Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, May 26, 2025

Episode Date: May 26, 2025

Russia attacks Ukraine, Harvard cancels race-based graduation ceremonies, tourists rank the best beaches in America, and global unhappiness reaches a record high. Plus, the Message of the Day, Trump vs Harvard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is Mike Slater. It is Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 2025. You're listening to the O'Reilly Update. Here's what's happening today in America. Russia attacks Ukraine. Harvard cancels race-based graduation ceremonies. Tourists rank the best beaches in America, and global unhappiness reaches a record high.

It's all coming up. Then I'll be back with your message of the day. But first, Russia launched its largest aerial assault of its three-year war on Ukraine over the weekend, targeting the capital and other regions with missiles and drones for 48 hours. According to Ukraine, at least 12 people were killed in the barrage. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy released a statement after the assault. Quote, each terrorist attack by Russia is a sufficient reason for new sanctions against Moscow. Putin is dragging out this war and continues.

continues to kill every day. Harvard University canceling their affinity graduation ceremonies. The school ditched the events to try and comply with the Trump administration's new guidelines regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion. Affinity ceremonies. Can you believe these been a thing for a long time? Affinity ceremonies. There are optional events where students celebrate different identities and ethnicities,

including a mini black graduation ceremony, LGBTQ, and Hispanic. The decision comes as the White House Free. raises $2 billion in federal funding after Harvard refused to comply with this DEI policy. A report from TripAdvisor revealing the country's top 25 beach destinations for 2025. Most can be found in Hawaii, California. And Florida, the best stretch of sand goes to St. Pete Beach in the Sunshine State. Other popular spots include Waikiki Beach in Honolulu and Cape Cod, Massachusetts. If you want to brave the colder waters and the occasional, you know,

A survey from Gallup finds the world's population more stressed out than ever before. The polling outfit asked adults in 120 countries. So it's not just you, not just America, to assess their current level of happiness. 40% say they are deeply worried every day, the highest on record. 45% of people around the world experience daily anxiety. The highest level of sadness can be found in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria. The happiest places on earth, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland. I'm Mike Slater from the podcast, Politics by Faith. I will be back with your message of the day again about Harvard and

Trump no longer allowing foreigners to be at Harvard University. Do you how many foreigners go to Harvard? What percentage of Harvard is made of foreigners? And then we'll wrap up with a Memorial Day tribute to Michael McMahon and his son, Ricky. Coming up next. I'm Trisha, 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? Not sure? At Shane Company, we're here to help. We have so much style under one roof because a friend knows you like options. Drop by or visit us at shanko.com.

Shane Company, your friend and jeweler. Hey, this is Mike Slater from Politics by Faith filling in for the Great Bill O'Reilly. Now it's time for the O'Reilly update message of the day. Donald Trump has removed Harvard's student and exchange visitor program certification. Every university that enrolls international students needs permission, certification from ICE and Department of Homeland Security to issue an F or M visa for form I-20, which international students need to apply to get a student. be set to come to America. Harvard no longer has that certification. A judge stopped the administration

for doing this, but it'll go through the courts. Trump's plan is to revoke Harvard's certification. So they can't have any more international students there. The head of Homeland Security, Christy Noem, said it is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition payments to help pad their multi-billion dollar endowments. Let this serve as a warning to all universities and academic institutions across the country. What percentage of Harvard students do you think are foreigners? What would you think? Take a guess.

Imagine the Harvard student body. What percentage of all Harvard students are from a different country? 27%. This is a quote in the New York Times from a Latin America history professor. This will destroy the university as we know it. Harvard is situated in the United States physically. But its students and faculty hail from all over the world that is fundamental to the work and mission of the institution.

You cannot take that away and have an institution left at the end of it. Wow. The left has done to Harvard what it's tried to do to America. Sell it out as merely an idea. Not a place beyond where it just, of course, happens to be, but an idea that has no relationship or obligation to American interests or culture,

American government are people. Sure, we might happen to be in America but we have no connection to America, they say. And as Samuel Goldman said, if this is how you want to operate, you shouldn't be surprised

if the vast privileges you enjoy become controversial among Americans. But the left did this to America too, just like they did at Harvard. To them, America is merely an idea. But as that World War II veterans said at the most recent Republican convention, America is not an idea.

America is our home. Harvard has changed a lot over the years. You know Harvard's first mission statement? The first mission statement of Harvard was for the glory of Christ. All the Ivy League schools started out of seminaries. Now, those days are long gone. But they also went 200 years without any international students. So this is a newer phenomenon.

And now they're saying that we can't exist without foreign. Well, they say the same about America. We can't function without foreigners. To the point where Dick Durbin was on the set of floor saying, we need illegal aliens to serve in our military. We just can't get enough people to join the military. We have to open it up to illegal aliens. How long would it be until Americans wouldn't want to join that military?

It would just be another job that we're told Americans don't want to do. And then they say, well, oh, think of all the money they bring in. Same with America, right? Oh, the foreigners, they make things. build things. Who's going to clean the things? Who will be our slaves and who will buy things? More than 1.1 million international students. This New York Times contributed $43 billion to the U.S. economy. Selling out America and American students, it's good for the economy. Just like the left said, illegal aliens are good for our GDP. Well, we're more than a GDP. We're more than an

economy. And Harvard and America used to be and should be again, a place for Americans. A Memorial Day, something you might know. Next. Get lost in the acoustic brilliance of 3D audio that surrounds you. Feel the embrace of the massage seats that adapt to your every move. Experience the warmth of a vehicle that welcomes you as you approach. We could tell you what makes a Lincoln SUV so extraordinary, but don't take our word for it.

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And this isn't just a nice kind of feel-good thing. 80% of military recruits have a family member who served. 25% of military recruits have a parent who served. This is a deeply rooted tradition of service in many of our families in this country. We are so grateful for them, including the family of Ricky McMahon. Ricky's great-grandfather served in World War I, his grandfather served in World War II, his uncle, father, and mother all graduated from West Point. In 2004, when Ricky was very little, his dad, Lieutenant Colonel Michael McMahon,

was killed in Afghanistan. He was in a plane crash, high in the Afghanistan snow-covered mountains. His sister, back at this time period, whenever he had the opportunity, they were talking the phone, and she would say, Mike, are you having the time of your life? Then he'd say, yes, no, I'm having the time of my life. She said of him he was a man who loved his troops and would take care of them. He's been laid to rest at the West Point Cemetery. And now 21 years later, after losing his father, Ricky is now one of those troops.

He's one of those service members serving in the same tradition as his mother and father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Ricky placed his dad's 1985 class ring in a crucible with other rings of past West Point grads. And that's all melted down to forge new rings for the class of 2025. Trump said at the commencement address to Ricky and his mom, Jeanette, you embody what this place is all about. And I know Michael, he's up there. He's smiling broadly. So proud. He's so proud of you today. Trump said, I love this story so much. And everybody's ring. They're going to remember you. They're going to remember your family. And most importantly, you're going to remember a great tradition. It's a great tradition of West Point and of winners.

and a half centuries, this nation has endured because of heroes like Michael and the legacy they've created in their families, raising up young men like Ricky. I hope you have a meaningful memorial day, thinking of the heroes and the legacy of families who have served this nation and all of us for so long. More coming up. Culture evolves at the speed of light. Just like your financial needs. When it comes to your money, credit karma keeps you in the know and ahead of the game. You can count on credit karma to keep up with your financial needs as they evolve. We'll help you monitor your progress and give personalized recommendations so you can

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