Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, May 17, 2024

Episode Date: May 17, 2024

Executive authority, sergeant pardoned, teacher vindicated, and a legendary Vegas casino closes its doors. Plus, the Message of the Day, inflation skyrockets under 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, May 17, 2024. Here's what's happening today in America.

executive privilege sergeant pardoned teacher vindicated and hotel closed that's all coming up then bill's going to be here with your message of the day of the first remember a couple months ago the justice department robert her said we're not going to charge biden with any crimes related to his mishandling of classified documents because he would quote present himself to a jury as a sympathetic well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory what in the world did biden say in that interview and how did he say it that led the Justice Department to come to such a conclusion while House Republicans demanded the video and the Justice Department said no, we're not going to hand it over because of executive privilege. The House Judiciary Committee voted 18 to 15 to approve a report recommending that

Merrick Garland head of the Department of Justice be held in contempt of Congress. The governor of Texas pardoned Daniel Perry, 35 year old U.S. Army Sergeant, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder. He was convicted of killing a Black Lives Matter protester who approached his car, armed with an AK-47. Perry said that he acted in self-defense and immediately called 911 to turn himself into law enforcement. Abbott says Texas has one of the strongest stand-your-ground laws of self-defense that cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive district attorney. The lead detective of the case said that the DA, who was backed by George Soros, acted with, quote, criminal behavior. A teacher in Riverside County, Southern California was fired last year for refusing to call a transgender student

by their proper pronouns. She was the gym teacher and claimed that her firing violated her freedom of speech and religious rights. She refused to use the students' pronouns to allow them to use the other locker room and refuse to withhold information

from parents about the child's gender identity. Well, the school district says, fine, we will not admit to wrongdoing, but here's $285,000 and we'll pay $75,000 of your attorney's fees. Love it. Way to fight back. The Mirage in Las Vegas is closing. It's been open for 34 years since 1988.

It's been the home of Sigfried and Roy's White Tiger Show and the Beatles Cirque to Salee show. It's going to be replaced with the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino and Guitar Hotel Las Vegas. It's a 700-foot guitar-shaped hotel. The Tropicana shut down last April as well, almost 67 years. That's going to be replaced by a $1.5 billion baseball stadium

for the Oakland days. I'm Mike Slater. I hope you have a wonderful weekend. 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.

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bill to 9-9-88-99. 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, remember the name Jody Powell? At 33, he was appointed President Jimmy Carter's press secretary. Mr. Powell died young at 65 from a heart attack, and his White House employment certainly was not a physiological boost to him. Obviously, the late 1970s were a much different time than now, but the economic problems President Biden has are very similar to Jimmy Carter. Simply put, working class Americans are getting hammered with the high cost of just about everything. Biden's press secretary is Corinne Jean-Pierre, who, like Jody Powell, has no explanation other than the Republican

Americans did it. A tarot card reader could give you a better analysis than that. Here is the grim truth. Under President Biden, grocery store prices are up 25% on average, a disaster. Gas prices, 50% higher than inauguration day, 2021. Cost of a home, up 47%. You want to insure that expensive house? It'll cost you 64% more than that. under Donald Trump. Car insurance up 52%. Now, these price hikes are endless, and Ms. Jean-Pierre is shell-shocked. Even the pro-Biden press is having a very hard time spinning this. It's like saying a root canal will improve your day. It won't. And the Republicans didn't do it. 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. We got Joseph Gerbino, Middle Village, New York, and Queens. I agree, O'Reilly, with your idea about two-segment debate with a 30-minute fact check. However, contains one flaw, and that's called CNN. I have a little doubt they will do all they can to nail Trump and pick minor errors from Biden. We'll see. CNN is in dire trouble. Dyer trouble. Any shenanigans going to hurt him, big time. David McGuire, McCluth, Kansas. I absolutely believe your solution to the debate is the only possible way to see the truth between two individuals. It's probably without any doubt at all, the closest anyone could run a debate between these two. Your suggestion is brilliant. Well, I appreciate

that, David. I think about these things a lot. And what I presented to you with the 30-minute fact check at the end would be so valuable for the American people. That's why I won't have it. Joe Severino, Tampa, Florida. Hey, Bill, do you think another reason for Biden doing the debate in June is because Democrat National Committee is in August? They know if he can't make it through the debate, they might have another candidate. it. No. This was a decision solely made by the Biden White House, not by any Democratic committee. Greg, I think Biden was referring to Donald Trump, not showing up at the Republican debates when he said that Trump was avoiding debates. Possible, Greg. But remember, the context of the

announcement Biden made was debating him, the president. That was a context. It wasn't the Republican primary. So you're giving Biden the benefit of the doubt. Possible. But again, if that were Biden's intent, he just muddled it and blew it. It's his fault. In a moment, something you might not know. 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, 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. Now the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might, not know. 124 years ago today, an unknown author published a new children's book. The novel featured a cowardly lion, Tin Man, Scarecrow, and a Wicked Witch. Here is the story behind The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Creator L. Frank Baum based the characters on experiences from his childhood.

In his 20s, the author's niece, Dorothy, became gravely ill and died from congestion of the brain. Bound then compiled his personal history into a story. He settled on the name Oz as a reference to the newly formed nation of Australia. The book was published on May 17, 1900. The story was an instant success. The original run consisted of 10,000 copies by the 1930s. 30s, 5 million Wizard of Oz books had been sold in the USA alone. It was soon translated into French, Spanish, and German.

Executives at the MGM studio in Hollywood bought the rights to Oz in 1937, after watching Walt Disney's Snow White become a fabulous success. The film starred Judy Garland as Dorothy, and it premiered two years later. Disregarded as one of the finest movies ever made. It even has its own permanent exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of American History. As for the author, L. Frank Baum, well, he wrote a few more books, produced a handful of musicals, and designed crystal chandeliers. He suffered a stroke and died in 1919 at the age of 62. And here's something else you might not.

No. The Wizard of Oz went woke long before it was hip to do that. The movie renamed The Wiz was released in 1978. It had an all-black cast, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, and the film swapped Kansas for Harlem, New York. It was a commercial and critical disaster. The WIS costs $35 million to make, earned just $5 million at the box office. 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 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. Thank you for listening to the O'Reilly update. I am Bill O'Reilly, no spin, just facts, and always. looking out for you.