Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, May 19, 2025

Episode Date: May 19, 2025

Former President Joe Biden announces cancer diagnosis, Vice President Vance attends Pope Leo’s inaugural mass, manhunt ongoing, and the Big Beautiful Bill on track. Plus, the Message of the Day, on evil Vlad Putin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It is Monday, May 19th, 2025. Here's this happening today in America. Biden has cancer, vice president to mass, manhunt ongoing, an OBB. It's all coming up. Then Bill's going to be here with your message of the day. But first, we've been told that the former president has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. We're not exactly sure when he was diagnosed, but finding out about it now. We're told that this cancer, quote, represents a more aggressive form of the disease from his people, but appears hormone sensitive, which allows for effective management. This is all coming out as Jake Tapper's book has released.

about former President Biden's cognitive decline and the media cover-up, which Jake Dapper was a part of. On that point, Democrat commentator Van Jones said this book is very, very clear that there are people who knew and said nothing. And that is a crime against this republic. I think the Democrats are going to pay for a long time for being a part of what is now being revealed to be a massive cover-up. The vice president and his wife, Usha, met the new pope for his first mass. There's a video of the three of them greeting each other. the president of Ukraine and his wife also attended the first mass. The Pope has recently offered to host leaders from Russia and Ukraine at the Vatican

to broker a peace deal. Marco Rubio was there with his wife as well. He also suggested that the Vatican could serve as a mediator to help end this war. He said, I think it's a place that both sides would be comfortable going. J.D. and Zelensky also met in person. The White House released to picture them laughing together, far cry from their last public event. The manhunt continues in New Orleans. 10 inmates escaped through a large hole behind a toilet,

seven of them still at large. The reward is now over $10,000. Three staff members of the prison are suspended without pay, depending on the outcome of the investigation. The prisoners, one of them, rode on the wall too easy, just above the, they spelled it wrong, T-O-Easy, but right above the giant hole behind the toilet they removed. They ranged from 19 to 42 years old.

Four of them are murderers. The New Orleans Police Department says that they're dangerous, but is telling the public not to panic. One of the escapees, Derek Groves, was convicted in 2018 of murdering two men. Well, family members of one of those people murdered have gone into hiding. House leadership said that the Republicans are on track to pass the one big, beautiful bill by the end of the week. Speaker Johnson said, this is a big thing.

We cannot fail, and we'll get it done for the American people. We've been told that the House will stay through Memorial Day weekend until it gets done. The president and the entire White House team have been adamant in their support of this reconciliation bill. Once it passes the House, the Senate has an artificial deadline of the 4th of July to get it passed. In this bill, no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security, no tax on overtime. I'm Mike Slater. I have a podcast called Politics by Faith. Bill O'Reilly has your message of the day. Next. This podcast is brought to you by Carvana. Buying a car shouldn't eat up your week. That's why Carvana made it convenient. Car buying that fits around your life,

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States gave him a chance. Trump was very flattering toward Putin, as you all know. We had it set up last week in Turkey that Putin would meet with Zelensky and old Vlad did not show up because he doesn't care. And that's what people have a hard time understanding. So the tyrants throughout history, and I know this because my upcoming book, Confronting Evil, is about these heinous men. they're not concerned with human life means nothing to them. Most of them are killers themselves and if people have to die

by the hundreds of thousands, so be it. In fact, people like Stalin, Hitler, and Mao went out of their way to kill millions of people and then they had dinner. Putin's in that category. Putin is on the cover of my upcoming book, confronting evil. Because this man, I don't think there's anything good about him. So we're going to have

to up the pain for old lad if we want to get anywhere in Ukraine. 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. Philip Merckham. Wick Life, Ohio. Bill, great job in hearing about cutbacks at food banks due to Trump cuts. Is this true? I don't know. There are going to be cuts in the federal government. They're going to be cuts in spending. Is it going to be in some food bank near, in Ohio? Maybe. It's up to the locals. It's up to the locals. Trump's not going to go wrong with the food bank cut. But we got to stop the massive spending.

Stacey is the first time ever writing an email to any journalist. On the second time, Stacey, put your town. I was wondering what President Trump is doing with the economy and whether it will help mom and pop businesses. If this tax bill is cut and passed, is passed, not a cut. The new tax vote being debated right now, says if it passes, there's relief for small business in it. So the answer would have to be yes. Democrats don't want it. They say it's tax cuts for rich. That's what they say about everything. Mark, people that let evil and corruption

take over and do nothing are weak. You're a warrior bill. Thank you for fighting for America. That is the theme of confronting evil. In all of these societies that we will talk about, all of these heinous villains, including Russia today, including Iran today, the folks let it happen. And that is a key to history. Americans will never let that happen despite them saying Trump's Hitler and all that crazy stuff. In a moment, something you might not know. Your friend and jeweler at Shane Company, where we're all about you, your style, your budget, your dream engagement ring. Are you looking for a style that's classic, modern, vintage, or something in between?

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Here is the story. After a series of scandals surrounding television game shows, Congress turned his attention to corruption in the music business. At the time, executives took part in a racket known as Paola. Local DJs were secretly paid to play songs from a record label. The higher the fee, the more the stations promoted a song. One disc jockey in Cleveland told Congress he made more than $12,000 a month from so-called listening fees. Legendary broadcaster Dick Clark's early career was nearly derailed by a payola scandal, but he avoided the acts by selling his stake in a record company and cooperating with federal authorities. The mob was involved. Crime families financed some of the

biggest acts of the 1960s, including Frank Sinatra and the four seasons with Frankie Valley. Finally, the Fed stepped in. Beginning in 1969, it was illegal for radio stations to promote music without disclosing all payments to the public. The rule also applies to television, movies, and newspapers. Well, despite the law, Paola was part of the music business until the 1980s, and here's something else you might not know. Paola made a brief comeback just a few years ago on social media. So-called influencers, some of them, were quietly paid millions of dollars,

to promote cosmetics, hotels, airlines, restaurants, all without disclosing any payments to their followers on social media. Facebook, Instagram, and X, then called Twitter, ban the practice in 2019. Today, all celebrities must use the label advertisement when getting paid to push someone else's product. But that payola stuff back in the 50s and early 60s, that was wicked. Back after this. If you're thirsting for asphalt melting your work boots, tape measure has anger issues, nail guns talking smack again, and hardhat baked onto head-level refreshments, we definitely have that. Cool off with Gatorade summer blaze, available only at Circle K. When you're feeling the heat, Circle K makes your day.

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