December 8, 2025: What We Know About the D.C. Pipe Bomb Suspect, ACIP Votes to Change Hepatitis B Birth Dose Recommendation, New Bill Proposes End to Dual Citizenship, and More.

Episode Format:

1. What We Know About the D.C. Pipe Bomb Suspect (1:20)

2. Lawmakers Briefed on Venezuelan Boat Strikes; Here's What We Learned (~20:42)

3. ACIP Votes to Change Hepatitis B Birth Dose Vaccine Recommendations (~25:42)

4. Senator Introduces Bill to End Dual Citizenship (~38:26)

5. Quick Hitters: Supreme Court Hears Case About President Power, Agrees to Hear Birthright Citizenship Case, Two New Bills Signed into Law, Alina Habba Resigns, Cuellar Seeking Re-Election, Trump to Announce Aid for U.S. Farmers (~44:58)

6. Critical Thinking Segment (~48:55)

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What We Know About the D.C. Pipe Bomb Suspect

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.287327/gov.uscourts.dcd.287327.1.1.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/man-charged-planting-explosive-devices-outside-rnc-and-dnc-january-5-2021

https://apnews.com/article/dc-january-6-pipe-bomb-fbi-arrest-bd37e5a284664b52ef69985659c6e2ed

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/suspected-pipe-bombs-in-washington-dc

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brian-cole-jr-dc-pipe-bomb-case-plea/

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5636930-who-is-brian-cole-jr-pipe-bomb-suspect/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/suspect-arrested-january-6-dc-pipe-bomb-case-rcna247308

https://nypost.com/2025/12/04/us-news/brian-cole-of-virginia-identified-as-dc-pipe-bomb-suspect/

https://time.com/7338750/brian-cole-washington-dc-pipe-bombs-jan-6-suspect-arrest/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZtlQk52YZg

https://abcnews.go.com/US/pipe-bomb-suspect-disappointed-2020-election-results-us/story?id=128157568

Lawmakers Briefed on Venezuelan Boat Strikes; Here's What We Learned

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pentagon-briefing-congress-venezuela-alleged-drug-boats/

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/was-trumps-strike-on-an-alleged-venezuelan-drug-boat-legal/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/28/hegseth-kill-them-all-survivors-boat-strike/ 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/politics/suriname-boat-strike-bradley

https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2025-International-Narcotics-Control-Strategy-Volume-1-Accessible.pdf

https://time.com/7339154/admiral-bradley-boat-strike-hegseth/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/admiral-told-lawmakers-everyone-alleged-drug-boat-was-list-military-ta-rcna247767

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5634535-navy-bradley-briefs-congress-boat-strikes/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/admiral-told-lawmakers-everyone-alleged-drug-boat-was-list-military-ta-rcna247767

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5634535-navy-bradley-briefs-congress-boat-strikes/

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hegseth-did-not-issue-kill-them-all-order-during-venezuela-strikes-admiral-tells-congress

ACIP Votes to Change Hepatitis B Birth Dose Vaccine Recommendations

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/watch-live-rfks-cdc-panel-expected-to-vote-on-hepatitis-b-shot-for-newborns-after-delaying

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/12/05/nx-s1-5634004/cdc-hepatitis-b-vaccine-acip-meeting

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/cdc-panel-vote-hepatitis-b-vaccine-babies-rfk-jr-rcna247482

https://apnews.com/article/vaccines-babies-hepatitis-b-10f8db54beb38c5cd39a94f8a3657752

https://www.axios.com/2025/08/29/jim-oneill-acting-cdc-director-rfk-trump

https://www.youtube.com/live/kUgXRUpKal4?si=xONsh_Oc5pbbw_1n&t=8309

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hepatitis-b/symptoms-causes/syc-20366802

https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis-b/vaccination/index.html

https://publications.aap.org/hospitalpediatrics/article/11/5/446/180718/Improving-Timeliness-of-Hepatitis-B-Vaccine-Birth

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs204/en/

https://ohsu-psu-sph.org/news/new-analysis-of-delayed-hepatitis-b-birth-dose/

https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/dec/05/hepatitis-b-vaccine-acip-cdc-hep-b-baby/

https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/33915/AAP-Changes-to-hepatitis-B-recommendations?searchresult=1?autologincheck=redirected

https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/hepatitis-preventing-mother-to-child-transmission-of-the-hepatitis-b-virus

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00333549231175548

https://www.amazon.com/Vaccine-Friendly-Plan-Effective-Health-Pregnancy/dp/1101884231

https://www.factcheck.org/2024/04/scicheck-posts-raise-unfounded-concerns-about-aluminum-in-vaccines/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sears_(physician)

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/robert-w-sears-why-partial-vaccinations-may-be-an-answer/

https://www.aap.org/en/news-room/fact-checked/fact-checked-aluminum-in-vaccines-strengthen-immune-responses-do-not-cause-autism-serious-health-issues/?srsltid=AfmBOooR2hMUbE5sInvjC4EGQY3J92yjgFIuUh3ucoQT6rxcSExNMbcn

https://en.ssi.dk/news/news/2025/large-danish-study-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism-or-49-other-health-conditions

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/robert-w-sears-why-partial-vaccinations-may-be-an-answer/

https://www.aap.org/en/news-room/fact-checked/fact-checked-aluminum-in-vaccines-strengthen-immune-responses-do-not-cause-autism-serious-health-issues/?srsltid=AfmBOooR2hMUbE5sInvjC4EGQY3J92yjgFIuUh3ucoQT6rxcSExNMbcn

https://en.ssi.dk/news/news/2025/large-danish-study-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism-or-49-other-health-conditions

https://www.axios.com/2025/08/29/jim-oneill-acting-cdc-director-rfk-trump

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-o-neill-5703138/details/experience/

Senator Introduces Bill to End Dual Citizenship

https://www.moreno.senate.gov/press-releases/new-moreno-bill-to-outlaw-dual-citizenship/

https://www.moreno.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Exclusive-Citizenship-Act-of-2025.pdf 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/Relinquishing-US-Nationality/Dual-Nationality.html

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3283/all-actions

https://www.forbes.com/sites/virginialatorrejeker/2025/12/03/senator-bernie-moreno-introduces-bill-to-eliminate-dual-citizenship/

Quick Hitters

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/08/nx-s1-5626876/supreme-court-trump-ftc-unitary-executive 

https://san.com/media-miss/trump-signs-bill-tripling-pensions-for-medal-of-honor-recipients/

https://san.com/cc/lack-of-loyalty-trump-criticizes-henry-cuellar-for-running-as-a-democrat/

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115678452939414622

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-trumps-challenge-to-birthright-citizenship/