Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The Truth About the Government Shutdown, Chicago Latin Kings Threaten ICE Agents, & From Afghanistan to Recovery: Marine Veteran Zachary Stinson Tells His Story

Episode Date: November 12, 2025

Hey BillOReilly.com Premium and Concierge Members, welcome to the No Spin News for Tuesday, November 11, 2025. Stand Up for Your Country.  Talking Points Memo: Bill breaks down the government shutdown, what happened and how we got here.  The Latin Kings gang has allegedly issued threats against immigration officers in Chicago. What Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) had to say about Mamdani’s push for free NYC bus rides. Bill explains his role in China’s pledge to crack down on chemicals that can be used to make fentanyl. U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Zachary Stinson joins the No Spin News to talk about his service in Afghanistan, his injury, and life afterward. Final Thought: Watch Bill in America’s Greatest Warriors with Leland Vittert tonight on NewsNation at 10 PM/9 C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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And we'll have that a little bit later on as we honor American vets on this federal holiday. So the government shutdown looks like it will end this week. And the longest shutdown in history, 41 days, whatever it is. And I'll tell you all about the ins and ounce of it. But the most important thing I can tell you this evening, And this is vitally important, is that this whole thing where millions of people suffered was contrived. This was a political hit job. And it has not been reported as such.

But we don't play that game. We don't play the party game here. Very important for you to know. I'm going to tell you the exact truth about why this government is shut down. And what is at stake for both parties? All right. So that is coming. And let's begin with the Talking Points memo.

Last night, nine Eastern time, the Senate voted 60 to 40 to reopen the government. Now, 60 is the threshold of votes the Senate needs to advance a bill to the floor. You've got to have 60 votes because that overrides a filibuster. The President Trump wanted to blow up. the filibuster, that would be a disaster, not only for the Republican party, but for the country. Because if you had a lower threshold, majority, then you could change laws every two years. It wouldn't have any laws. They'd need to be changing and changing and changing and changing and changing, and that's not

what the founding fathers wanted. They want a stability. All right. So now the bill goes to the House, and it will be voted upon tomorrow after. afternoon and it will pass, very enough votes. In the vote last night, the only Republican who defected was Rand Paul. Now, I know Dr. Paul, and I don't want to say bad things about him, but this guy is not helping the country right now. And it's not anything to do with Republican or this or that.

I respect the fact that he's an independent thinker, but he's an obstructionist now. He doesn't want to spend any money on anything, and he knows that's not the way this system's going to work. So he doesn't support his own party, and that causes all kinds of havoc. So they just reached the 60 vote threshold because eight Democrats, to their credit, said, you know, we've had enough of this shutdown. And they were Federman, Angus King, Maine, Catherine Cortez Mastow, Nevada, Jackie, Jackie. Rosa, Nevada, Dick Durbin, Illinois, Gene Shaheen, New Hampshire, Maggie Hassan, New Hampshire, and Tim Kane, Virginia. I was surprised by Kane. He's a kind of a radical leftist now. So they said, no, we're not going to have it. We'll join the Republicans, and that got passed.

All right? We all have what happened? Forty-one days to do that. Okay, their longest running governor shut down in history. Now, the whole thing, as I said, was contrived. And it goes back to last March when the Democrats did open the government because of Chuck Schumer. And we went over this last night. And if you are a concierge member, you can get a free transcript of every word I say. I'm not going to repeat the reporting tonight. But I'm going to tell you that the goal of the Democrats was,

to increase spending on Obamacare. That was the goal for this shutdown. And they said the Republicans would shut it down until you increase the spending, and the Republicans said no. Now, Schumer got hell in March from his own party and saw Ocasio-Cortez, the radical left as congresswoman from New York,

start to raise money to run against Schumer the next time around, which I think is four years, and Schumer got nervous. But Schumer is through. He's finished. This is his last go-around. Now, we looked at this very hard, and I'm going to just simplify it. There was a law signed by President Obama to help Americans who cannot afford health insurance.

Get it. And that is called ObamaCare. That is worthy. There are some people for no fault of their own who I don't have any money. They've got to have health insurance. Now, in order to give them that or make it very low health payments,

other Americans have to buy into the government insurance. You have to have money to give away health insurance. There was a spending level on it for the federal government subsidies. There's a spending level. Once COVID hit that spending level went way up because people weren't working, couldn't buy it. But after the COVID stopped, the Obamacare spending was supposed to go back down to the original point in 2010 when it was passed. Democrats said, no, we want to keep the higher spending that was mandated under COVID.

The Republicans said, no, we have a $38 trillion debt. You can't spend any more. Now, the Democrats knew the Republicans were going to say that because it would be like a Republican saying the Democrats, we're going to shut down the government unless you back abortion being illegal. legal. Democrat Party's never going to do that. It's the same thing. So Schumer knew the Republicans say, we're not going to increase the spending. We'll talk about a new threshold in negotiations, but we're not giving you a permanent bump up in health care spending. We're not. And that is what shut it all down. Does everybody understand it? I hope so. I can't

make it any simpler than that. Now, after the election of last week where the Democrats did well, a segment of the Democratic senators said, okay, we won. We got our people elected. So we don't want to continue this because millions of people are being hurt. And that's to their credit. Those eight senators, as I mentioned, the other senators on the Democratic side don't care. How many people get hurt. Led by Uncle Bernie Sanders. Go. Look, I think it was a terrible, terrible vote at a time when we have a broken health care system, this is going to make our health care system even worse. And that vote last night paves the way for 15 million people to be thrown off Medicaid. I'm not telling the truth. Nobody's thrown off Medicaid. The rules changed. If you are

an adult who can work, you must look for work or volunteer in order to get Medicaid. Is that unreasonable? No, it's not. There are medical exceptions. There are mental health exceptions. There are at every exception. But if you can work and you're getting free health care from your state through Medicaid, you've got to look for work. Sanders never mentions that. He has lost all of my respect. He is a charlatan. Let's face it, the U.S. economy is under stress. National debt rising, trade war, shaking the markets.

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Democrats, you sold out the entire shutdown not to get what you wanted, but for a promise to not get what you wanted later where in the art of war where hold on where where in the art of war where in the art of okay here I got it son sue said never press your advantage it's unseemly How about a snack? No surprise. The vast majority of Democrats do not want this. None of those eight Senate Democrats are up for re-election next year, and two have announced they are retiring from the Senate.

What a disappointing way to end your career. Reminds me when Journey released their last single, We stopped believing. All right, so this is the drumbeat in America. The late nights, the Saturday night, the street press on television on and on and on never explaining what the real subject is so the people who don't know much all right they absorb this and you hear them in the crowd yeah what are you yaying for if you come on and and I interview you I can guarantee

100% you won't know anything okay now it worked for the Democrats. NBC News poll. Very simple poll, 1,000 registered voters. Who do you think is more to blame for the government shutdown? Democrats, 42%. Republicans, 52%. Okay? It worked. It worked. Because most people do not pay attention. They don't know what's happening. And they're besiege. on television news by Donald Trump's latest statement about whatever it may be. It's all day here. And that's the memo.

Bill at bill o'Reilly.com, name in town. If you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them for you. If you are a concierge member, write me any concern. Bill at Bill O'Reilly got to them. You have your own email to me directly, but if you don't understand, I'll explain it again. But again, I think that's the best analysis you're ever going to get. All right, Chicago, Latin Kings. This is a gang, mostly Hispanic.

All right. So according to News Nation, which is the best reportage on cable news these days, the Latin Kings are threatening ice agents. Go. According to this alert, customs and border protection received credible information that Latin King's leadership has issued a, quote, shoot-on-site directive targeting immigration officers, specifically working Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago and surrounding areas.

All right. Now that gives Donald Trump the authority of the National Guard to Chicago, obviously. If that's true, okay, so this is Ali Brady, a news nation reporter. I believe the report, but I'm not there on the ground. Department of Homeland Security spokesman, we asked, and they're not saying much about it, but they do say that there is an 8,000% increase in death threats against ICE agents nationwide. Dangerous situation. Now, the Latin King's been operating for decades.

1954 they started. They're in 34 states, but the headquarters in Chicago. And they're all armed and dangerous. I mean, these are the people that are killing people. They control the drug trade and others. So Chicago, the thing is escalating. No doubt about it. Oklahoma, and the governor there, Kevin,

I talked to him last week. He cooperates with ICE. And they just had a big bust. 70 foreign nationals here illegally, taken into custody. 34 of the 70 criminal records. Okay. And 35 of the 70 were driving illegal semi-trucks. Okay.

Okay, those are the bad crew. Now, why would the other 35, not involved in driving the trucks or committing crimes, why would they be taken into custody? Because the policy of the federal government is in a raid that's targeting criminals. If you're with the criminal, your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife, brother, sister, whatever, you're taking it. But you understand the policy? Because the ICE agents themselves can't adjudicate who's here and what they're here, and they don't have a computer to run down.

Everybody comes in. But that's what the left is screaming about. They don't want any raids. But Oklahoma, a good state, strong, doing the right thing. New York City, the opposite. Okay. So, Mandani is the new mayor. You know that. And he promised free bus rides. Well, in order to get the bus rides, which costs $800 million a year, give everybody free bus transportation in New York City. The state has to pay a lot of that. Here's Governor Hockel. Go.

I cannot set forth a plan right now that takes money out of a system that relies on the fares of the the buses and the subways. But can we find a path to make it more affordable for people who need help? Of course we can. What about child care, though? Child care I already committed to. So we'll be on a path to get there because I'm committed to this. As a mom, governor, I get it. But also to do it statewide right now, it's about $15 billion, the entire amount of my reserves. All right, so Mandami is not going to get any money for the free buses, and child-free health care isn't going to work even. Just so you know, that you can run for office and say whatever you want. But then when it comes down to paying for it, he can't pay for it. So there you go, free bus

riders. Not going to get it. China. This is a story very close to me, and I'll explain it. So President Trump goes to Korea meets with sheep. One of the things they agree upon is that China is going to stop making the precursors for fentanyl. Okay? So on Monday, that was yesterday. The Chinese say, we're going to crack down on 13 Chinese businesses that make chemicals that are then shipped to the USA, Mexico, and Canada, to be included in fentanyl. Can't make fentanyl without these chemicals.

Chemicals come from China. She told Trump he would mitigate that, and then on Monday, they cracked down on these 13 companies. Now, let's go back to May 28. Your humble correspondent is sitting in Beijing at the International Club for Foreign Relations, with 13 members of the Chinese Politburo at their invitation. If you follow me, you know this story. In the Q&A, which was designed for the Chinese government to ask me about Donald Trump, because I wrote the book, The United States of Trump and known a man for 35 years,

they wanted to know what I know about Trump, which is why they invited me to Beijing. Now, I paid my own way, paid every cent, didn't go at the American government, did debrief President Trump. I told him I was going when it came back, the extensive conversation. This was a key moment in the Q&A. The director of security for China is sitting right across me, and this is a very tough guy. Okay? He goes, hey, it's Sean Spicer reminding you to tune into the Sean Spicer show.

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I say nothing. That's not the way the president does business. But if you want something from President Trump, which the Chinese do in a form of trade, you have to give them something. First, before the trade negotiation, the guy leans in a little guy, goes, well, what might that be? And I say, got to get out of the fentanyl business. Silence in the room. I just let the silence hang. So I said, got to get out of the fentanyl business.

He says, the director of security, we're not in the fentanyl business. We make the precursors. I lean into him and go, do you really need to do that? That was it. And my son who's sitting three seats away, I can see a little sweat break out on his forehead. But that was the exchange on May 28. Okay? And I debriefed Mr. Trump about.

it. So let's hope that happens. Mexico is the main problem with the fentanyl, because those cartels are smuggling it in here. For me, and I'm president, I'm blow those people all the hell. I'll tell you right now, any one of them, just like Soleimani and Iran, boom, see you, because they're killing more people than the Islamic terrorists are. War Secretary Pete Heggsath is blowing people to hell. Two more strikes over the weekend. That makes 19 drug boats, alleged drug boats, blown out of the water by the USA in the Pacific and Caribbean. 76 people killed.

Now, the UK doesn't like that. And a lot of other countries don't like it either. I don't know why, but they don't. So London says we're not going to share Intel with the USA in the Caribbean. Remember, London's got big. If you're a James Bond fan, you know that British intelligence is in Jamaica and other British territories or formerly British territories. And they swap info with the USA.

Well, they said, they're not going to do it anymore. Big mistake, London. Okay, these guys are harming you and everybody else on a planet. Today is Veterans Day. All right. Now, this is very close to me. So if you follow my career, you know we raised more than $30 million for the Independence Fund. They provide a track chairs, high-tech wheelchairs, for severely injured vets in Iraq and Afghanistan.

30 million. Independence Fund no longer in business. Okay? we got a track chair to every single vet who needed it with all that money coming in now there are other service people who need help from iraq and afghanistan these are contemporary wars in iraq americans lost 4,492 people okay 32 000 to 92 wounded that's a big number in iraq Afghanistan, 2004-56, killed 20,000, 770 wounded, altogether more than 50,000 U.S. service people wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, there is a charity that's doing a lot of good. There are actually two. One is the Fisher House.

Okay, but we're not going to do that today, but that's a good charity. The other is Semperify and America's Fund. And the fund.org is how you get to them. All right. So they help severely wounded vets and their families in a variety of ways. And one of the men that they've helped is Marine Sergeant Zachary Stinson, who joins us now from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. So it's good to see you.

And I want to tell the folks about your personal story. I'll start it off and then I'll ask you some questions about it. Okay, so at 18, you enlisted in the Marines. Is that correct? Yes, sir. Why did you enlist? Because I like working out. You just wanted a free gym to go to.

No, but why really did you enlist in the Marines? Because I didn't want to go to college to start my life out in debt. I wanted to be the best. So I had talked to enough people that said the Marines were the way to go. So that's why I did it. Okay. So at 18, you're not fully formed emotionally, but to go to the Marines is usually a very positive experience. Three years later, you sent to Afghanistan, right?

Is it three years after you did boot camp? Yes, sir. Okay. And you're on patrol in Marjah, Afghanistan. Where is Marjah? Southern Homeland Province, Afghanistan. And you're out there with the guys. and you step on an IED, a mine, and you get your legs severely injured, right?

Yes, gone. Okay. Now, you didn't know that at the time. You just got concussed and boom. All of a sudden, you're back in the States with two legs that are severely, as you put it, gone. 25 surgeries. Is that correct? Roundabout, yes.

I really don't know the actual number. It was that many, though. Oh, yeah, yeah, that or more. And what did the surgeries do for you? A lot of it was washout, just cleaning out the injury. A lot of dirty bombs over there just because of the dirt. But, and then everything was else just trying to get function back, trying to get my legs, trying to save as much of my leg as they could.

I had my eardrum blown out. I had my pelvis smash, so just getting functionality. in those parts of my body. All right. So you go through this ordeal, but then you also develop a plan to get yourself back into top shape.

Tell us about that. Yeah, so I realized one day I looked in the mirror and I was like 220 pounds, and it's just not as easy without legs, just getting up and going for a run or anything like that. So I had to find something that would work. So I grew up as a gym rat, so I hit the gym,

and then also tried to find a form of cardio and eventually found that in hand cycling. So you got into cycling, and then you started to compete, correct? Yes, sir. Yeah, I've done, I started out in marathons. I went over to triathlon for a little bit, and then since 2023, I've been competing internationally

for parricycling, as well as a member of Team USA right now until January. And you could do all this because of the technology, the medical technology, that even though you didn't have legs, you had enough medical procedure in you that you could function. What level would you say you were functioning at or are functioning at now? I mean, functioning at now, I don't know. I like to think more positive that I'm around 80%. being just having the ability to be physical though is such a huge aspect of it people especially being in a wheelchair it's it's really easy to become sedentary and then just kind of roll over and die so it's just being active and staying active all right and you do that through the cycling

you get married and have two girls right yes sir that is uh in itself a unbelievable situation. And do you attribute anything to your family life that goes over into your competition and your overall life? Yeah, yeah, I do attribute that. My kids never knew me as a Marine, and I was a pretty good Marine, but they need to see me getting up and doing something. So cycling is that for me.

They see me putting in the work, in the bike, doing all the training, and then eventually having the competitions and where I have the final result or things. But they see the process of everything, even though my job doesn't look like it used to, just pushing through and still working out and being active. Okay. You're 35 years old now. What has the fun.org done for you specifically? week. So, well, the track chairs, they actually were one of the first ones to get me a track chair back in like 2014, I think. It was very early. They don't help me with anything from bike equipment to honestly putting a fence in my backyard so my kids can play and everything in between. They go much more than just what they've done for me. There's a lot more like neurotherapy and other things that really don't apply to me.

at this current time, but they've got a little bit of everything. And they stay with you till you're dead, right? It's lifelong. Absolutely. So they were one of the first people to reach out whenever I got injured and was at the hospital. They made sure my wife was taking care of any of my other family members down in Maryland because we didn't know how long we were going to be at the hospital initially. So they took care of my family there whenever I couldn't. And then they've been with us ever since. and it just doesn't stop. And you also know other vets, of course,

that are in the fund.org's orbit. And all, we've checked you out, all have the same great experience. Yeah, I don't have anything. I don't know anybody that has anything negative to say about them. They're literally just a part of our family. I have my previous case manager retired earlier this year, and I still have conversations back,

and forth text and everything. And that goes on top of the case manager I currently have who I'm in contact with constantly. And you know, because you were a Marine, how much the camaraderie helps and gives people support to get through the hardest times? Absolutely. Absolutely. You got to have a good support system. I wouldn't be here if it weren't for the fund, if it weren't for my family and a supportive community. All right. So we wanted to bring you on and let everyone know about

thefund.org if they want to help out. Tax deductible, of course. Veterans Day, the perfect time to help these guys out. And Sergeant, if there's anything that we can do for you or your family, and, you know,

and for the duration, you let us know. We're here if you need us at all. Greatly appreciate that. did just want to make a note that the Bob and Renee Parsons Foundation, along with PXG, are going to match up to $7.5 million for the fund until the end of the year. That's pretty generous, I have to say. Very, very good. The whole thing is a big positive for America from top to bottom. We wouldn't be involved with it if it weren't. Okay, Sergeant, thanks very much. We'll talk

again. Thefund.org. Okay. What's the happening? happiest state in the union. Make a guess. Happy state. That would be Hawaii. Of course it would. Hawaii's wallet hub says based on physical well-being, work, environment, community. The happiest state, Maryland 2nd, then Nebraska, New Jersey, Connecticut, Utah, California, New Hampshire, Massachusetts. I don't really buy this list, but that's what it says. is the most heavily taxed state, all right, and that is a smart life segment tonight. So I get a lot of males of people who are really bad financial problems, really bad, all right, I feel so bad.

And sometimes it's their fault, sometimes it isn't. But if you don't have any money, then you've got to move sometimes. You've got to move out. You're living in a place that doesn't have a lot of jobs or anyone. that you got to go. So here's the places you don't want to go if you're worried about high taxes. Why number one, New York. Oh my God, New York is out of control. Vermont, social estate, California, another out of control. Maine, New Jersey, Illinois, Rhode Island, Maryland, Connecticut, all blue states. Highest tax burden. Lowest. Alaska. But you got to pay that

whole meeting. Wyoming, New Hampshire, Tennessee. South Dakota, Florida, Delaware, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Idaho. On that list, Tennessee is a very interesting choice. A lot of work there, low taxes there. I know people, you know, move there, prospering. Smart life, you've got to adjust. If it's not working, you've got to move it. Wendy's.

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