UNBIASED Politics (2/20/25): Social Security Checks for 300-Year-Olds? PLUS $5K DOGE Dividend Checks, Trump's IVF, Agency Accountability, and COVID Vaccine Orders, and More.

Episode Format:

1. Appeals Court Expands Block on Biden's SAVE Student Loan Forgiveness/Repayment Plan (0:07)

2. What's Going on With the Egg Shortage? Did the Biden Administration Really Direct the Killing of 100M Chickens? (6:21)

3. Judge Rejects States' Attempt to Block DOGE From Access Government Departments; Here's What We Know About Musk's Role in DOGE (9:40)

4. Victim’s Family Files Form 95 Against Government After DC Plane Crash (16:42)

5. Trump Administration Revokes Authority for NYC Congestion Pricing Plan (19:06)

6. President Trump Signs More Executive Orders (IVF, Vaccine Mandates, Agency Accountability, and More); Here's What They Say (22:29)

7. Quick Hitters: Sen. McConnell Won't Seek Re-Election, Kash Patel Confirmed, Overdose Deaths Drop (34:50)

8. Rumor Has It: Is the Government Sending Out $5K DOGE Dividends? Are There Really Millions of Dead People Receiving Social Security Checks? (35:42)

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Appeals Court Expands Ban on Biden's SAVE Student Loan Forgiveness/Repayment Plan

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68419292/66/state-of-missouri-v-biden/ 

https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/06/supreme-court-strikes-down-biden-student-loan-forgiveness-program/ 

https://san.com/media-miss/us-appeals-court-blocks-biden-era-student-debt-relief-plan/

https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-appeals-court-blocks-biden-era-student-debt-relief-plan-2025-02-18

https://studentaid.gov/articles/6-things-to-know-about-save/#:~:text=With%20the%20Saving%20on%20a,You%20Earn%20(REPAYE)%20Plan.

https://studentaid.gov/announcements-events/save-plan

https://nypost.com/2025/02/18/us-news/bidens-475m-student-debt-cancellation-plan-blocked-as-federal-appeals-court-issues-final-decision

https://studentloanborrowerassistance.org/update-on-lawsuits-challenging-the-save-plan-and-options-for-borrowers

https://www.lendingtree.com/student/repaye-revised-pay-as-you-earn-program/

https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/repayment/plans/income-driven

What's Going on With the Egg Shortage? Did the Biden Administration Really Direct the Killing of 100M Chickens?

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/hpai_response_plan.pdf

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/bro-protect-poultry-from-ai.pdf

https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/situation-summary/data-map-commercial.html

https://apnews.com/article/egg-prices-bird-flu-inflation-record-high-9fbc5c6b2aff7b8d0a8bd437670773a7

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/14/business/egg-shortage-bird-flu/index.html

https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/finance/why-are-eggs-so-expensive

https://apnews.com/article/egg-prices-record-bird-flu-a2394bdefc7bd0514d4f003cc5e8a908

​​https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3725.pdf

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/business/chickens-avian-flu/index.html

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/white-house-biden-admins-killing-100m-chickens-contributed-skyrocketing-egg-prices

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hck5if2og4M

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/business/chickens-avian-flu/index.html#:~:text=Those%20%E2%80%9Ckillings%E2%80%9D%20are%20required%20by,spread%20of%20the%20deadly%20virus.

https://reviewtimes.com/news/565340/can-suspending-a-cage-free-egg-law-solve-the-soaring-price-problem/#:~:text=The%20concern%20with%20the%20cage,so%20the%20supply%20is%20limited.

Judge Rejects States' Attempt to Block DOGE From Access Government Departments; Here's What We Know About Musk's Role in DOGE

https://san.com/cc/judge-denies-democrat-led-effort-to-block-musk-doge-access-unbiased-updates-feb-19-2025/

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S2-C2-2-2/ALDE_00001149/

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-scores-win-suit-challenging-elon-musks-cost-cutting-powers-2025-02-18/

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25538512/ruling-in-doge-case.pdf

https://san.com/cc/white-house-court-filing-says-musk-is-not-the-official-leader-of-doge/

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-the-white-house-claims-elon-musk-isnt-really-running-doge-220031336.html?guccounter=1

https://san.com/cc/white-house-court-filing-says-musk-is-not-the-official-leader-of-doge/

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-president-elect-donald-j-trump-announcing-that-elon-musk-and-vivek-ramaswamy

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

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/29/nx-s1-5270893/doge-united-states-digital-service-elon-musk-usds-trump-white-house-eop-omb

https://x.com/TigerTownDream/status/1891840028931703172/photo/2

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-scores-win-suit-challenging-elon-musks-cost-cutting-powers-2025-02-18/

https://x.com/RenzTom/status/1887038847629877714

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency#:~:text=The%20Department%20of%20Government%20Efficiency,informally%20led%20by%20Elon%20Musk.

https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-02-19/trump-appears-to-contradict-white-house-says-elon-musk-in-charge-of-doge

Victim’s Family Files Form 95 Against Government After DC Plane Crash

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-prohibits-federal-funding-for-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-in-schools/

https://www.justice.gov/civil/documents-and-forms-0

https://www.cliffordlaw.com/clifford-law-files-250-million-pre-case-claims-against-federal-government-in-aviation-crash-over-the-potomac-simultaneously-notices-sent-to-corporate-aviation-entities-to-preserve-all-evidence-in-an/

https://www.cliffordlaw.com/clifford-law-files-250-million-pre-case-claims-against-federal-government-in-aviation-crash-over-the-potomac-simultaneously-notices-sent-to-corporate-aviation-entities-to-preserve-all-evidence-in-an/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14412533/family-dc-plane-crash-lawsuit.html

https://san.com/cc/faa-busy-dca-tower-short-staffed-on-night-of-deadly-midair-crash/

Trump Administration Revokes Authority for NYC Congestion Pricing Plan

https://nypost.com/2025/02/19/us-news/nyc-congestion-pricing-axed-as-trump-pulls-approvalofhated-toll/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-york-congestion-charge-hochul-rcna186273

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-administration-terminates-approval-new-york-city-congestion-pric-rcna192847?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=67b61c65ef5a5e0001019a0a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

https://www.scribd.com/document/830170746/NYC-congestion-pricing-axed-as-Trump-pulls-approval-of-hated-toll#fullscreen&from_embed

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ipd/tolling_and_pricing/tolling_pricing/vppp.aspx

President Trump Signs More Executive Orders (IVF, Vaccine Mandates, Agency Accountability, and More)

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/keeping-education-accessible-and-ending-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-in-schools/

https://x.com/NCM4Ever/status/1873786517686280555/photo/1

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-orders-end-funding-schools-require-covid-vaccines-rcna192274

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/health/trump-schools-covid-vaccine-mandates.html

https://apnews.com/article/covid-vaccine-mandate-ee3bcd198dec8e6cf61546f2bbe688bf

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-executive-order-expected-block-federal-money-schools-universities-covid-vaccine-mandates

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/colleges-requiring-a-coronavirus-vaccine-for-fall-what-to-know

https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/in-vitro-fertilization/about/pac-20384716

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/expanding-access-to-in-vitro-fertilization/

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/bec0091d-188f-41b9-aab0-653b62da332c

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/us/politics/trump-ivf-executive-order.html

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/promises-kept-trump-signs-executive-order-aggressively-make-ivf-more-affordable-accessible

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-announces-executive-order-on-ivf-treatments-232306757687

https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/ap-gov/independent-regulatory-commissions

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-reins-in-independent-agencies-to-restore-a-government-that-answers-to-the-american-people/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/ensuring-accountability-for-all-agencies/

https://www.epi.org/policywatch/executive-order-on-ensuring-accountability-for-all-agencies/

https://san.com/cc/trump-order-expands-control-over-independent-federal-agencies/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesbroughel/2025/02/19/trumps-new-executive-order-targets-independent-agencies/

https://pitt.libguides.com/usgovinfo/independentagencies

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-trump-order-saying-001200587.html

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-ends-taxpayer-subsidization-of-open-borders/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/ending-taxpayer-subsidization-of-open-borders/

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-signs-executive-order-ending-use-taxpayer-money-incentivize-support-illegal-immigration

https://san.com/cc/trump-order-stops-taxpayer-funded-benefits-for-immigrants-in-country-illegally/

https://www.congress.gov/104/plaws/publ193/PLAW-104publ193.pdf

https://www.law.cornell.edu/definitions/uscode.php?height=800&def_id=6-USC-2091927038-1215241633&term_occur=999&term_src=title:6:chapter:1:subchapter:IV:part:B:section:223

Quick Hitters

https://apnews.com/article/mitch-mcconnell-senate-retirement-34c79ef12bf62d14cb71d3c393f23a83

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/02/20/congress/senate-confirms-patel-fbi-00205240

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/drug-overdose/drug-overdose-2022-2023.htm#table

Rumor Has It

https://x.com/j_fishback/status/1891933120313663493

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1892229350281318409

https://san.com/cc/musk-weighs-5000-doge-checks-for-americans-but-says-deficit-is-priority/

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5154377-trump-musk-doge-savings-checks-debt/

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/19/elon-musk-will-check-with-trump-on-idea-for-tax-refunds-from-doge-savings.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/doge-dividend-congress-elon-musk-checks-james-fishback-interview-2025-2

https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2025/01/elon-musk-doge-government-efficiency/681366

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-loved-idea-doge-before-trump-white-house-quips?msockid=210bb9293cc9622e2e53ac223d7d63ce

https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/02/18/musk-150-year-old-social-security/

https://san.com/media-miss/elon-musk-says-millions-in-social-security-database-are-between-ages-of-100-and-159/

https://x.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1889429966603034956 (Elon Musk making the claim)

https://time.com/7258453/trump-musk-social-security-dead-fraud-fact-check/

https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-doge-social-security-150-year-old-benefits/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyjz24ne85o

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/musk-claims-150-year-olds-receiving-social-security-benefits

https://apnews.com/article/social-security-payments-deceased-false-claims-doge-ed2885f5769f368853ac3615b4852cf7

https://news.stthomas.edu/in-the-news-manjeet-rege-on-the-computer-programming-language-used-by-the-social-security-administration/#:~:text=The%20Social%20Security%20Administration%20maintains,data%20science%20department%20at%20the