UNBIASED Politics (2/3/25): Trump's Tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico; DOGE's Access to Treasury Dept. Records and USAID; DoD Issues Statement About Removing 'Special Observances'; and More.

Episode Format:

1. Adding More to Thursday's 'Rumor Has It' Segment Re: Disbanded FAA Committee and FAA DEI Programs (0:12)

2. Musk's DOGE Agency Seeks Access to USAID and Treasury Dept. Resources (4:08)

3. President Trump Announces Tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada; Here’s Where His Authority To Do So Comes From (12:13)

4. Dept. of Defense Says It Will No Longer Use Federal Resources for 'Special Observances' Like Black History Month or Women's History Month (24:54)

5. Quick Hitters: Marines Begin Migrant Prep at Guantanamo Bay, Venezuela Releases American Detainees and Agrees to Accept Deportation Flights, Trump Says ISIS Attacker and Other Terrorists Were Struck with Air Strike in Somalia (29:36)

6. Daily Critical Thinking Segment (33:18)

Adding More to Thursday's 'Rumor Has It' Segment Re: Disbanded FAA Committee and FAA DEI Programs

https://web.archive.org/web/20250131121907/https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-provides-aviation-careers-people-disabilities

https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/jan/30/did-donald-trumps-firing-of-aviation-officials-mak/

Musk's DOGE Agency Seeks Access to USAID and Treasury Dept. Resources

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-says-trump-are-shutting-usaid-rcna190388

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-administration-shutters-usaid-headquarters-db3fac7e

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-explores-bringing-usaid-under-state-department-sources-say-2025-01-31/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/27/top-usaid-career-staff-ordered-leave-00200854

https://san.com/cc/usaid-security-chiefs-on-leave-after-trying-to-stop-doge-from-accessing-data/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/us/politics/usaid-official-leave-musk.html

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/turmoil-inside-usaid-doge-reps-offices-senior-officials/story?id=118368900

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

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/02/usaid-trump-musk/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/interactive/2023/scif-room-meaning-classified/?itid=lk_inline_manual_20

https://www.state.gov/implementing-the-presidents-executive-order-on-reevaluating-and-realigning-united-states-foreign-aid/

https://x.com/elonmusk

https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-doge-treasury-personal-info-2025230

President Trump Announces Tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-imposes-tariffs-on-imports-from-canada-mexico-and-china/

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/31/how-tariffs-on-canada-china-and-mexico-may-impact-us-consumers.html

https://nypost.com/2025/02/03/us-news/mexicos-president-announces-deal-with-trump-to-pause-tariffs-for-a-month/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/us/politics/trump-tariffs-ieepa.html

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R45618

https://time.com/7212166/what-are-tariffs-trump-imposing-import-taxes/

https://x.com/Claudiashein/status/1885855974407446726

https://x.com/JustinTrudeau/status/1886093691535704414

https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/xw/fyrbt/lxjzh/202502/t20250202_11548196.html

https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/02/trump-tariffs-republicans-applaud-trade-war

https://apnews.com/article/trumps-tariffs-canada-mexico-china

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/3/as-mexico-canada-hit-back-china-pulls-punches-on-trumps-tariffs

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/experts-react-trump-just-slapped-tariffs-on-mexico-canada-and-china-whats-next/

Dept. of Defense Says It Will No Longer Use Federal Resources for 'Special Observances' Like Black History Month or Women's History Month

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna190189

https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/02/01/trump-acknowledges-black-history-month-after-weeks-of-attacking-diversity/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/01/national-black-history-month-2025/

https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4050331/identity-months-dead-at-dod/

https://x.com/kenklippenstein/status/1884623315911823747

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pentagon-intelligence-agency-pauses-events-activities-related-mlk/story?id=118244237

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/01/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-protects-civil-rights-and-merit-based-opportunity-by-ending-illegal-dei/

Quick Hitters

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/homeland-security-noem-due-process-migrants-guantanamo-bay-rcna190330

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14352645/Marines-arrive-Guantanamo-Bay-Trump-migrant-deportation-plan.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/us-envoy-leaves-venezuela-six-americans-meeting-president-nicolas-madu-rcna190271

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113929394841474581

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113929767736564719

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-air-strikes-isis-leaders-in-somalia/

Daily Critical Thinking Segment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity,_equity,_and_inclusion#:~:text=In%20September%201965%2C%20President%20Lyndon,without%20regard%20to%20their%20race%2C

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5121382-vance-defends-trumps-dei-comments-after-dc-plane-crash-trump-wasnt-blaming-anybody/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity,_equity,_and_inclusion

https://equity.uwmedicine.org/why-dei-is-important-nine-benefits-of-strong-dei-in-the-workplace/