UNBIASED Politics (2/13/25): Bribery Law on Pause, SAVE Act and Married Women, States Sue Over Disability Discrimination Law, FEMA Paying for 'Luxury' Hotels for Migrants, Kanye’s Ad & More.

Episode Format:

1. Trump Pauses Enforcement of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (0:21)

2. Marc Fogel Released From Russian Prison Four Years After Arrest (4:47)

3. States Sue Over Section 504; Here's What It Means for Americans With Disabilities (8:03)

4. Four FEMA Employees Fired After DOGE Claims $59M Was Spent on 'Luxury Hotels' for Illegal Immigrants (15:33)

5. DOJ Recommends All Charges Against NYC Mayor Eric Adams Be Dropped (19:32)

6. Kanye West Airs Antisemitic Super Bowl Ad (21:47)

7. Court Says CDC, FDA, and HHS Webpages Must Go Back Online After Executive Orders (23:56)

8. Education Dept. Agrees to Temporarily Prohibit DOGE From Accessing Records After Being Sued (27:05)

9. Senate Judiciary Democrats Request Second Patel Hearing After Accusing Him of Lying Under Oath (28:54)

10. Quick Hitters: RFK Jr. Confirmed, FBI Finds News JFK Files, Trump's Order on Paper Straws, Trump Pardons Former Illinois Governor, Appeals Court Keeps Funding Freeze Pause in Place, Federal Buyout Offer Can Proceed, Bannon Pleads Guilty, Sotomayor Comments on Recent Judicial Threat, Inflation Jumps, Disney and Google Do Away With DEI Programs (31:36)

11. Rumor Has It: Does the SAVE Act Ban Married Women From Voting? Is Trump Lifting the Death Penalty Moratorium to Execute Illegal Immigrants? Did Google Remove Black History Month and Pride Month from Calendar? (37:56)

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Trump Pauses Enforcement of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/pausing-foreign-corrupt-practices-act-enforcement-to-further-american-economic-and-national-security/

https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/muse.union.edu/dist/5/317/files/2015/01/11-Graham-and-Stroup-2015-AEL-forthcoming.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/criminal/criminal-fraud/foreign-corrupt-practices-act

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/12/trump-foreign-corrupt-practices-act

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-2/section-2/

https://www.trade.gov/us-foreign-corrupt-practices-act

https://natlawreview.com/article/10-reasons-why-fcpa-compliance-critically-important-businesses

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S1-C1-8/ALDE_00013797/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Corrupt_Practices_Act#:~:text=In%202012%2C%20the%20SEC%20and,threat%20of%20corruption%20and%20bribery.

Marc Fogel Released From Russian Prison Four Years After Arrest

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/02/statement-from-the-national-security-advisor

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c29d6k382k5o

https://www.reuters.com/world/lawyer-ex-us-marine-whelan-jailed-russia-says-she-cannot-confirm-his-whereabouts-2024-07-31

https://www.allsides.com/story/russia-trump-admin-welcomes-imprisoned-us-teacher-marc-fogel-back-russia

https://www.state.gov/u-s-government-response-to-wrongful-detention

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/11/trump-administration-secures-release-of-marc-fogel-from-russia-00203608

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fogels-russian-lawyer-chides-biden-lack-support-2025-02-12

https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/34877115/brittney-griner-russia-drug-case-line-prison-trial-more

https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/33846524/us-reclassifies-wnba-star-brittney-griner-wrongfully-detained-russia-sources-say

https://abcnews.go.com/International/russian-held-us-released-wake-fogel-release-kremlin/story?id=118725555

States Sue Over Section 504; Here's What It Means for Americans With Disabilities

https://dredf.org/protect-504/

https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ocr/civilrights/resources/factsheets/504.pdf

https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/HHS%20Rehabilitation%20Act%20Complaint%20Filestamped.pdf

https://www.threads.net/%40mrs.frazzled/post/DF8FjNNPBko?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/department-of-education-explained

https://www.ada.gov/law-and-regs/ada/

https://www.augustaga.gov/2223/What-is-ADA-and-Section-504#:~:text=The%20Americans%20with%20Disabilities%20Act,a%20disability%20are%20also%20protected.

https://www.ada.gov/resources/disability-rights-guide/ 

https://history.house.gov/Congressional-Overview/Profiles/93rd/ 

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/veto-the-vocational-rehabilitation-bill 

https://acl.gov/news-and-events/acl-blog/rehabilitation-act-1973-independence-bound 

https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-54794408 

https://teamster.org/rehabilitation-acts-1973-and-1974-and-american-disabilities-act-1990/#:~:text=The%20Rehabilitation%20Act%20of%201973,services%2C%20public%20accommodations%20and%20telecommunications. 

https://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/for-individuals/disability/section-504-rehabilitation-act-of-1973/fact-sheet/index.html 

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/gender-dysphoria/symptoms-causes/syc-20475255 

https://www.thehortongroup.com/resources/hhs-releases-guidance-on-federal-protections-for-gender-affirming-care/?utm_source=chatgpt.com 

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/03/2024-08880/health-and-human-services-grants-regulation 

https://public3.pagefreezer.com/browse/HHS.gov/02-01-2025T05:49/https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/04/30/hhs-issues-final-rule-prevent-discrimination-health-and-human-services-grant.html 

https://lambdalegal.org/blogs/us_20240516_dhhs-improves-anti-discrimination-protections-for-community-experiencing-hiv-gender-dysphoria/?utm_source=chatgpt.com 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/government-webpages-vanish-under-trump-022734725.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGfdWctT-b8FJ21Yep3h4B4NRMzaiBH8Ia7LGpdgDIxPImO8s7Mvp6xHzUKsK2LY0MRHXwfwVTnQ1Kfwrj_aWmY7LTCG23WKZE-LK5BIY7FjnqUDg0d-Qfh7EYOmNh0CZBq6mxpPkbCgomjb4VWOmeIgnKaxRjxGH4WMRw6x1DrK 

Four FEMA Employees Fired After DOGE Claims $59M Was Spent on 'Luxury Hotels' for Illegal Immigrants

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/02/11/statement-dhs-spokesperson-termination-4-fema-employees-who-made-payments-luxury

https://san.com/media-miss/fema-officials-fired-after-musk-claims-they-paid-to-house-migrants-in-luxury-nyc-hotels/

https://www.foxnews.com/us/4-fema-employees-fired-over-egregious-payments-migrants-dhs-says

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fema-officials-fired-after-musk-claims-paid-house/story?id=118692963

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1888891512303263815

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-the-american-people-against-invasion/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/nyregion/fema-fired-nyc-migrant-hotels.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/11/politics/fema-firings-new-york-migrant-housing/index.html

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/shelter-services-program#:~:text=The%20initial%20funding%20was%20operated,shelter%20needs%20of%20homeless%20residents.

https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2024/03/where-are-asylum-seekers-living-new-york-city/395176/

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-fema-funds-seized-housing-migrants/

DOJ Recommends All Charges Against NYC Mayor Eric Adams Be Dropped

https://ballotpedia.org/Eric_Adams_(New_York)

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/05/fbi-new-york-city-mayor-eric-adams-00177536

https://www.scribd.com/document/773353782/NYC-Mayor-Eric-Adams-Indictment#from_embed

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25517976-doj-eric-adams-memo/

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

https://san.com/cc/doj-asks-federal-prosecutors-to-drop-corruption-case-against-nyc-mayor/

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/11/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-charges-dropped-doj-move

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/10/politics/eric-adams-charges-dropped/index.html

https://apnews.com/article/eric-adams-indictment-109ef48bd49bc8adc1850709c99bf666

https://www.axios.com/2024/09/27/eric-adams-plea-fraud-bribery-corruption-nyc-mayor

https://www.jordanismylawyer.com/episodes/september262024?rq=Eric%20adams

Kanye West Airs Antisemitic Super Bowl Ad

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/the-switcheroo-that-let-kanye-west-advertise-swastika-shirts-during-the-super-bowl-a9ad6c3b?mod=hp_lead_pos10

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/11/business/yeezy-store-down-kanye-west/index.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ye-website-selling-swastika-shirts-ecommerce-platform-says-site-violat-rcna191651

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/kanye-west-twitter-x-account-deactivied-antisemetic-posts-1236302413/

https://deadline.com/2025/02/kanye-west-twitter-x-deleted-antisemitism-1236284061/

https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/ye-deletes-x-account-misogynistic-antisemitic-tweets-thanks-elon-musk-1235897203/

Court Says CDC, FDA, and HHS Webpages Must Go Back Online After Executive Orders

https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/about.html

https://bja.ojp.gov/program/it/privacy-civil-liberties/authorities/executive-orders

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/21/what-is-an-executive-order-and-what-orders-did-trump-sign-on-day-1

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/30/2025-02090/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal

https://uscode.house.gov/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-and-wasteful-government-dei-programs-and-preferencing/

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2023-title5/pdf/USCODE-2023-title5-partIII-subpartF-chap73-subchapI-sec7301.pdf

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/health-info-wiped-from-federal-websites-following-trump-order-targeting-transgender-rights

https://medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medicine-magazine/article/doctors-for-america/

https://doctorsforamerica.org/about/mission/

https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/jmd/legacy/2014/05/01/act-pl79-404.pdf

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-104publ13/html/PLAW-104publ13.htm

https://d.newsweek.com/en/file/477022/judge-ruling-cdc-webpages.pdf

Education Dept. Agrees to Temporarily Prohibit DOGE From Accessing Records After Being Sued

https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5139191-doge-agreement-education-department-university-california/

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277216/gov.uscourts.dcd.277216.1.0.pdf https://www.commerce.gov/opog/privacy/privacy-laws-policies-and-guidance

https://www.justice.gov/opcl/privacy-act-1974

https://www.irs.gov/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/11/doge-student-loan-data-00203689? https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2025/02/11/trump-signs-executive-order-instructing-government-to-work-with-musks-doge-heres-what-to-know/

https://www.kget.com/national-news/no-your-student-loans-wont-be-forgiven-if-doge-illegally-accessed-your-data/#:~:text=In%202002%2C%20the%20U.S.%20Supreme,for%20Education%20Statistics%20(NCES).

https://democrats-edworkforce.house.gov/imo/media/doc/house_democratic_health_leaders_ask_comptroller_general_to_monitor_implementation_of_medicare_drug_price_negotiation.pdf

Senate Judiciary Democrats Request Second Patel Hearing After Accusing Him of Lying Under Oath

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Letter%20to%20Chairman%20Grassley%20re%20Patel.pdf

https://federalcriminaldefense.pro/blog/what-happens-when-you-lie-under-oath/ https://olivermaner.com/posts/consequences-of-lying-under-oath

https://time.com/7199186/meet-kash-patel-donald-trump-nomination-for-fbi-director/

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/senate-democrat-alleges-fbi-chief-pick-patel-is-secretly-overseeing-firings-2025-02-11/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-aide-granted-immunity-set-to-testify-at-grand-jury-probing-mar-a-lago-documents-11667429590

Quick Hitters

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-agency-sends-trump-plan-release-documents-jfk-assassination-2025-02-11/

https://www.jordanismylawyer.com/episodes/november182024?rq=rfk%20jr

https://nypost.com/2025/02/13/us-news/robert-f-kennedy-jr-confirmed-as-hhs-secretary/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-ends-the-procurement-and-forced-use-of-paper-straws/

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-expected-to-pardon-blagojevich/

https://www.foxnews.com/media/former-illinois-gov-rod-blagojevich-opens-up-about-trump-pardon

https://nypost.com/2025/02/11/us-news/appeals-court-denies-trumps-bid-to-reimpose-federal-funding-freeze/

https://san.com/cc/judge-clears-way-for-trumps-federal-employee-buyout-program-to-proceed/

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/steve-bannon-pleads-guilty-border-wall-fraud-case/story?id=118664692

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/justice-sotomayor-defends-courts-criticism-trump-allies-rcna191788

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3d57zm9m0po

https://san.com/cc/disney-softens-content-warnings-amid-broader-dei-changes/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/12/google-all-staff-meeting-ai-dei

Rumor Has It

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8281/text

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/11/save-act-what-to-know

https://www.newsweek.com/married-women-stopped-voting-save-act-2029325

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/save-act-would-undermine-voter-registration-all-americans

https://www.newsweek.com/save-act-passing-senate-house-donald-trump-voting-2030041

https://budalaw.com/blog/2024/july/capital-offense-in-florida/

https://www.oyez.org/cases/1975/75-5491

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_death_row_inmates_in_the_United_States#:~:text=*%20On%20death%20row:%203%20(as%20of,2024)%20*%20Total%20number%20executed:%2050%20(1927%E2%80%932021)

https://www.newsweek.com/florida-proposes-mandatory-death-penalty-illegal-immigrants-2029285

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-calendar-removes-pride-day-black-history-month/