Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, April 28, 2025

Episode Date: April 28, 2025

Canadian elections, an iconic photo, major Iranian explosion, and Sanders finally picked. Plus, the Message of the Day, the world is fairly simple when you look at it realistically. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater. Thank you, Bill. It is Monday, April 28th, 2025. Here's this happening today in America. Canadian election. Iconic photo. Major Iranian explosion. And Sanders finally picked.

It's all coming up. Then Bill's going to be here with your message of the day. But first, Canada is electing their prime minister today. Sort of. they're voting for their local representatives and the people in that party choose their prime minister, but same difference to us. When Trudeau was prime minister, the opposing party run by Pierre Poliev was way in the lead. But since Trudeau has dropped out and a tariff battle has ensued Trudeau's party has ended up in the lead. We'll see how today it goes. Mark Carney

is the top guy in that party right now. Polls close today at 7 o'clock Pacific. And speaking of Canada, terrible news in Vancouver, someone drove a car into a Filipino heritage festival. killed 11 people from the ages of 5 to 65. This was on Saturday night. Police said the person we have in custody does have a significant history of interactions with police and health care professionals related to mental health. The murderer was taken down and apprehended by bystanders before police arrived. President Trump and Zelensky met at the funeral of the Pope in St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday. There's an iconic photo of the two of them sitting in chairs face to face, like knees almost touching, with no one around, right in the

middle of this cathedral. It's a wild picture. Former Biden White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that the meeting between these two on Saturday in Rome gave him the first sliver of hope that he's seen that this war could come to an end. At least 36 people have died and maybe 800 injured following an explosion at one of Iran's most important ports. This port is responsible for the vast majority of loading and unloading in Iran. Initial reports say that it's linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant from China. The explosion occurred just as Iran and the United States met Saturday in Oman for the third round of negotiations over Iran's nuclear capabilities. Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson said

Iran remains steadfast in its principled stance on the need to end unjust sanctions and is ready to build confidence about the peaceful nature of its nuclear program. Shador Sanders was finally picked. Many predicted him to be a top pick. He fell in the fifth round, 144th pick overall to the Cleveland Browns. The team has four quarterbacks now. Got veterans Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, as well as fellow rookie Dylan Gabriel. Gabriel was picked up in the third round. The coach of the Browns said I think Shador has grown up in the spotlight, but our expectation is for him to come in here and work and compete. I'm Mike Slater. I have a podcast called Politics by Faith, the great Bill O'Reilly. He has a

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and get rewarded today. Terms apply. See chevron-Texcorewards.com for more details. Time now for the O'Reilly Update, message of the day. On this Monday, the world is essentially simple if you choose to apply reality to it. Of course, many folks avoid the real feel as much as they can. It's much easier to believe what you want to believe. Nice cocoon. Two political issues illustrate my point. First, the Trump administration believes Americans should not. not be forced to pay for ideological enterprises. So there will be a bill introduced into Congress to stop about $550 million in tax money each year going to PBS and NPR. Both of those organizations are fervently left wing. They don't even fake it. Example, the high-profile Frontline

Unit did an election documentary last fall. Guess how many Trump supporters were interviewed? That would be zero. There simply wasn't enough time as the frontliners featured more than 10 Kamala Harris supporters. You and I paid for that. And then there's Harvard. According to the student newspaper that Krinsdom, about 82% of the professors are Democrats. Yet the school gets a tax exemption from the feds. Does that Democratic number sound fair to you? Inclusive? Of course not. on the public dime. This is wrong, as it would be if a Rush Limbaugh University got a free ride. So let's live in the real world. We the people should not be paying for ideology. Period. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. You can reach me. Bill at bill o'Reilly.com.

Bill at bill o'Reilly.com. Name in town if you wish to opine. Now let's go to the mail. home. Kathleen, even if immigrants here reported their status to the government, we must change the policies we are following now. I agree with you, Kathleen, 100%. Got to be much more defined immigration laws in this country because this chaos now top the bottom. Paul Beaumont, Spalding, England. Okay. Morning Bill, as President Trump is experiencing so much difficulty with his deportations, can you tell me how President Obama managed to deport so many? Excellent question from Paul over in England. There was no asylum change then. See, Biden changed the asylum laws. He let everybody, everybody apply for asylum. And once they did, he let everybody in.

Under Obama, you had to go to a port of entry. You had to fill out extensive forms. And most of people applying for asylum, how to stay in our country until it was adjudicated. Obama didn't let him in. And when you came across the border under President Obama for eight years, and they caught you, you went right back to Mexico. No internment, know this, know that, turned you right around. That's why he was able to deport so many people. But it was a very good question. Andy Kimball, Topsham, Maine. Though you mentioned a Monday's message that according to the student newspaper at Harvard, 90% of the faculty of Democrats. My question is, why should any student know the political ideology of their teachers? It was a survey. I guess it was anonymous. I don't

think the teachers would own up to their far-left philosophies. The number is 82%. But you're right. I mean, teachers shouldn't go in and say, I'm a conservative or I'm a liberal. I mean, something they're there for. Shouldn't be there for. In a moment, something you might not know. This MailChimp forific jingle is brought to you by MailChimp. MailChimp, Your Marketing with AI and more. Advanced automations to connect to your store. MailChimp, your marketing and booster clicks.

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The dangerous journey would span 5,000 miles ending near Tahiti. Here's the story behind the voyage of the Kon Tiki. Shortly after World War II, a Scandinavian scientist named Thor, Herodal launched an expedition to prove a bizarre theory. The Norwegian believed that Polynesia was originally populated by South American Indians. The explorer and his four-person crew constructed a 45-foot boat named Contiki in honor of an Inca deity. The vessel was built using materials available to the ancient tribes, logs, hemp vines. They use no modern technology building the Contiki. On April 28, 1947, the men in a

parrot named Lareda set sail from the west coast of South America. While crossing the Pacific, the explorers encountered storm, sharks, whales, before finally washing ashore four months later. All five men survived. Unfortunately, the parrot perished. On August 7, 1947, the Conteke arrived in Polynesia. Herodal's journey captivated the public. He wrote a best-selling book that was eventually translated into 65 languages. Thor later produced a documentary about the trip that won an Academy Award. And here's something else you might not know.

Despite the successful expedition, the Norwegian's theory was eventually discredited. Archaeological digs found absolutely no evidence that South American Indian tribes ever set foot on the islands of the Pacific. Four returned to Polynesia, launched expeditions into Easter Island, and the Galapagos. In 1970, he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from Morocco to Barbados on a boat built from reeds and grass. Herodell died in 2002 at the age of 87. Today, folks can see the Contiki on display in Oslo, Norway. Back after this. The best coast just got better.

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