Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, January 4, 2024

Episode Date: January 4, 2024

Trump fights Colorado ballot ban, Mike Johnson heads to the border, more fallout from the resignation of the Harvard president, and a milestone is reached in a classic video game. Plus, the O’Reilly Update Message of the Day, what have we learned from the resignation of Harvard president Claudine Gay? 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 already. January 4th, 2024. Here's what's happening today in America. Trump to Supreme Court, Johnson to the border,

gay will be fine. And finally, someone beats this video game. That's all coming up. Then Bill's going to be here with your message of the day. But first, Donald Trump asking the Supreme Court to overturn the Colorado Supreme Court ruling that wants to remove him from the ballot because of the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause. His lawyer said, quote, the court should consider this question of paramount importance and summarily reverse the Colorado Supreme Court's ruling and return

the right to vote for their candidate of choice to the voters. Joe Biden, meanwhile, on the third anniversary of January 6th, this horrific insurrection where democracy was torn Sunder, we'll be giving a speech at Valley Forge. His spokesperson said Valley Forge was the moment where George Washington was able to bring the colonial forces together and mark the beginning of his assent to power before he ultimately gave up power and the ultimate precedent as our nation's first president. I look forward to seeing how Joe Biden can relate January 6th to Valley Forge. The speaker of the house, Mike Johnson, visited the southern border, called it Mayhem.

said this catastrophe can come to an end if the Biden administration will do its job and they refuse to do it. He was joined by 60 House Congressman in Eagle Pass, Texas. And he said this can't be solved by more money. Joe Biden's asking for $14 billion for the border along with money for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan all combined into one bill. But if I may, this has nothing to do with money. The border doesn't require any more new laws. It's enforcement. It's execution of the laws that are already on the books. This issue is entirely about which executive. is in charge. More fallout from the resignation of the president of Harvard AP with an all-time great

headline. Harvard president's resignation highlights new conservative weapon against colleges. Plagiarism. Mara Gay, from the New York Times editorial board, said this is an attack on diversity. This is an attack on multiculturalism. And I don't have to say that they're racists because you can hear and see the racism in the attacks. 40 years after Tetris was released, someone finally beat the game.

This has never been achieved, and it took a 13-year-old in Oklahoma to do it. It was believed that the highest level you could ever reach was level 29, because that's when the blocks fell so fast you couldn't move them. But people figured out how you could still move the pieces. Someone in 2011 got to level 30, and now 13 years after that, someone made it until the game just stopped on level 157. The game lasted 38 minutes. I'm Mike Slater. Bill O'Reilly has your message of the day. Next.

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Time now for the O'Reilly Update, message of the day. On this Thursday, so what have we learned from the resignation of Harvard President Claudine Gay? Much, that's for sure. Many Americans did not know how dominant the progressive left is. at elite colleges. Dr. Gay could not bring herself to condemn violent anti-Semitic speech on campus, insisting on knowing the context.

Well, here's the context, lady. Some Harvard students think it's okay to kill Jews. Got it? Condem it? Come on. But it was not that idiocy that finally brought Ms. Gay down.

it was plagiarism. A lot of using other people's research as her own. That's what really got her. So the diversity, equity, and inclusion cabal loses a champion. But Claudine Gay will not be punished for long. Her woke brothers and sisters at Harvard will surely take care of her. shortly after the announcement of her firing came another announcement she will now have another position at Harvard earning nine hundred thousand dollars a year hello plagiarism I'm Bill O'Reilly I approve the message by writing it you can reach me bill at bill o'reilly dot com bill at bill o'reilly dot com name in town if you wish to opine okay let's go to the mail, David Z, Tokyo, Japan, and we're working on what countries allow the no-spin news

in and what countries block us. We're going to have that for you soon, but obviously we have to do a lot of research. I'll tell you, Great Britain blocks us, okay? I'd like to find out why. Austria loves us. Switzerland, no, but we're going down to find out who's blocking us and who isn't. But But Japan, obviously, we're there. So David Z says, Bill, you often say Biden doesn't do anything. I wish that were true. How could someone cause so much damage by not doing anything? Because if you don't enforce the law, David, then people run wild.

And he's not enforcing immigration law. And he's doing nothing to fix it. Look at Japan where you are. You don't obey the law in Japan, you pay a price. order above everything is sought by the Japanese government. Hugh Nowak, Charter Township, Michigan. Last month, O'Reilly, you asked how the Department of Justice could not prosecute under Biden for refusing to testify

under congressional subpoena. Don't be naive. The DOJ won't prosecute him. Maybe you're right. I mean, Merrick Garland is a short timer if Biden loses. And with the campaign and everything, Garland might do dance. You might be right. I'm not naive. I said equal justice for all. Hunter Biden has to be prosecuted because the Trump guys were. Same thing. Marianne Howell, Danbury, Connecticut,

the Supreme Court rules that President Biden does not have the legal authority to forgive student loans. But he announced that he plans to go ahead and forgive student loans. You're missing Marianne. The Supreme Court ruled that Biden could not dissolve private loans. But if you, as a student, borrowed money from the federal government, Biden can forgive that debt. In a moment, something you might not know. 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 worlds of 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 Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Now the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. 59 years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson delivered the state of the union address before Congress, outlining his vision of a nation without podcast. poverty, illiteracy, or racial division.

Here is the story behind the Great Society. Johnson became the 36th president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963. The Democrat was then elected to the White House by the largest popular vote in history. On January 5th, 1965, LBJ addressed the American people, said Johnson, quote, we built this nation to serve its people. The Great Society asked not how much, but how good. Not only how to create wealth, but how to use it, unquote. Lyndon Johnson's Great Society included programs like Medicare, Medicaid, the Voting Rights Act,

the Civil Rights Act, the Department of Housing, and the National Foundation for the Arts were created. And total taxpayers have spent $22 trillion on Johnson's vision. We pay a trillion each year for the Great Society. And here's something else you might not know. Despite all that money spent, LBJ's vision of a great society has mostly failed. Today, wealth and racial disparity are at record levels in American history. In 1965, 24% of black infants were born to single mothers, 24%. That number is now 80%. And that drives poverty.

Literacy rates and mass scores among urban students at an all-time low. America's neighborhoods remain segregated. Detroit, Chicago, and New York's rate of integration has stalled since the 1960s. In 2024, the racial divide in Sanford, Cisco is worse than it was 50 years ago. When LBJ outlined his programs, 20 million Americans live beneath the poverty line.

That figure now, 40 million. In 1965, just four million received some form of welfare. Today, 100 million Americans are on the dole. 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.

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