Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, August 13, 2025

Episode Date: August 13, 2025

Too late Powell, O’Rourke to jail, two companies in trouble, and a massive speeding fine. Plus, Bill’s Message of the Day, a vacation for President Donald Trump... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to the O'Reilly update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater. Thank you, Bill. It is Wednesday, August 13th, 2025. Here's this happening today in America. Too late Powell, a Rourke to jail, two companies in trouble, and a massive speeding fine that's all coming up.

Then Bill's going to be here with your message of the day. But first, the consumer price index. This measures the increase or decrease in prices of a survey of a basket of goods. This increased by a seasonally adjusted 0.2% in July, 2.7% on an annualized basis, slightly less than expected, which was 2.8% annually.

In response, the president said, Jerome, too late Powell must now lower the rate. Steve Mnuchin really gave me a beauty when he pushed this loser. The damage he's been done by always being too late is incalculable. Fortunately, the economy is so, good, that we've blown through Powell and the complacent board. I am, though, considering allowing a major lawsuit against Powell to proceed because of the horrible and grossly incompetent job he has done in managing the construction

of the Fed buildings. $3 billion for a job that should have been a $50 million fix-up, not good. The current Treasury Secretary, not Steve Mnugent, said that the Fed is suffering from TDS, tariff derangement syndrome by not lowering interest rates. The Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton, has asked a judge to put Beto O'Rourke in jail for fundraising to support the Democrats who have been walking out of the state to avoid quorum. Paxton sued O'Rourke and his political group powered by people last week, arguing that the group was deceptively fundraising for and illegally supporting Texas Democrats' walkout. Either way, the Texas Senate passed the map and eliminates five Democrat seats. Two Democrats in the State Senate stayed in the chamber as others walked out.

But it's the Texas house where they need that quorum. Two businesses here in America, admitting that they're not in great shape for Spirit Airlines. The company says they have substantial doubt about its ability to continue for the rest of the year. A company that's a little more beloved by the American people in our history is Kodak, the 135-year-old company, says that there is also substantial doubt about its ability to stay in business. They said they have debt coming due within 12 months. and do not have committed financing or available liquidity to meet the debt obligations. A driver faces a $110,000 fine for speeding.

For speeding, how fast was he going? It'd be going like 1,000 miles per hour over the speed. 17 miles per hour over the speed. How is that a $110,000 fine? Because it was in Switzerland. And in Switzerland, they fine you based off your wealth. And this guy is very rich. It's not the record, though.

The record was a man pulled over for speeding in his Ferrari. He was fined $290,000. I'm Mike Slater from politics by faith. Bill O'Reilly has your message today. Next. Hey, Mike Baker here, host of the President's Daily Brief podcast. If you want straight talk on national security, foreign policy, and the biggest global stories going on of the day, this is the show for you. We publish twice a day, Monday through Friday, once in the morning, again in the afternoon, and on the weekend, we go longer with the PDB's Situation Report, with excellent guests, including National Security Insiders and Foreign Policy Experts.

Check us out on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts. Also on our YouTube channel at President's Daily Brief. Time now for the O'Reilly Update, message of the day. On this Wednesday after President Trump meets with bad Vlad Putin next Friday in Alaska, he needs some downtime. Even if you don't approve of Mr. Trump, the guy is the hardest working chief executive in modern history. Joe Biden would collapse just looking at Trump's schedule.

The go-goes are imploring Mr. Trump to vacation. It's all they ever wanted. Madonna, too, warbling, that a holiday would be so nice. Outside of golf, Donald Trump doesn't have many hobbies, and because he's a controversial guy, some vacation spots are off limits. Can't go to Switzerland, having just imposed an 800% tariff on chocolate or something. However, an executive leisure window may be opening if President Trump and evil Vlad rekindled

whatever mysterious rapport they once had, Putin's enormous DACA on the Black Sea could beckon. Perhaps Donald Trump might consider the Canadian Maritimes. Very nice up there. The president could try it out before we take it over. Jack Nicholson said it best in the shining. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. Director Stanley Kubrick was fooling around with an old English proverb, but the sentiment remains true. So, Mr. President, I hope you take a break.

Scotland worked out well. You also have a place in Ireland, Dunebeg. There, the wind will usually be at your back. 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. To the mail, Madeline Duby, Montreal, Canada.

Bill, does it matter if the European Union is against Ukraine seating any land to Russia in a ceasefire deal? Does it matter? It matters a little bit. I don't think Trump wants to be disrespectful, but they can't negotiate with 27 countries. And a ceasefire doesn't do anybody any good. It's got to be a cessation of the war. Because Putin will just stop for two months and it'll start again.

But no, I mean, the EU, they'll pretty much go ahead with what Trump wants. I assume I could be wrong. Jay Hummel, Buffalo, New York. Bill, I find today's action by President Trump concerning troops in D.C. very disturbing. do you have any idea why he really wants to do this because he doesn't want a chaotic capital that's why he's doing it yes he is a strong man president he believes in robust enforcement of the law but he's got to watch this stuff every day susan calliiani Georgia. Well, I appreciate President Trump's desire to clean up D.C. It's totally absurd and ridiculous

to the National Guard, support to D.C. police unless he changes the judges and the desire to prosecute criminals. Well, he can't do that. But he can protect people. I do it. Wouldn't you do it? Susan, wouldn't you protect people if you could? I would. I know the corrupt system in D.C. I live it in New York. It's corrupt. It's horrible. But if you can protect people from harm, that's what you do. In a moment, something you might not know. I'm Pearz Morgan, the host of the Pearz Morgan Uncensored Podcast. We do big interviews and we do big debates about whatever's getting people talking.

We make news, we make noise, and we make a little bit of trouble too. Come and see what all the fuss is about. You can listen to Peers Morgan Unsensored on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Amazon Music, wherever you get your podcast. Now the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might, not know. Two years ago this week, a wind-fueled forest fire

tore through the Hawaiian island of Maui. 48 hours later, more than 100 Americans were dead. Five miles of land completely destroyed. Here is the story. In the early hours of August 8, 2003, a downed utility line sparked a small fire. Strong winds from the Pacific Ocean blue embers across the island. Within hours, the blaze was out of control. By August 9th, the wildfire had already become one of the deadliest national disasters in history. Entire neighborhoods

are engulfed in flames, more than 3,000 homes and businesses obliterated. Six billion dollars in damage. Desperate, many Hawaiians took refuge in the ocean. Thousands ran into the surf to avoid the smoke and fire. The U.S. Coast Guard was deployed to rescue victims from the shoreline. The Army was eventually dispatched to help distribute food and supplies to the homeless local population. A joint investigation by the Maui Fire Department, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and the FBI concluded the disaster. could likely have been avoided. The power lines in Maui were decades old, many needing emergency repairs, and the land surrounding the wires was overgrown, neglected, and filled

with flammable brush. Routine maintenance could have turned the entire incident into a preventable emergency. And here's something else you might not know. Two years later, now, Maui is still recovering from the blaze. More than half of the households have been rebuilt. Tourism has largely returned, and the area's commercial districts are very slowly being reconstructed. The entire town of Lahaina was almost wiped out. Today, the state of Hawaii is working to improve its aging infrastructure to prevent more fires from happening in the future. Hawaii is one of the most magnificent states. I've been there many times. This was a preventable tragedy, and everybody should take a lesson from it. Back after this.

Thank you for listening to the O'Reilly Update. I am Bill O'Reilly, no spin, just facts, and always looking out for you. Thank you.