Worthy to be celebrated

World history was made on Friday. 

Elon Musk is now the world’s first trillionaire, after his company SpaceX went public on Friday morning.

The 54-year-old businessman and investor founded SpaceX, a space exploration company, in 2002. SpaceX’s initial public offering was officially priced on Thursday at a valuation of $1.77 trillion, making it the highest-valued IPO in history.

Forbes estimates that Musk’s net worth now hovers around $1.1 trillion, thanks to his 38 percent stake in the company.

“It is certainly hard to believe that a little company that was started in a warehouse in El Segundo [California] is now going public with the largest IPO ever,” Musk said in the livestream of NASDAQ’s opening bell.

And in perhaps the least surprising development, secular progressives engage in their obligatory violations of the 10th Commandment. 

I really don’t understand true greed. If I was worth $1 trillion, you’d have to physically stop me from solving as many of the world’s problems as possible.

Everyone would have a home, food on the table, proper healthcare, happiness.

I just don’t get it.

— John Bourscheid 🇺🇸 🚀 (@bourscheid) June 12, 2026

Really hard to imagine becoming a trillionaire and not wanting to immediately liquidate enough assets to give at least a few hundred billion to organizations making the world a better place.

— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) June 12, 2026

Today, Elon Musk, a trillionaire, pays the same amount into Social Security as someone making $184,500.

If we end that absurdity and lift the cap on taxable income, we can make Social Security solvent for 75 years and expand benefits by $2,400. My Social Security bill does that.

— Sen. Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) June 12, 2026

Americans are struggling to pay for groceries and gas while Elon Musk becomes a TRILLIONAIRE.

When the federal government is for sale, the rich get richer and everyone else gets shafted.

The system is rigged.

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 12, 2026

Elon Musk just became the world’s first trillionaire.

Let’s make sure he’s also the last.

— Graham Platner for Senate (@grahamformaine) June 12, 2026

Elon Musk just became the world's first trillionaire.

The typical American household would have to work more than 11 MILLION years to make Elon Musk's level of wealth.

We need a wealth tax.

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) June 12, 2026

After a presser to point out the utter outrage of one man amassing such spoils, Fauxcahontas Sen. Warren was then pressed on *her* wealth. Nor surprisingly, she didn't have much to say. 

 

Finally, National Review writer Charles C.W. Cooke says you can count him out when it comes to expressing envy or fury over someone's wealth. 

I suspect, at one level, Musk’s enemies believe the things he has achieved would magically have happened without him — that, somehow, they were foreordained to occur, and that he just happened to be in the right place at the right time. This is stupid and it is wrong. There are such things in history as great men, and Musk is one of them. Gavin Newsom, Ed Markey, Elizabeth Warren, and Graham Platner, by contrast, are not. If they got their way, the United States would become France. An interesting place, yes, but not one that ever does much of note.

So, yeah: If your reaction to this news was to cavil and whine and start looking lasciviously at Musk’s property, you can count me out. I want no part of it. Elon Musk is the world’s first trillionaire. Only in America.

A pretty awesome development ahead of America's 250th birthday!

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Quick Hits: Volume CDXIV

 - Perhaps we're beginning to see why Minnesota Democrats invoked a "nuclear option" to replace the current Governor with Amy Klobuchar. 

A Republican-led congressional oversight report alleges that senior Minnesota officials, including Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., failed for years to act on warnings about fraud in the state’s social services programs, allowing hundreds of millions of dollars in confirmed or alleged losses and placing billions more at risk.

The Walz administration had the power to stop fraudulent payments to high-risk entities receiving federal nutrition and Medicaid funds, but the state "repeatedly failed to act" after officials raised concerns, according to a 205-page final staff report released by the House Oversight Committee on Monday.

Congressional investigators found that concerns about potential racial discrimination claims — rather than legal constraints — contributed to the Walz administration's decision to continue paying providers suspected of fraud. The committee also spoke to nearly 30 whistleblowers, some of whom accused the Walz administration of retaliation against state employees for sounding the alarm about potential fraud.

Hey, c'mon now. Isn't this kind of backdoor redistribution a show of neighborliness???? 

But seriously, it's not a stretch to believe Walz was willing to turn a blind eye when he's basically gone on national television touting his state as not so much fraud-ridden but rather "generous." 

The more that is being revealed about Minnesota's fraud problem, it's all the more incomprehensible the magnitude of Walz's arrogance regarding his initial intention to seek a third gubernatorial term. 

- Minnesota Congresswoman Angie Craig is seeking the Democrat nomination to be the state's next U.S. Senator. I recently happened to see one of the TV ads put forth by a leftist PAC supporting Craig. In it, they touted her commitment to no longer fund I.C.E. So passionate was she over this stance, that Craig even got into a shouting match with fellow Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer on the House floor. 

Footage of that dustup was featured in the aforementioned TV ad. 

Knowing she has to get to the left of Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan in order to secure the Dem nomination this August, Craig is also attempting to disavow her "yes" vote on the Laken Riley Act. 

I ask you to keep all of the above information in mind as you read this post from Emmer: 

Always great to see my friend and fellow Minnesotan, Angie Craig, around the halls of Congress. She's one of the few Democrats who's willing to work across the aisle to get important legislation like the Laken Riley Act across the finish line!

We will miss you around here,… pic.twitter.com/NYWmA0NHCu

— Tom Emmer (@GOPMajorityWhip) June 10, 2026

I'm not a big fan of our elected officials' constant "trolling" of each other. I firmly believe it's beneath the office. But that said, even I have to concede that Emmer's work here is PhD level. 

- Despite donning a Nazi tattoo on his chest, being tagged with multiple allegations of domestic abuse and sexting women other than his wife, Graham Platner easily won the Democrat Senate primary in Maine on Tuesday night. 

The official statement from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and DSCC chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. 

Keep in mind that it was Gillibrand who 8-1/2 years ago was on the forefront of efforts to oust then Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) after multiple women came forward with allegations of inappropriate touching. Fast forward to today when she's essentially welcoming with open arms a guy who's been alleged to have committed far more egregious offenses in an effort to unseat a sitting female U.S. Senator. 

Life comes at ya fast. 

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Box Score of the Week

Baltimore Orioles at Cleveland Indians - July 6, 1954.

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The 11 first inning runs scored by the Indians is an all-time MLB record for most runs in an opening inning which accounted for the only runs scored by the team. 

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The NARN Closer's playlist - 6/7/2026

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Give me one good reason why I should never make a change...............

It's been a while since I've been on the air in my usual Sunday slot, so it'll be good to be back! My radio show The Closer will air today, 1-3 PM Central Time. 

In the first hour, I'll discuss the fallout from last weekend's chaotic MNGOP state convention. 

At 1:30, MN State Senate candidate Julida Alter will drop by the Patriot bunker. She is vying to be the GOP candidate in Senate District 56, which covers Apple Valley, Rosemount and the southeastern portion of Eagan. 

In the 2:00 hour, I will weigh in on the national Democrats' continued extremism problem and how their laments over the behavior of Donald Trump now ring hollow. 

So please call (651) 289-4488 if you'd like to weigh in on any of the topics we plan on addressing.

 

You can listen live in the Twin Cities at AM 1280 or, if you're near downtown Minneapolis/West Metro area, 107.5 FM on your radio dial. In and out of the Minneapolis-St Paul area you can listen to the program on the Internet by clicking this link, or check us out via iheart radio as well as Amazon Alexa (just say "Alexa, play The Patriot Minneapolis"). If you're unable to tune in live, please check out my podcast page for the latest show post.

And if you're so inclined, follow along on Twitter at #NARNShow or "Like" our Facebook page, where we also conduct a "Live Stream" of the broadcast.

Until then.....

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Gotta love Beast Mode

I've been in quite a funk the past two weeks, so it's nice to have a mindless diversion to give me a chuckle. 

This story from former Seattle Seahawks RB Marshawn Lynch on the ending of his team's Super Bowl XLIX loss to the New England Patriots lives rent-free in my head. 

Just watch. 

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Quick Hits: Volume CDXIII

- After the absolute debacle that was the MNGOP convention this past weekend, the runner-up in the gubernatorial endorsement is taking it to the August primary. 

House Speaker Lisa Demuth will continue her campaign for Minnesota governor despite losing the state Republican endorsement to former healthcare executive Kendall Qualls at the state party convention in Duluth.

She and her running mate, attorney Ryan Wilson, announced their decision on Tuesday. Demuth will run in the GOP primary on Aug. 11 against Qualls and My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell, after this weekend’s convention failed to eliminate top Republican candidates in the races for governor and U.S. Senate.

Demuth had originally pledged to abide by the GOP’s endorsement before the convention, but left the door open after “unusual circumstances” with the balloting process on Saturday.

“We fully expected when we agreed to abide by the endorsement that that process would be fair,” Demuth said on the steps of the state Capitol after filing paperwork to run. “That was brought into question.”

Demuth had led on the first four ballots, increasing her percentage on each occasion. But then from ballots 4 to 5, the result went from Demuth leading Qualls 42.4% to 35.8% to her trailing 49.9% to 46%. And if that wasn't suspicious enough, the number of delegates casting votes dropped by nearly 400. It was when results were being tabulated for ballot #6 that it was ascertained there were technical issues involving the clickers being used to cast votes. A 15-minute recess to address the issue turned into multiple hours before voting resumed. Qualls would eventually reach the 60% threshold on the 10th ballot. 

Look, I'm not suggesting that Qualls' victory is illegitimate. However, given the flawed process, the state party was absolutely justified in allowing Demuth to rescind her pledge to abide by the endorsement if she so chose. 

Finally, friend of the NARN (and occasional guest host) Dave Osmek with perhaps the paramount reason why the endorsement process should be gassed altogether. 

Text from former GOP Senate Pres. Dave Osmek, who is very much not holding back right now: "Any convention that sees fit to have a Moment of Silence for Derek Chauvin should not be able to chose what flavor juice is in their sippy cup, much less the next Governor of Minnesota"

— Walker Orenstein (@walkerorenstein) June 2, 2026

If MNGOP activists indeed don't want the party to perpetually be in the minority, what would they be doing differently if they did? 

- Given it's the month of June, major organizations look to pander to the LGBTQIA2S+ community. And certain media outlets are witting accomplices in calling out those who refuse to do so.  

⚾ The Texas Rangers celebrate everything from Whataburger to Barbie nights, but one tradition remains absent from their schedule.

While every other MLB team is hosting an LGBTQ+ Pride Night in 2025, the Rangers are once again the league's lone holdout. Fans, advocates and… pic.twitter.com/4OpFxWoNcC

— Chron (@chron) June 2, 2026

Unless the Rangers are actively banning gays from participating in their various promotional nights, I'm not really seeing an issue here.  

- I wrote a few weeks ago that the national Democrat party has an extremism problem. 

A lot has been made of Graham Platner (or is it Grähäm Plätner?), the guy vying to be the Dem Senate candidate to oppose Susan Collins in Maine. Turns out the Nazi tattoo on his chest may, shockingly, be the least of his issues.  

But if you think that's jarring, get a load of the official Democrat candidate for Congress out of New Jersey's 12th Congressional District. 

New Jersey Democrats have nominated this man for US Congress. https://t.co/RCJeqVyJSF pic.twitter.com/2eoxvisHil

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) June 3, 2026

I guess this all makes sense. For a solid decade now, progs have painted Donald Trump as evil and morally bankrupt. Turns out they were only doing so to justify the lunatics they're now regularly putting forth for political office.

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It's the month of June......

 ....which means..........

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Box Score of the Week

San Francisco Giants at Atlanta Braves - August 14, 2007. 

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Braves manager Bobby Cox was ejected this game for arguing a called third strike. It marked Cox's 122nd career ouster, surpassing John McGraw for the all-time lead. 

Cox retired after 2010 with 162 total ejections, a record that will likely never be broken. 

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