Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, February 11, 2025

Episode Date: February 11, 2025

Hamas suspends hostage releases, Tulsi Gabbard advances to a vote on the senate floor, more on the release of the JFK files, and DOGE takes aim at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Plus, the Message of the Day, Monday morning quarterbacking the Super Bowl. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Number one, based on publicly available data on competitors' customers. Plans vary. SMS available as ad-on. Visit MailChimp.com. 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, February 11, 2025. Here's this happening today in America. Saturday at noon. Tulsi, almost there. Discovered files. And the CFPB is D-O-G-E-D. That's all coming up. Then, Bill, that's doged. It's been doged. It's all come. coming up, then Bill's going to be here with your message of the day. But first, Hamas has stopped releasing hostages as per the terms of the ceasefire deal. So Donald Trump, from the Oval Office

desk, said, quote, as far as I'm concerned, if all of the hostages aren't returned by Saturday at 12 o'clock, I think it's an appropriate time, I would say cancel it and all bets are off and let hell break out. And if they're not returned, all of them, not in drips and drabs, not two and one and three and four and two. All of them. Saturday at 12 o'clock. And after that, I would say all hell is going to break out. When reporters asked him what that means, Trump said, Hamas will find out what I mean. Slowly but surely, Trump's cabinet is finally coming together, Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's picked to oversee all of our U.S. spy agencies, advanced to a Senate confirmation vote. She will be in charge of putting together Trump's daily intelligence

brief, leading around 1,750 employees, and she'll be in charge of 18 Intel agencies. She's also the former vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, also Lieutenant Colonel in the Army. Two Republicans who were wavering in their support, Mitch McConnell, and John Curtis from Utah, both voted yes. Donald Trump, on his third day in office, ordered in an executive order, that the government release all files related to the assassination of JFK. Well, the FBI, wouldn't you know it?

just discovered 2,400 records that haven't been seen before. They were never provided to a board tasked with reviewing and disclosing the documents. According to Axios, when Trump was president in 2017, he delayed disclosure of the records on advice of the CIA. Trump has regretted for years, not releasing all JFK records in his first term. I bet Trump has a lot of regrets from his first term, and he's making up for all of them very quickly. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the brainchild of Elizabeth Warren, thrown in the Dodd-Frank bill in 2010, is the next target of Trump and Doge. Russ Vote, the head of

Office of Management and Budget, already said that they will receive $0 in new funding this quarter. He also advised the agency's headquarters that they'll be closed all week and told employees do not perform any work tasks. Trump said the CFPB was set up to destroy people. Mike Slater from the podcast, Politics by Faith, Bill O'Reilly with your message of the day. This episode is brought to you by San Pellegrino Chau. A new kind of flavor of sparkling water. The kind made with real fruit juice, a pinch of Sicilian salt, and the sparkle of the Italian sun. With no added sugar and just 10 or less calories per can, enjoy.

With love from Italy. By San Pellegrino Chau now. Time now for the O'Reilly. update message of the day. On this Tuesday, it's the perfect time for a little Super Bowl Monday morning quarterbacking. But it's too easy. So I'll just say this about the interminable pregame stuff. Never have so many words been spoken with so little meaning. That is, unless you're impressed by the statement, we'll see. People actually get paid for saying that. Fox Broadcasting wrapped itself in the flag with Brad Pitt saying some inspirational stuff.

I kind of like that. Don't know why. Later, Tom Cruise showed up, but his facework distracted me, so I don't know what he was talking about. Got to give him credit for longevity, however. The Fox Network gave a pre-show interview with President Trump about seven minutes during which he again said he wants candidate of the 51st date. Of course, it's absolutely not going to happen. We can't even get Puerto Rico to come aboard, and they don't even have electricity down there. After the game itself, well, let's just say it will not go into the time capsule.

Worst $8 million commercial? The singer's seal just as a real seal. Mountain Dew did that. Grudges should be hell. Best commercial? Some older ladies singing Born and Be Wild by Steppenwolf, a 1960s group. I don't know why that was taking place, but it was far out. So I hope you enjoyed the game, had some good conversations with friends because you really

couldn't watch what was going on on the field. 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. Name in town if you wish to opine. Let's go to the mail, Glenda on the message board.

of President Trump's comments on Gaza, I think you should have spoken more succinctly, did sound like you was saying the USA would take over Gaza. I knew it wouldn't, but that's what he wanted to imply. That's a fair assessment. Donald Trump knows that the United States not taking over Gaza. Okay, he knows it. And the primary reason is that the other Arab countries are not going to take the two million Palestinian refugees. the Gazans. Because they cost a fortune to do that. Even though they would get money from around the world, he's not going to do it because it would create so much chaos for Egypt and Jordan. Jordan leader is in D.C. now. They make some kind of accommodation, but I doubt it.

DeWitt. I don't know what is more entertaining watching Trump's frantic pace of activity or watching the left go apoplectic with every new edict. They must be exhausted. Yeah, but they like it. They like this. The left likes, you know, yell and scream, I told you, I told you, blah, blah, blah, blah, Leland Pike, Eckron, Kentucky. Bill, you said CBS was in big trouble. We're editing the Kamala Harris interview, turn it around, and you said what CBS did was not illegal, then why would they be in big trouble because of the perception that CBS News is unfair, Leland. Americans don't like that. Why do you think all the networks are going down the drain?

Why? Because most Americans say, this is the fix is in. I'm not going to watch this. Only zombies watch with fake news. Let's just use that fake. Only zombies watch it. Fair money of people don't watch it. That's why they're in trouble, because that's a perception that they're fixes in at CBS to the left.

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Now, the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might, not know. 13 years ago today, one of the world's top-selling singers found dead in an L.A. hotel room bathtub. The star's demise was a sad ending to one of the most successful careers of all time. Here is the story behind Whitney Houston. Born August, 1963, Newark, New Jersey, young Whitney began performing in the church choir. In high school, she sang backup on songs for Chaka Khan, among others.

In 1983, music producer Clive Davis signed Whitney to a recording deal. Her self-titled album released two years later, sold more than 25 million copies. In 1992, the singer made a movie debuts, starring opposite Kevin Costner in the film The Bodyguard. The soundtrack featured Houston's now iconic cover of the Dolly Parton ballad, I will always love you.

movie's success, Ms. Houston's life became erratic, to say the least. She married singer Bobby Brown. A couple frequently made headlines for their violent relationship and drug addiction. 2011, she entered rehab. On February 11, 2012, Whitney Houston was staying at the Beverly Hills Hotel. She was scheduled to perform at the Grammys the following evening. At 3.15, she drew a bath, then called her mother. 30 minutes later, her personal assistant found her face down in the water. Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene. The L.A. Coroner's office ruled the cause of death, a combination of drowning, heart disease, and cocaine abuse. Whitney Houston, just 48 years old. And here's something else you might not know. Ms. Houston's career continues to this day.

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