UNBIASED Politics (6/12/25): Here's What To Know About the LA Protests, Riots, and Raids. PLUS Trump to Phase Out FEMA, Kennedy Removes ACIP Members, and More.

Episode Format:

1. What You Need to Know About the LA Protests, Riots, and Raids (1:34)

2. Listener Q&A; Answering Your Questions About ICE, Immigration, and More (17:42)

3. Kennedy Removes All 17 Voting Members of ACIP; Replaces Some (42:39)

4. Trump's Plans to Phase Out FEMA (46:43)

5. Trump Admin Reinstates Confederate Names at Military Installation But This Time With a Different Honoree (49:46)

6. Supreme Court Releases 6 Decisions; Here's What They Said About Disability Discrimination at School and Improper Federal Raids (52:48)

7. Quick Hitters: Terry Moran Out at ABC, Musk Regrets Trump Posts, DC Prepares for Army Parade, CDC Rehires Terminated Employees, Permanent Resident Applicants to Submit Medical Exam, House Approves Trump's Rescissions Proposal (56:10)

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What You Need to Know About the LA Protests, Riots, and Raids

https://abcnews.go.com/US/timeline-ice-raids-sparked-la-protests-prompted-trump/story?id=122688437

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/los-angeles-ice-protests-timeline/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-lethal_weapon#:~:text=at%20the%20head.-,Ammunition,the%20target%20that%20interacts%20kinetically.

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/06/10/governor-newsoms-address-to-california-democracy-at-a-crossroads/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiZEXHFmtKg

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/06/10/governor-newsom-files-emergency-motion-to-block-trumps-unlawful-militarization-of-los-angeles/

https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/FILE_6878.pdf https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/CalGuard-Lawsuit.pdf

https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/california-seeks-emergency-order-barring-feds-la-20370651.php

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/10/us/la-protests-marines-ice-trump

https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-protests-ice-national-guard-9dfd2d025070bb6060d908dd3cf9b1f0

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/10/trump-newsom-national-guard-los-angeles

https://abc7.com/post/los-angeles-schools-deny-homeland-security-agents-entry-campuses/16154773/#:~:text=Several%20federal%20agents%20visited%20two%20schools%20in%20South%20L.A%20%2D%20Lillian,turned%20away%20by%20the%20principals.

https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/06/07/immigration-agents-arrest-nyc-student/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/11/marcelo-gomes-da-silva-milford-ma-immigration/84083774007/

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-05/torrance-community-searches-for-answers-on-student-detained-by-feds 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/iowa-largest-ice-raid-know-183552680.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALirS5p1nA7-b_kUBI7K4Z7fTac0aK1OJpaCuVdCCMBBF_Mp5eL1mQ1Iz5qns7COeQo97D-rfEpjHGphOuuyUK_gKOMgs-j329QuWTCFzbDjCVfWihorwzlpqWBG71uVjdaluQseCpjt87ZEq5ndA5BBDR91zifv6dDv1w9mdXI7

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86p821p660o

https://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/comparing-trump-and-obamas-deportation-priorities/

https://www.ice.gov/mission

https://www.ice.gov/about-ice

https://www.ice.gov/287g

https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2025/06/10/arizona-sheriffs-287g-immigration-agreements

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/police-officers-vs-ice-agents-whats-the-difference/85-a746ee9f-1a08-4cfc-97d4-e1674c02f7af

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/04/immigration-officials-increased-detentions-collateral-arrests#:~:text=This%20despite%20not%20having%20additional%20warrants%20or,have%20a%20warrant%20before%20they%20arrest%20someone.

https://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/02/obama-administration-breaks-own-deportation-record/ 

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/08/31/u-s-immigrant-deportations-declined-in-2014-but-remain-near-record-high/ 

https://www.ice.gov/doclib/news/releases/2010/civil-enforcement-priorities.pdf

https://www.ice.gov/doclib/secure-communities/pdf/prosecutorial-discretion-memo.pdf

https://leitf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Enforcement-Priorities-Memo.pdf

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/17_0220_S1_Enforcement-of-the-Immigration-Laws-to-Serve-the-National-Interest.pdf

https://www.hurtadolawfirm.com/blog/2025/march/executive-order-effect-prosecutorial-discretion-/

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/18/joe-biden/biden-says-obama-ended-workplace-raids-immigrants/

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/23/politics/trump-immigration-arrests-deportations

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/02/nx-s1-5348831/judge-trump-administration-legal-aid-to-migrant-children 

https://sourcenm.com/2025/05/21/court-battle-leaves-tenuous-funding-for-unaccompanied-migrant-childrens-legal-representation/ 

https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/speed-over-fairness-deportation-under-obama

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/expedited-removal#:~:text=The%20Use%20of%20Expedited%20Removal%20Over%20Time,in%20the%20expedited%20removal%20process.

https://www.asylumist.com/2025/01/29/are-asylum-seekers-safe-from-ice/#:~:text=For%20asylum%20seekers%2C%20even%20if,their%20asylum%20application%20is%20adjudicated. 

https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/padilla-forcibly-removed-from-noem-press-conference/

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5347538-padilla-handcuffing-press-conference-migrants/

Kennedy Removes All 17 Voting Members of ACIP; Replaces Some

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/09/rfk-scraps-vaccine-advisory-committee

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/former-cdc-director-reacts-to-rfk-jr-s-firing-of-entire-vaccine-advisory-panel

https://x.com/SecKennedy/status/1932580198198964241

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-jr-hhs-moves-to-restore-public-trust-in-vaccines-45495112?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAjNxeLcYG0934nwf0qPTGW50q9aHQrVn7P7uV2a7QtkNywOCR_Q7UpLWjC_dg%3D%3D&gaa_ts=6849cb25&gaa_sig=ezdrd3HzUFAYgh21iX48WoBSCEHNJFjC_q74Q0muJtmIk7wOLn2IbFhiKh4dEvsearg2Qqd3ZnE9Xe2dcklcNw%3D%3D

https://theunbiasedscipod.substack.com/p/the-acip-purge-science-vs-ideology

https://san.com/cc/hhs-secretary-dismisses-entire-vaccine-advisory-panel/

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12317

https://x.com/SecKennedy/status/1932899858920120692 (about the new appointees)

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-cdc-vaccine-advisory-panel-names/ (about the new appointees)

https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2025/06/12/acip-members (about the new appointees)

Trump's Plans to Phase Out FEMA

https://nypost.com/2025/06/11/us-news/trump-announces-plans-to-wean-off-fema-after-2025-hurricane-season/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-says-fema-wound-hurricane-season-rcna212307

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency

https://www.fema.gov/about/history

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/council-to-assess-the-federal-emergency-management-agency/

https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/proposed-changes-to-fema-and-the-future-of-federal-disaster-response/

https://san.com/cc/trump-plans-to-phase-out-fema-shift-disaster-response-to-states/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/11/politics/fema-hurricane-season-phase-out-trump

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/13/2025-08369/federal-emergency-management-agency-review-council-meeting

https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/senate-bill/626

Trump Admin Reinstates Confederate Names at Military Installation But This Time With a Different Honoree

​​https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-restoring-confederate-names-army-bases/

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/10/trump-fort-bragg-confederate-military

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/06/10/trump-orders-return-to-old-confederate-linked-names-for-7-army-sites/

https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/article/3260434/dod-begins-implementing-naming-commission-recommendations/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/10/trump-army-names-confederate-00398568

Supreme Court Releases 6 Decisions; Here's What They Said About Disability Discrimination at School and Improper Federal Raids

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-362_mjn0.pdf 

https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-files/martin-v-united-states-2/

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-249_a86c.pdf 

https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-files/a-j-t-v-osseo-area-schools-independent-school-district-no-279/

Quick Hitters

https://www.foxnews.com/media/ex-abc-reporter-terry-moran-immediately-moves-substack-after-abrupt-exit

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/11/musk-apology-trump-call-vance-wiles

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/12/g-s1-70085/trump-birthday-dc-military-parade-history

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/11/cdc-backtracks-on-layoffs-rehires-more-than-400-people-00400404

https://san.com/cc/trump-admin-changes-requirements-for-green-cards-effective-immediately/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-vote-rescission-claw-back-9-4-billion-foreign-aid-npr-pbs/