UNBIASED Politics (2/10/25): NIH Cuts Funding, DOGE Unable to Access Treasury Records, Trump's Anti-Christian Bias and Second Amendment Orders, IRS Agents to Enforce Immigration Laws, and More.

Episode Format:

1. Federal Buyout Offer Update (0:36)

2. Judge Says DOGE Can't Access Treasury Records At All and Must Destroy All Downloaded Data (4:37)

3. Trump Administration Sued Over Rule Requiring "M" or "F" Designation on Passport (8:14)

4. National Institutes of Health Cuts Indirect Funding Rates; 22 States Sue (13:02)

5. Trump Instructs Treasury Dept. to Stop Minting Pennies (20:05)

6. DHS Secretary Tasks Treasury Secretary with Deputizing IRS Agents to Help With Immigration Enforcement (24:53)

7. Trump Signs "Protecting Second Amendment Rights" Order (27:38)

8. Trump Signs "Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias" Order (29:48)

9. Quick Hitters: Trump Declares 'Gulf of America' Day, Set to Impose Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum, Judge Says Migrants Can't Be Sent to Guantanamo (35:45)

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Federal Buyout Offer Update

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/politics/federal-worker-resignation-deadline-trump/index.html

https://apnews.com/article/buyout-offer-deadline-trump-federal-workers-ce854b19c41b90cd657f75cf09511e96

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-government-workers-face-buyout-deadline-trump-presses-ahead-with-overhaul-2025-02-06/

https://nypost.com/2025/02/06/us-news/judge-blocks-trumps-federal-worker-buyout-plan-hours-before-deadline/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Judge Says DOGE Can't Access Treasury Records At All and Must Destroy All Downloaded Data

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636609/gov.uscourts.nysd.636609.6.0.pdf

https://san.com/cc/judge-temporarily-halts-musk-doge-access-to-treasurys-payment-system/ 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/establishing-and-implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency/ 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/politics/elon-musk-doge-treasury-payment-system/index.html 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/nyregion/attorneys-general-trump-musk-suit.html 

https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-doge-lawsuit-attorneys-general-5733f8985e4cf7ad5b233fddefef4d01 

https://home.treasury.gov/about/general-information/role-of-the-treasury#:~:text=The%20Department%20of%20the%20Treasury,to%20run%20the%20federal%20government. 

https://www.usa.gov/agencies/u-s-department-of-the-treasury 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-is-scott-bessent-what-to-know-trump-treasury-secretary-pick/ 

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/07/what-is-doge-elon-musk-trump 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/us/politics/elon-musk-doge-federal-payments-system.html 

https://ethics.od.nih.gov/what-special-government-employee-sge 

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5119996-david-lebryk-retirement-treasury-doge-musk/ 

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1885582076247712229 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/musk-rips-fraudulent-treasury-payments-reports-mount-doge-has-access-federal-payment-system 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/treasury-says-elon-musk-doge-has-read-only-access-to-payment-systems/ 

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25515226-order-limiting-doge-access/ 

https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/court-filings/state-of-new-york-et-al-v-trump-et-al-order-2025.pdf 

https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/court-filings/state-of-new-york-et-al-v-trump-doge-temporary-restraining-order-memo-2025.pdf 

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/administrative_procedure_act 

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S1-3-1/ALDE_00013290/ 

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S3-3-1/ALDE_00001160/ 

Trump Administration Sued Over Rule Requiring "M" or "F" Sex Designation on Passport

https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2025/02/orrvtrumpstamped.pdf

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/transgender-nonbinary-people-sue-trump-administration-passport-policy/story?id=118592498

National Institutes of Health Cuts Indirect Funding Rates; 22 States Sue

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/08/trump-nih-university-funding-014838

https://vpresearch.louisiana.edu/pre-award/building-your-budget/direct-costs-vs-indirect-costs

https://x.com/NIH/status/1888004759396958263

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-25-068.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/08/trump-administration-medical-research-funding-cuts?

https://www.nih.gov/institutes-nih/list-institutes-centers

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/nih-announces-slashing-funding-indirect-research-costs-rcna191337

https://today.uconn.edu/2025/02/nih-funding-policy/

https://www.mass.gov/doc/ecf-complaint-mass-v-nih/download

Trump Instructs Treasury Dept. to Stop Minting Pennies

https://www.usmint.gov/content/dam/usmint/reports/2024-annual-report.pdf

https://x.com/DOGE/status/1881928086305870127

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/09/trump-pennies-treasury-truth-social-00203331

https://www.quora.com/What-counties-no-longer-use-a-penny-or-other-one-cent-piece#:~:text=Basically%2C%20the%20US%20and%20UK,piece%2C%20or%20%E2%80%9Cpenny%E2%80%9D.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_of_low-denomination_coins#:~:text=For%20example%2C%20when%20Canada%20phased,are%20obsessed%20with%20precise%20pricing.%22

https://time.com/7215870/trump-us-penny-mint-costs-one-cent-coin-debate-explainer/

https://www.theglobaltreasurer.com/2025/02/10/trump-orders-treasury-to-halt-penny-production-but-can-he/

DHS Secretary Tasks Treasury Secretary with Deputizing IRS Agents to Help With Immigration Enforcement

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-irs-officers-ice-deportations-ed87c4b5?mod=breakingnews

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-gives-gun-drug-agents-deportation-power-a62903b4?mod=article_inline

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/287g-program-immigration#:~:text=Section%20287(g)%20of%20the%20INA%20allows%20the%20Department%20of,functions%20of%20federal%20immigration%20agents.

https://www.ice.gov/identify-and-arrest/287g#:~:text=The%20Illegal%20Immigration%20Reform%20and,are%20released%20into%20the%20community.

https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual-1917-arrest-search-and-seizure-immigration-officers#:~:text=The%20Immigration%20and%20Naturalization%20Act,for%20a%20crime%2C%20or%20both.

Trump Signs "Protecting Second Amendment Rights" Order

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/protecting-second-amendment-rights-7b90/

Trump Signs "Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias" Order

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/eradicating-anti-christian-bias/

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/publications/teaching-legal-docs/what-is-an-executive-order-/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/23/trump-pardons-abortion-clinic-protesters-00200292

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5103978-trump-pardons-anti-abortion-protesters-ahead-of-march-for-life/

https://www.justice.gov/crt/protecting-patients-and-health-care-providers

https://apnews.com/article/abortion-tennessee-clinic-ba173581ca5d84cf3da3348dda50cf29

https://www.eeoc.gov/youth/sex-discrimination#:~:text=Title%20VII%20of%20the%20Civil,transgender%20status%20or%20sexual%20orientation.

https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4385391-new-rule-designed-to-protect-lgbtq-foster-children-draws-gop-opposition/

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/archive/media/press/2023/hhs-announces-historic-child-welfare package-expand-support-and-equity

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/establishment_clause

https://www.freedomforum.org/separation-of-church-and-state/

Quick Hitters

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/gulf-of-america-day-2025/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_observances_in_the_United_States_by_presidential_proclamation

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/09/us/venezuelan-immigrants-guantanamo-blocked/index.html

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-court-blocks-trump-admin-from-sending-detained-venezuelan-immigrants-guantanamo-bay

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/3-venezuelan-immigrants-court-blocks-administration-deporting-guantanamo-bay/