February 5, 2026: Epstein Files Q&A Part II: Why Names Are Redacted, Other Names Mentioned, and More; PLUS Trump Suggests 'Nationalizing' Elections, Drawdown in Minneapolis, and More.

UNBIASED Politics

Jordan Berman

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4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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SUBSCRIBE TO JORDAN'S ⁠SUBSTACK⁠. Get the facts, without the spin. UNBIASED offers a clear, impartial recap of US news, including politics, elections, legal news, and more. Hosted by lawyer Jordan Berman, each episode provides a recap of current political events plus breakdowns of complex concepts—like constitutional rights, recent Supreme Court rulings, and new legislation—in an easy-to-understand way. No personal opinions, just the facts you need to stay informed on the daily news that matters. If you miss how journalism used to be, you're in the right place. In today's episode: Government Shutdown Ends; Minneapolis Officers to Wear Body Cameras; 700 Federal Agents to Leave (0:07) Trump Suggests 'Nationalizing' Elections; Here's What You Should Know About It (10:13) Supreme Court Allows California to Use New Congressional Map (~19:04) Clintons Agree to Testify Before Congress After Almost Facing Contempt Vote (~23:53) Epstein Q&A Part II: Who's Named In the Files and In What Context? Why Are Names Redacted? Is the Claim About Bill Gates True? (~29:26) Quick Hitters: Ryan Routh Sentenced, Fulton County Wants Ballots Back, Washington Post Layoffs, Mayor Bass Accused of Altering Palisades Fire Report, Updates on Nancy Guthrie (~56:53) SUBSCRIBE TO JORDAN'S ⁠FREE NEWSLETTER⁠. ⁠Watch⁠ this episode on YouTube. Follow Jordan on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠TikTok⁠. All sources for this episode can be found ⁠here.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, we've got Simon on the line. Simon, young people, they're just all a bit, a bit lazy, aren't they?
0:09.0	What are you fucking lame?
0:10.0	Welcome to McDonald's.
0:11.0	Have you get the six minutes, please?
0:12.0	Some say young people are work shy, but at McDonald's, we hired 47,000 of them last year.
0:19.0	How's your night?
0:20.0	Like George here.
0:23.1	Who keeps things running during a Friday rush?
0:25.7	Resilience.
0:28.2	Making it happen at McDonald's.
0:35.8	Welcome back to Unbiased, your favorite source of unbiased news and legal analysis.
0:38.6	Welcome back to Unbiased politics.
0:40.6	Today is Thursday, February 5th.
0:42.1	Let's talk about some news.
0:46.6	First and foremost, the partial government shutdown is officially over.
0:53.0	President Trump signed the $1.2 trillion spending package into law yesterday, which means that all departments of the federal government are now
0:55.4	funded through September 30th. With the exception of the DHS, the DHS is currently being funded
1:02.2	temporarily through that continuing resolution that we've talked about. So DHS funding is currently
1:09.2	going for the next about two weeks, week and a half.
1:13.0	And in the meantime, Congress is going to have to agree to some sort of ICE reforms for Democratic
1:18.9	lawmakers to get on board with funding the DHS for the remainder of the fiscal year.
1:24.6	And as we talked about in Monday's episode, Democratic lawmakers have mentioned
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