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Monday, June 15, 2026

Limit and Give It: Scott Jennings Schools Grabby CNN Dems Who Want to Kneecap Trillionaire Elon Musk

Limit and Give It: Scott Jennings Schools Grabby CNN Dems Who Want to Kneecap Trillionaire Elon Musk

Entrepreneur Elon Musk is now the planet’s first trillionaire, and the leftist meltdowns have already begun. These economic illiterates are getting louder. They can't comprehend that Musk has earned his wealth, and leftists are already conspiring to confiscate it and put limits on his (and likely others') ability to innovate, invent, and invest. Late Friday, Republican commenter Scott Jennings confronted these self-appointed masters of limitation on CNN NewsNight.

Here’s more. (READ)

CNN NewsNight has a meltdown over @ElonMusk becoming the world's first trillionaire.
Cari Champion literally says people "shouldn't be allowed to have a trillion dollars."
Scott Jennings shuts it down: "We already tax the rich... is it for us to sit around and say there's a limit on what you can build?"
Classic left envy on full display. WATCH:
Cari Champion: “There should be some checks and balances in this society. People shouldn't be allowed to have a trillion dollars.”
@ScottJenningsKY: “Rich people in this country pay the vast majority of taxes, and I hear people today saying, "Oh, it's time that we tax the rich." Folks, I got news for you. We already tax the rich. But is it for us to sit around and say, "There's a limit on what you can build, there's a limit on what you can earn," and it's now my job to tell you what to do with your money?”

Here’s Jennings being the voice of reason on CNN yet again. (WATCH)

No one on that CNN panel (or America for that matter) would be better off if Musk had less wealth.

Jennings tried to pull the Democrats on the panel out of their crabs-in-a-bucket mentality. (READ)

@ScottJenningsKY just torched the liberal meltdown over Elon becoming the world's first trillionaire:“
All day long, I've been listening to liberals, count and spend Elon's money for him. This envy, jealousy, hatred of success. Why is it immoral? Why is it wrong for somebody in our system, our capitalist system, in the greatest nation on earth, to go out and build a company, build companies, build technologies, go into space, aim to go put a colony on Mars, give internet to half the world, all the things he's doing? Why is any of this wrong or bad? Why would we want to discourage entrepreneurship? Why would we want to discourage anybody building anything?”
Exactly. Success isn't a crime.

Here’s how that went down. (WATCH)

1. Does anyone else notice 'they' always set the 'Too Rich Cap' above their own heads? If they themselves have 100s of thousands, then millions is too much. If they have millions, then billions is too much. Just like Bernie Sanders.
2. And Elon is mostly stock wealth; it's not a vault with money lying everywhere. If he began cashing out money, he'd tank his business value. They depend on his powerful forward motion. The guy is a workaholic; leave him be.
— Elle Spring (@Spring23459) June 13, 2026

That’s what's enlightening about these limousine leftists. Not too long ago, they were arguing against millionaires before they joined the club. Now these mendacious millionaires are screaming that billionaires (and now trillionaires) are the real threat. Try to put limits on them and their wealth, and see how fast they resort to, 'It's mine, you can't have it!'

https://twitchy.com/warren-squire/2026/06/13/scott-jennings-defends-trillionaire-elon-musk-on-cnn-newsnight-n2429195?utm_source=thdailyvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&utm_content=ncl-j5fz7kUtQH&utm_term=&_nlid=j5fz7kUtQH&_nhids=ncexnCPgUexLls

'Christian! Love Means You Let Us Sin All We Want to, and Pay for It With Your Tax Dollars!' – Part One

'Christian! Love Means You Let Us Sin All We Want to, and Pay for It With Your Tax Dollars!' – Part One

Mark Lewis

'Christian! Love Means You Let Us Sin All We Want to, and Pay for It With Your Tax Dollars!' – Part One — *AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File*

The Left, of course, knows—and cares—nothing about true New Testament Christianity. They hate Christianity because the religion condemns the promiscuous, licentious, godless lifestyles they crave to live. It’s not surprising. The world hated Jesus and killed Him (John 7:7), and it wasn’t because He preached love. Well, yes, it was, but the kind of love He preached—“Love God with all your being,” but especially, “go and sin no more”—a love whose first order is to be submissive to God isn’t the kind of “love” the Left and the world can tolerate.

We are told that the world will hate Christians, too (1 John 3:13). And it’s for the same reason they hate Christ: Christians oppose sin. It’s actually the most loving thing a person can do—to try to get people right with God so that they can escape iniquity’s current and eternal consequences, but again, when men want to sin, as most people do, then they don’t want others trying to urge them out of it, like Jesus tried (He died for the attempt). Read Mark 10:21ff for a good example of true love from Jesus’s perspective.

So, the Left tries to twist Christianity into the pretzel they want it to be and condemns true Christians when they don’t measure up to the standard the Left sets up as “true Christian love.” But they don’t fool, or convince, anybody but themselves, and the people who want to be fooled.

To the Left, giving government money, through taxpayers, to various targeted groups is the definition of “true charity,” and any Christian who would oppose it is a hypocrite and not a true Christian. But again, this shows absolutely no understanding of true Christianity. That the religion teaches that we should help the poor is undeniable, and any Christian who doesn’t do it when he/she has the resources and opportunity to do so is not living the kind of compassionate life that Christ would demand of His followers. Helping the needy poor is an absolutely essential part of the Christian religion (and Jewish), though not the totality of either, of course. An example.

At the risk of sounding boastful (and please forgive me for doing so), since I moved to Thailand four years ago, I have personally given, out of my own wallet, not through government taxation, literally thousands of Thai “baht” to various people who I perceive are less fortunate than I. Not a single week passes when I do not give my own money (usually several times) from my own pocket to help those I believe have a need. I believe that is what Christianity teaches we should do, and I try to do it.

I would be curious to know, from any leftist who considers me a hypocrite, how much money do the leftists, personally, directly, give to the poor? Or do they let the government do all their “charity” for them? I truly hope all leftists are very generous with their own resources. They should be.

But government “charity,” for reasons I shall note, is what the Left really wants. And anybody—especially a Christian—who has the slightest question about our bloated welfare state is, at best, a hypocrite, or a “CINO”—“Christian in Name Only.” The Left has no imagination, either, except when it comes to promiscuity. They can create all kinds of ways to do that.

But what about “government charity”? Is it “Christian” (or Jewish)? The problem with government “charity” is manifold. First, it’s not even constitutional, and for good reasons. There is nothing about government charity in our Constitution, and James Madison flatly said that “charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.” He further stated, “I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.” I’ll consider their reasoning for that as we go along.

The New Testament (and the Law of Moses) also says nothing about “government charity.” Folks, there is no virtue in being forced to be “charitable.” Where is the virtue in that? If someone puts a gun to your head and tells you to “be charitable and give them all your money,” well, you might have to do it, and that person might even truly need the money more than you do. But I seriously doubt you would consider it “virtuous” to give him your money. Everything the government does, including and especially taxation, is by force; that’s what government is by definition: the nationalization of force (or state). So, whether it accomplishes something “good” or not, forced charity is an oxymoron, not virtuous.

Our Founders knew that and wanted a virtuous republic. So do Christians. The Left doesn’t—except, of course, forced government “virtue.” They want Christians to be forced to pay for their sins because they hate Christianity. That’s a major crux of the matter.

So, the first problem, in America, with the government “charitable” welfare state is that it is unconstitutional—not that our Congress pays the least bit of attention to the Constitution anymore. But I’m just saying, the Founders, for varying reasons, didn’t put “charity” in the Constitution as a duty of government. A second problem with “government charity” is one reason why they didn’t put it in the Constitution: the one I already mentioned, i.e., forced charity is the antithesis of virtue, and they wanted a virtuous republic, not one increasingly dependent upon government. Virtue is freedom; dependence upon government is not.

And a people who allow government to buy their votes with their (or somebody else’s) money, is neither virtuous nor free.

In my next article in this series, I will consider more about government “charity” versus true godly charity.

https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2026/06/13/christian-love-means-you-let-us-sin-all-we-want-to-and-pay-for-it-with-your-tax-dollars-part-one-n2677696?utm_source=thdailyvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&utm_content=ncl-XwSQvHtJGS&utm_term=&_nlid=XwSQvHtJGS&_nhids=ncexnCPgUexLls

Sunday, June 14, 2026

DOJ Lands Second Major 'Gender-Affirming Care' for Minors Settlement, As Cleveland Clinic Folds

DOJ Lands Second Major 'Gender-Affirming Care' for Minors Settlement, As Cleveland Clinic Folds

By Ben Smith

The Cleveland Clinic has reached a settlement with the Trump administration over pediatric gender-transition treatments, becoming the second major hospital system to do so in less than a month. Under the agreement, the hospital will stop providing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors, commit $2 million to detransition care, and pay $308,000 to resolve billing allegations

The agreement, announced on Friday by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, follows a similar settlement with Texas Children's Hospital announced in mid-May. As RedState reported at the time, Texas Children's agreed to pay $10 million, cease providing pediatric gender-transition interventions, and establish what the DOJ described as the nation's first dedicated detransition clinic.

According to the DOJ, the Cleveland Clinic agreed to a long-term commitment not to perform or offer what the settlement describes as "sex-rejecting procedures" on minors. Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward said in a statement the agreement was part of the department's effort to enforce federal law involving pediatric gender-transition procedures.

"The Department of Justice is steadfastly committed to protecting America's children. Just as the resolution with Texas Children's, today's resolution with Cleveland Clinic furthers that commitment and puts these providers on notice that this Department will vigorously enforce federal law where children are put at risk."

The billing allegations connect to an issue that critics of pediatric gender-transition medicine have been raising for months.

In April, Do No Harm, a nonprofit of healthcare professionals opposing what it describes as the politicization of medicine, published a report examining how healthcare providers could potentially use diagnosis coding practices to obtain insurance reimbursement for pediatric gender-transition interventions that otherwise might not qualify for coverage. The report argued that providers could, in some cases, use diagnosis codes that obscure the underlying purpose of treatments associated with gender transition.

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The DOJ stated in its press release that the hospital agreed to resolve allegations involving false billings submitted to public and private insurers to secure coverage for pediatric gender-transition procedures. The department noted that the allegations remain allegations only and that the Cleveland Clinic denied wrongdoing.

Will Hild, executive director of Consumers' Research, which had previously launched a public campaign against the Cleveland Clinic over its pediatric gender-transition practices, said in an email to RedState that the settlement amounts to an admission.

"Consumers' Research exposed the Cleveland Clinic for performing transgender interventions on children, and the Cleveland Clinic responded with threatened legal action, saying our campaign was riddled with lies. Now, thanks to the Department of Justice, Cleveland Clinic has been forced to admit they were performing sex change interventions on kids and agreed to permanently end these dangerous procedures, pay a federal penalty, and fund millions in care for the children they harmed."

Dr. Kurt Miceli, chief medical officer at Do No Harm, argued in an email to RedState that the settlement validates concerns raised in the organization's report.

"This is a momentous victory for detransitioners and evidence-based medicine. While no amount of money will undo the harms pediatric gender-transition procedures have caused victims, this settlement provides millions of dollars to support medical care for detransitioners and importantly resolves allegations of fraudulent billing, a tactic outlined in our recent report.”

The Cleveland Clinic pushed back on the agreement's significance. In a statement to the media, the hospital said it already provided detransition services, and described the matter as an "unintentional coding issue involving a small number of patients." The hospital also noted that Ohio law already restricts pediatric gender-transition treatments, and said it will continue providing gender-transition services for adults.

Both settlements represent what federal officials have explicitly described as a broader campaign, and with the DOJ now having forced two of the country's largest hospital systems to halt pediatric gender-transition procedures, more institutions should expect to follow. As Do No Harm's Miceli put it: "This is just the beginning."

https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/06/11/doj-forces-another-major-hospital-to-halt-youth-gender-treatments-n2203266?utm_source=rsmorningbriefingvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl

Utah Court Clerks Allegedly Pulled a ‘Hannah Dugan’ for Illegals

Utah Court Clerks Allegedly Pulled a ‘Hannah Dugan’ for Illegals

By Jennifer Oliver O'Connell

On June 3, former Utah court clerks Jennifer Joma (27) and Lauren Morrow (26) were indicted on conspiracy to transport and harbor illegal aliens, harboring illegal aliens, and obstruction of proceedings before departments and agencies. Joma is also charged with transporting illegal aliens.

The case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative where the full resources of the Justice Department are being brought to bear to combat illegal immigration and its requisite cartel and transnational crime. Both women face up to 25 years in prison if convicted, and Joma is facing an extra five years for the additional charge of transporting illegal aliens.

It appears these ladies allegedly decided it was a good idea to take a page from former Milwaukee, Wisconsin, judge Hannah Dugan, who was convicted of a felony for helping an illegal alien avoid ICE arrest by shepherding him through a back exit to avoid the agents. You would think Dugan would be a cautionary tale; instead, these women seemingly decided she was a role model.

An indictment was unsealed, and two former Utah state court clerks have been arrested after they allegedly helped an illegal alien evade U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrest. The clerks also allegedly obstructed immigration proceedings and the lawful enforcement of United States immigration laws by helping at least one of three other illegal aliens escape out a backdoor of the Logan City Municipal Justice Court so that ICE could not arrest or deport them.
According to allegations in court documents, on April 9, 2026, Joma and Morrow were working at the Logan City Municipal Justice Court in Logan when an ICE Enforcement and Removal Officer (ICE-ERO) entered the justice court to arrest an illegal alien for immigration related charges. The ICE officer had an administrative warrant for the illegal alien who was at the justice court for a court hearing. The ICE officer left the secure area and eventually went outside and waited in his car for his target to leave the courthouse before trying to make the lawful arrest.

Joma and Morrow allegedly accessed court databases without permission to discover the immigration status of people scheduled on the court's docket. When the two identified the non-U.S. citizens, they would find them at their courtrooms and prevent them from leaving the courthouse. And then, they allegedly pulled a Dugan, leading the illegal aliens through a secure area, down several hallways, and out through a back door of the courthouse.

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These charmers were not even hiding their glee over their actions, with one of them even giving the middle finger to the security cameras.

After sneaking out the back door of the courthouse for the first time with an alien, Morrow and Joma were spotted on a surveillance camera waving and smiling at it, and Morrow used her middle finger in an obscene gesture at the camera. On the second trip, Joma drove off with three aliens in her car before returning alone to the courthouse for work.

Joma and Morrow appeared in U.S. District Court on Thursday morning, where they both pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against them. Their attorneys are doing their jobs: trying to paint the women as good people with poor judgment who have been caught up in this "political climate."

"She had a ton of family support in the courtroom today," said Nate Duncan, attorney for Joma. "She has a sweet little three-year-old daughter. Jennifer is a sweet, wonderful person and it's a tragedy to see that she's in this situation right now."
He and Adam Crayk, the lawyer for Morrow, want to learn more about the charges, much of which could be provided in discovery. Crayk noted "the political climate" in responding to questions post-hearing.
"You're talking about people who have zero criminal history," Crayk said. "People who are good, hard-working."

One could argue that anyone with judgment that terrible should not be trusted with sensitive information and legal matters at all. If these women were "good" and "hard-working," they would not have found the time to allegedly manipulate the court system and actively thwart immigration enforcement.

Between the legal shenanigans of the defense counsel for the man charged with Charlie Kirk's murder and these two brain trusts, Utah's court system is not looking very stable or competent.

https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/06/12/what-is-up-utah-court-clerks-allegedly-hatch-a-plot-to-help-an-illegal-circumvent-ice-arrest-n2203274?utm_source=rsmorningbriefingvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl

Trump Taps Special Envoy to Support US Landowners Burdened by Dems' Green Energy Mandates

Trump Taps Special Envoy to Support US Landowners Burdened by Dems' Green Energy Mandates

By Becca Lower

Country superstar John Rich has been tapped by President Trump to serve as a Special Envoy for American Landowners, the Agriculture Department (USDA) announced in a press release this week.

Rich hopped on X on June 8 to tell fans how honored he was to serve as a conduit between the federal government and the long-silenced voices of farmers, ranchers, and other landowners.

The post, which ended with an emoji of an American flag, read:

President Trump has afforded me the great honor to serve in his administration as the "Special Envoy for American Landowners." In this role, I look forward to representing and advocating for landowners’ rights against any entity that chooses to harass or intimidate them in an effort to achieve goals contrary to those of the President. I look forward to defending our farmers and ranchers

Rich already seems aware of some of the issues with which many farmers and landowners are burdened in relation to the Left's wrongheaded green energy policies. For example, on June 7, he wrote on an X post by GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman:

A fight for the ages is brewing over the destruction of Upstate New York’s farmland. I’ll put my boots on the ground there soon. @GovKathyHochul is allowing foreign entities to overrun American farmers with 50 square miles of Chinese solar panels. “Love Thy Neighbor” is now the official battle cry.

John Rich isn't the only Conservative in the music world, as RedState recently wrote about Jon Ondrasik of Five for Fighting's strong endorsement of his friend, former pro sports broadcaster Michele Tafoya, for U.S. Senate in Minnesota.

He's also been a regular feature in these pages. Rep.Tim Burchett (TN-02), as we wrote earlier in June, suggested his friend Rich as an alternative performer for the Freedom 250 show; when many of the artists - like Martina McBride - dropped out.

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The new Special Envoy also reacted to EPA (Environment Protection Agency) administrator and former Republican New York representative, Lee Zeldin's remarks on farmers in Upstate NY being pressured by Democrats in the blue state, including from Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), over a green energy mandate.

Zeldin said bureaucrats in Albany, and the governor, were in cahoots to infringe on New Yorkers' rights, stomping on local government control, stating in a video X post that by

[o]verriding local control, Albany politicians have massively ramped up their railroading of upstate communities, forcing them to take on the burden of far more solar farms on farmland. While in the southern tier this morning, I spoke out on behalf of the many upstate residents who and opinions ignored and rejected by Governor Hochul and her henchmen of power hungry, out of touch Albany bureaucrats.

Rich replied to Zeldin's post that he was "exactly right" to take on these leftists trying to bully the landowners in his state:

While Rich might have his hands full with a successful music career, hopefully he will be able to use his microphone and platform to give some pushback to the blue state leaders trying to cram green energy down farmers' and ranchers' throats.

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Here's the official announcement from USDA Sec. Brooke Rollins:

The full announcement reads:

Secretary Rollins welcomes President Donald J. Trump’s appointment of @johnrich as Special Envoy for American Landowners.
As Special Envoy, Rich will serve as a strong advocate for America’s farmers, ranchers, and private landowners, helping ensure their rights are protected ard in Washington. He will work closely with USDA and stakeholders across the country to defend private property rights and address growing concerns from landowners facing pressure related to large-scale solar and wind development that impact productive farmland and rural communities.
America’s farmers and ranchers deserve a government that stands with them. USDA looks forward to working alongside John as we continue advancing President Trump’s commitment to protecting rural America and preserving our nation’s agricultural heritage.
🔗usda.gov/about-usda/new…

Sec. Rollins said in a statement:

“America’s farmers, ranchers, and landowners are among the greatest stewards of our nation’s resources and the backbone of our rural communities
"President Trump understands that private property rights are fundamental to the American way of life. John Rich has long been a champion for rural America, and I look forward to working alongside him as we continue fighting for the people who feed, fuel, and clothe our nation.”

And here's the gracious way John Rich reacted, calling it an "honor":

https://redstate.com/beccalower/2026/06/11/usda-taps-john-rich-to-support-us-landowners-pressured-by-blue-state-dems-green-energy-mandates-n2203275?utm_source=rsmorningbriefingvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl