Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, February 2, 2023

Episode Date: February 2, 2023

Tom Brady retires...again, the fed hikes interest rates...again, a Texas county drops the ball on its elections, and Netflix cracks down on freeloaders. Plus, Bill's Message of the Day, the three major attacks on Trump. 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 is Thursday, February 2nd, 2023. Here's what's happening today in America. Retirement number two, rate hike number eight, half as many ballots and a hundred million freeloaders. And then Bill will be here with the message of the day. But first, Tom Brady, retiring from football. Again, one year after retiring the last time, which he made for 40 days. Tom Brady played 23 years, 45 years old. He has the most wins, Pro Bowl, Super Bowl MVP's, completions, passing yards, and passing touchdowns. The most postseason appearances, postseason wins, Super Bowl appearances, 10, 7 wins,

14 playoff game-winning drives and ninth playoff fourth quarter comebacks. Tom Brady has more Super Bowl wins than any franchise. The Giants and Packers have won four, the 49ers and Cowboys have won four. The Steelers and Patriots of one six. Tom Brady's one seven. The Federal Reserve increasing interest rates a quarter of a point. The previous rate hikes were 0.75 or 0.5. So this is a decrease in the rate of increase.

The head of the Fed said that the effects of raising interest rates lags. And people are starting to tie their belt. Consumer spending is down. Retail purchases have fallen in three of the past four months. Home sales are at their lowest level since 2014. The auto industry had its worst a year in sales in over 10 years. years. But this is the point of raising the rates to get people unemployed so that people aren't spending as much money and then inflation goes down. It's a terrible plan. But that's where we

are. That's what they're doing. Is it working? The governor of Texas says the most recent election in Harris County was so poorly run, quote, it may necessitate new elections. Harris County is Houston. It's the most populous county in the state of Texas. If it were its own state, it would be the 25th biggest state. And apparently, Harris County officials did not provide enough paper ballots in their 121 voting centers. Apparently, they only printed out half as many ballots as they did in previous years for no apparent reason.

So they may have to do the election again. Is that incompetence or something worse? Speaking of stealing, do you watch Netflix? Do you pay for Netflix? Is the actual question. Because if for the last few years, You have Netflix, but haven't paid for it. That's coming to an end.

Netflix is cracking down on password sharing in just the next few days. Early on, they wanted people to get hooked. But now they have too many competitors, and last April reported their first loss of subscribers ever. So sometime in this quarter, Netflix will match your Wi-Fi IP address to determine where you live and make sure that this is indeed your primary location. So if your mother-in-law tries to sign in from someplace else, it won't work. I'm Mike Slater.

Bill O'Reilly will be back with your men. Message of the day. Next. Hey, I'm Caitlin Becker, the host of the New York Postcast, and I've got exactly what you need to start your weekdays. Every morning, I'll bring you the stories that matter, plus the news people actually talk about, the juicy details in the world's politics, business, pop culture, and everything in between.

It's what you want from the New York Post wrapped up in one snappy show. Ask your smart speaker to play the NY Postcast podcast. Listen and subscribe on Amazon Music, Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Time now for the O'Reilly Update, message of the day. On this Thursday, have you noticed the attacks on Donald Trump have increased recently?

There are three different campaigns to take the former president out. The first is New York State, which is desperately trying to pin a criminal rap on Trump and is leaking all kinds of anti-Trump stuff. Second is in Georgia, where a preposterous investigation alleges that somehow

Mr. Trump interfered in that state's voting process. And the third is the corporate media, which continues to spew every allegation unchallenged against Trump. Now that Fox News has largely abandoned the former president, he fights the press pretty much alone.

There is some urgency here on the left. Consumer spending actually fell in December. Christmas season, and American buyers will dictate whether a recession happens this year. If a recession does happen, say goodbye to the Democratic Party in 2024. Add to that, food inflation at 10% year-to-year, gas prices on the rise again, and the Biden administration sinks further into the abyss. Donald Trump leads in some of the early Republican polls, so he presents a clear and present danger to the left. which is why Stormy Daniels suddenly reappeared this week.

It is a very nasty game, of course, and diminishes our country. Want to knock Trump out of politics? Do it on policy. If you can't. 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. There's a male. Let's go to Julie. It's about time. Someone sues Bob Woodward, and I don't think it will hurt Donald Trump. Bill, I'm surprised you think Trump has brought all this chaos on himself. I didn't say that.

He said it brought it on himself. But he needs to pick his battles because if you have a controversy dejure, it exhausts people. Hugh Oldham, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, as Vietnam bet, from experience, I know why the Memphis police officers acted the way they did. They are in an active war zone. We kid ourselves when we're shocked when rational thought is missing in these violent situations. You see, I respect your service here. You know I do. But you and all the other Vietnam vets didn't do atrocities, okay?

And 99.999% of police officers in the USA in the worst conditions don't do atrocities. So it's not an excuse. Maria Berms, Costa Mesa, California, the Ben Ferguson analysis of the awful mental police situation is the best I've heard. That is why we are here, Maria. We are bringing you. You compare that interview I just did, okay, with Mike Pompeo to any other interview he's done. Just compare it. You have to see the difference. Maryland air is Liberty Lake Washington. The Great Spa in the sky awaits us all. That brought a smile to my feet. That was the message of the day about baby boomers getting older and expiring.

I hope everybody read it on Bill O'Reilly.com. George, concierge member, George gets direct access to me. When the NFL refused to do anything about players kneeling, I walked away. You know, look, I respect that. It was outrageous what happened. I respect it. But it's the game, and the NFL is a monopoly. I liked the game and I watched the game.

I didn't like what they did with the kneeling, that's for sure. In a moment, something you might not know. 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, 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. years ago today, Dutch officials in North America officially incorporated a small village along the Atlantic coast. The charter named the settlement as the capital of New Netherlands. It would eventually be known as New York City. Here is the story of New Amsterdam. During the 1620s, the southern tip of Manhattan, was used as a trading outpost for the Dutch West India a company, one of the most powerful corporations in the world.

The village was known for its debauchery. The town had fewer than 1,000 residents. Between March and September, better weather. That figures swell to 5,000. Visitors included drunken sailors, slavers, Native American traders. To restore order, representatives from Holland granted the locals a city charter on February 2, 1653. They were instructed on how to form a police department, militia, courts, and prisons. Life in New Amsterdam was rough. One in every 15 buildings was a saloon.

Farm animals roamed the streets. More than 18 different languages were spoken in one square mile. It was the most religiously diverse location on earth. Different faith included Catholics from France and Spain, Dutch, Protestants, Portuguese Jews, Muslims from Morocco, Chinese Buddhists. The main industry in New Amsterdam was trading furs and slaves. The average resident died at age 42, mostly from malnutrition or disease. The village became an attractive location for other European powers, mainly the British, wet outposts in nearby Connecticut and Long Island.

In 1664, the English seized New Amsterdam without firing. a shot. The town was quickly renamed New York. And here's something else you might not know. New Amsterdam was also a popular destination for pirates from the Caribbean. Buccaneers used the Dutch settlement to evade the English Navy. After the British seized the city, they immediately began executing pirates at a spot called Execution Dock. Today, the location is better known as Wall Street. Now 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.