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

Episode Date: January 11, 2025

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Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater. Thank you, Bill. It is Friday, January 10th, 2025. Here's what's happening today in America. Karen Bass feeling the heat. Insurance companies leaving. TikTok ban and Trump meeting with Republican governors. It's all coming up.

Then Bill's going to be here with your message of the day. The fires are still burning, many 0% contained. Firefighters still trying to fight it from the ground and the air. People still evacuating. A incorrect evacuation order was issued. via text message yesterday. What a horrific mistake that was. This will go down as the most expensive disaster in California history.

The mayor of Los Angeles, back from her trip to Ghana, left knowing there was a wildfire risk. On January 2nd, the National Weather Service warned L.A. about extreme fire conditions. On the fourth, the Los Angeles National Weather Service issued a high wind watch and fire alert. She left to Ghana on that day. On the sixth, Newsom began emergency. preparedness, she stayed in Ghana. The fire started on the seventh. She stayed in Ghana.

She finally arrived the next day on the eighth to a burned out city. Only to then hold a press conference where reading a piece of paper, she said, all the information I just spoke about can be found at URL. That's literally what she said. Like Ron Burgundy, she just said URL. Insurance is going to be a big problem in California. Between 2020 and 2022, insurance companies did not renew or deny the renewal of 2.8 million homeowners policies. 531 in L.A. State Farm recently denied 1,600 homeowners insurance in Pacific Palisades. The reason why is because California is so expensive. Any insurance claim costs a ton of money. So the state then put a cap on how much insurance companies can increase their rates. So the insurance companies just said, well, we're out. We can't do business here. My insurance

was canceled last year when I lived in San Diego. So people are left with only the state insurance option, which is super expensive too, rates increased 120% since 2020 on the state option. And that's paid for by the few insurance companies that are left. And state officials recently said that a catastrophic event would make that go insolvent as well. And if they run out of money, all the insurance companies add a surcharge to everyone else's policy to make up the difference. In short, it's about to get even more expensive to live in California.

The Supreme Court hearing the TikTok case today, TikTok has until the 19th to sell their app or it is not allowed to be downloaded in the United States. 34% of adults use the app, 63% of people under 17. Trump met with Republican governors yesterday. Him and Stephen Miller previewed plans for 100 executive orders. I talked to the former acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security in the last administration. He said nothing is going to stop Trump from securing this border, including using the military to shut it down. I'm Mike Slater. Bill O'Reilly with your message of the day. Next.

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The far-left Soros has devoted his life to tearing down traditional America. He is a dynamiter, a man whose money has eroded public safety at a level never-before seen. President Biden is so mentally compromised at this point, he probably can't even remember who he honored with those medals. But I'm cutting him no slack. He is by far the most radical left leader. has ever had, as I chronicle in my book confronting the presidents. It is absolutely shameful how much damage Joe Biden has caused America. He makes President Jimmy Carter look like George Washington. And just to put a cap on this, Biden also awarded Hillary Clinton the medal. I've got no problem with that. Like her or not, she has served her country. A Democrat president is always going

to reward other Democrats. Republicans do the same thing. Mrs. Clinton isn't my cup, but I don't begrudge her the honor. Yes, she has done bad things like the steel dossier. But the award is political, and everybody knows it. But Soros, no. 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. David Walgast, Reno, Nevada. I thank Donald Trump for a significant achievement in initiating the fall of the corporate media. early on he cemented the term fake news he made us all think that the news actually could be bad for us it's an excellent point i don't think any other president has ever damaged the news industry

as much as trump has and unfortunately it's a good thing because it's corrupt herbert hammond uh panama you might have a lot of action down there coming up herbert bill do you believe bob woodward be sympathetic if he wrote a book about Joe Biden's presidency. Yes. Mr. Woodward lives in the Democratic liberal culture in D.C. Not going to go against that. Larry, concierge member on the message board. I think Bill O'Reilly helped get Trump elected. The smart people did not seem to understand that Bill's new service is now worldwide, and is not a rah-rah for Trump. And I told the president the same thing. I said, said, look, a lot of your appearances speak to the choir.

People are going to vote for you 100%. Not here, not with me. All right? We have a really vast audience, and they can be persuaded. And that is our job to persuade our viewers and listeners on the radio to go in the right direction for themselves in their country. It's not ideological here. Dan Pentecost, Brunswick, Georgia, during your research on the president's O'Reilly,

did you ever see evidence that that? Linda Johnson not only tied the hands of fighters in Vietnam, but actually allowed the word of missions to get back to the Vietnamese. Total bull. Johnson was not a traitor. He's a liar, and he was corrupt. He's not a traitor. In a moment, something you might not know. 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.

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device as an overpriced calculator. Others believed Americans would never pay $500 for a phone. At the time, most cells were given away free when customers signed a contract. Its main competition was the Motorola Razor, which sold for just 40 bucks. On June 29, 07, Apple stores began selling the iPhone to the public. Time Magazine quickly held the device as the invention of the year. The gadget went on sale in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The iPhone has transformed the company Apple into one, of the most profitable businesses ever on the planet. Since its release, 18 years ago,

more than 2.2 billion iPhones have been sold. I bet you have one. Industry Insiders believe Apple's next major release could be as revolutionary as the last. Since 2014, the company has been developing a self-driving electric car. And here's something else you might not know. while the iPhone spawned an entire industry of apps and accessories, it also killed hundreds of mainstream products. One iPhone in your pocket replaces a flashlight, GPS system, camera, TV, computer, fax machine, clock, radio, address book, calendar, credit card calculator, and of course the telephone. But it will never replace me back after that. this. I just mailchimp my marketing. You mailchimped your what? I mailchimed my marketing with

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