Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, July 25, 2023

Episode Date: July 25, 2023

A death on Obama’s Martha’s Vineyard estate, a K-9 officer placed on leave, Elon rebrands Twitter, and Saudi Arabia trying to buy professional sports. Plus, Bill’s Message of the Day, culture war skirmishes… 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 Tuesday, July 25th, 2020. Here's what's happening today in America. Sad news on the Obama property. K9 on leave.

Elon rebrands, Twitter. And can we please stop buying oil from the Saudis? I'll tell you why coming up next. Then Bill will be here with your message of the day. But first, terrible story. I first read that a body was found on the property of the Obamas in Martha's Vineyard. And I thought it was just a random body that came up on shore. It turns out it was their former White House chef who's been working with the Obama family,

a 45-year-old man, Tafari Campbell, employed in some capacity by the Obama's, and was visiting Martha's Vineyard, went paddleboarding, fell off, never resurfaced. Awful. In a statement, the Obama said, Tafari was a beloved part of our family. He leaves behind a wife and twin boys. This could become a bigger story, a canine officer in Ohio. It's been put on administrative leave. His dog placed in a kennel when body camera footage captured the dog attacking a truck driver

as he was surrendering to state troopers with his hands up. The truck driver was calling 911 while still on the road and said, hey, I have police officers following me for a long time. I'm trying to figure out why they have their guns pulled out. I'm just a truck driver. I was about to comply with them, but they all had their guns drawn. There's like 20 police cars behind me and I don't feel safe. Police say he refused to pull over, drove through three counties before they stopped him

with spike sticks. One officer yelled, get on the ground or you're going to get bid. More details surely to come. Elon Musk has changed the name of Twitter to X, part of a total rebrand of the entire company, not just a rebrand, it's a new company. When Elon bought Twitter, he tweeted buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app. The vision is to be something more like

WeChat in China, where it's not just media sharing like Twitter, but also personal messaging and people can pay each other and you can purchase products through the app and book reservations at hotels and cars and all, among other, it's everything. It wants it to be the everything app. I'm so fascinated by Saudi Arabia's attempt

to buy the entire sports world. It was insane when they paid Rinaldo $214 million a year to play in their Saudi soccer league. They offered messy $500 million for a one-year contract. And now they offered this French soccer player Mbabe $776 million for a year. And they have to pay their current club $330 million. So $1.1 billion. Can we please stop buying our oil from these people?

Bill O'Reilly 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 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 Tuesday, culture war skirmishes have broken out in the state of Florida and in the country music world. Let us begin in the land of sunshine. Florida education officials want public school students to learn about how the despicable institution of slavery actually provided a positive to blacks. The development of various skills say the state should be studied. This is moronic. Like blacks would not have developed skills if they were free? Come on. You don't bother pointing out so-called benefits in a horrific situation like slavery.

That's like saying Native Americans were lucky they were forced onto reservations because they could learn to cook bacon. So what? History should be taught focusing on what is important, not meaningless sideshow stop. Predictably, the race hustlers, led by Vice President Harris, went wild attacking Florida. Why give these people hammers? The other cultural battle involved singer Jason Aldeen and recorded a song saying, small-town values and attitudes are different than those in the big cities. Jason puts forth that rural folks will not put up with degrading behavior as many urban areas do.

Of course, that is true. But the progressal left doesn't want that opinion expressed, so Aldine is now deemed a racist because that's what the far-left loons always do. And the country music establishment, sadly, has largely turned its back. on Aldi. 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 go to the mail. David concierge member. Bill, he keeps saying Biden is done, but frankly, I don't believe it. I don't think he'll ever be done unless a major

health calamity be false. Well, you might be right. Maybe he'll skate. Caroline concierge Remember, Merrick Garland is not causing trouble because Trump did something he didn't like. Garland hates Trump because he wasn't appointed the Supreme Court by Trump. No, no, no, no. Trump had nothing to do with Merrick Garland. That was Mitch McConnell blocked his nomination, and a Republican was never going to nominate a guy like Merrick Garland. Garland has taken orders in the Biden White House. That's what he's taken.

It has nothing to do with the Supreme Court thing. Mark Allen Scarsdale, New York, why haven't Jordan Comer at all? called Obama before their congressional committees to ask what he knew about the Biden fan. Because you couldn't do that. He'd say executive privilege, and you never get them there. Presidents have power, even after they leave office. James, could Congress take all funding away from the DOJ, FBI, and IRS, until this is resolved? Yeah.

Congress has cut the funding. Sure. They had the power to do it. Linda Burgess, Cedar Edge, Colorado. know, what is in it for a lawyer to pay Hunter's tax bill and legal costs? I can't speculate. All I can do is report. Hedwig Gowger, Dearborn, Michigan, who's running the country? Well, I understand how strongly each side opposes the other.

I'd like to know who is running the country. Well, as you know, I think Hedwig you followed it as closely. Susan Rice and Ron claimed that two were running the Biden White House first two years are gone. They've been replaced by acolytes, by assistants, but those assistants are really tamped down. I don't even know who they are. I'm trying to find out Jill Biden has the most power. Jill, the wife, is the most power in the White House right now. 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 Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. Now, the O'Reilly update brings you something you might not know. The film Oppenheimer opened in theaters last weekend. The movie depicts the development of the atom bomb. Its debut coincides with the 78th anniversary of a secret meeting between President Truman and Joseph Stalin.

During those talks, the two discussed a new weapon that would alter the course of human history. Here is the story. With Nazi Germany vanquished by the spring of 1945, the Allies began planning the future of Europe. On July 16th, scientist Jay Robert Oppenheimer and his crew successfully detonated the first nuclear explosion. That was in New Mexico. At the time, President Truman was in Potsdam, Germany, conferring with Winston Churchill and Stalin. On July 25th, after receiving Stalin's pledge to join the USA, in the war against Japan, Truman casually informed the dictator Stalin of a powerful new weapon

at America's disposal. In his diary entry that day, Truman wrote, quote, at least one atomic bomb would be used against military targets in Japan before September. On August 6, 1945, one week before the Soviets were scheduled to join combat against Japan, President Truman ordered the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Two days later, another was dropped over Nagasaki. The weapon did save the lives of an estimated 400,000 American troops who would have perished during the planned invasion of Japan. One of them was my father. And here's something else you might not know. Oppenheimer struggled with his creation for the rest of his life. At a meeting with Truman after the explosion in Nagasaki, the scientist told the president, quote, I now have

innocent blood on my hands. Today, there are more than 15,000 nuclear warheads, and 20% of the world is powered by nuclear energy. Oppenheimer is regarded as one of the most important human beings who ever lived. And you can read more about him in my book, killing the rising sun. 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. It's what you

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