## Of Course Joe Biden Was Right to Pardon His Son

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Politics / Of Course Joe Biden Was Right to Pardon His Son OF COURSE Joe Biden Was Right to Pardon His Son People need to stop asking Democrats to play by different rules than Republicans, and they need to stop asking Biden to be a worse father than any of us would be in his place.

President Joe Biden walks out of Nantucket Bookworks with son Hunter Biden, grandson Beau and daughter-in-law Melissa Cohen Biden in Nantucket, Massachusetts, on November 29, 2024.

Ido not believe I have read a worse collection of takes in the weeks since Donald Trump’s reelection than the endless array of white columnists and pundits whining about Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter Biden.

By granting clemency to his son, the President put his family above the American people.

But the institutionalists want to tell me that now he will be “unrestrained” in his use of the pardon power because Biden pardoned his own son?

Of course, Biden is not really using his pardon power “maximally,” and that is the basis for criticism from the left.

That’s even truer in this situation, where Hunter Biden was only being prosecuted and harassed because he is the son of a president. »

### Hey MAGA voters, Elon and Vivek are coming for your Social Security | Opinion

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Not long ago, Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee posted a long tweet calling Social Security “a classic bait and switch” and “an outdated, mismanaged system.”.

Trump created the phony “Department of Government Efficiency,” after all, and anointed Elon and Vivek to lead the charge. »

### New York woman blames Star Trek license plates for tens of thousands of dollars in accidental tickets

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Beda Koorey's love of Star Trek may be at the root of it all.

Her old custom plates honored Star Trek and had the same number as the Starship Enterprise -- NCC-1701.

She said the reason for her tears of frustration is because she has been billed tens of thousands of dollars. »

### Jury awards $310M to parents of teen killed in fall from Orlando amusement park ride

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- The parents of a 14-year-old Missouri boy who fell to his death from an Orlando amusement park ride in 2022 have won a $310 million verdict against the attraction's Austrian builder.

Late Thursday, the Orange County jury ordered that the manufacturer Funtime pay $155 million each to Tyre Sampson's parents, Nekia Dodd and Yarnell Sampson.

He died on March 24, 2022, after falling 70 feet (21 meters) from the Orlando Free Fall ride at Icon Park. »

### Putin’s Pals Say Tucker Carlson Is Acting as a Secret Back-Channel to Trump

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It seems Viktor Orbán is again planning to meet with Trump, and after that, he may come to Russia once again.

The introduction to the interview on the website for the Tucker Carlson Network said, “We’re on the brink of global war.

(23:18) How Many… pic.twitter.com/0UkkNjAkhw — Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) December 5, 2024. he same questions about the imminent threat of a nuclear war. »

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