Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, October 28, 2021

Episode Date: October 28, 2021

Immigration arrests plummet under Joe Biden, the government issues the first gender-neutral passport in US history, polls show more Americans worried about inflation than the pandemic, cigarette sales rise for the first time in 20 years. Plus, Bill's Message of the Day, canceling Halloween. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here. Thursday, October 28th, 2021. You are listening to the O'Reilly Update. Here's what's happening across our nation. Immigrant arrests plummet under President Biden. The government issues the first gender-neutral passport. Polls show more Americans worried about inflation than COVID. Cigarette sales rise for the first time in 20 years. Also ahead. Cancelling Halloween. Why are they doing that? But first, arrest of illegal immigrants already living in the USA dropping sharply under Joe Biden. Just 70,000 people were detained by ICE during the fiscal year 2021, which ended September 30th. That figure was 145,000 for Donald Trump's last year in office, a 50% decline under Biden.

at least 1.7 million people have illegally entered the USA in the previous 12 months. And there are even more than that because those are just the ones encountered by federal authorities. Now, the problem is so bad that Joe Biden doesn't want to visit the border. He says he doesn't have time. So, the American people are left with a situation where this problem will continue. The State Department offering Americans a third gender option on the passport. Starting early next year, people can choose male, female, or the letter X. The U.S. Special Envoy for LGBTQ Rights, praising the decision saying, quote,

when a person obtains identity documents that reflect their true identity, they live with greater dignity. Well, I wouldn't want to be going to Pakistan with a passport that says X. A survey from Fox News says more Americans are concerned about inflation than the pandemic. 82% believe high prices pose a grave threat to the nation compared to 74% worried about the virus. Finally, more Americans are lighting up this year. The sale of tobacco products rising for the first time in two decades, Marlboro executives say more Americans turn to tobacco during the COVID shutdown out of boredom and depression. That makes sense with this caveat. If COVID doesn't kill you, cigarettes will. In a moment, canceling Halloween. It's an outrage. Right back.

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Halloween. Most kids love that. But the cancel fascists despise Halloween. schools in Washington State, Massachusetts, Michigan, and other places, canceling Halloween parties to promote equity. The decision to drop the pumpkin parade at Seattle's Benjamin Franklin Day School came from the administration's racial equity team. We need that in grammar schools, don't we? According to the team, Hollywood costumes and loud noises make some students feel uncomfortable and afraid. Well, boo!

Some administrators claim the costumes pose a financial hardship for lower income and minority families. That's bull. When I was a kid, money was tight, so we made our own costumes and had fun doing it. However, woke monsters want to ban the following costumes. Ready? Pocahontas and Tonto, the Lone Rangers Associate, out. Aladdin, Moulon, Tiger Lily, gone, sombreros, ponchos, fake mustaches, sorry Groucho Marx, pregnant women, police officers, hobos, soldiers, prisoners, religious figures like priests or rabbis. Don't you dare go in costume for any of the above? Isn't this ridiculous? I mean, come on. This is so bad because it reflects a serious

side to American society. The march toward a totalitarian society. where the culture police, the far-left zealots, dictate what is acceptable in public. Halloween is just another step in that direction. So don't come to my house for trick or treat if you are woke. And all costumes will be welcomed by me unless they are cruel and meant to diminish. people. Wearing a sombrero does not reflect poorly on Mexicans. It's a compliment. It looks good. Clint Eastwood had one. What's going on here? I will tell you, once again, that the far left wants to wipe out all American tradition. This is what Mao Zetong did in China with the

great revolution, the cultural revolution there beginning in 1949. Look it up. Mao wiped out all Chinese cultural expressions and replaced them with communist propaganda blather. If you go to China today, you won't see anything but totalitarianism. That's what the far left wants here. And they use race and gender to promote it. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. For more honest news analysis, please go to Bill O'Reilly.com. You can reach me, by the way, bill at bill o'Reilly.com. Name in town, if you wish to opine. 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.

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Originally known as Liberty Enlightening the World, the work was proposed by France to commemorate the Franco-American Alliance during the Revolutionary War. In February 1877, Congress approved the use of a site on a tiny island off Manhattan. Seven years later, the statue was completed in France, then disassembled and brought to America where a cornerstone had been laid. In June, 1885, the statue arrived in 200 shipping containers, each weighing more. more than a ton. That's a big hall. And it was put together here on Liberty Island. Hundreds of workers reassembled the monument. The final plaque was fitted October

at 28, 1886. More than a million people attended the opening ceremony. Six years after the dedication and immigration processing facility was opened on nearby Ellis Island. From that point on, the Statue of Liberty would be known all over the world. as a beacon of freedom for those fleeing oppression. From 1892 to 1954, 15 million immigrants entered the USA at Ellis Island, and this country was glad to have them. And here's something else you might not know. Lady Liberty's famous motto was added 17 years after President Cleveland dedicated the statute.

In 1903, a poem called the New York. Colossus by Emma Lazarus was added to the lower pedestal of the statue that welcomed migrants. It reads, quote, Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free, unquote. The Statue of Liberty remains one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world. Each year, at least five million people visit the island in New York Harbor. As one who goes there often, the statue is magnificent. Back after this.

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