Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, May 18, 2024

Episode Date: May 18, 2024

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Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to the weekend edition of 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 800-245-6-0-00. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater. Thanks, Bill.

Here's what's happening this week 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.

Well, 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. While 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.

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I didn't think that Biden would do it. or his people would allow him to do it, but the White House is in trouble. The Democrats know that, and this is an election turner, this debate. But it's not what it appears to be. So it's supposed to take place on June 27th, Thursday. CNN has it. First question, who's going to moderate this? CNN doesn't really have anybody who can do it.

Wolf Blitzer, unless the moon is full and he turns into a real wolf man, he can't do it. The ladies on CNN, we've already seen Caitlin Collins lose control of an interview with Trump. The problem is that both Biden and Trump embellish, exaggerate, and downright lie at times. Here's the president. No president's had the run we've had in terms of creating jobs and bringing down inflation was 9% when I came to office. No, it wasn't. That's not true. It was 1.4%. That's a big difference. And Biden hasn't apologized or corrected it. And Donald Trump embellages and exaggerates all the time. What are they going to interrupt the debate every 10 seconds when these guys don't tell the truth?

Who's going to fact check it? and plus, they hate each other's guts. Who's going to control 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. Here is the mail. We got Joe Sully, Sedona, Arizona. Love the show. I like Trump, in your opinion, how he deal with inflation. The reason inflation is so painful for us, the consumer, is because the federal government under Biden is printing too much money and the federal government is spending too much money.

When you put more dollars in circulation, okay, prices go up because the dollars aren't worth. There's too many of them. So Trump would have to stop much of the discretionary spending, and I think he would. Michael Pelt, Jacksonville, Florida, the National Crime Wave and General Disrecipillar, for law and order started after the George Floyd killing. Yes, it did. But it accelerated when the progressives got into the attorney general seats and the district attorney, and they wouldn't prosecute crimes. But you're right about the origin of it. Jerry Abjeman, Salida, Colorado, when the government justice system overextends itself, why can't you?

appeal immediately to a higher court. Trump can afford his legal team, but every everyday people will go bankrupt. That's right. If you're charged with a crime and you're convicted, you're going to cost you so much money to appeal it and all right? Very few Americans can do it. That's absolutely right. Jay Keith Haynes, Anniston, Alabama. Bill, your analysis of the situation between Israel and the Palestinians spot on. Thank you for being brave enough to actually state. the truth. It's not bravery. It's my job. I don't feel particularly brave. I mean, I'm just doing what I have to do. In a moment, something you might not know. Hey, it's Sean Spicer from the Sean Spicer Show podcast, reminding you to turn 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 Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. Now the O'Reilly update brings you something you might not know. 36 years ago, the Surgeon General of the United States declared cigarettes as addictive as heroin and cocaine. Despite the warning, the habit remains one of the biggest public health

challenges in America. Here is the story. The government's fight against smoking began under President John F. Kennedy, who often smoked cigars. In 1962, JFK, authorized a creation of a committee to investigate the harmful effects of tobacco. At the time, more than 50 percent of American adults were regular users, including my mother. The 400-page report concluded, smokers are 15 times more likely to die from lung cancer than non-smokers. The feds mandated that all packages of cigarettes display a warning on the label. On May 16, 1988, Surgeon General C. Everett Coop released another report, claiming tobacco was as addictive

as illegal narcotics. Since then, smoking in America has been on the decline. Today, 15% of Americans smoke more than five cigarettes per day. Folks inhaling more than a pack a day have dropped significantly to below 10%. Despite the downturn, consuming tobacco remains a major medical problem. According to the CDC, cigarettes are the leading cause of preventable death in the USA. 500,000 people die from smoking-related illnesses every year. Tobacco use is responsible for 87% of lung cancer deaths, 79% of chronic pulmonary deaths, and 32% of coronary heart disease fatalities. And here's something else you might not know. X-smokers say the biggest factor in quitting isn't their health, it's their wallet. When JFK created the commission,

a pack of Marlboroughs in New York City cost 25 cents. In 2024, that same pack of Marlboro cigarettes in New York City sell for $18. 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 world's politics,

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