Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, May 2, 2023

Episode Date: May 2, 2023

The debt ceiling approaches, another major bank fails, some boomer rock stars act as the voice of reason, and a writer’s strike looms. Plus, Bill’s Message of the Day, stop being driven by fear. 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 May 2nd, 2023. Here's what's happening today in America. The debt ceiling approaches. Another bank fails. A major dust storm. A voice of reason from D. Snyder and a writer's strike looms. That's all coming up. Then Bill will be here with the message of the day. But first, the head of the Treasury Department warned that a, default could come as soon as June 1st if Congress does not raise the debt ceiling. Our debt right now is $31.4 trillion. And the experts say that we could default and that would cripple the economy if we don't allow Congress to borrow more money while the rest of us and every sane person is saying stop spending so much money. But they don't listen.

They keep raising the ceiling more and more and more. And it's just an absolute worthless concept. What's the point of a debt ceiling? if you just keep raising it all the time. Meanwhile, more banks are failing. First Republic Bank was seized than bought by J.P. Morgan. And the FDIC says that they cover deposits

up to $250,000. But after Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic, they had a lot of depositors of more than a quarter of a million dollars. So now the federal government says they're thinking about raising that threshold for business accounts. There was a dust storm in central Illinois.

Dust from a newly plowed field took over the highway. And there were so many accidents, six people died and 30 more were hospitalized. Sixty passenger cars crashed, 30 commercial vehicles, all within a two-mile stretch. And two semis caught fire. Jeez. Listen, this is how weird things are in our country today. Voices of sanity coming from Kiss guitarist Paul Stanley and Twisted Sisters D. Snyder.

Paul Stanley from Kiss was talking about transgender kids. He said there's a big difference between teaching acceptance and normalizing and even encouraging participation in a lifestyle that confuses young children into questioning their sexual identity as though some sort of, as if it's some sort of game. And then parents in some cases allow it. He later said that this has turned into a sad and dangerous fad. D. Snyder then said, there was a time where I felt pretty too. Glad my parents did not jump to any rash conclusions. We have a potential writer's strike in Hollywood. and this would affect all the late-night shows

and some shows for the upcoming fall season. In other late-night news, the late-late show, where James Corbin is over, and CBS is thinking about not even replacing him. The show cost $65 million a year to produce and only made $45 million. Johnny Carson had 10 million viewers a night.

Today, all three broadcast late-night hosts get $5 million combined. I'm Mike Slater from the podcast, Politics by Faith. The great Bill O'Reilly will be here 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 Devine, 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. Fear is a dominant emotion among most people, and that drives us to try to construct positive outcomes in our lives.

Sometimes we can do that. but often events we cannot control deeply affect us. A sudden health crisis, betrayal, a debilitating accident, a crime committed against us. There is no protection against those things that can happen at any moment. The Fox News employees working for Tucker Carlson had without any warning their lives shaken last week. I know some of these people, they are solid citizens, trying to raise families, and have worthwhile lives. Yet now they are faced with uncertainty,

as their employer will have to regroup, and no one knows how that will play out. Because the entire television news industry is in decline, it's not like there are a lot of good paying jobs elsewhere. When asked for advice on these matters, I always say something like this. Do not act emotionally. Stay steady.

Don't dwell on what might happen. Assess what you can do to improve your situation. If that's nothing, which is often the case, just hang tough. If you are a victim of circumstance that tends to even out down the life road. We all get hammered. Many of us come back stronger. Personal discipline is the key. I'm Bill O'Reilly.

I approve the message by R. writing it you can reach me bill at bill o'reilly dot com bill at bill o'reilly dot com name in town if you wish to opine let's go to the mail joseph on a message board bill you're correct and saying millions of voters don't really understand or care that america's leadership because they live in bubbles and our mainline religious leaders do not add any clarity interesting you're right as far as my experience is concerned i go to mass every sunday i never hear any kind of linkage with the gospel or the epistle to modern day. I mean, it's like stunning. James, sadly, there's a tremendous number of young people in a nation refuse to watch the news or make any effort at all

to understand the destruction of our nation. Daniel Freerson, Troy Ohio. I'm with you, Bill. Joe Biden's not all there, his fumble on Ireland shows that. Lee, who are the idiots representing 41% in the CBS poll? That is ludicrous. percent of the population is Democrat, and they'll always vote Democrat, no matter who's the nominee. That's just it. Dean, my adult children cannot stand Donald Trump, and they won't recognize one word of Biden's deficiencies. They are smart, well-educated, and hard-working that have become blinded. Happens, you know, there's nothing you can do, but do it with humor, you know, but it happens. Chris Collar, Grand Rapids, Michigan. I watched, Robert.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s 2004 presidential run announcement was impressed with his historical knowledge and perspective. He's a smart guy, but he has no chance at all to unseat Joe Biden, in my opinion. Chris Breen, Las Vegas, I would be singing, hey, hey, hey, goodbye when the view is finally off the air. Okay, the view, you know, you know, there's a progressive show. It's Disney. Disney Corporation. No balance. Jim Frederick's New Berlin, Wisconsin. The Biden administration is about to tackle on a $40 mortgage tax on home bars with good credit, what is subsidized bars with bad credit. That's government mortgages, not private.

Just know that. 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 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 Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. Now the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. 37 years ago today, a small town in northern Ukraine was evacuated by the Soviet army. One week earlier, a nearby power plant suffered the worst nuclear meltdown in history. The fallout will cause misery for generations. Here is the story of Chernobyl.

Officially known as the Vladimir Lenin nuclear power plant, Chernobyl is located 60 miles north of Kiev, Ukraine, but the Soviet Union controlled the territory then. A few months before the explosion, a Soviet engineer told leaders in Moscow, quote, the chances of a meltdown are one in 10,000. He was obviously wrong. At 1 a.m. on April 26, 1986, 1986, technicians gathered inside Chernobyl to test the reactor's stability. The experiment spiraled out of control. Two explosions, completely destroyed, a 2,000-ton reactor. Deadly radiation spewed into the air. Officials in Moscow attempted to conceal the disaster for the next three days. The Soviets told people in nearby towns the smoke was caused by a fire at a nearby tar factory.

On May 1st, U.S. satellite photos confirmed the meltdown. Nuclear waste was detected as far away as Sweden. Embarrassed Soviet dictator Gorbachev finally ordered the evacuation of a half million people. By that time, folks living within 50 miles of Chernobyl had their life expectancy cut by 25 years. According to the Soviet Union, just 31 people died from the Chernobyl meltdown. But the actual death toll is much, much worse. The UN predicts at least 4,000 people died from radiation poisoning, and it is still, going on. Another 30,000 suffered to this day from high rates of cancer.

And here's something else you might not know. Today, a giant concrete structure shields people from the radioactive material at Chernobyl. According to a 2016 study from the UN, the region will remain uninhabitable for the next 20,000 years. 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 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.

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