UNBIASED Politics (3/6/25): Fact-Checking Trump's Congressional Address, Trump's Tariff Debacle, Education Dept.'s 'Final Mission,' Ukraine Aid Paused, and More.

Episode Format:

1. U.S. Pauses Ukraine Aid (0:35)

2. President Trump's Tariff Debacle (5:55)

3. 'Abbey Gate' Terrorist Arrested By DOJ (11:07)

4. Supreme Court to Decide Whether U.S. Gun Manufacturers Can Be Held Liable for Cartel Gun Violence in Mexico (13:55)

5. Supreme Court Says San Francisco Can Continue Dumping Waste into Pacific Ocean (20:02)

6. Supreme Court Says Trump Administration Has to Comply With Order Requiring $2B in Foreign Aid Payments (23:17)

7. Education Dept. Secretary Releases Memo Detailing 'Final Mission' (27:43)

8. Fact-Checking Trump's Congressional Address (30:54)

9. Quick Hitters: Trump Admin Drops Idaho Abortion Ban Suit Filed By Biden Admin, US Stops Deportation Flights on Military Planes, Guatemalan National Arrested in Largest US Smuggling Ring, Rep. Al Green Censured by House, CBO Says Medicare Has to Be Cut for Republicans to Achieve Budget Plans (41:13)

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U.S. Pauses Ukraine Aid

https://www.state.gov/bureau-of-political-military-affairs/releases/2025/01/u-s-security-cooperation-with-ukraine

https://www.ukraineoversight.gov/Funding/

https://san.com/cc/trump-expresses-frustration-with-zelenskyy-suggests-support-may-wane/

https://apnews.com/article/trump-zelenskyy-russia-ukraine-a15a459c9a3a393d040478ebbe250a9e

https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/russia-at-war/trump-pauses-aid-to-ukraine-amid-clash-with-zelensky/

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/04/us-ukraine-military-aid-trump-zelensky

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114099480566604857

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/04/zelensky-trump-ukraine-military-aid-minerals-deal

https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1896948147085049916

https://apnews.com/article/us-military-aid-halt-ukraine-explainer-123551e5d86b49fdaa977eae685d32a8

President Trump's Tariff Debacle

https://san.com/cc/canada-china-respond-swiftly-to-new-us-tariffs-unbiased-updates-march-4-2025/

https://apnews.com/article/trade-war-mexico-trump-9cefdded035a0b35e700a7ba0bfc34b4

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/china-reacting-trump-tariffs-promises-fight-till-end-trade-war-or-any-other-type-war

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-643086a6dc7ff716d876b3c83e3255b0

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-imposes-tariffs-on-imports-from-canada-mexico-and-china/

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114099930171583950​​

https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2025/03/03/statement-prime-minister-trudeau-on-unjustified-us-tariffs-against-canada

https://apnews.com/article/stocks-markets-rates-tariffs-trump-1ca865fa6abcca716b5e7c9281ea6e07

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/04/economy/trade-mexico-canada-china-tariffs-trump-hnk-intl/index.html

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/04/canada-us-tariffs-trump-trudeau

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-will-car-prices-increase-12000/

‘Abbey Gate' Terrorist Arrested By DOJ

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-arrests-isis-k-attack-planner-role-killing-us-military-service-members-abbey 

https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1391881/dl 

https://san.com/cc/president-trump-announces-arrest-of-kabul-airport-bombing-suspect/ 

https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-abbey-gate-fbi-trump-ac0fc9019650071c4df0027a4b566714 

https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3741245/kabul-airport-attack-review-reaffirms-initial-findings-identifies-attacker/ 

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/08/17/a-year-later-a-look-back-at-public-opinion-about-the-u-s-military-exit-from-afghanistan/ 

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5177569-who-is-mohammad-sharifullah-isis-k-member-allegedly-behind-kabul-airport-bombing/ 

https://rewardsforjustice.net/rewards/islamic-states-khorasan-province-isis-k/ 

Supreme Court to Decide Whether U.S. Gun Manufacturers Can Be Held Liable for Cartel Gun Violence in Mexico

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/03/mexicos-suit-against-u-s-gun-makers-comes-before-supreme-court/

https://www.congress.gov/109/plaws/publ92/PLAW-109publ92.pdf (15 USC 7901)

https://nypost.com/2025/03/04/us-news/supreme-court-grills-mexico-over-its-10-billion-lawsuit-against-us-gun-manufacturers/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/04/politics/mexico-us-cartel-violence-supreme-court/index.html

https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-gun-companies-aim-avoid-mexicos-lawsuit-2025-03-04/

Supreme Court Says San Francisco Can Continue Dumping Waste into Pacific Ocean

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-753_f2bh.pdf

https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/city-and-county-of-san-francisco-v-environmental-protection-agency/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/04/politics/supreme-court-san-francisco-poop-epa/index.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-epa-san-francisco-sewage-discharge/#:~:text=discharges%20%2D%20CBS%20News-,Supreme%20Court%20sides%20with%20San%20Francisco%2C%20makes%20it%20harder,EPA%20to%20police%20sewage%20discharges&text=A%20divided%20Supreme%20Court%20on,sometimes%20occurs%20during%20heavy%20rains.

https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-clean-water-act

https://www.usa.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency#:~:text=The%20Environmental%20Protection%20Agency%20

https://www3.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/bastre.pdf

Supreme Court Says Trump Administration Has to Comply With Order Requiring $2B in Foreign Aid Payments

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S3-3-1/ALDE_00001160/

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2882/text

https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/ECF-1-Complaint-1.pdf

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a831_3135.pdf

https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-administration-says-it-cannot-meet-court-deadline-foreign-aid-payments-2025-02-26/

https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-upholds-judges-order-that-trump-promptly-pay-foreign-aid-groups-2025-03-05/

https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025.02.13-Order-on-TRO.pdf

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14169-reevaluating-and-realigning-united-states-foreign-aid

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/03/supreme-court-denies-trump-request-to-block-2-billion-foreign-aid-payment/

Education Dept. Secretary Releases Memo Detailing 'Final Mission'

https://www.ed.gov/about/news/speech/secretary-mcmahon-our-departments-final-mission

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trumps-vision-for-dismantling-the-department-of-education

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/what-happens-if-the-education-department-is-dissolved

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/04/linda-mcmahon-education-department-final-mission-00210057

https://usafacts.org/explainers/what-does-the-us-government-do/agency/us-department-of-education/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/white-house-preparing-executive-order-abolish-department-education-rcna190205

Fact-Checking Trump's Congressional Address

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkFKNkAEzQ8

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/03/yes-biden-spent-millions-on-transgender-animal-experiments/

https://www.instagram.com/goconstance/reel/DG14PRAJKNx/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/us/politics/transcript-trump-speech-congress.html

https://oversight.house.gov/release/mace-opens-hearing-on-oversight-of-taxpayer-funded-animal-cruelty/

https://blog.whitecoatwaste.org/2025/02/28/you-paid-for-it-a-quarter-billion-counting-wasted-on-transgender-animal-experiments/

https://mace.house.gov/media/in-the-news/icymi-10m-taxpayer-funds-spent-creating-transgender-animals-rep-nancy-mace

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-the-weaponization-of-the-federal-government/#:~:text=The%20American%20people%20have%20witnessed,in%20the%20form%20of%20investigations%2C

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-freedom-of-speech-and-ending-federal-censorship/

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/04/us/trump-speech-congress#ive-stopped-all-government-censorship-and-brought-back-free-speech-in-america

https://san.com/cc/us-army-recruitment-reaches-highest-level-in-15-years/

https://x.com/PeteHegseth/status/1886877495607066798?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1886877495607066798%7Ctwgr%5E9190cf84d055b3efa1ba91a60a7d6fe46c7feb67%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsan.com%2Fcc%2Fus-army-recruitment-reaches-highest-level-in-15-years%2F

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/army-recruiting-up-data-show-trend-began-before-election-current-former-army-officials-say

https://recruiting.army.mil/pao/facts_figures/

https://x.com/USArmy/status/1886850031883309305

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/military/army-recruiting-record-highs-trumps-win/

https://www.reuters.com/world/how-much-aid-have-ukraines-western-allies-provided-2025-03-04/

https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/

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

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2023-03-30/what-is-gender-affirming-care-and-which-states-have-restricted-it-in-2023

https://www.healthline.com/health/transgender/gender-transition-age#ga-surgery

https://fenwayhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/Medical-Care-of-Gender-Diverse-Children-Fenway-Health-Spring-2019-1.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/05/us/trump-speech-congress

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/hist/n9050us2a.htm

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/04/g-s1-50488/trump-congress-joint-address-fact-check

https://thehill.com/video-clips/5175855-watch-live-elissa-slotkin-democratic-response-trump-address/

https://apnews.com/article/trump-slotkin-democratic-response-fae53aacdc4796b2118ba5269fdd86de

https://alumni.cornell.edu/cornellians/cornellians-congress-2025/

https://www.slotkin.senate.gov/press-releases/senator-elissa-slotkin-to-deliver-democratic-response-to-president-trumps-joint-session/

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/04/nx-s1-5313101/slotkin-democrats-rebuttal-trump-speech-congress#slotkin

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/25/nx-s1-5308067/house-republicans-budget-vote-mike-johnson

https://wset.com/news/nation-world/national-debt-concerns-rise-as-voters-urge-action-from-leaders-36-trillion-trump-congress-deficit

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/markets-wrestle-with-trumps-unconventional-debt-ideas-2025-03-05/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/economy/trump-inflation-price-promises/index.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/03/trump-tariffs-on-canada-mexico-heres-where-to-expect-rising-prices/81173156007/

https://swalwell.house.gov/issues/russia-trump-his-administration-s-ties

https://www.reuters.com/world/what-do-we-know-about-putin-trump-relationship-2025-02-13/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico%E2%80%93United_States_border

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/04/illegal-border-crossings-february-decline-trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq3RrngNGp0

https://usafacts.org/answers/how-many-migrant-encounters-are-there-along-the-us-mexico-border/country/united-states

Quick Hitters

https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/guatemalan-national-arrested-indictment-charging-him-leading-one-largest-human

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-drops-biden-lawsuit-181553671.html?guccounter=1

https://apnews.com/article/abortion-emergencies-trump-idaho-emergency-3ec19baa29bcc1fd5c94aada6ea4905e

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/trump-deportation-flights-paused-cost-c37c577a?mod=politics_lead_pos2

https://www.wsj.com/video/analysis-reveals-the-high-costs-of-trumps-military-deportation-flights/7E1D26C3-16B8-4F5E-9D10-71F8588039D0?mod=article_inline

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8v369gdjdo

https://san.com/cc/republicans-must-cut-medicaid-to-fund-trumps-agenda-budget-office-says/