Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, July 11, 2023

Episode Date: July 11, 2023

Sound of Freedom tops $40m in theaters, U.S. debt explodes, 50 Cent says LA is finished, and a TikTok challenge becomes deadly. Plus, Bill’s Message of the Day, the latest on Bill's investigation into the Biden family finances. 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's Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Here's what's happening today in America. An indie movie beating indie. Debt ceiling increasing.

50 cent, said L.A. is finished. And don't do this TikTok challenge. That's all coming up. Then Bill will be here with your message of the day. But first, Sound of Freedom. It's a movie starring. Jim Caviesel from Passion of the Christ is expected to top $40 million in ticket sales. It's the true story of human trafficking and sex trafficking around the world,

specifically a federal agent who rescued a boy who was being trafficked, quits his job in order to track down and rescue the boy's sister in South America. It opened on 4th of July weekend and per screen, the Indiana Jones movie averaged $5,700. but Sound of Freedom averaged $6,400. Sound of Freedom has already grossed more than the 2003 Best Picture Nominees, Women Talking, Tar, Triangle of Sadness, the Fablemans, and the Banshees of Inisturin. I've never heard of any of them. Do you remember the whole debt ceiling drama?

It was only five weeks ago. Our debt has already increased by $1 trillion. It's a trillion dollars in five weeks. And far from cutting spending, the Treasury Department is expected to spend $7 trillion by next year, then $8 trillion by 2028, and then it'll be $2 trillion every single year in new spending. And that's just the current trajectory of things. 50 cent, the rapper tweeted, L.A. is finished. Watch how bad it gets out there.

Shake my head. Why? Well, the Sheriff's Department said they will no longer detain people for crimes such as theft, shoplifting, drug use, vandalism, battery, and a whole host of other similar crimes. During COVID, L.A. County did away with cash bail because of the overcrowding jails. And one neighborhood in particular, Rancho Park, crime rose 114%. Now, I've never told anyone to not do a TikTok challenge before because I think it's pretty self-explanatory not to do TikTok challenges.

Also, most of them are not life-ending potentially, but there is a TikTok boat challenge going around that I'm here to tell you not to do. People are on a boat riding down a river or a lake at a high speed and someone will jump off the back of the boat into the wake. In Alabama alone, four people have died doing this. They all landed feet first and broke their neck and died instantly. I'm Mike Slater from the podcast Politics by Faith. The great Bill O'Reilly is here with your 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 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 Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Time now for the O'Reilly Update, message of the day. On this Tuesday, over the weekend, I wrote a column about my investigation into the Biden family's finances. Some incisive stuff you will find nowhere else. The column posted on bill o'Reilly.com cannot be disputed because it is entirely fact-based. I'm not interested in party politics or ideological analysis.

We have more than enough a boat. and it's often repetitive and dishonest, which is why you hear the same phrases on TV and radio repeated over and over. As an intellectual exercise, I sent the Biden column to some liberal acquaintances. Their replies were not surprising. Trump did worse, so it doesn't matter what the Bidens may have done. As always on the left, it's Trump, Trump, Trump, all else be damned. At this point in American history, the country is so divided that problem-solving and greater good fact-finding is almost extinct. You pick your team, memorize the playbook, and expel independent thought.

That means that propaganda rules. Justice is often ignored or covered up. Voters are denied valid information about their country. Seeking the truth in order to help others is the highest calling. We in America are rapidly rejecting that. Down the road, the consequences will be brutal. Check out my column. 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 Howard Burns, Bismarck, North Dakota. My question to you, Bill, is everyone talks about it, but nobody ever does anything about it. I'm very disappointed in the Republicans in the House and in the Senate.

Constant investigations, allegations, allegations, and threats, but never any action. Okay, but you've got to stair step it. You know, I think this time, I think this time something's going to happen. I think. Janet concierge, remember Janet gets direct access to me. good reporting bill but the thousand pound gorilla in the room is joe biden because hunter biden office nothing to china romania ukraine or russia except his father joe and that was when he was only vp so obama must have been in on it no vice president president's offices aren't even the

same building oh bama didn't necessarily know what the grift was i mean may have but you can't say that not fair john as we don't know what joe biden did to earn the cash, don't you think it's a bit premature to say acts warrant treasonous or a threat to national security? Look, I investigate on what I know. I'm not going to say it's treason or whatever if I don't know that. That means my credibility just blows up. Milton, I'm sick and tired of the two-tiered justice system. It's not supposed to be this way. I don't care if you're Republican Democrat, no one in public office be taking money for their own personal use. from a foreign entity and puts our nation at risk.

Very good, no. Very good. This is a grift. Georgina Marty, Ocala, Florida. If not for your news program, this Hunter Biden investigation will be getting zero traction. So thank you for not letting it go. I'm never going to let it go.

And if it amounts to nothing as far as the president is concerned, I will say that. In a moment, something you might not know. 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 size, 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. Now the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know.

68 years ago today, President Dwight Eisenhower signed a bill mandating the phrase in God we trust appear on all U.S. currency. Despite numerous legal challenges, the religious inscription remains to this day. Here is the story. model gained popularity during the Civil War, when Union soldiers used it to boost morale. Confederate troops also adopted the creed, claiming the deity was on their side. The inscription was first printed on a two-cent coin in 1864, then added to other pieces of currency. On July 11, 1955, Dwight Eisenhower signed a law passed by a joint resolution of Congress that required the words in God we trust appear on every dollar. Two years later, it was adopted as the national motto,

replacing E pluribus unum, Latin four, out of many, one. The presidential embrace of a theological text was a direct response to the growing Cold War. Soviet dictator Nikita Khrushav had recently launched a brutal crackdown on Christians and Jews across the USSR, said Eisenhower, after signing the legislation, quote, in this way we are reaffirming the transcendence of religious faith in America's heritage and future. In this way, we shall constantly strengthen those spiritual weapons, which forever will be our country's most powerful resource in peace and war. Unquote. Well, not all Americans were on. board. The New York Times criticized the action as a violation of the U.S. Constitution.

While many religious leaders praise the motto, others claim Jesus would never want the word God to appear on money. And here's something else you might not know. The term in God we trust is not very popular among younger Americans these days. A 2019 survey published by the National review. Found 45% of college students want the phrase dropped from the dollar. But if their loans were forgiven, they don't care what's on the currency. That's my editorial point of view, by the way. Back after this. Power, politics, and the people behind the headlines. I'm Miranda Devine, New York Post columnist, and the host of the brand new podcast, podcast, podcast. Podcast. 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. Thank you for listening to the O'Reilly update. I am Bill O'Reilly, no spin, just facts, and always looking out for you.