UNBIASED Politics (1/30/25): Tragic Plane Crash, President Trump Blames DEI; Funding Freeze EXPLAINED; Federal Employee Buyout; Trump Says Eliminate Income Tax; $50M in Condoms to Gaza; and More.

Episode Format:

1. American Airlines Jet and Black Hawk Helicopter Collide Mid-Air Leaving No Survivors (0:07)

2. Explaining President Trump's Recent Executive Orders; Military Reforms, Educational Choice, Anti-Semitism Protections, Guantanamo Bay and More (4:49)

3. OMB Rescinds Funding Freeze Memo; Here's What You Need to Know About the Funding Freeze (19:14)

4. Trump Administration Offers Federal Employees a Buyout (26:52)

5. Oklahoma Schools Consider New Rule Asking About Immigration Status Upon Enrollment (28:12)

6. Trump Proposes Replacing Income Tax with Tariffs (30:31)

7. Quick Hitters: Google Maps to Rename Mount Denali and Gulf of Mexico, Trump Speaks on NJ Drones, Meta and Trump Settle for $25M (34:41)

8. Rumor Has It: Did the US Budget $50M for Condoms for Gaza? Is Congress Considering a Federal Abortion Ban? Did Trump Revoke an FAA Committee Last Week and Blame DEI Hiring for the Crash? (36:09)

9. Good News of the Week (43:25)

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American Airlines Jet and Black Hawk Helicopter Collide Mid-Air Leaving No Survivors

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/live-updates-plane-crashes-potomac-river-collision-helicopter-reagan-n-rcna189942

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/plane-crash-dca-potomac-washington-dc-01-29-25/index.html?t=1738206614132

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113915617049801010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v-AUHX6ZOY

Explaining President Trump's Recent Executive Orders; Military Reforms, Educational Choice, Anti-Semitism Protections, Guantanamo Bay and More

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-children-from-chemical-and-surgical-mutilation/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/reinstating-service-members-discharged-under-the-militarys-covid-19-vaccination-mandate/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-americas-fighting-force/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/prioritizing-military-excellence-and-readiness/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/the-iron-dome-for-america/

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/116

https://www.newsweek.com/map-iron-dome-systems-1833552#:~:text=purchases%20and%20interest-,Azerbaijan,Iron%20Dome%20in%20May%202021.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/expanding-educational-freedom-and-opportunity-for-families/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-indoctrination-in-k-12-schooling/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/expanding-migrant-operations-center-at-naval-station-guantanamo-bay-to-full-capacity/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/additional-measures-to-combat-anti-semitism/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base

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

OMB Rescinds Funding Freeze Memo; Here's What You Need to Know About the Funding Freeze

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/does-trump-administrations-spending-pause-violate-us-law-2025-01-28/

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/28/us/trump-news-executive-orders#trump-funding-freeze-blocked

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/dc-federal-judge-temporarily-blocks-trump-plan-pause-federal-aid-spend-rcna189706

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/01/omb-q-a-regarding-memorandum-m-25-13/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/enforcing-the-hyde-amendment/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/29/fact-check-what-might-trumps-federal-funding-freeze-stop

https://apnews.com/article/federal-grants-loans-pause-trump-supreme-court-87f4951ad01ea2782ef5290642b0305e

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/does-trump-administrations-spending-pause-violate-us-law-2025-01-28/

https://erik.osu.edu/sites/default/files/documents/2025/01/Temporary%20Pause%20of%20Agency%20Grant%2C%20Loan%2C%20and%20Other%20Federal%20Assisitance%20Programs.pdf

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/29/federal-funding-freeze-memo-rescinded

Trump Administration Offers Federal Employees a Buyout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGsxh8U42hk

https://apnews.com/article/trump-buyouts-to-all-federal-employees-f67f5751a0fd5ad8471806a5a1067b5e

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/28/trump-federal-workers-quit-severance

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-offers-incentives-federal-employees-resign-warns-downsizing-2025-01-28/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/01/28/can-trump-cancel-government-funds-through-impoundment-what-to-know-as-he-pauses-all-federal-assistance/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/politics/federal-worker-buyouts-trump-administration/index.html

https://apnews.com/article/trump-buyout-offer-federal-workers-doge-bdb6cd89e383ff1120eeb262904b4060

Oklahoma Schools Consider New Rule Asking About Immigration Status Upon Enrollment

https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/osde/documents/services/legal-services/administrative-rules/2025/2025%20210_10.pdf

https://www.nilc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/NILC-Public-Comment-on-OSDE-Immigration-Rule-Oklahoma-copy-1.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/us/oklahoma-schools-immigration.html

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/public_education_for_immigrant_students_understanding_plyer_v_doe.pdf

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/us/oklahoma-school-students-immigration-proof/index.html

Trump Proposes Replacing Income Tax with Tariffs

https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/trump-proposes-abolishment-federal-income-tax-bringing-us-back-richest-period-history

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-abolishing-income-tax-what-we-know-2021958

Quick Hitters

https://x.com/NewsFromGoogle/status/1884012692048166951

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/leavitt-reveals-nj-drones-authorized-faa-white-house/story?id=118187426

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/trump-signs-agreement-calling-for-meta-to-pay-25-million-to-settle-suit-6f734c8c

Rumor Has It

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/722/text

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59yILdr1UaQ

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/01/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-ends-dei-madness-and-restores-excellence-and-safety-within-the-federal-aviation-administration/

https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/5116328-trump-appoints-acting-faa-administrator/

https://nypost.com/2024/01/14/news/faas-diversity-push-includes-hiring-people-with-intellectual-and-psychiatric-disabilities/

https://archive.ph/uhYgm#selection-2145.1-2145.329

https://www.snopes.com/news/2024/01/15/faa-dei-initiatives/

Good News of the Week

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-base-editing-gene-therapy-cures-its-first-patient-a-sickle-cell-sufferer-now-in-the-gym-every-day/

https://answers.childrenshospital.org/sickle-cell-base-editing/