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Jill Biden on Hunter pardon: “We just could not let our son go to jail” under Trump’s DOJ

Jill Biden said she supported Joe Biden’s decision to pardon their son, Hunter, because they couldn’t let him go to jail under President Trump. 

Joe Biden had repeatedly pledged not to pardon his son, but reversed course at the end of his presidency. 

“And then the Justice Department changed. And I think that the process was not fair to Hunter,” Jill Biden told CBS News Sunday Morning’s Rita Braver in an interview airing Sunday on CBS. “When Trump was elected, things changed, and we knew that he would target Hunter. And we just could not let our son go to jail on a charge that no one would go, I mean, no one has ever gone to jail for.”

Joe Biden repeatedly said he wouldn’t pardon his son, who was convicted in June 2024 of three separate felony charges related to his purchase of a revolver in 2018 when he was battling a drug addiction, which he lied about on paperwork to obtain the gun. Hunter Biden also pleaded guilty to nine tax evasion charges in a separate case in September 2024.

The elder Biden’s decision to pardon his son drew bipartisan criticism.

When asked by Braver if she urged her husband to pardon Hunter Biden, Jill Biden said: “I truly supported it. I wanted him to pardon Hunter at that point, and I agreed with Joe.”

Asked why Biden also preemptively pardoned several other family members before he left office, Jill Biden said: “I suppose for the same reason that he felt that they would be targeted.” 

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Oregon Under Fire For Grant Program That Won’t Give Money To Schools With Too Many White Kids

Two nonprofits are demanding an investigation into Oregon’s allegedly anti-white education grants.

Defending Education and Do No Harm (DNH) filed a joint complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights against Oregon’s education department and Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) on May 28, according to a Defending Education press release. The complaint accuses an Oregon grants program of being racially discriminatory.

The U.S. Department of Education, Oregon’s Department of Education, and HECC did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s requests for comment.

“What stands out most about Oregon’s system of public school funding is the sheer blatancy of the discrimination – explicit racial quotas and race-based bonuses for distributing public funds written into Oregon law and policy. This race-based essentialism has no place in Oregon or elsewhere in the United States,” DNH Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kurt Miceli told the DCNF.

Oregon’s Department of Education awards the Charter School Equity Grant to schools where at least 65% of students are disabled and/or students belong to “[r]acial or ethnic groups that have historically experienced academic disparities,” according to the grant’s text.

This violates the “‘color-blind’ mandate” of both Title VI and the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause, the complaint alleges.

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Fighting for Food Freedom: A Georgia Farmer’s Stand Against Bureaucratic Overreach

“I never set out to battle county government. I simply wanted to sell the food I grow—healthy, local produce and value-added goods—to my neighbors,” Georgia farmer Stephanie Jones shared with The Gateway Pundit.

Recently, The Gateway Pundit spoke with Stephanie Jones, owner of Jones Creek Farm, a small family farm in Liberty County, Georgia.

In an era when Americans are increasingly demanding transparency and control over what ends up on their plates, the farm-to-table movement has emerged as a powerful counter to our industrialized food system.

By supporting small farmers and cottage food businesses, communities gain access to fresher, more nutritious food while strengthening local economies and preserving agricultural traditions.

These direct connections between growers and consumers are vital—not only for economic resilience, but for restoring personal agency over the food we eat.

This push for greater food sovereignty sits at the heart of the growing MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) movement, which seeks to reduce chronic disease by reforming agricultural policy, empowering small producers, and challenging the dominance of ultra-processed foods.

In this interview, this dedicated Georgia farmer shares her firsthand battle with local bureaucracy and her vision for a more resilient, community-centered food system.

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Study Finds Pediatric Flu Shots are a COMPLETE FAILURE

A new peer-reviewed study evaluating the rollout of mass pediatric flu vaccination across an entire Spanish health region (~400,000 people) found NO statistically significant reduction in flu cases or hospitalizations after authorities expanded flu shots to children 6 months to 5 years old.

Researchers analyzed 6,804 primary care influenza diagnoses and 3,252 influenza-related hospitalizations between 2018 and 2025, comparing seasons before and after the pediatric flu shot program began in 2023.

Despite the rollout, the study’s more rigorous interrupted time series analysis found no measurable reduction in influenza diagnoses or hospital admissions among the target age groups (0–2 and 2–4 years).

In plain English: the flu shots did not meaningfully lower flu rates in young children. Kids under 5 were no less likely to show up at the doctor with the flu or end up hospitalized than expected after the rollout. In other words, the program failed to produce a measurable real-world benefit in the exact age group it was designed to protect.

Notably, researchers also looked across all age groups in the region to see whether vaccinating young children indirectly protected the broader community. Again, they found no statistically significant reduction in flu-related hospitalizations or meaningful population-level benefit following rollout.

The study ultimately concluded that routine pediatric influenza vaccination “has not been associated with a reduction in influenza cases in primary care or hospital settings.”

These results are not surprising given that the Cleveland Clinic recently found that flu shots were associated with a 27% higher risk of flu among healthcare workers during the 2024–2025 season.

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President Nawrocki Wants Zelensky Stripped of Top Polish Honor for Glorifying WW2 Nazi War Criminals

Zelensky loves his Nazis.

While Poland has been one of the most helpful allies to Ukraine during its 5-year war against Russia, there are unresolved issues from the past that could put the two neighbors on a collision course.

We’re talking, of course, about the war crimes and massacres perpetrated against Polish citizens by Ukrainian Nazi collaborators during World War II, beginning with Kiev’s national hero, Stephan Bandera.

For years now, Kiev regime leader Volodymyr Zelensky and his government have refused to address these grievances, leading to a tense relationship.

Today, reports arise that President Karol Nawrocki wants a Polish state ​body to discuss stripping Zelensky of Poland’s top honor.

This comes after Ukraine renamed ‌an army unit after nationalist insurgents who massacred Poles in World War Two.

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U.S. May Finally Allow Hantavirus-Exposed Americans to Leave Government-Mandated Biocontainment Facility — But Only Under 24/7 Surveillance

The mass-media driven hantavirus cruise ship panic has completely collapsed.

After weeks of fear-driven headlines about a so-called “person-to-person” hantavirus threat outside the MV Hondius, U.S. officials may finally allow the 18 American passengers to leave the National Quarantine Unit in Omaha, Nebraska, and return home.

But there is a disturbing catch. They may only be allowed to finish quarantine at home if their state posts a monitor outside their house 24/7 for the remainder of the six-week quarantine period. That monitor could reportedly be a police officer or public health worker stationed outside their home around the clock…

The largest systematic review on the Andes strain looked at 22 studies and found NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE of human-to-human transmission.

There are still zero confirmed U.S. cases and no evidence of spread outside the cruise ship. In other words, this appears to be a dead-end outbreak.

Now, federal officials are moving from biocontainment confinement to home surveillance. Because of this unusual new requirement — a monitor posted outside the person’s home for the final half of the 42-day quarantine — at least one state, New York, has reportedly refused to allow passengers to return home under those conditions.

One passenger said:

“This is not acceptable. We’re not f*cking criminals. Unless you have a good reason to think that we are going to not comply, then treat us with respect.”

This is no different than the authoritarian biosecurity controls seen in Communist China: forced quarantine, movement restrictions, government monitors, and ordinary citizens treated as major biohazards even when the public risk is negligible.

Hantavirus will not become the next pandemic. But the biosecurity state will absolutely try to become permanent.

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Romania’s Poison Mystery: Ministers, Intelligence Chiefs, Public Figures and Mercury Allegations Haunt Political Elite

The renewed focus on the alleged poisoning of former Romanian minister Doina Pană—coupled with similar, more recent cases—has revived public debate over a string of mysterious illnesses targeting Romanian political figures over the last two decades.

Some observers say similarities between these cases—sudden health collapses, confirmed heavy metal contamination, years of suffering, and investigations that either stalled or quietly disappeared—are simply too striking to ignore outright.

One of the most frequently cited examples is former Interior Minister Ioan Rus, of the Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSD). According to reports, Rus allegedly suffered prolonged poisoning with heavy metals while serving at the highest levels of government.

The symptoms were severe and debilitating. Rus reportedly lost nearly 100 pounds as his health deteriorated dramatically over an extended period.

Friends and associates described a prolonged struggle between life and death. He underwent treatment in multiple hospitals before eventually seeking care abroad, including in Vienna.

People close to the case say Romanian authorities never seriously clarified what happened. Despite widespread speculation and internal discussions within political circles, the matter faded without definitive public conclusions.

The allegations surrounding Rus are especially striking because they fit a pattern repeatedly mentioned in discussions about political poisonings: slow exposure through everyday consumables such as tea, coffee, or juice.

That same alleged method was later described by Doina Pană, the former Minister of Water and Forests, herself. She believes mercury may have been administered through fruit juice prepared at the ministry by someone she trusted.

Another case drawing renewed attention is that of former PSD deputy Vasile Bleotu. Bleotu became known for leading parliamentary efforts targeting figures tied to the administration of former President Traian Băsescu.

Shortly after his political offensive intensified, Bleotu reportedly developed serious medical problems. According to accounts cited in Romanian media commentary, tests later revealed dangerously high mercury contamination levels in his body.

Bleotu survived, but his political career effectively ended. Supporters and allies claimed the poisoning was linked to his anti-corruption investigations and political activities.

Yet, just as in Pană’s case, no clear legal resolution emerged. The allegations remained suspended between rumor, medical evidence, and institutional silence.

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The Financial Decline Of Miami Beach: When Pride Becomes Debt

Every time Miami Beach wants residents to accept another tax increase, another utility hike, another bond, or another excuse for why basic infrastructure still has not been fixed, the same pattern begins. First comes the whisper campaign. Then comes the friendly media narrative. Then come the professional politicians telling you there is no other choice. They want you to believe that more borrowing on your back is the only responsible path forward and that if you question them, you are somehow against progress, resiliency, public safety, or the future.

That is dishonest.

Miami Beach is not broke because the people have failed to pay. Miami Beach is in trouble because the political establishment has failed to lead.

For years, residents have paid more in taxes, more in fees, more in utility bills, and more through debt. The city has approved luxury development, expanded its budget, increased administrative costs, hired more staff, funded consultants, celebrated ribbon cuttings, and marketed itself as a global success story. Yet now we are told the city faces more than one billion dollars in infrastructure needs.

How?

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Bessent Confirms Treasury Working on Trump $250 Bills, Congress Needs to Approve

Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent has confirmed rumors that his department has prepared prototypes of a $250 bill featuring the president’s face, though an act of Congress would be needed to actually make such a bill a reality.

No portrait of a living person has been included on a U.S. bill or coin since 1866 — when then-Superintendent of the National Currency Bureau Spencer M. Clark printed his own face on a five-cent note, prompting Congress to pass an amendment ensuring that currency could only feature those who are deceased.

Over 150 years later, and on the eve of the nation’s 250th birthday, U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach and his senior adviser, Mike Brown, have reportedly “repeatedly urged staff at the agency’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing to prepare prototypes” of President Donald Trump’s face on a $250 bill. 

The Washington Post published Thursday that Beach began providing bureau staff with mock-up designs for the note last August, “including one that shows President Donald Trump’s face in the center of the $250 bill between the signatures of the president and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.”

Treasury employees who spoke to the outlet on the condition of anonymity voiced concern about printing a Trump bill being against the law, which some congressional Republicans have already started working to change. 

In February 2025, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) introduced a bill ordering the Treasury secretary “to print $250 Federal reserve notes featuring a portrait of Donald Trump.” 

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Billionaire Tech Investor Peter Thiel Moves Family to Argentina, Citing Concerns Over America’s “Long-Term Direction”

Billionaire investor and tech founder Peter Thiel has quietly relocated his family to Argentina, a move that is fueling speculation about the future plans of one of Silicon Valley’s most influential and politically connected figures.

The move abroad is allegedly partly driven by concerns about the “long-term direction” of the United States, as well as Thiel’s ideological alignment with Milei’s anarcho-capitalist government.

The PayPal co-founder has purchased a sprawling mansion in Buenos Aires and enrolled his children in local schools, according to recent report from the New York Times. The development has attracted significant attention on both sides of the Atlantic.

While some social media users interpreted the move as an outright departure from the United States, the reality appears more nuanced. Thiel remains an American citizen, and the overwhelming majority of his wealth and business interests remain firmly anchored in the United States.

Even so, the decision has prompted fresh questions about why one of America’s most prominent technology investors is spending increasing amounts of time in Argentina.

The answer may lie in a combination of politics, economics, and ideology.

According to reports, Thiel has developed a close relationship with Argentine President Javier Milei, whose radical free-market reforms have earned admiration from libertarians and economic conservatives around the world.

Milei’s administration has aggressively challenged Argentina’s political establishment, slashed government spending, and pursued a sweeping deregulation agenda aimed at reviving the country’s struggling economy.

Those priorities align closely with views Thiel has expressed for years.

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