UNBIASED Politics (5/8/25): Transgender Military Ban Can Proceed, Newark Air Traffic Issues, & More. PLUS Is Desegregation Being Overturned? Is the President Throwing Himself a Birthday Parade?

Episode Format:

1. Supreme Court Allows Transgender Military Ban to Proceed (0:26)

2. Newark Outage: What We Know (8:30)

3. Trump's New Executive Order Stops Funding for Gain-of-Function Research (16:01)

4. Education Dept. Cancels $1B in Biden-Era School Mental Health Grants (19:28)

5. DHS Announces $1,000 Stipend for Self-Deportation (22:57)

6. Here's How the Conclave Works (25:10)

7. Quick Hitters: US Reaches Trade Deal with UK, Another Jet Ends Up in Red Sea, Largest Fentanyl Bust in US History, 205 Child Predators Arrested in Operation, Law Enforcement Targets 764 Network, Officers Acquitted of State Charges in Nichols Case, House Passes 'Gulf of America Act' (29:19)

8. Rumor Has It: Is Desegregation Being Overturned? Is the President Throwing Himself a Birthday Parade? Are Oklahoma Lawmakers Trying to Overturn Gay Marriage? (33:35)

9. Critical Thinking Segment (40:04)

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Supreme Court Allows Transgender Military Ban to Proceed

https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/050625zr_6j37.pdf

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/05/supreme-court-allows-trump-to-ban-transgender-people-from-military/

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-hands-down-decision-trans-military-ban-suit

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-lets-trumps-transgender-military-ban-take-effect-2025-05-06/

https://issuu.com/rotorrev/docs/rr_163.winter.24.issuu/s/43955025#:~:text=Shilling%20was%20allowed%20to%20stay,and%20finally%20merge%20her%20dreams.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_personnel_in_the_United_States_military#:~:text=From%20June%2030%2C%202016%2C%20near,permitted%20beginning%20January%201%2C%202018.

Newark Outage: What We Know

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/newark-airport-delays-ground-stops-equipment-issues/

https://thehill.com/regulation/transportation/5284930-newark-airport-delays-air-traffic-control-chaos-what-to-know/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/07/us/newark-airport-outage-system-scrutiny

https://www.foxnews.com/travel/astounding-new-audio-shows-air-traffic-controllers-reacting-faa-tech-outage-this-serious-issue

https://san.com/cc/flights-delays-continue-after-newark-airport-communications-outage/

https://www.instagram.com/p/DJU1dIjSUMZ/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/p/DJTEQvPthdC/?hl=en&img_index=1

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/07/us/video/newark-airport-outage-controllers-invs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LPdXTm1Jbo

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/transportation/2025/05/07/newark-airport-delays-cause-air-traffic-control-technology/83478221007/

Trump's New Executive Order Stops Funding for Gain-of-Function Research

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/improving-the-safety-and-security-of-biological-research/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/05/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-achieves-improved-safety-and-security-of-biological-research/

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/05/trump-order-cuts-funds-for-gain-of-function-research

​​https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-bans-federal-funding-towards-dangerous-gain-of-function-research

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12021

https://asm.org/getmedia/24ebbde0-d618-4a8a-901c-6e297e6f92aa/hd-918-asm-gof-factsheet-final.pdf

https://2017-2021.state.gov/fact-sheet-activity-at-the-wuhan-institute-of-virology/

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-gain-of-function-executive-order-pandemic-pathogens-rcna205181

Education Dept. Cancels $1B in Biden-Era School Mental Health Grants

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/30/education-department-cuts-about-1-billion-in-federal-school-mental-health-grants-00319531

https://apnews.com/article/school-mental-health-grants-trump-biden-dei-00bec2d96371f023ac56fe3f32f3e92f

https://edsource.org/updates/education-department-cancels-school-mental-health-grants

https://abc11.com/post/doge-federal-cuts-doe-stops-1-billion-school-mental-health-grants-including-141-million-wcpss/16332124/ 

https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/30/education-department-cuts-1b-in-mental-health-grants-used-to-advance-dei/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=education-department-cuts-1b-in-mental-health-grants-used-to-advance-dei 

https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/trump-ends-1-billion-in-mental-health-grants-for-schools/2025/04

https://www.aft.org/press-release/afts-weingarten-responds-trumps-cutting-1-billion-school-mental-health-grants

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2938/text

https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/05/18/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-new-actions-to-tackle-nations-mental-health-crisis/

DHS Announces $1,000 Stipend for Self-Deportation

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/5/us-offers-1000-stipend-to-migrants-who-self-deport

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

https://www.dhs.gov/cbphome

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/cbp-one-overview

https://www.cbp.gov/about/mobile-apps-directory/cbphome

Here's How the Conclave Works

https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/05/07/black-smoke-emitted-from-sistine-chapel-no-pope-elected-on-first-day-of-conclave-live-updates/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/conclave-2025-when-will-cardinals-replace-pope-francis/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/how-does-the-conclave-pick-a-new-pope-8-things-to-know

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-05/conclave-how-a-pope-is-elected.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-will-be-the-next-pope-list-of-possible-candidates/

Quick Hitters

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-administration-britain-tariffs-immigration-doge-live-updates-rcna204764

https://san.com/cc/uss-truman-loses-2nd-60m-fighter-jet-to-red-sea-in-8-days/

https://san.com/cc/justice-department-announces-largest-fentanyl-bust-in-us-history/ 

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/largest-fentanyl-bust-dea-history-authorities-seize-over-400-kilograms-fentanyl-record 

https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/justice-department-announces-results-of-operation-restore-justice-205-child-sex-abuse-offenders-arrested-in-fbi-led-nationwide-crackdown

https://abcnews.go.com/US/fbi-opened-250-investigations-tied-violent-online-network/story?id=121480884

https://www.foxnews.com/us/3-former-memphis-police-officers-acquitted-death-tyre-nichols

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5289696-house-republicans-gulf-of-america/

Rumor Has It

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/415/817/280063/

https://apnews.com/article/school-integration-brown-board-supreme-court-9d84858db3717620a77bfae0b478cab8

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/us/louisiana-justice-department-desegregation-order

https://www.fox9.com/news/school-desegregation-order-1966-louisiana-lifted-justice-department

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/02/doj-decades-old-school-desegregation-louisiana

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-dismisses-half-century-old-louisiana-consent-decree

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/army-confirms-military-parade-for-its-250th-anniversary-will-be-held-on-trumps-birthday

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-create-task-force-plan-extraordinary-celebration-250th-anniversary-americas-independence

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-host-military-parade-celebrate-armys-250th-birthday-honor-active-duty-service-members-veterans.amp

https://apnews.com/article/army-parade-trump-birthday-96bb9c8e9af1ef285c56fdc3d1ba4b35

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/celebrating-americas-250th-birthday/#:~:text=It%20is%20the%20policy%20of,Sec.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-defends-high-cost-military-parade-peanuts-rcna204581

https://www.army.mil/1775/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/politics/trump-birthday-military-parade.html

https://www.newsnationnow.com/lgbtq/oklahoma-gay-marriage-supreme-court/ 

https://www.newsweek.com/republican-bid-overturn-gay-marriage-2069064 

https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26%20INT/SRES/SCR8%20INT.PDF  

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/concurrent_resolution_of_congress#:~:text=A%20concurrent%20resolution%20is%20an,be%20used%20for%20a%20ceremony. 

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/joint_resolution_of_congress 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/idaho-republican-legislators-call-scotus-reverse-same-sex/story?id=118217747 

https://x.com/DustyDeevers/status/1919437740581519613 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/us/north-dakota-same-sex-marriage.html 

https://www.livenowfox.com/news/republican-lawmakers-same-sex-marriage-scotus 

https://www.massresistance.org/AboutUs.html 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/03/06/massresistance-gay-marriage-overturn/