Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, August 5, 2025

Episode Date: August 5, 2025

Texas governor orders arrest of Democratic lawmakers, uclear on the moon, out of control fires, and Trump says she is hot right now. Plus, Bill’s Message of the Day, class warfare on Long Island. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Book club on Monday. Gym on Tuesday. Date night on Wednesday. Out on the town on Thursday. Quiet night in on Friday. It's good to have a routine. And it's good for your eyes too. Because with regular comprehensive eye exams at Specsavers,

you'll know just how healthy they are. Visit Spexsavers.cavers.cai to book your next eye exam. Eye exams provided by independent optometrists. 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 Tuesday, August 5th, 2025. Here's what's happening today in America. Civil warrants. Nuclear on the moon. Out of control fires. And Trump says she is hot right now. It's all coming up. And Bill's going to be here with your message of the day. First, the Texas governor ordered police to find an arrest Democrats. who fled the state over redistricting. The Texas House Republicans voted 85 to 6 to authorize the House Sergeant-at-Arms

and related officers to track down and civilly arrest Democrats who fled the state. The warrants, though, have no power outside of state lines. Many Democrats are in Illinois seeking refuge from the horrors of gerrymandering in one of the most gerrymandered states in the country. The governor of Texas also ordered the Texas Rangers to investigate if the Democrats have solicited

or received funds to evade their official business. They could be breaking bribery laws. The Democratic caucus in the Texas House said back to Abbott's threat, come and take it. Democrats can only stay away for so long. The governor will just call another special session, if needed. The Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy, is going to announce expedited plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon. Sean Duffy also happens to be the interim head of NASA. Now, NASA's discussed building a reactor on the moon before, but this would set a more definitive timeline.

NASA plans to award at least two companies a contract within six months of the request for proposals. Officials hoped to put a new station in space by 2030. Over 1,000 firefighters fighting a wildfire in California that's burned 67,000 acres. The Gifford leaf fire is just north of Santa Barbara in Southern California, only 3% contained. 460 structures are threatened, three injuries so far. but the air quality is quite bad because of it. Now, the wildfires in Canada, they're still totally out of control. Well, there's 742 of them in total.

201 are officially out of control, 0% contained. This has caused the air to be hazy from Detroit to New York City, even causing a ground stop at Boston's Logan Airport because of low visibility. The president on the tarmac was asked, what he thinks about Sidney Sweeney being a registered Republican? Trump said, oh, now I love her ad. If Sidney, if Sidney Sweeney's a registered Republican, I think her ad is fantastic. He later then went on Truth Social and said Sidney, a registered Republican, has the hottest ad out there.

It's for American Eagle and the jeans are flying off the shelves. Go get him, Sydney. He ended his truth with, The Tide has turned seriously. Being woke is for losers. Being Republican is what you want to be. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 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 Tuesday, the South Fork of Long Island sometimes called the Hamptons is a perfect example of income inequality. Here, wealthy people pay millions for summer homes,

gallivanting around showing off their good fortune, while an army of service workers keeps everything tidy and functioning. Lobster salad, $100 a pound? Why not? $36 cheeseburgers? Yum! Not the real world. The key question, is this wrong, as Bernie Sanders believes?

Should action be taken against the swells? Before I answer, let's consider the other side. thousands of gardeners pool guys restaurant servers carpenters other blue collar folks are making good money from the rich and affluent vacationers these workers have chosen to earn their livings providing needed services they are not hedge fund investors or trust fund baby layabouts most work very hard for the money so do we try to punish the wealthy do we seek to take from them if so where in the U.S. Constitution is that memorialized. The reason America is the most prosperous country in the world

is it provides the most opportunity for the most people, and you decide the pathway. Income inequality, certainly on display in our capitalist country, jealousy, plenty of it, opportunities to reach your potential everywhere. Keep that in mind. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by 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. Let's go to the mail. We got Charles, a concierge member, Charles. I was never confused about the Russian collusion scandal. Hillary Clinton financed a false dossier. Brennan included the dossier in intelligence assessment. Comey used the dossier to justify spying on Trump campaign. Comey knew the dossier was false, lied to the FISA court.

Okay, I'm with you 80%. You'd have to prove Comey knew the dossier was false. Good to prove that. But I'm with you. Brennan, we'll see. Going to take skilled prosecutors and the Justice Department bring charges. Michael, great coverage on Russia Gate Bill, legacy news networks, won't even acknowledge the story.

Isn't that a disgrace? My God. Don Abercrombie, Cape Girardo, Missouri. What the heck is Trump thinking? The Fed was designed to be independent. They aren't supposed to respond to the whims of politicians. If rates are cut just to please politicians, then those rates could cause inflation to soar again.

I'm a retired banker. I often disagree with the Fed, but in this case, I think it would be a bad move for the Fed to cave into Trump's demands. Okay. I mean, I'm not going to argue with it. I'd leave the Fed alone if I were president. But you've got to understand the Trump mindset.

He believes that the whole swap is trying to take them down. And there's got a lot of evidence there. Keith Wilson, Zachary, Louisiana, Bill, you mentioned that no doubt Republicans have put forth any immigration bill. Why is the current laws on a book sufficient? Because they're obsolete. Biden destroyed the whole thing, the whole asylum process, everything. That law doesn't deal with dreamers. doesn't deal with anything.

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tax the citizens' personal income. The temporary measure eventually expired but later returned as a constitutional amendment. Here is the story. Since the nation's founding tariffs raise money, they were placed on goods like tea and tobacco. During a civil war, Lincoln needed more cash to pay soldiers. So he approved the first income tax. the rate 3% on all earnings above $800. In the early 20th century, the USA was growing at a rapid rate. Lawmakers in Washington needed money

to fuel westward expansion, strengthening the military, and build railroads. In February 1913, Congress ratified the 16th Amendment to the Constitution. The law simply states, quote, Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes from whatever source derived. In its first year, the average tax rate was 1%. Highest, 7% for the wealthy Americans.

There were no adjustments, deductions, or loopholes. Today, the federal government takes in $5 trillion every year, half of that coming from personal income tax. The typical household hands over 23% of its pay to the IRS. And here's something else you might not know. If you live in the liberal blue states, the government is coming for more than half your money. In New York, there is a prepared food tax. A bagel, for example, will cost 8% more if you want someone to slice it for you. In Connecticut, you will find 26 different fees on cable TV, including a federal line charge, local number,

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