UNBIASED Politics (6/26/25): What To Know About NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani, an Update in the Middle East, Senate's Federal Land Sale Blocked, and More.

Episode Format:

1. DOJ Whistleblower Says Top U.S. Attorney and Judicial Nominee Told DOJ to "Ignore Court Orders" (1:00)

2. Health Insurers Reach Agreement With HHS To Make Reforms to Pre-Authorization Requests (4:30)

3. Trump Administration Formally Finds California in Violation of Title IX; Here's What It Means (10:49)

4. Zohran Mamdani Beats Former Gov. Cuomo in NYC Mayoral Primary; What to Know About Him and His Policies (14:47)

5. Senate's Federal Land Sale Blocked From Big Beautiful Bill (32:00)

6. Updates in the Middle East; Trump and Hegseth Deny New U.S. Intelligence Report About Nuclear Site Damage (35:02)

7. Rumor Has It: Was a Tourist Denied Entry Into the U.S. Because of a JD Vance Meme? (42:39)

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DOJ Whistleblower Says Top U.S. Attorney and Judicial Nominee Told DOJ to "Ignore Court Orders"

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/24/trump-doj-bove-judge-order-whistleblower.html

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/24/trump-deportations-doj-whistleblower

https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-emil-bove-judge-deportations-trump-3800859fc5035bfa7f091ebc97711fb8

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-dept-whistleblower-erez-reuveni-emil-bove/

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/doj-places-attorney-leave-after-struggling-maryland-migrant/story?id=120526466

Health Insurers Reach Agreement With HHS To Make Reforms to Pre-Authorization Requests

https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/kennedy-oz-cms-secure-healthcare-industry-pledge-to-fix-prior-authorization-system.html

https://www.ahip.org/news/press-releases/health-plans-take-action-to-simplify-prior-authorization

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-health-chief-kennedy-met-with-insurers-prior-authorization-requirements-2025-06-23/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgY0QUV9iKQ

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/prior-authorization-what-is-it-when-might-you-need-it-and-how-do-you-get-it

https://www.aha.org/press-releases/2018-01-17-health-care-leaders-collaborate-streamline-prior-authorization-and#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20%E2%80%93%20January%2017%2C%202018%20%E2%80%93%20Physicians%2C,patients'%20medical%20treatments%2C%20also%20known%20as%20pre%2Dapproval.

https://ahiporg-production.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Prior-Authorization-Consensus-Statement.pdf

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/23/health-insurers-simplify-pre-approvals

https://www.axios.com/2024/01/18/health-insurance-prior-authorization-doctors

https://x.com/annarmatson/status/1937251172152472021?s=46

https://san.com/cc/trump-administration-looks-to-streamline-prior-authorization-process/

Trump Administration Formally Finds California in Violation of Title IX; Here's What It Means

https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-finds-california-department-of-education-and-california-interscholastic-federation-violation-of-title-ix 

https://nypost.com/2025/06/25/us-news/california-put-on-notice-after-probe-finds-clear-violation-of-title-ix/ 

https://apnews.com/article/transgender-athletes-sports-title-ix-california-trump-921cada31395db33105316fe0e198c12 

https://nypost.com/2025/05/22/sports/california-girls-track-athlete-opens-up-on-losing-1st-place-title-to-trans-competitor/#:~:text=Girls'%20track%20athlete%20opens%20up%20on%20losing%20title%20to%20California,Nothing%20that%20we%20can%20do'&text=A%20high%20school%20track%20meet,trans%20athletes%20in%20girls'%20sports. 

https://www.advocate.com/politics/gavin-newsom-rejects-mcmahon-threat 

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-administration-says-california-violated-title-ix-letting-trans-a-rcna215022

https://www.si.com/high-school/california/trump-administration-gives-california-cif-10-day-deadline-to-rescind-awards-from-transgender-athletes-01jynsaprzw4

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/01/teen-trans-athlete-ab-hernandez

Zohran Mamdani Beats Former Gov. Cuomo in NYC Mayoral Primary; What to Know About Him and His Policies

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a7ejjSZWWIAcxfcWnkYaqvnjihTb0LAOQkj8g10-npg/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.2gazcsgmxkub

https://www.zohranfornyc.com/platform

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/24/us/elections/results-new-york-city-mayor-primary.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/new-york-mayoral-primary-results

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

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/nyregion/mamdani-globalize-intifada.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/20/nyregion/ocasio-cortez-israeli-settlements.html

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/22/critics-say-zohran-mamdani-is-antisemitic-he-says-hes-simply-holding-israel-accountable-00416388

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nyc-mayoral-candidate-zohran-mamdani-draws-criticism-intifada-remarks-rcna213967

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLD4lS_OYMB/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly2rgzye9no

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/23/politics/zohran-mamdani-mayor-new-york-city-primary

https://forward.com/culture/573654/intifada-arabic-israeli-hamas-war-meaning-linguistics/

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

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/nyc-dem-socialist-zohran-mamdani-wins-primary-election-what-his-economic-agenda 

https://nypost.com/2025/06/18/us-news/gov-hochul-rips-zohran-mamdanis-tax-on-rich-admits-costs-are-pushing-nyers-to-palm-beach/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://www.cityandstateny.com/personality/2024/08/some-most-contentious-fights-between-eric-adams-and-adrienne-adams/397005/ 

https://council.nyc.gov/districts/

https://www.nyc.gov/site/intergovernmental/city/city-legislative-process.page

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/us/politics/what-is-democratic-socialism.html 

https://www.dsausa.org/about-us/what-is-democratic-socialism/#discredited

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2025/06/25/nyc-mayor-who-is-zohran-mamdani-whats-a-socialist-see-bio-more-andrew-cuomo-mamdani-religion-muslim/84350456007/

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLD4lS_OYMB/

Senate's Federal Land Sale Blocked From Big Beautiful Bill

https://newrepublic.com/post/197167/republicans-remove-sale-public-lands-budget-bill

https://apnews.com/article/public-land-sales-senate-mike-lee-bf4c3a046a107efc7d4ffe005fdb9d2d

https://www.outdooralliance.org/blog/2025/6/24/33-million-acre-public-land-sell-off-removed-from-senate-billbut-the-fight-isnt-over

https://x.com/SenMikeLee/status/1937340623213985907

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48444

https://ballotpedia.org/Senate_Parliamentarian

https://ballotpedia.org/Budget_reconciliation_in_U.S._Congress#Budget_reconciliation_process

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5369309-mike-lee-gop-budget-plan-public-lands-sale-trump-blm-national-forests/

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.energy.senate.gov/services/files/F45D5D1E-65F5-4631-8C8F-E8C67E0DBCBD

https://www.jordanismylawyer.com/episodes/june192025

Updates in the Middle East; Trump and Hegseth Deny New U.S. Intelligence Report About Nuclear Site Damage

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/us/politics/iran-nuclear-sites.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/politics/intel-assessment-us-strikes-iran-nuclear-sites

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/strikes-iran-set-back-nuclear-program-several-months-sources-say-rcna214853

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-says-intelligence-iran-was-inconclusive-suggests-severe-damage-2025-06-25/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqZ-2a9dEfE

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-narrates-dizzying-24-hours-iranian-retaliation-fragile/story?id=123158674

​​​​https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-says-iran-violating-ceasefire-trump-announced-will-respond-with-force/

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-iran-conflict-us-trump-06-25-25-intl-hnk 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/26/defiant-khamenei-says-iran-will-never-surrender-to-the-us

Rumor Has It: Was a Tourist Denied Entry Into the U.S. Because of a JD Vance Meme?

https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/06/25/norwegian-tourist-jd-vance-meme/

https://x.com/CBP/status/1937651325354795444

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jd-vance-bald-meme-norwegian-student-denied-entry-b2777223.html 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2025/06/25/tourist-denied-entry-us-phone-search-vance-meme/84342280007/