UNBIASED Politics (3/31/25): Can a President Serve THREE Terms? Declassified CIA Files Reveal Attempt to Find Ark of the Covenant, Trump Comments on Bombing Iran, and More.

Episode Format:

1. Utah's New Flag Bill and the Controversy Surrounding It (0:30)

2. NBC Interview with President Trump Sparks Questions: Can a President Serve Three Terms? Why Is Trump "Pissed" at Putin? What About Bombing Iran? (4:03)

3. Declassified CIA Files Reveal Effort to Locate Ark of the Covenant (14:22)

4. Legal Updates: Immigration, Alien Enemies Act, Dismantling of CFPB, DOGE Efforts to Dismantle USAID, and More (19:04)

5. Quick Hitters: Columbia's Interim President Steps Down, Supreme Court Weighs Religious Tax Exemptions, US Soldiers Found Dead in Lithuania, Musk Announces X and xAI Merger, Musk Hands Out $1M Checks Amid WI Supreme Court Race (29:48)

6. SOME GOOD NEWS (33:26)

7. Critical Thinking Segment (35:24)

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Utah's New Flag Bill and the Controversy Surrounding It

https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0077.html 

https://san.com/cc/controversial-flag-bill-becomes-law-in-utah-without-governors-signature/

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/utah-bans-lgbtq-pride-flags-on-government-buildings-rcna198716

https://www.deseret.com/politics/2025/03/28/utah-governor-lets-ban-on-maga-and-pride-flags-in-classrooms-become-law/

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

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

https://apnews.com/article/lgbtq-pride-flag-ban-utah-school-republicanced0db22bd0ce8d37e010e9a65fec220

NBC Interview with President Trump Sparks Questions: Can a President Serve Three Terms? Why Is Trump "Pissed" at Putin? What About Bombing Iran?

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-third-term-white-house-methods-rcna198752 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/30/politics/trump-third-term-methods/index.html 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-teases-running-third-term-not-joking 

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/30/trump-third-term 

https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-22/ 

https://www.fdrlibrary.org/fdr-presidency 

https://www.loc.gov/resource/mgw2.024/?sp=229&st=text 

https://ogles.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ogles-proposes-amending-22nd-amendment-allow-trump-serve-third-term 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/20/trump-third-term-king-unconstitutional/ 

https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-las-vegas-january-25-2025/ 

https://www.ncsl.org/about-state-legislatures/amending-the-us-constitution#:~:text=Congress%20must%20call%20a%20convention,%2C%2038%20of%2050%20states

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-angry-putin-zelenskyy-iran-sanctions-rcna198729 

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/30/trump-putin-ukraine-tariffs 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-live-trump-putin-ceasefire-sanctions-news-b2724286.html 

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-suggests-possibility-placing-ukraine-under-temporary-administration-2025-03-27/ 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/25/ukrainian-parliament-affirms-zelenskyys-legitimacy 

https://abcnews.go.com/International/ukraine-parliament-affirms-elections-wartime-rebuff-trump/story?id=116193627 

https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/s_1994_1399.pdf  

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/29/world/europe/us-ukraine-military-war-wiesbaden.html 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyj3j2r25wo 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-trumps-history-with-putin-and-zelenskyy-set-the-stage-for-an-oval-office-blowup 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/19/trump-attacks-zelenskyy-as-a-dictator-without-elections-who-duped-us-00204881 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/03/outcomes-of-the-united-states-and-russia-expert-groups-on-the-black-sea/#:~:text=The%20United%20States%20and%20Russia%20have%20agreed%20to%20ensure%20safe,purposes%20in%20the%20Black%20Sea. 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/europe/russia-us-ukraine-deal-intl-hnk/index.html 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/28/key-takeaways-from-the-fiery-white-house-meeting-with-trump-and-zelenskyy 

https://www.russiamatters.org/facts/timeline-us-russia-relations-1983-2024 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/15/kremlin-papers-appear-to-show-putins-plot-to-put-trump-in-white-house 

https://san.com/cc/iran-rejects-trumps-nuclear-deal-offer-leaves-door-open-for-indirect-talks/

https://apnews.com/article/iran-rejects-direct-negotiations-trump-letter-us-c414743a567c574b6f48f64a2e889f31

https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6369720399112

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/world/middleeast/trump-iran-nuclear-deal.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9627-SFTIg4

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/07/trump-iran-nuclear-deal-letter

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/19/trump-letter-iran-nuclear-deal

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/27/iran-us-nuclear-talks-trump-letter

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-supreme-leader-khamenei-rebuffs-trump-threat-over-nuclear-deal-2025-03-31/

https://2009-2017.state.gov/e/eb/tfs/spi/iran/jcpoa/#:~:text=On%20July%2014%2C%202015%2C%20the,program%20will%20be%20exclusively%20peaceful.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/supreme-leader-of-Iran

https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/focus/iran

https://apnews.com/video/iran-rejects-direct-negotiations-in-letter-to-trump-71042443f4b14aba84646c32be0b0e39

https://www.foxnews.com/world/irans-khamenei-warns-strong-blow-trump-threatens-drop-bombs-putin-silent-us-ire

Declassified CIA Files Reveal Effort to Locate Ark of the Covenant

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00789R001300180002-7.pdf

https://san.com/cc/declassified-cia-files-reveal-psychic-effort-to-locate-the-ark-of-the-covenant/

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-847774

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/arkcovenant#:~:text=But%20in%20597%2 and%20586,%2C%20or%20hidden%E2%80%3nobody%20knows.

Legal Updates: Immigration, Alien Enemies Act, Dismantling of CFPB, DOGE Efforts to Dismantle USAID, and More

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S2-C1-111/ALDE_00013473/#:~:text=Under%20our%20Constitution%20it%20is,1

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/03/trump-asks-justices-to-intervene-on-alien-enemies-act-removals/

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/01/13/how-trump-compares-with-other-recent-presidents-in-appointing-federal-judges/

ALCU: Federal Court Broadens Temporary Block on Trump Using Alien Enemies Act to Remove Immigrants from the U.S.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/court-allows-musk-doge-make-further-cuts-usaid-2025-03-28/

https://www.dw.com/en/us-court-allows-musks-doge-to-make-further-usaid-cuts/a-72079363

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/federal-appeals-court-clears-way-for-doge-to-continue-making-cuts-at-usaid

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/28/trump-administration-seeks-congress-approval-for-usaid-reorganisation

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S2-C2-3-1/ALDE_00013092/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/28/appeals-court-usaid-ruling-doge-00259154

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-judge-blocks-trump-administration-fast-tracking-deportations-rcna198654

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/03/28/judge-blocks-trump-deportations-migrants-other-countries/

https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/jnvwllgnnpw/03282025migrtant.pdf

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/nx-s1-5315118/cfpb-shutteringtrumpdoge#:~:text=A%20federal%20judge%20on%20Friday,all%20terminated%20employees%20be%20reinstated

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/us/politics/trump-cfpb-ruling.html

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/law-firm-targeted-trump-jenner-block-suing-block/story?id=120256937

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/28/law-firms-donald-trump-executive-orders-lawsuits/82703595007/

Quick Hitters

https://san.com/cc/columbia-universitys-interim-president-katrina-armstrong-stepping-down/

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/who-is-columbia-university-president-dr-minouche-shafik/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/columbia-universitys-interim-president-katrina-armstrong-steps-rcna198676

https://communications.news.columbia.edu/news/message-dr-katrina-armstrong

https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/catholic-charities-bureau-inc-v-wisconsin-labor-industry-review-commission/

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/03/supreme-court-considers-catholic-charity-groups-bid-for-tax-exemption/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8rgdl5x738o

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1905731750275510312

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/elon-musk-says-xai-has-acquired-x-in-deal-that-values-social-media-site-at-33-billion.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/technology/musk-x-xai.html

https://x.ai/

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/musks-xai-buys-social-media-platform-x-45-billion-2025-03-28/

https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-musk-million-dollar-giveaway-cdea66e0dcbaa53dd183e1d10bee2b35

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/us/wisconsin-supreme-court-trump-musk.html

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5338901/wisconsin-judge-election-musk-trump-abortion

SOME GOOD NEWS

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/after-serving-together-for-4-years-in-iraq-dog-and-army-handler-are-reunited-to-live-the-couch-life-in-texas/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/73-reduction-in-suicides-on-golden-gate-bridge-since-installing-safety-nets/

https://www.goldengate.org/january-2024-update-on-the-golden-gate-bridge-suicide-deterrent-system/

https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/injuryprev/early/2025/03/04/ip-2024-045604.full.pdf