UNBIASED Politics (1/13/25): Will TikTok Be Banned? Was the LAFD Budget CUT or INCREASED?? Military Equipment and Weapons STOLEN From a U.S. Army Reserve? Here’s All the Information You Need.

Episode Format:

1. LA Fire Update; How Are CA Inmates Helping Fight the Fires? And Was the LAFD Budget CUT or INCREASED?? Here's the Context You Need. (1:35)

2. Multiple Suspects Steal Weapons and Equipment from US Army Reserve in CA (7:47)

3. President-Elect Trump's Inauguration Schedule Released. Here's What You Can Expect. (9:17)

4. House Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Allow Trump to Start Greenland Acquisition Talks (11:20)

5. Supreme Court Hears TikTok Case. What You Need to Know About the Arguments and the Concerns From the Justices (13:20)

6. Quick Hitters: Supreme Court Rejects Appeal from Meta that Could Expose the Company to a Multi-Billion Dollar Loss, Texas Sues AllState for Secretly Acquiring User Data and Using it for Gain, Judge Allows Special Counsel Report on Trump to be Released, Biden Forgives More Student Debt, and Senate Confirmation Hearings Begin Tomorrow (24:56)

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LA Fire Update; How Are CA Inmates Helping Fight the Fires? And Was the LAFD Budget CUT or INCREASED?? Here's the Context You Need

https://abcnews.go.com/US/los-angeles-fire-department-budget-sustained-cuts-increase/story?id=117570420

https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/facility-locator/conservation-camps/faq-conservation-fire-camp-program/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/13/house-republicans-trump-wildfire-aid-00197766

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5080266-trump-presses-congress-debt-limit/

Multiple Suspects Steal Weapons and Equipment from US Army Reserve in CA

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-01-12/army-humvee-theft-california-16455436.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/3-humvees-stolen-from-tustin-army-reserve-center/

https://www.newsweek.com/humvees-bayonets-stolen-army-center-amid-california-looting-2013517

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayonet#:~:text=A%20bayonet%20(from%20Old%20French,improvised%20spear%20in%20close%20combats.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14273671/california-thieves-steal-humvees-machine-gun-mounts-army-base.html

President-Elect Trump's Inauguration Schedule Released. Here's What You Can Expect.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/13/congress/trump-inauguration-schedule-00197786

https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/biden-inauguration/what-happens-on-inauguration-day-event-schedule/

https://t47inaugural.com/tickets/

House Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Allow Trump to Start Greenland Acquisition Talks

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25485673-ogles-greenland-bill-jan-13-2025/

Supreme Court Hears TikTok Case. What You Need to Know About the Arguments and the Concerns From the Justices

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbIL9EvDykQ

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/01/supreme-court-skeptical-of-ban-on-tiktok/

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521

https://usds.tiktok.com/who-owns-tiktoks-parent-company-bytedance/

https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-au/the-truth-about-tiktok

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/18/tech/tiktok-bytedance-china-ownership-intl-hnk/index.html#:~:text=The%20app%20is%20owned%20by,Islands%20and%20based%20in%20Shanghai.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strict_scrutiny#:~:text=In%20U.S.%20constitutional%20law%2C%20when,Carolene%20Products%20Co.

https://www.vox.com/scotus/394473/supreme-court-tik-tok-oral-argument

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-appears-skeptical-blocking-u-s-ban-tiktok-what-know

Quick Hitters

https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-supreme-court-rebuffs-meta-bid-avoid-advertisers-lawsuit-2025-01-13/

https://www.reuters.com/technology/texas-sues-allstate-over-data-collection-cellphones-2025-01-13/

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/11/special-counsel-jack-smith-resign-trump

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/11/special-counsel-jack-smith-resigns-from-doj-as-trumps-fight-to-block-final-report-continues.html

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.697.0_2.pdf

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/13/biden-student-loan-debt-forgiven.html

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/13/trump-cabinet-senate-confirmation-hearings