UNBIASED Politics (4/22/25): COVID.gov Gets New 'Lab Leak' Look, Abrego Garcia Case Updates, Supreme Court to Decide If Parents Can Opt Children Out of LGBTQ Classroom Instruction, and More.
Episode Format:
Supreme Court Acts on Alien Enemies Act; More Action to Come (0:33)
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Mandatory Insurance Coverage for Certain Preventative Services Can Stand (8:38)
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Parents Can Opt Children Out of Classroom LGBTQ+ Classroom Instruction (12:52)
Abrego Garcia Case Updates: Senator Visits El Salvador, DHS Releases Traffic Stop Report, President Trump Shares Picture of Tattoos (15:56)
Harvard Sues Administration; NY Times Reports Administration Mistakenly Sent Demand Letter (22:53)
Four Anonymous Sources Say Hegseth Texted Yemen Strike Plans to Family Group Chat on Signal (25:40)
COVID.gov Gets New 'Lab Leak' Look (28:05)
Quick Hitters: HHS to Do Away With Eight Remaining Artificial Food Dyes, FTC Sues Uber Over UberOne Membership, Education Dept. to Resume Loan Collection, Walgreen to Settle Opioid Lawsuit, Pope Francis Dies (32:31)
Critical Thinking Segment (35:51)
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Supreme Court Acts on Alien Enemies Act; More Action to Come
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/19/us/trump-news
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Mandatory Insurance Coverage for Certain Preventative Services Can Stand
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S2-C2-3-1/ALDE_00013092/
https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/court-to-hear-challenge-to-aca-preventative-care-coverage/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zec14Uv8fJg
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Parents Can Opt Children Out of Classroom LGBTQ+ Classroom Instruction
https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/mahmoud-v-taylor/
Abrego Garcia Case Updates: Senator Visits El Salvador, DHS Releases Traffic Stop Report, President Trump Shares Picture of Tattoos
https://san.com/cc/abrego-garcia-reportedly-out-of-cecot-gop-turns-down-dem-trip-to-el-salvador/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chris-van-hollen-interview-kilmar-abrego-garcia-visit/
https://www.ice.gov/doclib/news/releases/2025/25_0418_hsi_referral-abrego-garcia.pdf
https://www.newsweek.com/dhs-bombshell-report-kilmar-abrego-garcia-about-traffic-stop-2061612
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.97.0.pdf
https://www.newsweek.com/kilmar-abrego-garcias-new-prison-location-revealed-trump-admin-2062317
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114361211919694573
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/kilmar-abrego-garcias-tattoos-ms-13/
Harvard Sues Administration; NY Times Reports Administration Mistakenly Sent Demand Letter
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/14/us/trump-harvard-demands.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/business/trump-harvard-letter-mistake.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/14/us/harvard-letter.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/19/trump-white-house-harvard-funding-mistake.html
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/19/us/harvard-trump-administration-letter-mistake/index.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-officials-tried-claim-harvard-030616955.html
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/4/19/nyt-reports-trump-letter-error/
Four Anonymous Sources Say Hegseth Texted Yemen Strike Plans to Family Group Chat on Signal
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/us/politics/hegseth-yemen-attack-second-signal-chat.html
https://abcnews.go.com/US/2nd-signal-chat-reveals-hegseth-messaging-yemen-strikes/story?id=120997685
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/20/politics/hegseth-second-signal-chat-military-plans/index.html
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hegseth-shared-details-yemen-strikes-second-signal-chat-report
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pete-hegseth-signal-chat-pentagon-e717ea84
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/20/pentagon-chaos-ullyot-hegseth-00205594
https://x.com/SeanParnellATSD/status/1914135704101175583
COVID.gov Gets New 'Lab Leak' Look
https://www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-true-origins-of-covid-19/
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/white-house-covid-web-page-page-supporting-lab/story?id=120956514
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/science/trump-covid-website-lab-leak.html
Quick Hitters
https://abcnews.go.com/US/rfk-jr-plans-phase-artificial-food-dyes-us/story?id=121034287
https://san.com/cc/uber-faces-ftc-lawsuit-over-unsolicited-subscriptions-to-uber-one/
https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/111th-congress/senate-report/240/1
https://san.com/cc/trump-administration-to-resume-collecting-defaulted-student-loans-may-5/
https://fiscal.treasury.gov/top/
https://san.com/cc/walgreens-to-pay-300-million-in-opioid-lawsuit-settlement/
https://www.justice.gov/civil/false-claims-act
https://apnews.com/article/vatican-pope-francis-dead-01ca7d73c3c48d25fd1504ba076e2e2a