Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, December 19, 2024

Episode Date: December 19, 2024

A major win for DOGE, Vance calls out congress, state of emergency proclaimed over bird flu outbreak, and the federal reserve cuts interest rates again. Plus, the Message of the Day, how Donald Trump emerged victorious. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to the O'Reilly update, sponsored by Tax Network USA. America's number one choice for tax resolution. Please go to TNUSA.com slash bill or call 800-245-6-0-0. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater. Thank you, Bill. It is Thursday, December 19th, 2024. Here's this happening today in America.

voice of the people. J.D. calls him out state of emergency in California and Fed cuts rates. It's all coming up. Then Bill's going to be here with your message of the day. But first, a major win for Doge and Elon and the people. The House has until Friday to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government for ideally three more months. They could have passed what is called a clean bill. Just a couple pages long. Keeps everything just the same for a couple more months, March 14th. Instead, Republican leadership tried to pass a 1,547 page bill, full of pork for everyone. There was so much outrage from the people yesterday amplified by Elon and Vivek that Speaker

Johnson scrapped the bill. Elon said your elected representatives have heard you, and now the terrible bill is dead. The voice of the people has triumphed, Vox Populi, Vox Dei, which is Latin for the voice of the people is the voice of God. He concluded the night with, unless Doge ends the career. of deceitful pork barrel politicians, the wasting corruption will never stop. Therefore, there's no choice but to do so. I wish there was another way, but there's not.

President-elect Donald Trump said he was totally opposed to that continuing resolution. J.D. Vance said in a long post, Congress is considering a spending bill that would give sweetheart provisions for government censors and for Liz Cheney. The bill would make any, this is the continuing resolution, would make it easier to hide the records of the corrupt January 6th committee, which accomplished not. for the American people and hid security failures that happened that day. Republicans must get smart and tough. If Republicans threaten to shut down the government unless we give them everything they want, call their bluff. It's Schumer and Biden who are holding up our aid

to farmers and disaster relief. This chaos would not be happening if we had a real president and we will in 32 days. California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency over the bird flu. More bird flu cases discovering cows in California. He says this is a targeted in action to ensure that government agencies have the flexibility they need to respond quickly to this outbreak. There's been no recorded cases of a person-to-person spread. Sixty-one human cases of bird flu in 16 states so far, 34 of those cases in California. The Federal Reserve voted for the third consecutive meeting to cut the interest rates. The Federal Reserve has now cut interest rates by a full percentage point, 100 basis points, since they started cutting

in September. I'm Mike Slater from the podcast, Politics by Faith. The Great Bill O'Reilly, the real Vox Populi with your message of the day. Next. Let's face it, the U.S. economy is under stress. National debt rising, trade war, shaking the markets. And meanwhile, China is dumping the dollar and stockpiling gold. That's why I protected my savings with physical gold and silver through the only dealer I trust, American Hartford gold. And you can do this. Get precious. medals delivered to your door or place in a tax advantage gold IRA. They'll even help you roll over your existing IRA or 401k, tax and penalty free. With billions in precious metals

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deny it. The Trump haters thought they had him beaten, the ridiculous show trials in New York City, the totally unnecessary FBI raid on Mara Lago, the nonstop hatred Donald Trump endured from the liberal press. However, the Don fought hard and prevailed, not only routing Kamala Harris, but also badly damaging the Democratic Party and much of the corrupt means. media. It's an amazing turn of events orchestrated by one single human being, Donald Trump, who now officially owns the cliche. When the going gets tough, the tough get going. But the story is not over yet. The president-elect must succeed in solving very difficult problems. He has to show strength and determination to improve America's circumstance.

After all that Trump has been through, however, he has a unique vantage point on the strength and determination thing. Now, he must turn his personal victories into legacies for the USA. 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 Cohen is in St. Louis. It is illegal to shoot down drones in the USA, Bill. Not if national security is involved. Gone? You gun them right out of the sky. James Walzer at Damascus, Oregon.

The other day, you said some flattering things about Barack Obama, O'Reilly, which I find offensive. It's the opinion of many people and myself that Obama's the worst thing that it had ever happened to this country. Okay, so let me get this straight, James. My opinion of which I am entitled to offends you. Well, I'm not offended by your opinion that you think Obama was the worst thing that's ever happened in the country. You're entitled to it. Why would you be offended by my opinion?

and I report accurately on Barack Obama in confronting the presidents, very accurately. So my opinion has some weight. Why would you be offended? That's not good. Lowlark in Hart'sville, Tennessee. Bill, why don't you talk about Biden and Congress selling off the wall for pennies on the dark? It's not a big story. Yeah, they're selling some stuff down there, so what?

Trump is going to come in. Congress is going to give him whatever he needs. to put the wall back together again, and that's that. I don't do minutia here. I don't think that's a big story. Don Riley, Spring, Texas, Pete Hague-Seth, will do a far better job in the current Secretary of State. I should have fired him for disappearing for three days.

Yes, you're right. I don't know about Higgs-eth and the job, but you're right about the current guy. Steve Glary, Overland Park, Kansas. I would like to see President Trump push Congress to change the inauguration to a month after the election. not going to happen. It's not, they're going to keep it the way it is. There's a lot of transitory stuff that has to happen. 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. 247 years ago today, General George Washington and his troops

marched into the hills of South Eastern Pennsylvania. the exhausted soldiers set up camp in what would quickly become the fourth largest city in the North American colonies. Here is the story of Valley Forge. On December 19, 1777, 12,000 soldiers, 400 women, 200 children, began construction of the camp to wait out the cold winter months when fighting was very difficult. Soon, the fort they erected north of Philadelphia consisted of 2,000 log huts and two miles of defenses. The encampment was as diverse as any city.

It was made up of free and enslaved to black soldiers, Native Americans, wealthy officers, poor enlisted men, also European immigrants. Life in Valley Forge was brutal. Over the span of a few weeks, 2,000 troops died from disease. That's one out of every six. Another thousand actually starved to death at Valley Forge. To boost morale, George Washington organized a daring raid against the British in Philadelphia, but the mission was called off because of a blizzard and a mass illness among his army.

wrote the general in a letter to the Continental Congress, quote, I ordered the troops to be in readiness for an attack, but behold, to my great mortification, the men were unable to stir on account of lack of provisions. That means they didn't have any food. All I could do under the circumstances was send out a few light parties to watch the enemy, unquote. Well, the Army stayed in Valley for it for six months. In June 1778, Washington and his soldiers left the fort pursuing English forces as they retreated from Philadelphia to New York City. And here's something else you might not know.

Today, Valley Forge remains one of the most popular national parks in America. Two million visitors tour the site each year. There, folks can see the log cabin where George Washington celebrated Christmas Day in 17. 177. Back after this. Power, politics and the people behind the headlines. I'm Miranda Devine, New York Post columnist, and the host of the brand new podcast, Podforce One. Every week, I'll sit down for candid conversations with Washington's most powerful disruptors, lawmakers, newsmakers, and even the president of the United States.

These are the leaders shaping the future of America and the world. Listen to Podforce One with me, Miranda Devine, every week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. You don't want to miss an episode. 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.