Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, February 18, 2025

Episode Date: February 18, 2025

A Delta crash in Canada, migrant camps go empty, Margaret Brennan beclowns herself, and Social Security database error. Plus, the Message of the Day, why DOGE deserves a chance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Thank you, Bill. It's Tuesday, February 18th, 2025. Here's this happening today in America. Delta crash. Migrant camps empty. I don't really care, Margaret. And Social Security database error? It's all coming up. Then Bill's going to be here with your message of the day. But first, a Delta Airlines commuter plane arriving from Minneapolis crashed at the airport in Toronto, Canada. There were 76 passengers and four crew member. That's a full flight. Two people, including critical condition, but amazingly, no deaths on the scene, might have been that the plane landed in a crosswind, flipped the plane over, did like a cartwheel, and landed upside down. Some in the media are blaming Doge, but the White House reiterated that no air traffic controllers

or any professionals who performed safety critical functions were terminated. Jewish Family Services in San Diego received almost $50 million in government grants in 23 to run a transition migrant shelter in San Diego. They're now shutting down. Why? No more money. They haven't received any of the 22 million they were awarded this past year through FEMA. But also, there's no more migrants.

There's no more illegal aliens that need any services. How many illegal aliens do you think tried to cross over the southern border yesterday? 229. The high under Biden was 11,000 a day. After J.D. Vance on Saturday told European leaders at the Munich Security Conference that you shouldn't police free speech in your countries? 60 minutes ran a piece on German police as they raided homes and took cell phones and laptops that they thought were involved in spreading insulting comments online.

German officials told 60 minutes that there are 16 dedicated police task force monitoring hate speech with around 3,500 cases a year. A prosecutor told 60 minutes that they have secured 750 speech crime convictions over the last four years. The host of CBS Face the Nation, Margaret Brennan, yes, that I don't really care, Margaret, Margaret Brennan, told Marco Ruby our Secretary of State that J.D., the speech was in Munich, Germany. Our vice president was standing in a country where free speech was weaponized to conduct a genocide. Her argument is that free speech caused the Holocaust. Our Secretary of State politely rebuked her for that lunacy. Elon tweeted out that according to the Social Security database, there are 396 million

Americans. There's actually only 334 million. Of these mysterious 396 million Americans, 16 million of them are over the age of 110. Are they receiving Social Security payments? Maybe it's just a database processing error. Doge is on the case. I'm Mike Slater for the podcast Politics by Faith. Bill O'Reilly with your message of the day. Next. Did you know that at Chevron you can fuel up on unbeatable mileage and savings? With Chevron rewards, you'll get 25 cents off per gallon on your next five visits. All you have to do is download the Chevron app and join to start saving on fuel. Then you can keep fueling up on other things like adventure, memories, vacations, daycations, quality time, and so many other possibilities. Head to your nearest Chevron station to fuel up and get rewarded today. Terms apply.

See Chevron Texcores.com for more details. Time now for the O'Reilly Update message of the day. Tuesday, the entire Elon Musk controversy is contrived, foolish, and peddled by activists, ignorant of American history. The country is under assault, the Poltroons say. The Constitution is being trashed. All because President Trump appointed a billionaire to analyze wasteful federal spending. So here's the truth. What Mr. Trump has done is the same thing FDR and JFK did.

No difference whatsoever. President Roosevelt brought in a fellow New Yorker named Harry Hopkins in 1933 to advise him on how to deal with the Great Depression. Hopkins had enormous power and even lived in the White House during World War II. Roosevelt also hired some of his Harvard pals to assist Hopkins. All were unelected and not confirmed by the Senate. President Kennedy followed FDR's playbook. He brought in his Boston buddies, Dave Powers, Kenny O'Donnell, Theodore Sorin. Morrison. Recently, there is compelling evidence that White House Chief of Staff Ron Clayne actually

ran the entire country under an often confused Joe Biden. Do you think the anti-Musk Trump cadre cares about all of that? They don't. Most have no interest in pursuing the truth. It's way too hard. Now, I don't know, Elon Musk. This doge business might pay off. It might not. but it deserves a chance. 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. Okay, let's get to The Mail. We got Louis, Buckeye, Arizona. Hey, Bill. I've heard USAID was established through executive order. Will you confirm? No, I will not, Louis, because it's not true.

1961, JFK president, Congress established USAID. We think of order involved. Gary Holt, Anchorage, Alaska. President Trump wants to disband the Department of Education. Why did he bother appointing Linda McMahon as Secretary of Education? Because he can't disband it. Congress, the only one can. Now, he could slim it down, and that's what Linda's gonna do.

But he can't chuck it. Jury. Bill, I don't get the Putin thing. Why rule NATO membership out even before starting negotiations? Because Putin wouldn't show up unless you did. You have to take NATO off the table for Ukraine or Putin's not showing up. You've got to get them to the table. And that was never going to happen anyway, Ukraine, NATO. It's too provocative to the Russian system.

Scott Malone, Ellsworth, Maine. How do you see the Ukraine border ending up at Trump and Putin come to a ceasefire? Ukraine will lose some territory. backwater mostly but it'll lose some Putin has to save face that's what's likely to happen mary loft is lenoxa kansas catholic charities received over two billion from the u.s government um so pope francis is taking billions from the american taxpayer that's not even close to be in truth mary not even in the universe of truthfulness so catholic charities received see five and a half million dollars in 2024 fiscal year not two billion five and a half million

that money was earmarked for humanitarian purposes food shelter blankets now mary if you would do me a colossal favor and just tell me who told you that catholic charities got two billion i would like to know that. In a moment, something you might not know. The best coast just got better. Introducing Quantum of the Seas sailing from L.A. this fall. Conquer next level thrills on the boldest ship in the west, like flow rider surf sessions, bumper cars, and soaring 300 feet above sea level on the North Star, plus more than 15 dining options on board, all between discoveries in Ensenada and even overnights in Cabo. You've never done Mexico like this. Book your Boulder Baja

adventure from Los Angeles today. Come seek the Royal Caribbean. Itineraries vary by sale date, ships, registry, Bahamas. Now the O'Reilly update brings you something you might not know. 140 years ago today, Mark Twain published the most successful sequel in the history of literature. Move over Tom Sawyer, the adventures of Huckerberry Finn had arrived. Here is the story. Finn first appeared as Tom Sawyer's best friend in the novel, 1876. Mark Twain saw Huck's story as a follow-up to his earlier book, but the material was far more serious. The novel focused on the institution of slavery and other aspects of rural life in the American South. The book featured Huck and his friend Jim, a runaway slave.

Huckleberry vows to help Jim reach Ohio. and freedom. Published on February 18, 1885, the book was considered controversial in a country still reeling from the Civil War. The San Francisco Chronicle labeled the work, quote, the most amusing book in years. A magazine in New York City called the story, cheap and pernicious, suitable only for slums. A library in Massachusetts banned the book, calling it subject matter tawdry. Others followed suit, beginning a controversy that continued long after Mark Twain's death in 1910. For the next hundred years, Huckleberry Finn came under fire from activists for its betrayal of its black characters. Despite the controversy, Finn is ranked as one of the

greatest works of American fiction ever. And here's something else you might not know. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remains controversial to this day. Even now, movements exist in Connecticut, New York, Virginia to censor the book. A school district in North Carolina removed the N-word from the story entirely, renaming the character N-word Jim to slave Jim. Other districts include a trigger warning, claiming the novel contains outdated stereotypes. New editions in the UK stripped the world Indian from the story, replacing it with Native American. Woke strikes again.

I'll say this. Everybody should read Huckleberry Finn. Thank you, Mark Twain, back in a moment. I just mailchimp my marketing. You mailchimped your what? I mailchimped my marketing with AI to create an effective market. campaign in minutes. No, MailChimp and Way. Yes, MailChimp in way. Now I can hyper-personalize my campaigns

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