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

Episode Date: November 26, 2025

Cutting ties, another cheater, interviews with the treasonous six, and a turtle dies. Plus, Bill’s Message of the Day, on the struggles of the Mayflower and today’s America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We'd love to talk, business. 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 Wednesday, November 25th. Thanksgiving Eve. Here's what's happening today in America. Cutting ties. Another cheater. Interviews with the treasonous six. And a turtle died. It's all coming up. Then Bill's going to be here with your message of the day of the first. Our U.S. Secretary of War, Pete Hexeth, is reportedly proposing that the military cut ties with Scouting America over its embrace of gender ideology and DEI. If you're wondering what in the world is scouting America, that's the new name of the organization that used to be called the Boy Scouts.

But then they let girls in. They let girls in the Boy Scouts. The U.S. military has provided support to the Scouts for over 100 years that assistance was formalized in 1937. But in this memo, Hexath said the organization once endorsed by President Theodore Roosevelt no longer supports the future of American boys. HECSath reportedly argued this is in a memo to the House and Senate Armed Services Committee that the scouts no longer uphold their mission to, quote, cultivate masculine values.

Among other things, the military would no longer provide medical and logistical aid for the national jamboree. Scouting America says that as many as 20% of cadets and midshipmen at the Service Academies are Eagle Scouts. The world's strongest woman competition was held in Arlington, Texas, and it was won by a man. Jamie Booker admitted in a 2017 video that he is a trans woman, so a man. The woman who got second place walked off the podium saying this is BS. One of the women contestants was so upset over the man's victory that she went to her Instagram and posted an image reading, protect women's sports. The FBI is attempting to schedule interviews with these six Democratic members of Congress

who made a video saying that troops should not obey illegal orders. The FBI would conduct these interviews on behalf of the Justice Department. It's unclear when the interviews would be held, maybe over the Thanksgiving holiday. Speaking specifically of Senator Slotkin of Michigan, who is a former CIA employee before she became a senator, a CIA spokesperson said that she joins the ranks of disgraced former intelligence officers who use credentials to advance a malicious and disingenuous political agenda. A turtle died. It's barely news, but this was a really old one.

one. Grandma, a Galapagos turtle from the San Diego Zoo, passed away. She arrived at the zoo in 1928. The zoo's best guess is the turtle was 141 years old. These things can grow to be six feet long. When grandma was born, Chester A. Arthur was president. And another animal life and death news, the president pardoned two turkeys. Trump said the turkeys who were pardoned last year under Biden was null and void because Biden used his auto pen. But don't worry, he repartin them. The turkeys that Trump pardoned this year, biggest ever, over 50 pounds each. I'm Mike Slater, from Politics by Faith. Bill Riley has your message of the day.

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Time now for the O'Reilly Update, message of the day. On this Wednesday, if the Puritans had a crystal ball, they might have insisted the Mayflower turn around and head back to Merry Old England, which wasn't very merry at all. In fact, it was downright chilly to anyone who didn't sing with the king. No way the fanatically religious Puritans were singing with anyone. In 1622, Massachusetts, things are kind of dark and foreboding. A little like today, lots of angst and confusion in the air.

Not a lot of tranquility and understanding. Half of the Mayflower passengers died within a year of disembarking. Life was very tough. Food scarce, no central heating, challenges everywhere. Now we have heat, but it costs some money. So does food, amusement, insurance, our wallets are getting a workout. But it's worth it to me because we are living in a land of opportunity. That's a cliche. But it's true. And that is my theme this Thanksgiving week. Yes, things can get a bit crazy, but we will get through it.

However, next year is not going to be easy either, as many things are going to happen. Just like with the long-ago Puritans, but we certainly have more fun than they did, and we don't have to wear those dopey hats. 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. Go to the mail, Bonnie Fitzpatrick, Copper's Cove, Texas. Hey, Bill, can you weigh in on Trump's fascination with Bitcoin, AI, and Marjorie Taylor Green? Bitcoin, I know nothing about. I stay away from it. You're crazy if you get involved with Bitcoin. I guess that Trump's sons are making money there, but boy, that's risky. AI, no clue.

I know it's coming. I don't know how it's going to affect us. Marjorie Taylor Green, as we said yesterday, disagree with Trump, vehemently, and I think she's going to run for governor now that she's resigning from the House. Tanya, I assume President Trump no longer plans to freeze Putin's bank accounts. Earlier in the year, you said you were going to give Trump some time to work it all out. In the fall, you were going to be all over it. Is there a reason you aren't reporting on that strategy?

No, I said we were going to watch the sanctions be crushed on Russia, which we have. You're a concierge member so you can get transcripts. Putin's bank accounts aren't under Putin's name. It's not like Vlad has a little chase card. every crazy thing in the world he's hiding the money so we can't go after him but we can strangle the economy

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1.ca.ca slash yes. Terms and conditions apply. Now the O'Reilly update brings you something you might, not know. On this day in 1620, Puritans aboard the Mayflower, spotted land off the coast of New England. After 65 days at sea, the settlers had finally arrived in North America. Fleeing religious persecution, the English separatists sought to build a new society based on their interpretation of the Bible. Free from the jurisdiction of any European power, the group established the Plymouth Colony. Here are a few rules the Puritans had to live by.

and punishment for breaking those rules was very harsh. Honoring the Sabbath was strictly enforced. Each settler attended a mandatory two-hour sermon each Sunday. Most went to church again on Wednesday. Work, trade, travel, entertainment, even public laughter banished. Offenders were often sentenced to hours. in the stocks, a medieval punishment device, where a person's head and hands were confined

between wooden planks. Sexual misconduct was forbidden. Those who had physical relations outside of marriage were often whipped and beaten with branches. Convicted females are forced to wear clothing embroidered with the letter A for adultery. Drunkards were subject to public humiliation. Once sober, they stood outside of meeting hall.

A ragged stick was placed in their mouths to symbolize the abuse of alcohol. The most severe punishments were reserved for murderers and the practice of witchcraft. The accused were detained, questions then physically beaten. And here's something else you might not know. According to Plymouth Law, the prescribed method of torture was called pressing. The prisoners who proclaimed innocence were stripped, tied to the ground, had heavy stones placed on their chests. Each hour an additional weight was added.

The process stopped when the accused admitted their guilt or died for more harrowing tales of life in Puritan, New England. Please check out my best-selling book, Killing the Witches. Back in a moment. Thank you for listening to the O'Reilly update. I am Bill O'Reilly, no spin, just facts, and always looking out for you.