UNBIASED Politics (3/10/25): Trump's Comments on a Possible Recession, Newsom's Comments on Trans Athletes, House GOP's Attempt to Avoid Shutdown, First Firing Squad Execution in 15 Years, and More.

UNBIASED Politics

Jordan Berman

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4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 41 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: Correction to Thursday's Episode Re: Border Crossing Numbers (0:13) South Carolina Carries Out First Firing Squad Execution in 15 Years (1:53) House GOP Introduces Continuing Resolution to Try to Avoid Shutdown (7:52) Trump Signs 'Restoring Public Service Loan Forgiveness' Order (15:06) Trump's Comments About a Potential Recession (18:26) Gov. Newsom's Comments About Transgender Athletes (23:07) Quick Hitters: Judge Affirms DOGE Treasury Acess, Trump Re-Opens Migrant Family Detention Centers, Trump Tells Dept. Heads They're In Charge, Trump Threatens Sanctions on Russia, Supreme Court Will Hear Conversion Therapy Case, USAID to Cut Majority of Programs, Columbia Student Arrested for Role in On-Campus Protests, Secret Services Shoots Man Outside White House, Utah to Ban Fluoride in Water, NY Corrections Officers End Strike (27:40) Critical Thinking Segment (35:16) Some GOOD News (37:11) Listen/Watch this episode AD-FREE on Patreon. Watch this episode on YouTube. (**Newsom Story Not Available on YouTube Due to Copyright Issues) 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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0:32.0	your favorite source of unbiased news and legal analysis. Welcome back to unbiased politics.
0:39.1	Today is Monday, March 10th.
0:40.7	Let's talk about some news.
0:42.8	Starting with a, or I should say starting with some clarification to last week's
0:48.4	congressional address fact check.
0:50.2	So last week on Thursday, I fact checked a bunch of claims made by the president in his congressional
0:57.3	address. And specifically in fact-checking the claim that illegal border crossings last month
1:03.9	were the lowest ever recorded, I said that February border crossings were the lowest since
1:10.4	fiscal year 2000, not ever like the president
1:14.5	had claimed. So here's some additional context. This is what I should have said originally.
1:19.3	The United States didn't start recording border apprehensions until fiscal year 2000. So we don't
1:26.5	have any numbers dating back further than that. However, since the
1:31.5	United States started recording apprehensions in 2000, yes, February apprehensions, last month's
1:38.6	apprehensions are the lowest numbers that we have seen. There were roughly 8,400 border apprehensions last month at the
1:46.3	southern border. And the last time that we saw numbers even close to that was in April 2017.
1:51.4	There were roughly 11,000 southern border apprehensions at that point, April 2017. So the fact is,
1:59.4	when the president said the lowest number of illegal border
2:02.5	crossings ever recorded, he was correct. That is true. 8400 apprehensions is the lowest number
2:09.1	on record at the southern border since we started recording these numbers in fiscal year 2000.
2:14.8	I always want you guys to have the most factual information. I never want to
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