UNBIASED Politics (1/23/25): Trump Did NOT Repeal Equal Employment Act, ICE Raids in Major Cities, Birthright Citizenship Order BLOCKED, Order Rescinding Biden's Drug Prices Explained, and More.

UNBIASED Politics

Jordan Berman

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4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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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: DHS Issues New Directives Allowing Immigration Enforcement in "Sensitive Places" and Rescinding Biden's Parole Program (0:27) ICE Starts Conducting Raids in Major U.S. Cities (10:49) Pentagon to Send More Troops to Southern Border (13:36) Laken Riley Act Passes Congress, Heads to Trump's Desk (14:14) New Affidavit Against Pete Hegseth Debunked By Ex-Wife; Will He Be Confirmed? (17:02) Trump Pardons Silk Road Founder, Ross William Ulbricht (20:49) Big Tech Companies Announce New $500B AI Investment, Stargate (24:06) Trump Does NOT Repeal Equal Employment Opportunity Act; This is What He Actually Did (25:56) Trump's Birthright Citizenship Executive Order Blocked by Judge; New Filing Shows Trump's Arguments (31:35) HHS Dept. Orders Temporary Pause on Communications (35:16) Quick Hitters: Biden's Letter to Trump Revealed, New Fire Ignites in LA County, Trump Picks Director of Secret Service, Netflix Raising Prices, Couples Sues JetBlue After Ice Falls from Plane, Rare Winter Storms Bring Snow to Southeast, Trump's Nominee for CIA Director Confirmed by Senate (38:05) Rumor Has It: Is ICE Offering $750 Reward for Turning in Illegal Immigrants? Did Trump Rescind Biden's Order Lowering Drug Costs? Are Barack Obama and Jennifer Aniston Dating? Is Meta Causing IG Accounts to Automatically Follow Trump and Vance? (41:53) Good News of the Week (45:55) Listen/Watch this episode AD-FREE on Patreon. 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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0:33.8	unbiased news and legal analysis. Welcome back to Unbiased.
0:38.7	Today is Thursday, January 23rd.
0:40.7	Let's talk about some news.
0:42.2	As a reminder on Tuesday, I covered roughly 15 of President Trump's executive orders,
0:48.8	and I know a lot of you are still asking me to cover those.
0:51.7	So if you haven't tuned into Tuesday's episode yet, I would highly
0:55.3	recommend doing that. For today, let's start with some immigration stories. I know there are
1:00.5	a lot of questions about ICE now being able to detain undocumented immigrants in places like
1:06.2	schools, hospitals, and churches, some questions about the new Lake and Riley Act, questions
1:10.4	about these ice raids. Riley Act, questions about these
1:10.8	ice raids. So let's talk about all of it. Starting with the new directives issued by acting DHS
1:17.9	Secretary Ben Huffman. And I do want to say before we get into what the directive say, it's
1:25.0	important to just explain what a directive is. So a directive
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