UNBIASED Politics (8/4/25): Trump Fires Head of Labor Statistics, Texas Re-Districting Drama Explained, a $200M White House Ballroom, Corporation for Public Broadcasting Shutting Down, and More.

Episode Format:

1. President Trump Signs Two New Executive Orders Modifying Tariffs (0:00)

2. Trump Fires Head of Bureau of Labor Statistics Following Negative Job Report (5:23)

3. Corporation for Public Broadcasting Says It's Shutting Down Amid Funding Cuts (11:25)

4. What We Know About the $200M White House Ballroom Project (16:15)

5. Office of Special Counsel to Probe Jack Smith Over Potential Violations of Law (20:57)

6. Listener Q&A: Did Trump Ask the Smithsonian to Remove Impeachment Information? (23:47) A New Law that Makes You Legally Married After Being in a Relationship for More than 5 Years? (26:02) What's Going on in Texas with the Re-Districting Drama? (27:59)

7. Quick Hitters: Senate Rejects NIH Budget Cuts, Gifford Fire Grows in California, Manhunt Underway for Montana Shooting Suspect (36:29)

8. Critical Thinking Segment (37:56)

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Trump Signs Two New Executive Orders Modifying Tariffs

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/further-modifying-the-reciprocal-tariff-rates/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/amendment-to-duties-to-address-the-flow-of-illicit-drugs-across-our-northern-border-9350/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/regulating-imports-with-a-reciprocal-tariff-to-rectify-trade-practices-that-contribute-to-large-and-persistent-annual-united-states-goods-trade-deficits/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/07/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-further-modifies-the-reciprocal-tariff-rates/

https://smartasset.com/taxes/ad-valorem-tariff

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn93e12rypgo

https://san.com/cc/white-house-unveils-new-trade-policy-tariff-plan-hours-before-aug-1-deadline/

Trump Fires Head of Bureau of Labor Statistics Following Negative Job Report

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/business/economy/trump-bls-firing-jobs-report.html

https://apnews.com/article/jobs-unemployment-economy-trump-federal-reserve-68a15f89d68793a6cf88a522ff33246c

https://apnews.com/article/who-is-erika-mcentarfer-bls-fired-by-trump-ae0b3ac36971070265dedf16223ddfd1

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/trump-erika-mcentarfer-jobs-report-fired.html

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-i-think-their-numbers-were-wrong-trump-says-after-firing-bls-head-over-jobs-report

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-orders-firing-bls-commissioner-weak-jobs-report-rcna222531

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-orders-termination-labor-statistics-official-after-jobs-report-downward-revisions

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114954846612623858

https://www.bls.gov/k12/teachers/posters/pdf/how-bls-collects-data.pdf

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114954846612623858

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114955222046259464

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/04/business/bureau-of-labor-statistics-jobs-report-explainer-hnk

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Says It's Shutting Down Amid Funding Cuts

https://cpb.org/aboutcpb

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/08/01/media/trump-cpb-corporation-public-media-shuts-down

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/corporation-public-broadcasting-begin-shutting-operations/story?id=124284902

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/01/nx-s1-5489808/cpb-shut-down-public-broadcasting-trump

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/01/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-shutting-down-00488553

https://time.com/7307069/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-pbs-npr/

What We Know About the $200M White House Ballroom Project

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/07/the-white-house-announces-white-house-ballroom-construction-to-begin/

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-building-new-200-million-ballroom-white-house/story?id=124254902

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/politics/white-house-ballroom-trump.html

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/a-look-at-trumps-effort-to-reshape-the-white-house-in-his-image

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/ballroom-trump-renovating-white-house-gold-oval-office-rose-garden-rcna221937

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/31/trump-renovation-ballroom-white-house-00487004

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-west-wing-1925-1949

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/questions/how-big-is-the-white-house

Office of Special Counsel to Probe Jack Smith Over Potential Violations of Law

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/02/jack-smith-hatch-act-probe-00490405

https://x.com/SenTomCotton/status/1950616831397642291

https://nypost.com/2025/08/01/us-news/official-investigation-into-trump-prosecutor-jack-smith-launched/

https://www.cotton.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/jameison_greer_jack_smith_letter.pdf

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/6/is-there-a-60-day-rule-in-the-us-elections-what-to-know-in-500-words

https://osc.gov/Services/pages/hatchact.aspx

https://apnews.com/article/trump-jack-smith-investigate-cotton-special-counsel-f32b39962d7aee1cb87f71ea9fde13f5

Listener Q&A

https://apnews.com/article/texas-trump-redistricting-census-california-republicans-constitutional-1c6287fc23214548be734bbbf7056117 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering_in_the_United_States#:~:text=Bipartisan%20gerrymandering,-Bipartisan%20gerrymandering%2C%20where&text=The%20Supreme%20Court%20held%20in,under%20the%20Equal%20Protection%20Clause.

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/03/texas-quorum-breaks-history/

https://www.oyez.org/cases/2005/05-204

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/politics/lone-star-politics/ag-paxton-doj-texas-race-based-maps/3895046/ 

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/01/texas-congressional-redistricting-doj-coalition-districts/ 

https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/smithsonian-statement-0

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-smithsonian-impeachment-exhibit-2107421

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/smithsonian-trump-impeachment-exhibit/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-unpacking-claim-trump-013000168.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAK6kQCioLKtl4Fu6nWlWa-KrVEoT8Vd3mO-ru14wlxLwcu2nCSaBUaYlP5TlOaj74IjMaKk-UZKBAJFI6JEp2gT62Ytjo9MRJVIB8I3ymxJuOp5OO5EzuyvLkD8d0dpH2MaVsVpYwNdbso2cuVTVoZzP3Y8Fq79m4U-zdiBJH3PV

https://www.tiktok.com/@goldmiind18/video/7523580970172239118

Quick Hitters

https://san.com/media-miss/senate-panel-rejects-trumps-cuts-to-nih/

https://www.ktvu.com/news/gifford-fire-explodes-santa-barbara-san-luis-obispo-counties

https://san.com/cc/manhunt-underway-after-four-killed-in-montana-bar-shooting/