Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the termination of $766 million provided to Moderna to develop more mRNA vaccines, prompting scrutiny and heavy backlash from former Biden administration officials.

Malia Obama, the daughter of former Democrat President Barack Obama, has announced that she is adopting a new last name in an effort to distance herself from perceptions of nepotism -- as she embarks on various "professional endeavors."

Eighty-one years ago today, our gallant soldiers fought the most decisive victory in the war. It was the turning point. We owe them a debt we can never repay because it was won through terrible sacrifice. The total number of American soldiers who landed at Normandy was 73,000. Nine thousand died, and many died as […] The post June 6, 1944 Is D-Day, The Turning Point in World War II appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

The Supreme Court ruled that you can’t discriminate against straight white people. That’s where we are now in Democrat America where Democrats worry endlessly about keeping our democracy. Even the worst Justice in history, Ketanje Brown found with the other eight Justices who ruled discrimination against a straight white woman is illegal – as the […] The post Supreme Court Says Discrimination Is Illegal Against Straight White People appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

As President Donald Trump and Elon Musk feuded on Thursday, FBI Director Kash Patel was recording an episode with podcast giant Joe Rogan, and the two reacted to Musk’s Epstein Files accusation against Trump while the cameras were rolling. As the fight between Trump and Musk escalated, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO wrote on X, “Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!” He added in a follow-up: “Mark this post for the future. The truth will come out.” Rogan read Musk’s post as he was recording an episode with Patel that dropped on Friday. “I’m not participating in any of that conversation,” Patel said after Rogan read the post. “Someone should take his phone away,” Rogan said of Musk. “Jesus Christ, that’s a crazy thing to say,” Rogan added. “How does he know? Does he know that Donald Trump is in the Epstein Files? Does he have access to the Epstein Files?” “I don’t know how he would,” Patel replied. “But I’m just staying out of the Trump-Elon thing. That’s way outside my lane.” “What the f*** are they doing?” Rogan asked. “I understand he owns Twitter [X]. I think it’s bad for your mental health. I think posting things public all day and arguing with people all day is bad for you.” The exact moment Joe Rogan and Kash Patel learn that Elon Musk posted on ? accusing President Trump of being in the Epstein files. Wild timing to be on Rogan! pic.twitter.com/Iv6m0ibTTI — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) June 6, 2025 Musk’s Epstein Files post was the culmination of a battle between Trump and Musk that began when the president said he was “very disappointed” with Musk, rebuking his former senior adviser for criticizing the “Big, Beautiful Bill.” Trump has not responded specifically to the Epstein allegation, but he did threaten to end government subsidies and contracts for Musk’s companies. Musk, meanwhile, threatened to decommission the SpaceX Dragon capsule, which would prevent astronauts from traveling to the International Space Station. Musk later backed down from his threat. Gift Dad an All Access Membership. Use code DAD40 at checkout to save 40%! Musk later signaled that he wanted to talk to Trump to smooth things over, but the president said he was “not particularly” interested in a discussion. “I won’t be speaking to [Musk] for a while I guess, but I wish him well,” Trump told CNN Friday morning. “I’m not even thinking about Elon,” he added. “He’s got a problem. The poor guy’s got a problem.”

The Supreme Court has now ruled in favor of the idea that you don’t have to be a member of a minority group in order to be discriminated against. That is obviously true. The fact of the matter is that you can certainly be a white, straight male and be discriminated against, or, in the case reviewed by the Supreme Court, a white, straight female. According to The New York Times: The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled in favor of a straight woman who twice lost positions to gay workers, saying an appeals court had been wrong to require her to meet a heightened burden in seeking to prove workplace discrimination because she was a member of a majority group. The decision came two years after the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions programs in higher education and amid the Trump administration’s fierce efforts to root out programs that promote diversity. The ruling will place further pressure on employers and others to eliminate affirmative action and other initiatives that seek to provide opportunities to members of historically disadvantaged groups. Leftist Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote the opinion for the court. Again, remember this was a unanimous decision, so the three leftists on the Court, Jackson, Elena Kagan, and Sonia Sotomayor, concurred. Despite the best attempts of The New York Times to turn the decision into a right-wing decision, it was not. It was unanimous. The Times continued: The standard for proving workplace discrimination under the law, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote for the court, “does not vary based on whether or not the plaintiff is a member of a majority group.” The case was brought by Marlean A. Ames, who had worked for the Ohio Department of Youth Services, which oversees parts of the state’s juvenile corrections system. After a decade there, in 2014 she became the administrator of a program addressing prison rape. Five years later, she applied for a promotion. Her supervisors turned her down, saying she lacked vision and leadership skills. They eventually gave the position to a gay woman who had been at the department for a shorter time and, unlike Ms. Ames, lacked a college degree. Not long after denying her the new position, her supervisors removed her from her existing job, telling her that they had concerns about her leadership and offering her a demotion that came with a substantial pay cut. She was replaced by a gay man with less seniority. Ames claimed that she was discriminated against because she was straight. WATCH: The Ben Shapiro Show Put aside the underlying facts of the case. The question here for the Supreme Court was whether she had to — as the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals suggested —prove that she was a member of a minority or face a heightened standard because she wasn’t a member of a minority group. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in Cincinnati, said she could have satisfied the “background circumstances” requirement by showing that decisions about her employment were made by “a member of the relevant minority group (here, gay people)” or with statistical evidence. But the appeals court said Ms. Ames had provided neither kind of proof. The underlying facts of the case are less relevant than the actual ruling, which says that yes, of course, you can be discriminated against if you’re a white, straight person. If you’re a member of a majority group, you can indeed be discriminated against. That should not be a shock in any way, shape, or form. Good for the Supreme Court for ruling correctly. * * * Gift Dad an All Access Membership. Use code DAD40 at checkout to save 40%!

WASHINGTON—The Department of Justice has secured the return of alleged human trafficker Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and will prosecute and imprison him in the United States, Attorney General Pam Bondi said at a press conference Friday. “Abrego Garcia has landed in the United States to face justice,” Bondi told reporters. “This is what American justice looks like,” Bondi said. The attorney general went on to thank various other agencies that aided in the Justice Department’s investigation, as well as El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. “On May 21st, a grand jury in the Middle District of Tennessee returned a sealed indictment, charging Abrego Garcia with alien smuggling and conspiracy to commit alien smuggling,” Bondi said. “Our government presented El Salvador with an arrest warrant, and they agreed to return him to our country. We’re grateful to President Bukele for agreeing to return him to our country to face these very serious charges.” Abrego Garcia became a cause célèbre after his deportation, with Democrat politicians and members of the mainstream media dubbing him a “Maryland man” and insisting that he had been incorrectly deported. Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen (D) even flew to El Salvador to visit the illegal alien, despite mounting evidence that he had been engaged in transnational criminal activity. Now, Bondi says, there is no longer any doubt that Abrego Garcia was a criminal. “The grand jury found that over the past nine years, Abrego Garcia has played a significant role in an alien smuggling ring,” she said, noting that he made over 100 trips back and forth from the United States to smuggle violent gang members and terrorists, as well as “thousands of illegal aliens.” “This is especially disturbing, because Abrego Garcia is also alleged to have transported minor children,” Bondi said. “The defendant traded the innocence of minor children for profit.” The attorney general then revealed “even more disturbing facts the grand jury uncovered,” including that Abrego Garcia worked with the smuggling ring “responsible for the death of more than 50 migrants in 2021” following a tractor-trailer accident in Mexico. Bondi also revealed that co-conspirators allege Abrego Garcia “abused undocumented alien females” and “solicited nude photographs and videos of a minor.” The grand jury investigation also revealed that Abrego Garcia used SUVs with false bottoms to smuggle firearms and narcotics into the country. “These facts demonstrate Abrego Garcia is a danger to our community,” Bondi said. The Supreme Court ruled after Abrego Garcia’s deportation in March that the United States had to “facilitate” the illegal alien’s return to the country despite him being a Salvadoran national. Now that he’s been returned, Bondi said, he will be charged and imprisoned in the United States. The attorney general says she suspects Abrego Garcia will be returned to El Salvador “upon completion of the sentence.” In April, authorities began investigating a 2022 traffic stop in which Abrego Garcia was pulled over, but not detained. Asked by a reporter on Friday what changed between that traffic stop and today, Bondi had a simple answer. “What has changed is that Donald Trump is now president of the United States, and our borders are now secure.”

There are more than 1,000 jurisdictions across the United States that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, a new study indicates, marking a drastic surge over the past several years. The number of sanctuary jurisdictions have nearly doubled since 2018, with a total of 1,003 jurisdictions obstructing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as it attempts to enforce federal immigration law, the report from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) found. That figure, FAIR says, includes Washington, D.C., and 17 states that have state-wide illegal alien sanctuary policies. “What started as a small movement has since been expanded by open-border advocates, resulting in a widespread trend that undermines federal immigration law and threatens national security,” FAIR pointed out in its report, also noting that sanctuary policies “pose a serious threat to the safety and security of the American people” and “conflict with federal law.” From FAIR “Our findings reveal that, prior to 2000, only 11 jurisdictions had adopted sanctuary policies. By 2009, that number had grown to 40,” FAIR says as it charts the growth in its report. “In 2016, it had surged to over 300, and by 2018, FAIR identified 564 jurisdictions as noncooperative.” These jurisdictions impede federal immigration enforcement through a variety of different policies, including by barring jails from complying with ICE detainer requests, prohibiting law enforcement from asking about the immigration status of suspects, and denying federal immigration enforcement officers access to jails and prisons. Gift Dad an All Access Membership. Use code DAD40 at checkout to save 40%! Policies that seek to shield illegal aliens from federal law, FAIR says, violate the Constitution, which gives Congress authority over immigration and states that federal law wins out against conflicting state laws. FAIR’s Research Director Michael Capuano introduces our report on sanctuary jurisdictions in the U.S. pic.twitter.com/sTFAmDM0ce — Federation for American Immigration Reform (@FAIRImmigration) June 5, 2025 Some states have even offered deportation defense to illegal aliens in removal proceedings. While an Egyptian illegal alien was plotting a firebombing terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado, Democrat lawmakers in the state were passing an immigration law that not only prevents local governments from sharing immigration data with federal authorities, but even fines violators and dedicates the money to a state-run deportation defense fund. FAIR points out that other states, including Arizona, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, and the Dakotas, have taken action to prevent their jurisdictions from adopting illegal alien sanctuary policies. In total, FAIR says, “22 states have banned sanctuary policies, encouraging or even requiring local law enforcement officers and other officials to cooperate with federal immigration officials.” Only three states, West Virginia, Arkansas, and Montana, “have succeeded in eradicating sanctuary jurisdictions within their borders,” FAIR notes, warning that local jurisdictions in the other states often defy anti-sanctuary policies. The organization specifically pointed to Georgia, North Carolina, and Iowa as states with defiant localities that are insistent on shielding illegal aliens from immigration law, calling on them to “do more to ensure that their anti-sanctuary laws are enforced to protect public safety and uphold the rule of law.”

It seems we learn of new retail closures every day in the wake of a downturned economy. Plus-size retailer Torrid is the latest to announce mass closures in hopes of saving the brand. The company released its 2025 first-quarter earnings on June 5, and while Chief Executive Officer Lisa Harper seemed optimistic, Torrid intends to close nearly 30% of its locations. “I’m proud of the strong progress we made this quarter across our strategic initiatives. We delivered first quarter results in line with expectations, with $266 million in net sales and $27.1 million in Adjusted EBITDA(1)—reflecting our continued focus on disciplined execution and profitability,” she shared in a news release. Harper also explained that Torrid, like many other retailers, has seen a shift to the online marketplace and out of brick-and-mortar stores. To remain profitable and relevant, Torrid will close up to 180 underperforming stores. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Torrid (@torrid) Torrid Shared News About The Closures With Customers On Social Media Torrid posted the news of impending closures on their social channels like a friend breaking bad news. “You’ve probably noticed, but we’re evolving! We’re launching new brads, revitalizing our fashion and, as difficult as it is, closing quite a few stores,” the statement reads. “We’ve thoughtfully chosen which stores stay open so many of you will continue to have a store in your area. And although it’s incredibly hard to shut the doors of some of our beloved sores, we’re very excited for the future,” Torrid continued. Many customers took to the comment section to share their sadness and frustration with Torrid. “How about you make your in store prices the same as your online prices and give your stores a fighting chance at staying open because big girls need to try the clothes on and it’s messed up to go in a store and always ask for a price match or try everything on and leave them go order it online,” someone shared on Instagram. “Honestly we would like to see some more affordable and fashionable options. I have not shopped at torrid in so long bc honestly I felt like torrid prices are ridiculous and the style has lost the plot,” a customer suggested. “We don’t wanna hide our bodies!” Torrid did not release which locations will close.   This story’s featured image is by Jeff Bukowski via Shutterstock. The post Plus-Size Retailer Shocks Customers By Announcing It Will Shutter 30% Of Its Stores appeared first on InspireMore.