UNBIASED Politics (1/9/25): LA Sees Mass Destruction. What Caused This? PLUS Trump Wants to Take Back Panama Canal, Buy Greenland, and Add Canada to the US; Laken Riley Act, HR7, and More.

Episode Format:

1. Los Angeles Sees Mass Destruction Amid Wildfire Outbreak (1:19)

2. Man Who Exploded Cybertruck in Vegas Allegedly Used Chat GPT to Plan Attack (11:06)

3. Meta Says It's Making Content Changes Including Getting Rid of Fact-Checkers and Showing More Political Content (14:07)

4. Trump Says He Wants to Buy Greenland, Regain Possession of Panama Canal, and Make Canada the 51st State (18:54)

5. House Passes Laken Riley Act. Here's What It Says. (26:06)

6. House Resolution 7 - What Is It? (28:49)

7. Quick Hitters: President Carter's Funeral, Man Arrested with Machete at Capitol, Death Row Inmates Reject Biden's Clemency, Trump's Request to Postpone Sentencing Denied, Sam Altman Accused of Sexual Abuse By Sister, CNN on Trial for Defamation in Florida (31:13)

Los Angeles Sees Mass Destruction Amid Wildfire Outbreak

https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/los-angeles-wildfires-palisades-eaton-california-01-09-25-hnk#cm5p19dst000j3b6mimyecrna

https://cwc.ca.gov/Water-Storage

https://nypost.com/2025/01/08/us-news/la-mayor-karen-bass-cut-fire-department-funding-by-17-6m/

https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2024/24-1600_rpt_bfc_12-17-24.pdf

https://www.krem.com/article/news/verify/money-verify/yes-los-angeles-cut-176-million-from-the-lafd-fire-departments-budget/536-4b902910-08f5-42d5-bc5e-bdfad1cb0560

https://cao.lacity.gov/budget/summary/2024-25%20Budget%20Summary%20-%20FINAL.pdf

https://cao.lacity.gov/budget/summary/2023-24%20Budget%20Summary_FINALrev.pdf

Man Who Exploded Cybertruck in Vegas Allegedly Used Chat GPT to Plan Attack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnB6xVjxRmg

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/matthew-livelsberger-tesla-cybertuck-explosion-las-vegas-trump-b2672787.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/us/tesla-cybertruck-explosion-las-vegas.html

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/08/las-vegas-explosion-suspect-chatgpt-ai

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/las-vegas-cybertruck-explosion-fire-chatgpt-plan/

Meta Says It's Making Content Changes Including Getting Rid of Fact-Checkers and Showing More Political Content

https://about.fb.com/news/2025/01/meta-more-speech-fewer-mistakes/

https://www.facebook.com/formedia/blog/third-party-fact-checking-how-it-works

https://www.poynter.org/ifcn/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/why-did-meta-remove-fact-checkers-experts-explain/story?id=117417445

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/business/dealbook/mark-zuckerberg-content-moderation.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/meta-ends-fact-checking-program-community-notes-x-rcna186468

https://fox4kc.com/news/technology/ap-technology/ap-meta-replaces-fact-checking-with-x-style-community-notes/

Trump Says He Wants to Buy Greenland, Regain Possession of Panama Canal, and Make Canada the 51st State

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

https://apnews.com/article/trump-biden-offshore-drilling-gulf-of-america-fa66f8d072eb39c00a8128a8941ede75

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-wont-rule-out-military-economic-action-he-seeks-control-panama-canal-2025-01-07/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/politics/trump-greenland-canada-panama-analysis/index.html

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/07/congress/very-serious-tariffs-00196878

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/07/nx-s1-5251223/trump-doubles-down-today-on-his-threat-to-impose-steep-tariffs-on-canada

https://x.com/RepMTG/status/1876756973644837111

https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-can-i-propose-a-name-change-a-natural-feature

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/01/07/why-does-trump-want-to-buy-greenland-heres-what-to-know-as-don-jr-arrives-on-island/

https://www.reuters.com/world/why-does-trump-want-greenland-could-he-get-it-2025-01-08/

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/07/mtg-trump-gulf-of-mexico-america-bill

https://thehill.com/policy/international/5074925-panama-canal-chief-dismisses-trumps-claims-on-china-fees/

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-make-remarks-mar-lago-2-weeks-taking/story?id=117416274

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrijos%E2%80%93Carter_Treaties#:~:text=The%20final%20phase%20of%20the,been%20the%20Panama%20Canal%20Zone.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/canada-new-state-electoral-college-001966

https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/donald-trump/trump-gulf-of-america-mexico-rename/67-453bd387-54d4-4b77-879e-c9255c1b4fb8

House Passes Laken Riley Act. Here's What It Says.

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

House Resolution 7 - What Is It?

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/7/text

https://guides.loc.gov/federal-statutes/bills-resolutions#:~:text=A%20bill%20is%20introduced%20in,used%20for%20internal%20chamber%20affairs.

https://nacn-usa.org/wp-content/uploads/PWHC-Booklet.pdf

Quick Hitters

https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/jimmy-carter-funeral-live-updates-presidents-gather-washington/?id=117386119

https://san.com/cc/man-with-machete-arrested-at-us-capitol-while-president-carter-lies-in-state/

https://www.foxnews.com/us/two-federal-death-row-inmates-refuse-bidens-commutation-continued-fight-prove-innocence

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/09/politics/hush-money-sentencing-donald-trump-supreme-court/index.html

https://x.com/sama/status/1876780763653263770

https://san.com/cc/openai-boss-sam-altman-faces-sex-abuse-lawsuit-from-sister/

https://apnews.com/article/cnn-libel-afghanistan-navy-e16bbe8fba552f9e46e64e0e262b96a5