Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, February 4, 2025

Episode Date: February 4, 2025

Mexico caves, Canada cracks, USAID collapses, and the Department of Education crumbles. Plus, the Message of the Day, Wall Street Journal’s Peggy Noonan blasts Trump.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Thank you, Bill. It is Tuesday, February 4th, 2025. Here's what's happening today in America. Mexico caves. Canada cracks. USAID collapses and the Department of Education crumbles. It's all coming up and Bill's going to be here with your message today. First, Trump's tariff threats on Mexico. 25% supposed to start today. But Mexico changed their mind. Trump wrote, I just spoke with the president of Mexico. It was a very friendly conversation where she agreed to immediately supply 10,000 Mexican soldiers on the border. These soldiers will be specifically designated to stop the flow of fentanyl and illegal

migrants into our country. We agreed to immediately pause the tariffs for a one-month period. Mexico also yesterday arrested a cartel leader. Coincidence? The Prime Minister of Canada, Trudeau, said he just got off the phone with Trump, and Canada is implementing our 1.3 billion. dollar border plan new helicopters technology personnel all to stop the flow of fentanyl nearly 10,000 frontline personnel also appointing a fentanyl czar and they will list cartels as terrorists ensuring 24-7

eyes on the border and launch a Canada-U.S. Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering. He said he's back and this with $200 million. The tariffs on a pause for 30 days. Two major victories for Trump there. has completely eliminated USAID, that is the United States Agency for International Development. Elon said it became apparent that it's not an apple with a worm in it. What we have is just a ball of worms. You've got to get rid of the whole thing. It is beyond repair.

He said USAID is a criminal organization. It's time for it to die. Marco Rubio said he is conducting a full review. And until then, he is the new acting director of USAID. He appointed Pete Moroco as the czar in charge for now. A former USAID official said he's not just a disruptor, he's a destroyer. Walsuit Journal is reporting that the White House is preparing an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, to shut down all functions of the agency that are not explicitly

written into law, and they can move other functions to other departments. The order also calls for a piece of legislation to completely. abolish the department. Every Republican president since Ronald Reagan has promised to do exactly that. All of them obviously have failed. $270 billion a year, and the nation's report card just came out, 70% of eighth graders cannot read at grade level. I'm Mike Slater from the podcast, Politics by Faith. Bill O'Reilly has 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. You'll get 25 cents off per gallon on your next five visits. All you have to do is download the Chevron app

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and there are many eyes in that piece. Using the always handy anonymous sources, Ms. Noonan posits that the political class in Washington, both Republicans and Democrats, are uneasy with President Trump. And that's true. The man is unpredictable and has scorned for the D.C. establishment, which again, Ms. Noonan seems to respect.

The truth is that Washington is a corrupt place that needs a complete, overhaul. Somehow, that hasn't yet penetrated the mind of Peggy Noonan. President Trump is not always right, as Matt Gates and RFK Jr. prove, but his mission is solid. Remove far-left zealots masquerading as public servants, stop other countries from fleecing us, strengthen national security. Ronald Reagan would certainly approve. Obviously, the swamp and President Trump are incompatible, and the Reaper is back with a vengeance. Game on.

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. Now let's go to the mail. Michael Long, West Lebanon, New Hampshire.

On the RFK nomination of worked in health care for a long time, HHS has no chance of improving their service and outcomes. for patients without a disruptive major change. RFK Jr. shows knowledge and dedication to transforming HHS. Okay. I'm not going to argue with the change, but I am going to argue with the vehicle of. This is posted with no name, so I can't read it. It's an anti-Kennedy thing.

But I had it, but it has no name, so I can't read it. Don Marr, Wilberham, Massachusetts, if the Senate fails to concern, RFK, Jr., can Trump try to appoint him as a recess deal? No. Senate votes you down, you're out. No research date. The recess is only if they won't vote. Matt Mixon, Warnsburg, Missouri, subject to Tulsi Gabbard, supporting Edward Soman, a merely an armchair observer. But I think of verbal support for him stem from all the corruption she witnessed in the government.

Look, she had a chance to repudiate Snowden in the hearing. She would not. No doubt about it. Man's a traitor. Paul Leespie's Clark, New Jersey. I think Donald Trump made a huge mistake by withdrawing security protection for former cabinet members

under the government officials. Why place a former official at risk? A little petty? I'm not going to argue. Who was? John Holland, Rockledge, Pennsylvania. You said you were good with Trump's explanation of the drones, but I don't understand. understand why it took so long. Look, there's something that doesn't add up on the drone thing.

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The document established the Office of the President, Vice President, and an electoral college determined by each state's population. Under the previous system, based on the Articles of Confederation, The national government was headed by Congress. There was no president. In January 1789, that all changed. 69 electors cast their ballot for George Washington, making him the president in a unanimous vote. John Adams won 34 votes as vice president.

Two of the original 13 colonies, North Carolina and Rhode Island, hadn't yet ratified the Constitution. so they didn't participate. New York failed to choose electors due to an internal dispute. Some things never change. On February 4th, George Washington was officially elected as the first president of the United States

sworn into office on April 30, 1789. And here's something else you might not know. It would be another 35 years before the popular vote kicked in. The election of 1824 was the first contest where 18 states used a popular vote to decide the winner. Six states let the choice up to local politicians. Before that, there was no mechanism to count popular votes. Well, the results in 24 were chaos.

John Quincy Adams was selected by the House of Representatives. He defeated Andrew Jackson, despite losing the popular vote to Old Hickory, who was furious, and came back four years later to defeat Quincy. For more fascinating stories about our nation's chief executives, please check out my bestselling book confronting the president's five months on the New York Times bestseller list. back after this. Running a business comes with a lot of what-ifs. But luckily, there's a simple answer to them. Shopify. It's the commerce platform behind millions of businesses,

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