UNBIASED Politics (1/23/25): Trump Did NOT Repeal Equal Employment Act, ICE Raids in Major Cities, Birthright Citizenship Order BLOCKED, Order Rescinding Biden's Drug Prices Explained, and More.

Episode Format:

1. DHS Issues New Directives Allowing Immigration Enforcement in "Sensitive Places" and Rescinding Biden's Parole Program (0:27)

2. ICE Starts Conducting Raids in Major U.S. Cities (10:49)

3. Pentagon to Send More Troops to Southern Border (13:36)

4. Laken Riley Act Passes Congress, Heads to Trump's Desk (14:14)

5. New Affidavit Against Pete Hegseth Debunked By Ex-Wife; Will He Be Confirmed? (17:02)

6. Trump Pardons Silk Road Founder, Ross William Ulbricht (20:49)

7. Big Tech Companies Announce New $500B AI Investment, Stargate (24:06)

8. Trump Does NOT Repeal Equal Employment Opportunity Act; This is What He Actually Did (25:56)

9. Trump's Birthright Citizenship Executive Order Blocked by Judge; New Filing Shows Trump's Arguments (31:35)

10. HHS Dept. Orders Temporary Pause on Communications (35:16)

11. Quick Hitters: Biden's Letter to Trump Revealed, New Fire Ignites in LA County, Trump Picks Director of Secret Service, Netflix Raising Prices, Couples Sues JetBlue After Ice Falls from Plane, Rare Winter Storms Bring Snow to Southeast, Trump's Nominee for CIA Director Confirmed by Senate (38:05)

12. Rumor Has It: Is ICE Offering $750 Reward for Turning in Illegal Immigrants? Did Trump Rescind Biden's Order Lowering Drug Costs? Are Barack Obama and Jennifer Aniston Dating? Is Meta Causing IG Accounts to Automatically Follow Trump and Vance? (41:53)

13. Good News of the Week (45:55)

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DHS Issues New Directives Allowing Immigration Enforcement in "Sensitive Places" and Rescinding Biden's Parole Program

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/01/21/statement-dhs-spokesperson-directives-expanding-law-enforcement-and-ending-abuse

https://www.ice.gov/doclib/ero-outreach/pdf/10029.2-policy.pdf

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/politics/ice-can-arrest-people-at-churches-and-schools/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/migrant-flights-us-trump-program.html

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-dhs-repeals-key-mayorkas-memo-limiting-ice-agents-orders-review-parole-use

https://san.com/media-miss/us-adults-want-border-security-action-but-mostly-oppose-arrests-in-schools-churches-ap-norc-poll/

https://apnorc.org/projects/widespread-support-for-deporting-immigrants-convicted-of-violent-crimes/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/migrants-can-now-be-arrested-at-churches-and-schools-after-trump-administration-throws-out-policies

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/22/nx-s1-5269859/churches-schools-are-no-longer-off-limits-to-agents-rounding-up-undocumented-migrants

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1182&num=0&edition=prelim

https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/Complaint%20-%20Filed.pdf

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-biden-administrations-use-of-immigration-parole-authority-is-a-smart-and-lawful-approach-to-todays-migration-challenges/

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66754800/306/state-of-texas-v-us-department-of-homeland-security/

ICE Starts Conducting Raids in Major U.S. Cities

https://abc7ny.com/post/nyc-immigration-ice-agents-arrest-300-migrants-sanctuary-cities-including-couple-new-york-city/15829571/

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/after-federal-agents-spotted-in-east-boston-concerns-grow-over-potential-ice-raids/3610367/

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6367561643112

Pentagon to Send More Troops to Southern Border

https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4037935/dod-orders-1500-troops-additional-assets-to-southern-border/

Laken Riley Act Passes Congress, Heads to Trump's Desk

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7511/text

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/alien https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:8%20section:1226%20edition:prelim)

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1182&num=0&edition=prelim

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/politics/laken-riley-act-house-immigrant-detention-vote/index.html

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5/text

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/22/house-laken-riley-act-congress-trump

New Affidavit Against Pete Hegseth Debunked By Ex-Wife; Will He Be Confirmed?

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/rcna188342

https://san.com/cc/ex-wife-of-pete-hegseth-denies-abuse-allegations-amid-confirmation-process/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/us/politics/hegseth-senators-affidavit.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwLLCRI8usM

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/new-allegations-against-hegseth-senate-readies-vote-pentagon-nominee-2025-01-22/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/01/21/pete-hegseth-confirmation-defense-secretary-nominee-faces-new-allegations-of-aggressive-behavior/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-armed-services-committee-pete-hegseth-vote-defense-secretary-rcna188390

Trump Pardons Silk Road Founder, Ross William Ulbricht

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/21/trump-pardons-ulbricht-silk-road-00199848

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-signs-full-unconditional-pardon-silk-road-creator-ross-ulbricht

https://money.cnn.com/2013/10/02/technology/silk-road-shut-down/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/politics/silk-road-ross-ulbricht-pardon-trump/index.html

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113869112741612092

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ross-ulbricht-creator-and-owner-silk-road-website-found-guilty-manhattan-federal-court

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/01/22/who-is-ross-ulbricht-what-to-know-about-silk-road-drug-marketplace-founder-pardoned-by-trump/

Trump @ libertarian conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wNUh6WeqFc

https://freeross.org/case-overview/

https://san.com/cc/what-is-silk-road-trump-pardons-ross-ulbricht-10-years-after-conviction/

https://www.history.com/news/silk-road-trade-goods

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_(marketplace)#:~:text=the%20Silk%20Road.-,Products,were%20also%20offered%20for%20sale.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_91L3X3_II

Big Tech Companies Announce New $500B AI Investment, Stargate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdP-NwNP9Sc

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/23/stargate-trump-open-ai

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/tech/openai-oracle-softbank-trump-ai-investment/index.html

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/trump-announce-private-sector-ai-infrastructure-investment-cbs-reports-2025-01-21/

https://apnews.com/article/trump-ai-openai-oracle-softbank-son-altman-ellison-be261f8a8ee07a0623d4170397348c41

Trump Does NOT Repeal Equal Employment Opportunity Act; This is What He Actually Did

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-illegal-discrimination-and-restoring-merit-based-opportunity/

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/23/trump-equal-employment-executive-order

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/executive-order-11246/

https://www.eeoc.gov/history/equal-employment-opportunity-act-1972

https://www.newsweek.com/equal-employment-opportunity-act-donald-trump-2019538

https://www.eeoc.gov/statutes/title-vii-civil-rights-act-1964

Trump's Birthright Citizenship Executive Order Blocked by Judge; New Filing Shows Trump's Arguments

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25502861/tro-on-trump-executive-order-birthright-citizenship.pdf

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/23/trump-birthright-federal-court-defense

https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/supreme-court-case-library/united-states-v-wong-kim-ark-1898

HHS Dept. Orders Temporary Pause on Communications

https://rollcall.com/2025/01/22/hhs-pauses-communications-through-feb-1-memo-says/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/23/trump-health-department

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/01/22/nx-s1-5270866/hhs-cdc-health-communications-trump

Quick Hitters

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/23/hughes-fire-california-wildfires-la-county

https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025/1/22/hughes-fire

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/22/agent-rushed-trump-aid-rally-shooting-lead-secret-service-00200153

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/22/agent-rushed-trump-aid-rally-shooting-lead-secret-service-00200153

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/21/media/netflix-raising-prices-subscriber-record/index.html

https://abcnews.go.com/US/couple-sues-jetblue-after-ice-block-allegedly-linked/story?id=117999190

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wednesday-us-weather-snow-south-gulf-coast/story?id=117969760

Rumor Has It

https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/immigration/ice-not-offering-750-reward-reporting-undocumented-people-fact-check/536-04af4de3-4ca5-45ce-a13e-5f11068fff0a

https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/medicare-verify/trump-rescind-lower-prescription-costs-medicare-medicaid-fact-check/536-7ec27e53-4f0e-4dd3-883d-b5998341968b

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/why-barack-obama-jennifer-aniston-195213048.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/22/heres-why-youre-suddenly-following-president-trump-on-instagram.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8y4npny5xo

Good News of the Week

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/entrepreneur-transforms-old-cement-bags-into-solar-charging-backpacks-to-help-children-read-at-night/