UNBIASED Politics (6/19/25): Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Transgender Treatment for Minors, Senate Proposes Sale of Federal Land, LGBTQ+ Option on 988 Crisis Hotline Being Discontinued, and More.
Episode Format:
ICE Reportedly Revokes Prior Policy to Stay Away from Hotels and Farms (0:39)
Judge Issues New Ruling Over Trump Administration’s Passport Marker Policy (4:03)
Senate Committee Proposes Sale of Federal Land to Raise Money (6:37)
Supreme Court Rules in Case About Gender Transition Treatments for Minors (13:57)
Quick Hitters: Journalists Sue LAPD, NAACP Won’t Invite President to Annual Event, Trump Extends TikTok Ban, NYC Comptroller Arrested by Federal Agents at Immigration Hearing, Rep. Hortman’s Home Broken Into After Murder, Musk and NY Times Feud Over Alleged Drug Use, State Dept. Resumes Visa Processing with New Rules, CBP Released No Migrants into the U.S. in May (22:46)
Rumor Has It: Do New VA Bylaws Allow Discrimination Against Democrats and Unmarried Individuals? Was a Brain Dead Woman Forced to Give Birth Because of Georgia Abortion Laws? Is the Trump Administration Removing the 988 Crisis Hotline for LGBTQ+ Individuals? (27:47)
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ICE Reportedly Revokes Prior Policy to Stay Away from Hotels and Farms
https://san.com/cc/no-safe-spaces-dhs-lifts-worksite-ice-raid-pause-as-trump-eyes-major-cities/
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/politics/homeland-security-immigration-raids-resume
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/06/16/trump-farms-hotels-immigration-raids/
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114690267066155731
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XXJyE2lIT8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4oI7jI5fJs
Judge Issues New Ruling Over Trump Administration’s Passport Marker Policy
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/politics/judge-passport-sex-markers-transgender-people
https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2025/02/orrvtrumpstamped.pdf
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69623342/116/orr-v-trump/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs3Kj9aPBFM
https://san.com/cc/judge-says-government-cant-limit-gender-markers-on-us-passports/
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69623342/75/orr-v-trump/
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/preliminary_injunction
https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_23
Senate Committee Proposes Sale of Federal Land to Raise Money
https://www.wilderness.org/sites/default/files/media/file/senr-budget-rec-NEW25684-20250617.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/climate/senate-gop-public-land-sale.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/climate/senate-gop-public-land-sale.html
https://www.wilderness.org/sites/default/files/media/file/senr-budget-rec-NEW25684-20250617.pdf
https://www.energy.senate.gov/services/files/F45D5D1E-65F5-4631-8C8F-E8C67E0DBCBD
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/climate/senate-gop-public-land-sale.html
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-where-250-million-acres-public-land-being-sold-off-2086852
Supreme Court Rules in Case About Gender Transition Treatments for Minors
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-477_2cp3.pdf
https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-files/united-states-v-skrmetti/
https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/law-and-life/challenging-laws-3-levels-of-scrutiny-explained/
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-477_2cp3.pdf
https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-files/united-states-v-skrmetti/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-tennessee-gender-affirming-care-minors-us-skrmetti/
Quick Hitters
https://san.com/cc/journalists-sue-lapd-after-reporters-injured-covering-unrest/
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/17/nx-s1-5436660/naacp-trump-national-convention-invitation
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-extension-tiktok-rcna213625
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/brad-lander-arrested/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/break-reported-home-slain-minnesota-state-rep-melissa/story?id=122977013
https://san.com/cc/state-department-resumes-student-visas-but-adds-social-media-checks/
https://san.com/media-miss/zero-migrants-released-in-may-as-southwest-border-crossings-fall-93/
Rumor Has It
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/va-doctors-refuse-treat-patients
https://www.va.gov/files/2025-04/MEDICAL%20BYLAWS_April%202025%20-%20Final.pdf
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/06/17/va-rules-refuse-treatment-veterans/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/family-forced-keep-brain-dead-pregnant-woman-alive-rcna207002
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna213558
https://www.samhsa.gov/about/news-announcements/statements/2025/samhsa-statement-988-press-3-option
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-988-national-lgbtq-suicide-lifeline-backlash/
https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
https://988lifeline.org/about/#:~:text=The%20Hotline%20Designation%20Act