Texas to Pass New Congressional Map, California to Fight Back; New 'Good Moral Character' Requirements for Naturalization; $700K Spent on New Custom ICE Vehicles, and More.

UNBIASED Politics

Jordan Berman

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🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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SUBSCRIBE TO JORDAN'S FREE NEWSLETTER. 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: Texas Set to Enact New Congressional Map; California to Fight Back (0:46) Court Blocks Requirement to Display Ten Commandments in Texas Classrooms (5:30) USCIS New Policy Changes 'Good Moral Character' Standard for Naturalization (8:43) Federal Government Launches Investigation Into Driver of Semi-Truck that Killed Three in Florida (17:09) HHS Staff Sends Letter to Congress and Secretary Kennedy (21:58) Quick Hitters: Trump's $454M Civil Fraud Judgement Struck Down, Office of Director of National Intelligence Announces Overhaul, FTC Sues LA Fitness, Powerball Reaches Highest Jackpot of the Year (24:16) Rumor Has It: Did the Trump Administration Spend $500K+ on Custom ICE Videos for a Hype Video? (26:20) Critical Thinking Segment (29:53) 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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0:20.0	Welcome back to Unbiased,
0:22.3	your favorite source of unbiased news and legal analysis. Welcome back to Unbiased Politics.
0:29.2	Today is Thursday, August 21st. Let's talk about some news. There's nothing really too major going on in the news today.
0:36.3	And what I mean by that is there's
0:38.7	not going to be one story that takes up the majority of the episode. Instead, we'll kind of just cover
0:43.7	a handful of random stories that are happening across the country. We're kind of taking it back to
0:49.0	the old days today where I used to do 25-ish minute episodes. So it'll be a good episode, nonetheless, but it's just a little
0:56.5	slower. I think when Congress is out of session, so August, for instance, the news is just
1:03.3	naturally a little bit slower, so that's what we're experiencing right now. But we're going to
1:07.1	work with what we have. So let's start, of course, with the news out of Texas.
1:12.2	This really could have been a quick hitter because the new congressional map in Texas has
1:16.4	not yet passed the Senate, but I know that this is what everyone is going to be talking about
1:21.8	once it does pass the Senate.
1:23.7	So let's talk about it now.
1:25.3	The Texas House passed a new congressional map that favors the Republican
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