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:

1. Trump's New Executive Order Cuts Funding for NPR and PBS (1:05)

2. Voice of America in Limbo After Appellate Ruling (9:39)

3. Fact-Checking Sunday's 'Meet the Press' with the President; Highlighting Notable Moments (14:21)

4. The Reality Behind Trump's Pope Picture on Truth Social (28:58)

5. Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Cancel TPS for Venezuelans and Allow DOGE to Access Social Security Records (30:02)

6. Trump Calls For Alcatraz to be "Rebuilt and Reopened" (33:43)

7. Trump Calls for 100% Tariffs on Foreign Made Films (36:56)

8. Education Dept. Resumes Collecting on Defaulted Students Loans (38:59)

9. SpaceX Gets Its Own City Called Starbase (40:23)

10. 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)

11. Critical Thinking Segment (45:11)

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Trump's New Executive Order Cuts Funding for NPR and PBS

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/ending-taxpayer-subsidization-of-biased-media/

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/02/trump-npr-pbs-order-federal-funding

https://cpb.org/

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

https://cpb.org/pressroom/CPB-Statement-Congress-Approval-Continued-Funding-Public-Media

https://cpb.org/faq

https://www.kut.org/politics/2025-05-02/kut-kutx-pbs-corporation-for-public-broadcasting-npr-president-trump-executive-order-funding-cuts

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2025/05/05/trump-order-puts-ms-public-broadcasting-in-limbo/83415859007/

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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America#:~:text=Voice%20of%20America%20(VOA%20or,affiliate%20stations%20around%20the%20world

https://www.insidevoa.com/p/5719.html

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5336351/voice-of-america-trump-lawsuit-kari-lake-voa#:~:text=Voice%20of%20America%20staff%20sue%20Trump%20administration%20for%20shutting%20down%20network&text=Six%20Voice%20of%20America%20journalists%20sued%20Kari%20Lake%20and%20the,was%20also%20placed%20on%20leave.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/appeals-court-backs-voa-overhaul-kari-lake-modernize-agency-huge-victory-president-trump

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/03/voice-of-america-trump-return-to-air

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.42001/gov.uscourts.cadc.42001.01208736131.0.pdf

Fact-Checking Sunday's 'Meet the Press' with the President; Highlighting Notable Moments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b4OAlpPhNA  

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/fact-checking-donald-trumps-may-interview-meet-press-rcna203513   

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.pbs.org/newshour/economy/employers-added-a-surprising-177000-jobs-unemployment-remains-low-as-job-market-shows-resilience 

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html 

https://gasprices.aaa.com/ 

https://www.bls.gov/charts/consumer-price-index/consumer-price-index-by-category-line-chart.htm 

https://www.minneapolisfed.org/about-us/monetary-policy/inflation-calculator/consumer-price-index-1913- 

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://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/trumps-first-100-days-us-energy-dominance-plans-roiled-by-trade-uncertainty-2025-04-30/ 

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/oil-falls-more-than-2bbl-opec-set-accelerate-output-hikes-2025-05-04/ 

https://gasprices.aaa.com/gas-prices-creep-up-along-with-demand/ 

https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/24-01143-ICEs-Signed-Response-to-Representative-Tony-Gonzales.pdf 

https://www.cato.org/blog/there-are-not-13099-illegal-immigrant-murders-roaming-free-american-streets 

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.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/04/100-days-of-investment-5-trillion-in-new-investment-fuels-americas-future/ 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-immigration-narrative-backed-corner-violent-evidence-mounts-against-abrego-garcia 

https://www.ntu.org/foundation/detail/what-happens-to-us-taxpayers-if-the-2017-tax-cuts-expire 

https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesfinancecouncil/2024/05/13/navigating-the-potential-expiration-of-the-tax-cuts--jobs-act/?utm_source=chatgpt.com 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/the-size-of-donald-trumps-2024-election-victory-explained-in-5-charts  

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/crypto/trumps-memecoin-dinner-contest-earns-insiders-900000-two-days-rcna203071

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.cnbc.com/2025/04/23/trump-coin-surges-50percent-after-president-promises-dinner-with-top-holders.html

https://gettrumpmemes.com/

https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/americas/canada#:~:text=Canada%20has%20consistently%20been%20one,($5.0%20billion)%20from%202023.

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://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/04/promises-made-promises-kept-border-security-achieved-in-fewer-than-100-days/

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.scotusblog.com/2025/05/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-allow-an-end-to-protected-status-for-venezuelans/

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://immigrationforum.org/article/temporary-protected-status-fact-sheet/#:~:text=Temporary%20Protected%20Status%20(TPS)%20is,from%20adequately%20handling%20the%20return.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.444868/gov.uscourts.cand.444868.93.0.pdf

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/17/2025-00769/extension-of-the-2023-designation-of-venezuela-for-temporary-protected-status

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/05/trump-asks-high-court-to-allow-doge-access-to-social-security-records/

Trump Calls For Alcatraz to be "Rebuilt and Reopened"

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114452025916969327

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-orders-feds-reopen-alcatraz-house-americas-most-ruthless-violent-criminals

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

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalhistoriclandmarks/withdrawn.htm#:~:text=The%20National%20Historic%20Landmark%20designation,the%20Secretary%20of%20the%20Interior

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://www.wsj.com/business/media/trump-authorizes-100-tariff-on-movies-made-overseas-757e3a10?mod=hp_lead_pos1

https://apnews.com/article/trump-films-hollywood-tariff-movies-415367dff6ae5bb7dc0871db5ac97d48

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/04/media/movies-tariff-trump

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-announces-100-tariff-movies-produced-outside-us-2025-05-04/

Education Dept. Resumes Collecting on Defaulted Students Loans

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/education-department-to-resume-collecting-on-defaulted-federal-student-loans-06f4f829?mod=article_inline

https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-begin-federal-student-loan-collections-other-actions-help-borrowers-get-back-repayment

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

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/collections-set-begin-millions-defaulted-college-loans-heres/story?id=121371168

SpaceX Gets Its Own City Called Starbase

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-07-15/newsom-bans-schools-from-requiring-that-parents-are-notified-about-student-gender-identity

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/business/spacex-starbase-south-texas-vote.html#:~:text=SpaceX%20broke%20ground%20in%20the,in%20the%20past%20four%20years.

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.cameroncountytx.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IV.-Additional-Sealed-Maps-of-Proposed-Municipal-Boundaries-Detaling-Specific-Areas-of-the-City.pdf

https://www.valleycentral.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2024/12/Starbase-Letter-to-Judge.pdf

https://www.senate.ga.gov/committees/Documents/CarlVinsonSummaryMunicipalIncorporationProceduresbyState.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://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/4/starbase-residents-of-texas-site-home-to-musks-spacex-back-city-status

https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-starbase-texas-city-7863bf3bac65e9718eef19b27978933b

Quick Hitters

https://abcnews.go.com/US/nasa-astronauts-prepare-5th-female-spacewalk/story?id=121270736&cid=social_twitter_abcn

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 

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05/05/dhs-announces-historic-travel-assistance-and-stipend-voluntary-self-deportation