UNBIASED Politics (2/10/25): NIH Cuts Funding, DOGE Unable to Access Treasury Records, Trump's Anti-Christian Bias and Second Amendment Orders, IRS Agents to Enforce Immigration Laws, and More.

UNBIASED Politics

Jordan Berman

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4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 40 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: Federal Buyout Offer Update (0:36) Judge Says DOGE Can't Access Treasury Records At All and Must Destroy All Downloaded Data (4:37) Trump Administration Sued Over Rule Requiring "M" or "F" Sex Designation on Passport (8:14) National Institutes of Health Cuts Indirect Funding Rates; 22 States Sue (13:02) Trump Instructs Treasury Dept. to Stop Minting Pennies (20:05) DHS Secretary Tasks Treasury Secretary with Deputizing IRS Agents to Help With Immigration Enforcement (24:53) Trump Signs "Protecting Second Amendment Rights" Order (27:38) Trump Signs "Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias" Order (29:48) Quick Hitters: Trump Declares 'Gulf of America' Day, Set to Impose Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum, Judge Says Migrants Can't Be Sent to Guantanamo (35:45) 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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0:31.4	unbiased your favorite source of unbiased news and legal analysis. Welcome back to unbiased politics.
0:39.4	Today is Thursday, February 10th.
0:41.1	Let's talk about some news.
0:42.9	The theme of today's episode is really administration changes and the lawsuits that have followed.
0:50.4	I realized in writing out all of these stories, that was just the general theme.
0:54.7	You will see as we go.
0:55.6	Most of the stories today are about changes, modifications, memos, et cetera, that the Trump
1:00.9	administration has recently issued, and then the lawsuits that have been filed in response to those things.
1:06.8	So without further ado, let's get into today's stories.
1:10.4	Starting with this update to the federal
1:13.9	buyout offer. And more so, it's really just a heads up because a judge is supposed to be issuing a
1:20.0	ruling today. As of 3 p.m. Eastern time, that ruling had not been released, but I want to catch you up to
1:24.8	speed just so you know what's going on when that
1:27.6	ruling does ultimately come out. About two weeks ago, I told you that the Office of Management
1:32.6	and Budget had sent out this email to roughly two million federal employees titled
1:37.1	Fork in the Road, and it essentially offered them full pay and benefits through September if they
1:42.6	accepted this deferred resignation by February 6th.
1:47.0	Well, then this past Thursday in the quick hitter segment, I quickly mentioned that a judge
1:51.8	had pushed that February 6 deadline to today so he could consider what's called a temporary
1:57.8	restraining order in the meantime. And like I said, today, the judge is
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