Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, July 17, 2023

Episode Date: July 17, 2023

An update on the White House’s Ukraine policy, authorities bust a “human remains trade,” Sound of Freedom continues to be a hit at the box office, and a major upset in the sport of tennis. Plus, Bill’s Message of the Day, dealing with apathetic people. 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 Monday, July 17, 2023. Here's what's happening today in America. Everything for as long as it takes. Harvard med school in a mess.

The sound of freedom growing and an upset at Wimbledon. Coming up, then Bill will be here with your message of the day. First, the White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the United States would continue to send. and everything Ukraine needs for as long as it takes. He said the American people have really, quote, hung in there in terms of being supportive of the aid. Putin said that if Ukraine uses those cluster bombs that we're now sending over, there

will be further retaliation from Russia. We're now over $113 billion in aid to Ukraine. The country that we've given the second most aid to in 2022 is Ethiopia. Federal investigators continue to investigate a human. Remains trade with ties to Harvard Med School. They've already arrested people in several states, a nationwide network of people who have been buying and selling stolen remains from Harvard Medical School,

and you're asking who would buy human remains? One arrest is a woman in Salem, Massachusetts, who has a store that sells creatures that shock the mind with creepy dolls, oddities, and bone art. Another man arrested in Kentucky who had 40 human skulls, spinal cords, femurs and hip bones. An FBI agent asked him, if anyone else was in the home, he responded, only my dead friends.

How did he get them? Well, many bodies were donated to Harvard Medical School for research, and the manager of the morgue would take the body parts and sell them, allegedly. The Sound of Freedom, a movie that cost $14 million to make, produced by a small Christian movie house, made another $25 million this weekend for a total of $83 million. It's a movie about child sex trafficking. Many critics are saying that this is an over-exaggerated political issue like conservatives are making this up or something.

I've only heard great things about the movie. The one criticism I've heard from people in this ministry, in this field, is that the movie can make it seem like this is only an issue in other countries while child trafficking is a huge problem here in America. Novak Djokovic was trying to tie Margaret Court for the most grand slam titles of all time and Ty Roger Federer for his eighth Wimbledon men's single title. But he lost to a 20-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz. Carlos lost the first set, six to one,

came back to win the next two, lost the fourth, won the fifth after a nearly five-hour battle. He's the third youngest to win Wimbledon. I'm Mike Slater from the podcast, Politics by Faith. The great Bill O'Reilly is here with your message of the day next. Power, politics and the people behind the headlines. I'm Miranda Devine, New York Post columnist and the host of the brand new podcast, Podforce One.

Every week I'll sit down for candid conversations with Washington's most powerful disruptors, lawmakers, newsmakers 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. Time now for the O'Reilly Update, message of the day. On this Monday, if you followed the hearings last week in the Judiciary Committee with FBI Chief Christopher Ray, you know the Democrats on the committee.

did not want to know anything about possible FBI corruption. Nothing. They were not interested. Now, all of us in our lives know people who don't care. They don't care about information. They don't care about their country. Many of them don't care about their families. they are apathetic across the board. So how do we deal with these people? Well, in politics, it's simple. You don't vote for them. A vote shouldn't be along party lines. It should be for problem solvers, people who seek the truth and want to improve the lives of Americans. It doesn't matter what party they're in. But right now in this country, the apathy level, I don't want to know, is through the roof.

In your life, how do you deal with those people? Now, for me, I walk away. I don't want to be cruel, but if I find somebody that doesn't know anything and doesn't really want to know anything, why don't I want to deal with that person? I don't. 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. Richard Swoffer, Montreal, Canada. If Congress has constitutional oversight of the FBI and the Bureau's policy is of not commenting on active investigations,

can Congress take the FBI to federal court to overturn that policy? No. No. Now, what Congress can do is cut off the money to the FBI. Now, that's going to happen. Not all the money, but some of the money. Remember, the Justice Department is not under Congress's authority.

It's under the president's authority. However, Congress provides the funding. In this country, Richard, that's the way it works. Arthur, from any Guilford, New Hampshire, if John Mitchell was a leading law enforcement officer in the Watergate years, who had the authority to prosecute him, a federal judge named John Sirica. So once the corruption and criminality reaches into the Justice Department, the presidency, whatever, the courts commit. because you can't trust the Justice Department to investigate itself. John Syrika, look them up. Very, very strong patriot.

Richard Concierge member, I completely disagree with Trump's decision to avoid the debates and your concurrence of that decision. He will be blasted whether he's there or not. He could deflect the attacks. Can't deflect the attacks from 12 people. It would be a fiasco if he showed up. In my opinion, and that's what we do here, we have different opinions. David Spano, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Bill, what do you know about the abrupt firing of Geraldo? I don't think he was fired. I talked to him, and he said he just had had enough. Geraldo Rivera will be here on Monday on the No Spin News, so we will find out. 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 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 Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. Now, the O'Reilly update brings you something you might not know. 68 years ago today, Walt Disney opened his first theme park in Southern California. The 200-acre site remains one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world. Here is the story of Disneyland.

Walt launches Animation Empire in 1928. For the next 20 years, the studio released the biggest films in America, including Snow White, Cinderella, Peter Pan. After the debut of Pan, Walt began designing a theme park on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Rides would recreate experiences and scenes from his iconic films. The gates to Disneyland opened on July 17, 1955. Walt Disney wanted the park to be affordable for all Americans. Price of admission back then, a dollar. The individual attraction costs an additional 10 cents each.

Guests could buy all-access passes for $2. Walt even offered a universal 50% discounts for children. Food was also inexpensive. Cheeseburgers cost 50 cents, hot dogs 25 cents, soda, 10 cents, coffee, 5 cents. Parking was free. All in, a family of four, could spend a day at Disneyland for $15 in 1955. Today, the average American can no longer afford to meet Mickey, Mouse, and the crew. A standard Disney theme park ticket now costs $104 per person.

Parking, $30 a day. Typical price for a sandwich and soda, $26 bucks. Disneyland even offers a $100 group Panini. average price for family of four to spend one day at the park $800 that figure does not include hotel airfare souvenirs. Maybe an eighth dwarf should appear named greedy. And here's something else you might not know. High prices in woke culture are forcing many Americans to ditch a trip to Disney. In the last two years, the park has banned the use of the term boys and girls.

Barry godmothers are now gender neutral. Back after this. 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.

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