Thursday, June 4, 2026
6/4/202627 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses California’s elections, the controversy over 60 Minutes, Barry Diller’s play to get into gambling industry, the corruption of gambling and “prediction markets,” and the major shark problem of South Africa’s new Club Med.
Part I (00:14 – 10:45)
Mail-In Voting, Progressivism’s Chokehold, a History of a Male-Only Governors, and More: Christians Should Take Notice of California’s Elections
- Why Hasn’t California Elected a Woman Governor? by The New York Times (Heather Knight, Soumya Karlamangla, and Jill Cowan)
Part II (10:45 – 17:40)
The Controversy Over 60 Minutes: Scott Pelley Fired as CBS News is Setting Iconic 60 Minutes Program on a New Trajectory
Part III (17:40 – 20:25)
Barry Diller Sees the Future? Media Billionaire Makes Play to Get Into Gambling Industry
Part IV (20:25 – 21:31)
Insider Information: Multiple Headlines Reveal the Corruption That Comes With Gambling and “Prediction Markets”
Part V (21:31 – 26:46)
Bull Sharks, Great Whites, and Tiger Sharks, Oh My: South Africa’s New Club Med Has a Major Shark Problem
- Nobody Can Agree How to Keep the Sharks Out of South Africa’s New Club Med by The Wall Street Journal (Alexandra Wexler)
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[upbeat music] It's Thursday, June 4th, 2026. I'm Albert Mohler, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Well, there are so many things going on, but certainly the primary election that was held this past Tuesday, most importantly in California, just given the fact that it's the nation's largest state and its governor's seat is open. That has attracted a lot of attention, but it's also attracting a lot of frustration, and the reason for that is quite simple. California's very liberal, very bureaucratic voting process means that ballots are counted, absentee mail ballots are counted, even if they're postmarked on the day of the election. And so that means that you have to wait for something like two weeks to make certain... That's a commentary on the Postal Service and all the rest as well. You have to wait an inordinate amount of time until you have the ballots, the ballots are counted. But it does mean that under certain circumstances, you could be, say, looking at a month before anyone knows exactly what the fall, the November gubernatorial ballot is gonna look like in the state of California. There's another reason for that. California has what is called a jungle primary. Uh, I think you should think of this in Darwinian terms, the survival of the fittest. And so what that means is that it is not party-based. There is not going to be a Republican and a Democratic nominee to face off. No, the question in the primary is which two candidates receive the