Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, August 11, 2021

Episode Date: August 11, 2021

Andrew Cuomo resigns as Governor of New York, a bipartisan Infrastructure bill passes the Senate, COVID vaccination rates rise in the South, Europe imposes strict virus mandates in public places, gas prices hit record highs as Americans enjoy the summer. Plus, Bill's Message of the Day, the revenge of Donald Trump? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here. Wednesday, August 11th, 2021. You are listening to the O'Reilly Update. Here's what's happening today in America. Andrew Cuomo resigns as governor of New York. A trillion-dollar infrastructure deal passes the Senate. COVID vaccination rates rise in the South. Europe imposes strict virus mandates. Gas prices hit record highs. Also ahead, Trump's revenge. can he bring down the social media companies? But first, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is out. Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochel will take control on August 24th. Mr. Cuomo maintaining his innocence despite stepping down, blaming his behavior on, quote, generational and cultural shifts as well as political intrigue. The Senate approving a bipartisan,

infrastructure packages that will allocate $1 trillion to fix the nation's roads, bridges, airports, the final tally, 69 to 30 in the Senate, 19 Republicans supporting the legislation somewhat surprisingly, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. The proposal now heads to the House where it will pass. Biden will sign it. And then on top of that, there's another $3.5 trillion budget bill that looks like it may pass as well. So the United States is about to change big time. Vaccination rates rising in some pandemic hotspots. More people in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas getting the jabs as a Delta variant who runs wild. The CDC reporting roughly 125,000 new infections a day, up 950 percent since June. About 65,000 Americans.

are now hospitalized with Delta. 95% of them not vaccinated. Italy and France imposing severe COVID mandates. Police now asking locals to display digital vaccine passports when in public places. The rules apply to restaurants, theaters, bars, gyms, shopping malls. Similar measures are being planned in Germany, the UK and Spain. There are massive demonstrations in Europe. against those mandates. The cost of gas hitting record highs in America as millions of people travel for summer vacation. Hardest hit states, California, New York, Hawaii, Massachusetts. Prices up 57% for gasoline nationwide. Cheapest spot, Louisiana, $2.75 a gallon. In a moment, they may have silenced Donald Trump, but he may win in the end just ahead.

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claiming he and others have been wrongfully censored. Trump's lawyers announced the action against Facebook, Twitter, and Google, along with company executives, Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, and Sundar Pitchai. That was done as a press conference in New Jersey. The former president's action is backed by the American First Policy Institute, a group founded by former Trump officials, including Linda McMahon and Brooke Rollins. That group will pay the bills. John Cole lead counsel in Trump's class action lawsuit.

He's a veteran of the tobacco lawsuits in the mid-1990s. Cole was one of the principal negotiators in the $386 billion tobacco settlement reached in June of 1997. By the way, he is married to Greta Van Susserent. I recently interviewed John Cole on the no-spin news on Bill O'Reilly.com, my television outlet. If you go there, you can see the interview. Now, as you may know, Mr. Trump has been suspended from using social media platforms since January 6th and the capital right. The headline of his lawsuit reads, quote, We're asking the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

to order an immediate halt to social media companies' illegal, shameful censorship of the American people. We're going to hold big tech accountable. Many experts believe Donald Trump may very well win this lawsuit. And if that happens, the social media companies will be in major trouble. They will have to pay a lot of money, and their censorship, which is established, will collapse. And even if Donald Trump loses, Republicans will likely try to pass new laws reigning in Silicon Valley.

President Biden will not go along with that. He'd never sign a law, but the attempt is coming. Now, some of you may have heard that I'm going to do a history tour with former president, Donald Trump. That will take place in December. First four shows are in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Orlando, Dallas, and Houston, Texas. If you'd like more information, just go to Bill O'Reilly.com. But the importance of this is that I will ask Donald Trump exactly what he wants to accomplish in going after the social media companies, besides, revenge. So does he want no power to censor anything? What about pedophiles? Things like that. What exactly

does he want? This is why it's called the history tour. It's not going to be a rally. It's going to be down to what Donald Trump did in office and how he sees the country today. I think it's going to be fascinating. I'm Bill O'Reilly, and I approve the message by writing it. For more honest news analysis, please go to Bill O'Reilly.com. Check out my new book, Killing the Mob, a great summer read. In a moment, something you might not know. Hey, it's Sean Spicer from the Sean Spicer Show podcast, reminding you to tune into my show every day to get your daily dose inside the world of politics. President Trump and his team are shaking up Washington like never before, and we're here to cover it from all size, especially on the topics the mainstream media

won't. So if you're a political junkie on a late lunch or getting ready for the drive home, new episodes of the Sean Spicer Show podcast drop at 2 p.m. East Coast every day. Make sure you tune in. You can find us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. Now the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. The rich and famous can spend their entire lives generating fortunes, building giant estates, traveling all over the world. But when it is all over, when they are in the ground, the wealthy sometimes make more money dead than alive. Each year, Forbes magazine releases a list of the highest paid dead celebrities. Here are the dearly departed who made big bucks last year. Number 10,

Marilyn Monroe. She generated 8 million bucks last year. Her image is used by more more than a hundred brands, including Legos. The nice spot goes to Prince. The musician died in 2016 from an overdose of fentanyl, but he still made $10 million in record sales last year. Number eight, John Lennon, $13 million. Thanks to a co-writing credit on the Beatles' most popular songs, the Lennon estate cashes in whenever a tune is used on TV,

on the radio, or in the movies. On number seven, Bob Marley, the reggae stars company House of Marley, sold 14 million in merchandise clothing, headphones, even lighters adorned with his image to use pot. And number six is number 24, Kobe Bryant. His estate made around 20 million in Jersey and book sales last year. The top five begins with Elvis Presley. The King of Rock earned 23 million in 2020. Next, Arnold Palmer. The golfers deal with Arizona beverages for his lemonade iced tea brought in $25 million. Third spot goes to Charles Schultz, creator of Peanuts, Charlie Brown, Snoopy. His characters hauled in $32 million last year.

Wow. Second place, Dr. Seuss, thanks to a series of television film deals, Seussville is a very wealthy neighborhood. while some activists tried to cancel the doctor over so-called racist imagery, he still sold six million books generating 33 million in income. Finally, number one dead star, Michael Jackson, his massive music catalog, which includes songs by Elvis and Aretha Franklin, and a long-term deal with Sony, accounted for 70% of his earnings ready, the king of pop Jackson, made $48 million last year.

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