The Pour Over Today - Friday, June 3, 2022

Episode Date: June 3, 2022

Today, we’re talking about another mass shooting, nearly $6 billion in student loans being forgiven, the verdict in the viral celebrity defamation trial, and other top news for Friday, June 3rd. Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ with The Pour Over. Sponsored by the FNV Bible translation: https://links.thepourover.org/First_Nations_Version_0603

Today we're talking about another mass shooting, nearly $6 billion in student loans being forgiven, the verdict in the viral celebrity defamation trial, and other top news for Friday, June 3rd. Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ with The Pour Over. Here's the quote of the day. A man who governs his passions is master of his world. We must either command them or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil. St. Dominic. There has been another mass shooting. A man killed four people in a

medical facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Wednesday, including the doctor who performed his back surgery weeks earlier before dying by apparent suicide. Police recovered a note outlining his plan to kill the doctor and, quote, anyone who got in his way. The recent spate of shootings—we've covered shootings in Buffalo, Milwaukee, California, Uvalde, and Tulsa in the last 20 days—has forced gun violence to the center of the American political conversation. Last night, President Biden gave a primetime address urging Congress to pass common-sense gun laws like increased background checks. But Republicans, like Texas Governor Abbott, say gun reform is not the solution. Instead, Abbott asked Texas state lawmakers to take meaningful action on firearm safety, school safety, mental health, and police training.

Jesus showed compassion when people expected rejection, gentleness when people expected anger, and love when people expected hate. If you debate gun reform this week, be imitators of Christ. 1 Peter 4.8 says, Above all, maintain constant love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins. The Biden administration has pulled out a big pink eraser canceling $5.8 billion in student

loans for all 560,000 attendees of the now-defunct Corinthian colleges. In 2015, an investigation by the Obama administration and then-California attorney General Kamala Harris found that the for-profit education company lied to students by promising lucrative careers and credits they could use at other colleges. In reality, graduate placement rates included alumni flipping burgers or bagging groceries, and course credits held no value outside Corinthian. The schools shut down, leaving students without degrees but plenty of now-forgiven debt. Separately, the Biden administration is also rumored to be considering canceling $10,000 in federal student debt per borrower, with some income limits by the end of the summer. When discussing divisive topics

such as student loan forgiveness, remember that both your stance and how you take your stance reflect on Christ. We should not be willing to sacrifice relationships to win an argument. James 1, 19-20 says, Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for human anger does not accomplish God's righteousness. The verdict is in for the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's defamation trial, and the winner is The Law and Crime Network. The six-week trial was live-streamed on The Law and Crime Network's YouTube channel, accumulating roughly a billion views and sparking a social media obsession. It centered around Johnny Depp suing his ex-wife actress Amber

Heard for $50 million for defaming him in an op-ed she penned in 2018. Heard countersued for $100 million, stating Johnny Depp's former lawyer defamed her back by calling her accusations a hoax. The jury unanimously decided that both sides said things they shouldn't have, but that ultimately, Heard is to pay, not pledge, $10.35 million to Depp, and Depp is to pay $2 million to Heard. The world has different priorities than God does, and many eternally insignificant things are compelling for a season. These things may not be wrong to follow, but neither should they consume our attention. Philippians 4.8 says, Today's episode is sponsored by the FNV Bible.

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experience the scriptures in a fresh and new way. Check out the link in the show notes. In other brews, here's a rapid round of updates. In other brews, here's a rapid round of updates. Sheryl Sandberg is leaning out and leaving Meta after 14 years as COO. Dubbed the adult in the room, Sandberg transformed Facebook from a dorm room project to an advertising powerhouse. Publicly, she's sifting her focus to philanthropy. Privately, she's allegedly cited an unwillingness to remain a punching bag for the company's missteps. More of the same in economic news, even a sharp decline in job openings helped wanted signs still vastly outnumber job applicants. Gas prices are still higher than ever,

averaging $4.67 nationwide, and President Biden acknowledged that prices likely won't drop anytime soon. So this may be the summer to invest in an old-timey push mower. SoCal 2022, the summer of short showers and brown lawns, over 6 million Southern Californians are now subject to new drought rules in an unprecedented water usage crackdown. Over 97% of Cali is experiencing drought, the driest ever start to the year, and officials say SoCal needs to reduce its water by 35 percent. On Wednesday, a federal judge ordered John Hinckley Jr.'s full freedom 41 years after he shot President Reagan. A jury had found Hinckley not guilty by

reason of insanity, meaning Hinckley avoided prison time but spent decades in a mental hospital. Now the judge said he's been scrutinized and deemed he's no longer a danger. LeBron James has entered an arena that is all his own. He is now the first active NBA player to be worth $1 billion. Unfortunately, he'll have to wait at least a year to be the first billionaire playing for an NBA championship. The Celtics and the Warriors tipped off the NBA Finals last night. That's all we have for today. Thanks so much for listening. If you're listening on the Apple

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