As medical associations are reconsidering transgender “medicine” for minors, Democrats—even “moderate” ones like Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear—seem to be missing the memo. Just a few days after a jury awarded $2 million in damages to a detransitioner woman who underwent surgery at 16, and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons subsequently recommended against surgeries for patients under 19, Beshear decided to double down on transgender “treatments” and tie the issue to his Christian faith. Beshear said on “The View” Monday that “the most authentic thing” that “drives” him is his faith. “My decisions are based on ‘we love our neighbors like ourselves’ and the parable that says everyone is our neighbor,” he explained. “When I vetoed one of the nastiest pieces of anti-LGBTQ legislation that came through my state, I described it in those terms.” “I said my faith tells me that all children are children of God and I didn’t want people picking on those things,” the governor said. I find that position rather ironic. Beshear is right on the basics: Jesus does teach us to love our neighbors as ourselves, and while not all children are children of God, they are made in his image. But when it comes to protecting children, he has the policy exactly wrong. His policy isn’t about protecting children, it’s about making them vulnerable to the transgender agenda. Beshear’s Veto As the Democratic governor of a red state, Beshear has vetoed many bills, although the Legislature often overrides him. During a speech last year, Beshear touted having vetoed 2023 Senate Bill 150, which he then called “the nastiest piece of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation that this state had ever seen.” The Legislature overrode his veto, so the bill became law, protecting parental rights, preventing boys from entering girls’ restrooms in schools, and forbidding transgender medical interventions. In his 2023 veto message, Beshear said the bill “allows too much government interference in personal healthcare issues,” that his “faith teaches [him] that all children are children of God and Senate Bill 150 will endanger the children of Kentucky.” Yet he had no qualms about government interference in health care issues in 2024, when he signed an executive order forbidding “conversion therapy.” In defending that order, Beshear wrote, “as leaders and policymakers, we should be in the business of protecting our citizens and kids from harm, not subjecting them to discredited methods that jeopardize their health, wellbeing, and safety.” His “conversion therapy” order involved a double standard: allowing therapists to encourage a minor toward LGBTQ identities, but preventing counseling in the other direction, assuming that any such counseling is harmful. While LGBTQ activist groups have claimed “conversion therapy” is dangerous, data shows that thoughts of suicide decrease after counseling. The governor’s reasoning about protecting kids isn’t entirely baseless, however. He just applies the protection to the wrong issue. How to Actually Protect Kids The theory goes like this: “conversion therapy” is so dangerous for kids long term that they cannot consent to it until they turn 18. Therefore, the government should protect them. I agree with Beshear that minors face a threat to their health from which they should be protected, because they cannot give informed consent. The problem is, Beshear’s executive order explicitly protected the counseling that encourages the truly dangerous practice. Beshear’s order states that therapy “that assists an individual seeking to undergo a gender transition” does not count as “conversion therapy.” Activists push minors along a child mutilation pipeline, which begins with the anodyne-sounding “social transition.” Even just using names and pronouns that align with a kid’s stated “gender identity” acts as a “powerful psychotherapeutic intervention that radically changes outcomes,” according to psychologist Dr. Stephen B. Levine. This often leads kids to undergo increasingly intrusive “treatments” to alter their bodies. Pre-pubescent kids take “puberty blockers,” the same drugs authorities use to “chemically castrate” sex offenders. A Food and Drug Administration study found an “increased risk of [suicidal thoughts] and depression” among minors using these drugs. During puberty, minors take cross-sex hormones, which can carry increased risks of infertility, diabetes, and cancer. Then, of course, came the most irreversible “treatment”—the surgical removal of otherwise healthy sex organs, rendering patients infertile and dependent on the medical industry to maintain their Frankensteinian facsimiles of the opposite sex’s organs. America’s medical institutions, which rushed to embrace most of this insanity in recent years, have started moving in the opposite direction. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons recommended against surgery for patients under 19, and even the American Medical Association stated that it “generally” agreed. The society also cast doubt on hormone “treatments.” This comes after the Department of Health and Human Services released a peer-reviewed study finding “extremely weak evidence” that these interventions have any beneficial effect for children, and that the risks for these interventions are becoming “increasingly undeniable.” What Does Christianity Have to Do With It? As a Christian, I believe in loving my neighbor, and that entails protecting kids from experimental medical interventions. Minors cannot give informed consent to interventions that will likely leave them stunted, scarred, and infertile, and we should protect them from the sex-rejecting procedures euphemistically referred to as “gender-affirming care.” Christianity also teaches that God made us male and female, and I can think of no worse form of “conversion therapy” than lying to a boy that he can become a girl or vice versa. It is the exact opposite of compassion to gaslight children and drive them toward institutional medical self-harm. It infuriates me to see Andy Beshear twist the Bible to endorse this cruel ideology. Luckily, the medical industry is seeing through the charade. The post ‘Moderate’ Democrat Twists Christian Compassion to Defend Transgender ‘Treatments,’ Even as Medical Associations Reconsider appeared first on The Daily Signal.

A grand jury declined to indict six Democrat lawmakers accused of “seditious behavior” for releasing a video urging service members to refuse illegal orders. President Trump Calls For 6 Democrats To Be Arrested For “Seditious Behavior” Federal prosecutors sought an indictment of the lawmakers featured in the video, including Elissa Slotkin, Mark Kelly, Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander, and Chrissy Houlahan. “I think that anytime you’re obstructing law enforcement and getting in the way of these sensitive operations, it’s a very serious thing, and it probably is a crime. And, yeah, they probably should be indicted,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said after the grand jury's decision, according to The Hill. A grand jury has refused to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with a video in which they urged military members to resist “illegal orders.” https://t.co/xkX2DqZdsQ — The Associated Press (@AP) February 11, 2026 The Hill explained further: The Justice Department’s legal effort against the six has been lambasted by Democrats and some Republicans who see the move as politically motivated, and on Tuesday a grand jury blocked the indictment. Prosecutors failed to meet a low bar of “probable cause” to convince a majority of the grand jury to secure an indictment. Separately, the Pentagon is looking to censure Kelly, a retired Navy captain, and lower his retirement rank, a move that could affect his military pension. Speaking to reporters Wednesday, Kelly said Johnson should “go back to his office and seriously think about what he says publicly,” in response to the Speaker’s comments. “He’s the Speaker of the House of Representatives. He’s one of the most powerful people in this country. And if he’s going to side at every moment with this administration when they are clearly not on the side of the Constitution, I think he’s got to really evaluate why he is there and who he is really serving,” Kelly said. Slotkin, who spoke alongside Kelly, said Johnson “should take a beat and remember why he’s there and that our Founding Fathers designed this as a separate branch of government to provide checks and balances on the president, not salute like a good boy and do what he says every single time.” "Today, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro attempted to persuade a Grand Jury to indict me. This was in response to me organizing a 90-second video that simply quoted the law. Pirro did this at the direction of President Trump, who said repeatedly that I should be investigated, arrested, and hanged for sedition. Today, it was a grand jury of anonymous American citizens who upheld the rule of law and determined this case should not proceed. Hopefully, this ends this politicized investigation for good," Slotkin said. "But today wasn’t just an embarrassing day for the Administration. It was another sad day for our country. Because whether or not Pirro succeeded is not the point. It's that President Trump continues to weaponize our justice system against his perceived enemies. It’s the kind of thing you see in a foreign country, not in the United States we know and love. No matter what President Trump and Pirro continue to do with this case, tonight we can score one for the Constitution, our freedom of speech, and the rule of law," she continued. Today, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro attempted to persuade a Grand Jury to indict me. This was in response to me organizing a 90-second video that simply quoted the law. Pirro did this at the direction of President Trump, who said repeatedly that I should be investigated, arrested,… — Sen. Elissa Slotkin (@SenatorSlotkin) February 11, 2026 "President Trump directed the Justice Department to investigate me, arrest me, and hang me simply for doing my job. Today, an American grand jury honored our Constitution by standing up to an outrageous abuse of presidential power and taxpayer dollars. No matter the threats, I will keep doing my job and upholding my oath to our Constitution," Goodlander commented. President Trump directed the Justice Department to investigate me, arrest me, and hang me simply for doing my job. Today, an American grand jury honored our Constitution by standing up to an outrageous abuse of presidential power and taxpayer dollars. No matter the threats,… — Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (@RepGoodlander) February 11, 2026 NBC News has more: The lawmakers, all of whom served in the military or in intelligence roles, said in the video that the Trump administration was pitting members of the military and the intelligence communities “against American citizens.” They then pointed out that public servants can refuse illegal orders. “Now, more than ever, the American people need you,” the lawmakers say in the video. “Don’t give up the ship." Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, members of the military are obliged to obey only lawful orders and must refuse those that are manifestly illegal. Trump accused the Democratic lawmakers on his social media platform, Truth Social, of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” at the time. Legal experts broadly agree that prosecuting members of Congress for their political speech would raise serious First Amendment concerns. In addition to the First Amendment issues, the “speech or debate” clause of the Constitution gives lawmakers on Capitol Hill immunity from prosecution for acts taken within the legislative sphere, a fundamental check on the constitutional separation of powers. It was not immediately clear what charge or charges prosecutors sought against the lawmakers. A federal judge in a separate case is expected to rule in the coming days on the legality of actions taken by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth against Kelly over his participation in the video. Hegseth issued a formal letter of censure last month and is seeking to reduce Kelly's retirement rank as a Navy captain.

The narrow Republican House majority may take another devastating blow as Rep. Neal Dunn (R-FL) allegedly is considering an early retirement. The Florida Republican announced last month that he would not seek re-election in the 2026 midterms. GOP Congressman Announces Retirement “After much prayerful consideration and discussion with my family, I have decided not to seek re-election to the United States House of Representatives. This will conclude my service after five meaningful terms representing the people of Florida’s Second Congressional District,” Dunn said in a statement. “The time has come to pass the torch to new conservative leaders, return home to Panama City, and spend more precious time with my family and our beloved grandchildren,” he added. Please see my statement on my decision not to seek re-election. pic.twitter.com/sogoXQTJZD — Dr. Neal Dunn (@DrNealDunnFL2) January 13, 2026 Mediaite shared further: Currently, Republicans have the majority in the House by a very narrow margin, 218 to 214, and three seats vacant, meaning any time Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is facing a party-line vote, he can only afford to lose a single Republican member’s support. Tied votes fail, and there is no tie-breaker for the House like the role Vice President JD Vance serves in the Senate. In other words, Dunn making an early exit would have repercussions beyond just the representation of his district in the Florida Panhandle, making it all but impossible for Johnson to move any bills forward unless he can win over at least one Democrat while preserving the unanimous support of his caucus. Schorsch first reported on Tuesday that his reporters were “trying to track down [a] rumor” about Dunn “resigning imminently rather than at [the] end of his term.” .@Fla_Pol trying to track down rumor that Republican @DrNealDunnFL2 is resigning imminently rather than at end of his term, which he previously announced. Dunn stepping down now would imperil @HouseGOP’s majority. Developing… — Peter Schorsch (@PeterSchorschFL) February 10, 2026 However, a spokesperson for Dunn said the rumor about his potential early retirement did not come from his office. “Those rumors are not originating from this office,” Eleanor Allison said, according to Florida Politics. "House Republican leadership believes that Neal Dunn is going to resign by July. I know Dunn is denying it. But the leadership thinks he's gone in five months," Punchbowl News founder Jake Sherman commented. House Republican leadership believes that Neal Dunn is going to resign by July. I know Dunn is denying it. But the leadership thinks he's gone in five months. https://t.co/QErjBnX0Ap — Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) February 11, 2026 More from Florida Politics: The comments from Allison were the second conversation with Florida Politics in two days. On Tuesday, a reporter at the office was initially told the Congressman would be unavailable most of the day. When Dunn left the office to go to a House Energy and Commerce Committee meeting, where he serves as Vice Chair and where several personal priorities were up for under consideration in a markup, Florida Politics approached him and asked if he intends to resign early. But Allison quickly approached, and Dunn referred questions to the Communications Director. “Ellie is who knows everything here,” he said. Allison told Florida Politics that Dunn had no plans to resign, and that she had no knowledge of any conversation. She later reiterated the same thing by phone to the Tallahassee Democrat’s Jim Rosica. But rumors, particularly in Tallahassee, have persisted. Lawmakers close to Dunn have speculated he will resign before the end of his term, and a senior Republican strategist told Florida Politics that Dunn will announce an early retirement next week for a “time certain” that will be before the Midterm. That could prompt a Special Election even while the 2026 Midterm race is already underway for Dunn’s successor. Dunn’s health is fueling speculation around his departure. Other sources close to Dunn believe he wants to serve out his term but may be unable to.

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