Thursday, June 11, 2026
6/11/202627 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:14 – 10:36)
An Exercise in Cultural Insanity: The Support and Confusion Over So-Called ‘Trans Athlete’ Who Won Back to Back State Championship
- Trans Athlete Could Repeat as State Champion at California Meet by The New York Times (Juliet Macur)
Part II (10:36 – 17:23)
A New Investigation by the Trump Administration: The Trump Administration Opens Investigation into So-Called Trans Procedures on Minors at Mount Sinai in NYC
- Trump Administration Investigating Gender Treatments at Mount Sinai by The New York Times (Joseph Goldstein)
Part III (17:23 – 27:18)
‘View From the East Wing’: The Interesting Controversy Arising From Jill Biden’s Memoir
- View From the East Wing by Gallery Books (Jill Biden)
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[intro music] It's Thursday, June 11, 2026. I'm Albert Mohler, and this is "The Briefing," a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Recent headlines are bringing the trans issue back to us, particularly when it comes to trans youth and, in particular, medical interventions, other kinds of huge moral questions. And so we need to take another look. The New York Times ran an article just days ago with the headline "Trans Athlete Could Repeat as State Champion." Okay, so this is the kind of thing, let me just remind you, that an awful lot of people on the left say doesn't happen. So you have an awful lot of people say, "Look, conservatives have invented this entire," say, "trans, non-binary controversy when it comes to locker rooms and bathrooms and sporting teams and all the rest." But we know it's not true. And by the way, here's just, just absolute evidence. This isn't running in some conservative website. This is The New York Times. And the headline is straightforward: "Trans Athlete Could Repeat as State Champion." Okay, Juliet Macur is the, the reporter here. Quote, "A year after being awarded two gold medals at the California State Track and Field Championships amid protests over her participation as a transgender girl," notice all the language, "a high school athlete will return to the meet to defend her titles and maybe claim a third or more." Okay, this is a young person named AB Hernandez, identified as a senior at Jurupa Valley High School, about 40 miles east of Los Angeles.