert F Kennedy Jr. having a dead worm in his brain.
Thanks for listening bitches!