UNBIASED Politics (5/1/25): Trump's Impeachment Articles, Leaked Memo Allows Warrantless ICE Searches, More Talk About Martial Law, Trump's ABC Interview Fact-Checked, and More.

Episode Format:

1. Leaked ICE Memo Authorizes Warrantless Searches (0:54)

2. DHS Conducts Raid on Home of US Citizens (10:09)

3. Judge Orders Release of Columbia Student/Protester (12:12)

4. Columbia University Janitors Sue On-Campus Protesters (14:38)

5. Judge Says Trump Admin Must Continue Funding Legal Services for Unaccompanied Migrant Children (16:04)

6. Representatives Files Seven Articles of Impeachment Against Trump (20:01)

7. Congress Passes Take It Down Act Prohibiting Publication of Non-Consensual, Explicit Online Images (24:01)

8. Trump Signs Executive Order Mandating English Language for Truck Drivers (26:41)

9. Trump Signs Executive Order Allowing Military to Assist Local Law Enforcement; Does This Mean Martial Law? (31:34)

10. Fact-Checking Trump's 100-Day Interview with ABC News (34:44)

11. Supreme Court to Decide Whether State Taxpayers Will Fund Religious Charter School (45:34)

12. GDP Contracts; Here's What It Means (50:08)

13. Quick Hitters: Waltz to Exit, New Protection Order Against Abrego Garcia, Pepsi to Remove Dyes, US-Ukraine Reach Mineral Deal, Tesla Says It Didn't Search for New CEO, HHS to Require Placebo Trials, Hegseth Warns Iran (53:28)

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Leaked ICE Memo Authorizes Warrantless Searches

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25915967-doj-march-14-memo-alien-enemies-act/#document/p1

https://www.yahoo.com/news/secret-trump-memo-tells-ice-161738426.html?guccounter=1

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/25/trump-venezuelan-gang-deportations-alien-enemies-act/83253074007/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/invocation-of-the-alien-enemies-act-regarding-the-invasion-of-the-united-states-by-tren-de-aragua/

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title50/chapter3&edition=prelim

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1357&num=0&edition=prelim

https://www.motionlaw.com/the-difference-between-judicial-and-administrative-warrants/

DHS Conducts Raid on Home of US Citizens

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/us-citizen-family-traumatized-ice-raid-rcna203700 

https://www.newsweek.com/ice-agents-force-family-underwear-oklahoma-2065984 

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/oklahoma-city-family-traumatized-ice-raid/ 

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/local/2025/04/30/oklahoma-ice-raid-homeland-security-responds/83365090007/ 

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5273754-citizens-ice-raid-oklahoma-city-deportations/ 

https://www.koco.com/article/ice-raid-not-wrong-house-oklahoma-city-facts-human-smuggling-ring/64638289

https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/04/30/ice-oklahoma-city-raid/

Judge Orders Release of Columbia Student/Protester

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-orders-columbia-student-mohsen-mahdawi-released-rcna203675 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/30/columbia-mohsen-mahdawis-released-judge-order 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/us/vermont-judge-orders-release-of-mohsen-mahdawi/index.html  

https://nypost.com/2025/04/30/us-news/palestinian-columbia-university-student-mohsen-mahdawi-freed-from-ice-custody-on-judges-orders-immediately-sends-message-to-trump/ 

https://x.com/ChrisHelali/status/1911816880559431899 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/nyregion/columbia-student-palestinian-arrested-ice.html 

https://www.uscis.gov/green-card 

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25896887-mahdawi-habeas-as-filed/ 

https://undergrad.admissions.columbia.edu/life/here/clubs/listings 

Columbia University Janitors Sue On-Campus Protesters

https://san.com/cc/columbia-university-janitors-sue-protesters-over-hamilton-hall-takeover/

https://www.thefp.com/p/exclusive-columbia-janitors-sue-protesters?utm_medium=email

https://nypost.com/2025/04/28/us-news/columbia-janitors-sue-protesters-who-allegedly-held-them-hostage-in-hamilton-hall-takeover-while-revealing-chilling-maps-used-in-attack/

Judge Says Trump Admin Must Continue Funding Legal Services for Unaccompanied Migrant Children

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/federal-judge-migrant-children-lawyers-immigration-87fb288e?mod=hp_lead_pos6

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/trump-administration-court-order-restore-legal-aid-funding-migrant-children/3850568/

https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/immigration/temporary-relief-for-migrant-children-as-judge-rules-to-reinstate-legal-funding

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-21/migrant-children-legal-funding-trump

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lawyers-migrant-children-facing-deportation-ordered-halt-work-trump-administration/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/politics/unaccompanied-migrant-children-legal-services-trump-cuts/index.html

Representatives Files Seven Articles of Impeachment Against Trump

https://thanedar.house.gov/imo/media/doc/repthanedararticlesofimpeachmentagainstpresidenttrump.pdf

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/28/articles-of-impeachment-trump-shri-thanedar

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5271810-michigan-democrat-trump-impeachment/amp/

https://x.com/repshrithanedar/status/1916920864521519363

https://pressgallery.house.gov/member-data/party-breakdown

https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/impeachment.htm

https://san.com/media-miss/3-house-democrats-ask-to-be-removed-from-trump-impeachment-resolution/

Congress Passes Take It Down Act Prohibiting Publication of Non-Consensual, Explicit Online Images

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146/text

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5271558-take-it-down-act-passes-house/amp/

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/house-take-it-down-act-vote-deepfake-pornography-victims/

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5173560-melania-trump-roundtable-democrats/

https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1916984817767579966

https://x.com/EricBurlison/status/1917726661274919154

Trump Signs Executive Order Mandating English Language for Truck Drivers

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-enforces-commonsense-rules-of-the-road-for-americas-truck-drivers/

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/10/01/2014-23435/driver-qualifications-regulatory-guidance-concerning-the-applicability-of-language-requirement-to

https://www.oregon.gov/odot/MCT/SafetyNoticesBulletins/SafetyNotice_English-Proficiency.pdf

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-require-truck-drivers-speak-english-pass-literacy-tests-communication-problems-mount

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5271893-trump-executive-order-truck-drivers-speak-english/

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/miami-truck-drivers-react-to-trump-order-requiring-english-to-stay-on-the-road/

https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/newsroom/trumps-transportation-secretary-sean-p-duffy-truck-drivers-who-want-share-our-roads-must

https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/faq/what-difference-between-commercial-motor-vehicle-cmv-and-non-cmv

https://www.thetrucker.com/trucking-news/business/trucking-industry-reacts-to-trumps-elp-executive-order-for-drivers

Trump Signs Executive Order Allowing Military to Assist Local Law Enforcement; Does This Mean Martial Law?

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/strengthening-and-unleashing-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens/

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-promises-his-new-legal-army-police-officers-2065599

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-new-order-sparks-martial-law-concerns-2065618

https://constitution.findlaw.com/article2/annotation09.html

https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/martial-law-times-civil-disorder

https://www.newsweek.com/insurrection-act-martial-law-comparison-donald-trump-deadline-2057016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_Act_of_1807

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/insurrection-act-explained

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/insurrection-act-of-1807-trump-southern-border-b2729694.html

Fact-Checking Trump's 100-Day Interview with ABC News

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/politics/trump-100-days-fact-check.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/22/fact-checker-trump-tariffs-false/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy5rd35wg4ro

https://www.ici.org/news-release/money-market-funds-hit-seven-trillion

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-attracted-7-trillion-private-investments-never-seen-anything-like-it

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-no-biden-didnt-140000448.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/business/china-pmi-factory-activity-tariffs-hnk-intl/index.html

https://www.newsweek.com/migrant-crime-murder-fact-check-harris-biden-trump-1964795

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0jp4xqx2z3o

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/30/does-abrego-garcia-have-ms-13-tattooed-on-his-knuckles-as-trump-claims

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/07/nx-s1-5354900/hhs-rfk-endorses-mmr-measles-vaccine-stoking-supporters-fury

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5327518/donald-trump-100-days-retribution-threats

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/business/egg-prices-fall-usda/index.html

https://gasprices.aaa.com/state-gas-price-averages/

Supreme Court to Decide Whether State Taxpayers Will Fund Religious Charter School

https://nypost.com/2025/04/30/us-news/supreme-court-may-approve-first-ever-taxpayer-funded-catholic-charter-school

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/29/politics/st-isidore-catholic-charter-school-supreme-court/index.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-considers-endorsing-countrys-first-religious-public-char-rcna203328

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/30/supreme-court-favors-first-religious-charter-school-00318087

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-s1-5333818/supreme-court-charter-schools-oklahoma

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/supreme-court-to-consider-bid-for-first-religious-charter-school/

https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/about-educational-outreach/activity-resources/supreme-court-procedures

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/supreme-court-divided-over-approving-first-religious-charter-school/

GDP Contracts; Here's What It Means

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/gdp-q1-us-economy-contracts-rcna203608

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/us-economy-gdp-q1-2025

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/economy/us-gdp-q1/index.html

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/contraction.asp

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/contraction.asp#:~:text=History%20has%20shown%20that%20a,what%20the%20public%20feels%20most

https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gross-domestic-product

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/30/gdp-q1-economy-tariffs

https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/apr/30/eurozone-gdp-growth-france-germany-italy-growth-recession-us-china-trade-war-business-live-news

https://www.ft.com/content/3d7e09e4-d5f9-4c56-8765-b1f9d4e876ca

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/business/are-we-in-a-recession-nightcap/index.html

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-economy-contracts-at-03-rate-in-q1-first-gdp-pullback-in-3-years-123544859.html

Quick Hitters

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-mike-waltz-alex-wong/

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/another-protective-order-filing-against-deported-maryland-man-championed-dems-surfaces

https://nypost.com/2025/04/29/business/pepsico-to-remove-artificial-ingredients-from-popular-food-items-by-end-of-2025/

https://san.com/cc/us-and-ukraine-finalize-long-delayed-minerals-deal/

https://x.com/SecScottBessent/status/1917697018551754802

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0126

https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/tesla-musk-ceo-search-board-0ce61af9?mod=hp_lead_pos1

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/health/hhs-vaccine-placebo-testing/index.html

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hegseth-sends-strong-message-iran-houthis-you-pay

https://x.com/SecDef/status/1917741093392707886