Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, July 12, 2024

Episode Date: July 12, 2024

Biden’s “big boy press conference”, Republican Convention begins next week, inflation rises in June, & police recover stolen LEGO sets. Plus, the Message of the Day, a bad week for Joe Biden… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to the O'Reilly Update, sponsored by Tax Network USA. America's number one choice for tax resolution. Please go to TNUSA.com slash bill or call 800-245-6-0-0. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater. Thank you, Bill. It's Friday, July 11th, 2024. Here's this happening today in America.

Mission accomplished. Republican convention. Inflation is up and stolen toys. That's all coming up. Then Bill's going to be here with your message of the day. Biden had his big boy press conference at the NATO summit yesterday. And it seems like consensus is it was just good enough. Sure, he introduced President Zelensky as President Putin. Sure, he said that he's a big supporter of Vice President Trump. Yes, he said he's following the advice from his commander in chief. He's the commander in chief. But it was still good enough that it looks like he will live another day as the nominee. We also learned the other day that the White House gave questions to a Philadelphia radio host for a Biden interview and she was fired. The one casualty of this entire fiasco is the black female radio host getting fired. No one cares about her. But now a Milwaukee progressive radio station admits to editing out two parts of a recent interview that they did with Biden at the request of the White House. Meanwhile, the Republicans have their great show of unity coming up in Milwaukee,

starting on Monday through Thursday. Wednesday night is when the vice presidential nominee will be speaking. Don Jr. will introduce him or her. And then Trump will speak on Thursday night introduced by UFC President Dana White. It has been close friends with Trump for a long time. We know Ron DeSantis will speak. Amber Rose, for some reason, will be speaking. Larry Trump told me the other day that there will be fewer elected officials and more regular

people telling their stories throughout the week. We have some economic numbers that just came out. Wholesale price inflation went up in June to its highest rate since March of 2023. The producer price index, it's a measurement of average price changes seen by producers and manufacturers, was 2.6% for the first 12 months that ended in June. That is rising from the 2.4% annual rate seen in May. Maybe inflation is the excuse that these thieves can give. Police in Oregon have recovered 4,000 stolen Lego sets, valued at over $200,000. This is a three-month-long investigation. Police arrested the owner of a store called brickbuilders for knowingly purchasing new and unopened Lego sets that were stolen from local stores.

Thieves then used the money to buy drugs. Lego is by far the largest toy company in the world, about the size of Hasbro and Mattel combined. I'm Mike Slater, Bill O'Reilly with your message of the day. Next. Let's face it, the U.S. economy is under stress. National debt rising, trade war, shaking the markets. And meanwhile, China is dumping the dollar and stockpiling gold. That's why I protected my savings with physical gold and silver.

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Again, that's 866-326-5576-5576, or text bill to 998899. Time now for the O'Reilly Update, message of the day. On this Friday, let's do a little week in review. George Clooney has had an epiphany, apparently. The 63-year-old leftist actor is one of the most reliable liberal. in Hollywood. He has never seen a big government program he doesn't like and is very active in fundraising and donating to liberal causes, as he did a few weeks ago in Hollywood. Clooney's party brought in $28 million for Joe Biden's campaign. But that was then. Now, George does

not believe that money was well spent. Refunds? He writes in the New York Times that the president is too old and feeble to beat Donald Trump, thus Joe should withdraw from the race. So how did this happen? Well, Clooney does not do much political writing. Did he suddenly pen an essay and send it off to the New York Times? No. More likely, the newspaper solicited him because at times has editorialized twice that Joe Biden must leave the race. Chances are George checked with close friend Barack Obama before he agreed to pull a Brutus on President Biden. And that has been reported now after I reported it. Obama, as you may remember, headline Clooney's recent fundraiser, but now apparently believes Biden's going to

lose a Trump. Former president was last seen gently leading the current president offstage to a safe space. So there you have it. George Clooney, Barack Obama. 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 Eric. Thank you, Bill, for letting me know that it's hot. I'm getting on in years, and I thought I was becoming presidential in my old age, but it's only the heat that is slowing me down. That's maybe a combination. Marianne Frius, Gold Canyon, Arizona.

If Barack Obama's the most important person in Democratic Party, then why do we have such a mess in the USA with open borders? Because Obama did not dictate policy. I know the right-winger's saying that he did, but that's not true. It's not true. Barack Obama did not dictate policy to Joe Biden. Biden. What Obama does is the big picture stuff. Okay? And he's the most powerful person. Jerry Moody, Frisco, Texas. The reason many Democrats feel President Biden's the best president

in a lifetime is because he has made great strides in the left's agenda, reducing energy, billions of climate change, government dependency, buying votes, et cetera. That's true. Follow-up loves him. They wouldn't care if he was dead. It would be, you know, weekend at the White House with Joey. And that's true. All the far left wants his control over policy. And they made great strides, unfortunately. Melissa Cortay, Covington, Louisiana. My father suffered with Alzheimer's and was a deacon in the Catholic Church. When he started to decline, I didn't hesitate and I got him out of the public arena without humiliation. I love my dad that much. And you did the right thing. I did that to my mother. I had to take the car keys away and the bank book away. And I hated doing it, but I had to. That's true love. 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. 81 years ago today, the Vatican reached an agreement with the Third Reich. The church voluntarily withdrew from German politics. In return, the Nazis promised to preserve some religious freedom.

In reality, the deal helped legitimize Adolf Hitler's conquest of Europe. Here's the story of the Nazis and the Pope. In the mid-20th century, 40% of Germany's population was Roman Catholic, the other 60% Protestant, mostly Lutheran. When the Nazis seized control in 1933, Hitler, born a Catholic, promised to protect the religious minority. After months of secret negotiations, a delegation from Berlin was dispatched to Rome. On July 20th, Popeius 12th made a deal with Germany. The treaty guaranteed the free operation of the Catholic Church under the Third Reich. However, all members of the clergy were forced to take an oath of loyalty to the Fuhrer, Hitler.

Any criticism would be met with imprisonment, even death. Hitler interpreted the agreement to mean he had won the Pope's approval. The Holy See saw the deal as a method of preventing the spread of atheism and communism from the Soviet Union. As Europe quickly descended into chaos, the Vatican remained quiet. But many Catholics helped the Jews inside of Germany and other occupied countries. The relationship between the Catholic Church and the Third Reich endured until Hitler's suicide in 1945. And here's something else you might not know. Five decades after the Holocaust,

the Vatican issued a formal apology. In March 1998, Pope John Paul II, released the following statement, quote, we deeply regret the errors and failure of the church in those times. We cannot know how many members of the church were horrified at the disappearance of their Jewish neighbors, and yet we're not strong enough to raise their voices in protest. That quote set off a firestorm of controversy, and you can understand it. If anyone in Germany during the Third Reich protested, that person would be killed outright or sent to a concentration camp. It was very difficult to do that. Not an excuse, just a historical fact. 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. 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. Thank you.