Tuesday, January 14, 2025

The Briefing with Albert Mohler

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🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

Part I (00:13 - 09:53)
SCOTUS Seems Poised to Uphold TikTok Ban: SCOTUS Could Settle the Issue This Week, But Will President Trump Unsettle It Once Again?

TikTok v. Garland by The United States Supreme Court

Part II (09:53 - 15:53)
Lotteries are a Tax on the Poor: There is a Great Moral Cost to the Lottery, and the Lottery Preys on the Poor

Centuries of good and evil: The lottery turns 456 years old by USA Today (Karissa Waddick)

Part III (15:53 - 20:54)
Young Men are Increasingly Addicted to Gambling: Gambling Companies are Targeting Young Men with Online Sports Gaming

For a new generation of kids, sports and gambling now go hand in glove by The Washington Post (The Editorial Board)

Part IV (20:54 - 24:16)
Nursing Mothers are Saving Lives: God’s Design in Motherhood is an Imperative to Optimize Breastfeeding for Mothers

A Low-Tech Way to Save Babies’ Lives by The New York Times (Nicholas Kristof)

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0:00.0	It's Tuesday, January 14, 2025. I'm Albert Moller, and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and
0:12.4	events from a Christian worldview. On Friday of last week, the Supreme Court of the United States
0:17.8	heard a case concerning TikTok, and it comes down to the fact that
0:22.1	ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is appealing a decision of a U.S. Federal Court of
0:27.4	Appeals that said that a law adopted by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden
0:32.5	that says that if Bight Dance does not exchange ownership, that is change ownership from Chinese to
0:40.3	something more acceptable to the United States, then the app will simply be discontinued as of
0:46.1	January the 19th. Not coincidentally, one day before inauguration day this month. It is a complicated
0:52.9	situation because the TikTok app wouldn't just
0:56.5	disappear on January the 19th, even if the law goes into effect. Bite Dense does not change
1:02.3	ownership, and it effectively is banned in the United States. The band would not take place
1:07.0	immediately, but the app would not be supported by the platforms, and it would not be updated,
1:11.9	and eventually it would just cease to operate. Now, almost immediately, the company filed for an
1:18.4	appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court those oral arguments on an expedited basis, which means the court
1:23.3	speeded up the process. Those oral arguments were held on Monday, and just about everyone observing
1:29.6	the oral arguments came to the conclusion that the justices do not appear to be taking the side
1:35.3	of bite dance or TikTok and do not appear poised to reverse that appellate-level decision that said
1:41.9	that the law will go into effect, and if the ownership does not
1:45.3	change, that TikTok will simply be banned in the United States. Now, this is an extreme action.
1:51.6	That's not to say that it is an unjustified action. Indeed, I believe this is a fully justified
1:56.3	action by Congress, and it appears that the Supreme Court of the United States, at least a majority
2:01.9	of the justices, basically agree with that logic. Now, Bight Dance, which is to say TikTok,
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