UNBIASED Politics (5/5/25): NPR/PBS Funding Cuts, Trump's Pope Picture, Alcatraz Re-Opening, Tariffs on Films, Fact-Checking Trump's 'Meet the Press' Interview, SpaceX Gets Its Own City, and More.
Episode Format:
Trump's New Executive Order Cuts Funding for NPR and PBS (1:05)
Voice of America in Limbo After Appellate Ruling (9:39)
Fact-Checking Sunday's 'Meet the Press' with the President; Highlighting Notable Moments (14:21)
The Reality Behind Trump's Pope Picture on Truth Social (28:58)
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Cancel TPS for Venezuelans and Allow DOGE to Access Social Security Records (30:02)
Trump Calls For Alcatraz to be "Rebuilt and Reopened" (33:43)
Trump Calls for 100% Tariffs on Foreign Made Films (36:56)
Education Dept. Resumes Collecting on Defaulted Students Loans (38:59)
SpaceX Gets Its Own City Called Starbase (40:23)
Quick Hitters: NASAs Fifth Spacewalk, House Cancels Vote on Anti-Boycott Act, REAL ID Requirement Takes Effect This Week, P. Diddy's Jury Selection Begins, DHS Offers Self-Deportation Stipend (42:36)
Critical Thinking Segment (45:11)
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Trump's New Executive Order Cuts Funding for NPR and PBS
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/02/trump-npr-pbs-order-federal-funding
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation_for_Public_Broadcasting
https://cpb.org/pressroom/CPB-Statement-Congress-Approval-Continued-Funding-Public-Media
Voice of America in Limbo After Appellate Ruling
https://san.com/cc/doj-tells-voice-of-america-it-can-resume-programming-return-to-office-report/
https://www.insidevoa.com/p/5719.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/03/voice-of-america-trump-return-to-air
Fact-Checking Sunday's 'Meet the Press' with the President; Highlighting Notable Moments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b4OAlpPhNA
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/04/trump-economy-tariffs-canada
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-blasts-dishonest-interview-during-contentious-debate-tariffs
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/04/28/100-days-most-secure-border-american-history
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migrant-crossings-u-s-mexico-border-historically-low-levels/
https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html
https://www.bls.gov/charts/consumer-price-index/consumer-price-index-by-category-line-chart.htm
https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3725.pdf
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000708111
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-price-outlook/summary-findings
https://gasprices.aaa.com/gas-prices-creep-up-along-with-demand/
https://fortune.com/article/current-mortgage-rates-05-05-2025/
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/04/mortgage-rates-trump-tariffs
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/07/nx-s1-5352409/trump-auto-tariffs-uaw-shawn-fain
https://www.ntu.org/foundation/detail/what-happens-to-us-taxpayers-if-the-2017-tax-cuts-expire
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/fact-checking-donald-trumps-may-interview-meet-press-rcna203513 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-republicans-raise-red-flags-trumps-private-dinner-meme-coin-hol-rcna204293
https://www.aol.com/fact-check-trump-keeps-making-163724329.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-grocery-prices-gas-consumers-fact-check/ https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1916838346413818234
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-immigration-2024-election-2157777f240142e5aed38be192a52b25
https://smartasset.com/taxes/trump-tax-brackets
The Reality Behind Trump's Pope Picture on Truth Social
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-yes-trump-posted-152200359.html
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Cancel TPS for Venezuelans and Allow DOGE to Access Social Security Records
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-supreme-court-venezuelans-end-temporary-protected-status/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/trump-supreme-court-tps.html
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.444868/gov.uscourts.cand.444868.93.0.pdf
Trump Calls For Alcatraz to be "Rebuilt and Reopened"
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114452025916969327
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-alcatraz-prison-reopen-truth-social-california/
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/05/us/trump-alcatraz-prison-history-hnk
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-directs-bureau-prisons-reopen-alcatraz-2025-05-04/
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/05/trump-alcatraz-prison-rebuild-reopen
https://www.nps.gov/alca/index.htm
https://www.bop.gov/about/history/alcatraz.jsp
Trump Calls for 100% Tariffs on Foreign Made Films
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114452117143235155
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/business/trump-tariffs-movies.html
https://apnews.com/article/trump-films-hollywood-tariff-movies-415367dff6ae5bb7dc0871db5ac97d48
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/04/media/movies-tariff-trump
Education Dept. Resumes Collecting on Defaulted Students Loans
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/04/politics/student-loan-collection-restart-what-to-know
https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/default/collections
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/05/student-loan-collections-restart-for-borrowers-in-default.html
SpaceX Gets Its Own City Called Starbase
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/07/16/elon-musk-x-space-x-texas-california/
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/12/texas-space-x-city-election-starbase/
https://www.valleycentral.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2024/12/Starbase-Letter-to-Judge.pdf
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/welcome-starbase-population-283-rcna204214
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/starbase-home-elon-musks-spacex-officially-become-texas-city
https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-starbase-texas-city-7863bf3bac65e9718eef19b27978933b
Quick Hitters
https://www.newsweek.com/maga-leaders-defend-americans-right-boycott-israel-2067909
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/real-id-deadline-may-7-tsa/
https://apnews.com/article/diddy-trial-sean-combs-550b3f0c7a4bbb2f2777edb0a16762a0