Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, February 15, 2024

Episode Date: February 15, 2024

A “very serious” national security threat, GOP majority shrinks in the House, Apple releases its VR headset, RIP Bill Post. Plus, the Message of the Day, DHS Secretary Mayorkas gets impeached. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to the O'Reilly update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater. Thank you, Bill. It's Thursday, February 15, 2024. Here's what's happening today in America. A serious threat. Majority Slims. Zuck fired up and a sad day in the world of toaster pastries. It's all coming up. Then Bill's going to be here with your message of the day. But first, we're being told by House members that there is a, quote, very serious. national security threat, we're told it might be related to Russia. Sources say it's, quote, very sensitive information. And one intelligence source said it is, in fact, a highly concerning and destabilizing Russian capacity that we were recently made aware of. On my radio show this week, we've talked about a secret session of Congress that no one's talking about.

And it requires a majority of vote to have one. And if it happens, it would be the fifth time since 1830. So it never happened during all of World War II, Vietnam, Korea. and it means there's no public, no press, no congressional aides. We won't know if any votes were made and who voted how on whatever the issue is. We don't know yet if that secret session will happen, but it seems like if it does, this is what it would be about. The top Republican on the House Intel Committee from Ohio Turner said he's requesting

that Joe Biden declassify all information relating to this threat so that Congress, the administration, and our allies can openly discuss the actions necessary to respond to this threat. George Santos, of course, was kicked out a congressman, congressman from Long Island, first person to be expelled from the House without being first convicted of a federal crime or for having supported the Confederacy. A couple months ago, the House voted to expel him, and they had their special election yesterday, and the Democrats took back the seat.

The Democrat won 54 to 46th. The Republican candidate was an Ethiopian woman. Those racist Democrats wouldn't vote for her. Apple released their first virtual reality headset last week. the Apple Vision Pro, and Mark Zuckerberg says, whoa, whoa, whoa, ours is way better. The MetaQuest 3. Not only is it $500 instead of Apple's $3,500,

but Zuckerberg made a three-minute video saying the technology's better. It's more comfortable, no motion blur, more accurate hand-tracking, so you get to pick which way you want to disconnect from the real world and live in the metaverse. In other technology news, the man who invented the Pop-Tart has passed away.

Bill Post, born one of seven kids to Dutch immigrants. At 16, started working at a biscuit company in Grand Rapids. That company became known as the Keebler Company. After World War II, he came back and came up with a new product known as the Fruit Scone, which would not have worked at all, but luckily they changed the name to Pop-Tart. There were four flavors in 1964. Today, there are 30. Bill passed away at the age of 96. The great Bill O'Reilly 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.

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Republicans couldn't get the votes last week. The Senate, not really interested in this at all, may not even hold its trial. But there's no question that the Homeland Security boss should be booted because he's not protecting the homeland. Pretty simple. On his watch, the open border is one of the biggest scandals in American history. including every American in danger. Alejandro does what he is told to do by the Biden administration. He could not care less about national security or your personal safety.

He is a political hack, who would have been fired a long time ago from any honest private company. But the federal government is not honest. It is all ideology all the time. The progressive movement wants no restrictions on immigration. Every single Democratic congressperson and senator kneels before that demand. Why? Because if they don't, they are canceled by their party.

Awful doesn't even begin to describe this situation. 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. Let's go to the mail. We got Frank Camito, Katie, Texas. Bill Y sent 65 a billion cash to Ukraine. How will Zelensky spend it? It's not cash. All right? It's 60 million in military hardware with a small component of humanitarian aid. That's what's in the bill. I agree with your position regarding Ukraine.

We must defeat Putin to keep peace abroad or the American economy will be hurt. Patty, Spingath, Morgantown, North Carolina, Alina. But my husband and I don't understand why the U.S. should continue to fund Ukraine with no apparent strategy or end in sight. Money we spend on foreign wars doesn't seem to accomplish anything. Well, Patty, I guess you missed last night in my... in my, and I know you guys can't watch every episode of the No Spin News. I know that. But I were deeply into this. You can watch it on Bill O'Reilly.com. I think we have broken that segment out and explains everything. But I understand you can't see everything.

Paul Smith, appoint Roberts, Washington. Bill, you keep insisting Congress should work on a border bill. There are enough laws in place to seal the border. No, they're not. Okay, they're simply arm. Asylum requests have to be overhauled 100%, 100%. And that's the key to any immigration bill, because now everybody crossing that border is claiming asylum. Richard Middellman, Pasadena, California, do the sanctuary cities who are crying now for help from the federal government have a legal obligation of financial support to illegals, depending on the charter? petty like new york city has this oblique thing that it has to house people or something everybody everybody's different there is no federal mandate to give welfare or entitlements to foreign nationals across

and here none in a moment something you might not know power politics and the people behind the headlines i'm miranda divine new york post columnist and 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, 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. Now, the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. Five years ago today, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency along the southern border. His order was immediately blocked by Democrats in Congress and eventually the courts. Here is the story. During the 2016 campaign, Trump pledged to build a wall between the United States and Mexico and he said the Mexican government would pay for it.

Well, after years of failed budget negotiations, Trump issued proclamation 9-844, also known as a national emergency concerning the southern border of the United States. That order diverted $8 billion to construct the wall. Well, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer released a joint statement in calling the proclamation, quote, a lawless act, a gross abuse of power of the presidency and a desperate attempt to distract from the fact that President Trump broke his core promise

to have Mexico pay for the wall, unquote. California and 16 other states sued the White House. Trump's order was stymied by litigation until the inauguration of Joe Biden. On his first day in office, the new president issued his own proclamation called the termination, of the emergency along the southern border of the United States. Biden's decision was catastrophic. In Trump's last year, 2020, 400,000 people breached the border, according to the border patrol. In 21, that figure exploded to 1.6 million, then 2.2 million. last year, 2.5 million at least. Between 2019 and today, the amount of fentanyl seized in Texas alone

as tripled to 25,000 pounds. Human rights groups estimate the number of child sex slaves has also increased 300 percent, all of this because of the open border. And here's something else you might not know. The bipartisan border bill proposed by the White House does virtually nothing to stop the crisis. In the legislation, a national emergency would only be triggered if more than 5,000 migrants entered a day. That's another 1.8 million a year. That's why the bill went down. Back after this. 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 Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. Thank you for listening to The O'Reilly Update. I am Bill O'Reilly, no spin, just facts, and always looking out for you.