Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, December 21, 2022

Episode Date: December 21, 2022

Mike Slater fills in for Bill O'Reilly! Fewer families donate to charity, a third of Americans say violence against the government is justified, cigarette sales rise for the second time in 20 years, a study ranks the most obese states in the country. Plus, the message of the day about people's perception of reality and something you might not know about the origins of Barbie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, I'm Mike Slater, host of the podcast Politics by Faith. Filling up for the great Bill O'Reilly. It is Wednesday, December 21st, 2022. You're listening to the O'Reilly update. Here's what's happening today in America. Fewer families donate to charity. A third of Americans say violence against the government is justified. Cigarette sales rise for the second time in the last 20 years.

And a study ranks the most. Obese states in the country. Also coming up, the message of the day about people's perceptions of reality and how far off they are. But first, a report from the Wall Street Journal finds just 45% of Americans plan on giving to charity this Christmas. The lowest level in two decades. Pretty remarkable, though, that 45% is the lowest.

I wonder if any other country gets even close to that. Economists blame the historic drop on inflation. A third of households say they're scaling back on gifts during the holidays. 25% have reduced the number of guests this Christmas. The average family now spends an extra $500 per month because of high prices for fuel and food. A survey from the Washington Post in University of Maryland showing 34% of adults believe violence against the government is sometimes justified. That figures up 21 points since the mid-1990s. 22% say armed resistance is appropriate to protect personal liberties.

15% think it's appropriate to defend themselves from a military takeover. A third of young voters predict another civil war will occur in their lifetime. A quarter expect one state to secede from the Union, which will be the first. More Americans picked up smoking in 2022, the sale of tobacco rising for the second year in a row. In total, adults consumed 200 billion cigarettes last year. Wow. Experts are saying that the rise in the habit is done. due to the rise of financial anxiety.

Marlboro executives say more Americans lit up last year because of boredom and depression. Cigarettes, not the only vice used in 2022. The sale of alcohol also up 10% since COVID hit in 2020. And in California, there's a bill now to legalize psychedelic mushrooms because this is all really healthy and great. A new survey from Wallet Hub revealing the most rotund states, in the U.S. 70% of adults nationwide are overweight, a quarter considered obese. The worst places include Kentucky, Kentucky, West Virginia, Alabama, title of the most obese goes to Mississippi. 40% of people in the Magnolia State are 30 pounds overweight or more. The slimmest citizens in America

can be found in Utah and Colorado. The message of the day moments away. 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 sides, 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 Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. Hey, I'm Mike Slater, host of the podcast, Politics by Faith, filling in for the great Bill O'Reilly. Now it's time for the O'Reilly update message of the day. People's perception of reality are way off. My favorite polls are the polls where they ask a question, then tell the person the truth, and then ask the question again.

So here's an example. Step one, do you support the border policies at our southern border that are in place today? And a majority of people say yes. Okay, then step two, you get a sense of their perception of reality. So you ask, how many border crossings by illegal immigrants do you think there are every year? 75% of people said, guessed, less than one million. Less than a million. 75% of people said less than 1 million.

16% of people said less than 100,000. So this is where you give them the truth. And the truth is 2.75 million. at least we know of one million gotaways those are the people we know who got away we have no idea the unknown gotaways so we're almost at four million then finally step four you ask the person given these numbers now that you know the truth and you're not basing your opinion off of your feelings should the administration keep these open border policies or have stricter policies And once people know the truth, now magically, 67% say they would support stricter border

policies, a complete flip from like 20 seconds ago. Most people just have a made-up movie in their brain about what goes on at the border. And we just make up whatever makes us feel good. And then that's kind of the end of our thinking about it. But if you live in El Paso, Texas, where a thousand illegal immigrants, not migrants, by the way, The migrant implies they come here to work on the farm for the season and pick some fruit and then a couple months later go back to Mexico. These are illegal immigrants.

1,000 a night in El Paso. You know, the mayor of New York City said they've taken in 32,000 illegal immigrants this year and they need a billion dollars to take care of these people because they're so overwhelmed. New York City, the biggest city in the country. If New York City is overwhelmed with 32,000 illegal immigrants in a year, population 9 million, Imagine little old El Paso, Texas, 700,000 people, and they take in a thousand in a night. But no one outside of El Paso and cities like it know the truth. Better to ignore it.

Similarly, if you ask people, what percentage do you think is a fair income tax? The average answer is 31%. Then ask people how much they think the rich pay in taxes, income tax, and the average gas is about 20%, so lower than what they think is fair. and then you tell them the truth, 40%. And they're like, oh, what? Abortion's the ultimate example. Ask people if they support abortion.

Most people, shockingly believe the nice thing to say is yes. And then you show them what this actually entails, what a baby in the womb looks like and all the rest. And people are like, oh, no, I don't support that. Well, you do, though. Out of ignorance, you do. Imagine just with these three examples, how much different our country would be

if people knew the basic facts. The question is always asked, How can Republicans win the hearts and minds of voters? We can start by making sure people know the truth. By the way, in the first asking of the question, how many illegal immigrants came into America last year? Only 6% got the right answer. That's about how many people are informed about anything at any given time.

That's why it's so important for you to know the truth. And once you know it, to spread the word. Coming up next, something you might not know about the origins of Barbie. 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. Hey, this is Mike Slater from the podcast, Politics by Faith. Filner for Bill O'Reilly. Now it's time for something you might not know. Barbie started out as a call girl. And maybe not a prostitute is a little far, but something close to that. A flusie.

Maybe the best word would be a gold digger. Barbie started out as a gold digger. I'll explain it in a second, but first, why do I bring this up? You may have heard that American girl dolls, you know, American girl dolls, the beginning of those dolls, it was 1986, was to have a doll with a connection through different periods of history. So each doll had a backstory that would teach the little girl about history. Very nice. The person who came up with it came up with the idea after a trip to Colonial Williamsburg

and realized that all the dolls for girls were babies. So she said, hey, let's make a doll of little girls for little girls and tie it back to history. The founder, her name was Pleasant to Roland. Her real job was a children's textbook writer. So her passion was to teach girls how to read, and the dolls were merely a means to get kids to read. It's great. Well, now American Girl has a new book out called Body Image, with this gem of a line. If you haven't gone through puberty yet, American Girl Dolls, says to Little Girls,

the doctor might offer medicine to delay your body's changes. It's or puberty blockers, giving you more time to think about your gender identity. So this whole book is full of transgender ideology presented to girls as young as 10. American Girl Dolls is now owned by Mattel, which just released a transgender Barbie. So this is America 2022. Transgender Barbie and an American girl doll pushing transgender lies to children. super which brings us to the origin of barbie she started in germany in the late 1940s as a cartoon character named lily a gold digger who seduced rich men it was an adult comic strip in one of the

comics she was wearing a bikini on the sidewalk and a policeman told her this was illegal and she said oh and in your opinion what part should i take off first the cartoon was so popular they made a novelty doll of lily that was sold in adult bookstores and tobacco shops adults would give them as like a gag gift, bachelor parties, and hang them from car rearview windows. And then in the 50s, one of the founders of Mattel, Ruth Handler, went to Europe, bought a few of the dolls, and in 1958 marketed towards kids in America. My point is, be careful out there. There are people battling for the hearts and minds and imagination of your kids. You can't trust toy makers, even American girl dolls. They're trying to sell your daughter a lot more than a doll. More coming up.

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