Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, July 3, 2023

Episode Date: July 3, 2023

Pence defends Trump, Lindsey Graham booed in South Carolina, Tennessee doubles down on drag show bans, and cities forego fireworks this 4th of July. Plus, Bill’s Message of the Day, a word on risk. 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 Monday, July 3rd, 2023. Here's this happening today in America. Pence, defense Trump, Tennessee, not stepping down. Are fireworks on the way out and the tallest flagpole in the world?

That's all coming up. Then Bill will be here with your message of the day. But first, the next attempt at the takedown of Donald Trump is going to be, that Donald Trump somehow did something illegal to pressure the governors of certain states to overthrow the 2020 election results. Well, Mike Pence, his vice president at the time, who's now running for president, said he never pressured any governors to do anything illegal. He would call up governors to encourage them to, quote,

go through the legal process of reviewing their election results. Pence said, I was calling to get an update. I passed along that information to the president. In other Trump news, Senator Lindsey Graham spoke at a Trump rally. in South Carolina, but he got booed for six straight minutes. One minute in, he said, all right, just calm down for a second. And it didn't get any better from there. The back and forth continues.

Tennessee passed a law saying you can't perform sexually explicit drag shows where kids might be present. And also, you can't let minors take cross-sex hormones. Well, two different federal judges blocked both of those laws from going into effect. The Tennessee Attorney General filed an appeal to the courts on both of those. He vowed to fight this and knowing the people and the elected officials of the great state of Tennessee, they will not stop until this goes all the way to the Supreme Court. In patriotic news, this 4th of July Eve, more and more cities are choosing to forego fireworks and replace them with drone shows. What do you think of this?

Some cities are doing this because of wildfire fears, I guess, but how many wildfires have been started by sanctioned fireworks shows? They never say. Other cities say it's more environmentally friendly, especially in California. And some cities, they don't want the fireworks because they say the drones are quiet. I get it, but the boom is part of the whole firework thing. It was John Adams, who the day after the signing of the declaration, wrote a letter to his wife and said this would be the great anniversary festival, commemorated as a day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God.

It should be solemnized with pomp and parade and shows, game, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore. John Adams never mentioned drone shows. And finally, there's a plan to hoist an American flag the size of a football field on a flagpole taller than the Empire State Building outside of a town of 485 people in Maine. There would be elevators to bring people to a top observation deck, which would be 1776 feet above sea level.

Have a great 4th of July. Bill next with your message of the day. 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 Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. Time now for the O'Reilly Update, message of the day. On this Monday, the day before the 4th of July, looking back on that Titanic disaster, should signal the folks that creating danger for yourself is a fool's errand. Life is precarious enough without diving two miles under the ocean, climbing Mount Everest, or going into space with Elon Musk. If you do those things, help will not be on the way.

way if it goes wrong. Risk-taking is hardwired into some of us, and I, your humble correspondent, am one of those folks. In my life, I have wing-walked on top of a biplane, covered a massacre in the mountains of El Salvador, propelled myself into a violent riot when the Argentine surrendered in the Falklands War, and risked IRA Iyer in Belfast, accompanying the British on a raid. I did all of those things in the name of journalism, and I probably do them all again if I were a younger man. But there's no question I put myself at risk. I was lucky.

And in this life, you should never count on luck. As a parent, I discourage dangerous activities for my kids and always provide an explanation. If you desire to achieve in our competitive country, you have to take calculated risks, The thrill-seeking and stupid behavior like consuming drugs is self-destructive, so is gambling, and trusting unstable people. Always do the pro-con math when presented with a dicey situation. Most of the time, self-protection is the wisest course. 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. Excellent reporting on Bill Barr, Joe Biden, and the Biden crime family. This is Carol. Yet I still can't comprehend why politicians in a legacy media continue to support the Biden crime family because ideology is more important. Joe Biden does whatever the progressive left wants.

They don't care if he's Al Capone. They don't care if he's pretty boy Floyd. As long as he supports progressives, he'll support him. David concierge, remember what's even more astonishing the NBC poll about the direction of the country is that NBC favors the Biden administration. Again, it's all ideology. Their executives are far-left guys, Comcast, Philadelphia. Look it up.

They love it. They love the far left. Lucinda Callis, Richmond, Virginia. Bravo, Bill, your latest column, they're not victims, nothing short of stunning. I commend your personal integrity and strength in writing it. As always, thank you for being the very best of a few who are willing to be stand up honest human beings. I will tell the truth. I always have.

And, you know, I paid a price, but it's okay. Alan, concierge. Remember a lot of concierge members writing in. Bill Well said on your column, while I have empathy for people down on their luck, I can't agree that people raising a family and working should have to suffer because a small minority refuse to take personal responsibility. Good letter, Alan. Thank you for writing. it. Richard Catalano, Gates Mills, Ohio. Bill, I made your message. I read your message about Putin.

His demise is not guarantee a better leader in Russia in the world. So what? So what? He's a war criminal. He's a villain. You don't go, well, what's going to happen? You get rid of him. In a moment, something you might not know. 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. Now the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might. Not no, on this day in 1983, an American band synonymous with surf, sun, and fun, found themselves in the middle of a huge controversy. Here is the story of the Beach Boys' Banishment.

After a series of hits in the 1960s, the group remained one of the biggest touring acts in America. In 1983, the boys were scheduled to perform on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for the 4th of July. In April of that year, President Ronald Reagan's Interior Secretary, James Watt, banned all rock groups from playing in national parks. Watt controlled the National Park Service, which runs all events on the National Mall. He claimed what did that pop music, quote, brought the wrong element of drinking and drug-taking, and not family-based entertainment to the mall. So instead, Secretary Watt swapped the Beach Boys for Las Vegas crooner Wayne Newton.

Not everybody was happy. Then Vice President, George H.W. Bush, back the Beach Boys, calling them an American Institute. Constitution. Lawmakers in Congress sent the Interior Secretary their personal copies of good vibrations and surfing USA. But it was Reagan's take and his rebuke of Watt that would be the harshest. After publicly declaring himself a fan of the Beach Boys, the president awarded James Watt a plaster boot with a hole in it. signifying that he had shot himself in the foot.

Ronald Reagan apologized to the band, invited them to perform at the White House for the 15th anniversary of the Special Olympics. Ultimately, James Watt did back down, invited the Beach Boys to play in D.C., but they declined because they had another concert scheduled in Atlantic City. But the following year, 1984, the boys returned to the National. mall, 600,000 Americans showed up to hear the concert on the 4th of July. 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, 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. Thank you for listening to the O'Reilly update. I am Bill O'Reilly, no spin, just facts, and always. Looking out for you.