Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, October 18, 2022

Episode Date: October 18, 2022

Inflation slashes real wages for workers, Americans brace for the most expensive Thanksgiving in history, the founder of Nike Shoes wants Oregon to vote Republican, a new survey ranks the most popular Halloween candy in the USA. Plus, Bill's Message of the Day, Mayorkas and the whip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here. Tuesday, October 18, 2022. You are listening to the O'Reilly Update. Here's what's happening across our nation. Inflation slashes real wages for workers. Americans braves for the most expensive Thanksgiving dinner ever. The founder of Nike wants Oregon to vote Republican. A new survey ranks the most popular Halloween candy in the USA. Also, I had a scandal at Homeland Security. But first, red-hot inflation slashing paychecks, real wages down 3% compared to last September. Families have lost $6,000 of purchasing power. The typical 401k down 25%, that's $34,000 gone from the average retirement fund. The White House dismissing the data, said President Biden, quote,

The economy is strong as hell. That could be delusional. Tyson Foods and other producers hiking prices heading into the holidays. The nation's biggest meat packers charging 15% more for turkey, 30% more for beef, 35% for pork. Farmers blame high costs on fuel prices. Most facilities still operating at 50% capacity because of COVID, if you can believe it. Americans are now preparing for the most expensive Thanksgiving dinner in history.

The big meal on track to cost 15% more than last year. Phil Knight, the founder of Nike, donating a million dollars to elect Republican Christine Drazen, Governor of Oregon. The richest resident in the Pacific Northwest says he is fed up with Oregon's ridiculous drug laws. Latest polls show Drazen holding a small lead over Democrats. Tina Kotech, whom President Biden campaigned for last week. New survey from U.Gov ranks the most popular Halloween candy this year.

The treats are judged by volume of sales between October 1st and 31st. Top 5, Butterfingers, Three Musketeers, Milky Way, Snickers. It's a tie for the top spot, M&Ms and Reese's peanut butter cups. inflation also scaring up the cost of candy, Americans paying 20% more for sweets this month, product size, that's shrink inflation, down 8%. Cost 20% more, but you get 8% less. In a moment, a scandal at Homeland Security. Right back.

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and that's 866-326-5576-5576 or text bill to 998899. Time now for the O'Reilly Update message of the day. The head of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, did something very disturbing. Remember back in September 2021, an American photographer named Paul Rattya took pictures of Haitian immigrants illegally crossing the border near Del Rio, Texas? Well, some of the images showed Border Patrol agents on horseback trying to control those migrants. The Biden administration immediately accused the agents of whipping the Haitians with their horse reins. Vice President Kamala Harris said, quote, human beings should never be treated that way. I'm deeply troubled

by it. President Biden said, quote, to see people treated like they did, horses running people over, people being strapped. It's outrageous, I promise you, those people, the border patrol agents, will pay. Now, Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas, he had something to say as well. Quote, our nation saw horrifying images that do not reflect who we are. We know that those images painfully conjured up the worst elements of our nation's ongoing battle against systemic racism, unquote, from Mayhorkas. But he was lying. The Heritage Foundation obtained emails under the Freedom of Information Act between Mayorkas and Marcia Espionnabee. Noza, the Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs at Homeland Security.

The email show Mayorkas was told three hours before his provocative quote, the whipping never took place. Here is the email to Mayorkas, quote. The photographer says things are not exactly what they seem. The photographs appear to show agents on horses with a whip in hand. The photos caused outrage because from certain angles, it appears to show Border Patrol whipping migrants. But the photographer said he and his colleagues never saw agents whipping anyone, unquote. And the agents did not whip anyone.

And Mayorkers knew that, but went out anyway and ginned it up as systemic racism. That is outrageous. A subsequent investigation into the Border Patrol found that, quote, there were no whips in their possession and no one was struck by the reins, unquote. So Mayorkers should be fired immediately, but he's not going to be because Biden and Harris and the rest of the administration don't care if he lied to the American public, which he did. What a travesty. Corporate media, of course, is ignoring the story completely because it makes

Biden look bad. As for the agents, they are all still on the job being paid. And I feel very sorry for them. I'm Bill O'Reilly, and I approve the message by writing it. If you'd like more honest news analysis, please visit Bill O'Reilly.com. You like it there. And I hope you consider my book Killing the Legends. In a moment, something you might not know. 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 Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Now the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. 54 years ago today, John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, were arrested for drug possession at their home in London. The charges kicked off years of legal troubles for the couple both in the U.K. and in the USA. say. Here is the story. On the morning of October 18, 1968, police showed up at Lennon's apartment with drug-sniffing dogs, eight officers, and a few members of the press. While John Lennon tried to get rid of the evidence, the squad read a warrant through a bedroom window and then

broke down the front door. They discovered hundreds of grams of cannabis and morphine, heroin. Lenin pleaded guilty to save Ono, a Japanese citizen from deportation. He was fined 150 pounds. A short time later, the couple fled the U.K. for New York City. But the beef continued to plague them. In 1972, Lenin and Ono wanted to settle permanently in the USA. It also happened to be the year Richard Nixon was running for re-election. The president was not a fan of the anti-war Lenin. The White House responded to his request to remain in the country by ordering his immediate deportation. The administration claimed John and Yoko had illegally concealed their previous drug conviction. Immigration law at the time banned admission to anyone

convicted of drug offenses. Well, the case continued after Nixon's reelection in 1972, and all throughout the Watergate scandal. In the end, Nixon left the White House and Lenin stayed in America. In 1975, a three-judge panel ruled in Lenin's favor, stating his conviction in Britain, failed to meet, quote, American standards of justice. Sadly, Lenin's time in the USA did not last very long. Five years later, the 40-year-old was shot and killed outside his apartment in New York City, as you may know.

But all in all, John Lennon's involvement with narcotics led him down a dark road. He did become addicted to heroin, and that broke up the Beatles, as I chronicle, in my book, Killing the Legends. It is a sad and harrowing story back after this. 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.

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