The Pour Over Today - DeSantis Drops Out, Economic Optimism, & More | 01.22.24

Episode Date: January 22, 2024

Today, we’re talking about Ron DeSantis dropping out before New Hampshire’s primary, economic optimism, a scandal involving the district attorney prosecuting Trump in Georgia, and other top news for Monday, January 22nd. Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ with The Pour Over Today. Please support our TPO sponsors! LMNT: https://links.thepourover.org/LMNT0103 The Bible Recap: https://links.thepourover.org/TBR_pod The Bible Recap for Kids: https://links.thepourover.org/TBR4Kids0104

Today's episode is brought to you by our lead sponsor, Crew. Today we're talking about Ron DeSantis dropping out before New Hampshire's primary, economic optimism, a scandal involving the district attorney prosecuting Trump in Georgia, and other top news for Monday, January 22nd. Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ with The Pour Over today. Here's the quote of the day. It is the most counterintuitive aspect of Christianity that we are declared right with God not once we begin to get our act together, but once we collapse into honest acknowledgement that we never will. Dane Ortlund. Let's get started with some espresso shots.

New Hampshire voters get their stickers tomorrow, but they'll have one fewer option. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis dropped out of the presidential race yesterday, endorsing former President Trump. Polls showed DeSantis winning over just 6% of Republican New Hampshireites, well behind Donald Trump at 50% and Nikki Haley at 39%. The gloves came off this weekend as Haley battles to upset predictions. She called out Trump for cozy relationships with dictators and questioned his mental sharpness after he seemed to confuse her with former Speaker Pelosi. Trump rebutted that politicians in her home state have ditched her, most recently Senator Tim Scott, who endorsed Trump Friday.

The former POTUS didn't rule out Scott when asked about potential running mates. Representative Elise Stefanik and Governor Kristi Noem are also reportedly on his shortlist. Whether we mourn or celebrate an election's outcome, we can be thankful we live in a democracy where it's possible to elect people to effect change. Take a moment to pray for those countries where they don't enjoy such freedom. 1 Thessalonians 5 verses 16 through 18 say, Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. Despite winter's chill, the economy's feeling a little springy.

Tech stocks, including NVIDIA, AMD, and Texas Instruments, propelled the S&P 500 to an all-time high on Friday, with the Dow Jones and Nasdaq also posting gains. It's not just the stock market. A survey out of University of Michigan shows Americans, in general, are feeling sunnier about the economy, Democrats more so than Republicans. Consumer confidence has increased 29% since November, the largest two-month bump since 1991, as inflation cools and the job market remains stable. The real estate market still needs some fertilizer. High mortgage rates and low inventory pushed 2023 home sales to their lowest point since 1995. There's optimism for

2024 as the 30-year fixed mortgage rate has dropped to 6.6%, the lowest since May, falling over 1% since October's 23-year high. Here's a verse to consider if your hope and joy are pegged to something as fickle as the stock market. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13 verse 8. Fannie Willis, the Georgia District Attorney prosecuting former President Trump, is under fire. Willis is accused of being romantically involved with Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor she hired to lead the election interference case. Trump co-defendant Michael Roman filed a court motion accusing Wade of being hired improperly and using money he received from Willis' office to take her on romantic trips to California and Florida. Wade is going through a divorce, and credit card statements released in divorce court

seem to corroborate Roman's claims. It's unclear how the accusation will affect the election interference case. Roman's motion argues that the relationship violates the state bar's rules of professional conduct and calls for the case to be dismissed. Willis said she's, quote, tired of being treated cruelly, unquote, and will respond directly to the allegations in a court filing. Whether justice is served or miscarried in this case, we can count on perfect justice and inexhaustible mercy from the courts of heaven. The Lord is not swayed by power and wealth that tempt us toward partiality, and his verdicts restore what sin has broken. Deuteronomy 32 verse 4 says, As for the rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. He is a reliable God who is never unjust. He is fair and upright.

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charged with involuntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting on the set of Rust. Previous charges against the Emmy winner were dropped based on evidence that the modified revolver could fire without pulling the trigger. Now, independent forensic data concludes this is false. Baldwin's lawyers criticized the charges as misguided prosecution of a terrible tragedy. It was a tough weekend for employees at Sports Illustrated and Ford. The publisher of the iconic sports magazine laid off most of their employees after recently missing a payment for its publishing rights. Speculation is that the magazine will continue in some form. Meanwhile, low demand led Ford to cut production of the all-electric F-150 Lightning, reassigning about 1,400 employees.

all-electric F-150 Lightning, reassigning about 1,400 employees. A shelling attack killed at least 27 people Sunday at a civilian market in Donetsk, a Russian-held city in eastern Ukraine. Russia blames Ukraine for the barbaric terrorist attack Ukraine has not commented. Both sides have been mounting imprecise long-range attacks with cost-saving munitions recently, as a stalemate persists on the front lines of the two-year-old war. A grand jury has been called to investigate police's hesitant and haphazard response to the 2022 Uvalde school shooting. This comes days after the Justice Department released a scathing 600-page report detailing numerous failures by nearly 400 officers who responded to the scene where 19 children and two teachers died. Another day, another bad headline for Boeing. Spewing flames

caused a Boeing 747 cargo plane to make an emergency landing in Miami on Thursday. Officials And that's all we have for today. Thanks so much for listening. If you're listening on the Apple Podcasts app, give us a five-star rating and drop a review. If you're listening on Spotify, give us a follow and hit the notification bell to never miss a new episode. We appreciate your support. We hope you have a great day. We'll see you on Wednesday.