Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, August 16, 2025

Episode Date: August 16, 2025

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Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to the weekend edition of the O'Reilly update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater. Thanks, Bill. Here's what's happening this week in America. Schumer swears D.C. residents admit man throws sandwich and M&Ms go maha. It's all coming up. Then Bill's going to be here with your message of the day. But first, Chuck Schumer was asked if the Democrats will join the president and continue his authorization to, fight crime in D.C. Section 740, the emergency authorization of the D.C. Home Rule Act, is only allowed for 30 days, and then Congress has to extend it. Chuck Schumer responded,

No blanking way. We'll fight him tooth and nail. And right now, he can only do it for 30 days. He needs to get Congress to approve it, and we are not going to approve it. But there are some Republicans who don't like it either. This is, again, just a distraction. He's afraid of Epstein. He's afraid of all that. And we're not going to give up on Epstein. Total losers. Of course, they had all the Epstein information for the last four years. The president said, fighting crime is a good thing. And we have to explain, we're going to fight crime. Already, they're saying he's a dictator. This place is going to hell. We've got to stop it. So instead of saying he's a dictator, they should say, we're going to join him and make Washington safe.

We're going to be essentially crime free. This is going to be a beacon. And it's going to also serve as an example of what can be done. A poll from the far left Washington Post three months ago asks people in D.C. if crime was a problem. Only 7% said it was not a problem or not that serious of a problem, but 91% said crime was either extremely or very serious or moderately serious. And the Post even three months ago admitted that it was black residents and lower income residents who were significantly more worried about crime than white residents and those with higher incomes. Today, the same Washington Post ran an article saying that, quote, the city is safe. A video came out the other day of a man, presumably intoxicated, screaming at federal law enforcement,

blank you fascist. It was at 11 o'clock at night. And then he threw a subway sandwich at one of the agents from just a couple feet away. The Border Patrol then tackled him. This was in D.C. They tackled him and arrested him. Pam Bondi said, if you touch any law enforcement officer, we will come after you. But here's the kicker. She said, I just learned that this defendant worked at the Department of Justice. No longer. Not only is he fired, he's been charged with a felony. This is an example of the deep state that we've been up against for seven months as we work to refocus the DOJ. A Maha wind starting next year, Skittles, M&Ms, Starburst, and Extra Gum will be available free of artificial colors. In June, Kraft Hines and General Mills announced similar plans.

Also, PepsiCo, Conagra, the Hershey Company, McCormick & Company, J.M. Smucker, Nestle, and more. have announced ridding their food of artificial coloring. I'm Mike Slater from the podcast, Politics by Faith. Bill O'Reilly has your message of the day. Next. Time now for the O'Reilly Update, message of the day. How's your worldview doing? Chances are you don't know.

Because we insulated Americans are generally locked into our own world. Pakistan and Argentina, far away, not very important. My mail on the Putin-Trump meeting to stop the madness in Ukraine is instructed. Some folks think bad Vlad can actually be arrested in Anchorage or threatened or humiliated like Zelensky was in a press conference. One word. No. Russia has nukes and might very well use them if its leader is ambushed. Very simple analysis here. Dictators with unlimited power inside their countries can recapture. havoc on the world. Hello, Adolf, Joe Stalin Mao. Humiliating Putin would lead to more bloodshed and madness. Hannibal Lecter didn't have thermonuclear submarines. Vlad does. Same violent

disposition, different circumstances. So why doesn't everyone know this? Not hard to understand unless you live in a fantasy-filled bubble, which millions of people on this earth do. And that is very dangerous, especially in a free society. Once a people lose touch with reality, crazy things flood the societal zone. A rational world view is a bulwark against that. We all should have one. 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. John Abercrombie, Cape Girado, Missouri. What is Trump's problem with Zelensky? I just read another comment by Trump that he's not happy with him

and he feels that the war should never happen. He's blaming Zelensky for the war. I don't know if he's blaming him, but he says he botched the initial Russian incursion. I don't believe that's entirely fair. I think Putin would have done it anyway, no matter what Zelensky did. But Zelensky has a tendency to be insolent. And when you're dependent upon other countries for your existence, that's what rankles Trump.

Captain Ron Mello, Fernandina Beach, Florida, the negotiations with Putin what other countries are backing Russia. North Korea, that's all. India, China, buy his oil, Putin's oil. Turkey plays games. I have a few smaller countries, but nothing of note. Doug, concierge member, Doug gets direct access to me. Bombass and Trump are one thing, no way around it. The way I deal with it is I watch what the president does,

but I don't listen to him unless it's actual news, and that works for me. Okay? You know, Donald Trump likes to shig it up. Donna, a concierge member. I had a concierge member come to me today. Interesting story. She really needs help. She has breast cancer.

And she's getting slammed by the system that doesn't care about her. We're going to help her. I can do it. And I'm going to. Donna, too bad the National Guard. We're not called Washington, you see, on January 6th, 2021. We don't speak of that. Donna, I have done so much analysis of that.

I can't possibly do anymore. And as a concierge member, you can get transcripts of all of it. In a moment, something you might not know. Now the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. 86 years ago, one of the most successful films of all time debuted in Wisconsin. The movie featured a teenage girl, a tin man, cowardly lion, scarecrow, and a three-year-old Scottish terrier named Toto. Here is the story behind the Wizard of Oz. The original book was published in the year 1900.

Author L. Frank Baum thought the story would sell a few thousand copies. It quickly became the best-selling children's book in history. The characters were drawn from Baum's own childhood. He frequently had nightmares of menacing scarecrowes and man-eating lions. In addition, the author's niece, Dorothy, became ill and died from congestion of the brain before her first birthday. Bouncom piled his personal trauma into the story. He settled on a name Oz as a reference to the newly formed nation of Australia. By the 1930s, two million copies of his book were sold in the USA alone.

Executives at MGM then bought the rights to The Wizard after watching Walt Disney's Snow White. The film starring Judy Garland premiered August 12th, 1939 at the Strand Theater in rural Wisconsin. It is regarded as one of the finest movies ever made. It's ranked as one of the top five features of all time alongside Citizen Kane and Casa Blanca. And here's something else you might not know. MGM selected the small town near Milwaukee for the premiere to gauge the audience's reaction. Executives stood in the back of the theater to see of certain scenes, including the infamous flying monkeys and wicked witch, were too scary for children. But the crowd loved the Wizard of Oz.

And knowing they had a hit, the film had a second premiere in Hollywood and Times Square, New York, three years. days later. It is now run on television all the time as the residuals pour in. El Frank Baum did not have another follow-up to The Wizard, but he will go down in history nonetheless. Back after this. That is the weekend edition of the O'Reilly update. I am Bill O'Reilly. For more news and honest analysis, please go to Bill O'Reilly.com. No spin, just facts, and always looking out for you.