UNBIASED Politics (1/21/25): Trump's Day One Actions; Biden Pardons Living Siblings, Their Spouses, Dr. Fauci, and Others; Elon's Controversial Gesture; What's Going on with TikTok; and More.

Episode Format:

1. Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Divest-or-Ban Law; TikTok Goes Dark for 12 Hours; Trump Extends Ban Deadline (0:33)

2. Biden Issues Final Day Pardons and Commutations Including His Siblings, Their Spouses, Dr. Fauci, and Others (11:31)

3. Inauguration Day; Why Wasn't Trump's Hand on the Bible; Why Were Flags Flown at Full Staff; Elon Musk's Controversial Gesture (17:06)

4. DOGE Sued in Four Lawsuits on Inauguration Day (24:17)

5. President Trump's Signs Almost 100 Actions on Day One (26:53)

6. Quick Hitters: Sen. Marco Rubio Confirmed, Apple Disables AI Feature After Misleading News Headlines, Two Arrested for Posing as Firefighters in Pacific Palisades, US Border Patrol Agent Shot and Killed at US-Canada Border (41:10)

7. Critical Thinking Segment (42:56)

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Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Divest-or-Ban Law; TikTok Goes Dark for 12 Hours; Trump Extends Ban Deadline

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-656_new_3dq3.pdf

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113855616848696050

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/tiktok-restoring-service/story?id=117857636

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/01/19/donald-trump-tik-tok-ownership-united-states/77831835007/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/application-of-protecting-americans-from-foreign-adversary-controlled-applications-act-to-tiktok/

Biden Issues Final Day Pardons and Commutations Including His Siblings, Their Spouses, Dr. Fauci, and Others

https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2025/01/20/statement-from-president-joe-biden-15/

https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2025/01/20/statement-from-president-joe-biden-16/

https://www.justice.gov/pardon/pardons-granted-president-joseph-biden-2021-present#19-Jan-2025-pardon

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2025/01/20/statement-from-president-joe-biden-15/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/politics/joe-biden-preemptive-pardons/index.html

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.247201/gov.uscourts.dcd.247201.76.0.pdf

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/11/doj-trump-january-6-pardons-guilt-00193823

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/20/biden-pardons-fauci-milley-jan-6-committee-00199244

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/biden-pardons-fauci-milley-cheney-jan-6.html

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/20/biden-pardons-family-members-00199331

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/biden-pardons-family.html

https://apnews.com/article/biden-pardons-family-trump-white-hous-caee326c4723a4ba6d972f7daf750a0b

https://san.com/media-miss/comer-says-james-biden-lied-to-congress-wants-incoming-trump-ag-to-hold-him-accountable/

https://www.justice.gov/pardon/pardons-granted-president-joseph-biden-2021-present#19-Jan-2025-pardon

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/pardons.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c99x07ny8lro

https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/presidential-pardon-powers-and-limits.html?_gl=1*wlvjdk*_gcl_au*OTE0NzU2MjAwLjE3MzMxNTEzOTY.*_ga*MTc1OTA0NTQyMC4xNzMzMTUxMzk2*_ga_RJLCGB9QZ9*MTczMzE1MTM5Ni4xLjAuMTczMzE1MTM5Ni42MC4wLjA

https://www.justice.gov/sco-weiss/pr/robert-hunter-biden-found-guilty-three-felonies-related-illegal-purchase-firearm

https://oversight.house.gov/the-bidens-influence-peddling-timeline/

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/299996

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/10-famous-people-who-received-presidential-pardons

Inauguration Day; Why Wasn't Trump's Hand on the Bible; Why Were Flags Flown at Full Staff; Elon Musk's Controversial Gesture

https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/constitutional-amendments-amendment-25-addressing-presidential-succession-process#:~:text=In%20case%20of%20the%20removal,Vice%20President%20shall%20become%20President.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/your-schedule-of-events-for-trumps-2nd-inauguration

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-executive-order-directs-flags-at-full-staff-for-inauguration-day/3651289/

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/1/21/musk-accused-of-giving-nazi-salute-during-trump-inauguration-celebrations

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/elon-musk-visits-israel-to-meet-top-leaders-as-accusations-of-antisemitism-on-x-grow

https://x.com/ADL/status/1881474892022919403

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy48v1x4dv4o

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-bible-inauguration/

DOGE Sued in Four Lawsuits on Inauguration Day

https://www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/APHA-v-OMB-DOGE-Complaint.pdf

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/20/doge-lawsuits-musk-trump-00199384

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5095750-doge-sued-trump-administration-elon-musk-ramaswamy/

https://www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action/lawsuits/doge-sued-to-follow-the-law-or-cease-operations/

President Trump's Signs Almost 100 Actions on Day One

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/15/trump-executive-orders-president-powers

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/20/trump-tariffs-dollar-trade

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/economy/tariffs-trump-executive-order/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/politics/january-6-2021-capitol-riot-pardons-trump/index.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-set-pardon-defendants-stormed-capitol-jan-6-2021-rcna187735

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-1999-title18-section2384&num=0&edition=1999#:~:text=If%20two%20or%20more%20persons,force%20to%20prevent%2C%20hinder%2C%20or

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-inauguration-president-2025?mod=WSJ_home_supertoppertop_pos_1

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/court-sentences-two-oath-keepers-leaders-seditious-conspiracy-and-other-charges-related-us

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/two-more-oath-keepers-members-sentenced-felony-charges-related-us-capitol-breach

https://apnews.com/article/capitol-riot-oath-keepers-thomas-caldwell-conspiracy-2239c710207c44f855c307921533a112

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-additional-oath-keepers-sentenced-seditious-conspiracy-related-us-capitol-breach

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/proud-boys-leaders-sentenced-prison-roles-jan-6-capitol-breach#:~:text=A%20jury%20convicted%20Nordean%2C%20Pezzola,6%2C%202021.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-leader-proud-boys-pleads-guilty-seditious-conspiracy-efforts-stop-transfer-power

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-leaders-proud-boys-sentenced-17-and-15-years-prison-seditious-conspiracy-and-other

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/trump-pardons-enrique-tarrio-former-proud-boys-chairman/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/politics/executive-actions-trump-day-1/index.html

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-inauguration-president-2025?mod=lc_navigation

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/20/g-s1-43698/trump-inauguration-executive-orders-2025-day-1

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-prepares-slew-day-1-orders-immigration-gender-rcna187164

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-deploy-military-border-end-biden-parole-policies-flurry-day-one-executive-orders

https://apnews.com/article/what-is-an-executive-order-trump-ea7ef3c7a785dbd1ee63e0ea3a776e14

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2025-01-19/what-to-know-about-executive-orders-as-trump-readies-his-pen-for-day-1

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-executive-orders-list.html

https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-rename-gulf-mexico-gulf-america-1st-executive/story?id=117886074

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-will-declare-national-energy-emergency-incoming-administration-official-2025-01-20/

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/21/trump-birthright-citizenship-14th-amendment

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-sign-executive-orders-proclaiming-are-only-two-biological-sexes-rcna188388

https://nypost.com/2025/01/20/us-news/migrants-weep-in-mexico-as-trump-admin-cancels-all-appointments-for-bidens-cbp-one-app-immediately-after-swearing-in/

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/20/trump-executive-order-paris-agreement-withdraw

https://apnews.com/article/trump-paris-agreement-climate-change-788907bb89fe307a964be757313cdfb0

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/withdrawing-the-united-states-from-the-worldhealth-organization/

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5097932-world-health-organization-trump-withdrawal-response/

https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/01/20/g-s1-42918/trump-world-health-organization-withdrawal

Quick Hitters

https://nypost.com/2025/01/20/us-news/marco-rubio-confirmed-as-trumps-secretary-of-state-by-senate/

https://san.com/cc/apple-pulling-new-ai-news-summary-feature-after-series-of-false-headlines/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/2-people-arrested-fire-truck-impersonating-firefighters-la/story?id=117881606

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/us/vermont-border-patrol-agent-shooting/index.html