The Pour Over Today - U.K. Smoking Ban, Naval Secretary Resignation, Virginia Redistricting Block, & More

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Starting point is 00:01:06 and other top news for Friday, April 24th. Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ with the pourover. Here's your quote of the day. He said, love as I have loved to you. We cannot love too much. Amy Carmichael. Let's get started with some espresso shots. The UK is looking to raise up the world's first,

Starting point is 00:01:32 smoke-free generation. The House of Lords passed the tobacco and vapes bill Tuesday. Royal approval is expected within days. Starting January 1st, 2027, the UK's legal smoking age will rise by one year every year, meaning anyone born after 2008 will never be able to buy tobacco legally. Sellers will face penalties. Proposed by then Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in 2023, the bill also lets the government regulate vape flavors and bans vaping near playgrounds, schools, and hospitals. The UK's health secretary said the law will save lives, ease pressure on the NHS, and build a healthier Britain. Smoking costs the National Health Service roughly 3 billion pounds per year. That's about $3.8 billion U.S. dollars. Critics argue it creates, quote, two tiers of adults

Starting point is 00:02:26 and overrides personal freedoms. Here's a verse to consider when evaluating, how to honor God with your habits. Everything is permissible, but not everything is beneficial. Everything is permissible, but not everything builds up. So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10, verse 23 and 31. The U.S. Navy is shaking things up at home and at sea. The Pentagon announced Wednesday that naval secretary John Phelan is, quote,

Starting point is 00:03:13 departing effective immediately, and undersecretary Hongkau is taking over temporarily. The department didn't provide a reason for Phelan's abrupt departure, the latest of several top military leaders to leave. The move comes as naval activity abroad is testing the renewed U.S.-Iran ceasefire. Iranian forces seized two container ships near the Strait of Hormuz Wednesday, claiming they were operating, quote, without permits. President Trump says the U.S. has, quote, total control over the passage and has ordered the Navy to, quote, shoot and kill any boat, putting mines in the strait as it continues sweeping.

Starting point is 00:03:56 Meanwhile, in the Indian Ocean, U.S. forces have taken at least two tankers believed to be carrying Iranian oil. Christians should be committed to praying for world leaders to be wise and to work towards peaceful resolutions while simultaneously placing our hope in God, not government. 1 Timothy 2 verses 1 through 2 says, First of all then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone,

Starting point is 00:04:32 for kings and all those who are in authority so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. In the latest round of the nation's redistricting battle, a state judge blocked Virginia Democrats' redistricting efforts 24 hours after voter approval. Tuesday, Virginians passed a constitutional amendment allowing lawmakers to redraw the congressional map, taking Dems in the Old Dominion from a 65 edge to potentially a 10-1 edge ahead of midterms. The Republican National Committee immediately sued, prompting a state circuit court judge to rule the referendum unconstitutional on Wednesday, citing a violated 90-day notice requirement and, quote,

Starting point is 00:05:21 flagrantly misleading language. Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones promised to appeal the ruling. Meanwhile, Representative David Scott died at age 80, his office said on Wednesday. Scott was a 12-term lawmaker and the first black chair of the House Agriculture Committee. His vacant seat puts Congress at 218 Republicans and 212 Democrats with five vacancies. We shouldn't let lines on a map cause division in our hearts. What believers have in common is much more powerful than our differences, political, social, or geographical. Rejoice in the unity we have in Christ and strive to maintain that in all you do and say. Therefore, I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you to walk

Starting point is 00:06:16 worthy of the calling you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to keep the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one spirit, just as you are called to one hope at your calling. One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of All, who is above all and through all and in all. Ephesians 4 verses 1 through 6. Hey, it's Zan from the pourover. I love cooking, but in this busy season of life, I feel like I basically just make the same meals on repeat. And as nice as it is to just stick with what I know and what I like and what my kids will eat,

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Starting point is 00:07:48 on the first box, new subscribers only varies by plan. Disclaimer must order the third box by May 31, 26. In other brews, here's a rapid round of updates. With the first pick of the 26 NFL draft, the Las Vegas Raiders selected, to no one's surprise, Fernando Mendoza. The 2025 Heisman-winning quarterback kicked off this year's roster rodeo in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Starting point is 00:08:28 The second and third rounds begin tonight, and selection ends Saturday when the Broncos, for now, choose this year's Mr. Irrelevant. The Senate broke the ice. Yesterday, the upper chamber passed a $70 billion $3.5-year funding plan for ICE and Border Patrol in a 50-48 only GOP-supported vote. The resolution, which used budget reconciliation to sidestep a Democratic filibuster, now heads. to the house. If passed, it unlocks the door to reopening DHS, which partially shut down since mid-February over demands for immigration enforcement reforms. Michael Moonwalks into theaters this weekend, one year and $10 to $15 million in reshoots later. The long-awaited biopic, starring the King of Pop's nephew, Jafar Jackson, was forced to scrap its original ending,

Starting point is 00:09:30 focusing on Jackson's child abuse allegations when filmmakers learned that a legal settlement barred accuser depictions. Analysts project a $65 million-plus-dollar opening weekend despite a 33% rotten tomatoes score. Meta told its employees, every click you make, every stroke you take, will be watching you. The company announced its installing software on its employees' computers to track mouse movements and keystrokes and grab the occasional screenshot to train AI. Tracking is only approved for work-related apps and doesn't have an opt-out option.

Starting point is 00:10:11 Employees are calling the initiative a surveillance overreach. Tesla's going all in on the robots. The EV maker beat Wall Street's quarter-one earnings expectations Wednesday, reporting $22.4 billion in revenue, up 16% year-over-year, and announced plans to spend a record $25 billion this year, building out its Optimus humanoid robots and Autonomous Cybercab. CEO Elon Musk called Optimus, quote, probably the biggest product ever, Tesla's or otherwise,

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The Pour Over Today - U.K. Smoking Ban, Naval Secretary Resignation, Virginia Redistricting Block, & More

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