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Bill O'Reilly
Hey, Bill O'Reilly here. Welcome to the no Spin News. Tuesday, August 11, 2026. Stand up for your country. You know August, the month when the fat cats take vacations, so the politicians and the media, everybody's taking a vacation and we're guilty. The second half of the month, we'll be off for a few days. I'll give you a big heads up on that. And then we have a lot of stuff that will fill in on billoriley.com so you won't be bored. But it's a good thing that people recharge. And I would suggest the president do the same because you just get worn down. And in this kind of a country right now, where there's a lot of confusion, a lot of confusion just wears at you. And if you can go to the beach or the mountains or something and just have some fun, that recharges. So it's a good thing that people are gone in August. But September is late Labor Day, and boy, that's going to be a ferocious couple of months. September, October, early November, because the power line is there and President Trump has got to figure out Iran. So I've got a message of the day. And I look, my job is to analyze the news. And I do. And I say, if I were president, here's what I would do to Iran. You got to end this thing, okay? And I hope you will take the time to read it. Also, there's big stakes ahead because of the communist socialist movement, which I have to say took me by surprise. Now, I do write about in my upcoming book, confronting America, because I was onto it early this year, but boy, that came out of nowhere and it's now a major factor. So communism has taken a big hit. It's the subject of the Talking Points Memo. I told you early on that trying to deny individual rights under the banner of a huge government controlling what we do is unconstitutional. It always has been, it always will be. So the communists are going to whack up against that wall. So there is no wall in China or Russia or Cuba or Vietnam. There's no wall there. It's who has the most guns, they run it. And communism, as I stated, tells you what to do. Even as far as religion is concerned. Even that far. I mean, China had a one child policy. Can you imagine? So Beijing basically said to Chinese people, get out. One child. That's it? Yeah, two. We're taking her away. I mean, come on now. People go, oh, Riley, or far left isn't that bad. Not yet. Not yet. Staten Island, New York, one of the five boroughs. So Judge Wayne Ozzie yesterday blocked Mamdani from intimidating and taxing people with second homes in New York City. Clearly unconstitutional. All right. Clearly. Not only did he do that, he named all the people with the second homes and put it out. Why? It's an invasion of privacy. Okay, but there is no privacy in a totalitarian regime. So the judge said, no, you're not going to do it. We're going to have another hearing Aug. 31. Until then, no more tax collections or any of this business. All right? Here is what Mamdani proposed. I'll read it to you. In addition to other tax reassessment imposed by this chapter or other law, there is hereby imposed, beginning on July 1, 2026, a surcharge in accordance with this article on covered property, or in the case of covered property that is residential cooperative property, a residential cooperative dwelling unit that is not a primary residence provided for fiscal years beginning around July 1, 2026 and before July 1, 2028. The phase one market value of such covered property. All right. Is equal to $5 million. So what Mandami is doing is saying, yes, you bought the second home with your own money that you've already paid tax on, but I'm going to take more tax out of your second home because I want to. Clearly unconstitutional. Then Mandani goes further and says, quote, the surcharge asks those who own a second home valued at 5 million to contribute their fair share. Where have you heard that before? To the city they benefit from. The law department will appear. The judge is ruling immediately and will stay the order. And the city will continue with the pied terrorist implementation. No, won't. I want Man Domini to defy the judge. That's the best thing that could happen. So cops come in, put cuffs on him, but he won't. This is all blather, okay? So you can see what it is. I buy two cars, all right? And my own money. I earned it. I have two cars. And Mandami goes, no, you only entitled one car because I say so, because of Me and the other car, you got to give me half the value. The city half the value of that car. That's totalitarianism. You getting all this? In addition, Mondavi is bringing in grocery stores that the city allegedly is going to run. That's going to be a disaster. Okay? And he's going to charge less than the grocery stores that are in Manhattan now and other boroughs, thereby driving those people out of work. But he's not going to be able to get the food in. But he wants to control the food. And finally, in a totalitarian society, you are always watched. There is a camera on just about every corner of New York City right now watching. And they're not watching for the thugs, they're watching you. They're taking your license plate down. Okay? And if you don't pay a toll, if you don't do this, if you don't register your car, bang. You want it, you got it. Now the person who knows that sooner or later the Democratic Party is going to have to confront this because Mamdani is a Democrat, all the loons are Democrats. Now is Hillary Clinton. Roll tape.
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Political Analyst
And you can see that it's not just about Michigan, but the Republican messaging is communist, socialist. It's going to be a very effective attack. And so people on the left have to be prepared to, to answer that and to be effective at answering it. Do you think communist is an effective attack in 2026? Well, all I know is that's the attack that Trump is leading with. Assume they've tested it and I assume that they have reason to believe that it's effective or they wouldn't be beating the drum on it because now it's not just him. Vance has done it.
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Bill O'Reilly
Okay? So Hillary, savvy player, knows this is the big advantage the Republicans have because the Republican Party really hasn't put forth any kind of legislation that's going to improve the lives of working Americans. That's probably not fair for me to say that There is the Trump 401KS and has been a surge in some parts of the economy. But as a big signature item, the Republicans, they don't have a lot. Okay? So the Democrats can't really respond other than to say, oh, they're not communists. And that's what you're going to hear a thousand times. No, they're not. No, they're not. No, they're not. I've already been on TV with these left wing people and that's what they say. And when I point out means of production, it's like and that's the memo. Iran update. Pakistan, of course, says there's something, some kind of deal in the works. I don't believe it, but I could be wrong. I hope I'm wrong. I pray I'm wrong. So I've got my Strategy posted on Billorilly.com as we mentioned to you, this
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Bill O'Reilly
There is a strategic Petroleum reserve problem now in America. It fell by 6 million barrels and it's the lowest since 1983. Why? Because the oil that we drill, we being in the United States, has to be processed, has to go into a system where it becomes gasoline. And they're having trouble getting the raw oil. I don't know why not a geologist. But it's another thing that helps Iran. President Trump at the Patriot Games in Ohio today. This is part of the campaign. It's a worthy, certainly a worthy enterprise. Gives college scholarships and he will be there. But President Trump's going to have to carry the campaign. Boy, oh boy, it's a lot on his sheet. Got to deal with all the policy and then he's got a campaign for his party. There's no leadership in the Republican Party outside of shop. Oh, Justice Department suing three more states over giving tuition benefits to undocumented migrants. So the states are Connecticut, New York State, Vermont, of course, lawsuits pending. Minnesota, Virginia, California, New Jersey, Kansas, of all places, I was surprised. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, Colorado. Lawsuits won by the Department of Justice. Texas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Illinois. This is easy. If you are in the country illegally, you are not entitled to what an American citizen is entitled to, Right? And American citizens, many of them go to state universities. They have in state tuition, and now these states want to give it to people who are here illegally. I mean, this is just crazy. In addition, this is. There is a breakdown about religion. So the breakdown is this religion in the Democratic precincts is on the slide big time. In the Republican precincts, it's sliding. This is organized religion, but not nearly what it is in the Democratic areas. Okay? So no surprise. I mean, if you look at church attendance, way down, we have probably the best guest on this in the country. Bishop Robert Barron, you've heard of him. He runs Word on Fire, the most successful, I think, religious website in the world. He's got his first venture theatrical release, Heaven in Stone and Glass, where he takes a look at Notre Dame and Rheims and all of the medieval churches that are famous and explains what happened there. But more importantly, as far as politics is concerned, Bishop Barron recently, recently interviewed J.D. vance, the vice president. And of course, Mr. Vance has turned us down. Now, Bishop, he comes to us from Rochester, Minnesota. I know why. If it were my choice to be interviewed by me or you, I would definitely take you. Okay. Definitely. I definitely would. So I missed. I'm not mad advance. I. I was surprised. I was surprised because he's going on every whacked out show in the world to sell his book. I was happy he went on your program. And one of the things that you guys talked about was this difficulty that the Catholic Church, because Vance is a convert, is having by the Pope saying, we have to be compassionate. We've got to really. And it's all gospel based, help the people who need help. But at the same time, everybody saw what happened in Spain. You get 60 people in the morgue and a lot of my friends who are Catholic having a hard time with this. Okay, how can a Catholic Church be sympathetic and pretty much oppose the hard line Donald Trump takes? But at the same time, we're seeing death and destruction all over the place from this mass migration. Did you guys get into that?
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Bishop Robert Barron
Well, you know, Bill, I always try to articulate Catholic social teaching in a nuanced way, because of course, we're for a compassionate outreach to all people. That's the gospel. And the Pope is articulating that very clearly. At the same time, Catholic social teaching says a government has a right to maintain its borders, to enforce its immigration laws. It has to do it humanely, of course, but those two things are in a healthy tension with each other. What I said to Vance was, you know, my job as a churchman is to articulate the principles. Your job, especially as a Catholic politician, is to formulate the policy. Don't turn to me to say, now what exactly should we do with this piece of immigration legislation? I don't have the detailed knowledge on the ground that's for people like you. So I think that's okay for the church to say both. And there, yes to immigrants always in compassion, but also yes to a country's right to defend its borders. Because something I've seen very clearly, the chaos caused by an open Border. And I mean the moral chaos, just the issue of child sex trafficking, which is staggering. And the more we read about that and more that becomes clear to us, the more we see that an unregulated border is a morally very dangerous proposition. So I don't hold to that simple minded view that, yes, welcome the stranger, therefore no immigration laws, therefore no regulated border. No, no, no. Catholic social teaching is nuanced on that
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Bill O'Reilly
point, but Pope Leo doesn't sell the civic part of it, in my opinion. Now he's a liberation theologian, as you know, he's seen terrible poverty in South America and the oligarchs, which do run the show down there, Bernie Sanders is right about that, take advantage of them. So I'm only seeing one lane of traffic here from Pope Leo.
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Bishop Robert Barron
Yeah, I mean, you're right. I think he probably does emphasize that side. But I go back to the days of John Paul II and he was coming out very strongly in favor of peace. I think it was the time of the Iraq war and I was living with Cardinal George of Chicago at the time, and someone, a conservative Catholic, wrote to the cardinal saying, what is this with the Pope? And he's so one sided. And the cardinal said to him, look, that's the Pope's job, is to call for peace. So I mean, in a way, I think it's appropriate for the Pope to be articulating always the more compassionate side of the equation, but acknowledging all the time that the Church's official teaching does recognize the nuance. But I think I'd give him the benefit of the doubt that his job is to advocate for peace, advocate for compassion, and that's sort of in the first position. But if you look in the catechism, you look in our official teaching, there is that nuance.
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Bill O'Reilly
Okay? But when you have a Pope, very powerful voice in the world, and he comes out and he says, well, we need peace in Iran, well, he has to know that Iran doesn't want peace for 50 years. Okay? And I covered my book Confronting Evil. That's the last thing they want. Would it be wrong, a Pope Leo, to say, we got a problem with Iran? They don't seem to want peace. But you never hear that.
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Bishop Robert Barron
No, I don't think you hear that from, from him, that clearly there's something, Bill, in the more recent pronouncements on the just war that has a certain prejudice against preemptive war. So in classical just war teaching, let's say Augustine and Aquinas, there was a legitimacy to a preemptive war, even to Correct a moral evil, Aquinas says. But in the more recent teaching, let's say the last 75 years, the popes have really moved against preemptive war, just given the destructive capacity of modern warfare. And they've said that it's only in case of clear unjust aggression that war can be fought. Under that rubric, you can understand the Ukrainian war and the Vatican support for Ukraine. I think you're probably hearing the overtones of that in the Pope's articulations of this situation. The Church doesn't like preemptive war, even in the face of what looks like, you know, a threat developing in a place like Iran. But that reflects the teaching of the last about 75 years.
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Bill O'Reilly
Okay, but there's a big difference between theory and reality. So when you have a country that's sworn to kill every Jew on the planet and Americans also trying their hardest to develop a nuclear weapon, I don't know what else you do. But a preemptive war, what else do you do? The seeds of destruction. The seeds of destruction are right around the corner.
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Bishop Robert Barron
Right. And that's probably where people. There might be room for development of doctrine, meaning might. In that case, you see that sort of preemption as in fact a defensive war that you say, I'm not going to wait till the nuclear weapon's on its way. But I can see it's in full development. I mean, is there some room for, for nuance and development in the Church's approach? But the last 75 years, roughly, we've said no to preemptive war, only to defensive war. So that's, that's been the standard teaching for a while.
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Bill O'Reilly
Tough one. Do you get the antisemitism thing? You've been around. I mean, you deal with thousands of people. I don't, I don't get the anti Semitism. I get that the left, which is driving this thing, but it's not exclusively on the left. I get they don't like Israel. I get they don't feel that Israel is a legitimate country and that it's waged a horror packed campaign against Hamas. But why would that bleed over to individual.
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Bill O'Reilly
I mean, why would people at Harvard, Jewish students be afraid of their dorm rooms? I don't have an answer for that. No, I'm with you.
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Bishop Robert Barron
And of course, that distinction between anti Semitism and opposition to certain policies of the Israeli government. Sure, that's a legitimate distinction. I go back to someone like Rene Girard, the great theorist. Vance and I talked about him. The scapegoating mechanism is so deep in us that when social tension arises, we look by a basic instinct for a scapegoat. We look for someone or some group to blame. Classically, in our Western culture, Jews have been a scapegoat. So whenever the society becomes troubled, uneasy, we cast about for a scapegoat. So it's that old, old problem, you see it all the way back in medieval Europe and so on, that's rearing its ugly head again. But Girard, I think, sheds light on that, that we need the scapegoating mechanism to feel a kind of ersatz piece in the face of our struggles. I think that's the rubric we should read it under.
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Bill O'Reilly
Well, I don't know any anti Semites. I mean, I know thousands of people. I don't know anybody who. Because I wouldn't tolerate it in my presence, number one. Everybody knows that. But I'm an observer. I don't see it. But it seems to be germinating in the nation's university system, okay? Where the far left administrators and teachers are passing along the Israeli hatred. We hate Israel, and they're genocidal. And if you're Jewish, you're part of that. And I'm going, no, if you're Jewish, you have nothing to do with that because you live in America. But that is huge. Even in some Catholic universities, you see it.
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Bishop Robert Barron
No, I mean, I agree with you, Bill. I'm putting a lot of onus on the universities. I think a lot of bad things have been coming the last maybe 40 years out of universities. And part of Wokeism, which gestated in the universities, is the US against them. The oppressor, oppressed understanding of the world. The roots of that are in European critical theory. It came into our university system and then broke out in a popular way as wokeism. But see, this fits into that matrix. Oppressor, oppressed, good guys, bad guys. Israel is on the side of the oppressor class. Anyone that's associated with Israel, therefore is bad. Yes, I think that very simplistic Manichean view of things did come out of the universities as did this. What I call culture of self invention. That autonomy is so absolute. I define the meaning of my existence, I define the meaning of the universe, I define my own gender. There's no objectivity to the moral order. That too is a mark of wokeism. And it gestated in the universities. And so a lot of that I think is the source of mischief in our culture.
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Bill O'Reilly
A couple of weeks ago. Did you ever watch the program the Sopranos? Have you seen it?
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Bishop Robert Barron
Yeah, sure.
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Bill O'Reilly
The character Paulie Walnuts. Unforgettable.
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Bishop Robert Barron
His brother is a priest.
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Bill O'Reilly
We had him on. Oh, you did? We had him on a program. Very articulate, Missouri based. He said that Christianity is incompatible with communism. You believe that?
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Bishop Robert Barron
Of course. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, look, I studied Marx as a young man and you know, Marx says the first critique is a critique of religion. You first have to get rid of religion, which is the opium of the masses. Then you can move on to the other critiques, you know, economic, political and cultural and so on. But the first one is religion. And so, yeah, by its very nature, communism is at odds with religion. And indeed, in the great communist regimes of the last century, they followed Marx. They went after religion first. Which is one reason why I'm very alarmed by this emergence of communism in our own country. And I'm alarmed as a religious person. It's not some little harmless game on the political left. It's a very dangerous cultural contagion. And religious people have got to wake up, it seems to me.
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Bill O'Reilly
I think they're asleep as well. I don't think they understand. Most Americans don't understand what communism really is because no, they haven't lived the Cold War and all of that stuff. But if the majority of American voters would figure it out, these radical leftists wouldn't have a chance.
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Bishop Robert Barron
Well, it's incredible to me, like this Hassan Piker fellow I saw recently, he's in a Mao jacket and he said in one of his interviews, Mao Zedong is one of the greatest human beings ever. Mao Zedong, the greatest mass murderer of all time. No No, I mean, I don't begin to understand where that's coming from. You know, I'm old enough to have known people who fled from communism. They knew by direct experience what it mean. I remember, of course, the great papacy of John Paul ii, who stands athwart communism, you know, But I think what happens is people forget that they lose touch of it and now communism becomes, you know, taking care of the poor or it means, you know, free lunches or something. But communism is a, is a coherent, consistent ideology which is directly repugnant to religion and to human freedom and to democracy, et cetera. So, no, it's very dangerous business.
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Bill O'Reilly
Okay. Bishop, always a pleasure to talk with you. If people want to check you out, it's word on fire dot com. Right, Right. And then you could check out the documentaries. Got Heaven and Stone and Glass. It'll be. I'm going to watch, I'm going to. I've been to most of these places that you are talking about in your doc. It's unbelievable what man can do. I mean, just the Notre Dame, just a Notre Dame rehab after the fire. Like, whoa. Anyway, if we can ever do anything for you, you let us know. And I appreciate, appreciate your time today.
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Bishop Robert Barron
All right, God bless you, Bill. Thanks.
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Bill O'Reilly
Rasmussen, Paul. Let's see, about a week ago it says, who do you like as the 2028 Democratic presidential nominee? Ready? Kamala Harris, 37%. Whoa. Gavin Newsom, 14. Pete Buddha Judge, 10. Ocasio Cortez, 9. Harris. That's a big poll for her, right? I, I heard people go, oh, Kamala Harris a communist? No, he's not a communist. There are a lot of things that she is, but that's not one of them. So love such a straight there, but would she oppose the communists? No, she'll take what she can get. July, the hottest month on record in American history. This is a National oceanic and Atmospheric Administration average temperature in July 77 and every state except for Alaska and Hawaii was hot. Now, Alaska had one of their coldest. But they're up there. I don't know what they're doing in Hawaii. So some examples. Salt Lake City, 109 is their record high. Sheridan, Wyoming, 109. Billings, Montana, 111. Whoa. 115 in Miles City, Montana. So it is hot. Back in a moment. Okay, final thought of the day. Pretty shocking. I thought that the left wing media, Disney and those people would step back after the communist movement began in earnest. Look, I know they don't like Trump and they've made a living for what, six years hating Trump. I got it. But these communists, they got to know how dangerous they are. They haven't stepped back a bit. A little more low key. But it all comes back to Trump. Is that Trump is the devil. Trump is the devil. Not these guys. Not Mamdani. Not Dr. Al Sayed. No. With a whitewash. And I'm sitting there going, it's over. I know it's over. That's why I do this, because I run my own corporations. It is over. You are not going to get a fair presentation of the news in America on television or in most print publications. You're not going to get it. And the game now is to exclude stories like the Madison, Wisconsin story. Just don't report it never happened. So we're dedicating or rededicating ourselves to YouTube and billoriley.com and all of our distribution points to cover stories we know are not going to be covered by the networks or most of the cables if they're important to you. As we will continue to do that. Thank you very much for watching and listening to the no Spin News. See you again tomorrow.
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Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis

Episode: "Communism Takes a BIG Hit, U.S.-Iran Talks Update, & Bishop Robert Barron on the Mass Migration Debate"

Date: August 12, 2026
Host: Bill O'Reilly
Featured Guest: Bishop Robert Barron

Episode Overview

In this episode, Bill O’Reilly covers three major themes:

The resurgence and subsequent backlash against communist and socialist movements in the U.S.
Developments in U.S.-Iran relations, touching on policy dilemmas and the politics of intervention.
A wide-ranging conversation with Bishop Robert Barron on mass migration, Catholic social teaching, the roots of antisemitism, and the incompatibility of communism with Christianity.

O’Reilly also examines recent legal news from New York, discusses shifts in religious engagement, breaks down university culture’s role in modern political divides, and ends with reflections on the challenges reporters face covering controversial topics.

Main Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Hit to Communism & Socialist Movements (00:43–08:50)

Growing Pushback on Socialist Policy: O’Reilly frames recent judicial decisions, like blocking NYC’s proposed second-home taxe, as major setbacks for overreaching government:

“Trying to deny individual rights under the banner of a huge government controlling what we do is unconstitutional. It always has been, it always will be.” – Bill O’Reilly (02:28)
Connecting to Broader Ideology: He draws parallels between current American policies and historical communist regimes, warning of privacy invasion and governmental overreach:

“There is no privacy in a totalitarian regime… There’s a camera on just about every corner of New York City right now watching.” – Bill O’Reilly (06:00)
Political Messaging in 2026:
O’Reilly, referencing Hillary Clinton's recent remarks, notes that Republicans have branded the left as communist/socialist, putting Democrats on defense:

“The Republican messaging is communist, socialist. It's going to be a very effective attack.” – Hillary Clinton, clip (08:12) “The Democrats can't really respond other than to say, ‘Oh, they're not communists’… I've already been on TV with these left wing people and that's what they say.” – Bill O’Reilly (08:50)

2. Iran Policy Update & Campaign Politics (08:50–10:43)

Skepticism on Iran Talks: O’Reilly doubts the efficacy of rumored U.S.-Iran deals and underscores his strategy (posted online) for handling Iran.

“Pakistan…says there’s some deal in the works. I don’t believe it, but I could be wrong.” – Bill O’Reilly (09:44)
Strategic Oil Reserve Worries:
He notes the strategic petroleum reserve is at its lowest since 1983—another point of U.S. vulnerability played to Iran's benefit. (10:43)
Trump’s Role:
O’Reilly emphasizes that Trump, as a campaigner and leader, is carrying tremendous weight for the GOP:

“President Trump's going to have to carry the campaign. Boy, oh boy, it’s a lot on his sheet…” (11:16)
Lawsuits Over In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students:
O’Reilly lists the mounting legal battles, questioning the logic of granting state benefits to those in the country illegally.

3. Religion, Migration & the Catholic Church’s Dilemma (14:06–20:35)

Conversation with Bishop Robert Barron

The Church’s “Nuanced” Take on Migration: Barron explains how Catholic social teaching balances compassion with practical governance:

“Yes to immigrants always in compassion, but also yes to a country’s right to defend its borders… Catholic social teaching is nuanced on that.” – Bishop Robert Barron (15:34)
Church/State Responsibility Split:

“My job as a churchman is to articulate the principles. Your job, especially as a Catholic politician, is to formulate the policy.” – Bishop Robert Barron (16:02)
Moral Chaos at Unregulated Borders:

“The chaos caused by an open border—and I mean the moral chaos, just the issue of child sex trafficking, which is staggering…an unregulated border is a morally very dangerous proposition.” – Bishop Robert Barron (16:52)
Papal Perspective vs. Policy Reality: O’Reilly presses Barron on Pope Leo’s single-minded focus on compassion, questioning whether the Vatican is realistic about adversarial regimes like Iran.

“When you have a Pope… and he says, well, we need peace in Iran, well, he has to know that Iran doesn't want peace for 50 years… that's the last thing they want.” – Bill O’Reilly (18:25)
Preemptive vs. Defensive War: Barron outlines how Catholic teaching has shifted from occasional acceptance of preemptive war to a strong preference for only defensive wars:

“In the more recent teaching, let’s say the last 75 years, the popes have really moved against preemptive war, just given the destructive capacity of modern warfare... only in case of clear unjust aggression.” – Bishop Robert Barron (19:05)

4. Antisemitism, Universities & Wokeism (21:06–25:24)

Debating the Resurgence of Antisemitism: O’Reilly wonders why anti-Israel sentiment is spilling into open antisemitism, particularly in academia:

“Why would people at Harvard, Jewish students be afraid of their dorm rooms? …It seems to be germinating in the nation's university system…” – Bill O’Reilly (22:16, 23:21)
Scapegoating & Critical Theory:

“The scapegoating mechanism is so deep in us… Classically, in our Western culture, Jews have been a scapegoat.” – Bishop Robert Barron (22:28)
Universities and the Modern Left: Barron sees the U.S. university system as the epicenter of current societal divisions:

“Part of wokeism, which gestated in the universities, is the us-against-them, oppressor-oppressed understanding of the world. …That very simplistic Manichean view of things did come out of the universities…” – Bishop Robert Barron (24:19)

5. Communism and Religion: Incompatible Worldviews (25:24–28:35)

Christianity and Communism: Barron unequivocally asserts that communism is incompatible with Christianity, referencing Marx’s requirement that religion be abolished.

“By its very nature, communism is at odds with religion. …In the great communist regimes of the last century...they went after religion first.” – Bishop Robert Barron (25:57)
The Cultural Amnesia of Communism’s Harms: Both O’Reilly and Barron lament that Americans have forgotten (or never experienced) the reality of communist regimes.

“Most Americans don’t understand what communism really is…if the majority of American voters would figure it out, these radical leftists wouldn’t have a chance.” – Bill O’Reilly (26:46)
Danger of Romanticizing Communist Figures:

“This Hassan Piker fellow…in a Mao jacket…he said in one of his interviews, Mao Zedong is one of the greatest human beings ever. …No, I mean, I don’t begin to understand where that's coming from.” – Bishop Robert Barron (27:38)

6. Final Thoughts and Polling Notes (29:22–end)

2028 Democratic Polls: O’Reilly quickly reviews a new poll showing Kamala Harris as the faraway favorite, bats down rumors that she or others in the field are communists—but questions whether they’d truly oppose communist elements within their coalition.
2026 Climate Extremes: The host shares July climate records as further evidence of national stress and change.
Media Critique & Pledge: O’Reilly criticizes mainstream outlets for ignoring stories about the communist movement and reaffirms his show’s commitment to independent reporting:

“You are not going to get a fair presentation of the news in America on television or in most print publications…So we're rededicating ourselves to YouTube and billoriley.com…and all of our distribution points to cover stories we know are not going to be covered by the networks or most of the cables if they're important to you.” – Bill O’Reilly (31:47)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

"Trying to deny individual rights under the banner of a huge government controlling what we do is unconstitutional. It always has been, it always will be." (O'Reilly, 02:28)
"The scapegoating mechanism is so deep in us... Classically, in our Western culture, Jews have been a scapegoat." (Barron, 22:28)
"By its very nature, communism is at odds with religion." (Barron, 25:57)
"Most Americans don’t understand what communism really is…if the majority of American voters would figure it out, these radical leftists wouldn’t have a chance." (O'Reilly, 26:46)
"Catholic social teaching is nuanced on that point, but Pope Leo doesn’t sell the civic part of it, in my opinion." (O'Reilly, 17:00)

Key Timestamps

00:43–08:50: Communism/socialism backlash in NYC & national politics
08:50–10:43: Iran talks, oil reserves, and election implications
14:06–21:06: Interview with Bishop Robert Barron (Religion and mass migration)
21:06–25:24: Antisemitism, university culture, and “wokeism”
25:24–28:35: Christianity vs. Communism; Danger of ideological amnesia
29:22–31:47: Democratic polling, climate data, O’Reilly’s media philosophy

Episode Tone and Style

O’Reilly’s tone is direct, sometimes combative, with a blend of skepticism and gravitas. Bishop Barron’s demeanor is calm, thoughtful, and scholarly, stressing nuance and historical awareness. The episode is marked by urgency—a sense that foundational American and religious values are under siege by poorly understood ideological currents.

Summary

This episode offers a layered, brisk analysis of the fault lines shaping U.S. politics, immigration, and religious engagement in 2026. Bill O’Reilly leverages current events—including legal action on housing taxes, shifting attitudes about communism, and demographic shifts in religious practice—as evidence of an ideological battle heating up ahead of the next election. The interview with Bishop Barron brings theological depth and historical context to debates about borders, compassion, and the threats posed by ideological extremism and scapegoating. The message throughout: vigilance, critical thinking, and refusal to accept easy answers are essential in turbulent times.

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Bill O'Reilly
Hey, Bill O'Reilly here. Welcome to the no Spin News. Tuesday, August 11, 2026. Stand up for your country. You know August, the month when the fat cats take vacations, so the politicians and the media, everybody's taking a vacation and we're guilty. The second half of the month, we'll be off for a few days. I'll give you a big heads up on that. And then we have a lot of stuff that will fill in on billoriley.com so you won't be bored. But it's a good thing that people recharge. And I would suggest the president do the same because you just get worn down. And in this kind of a country right now, where there's a lot of confusion, a lot of confusion just wears at you. And if you can go to the beach or the mountains or something and just have some fun, that recharges. So it's a good thing that people are gone in August. But September is late Labor Day, and boy, that's going to be a ferocious couple of months. September, October, early November, because the power line is there and President Trump has got to figure out Iran. So I've got a message of the day. And I look, my job is to analyze the news. And I do. And I say, if I were president, here's what I would do to Iran. You got to end this thing, okay? And I hope you will take the time to read it. Also, there's big stakes ahead because of the communist socialist movement, which I have to say took me by surprise. Now, I do write about in my upcoming book, confronting America, because I was onto it early this year, but boy, that came out of nowhere and it's now a major factor. So communism has taken a big hit. It's the subject of the Talking Points Memo. I told you early on that trying to deny individual rights under the banner of a huge government controlling what we do is unconstitutional. It always has been, it always will be. So the communists are going to whack up against that wall. So there is no wall in China or Russia or Cuba or Vietnam. There's no wall there. It's who has the most guns, they run it. And communism, as I stated, tells you what to do. Even as far as religion is concerned. Even that far. I mean, China had a one child policy. Can you imagine? So Beijing basically said to Chinese people, get out. One child. That's it? Yeah, two. We're taking her away. I mean, come on now. People go, oh, Riley, or far left isn't that bad. Not yet. Not yet. Staten Island, New York, one of the five boroughs. So Judge Wayne Ozzie yesterday blocked Mamdani from intimidating and taxing people with second homes in New York City. Clearly unconstitutional. All right. Clearly. Not only did he do that, he named all the people with the second homes and put it out. Why? It's an invasion of privacy. Okay, but there is no privacy in a totalitarian regime. So the judge said, no, you're not going to do it. We're going to have another hearing Aug. 31. Until then, no more tax collections or any of this business. All right? Here is what Mamdani proposed. I'll read it to you. In addition to other tax reassessment imposed by this chapter or other law, there is hereby imposed, beginning on July 1, 2026, a surcharge in accordance with this article on covered property, or in the case of covered property that is residential cooperative property, a residential cooperative dwelling unit that is not a primary residence provided for fiscal years beginning around July 1, 2026 and before July 1, 2028. The phase one market value of such covered property. All right. Is equal to $5 million. So what Mandami is doing is saying, yes, you bought the second home with your own money that you've already paid tax on, but I'm going to take more tax out of your second home because I want to. Clearly unconstitutional. Then Mandani goes further and says, quote, the surcharge asks those who own a second home valued at 5 million to contribute their fair share. Where have you heard that before? To the city they benefit from. The law department will appear. The judge is ruling immediately and will stay the order. And the city will continue with the pied terrorist implementation. No, won't. I want Man Domini to defy the judge. That's the best thing that could happen. So cops come in, put cuffs on him, but he won't. This is all blather, okay? So you can see what it is. I buy two cars, all right? And my own money. I earned it. I have two cars. And Mandami goes, no, you only entitled one car because I say so, because of Me and the other car, you got to give me half the value. The city half the value of that car. That's totalitarianism. You getting all this? In addition, Mondavi is bringing in grocery stores that the city allegedly is going to run. That's going to be a disaster. Okay? And he's going to charge less than the grocery stores that are in Manhattan now and other boroughs, thereby driving those people out of work. But he's not going to be able to get the food in. But he wants to control the food. And finally, in a totalitarian society, you are always watched. There is a camera on just about every corner of New York City right now watching. And they're not watching for the thugs, they're watching you. They're taking your license plate down. Okay? And if you don't pay a toll, if you don't do this, if you don't register your car, bang. You want it, you got it. Now the person who knows that sooner or later the Democratic Party is going to have to confront this because Mamdani is a Democrat, all the loons are Democrats. Now is Hillary Clinton. Roll tape.
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Political Analyst
And you can see that it's not just about Michigan, but the Republican messaging is communist, socialist. It's going to be a very effective attack. And so people on the left have to be prepared to, to answer that and to be effective at answering it. Do you think communist is an effective attack in 2026? Well, all I know is that's the attack that Trump is leading with. Assume they've tested it and I assume that they have reason to believe that it's effective or they wouldn't be beating the drum on it because now it's not just him. Vance has done it.
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Bill O'Reilly
Okay? So Hillary, savvy player, knows this is the big advantage the Republicans have because the Republican Party really hasn't put forth any kind of legislation that's going to improve the lives of working Americans. That's probably not fair for me to say that There is the Trump 401KS and has been a surge in some parts of the economy. But as a big signature item, the Republicans, they don't have a lot. Okay? So the Democrats can't really respond other than to say, oh, they're not communists. And that's what you're going to hear a thousand times. No, they're not. No, they're not. No, they're not. I've already been on TV with these left wing people and that's what they say. And when I point out means of production, it's like and that's the memo. Iran update. Pakistan, of course, says there's something, some kind of deal in the works. I don't believe it, but I could be wrong. I hope I'm wrong. I pray I'm wrong. So I've got my Strategy posted on Billorilly.com as we mentioned to you, this
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Bill O'Reilly
There is a strategic Petroleum reserve problem now in America. It fell by 6 million barrels and it's the lowest since 1983. Why? Because the oil that we drill, we being in the United States, has to be processed, has to go into a system where it becomes gasoline. And they're having trouble getting the raw oil. I don't know why not a geologist. But it's another thing that helps Iran. President Trump at the Patriot Games in Ohio today. This is part of the campaign. It's a worthy, certainly a worthy enterprise. Gives college scholarships and he will be there. But President Trump's going to have to carry the campaign. Boy, oh boy, it's a lot on his sheet. Got to deal with all the policy and then he's got a campaign for his party. There's no leadership in the Republican Party outside of shop. Oh, Justice Department suing three more states over giving tuition benefits to undocumented migrants. So the states are Connecticut, New York State, Vermont, of course, lawsuits pending. Minnesota, Virginia, California, New Jersey, Kansas, of all places, I was surprised. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, Colorado. Lawsuits won by the Department of Justice. Texas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Illinois. This is easy. If you are in the country illegally, you are not entitled to what an American citizen is entitled to, Right? And American citizens, many of them go to state universities. They have in state tuition, and now these states want to give it to people who are here illegally. I mean, this is just crazy. In addition, this is. There is a breakdown about religion. So the breakdown is this religion in the Democratic precincts is on the slide big time. In the Republican precincts, it's sliding. This is organized religion, but not nearly what it is in the Democratic areas. Okay? So no surprise. I mean, if you look at church attendance, way down, we have probably the best guest on this in the country. Bishop Robert Barron, you've heard of him. He runs Word on Fire, the most successful, I think, religious website in the world. He's got his first venture theatrical release, Heaven in Stone and Glass, where he takes a look at Notre Dame and Rheims and all of the medieval churches that are famous and explains what happened there. But more importantly, as far as politics is concerned, Bishop Barron recently, recently interviewed J.D. vance, the vice president. And of course, Mr. Vance has turned us down. Now, Bishop, he comes to us from Rochester, Minnesota. I know why. If it were my choice to be interviewed by me or you, I would definitely take you. Okay. Definitely. I definitely would. So I missed. I'm not mad advance. I. I was surprised. I was surprised because he's going on every whacked out show in the world to sell his book. I was happy he went on your program. And one of the things that you guys talked about was this difficulty that the Catholic Church, because Vance is a convert, is having by the Pope saying, we have to be compassionate. We've got to really. And it's all gospel based, help the people who need help. But at the same time, everybody saw what happened in Spain. You get 60 people in the morgue and a lot of my friends who are Catholic having a hard time with this. Okay, how can a Catholic Church be sympathetic and pretty much oppose the hard line Donald Trump takes? But at the same time, we're seeing death and destruction all over the place from this mass migration. Did you guys get into that?
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Bishop Robert Barron
Well, you know, Bill, I always try to articulate Catholic social teaching in a nuanced way, because of course, we're for a compassionate outreach to all people. That's the gospel. And the Pope is articulating that very clearly. At the same time, Catholic social teaching says a government has a right to maintain its borders, to enforce its immigration laws. It has to do it humanely, of course, but those two things are in a healthy tension with each other. What I said to Vance was, you know, my job as a churchman is to articulate the principles. Your job, especially as a Catholic politician, is to formulate the policy. Don't turn to me to say, now what exactly should we do with this piece of immigration legislation? I don't have the detailed knowledge on the ground that's for people like you. So I think that's okay for the church to say both. And there, yes to immigrants always in compassion, but also yes to a country's right to defend its borders. Because something I've seen very clearly, the chaos caused by an open Border. And I mean the moral chaos, just the issue of child sex trafficking, which is staggering. And the more we read about that and more that becomes clear to us, the more we see that an unregulated border is a morally very dangerous proposition. So I don't hold to that simple minded view that, yes, welcome the stranger, therefore no immigration laws, therefore no regulated border. No, no, no. Catholic social teaching is nuanced on that
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Bill O'Reilly
point, but Pope Leo doesn't sell the civic part of it, in my opinion. Now he's a liberation theologian, as you know, he's seen terrible poverty in South America and the oligarchs, which do run the show down there, Bernie Sanders is right about that, take advantage of them. So I'm only seeing one lane of traffic here from Pope Leo.
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Bishop Robert Barron
Yeah, I mean, you're right. I think he probably does emphasize that side. But I go back to the days of John Paul II and he was coming out very strongly in favor of peace. I think it was the time of the Iraq war and I was living with Cardinal George of Chicago at the time, and someone, a conservative Catholic, wrote to the cardinal saying, what is this with the Pope? And he's so one sided. And the cardinal said to him, look, that's the Pope's job, is to call for peace. So I mean, in a way, I think it's appropriate for the Pope to be articulating always the more compassionate side of the equation, but acknowledging all the time that the Church's official teaching does recognize the nuance. But I think I'd give him the benefit of the doubt that his job is to advocate for peace, advocate for compassion, and that's sort of in the first position. But if you look in the catechism, you look in our official teaching, there is that nuance.
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Bill O'Reilly
Okay? But when you have a Pope, very powerful voice in the world, and he comes out and he says, well, we need peace in Iran, well, he has to know that Iran doesn't want peace for 50 years. Okay? And I covered my book Confronting Evil. That's the last thing they want. Would it be wrong, a Pope Leo, to say, we got a problem with Iran? They don't seem to want peace. But you never hear that.
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Bishop Robert Barron
No, I don't think you hear that from, from him, that clearly there's something, Bill, in the more recent pronouncements on the just war that has a certain prejudice against preemptive war. So in classical just war teaching, let's say Augustine and Aquinas, there was a legitimacy to a preemptive war, even to Correct a moral evil, Aquinas says. But in the more recent teaching, let's say the last 75 years, the popes have really moved against preemptive war, just given the destructive capacity of modern warfare. And they've said that it's only in case of clear unjust aggression that war can be fought. Under that rubric, you can understand the Ukrainian war and the Vatican support for Ukraine. I think you're probably hearing the overtones of that in the Pope's articulations of this situation. The Church doesn't like preemptive war, even in the face of what looks like, you know, a threat developing in a place like Iran. But that reflects the teaching of the last about 75 years.
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Bill O'Reilly
Okay, but there's a big difference between theory and reality. So when you have a country that's sworn to kill every Jew on the planet and Americans also trying their hardest to develop a nuclear weapon, I don't know what else you do. But a preemptive war, what else do you do? The seeds of destruction. The seeds of destruction are right around the corner.
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Bishop Robert Barron
Right. And that's probably where people. There might be room for development of doctrine, meaning might. In that case, you see that sort of preemption as in fact a defensive war that you say, I'm not going to wait till the nuclear weapon's on its way. But I can see it's in full development. I mean, is there some room for, for nuance and development in the Church's approach? But the last 75 years, roughly, we've said no to preemptive war, only to defensive war. So that's, that's been the standard teaching for a while.
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Bill O'Reilly
Tough one. Do you get the antisemitism thing? You've been around. I mean, you deal with thousands of people. I don't, I don't get the anti Semitism. I get that the left, which is driving this thing, but it's not exclusively on the left. I get they don't like Israel. I get they don't feel that Israel is a legitimate country and that it's waged a horror packed campaign against Hamas. But why would that bleed over to individual.
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Bill O'Reilly
I mean, why would people at Harvard, Jewish students be afraid of their dorm rooms? I don't have an answer for that. No, I'm with you.
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Bishop Robert Barron
And of course, that distinction between anti Semitism and opposition to certain policies of the Israeli government. Sure, that's a legitimate distinction. I go back to someone like Rene Girard, the great theorist. Vance and I talked about him. The scapegoating mechanism is so deep in us that when social tension arises, we look by a basic instinct for a scapegoat. We look for someone or some group to blame. Classically, in our Western culture, Jews have been a scapegoat. So whenever the society becomes troubled, uneasy, we cast about for a scapegoat. So it's that old, old problem, you see it all the way back in medieval Europe and so on, that's rearing its ugly head again. But Girard, I think, sheds light on that, that we need the scapegoating mechanism to feel a kind of ersatz piece in the face of our struggles. I think that's the rubric we should read it under.
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Bill O'Reilly
Well, I don't know any anti Semites. I mean, I know thousands of people. I don't know anybody who. Because I wouldn't tolerate it in my presence, number one. Everybody knows that. But I'm an observer. I don't see it. But it seems to be germinating in the nation's university system, okay? Where the far left administrators and teachers are passing along the Israeli hatred. We hate Israel, and they're genocidal. And if you're Jewish, you're part of that. And I'm going, no, if you're Jewish, you have nothing to do with that because you live in America. But that is huge. Even in some Catholic universities, you see it.
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Bishop Robert Barron
No, I mean, I agree with you, Bill. I'm putting a lot of onus on the universities. I think a lot of bad things have been coming the last maybe 40 years out of universities. And part of Wokeism, which gestated in the universities, is the US against them. The oppressor, oppressed understanding of the world. The roots of that are in European critical theory. It came into our university system and then broke out in a popular way as wokeism. But see, this fits into that matrix. Oppressor, oppressed, good guys, bad guys. Israel is on the side of the oppressor class. Anyone that's associated with Israel, therefore is bad. Yes, I think that very simplistic Manichean view of things did come out of the universities as did this. What I call culture of self invention. That autonomy is so absolute. I define the meaning of my existence, I define the meaning of the universe, I define my own gender. There's no objectivity to the moral order. That too is a mark of wokeism. And it gestated in the universities. And so a lot of that I think is the source of mischief in our culture.
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Bill O'Reilly
A couple of weeks ago. Did you ever watch the program the Sopranos? Have you seen it?
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Bishop Robert Barron
Yeah, sure.
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Bill O'Reilly
The character Paulie Walnuts. Unforgettable.
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Bishop Robert Barron
His brother is a priest.
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Bill O'Reilly
We had him on. Oh, you did? We had him on a program. Very articulate, Missouri based. He said that Christianity is incompatible with communism. You believe that?
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Bishop Robert Barron
Of course. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, look, I studied Marx as a young man and you know, Marx says the first critique is a critique of religion. You first have to get rid of religion, which is the opium of the masses. Then you can move on to the other critiques, you know, economic, political and cultural and so on. But the first one is religion. And so, yeah, by its very nature, communism is at odds with religion. And indeed, in the great communist regimes of the last century, they followed Marx. They went after religion first. Which is one reason why I'm very alarmed by this emergence of communism in our own country. And I'm alarmed as a religious person. It's not some little harmless game on the political left. It's a very dangerous cultural contagion. And religious people have got to wake up, it seems to me.
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Bill O'Reilly
I think they're asleep as well. I don't think they understand. Most Americans don't understand what communism really is because no, they haven't lived the Cold War and all of that stuff. But if the majority of American voters would figure it out, these radical leftists wouldn't have a chance.
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Bishop Robert Barron
Well, it's incredible to me, like this Hassan Piker fellow I saw recently, he's in a Mao jacket and he said in one of his interviews, Mao Zedong is one of the greatest human beings ever. Mao Zedong, the greatest mass murderer of all time. No No, I mean, I don't begin to understand where that's coming from. You know, I'm old enough to have known people who fled from communism. They knew by direct experience what it mean. I remember, of course, the great papacy of John Paul ii, who stands athwart communism, you know, But I think what happens is people forget that they lose touch of it and now communism becomes, you know, taking care of the poor or it means, you know, free lunches or something. But communism is a, is a coherent, consistent ideology which is directly repugnant to religion and to human freedom and to democracy, et cetera. So, no, it's very dangerous business.
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Bill O'Reilly
Okay. Bishop, always a pleasure to talk with you. If people want to check you out, it's word on fire dot com. Right, Right. And then you could check out the documentaries. Got Heaven and Stone and Glass. It'll be. I'm going to watch, I'm going to. I've been to most of these places that you are talking about in your doc. It's unbelievable what man can do. I mean, just the Notre Dame, just a Notre Dame rehab after the fire. Like, whoa. Anyway, if we can ever do anything for you, you let us know. And I appreciate, appreciate your time today.
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Bishop Robert Barron
All right, God bless you, Bill. Thanks.
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Bill O'Reilly
Rasmussen, Paul. Let's see, about a week ago it says, who do you like as the 2028 Democratic presidential nominee? Ready? Kamala Harris, 37%. Whoa. Gavin Newsom, 14. Pete Buddha Judge, 10. Ocasio Cortez, 9. Harris. That's a big poll for her, right? I, I heard people go, oh, Kamala Harris a communist? No, he's not a communist. There are a lot of things that she is, but that's not one of them. So love such a straight there, but would she oppose the communists? No, she'll take what she can get. July, the hottest month on record in American history. This is a National oceanic and Atmospheric Administration average temperature in July 77 and every state except for Alaska and Hawaii was hot. Now, Alaska had one of their coldest. But they're up there. I don't know what they're doing in Hawaii. So some examples. Salt Lake City, 109 is their record high. Sheridan, Wyoming, 109. Billings, Montana, 111. Whoa. 115 in Miles City, Montana. So it is hot. Back in a moment. Okay, final thought of the day. Pretty shocking. I thought that the left wing media, Disney and those people would step back after the communist movement began in earnest. Look, I know they don't like Trump and they've made a living for what, six years hating Trump. I got it. But these communists, they got to know how dangerous they are. They haven't stepped back a bit. A little more low key. But it all comes back to Trump. Is that Trump is the devil. Trump is the devil. Not these guys. Not Mamdani. Not Dr. Al Sayed. No. With a whitewash. And I'm sitting there going, it's over. I know it's over. That's why I do this, because I run my own corporations. It is over. You are not going to get a fair presentation of the news in America on television or in most print publications. You're not going to get it. And the game now is to exclude stories like the Madison, Wisconsin story. Just don't report it never happened. So we're dedicating or rededicating ourselves to YouTube and billoriley.com and all of our distribution points to cover stories we know are not going to be covered by the networks or most of the cables if they're important to you. As we will continue to do that. Thank you very much for watching and listening to the no Spin News. See you again tomorrow.
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