Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis

Episode: Weekend Edition – September 6, 2025
Host: Bill O’Reilly
Guests/Co-Hosts: Chris Cuomo, Stephen A. Smith, Curtis Sliwa, Dr. Owen Anderson
Length: ~1 hour

Episode Overview

This weekend edition dives into the hot topics shaping American politics and society: New York City’s mayoral race and its political extremes, crime and public safety, progressive ideology’s influence in academia and media, the ongoing Epstein files controversy, the federal response to urban crime, the impact and risks of tariffs, and the debate over vaccine mandates. Bill O’Reilly, alongside Chris Cuomo and guests Curtis Sliwa, Dr. Owen Anderson, and Stephen A. Smith, provide spirited, candid debate with a focus on facts, argument, and sharp opinion.

1. New York City Mayoral Race and Urban Crime

(01:07–15:46)

Main Discussion:

• Chris Cuomo introduces the prospect of Zoran Mamdani, a "democratic socialist" candidate, as the frontrunner, calling him “the most radical mayoral candidate in NYC history,” labeling his policies as “obviously communism” – with proposals to control private property, jail violators, city-controlled groceries, and race-based rights.
• Cuomo points out the impracticality of Mamdani’s proposals and their constitutional issues, but concedes “In New York City, the registration Democrat to Republican is 5 to 1... That’s why I have this madness.”
• Poll Breakdown: Mamdani leads polls, but the race is fluid with Eric Adams' campaign faltering due to funds.
• Curtis Sliwa, Republican candidate, joins to outline his approach.

Key Issues & Sliwa’s Positions:

• No Bail Law:

  • Sliwa blames Andrew Cuomo’s 2019 no-cash-bail law for rising crime; calls for "naming and shaming" judges not using discretion.
  • Emphasizes a potential "one-two punch" if Republicans can gain the mayoralty and governor’s mansion.
  • Quote (04:41): “You have to name them and shame them... That’s not happening whatsoever.” – Curtis Sliwa

• Street Crime & Drug Addiction:

  • Sliwa: Drug addicts drive much crime, enabled by lack of enforcement; wants addicts forcibly placed in rehab or state hospitals, not harm-reduction clinics.
  • Quote (06:56): “They must be removed... there are state hospitals that have plenty of empty space.” – Curtis Sliwa

• Migrants & Illegal Immigration:

  • Sliwa: Migrants are “integral” to NYC’s economy. Supports more realistic legal pathways, cooperation with federal agencies, and cracking down on sex trafficking/cartels.
  • Acknowledges city council’s progressive opposition would be a barrier.

• City Cleanliness & Sanitation:

  • Sliwa blames union contracts for inefficiency, lack of accountability, and over-regulation hurting businesses.
  • Calls for transparency, suggests prior Sanitation Department leadership made harmful decisions like removing trash cans.

• Cost of Living:

  • Sliwa: Lowering personal, property, and business taxes a must.
  • Calls attention to 100,000 warehoused apartments and dysfunction in landlord-tenant courts.

Notable Quotes:

• “If Elise (Stefanik) can get 33, 34% of the vote in the city... You’ll have a Republican mayor and a Republican governor.” — Curtis Sliwa (05:32)
• “Now, you have to bring this to the attention of the people... they’re paying for the service.” — Curtis Sliwa (13:29)
• “There are 100,000 apartments... We’ve got to free up those locations... The landlords have no rights.” — Curtis Sliwa (14:31)

2. Progressive Media & Academia: White Men & Ideological Bias

(17:39–28:27)

Discussion Points:

• Chris Cuomo discusses “a racist view of the world” among some progressive media voices, notably Joy Reid, who criticizes white men in America.

  • Sample Joy Reid Quote (18:59): “When you tell them you don't have to be excellent, you just have to be white. You will get mediocrity.”

• Response:

  • O’Reilly finds an academic critique by Dr. Owen Anderson of Arizona State University, who says anti-white rhetoric is institutionalized in academia via “DEI or social justice training.”
  • Anderson claims anti-white, anti-Western, and even Marxist philosophies dominate faculty training and teaching.
  • Quote (21:36): “Arizona State University had a required employee training... you found out quickly that the content was about anti-whiteness, the problems with heteronormativity and the decolonizing movement…” – Dr. Owen Anderson

• The ‘Oppressed vs. Oppressor’ Worldview:

  • Anderson ties the trend to the Marxist division of the world into oppressed/oppressor groups, which, he argues, removes personal responsibility and dominates humanities education.

• Academic Conformity:

  • “Almost all the students will tell the professor they agree with DEI... but then they'll tell the pollster they don't really believe that.” – Dr. Owen Anderson (23:54)
  • Only about 2% of faculty are Republicans at major Arizona universities, reflecting deep and lasting hiring bias.

• Class Assignment Challenge:

  • O’Reilly asks Anderson to have students answer: “Why do voters re-elect those who’ve failed them?” Promises to discuss results on-air.

3. Epstein Files, Transparency & Political Motives

(28:50–39:06)

Key Points:

• Epstein files controversy is raised:
  • O’Reilly, Stephen A. Smith, and Cuomo discuss the mounting pressure for disclosure and how both parties politicize the issue.
• Trump Administration & Promises:
  • Smith: “The one thing that Trump doesn’t get to do...is blame the Democrats for it... People in his own administration said they were in possession of it...and they didn’t show the American people.”
  • O’Reilly: “The hatred against Donald Trump skews everything. Trump used the wrong word by saying hoax. Not a hoax. It’s petty fogging.”
  • Consensus: The only responsible move is to hand files to an independent counsel and stop using the issue for political attacks.

Notable Moment:

• Cuomo: “The motivation of the Democratic Party... is to tie criminality around Trump’s neck—not to know what the victims went through...” (37:46)

4. Federal Crime Intervention & the Urban Crisis

(39:06–49:13)

Discussion:

• Chicago & Urban Crime:
  • O’Reilly and Smith call out Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s lack of forthrightness about persistent murder rates, especially in black neighborhoods.
  • Emphasis on terror created by gangs in inner cities, and the political inaction allowing it to continue.
• Possible Federal Solutions:
  • O’Reilly: Posse Comitatus limits military policing, but White House exploring reclassifying drug gangs as terrorists to justify federal intervention.
  • Smith: “National Guard is not trained for that... but it’s the right issue.” There’s opportunity in the ‘how’ crime is fought, not just the fact.
• Politicization of Help:
  • Pritzker refuses federal resources to avoid giving Trump credit; O’Reilly: “That’s all about politics... because you don’t want to receive the obvious help that you need.”

Notable Quotes:

• Bill O’Reilly (41:22): “Pritzker doesn’t want to solve the problem...The murders are taking place in the black neighborhoods.”
• Stephen A. Smith (44:03): “I don’t need any of Bill O'Reilly’s statistics...to know that he's right...Black folks in that city have been getting killed for years.”

5. Tariffs and the Economy – Winners, Losers, & Political Risk

(49:13–56:26)

Discussion:

• Trump’s Tariffs:

  • Stephen A.: “It’s a bunch of pomp and circumstance... until it’s finalized in writing and we see it have a positive effect... If companies are paying too much, that’s going to trickle down to the consumer.”
  • Question of whether tariffs are actually hurting small business rather than China.
  • O’Reilly: “I cannot analyze the tariffs...without data. And I don’t have data.” (52:54)

• Political Risk:

  • If costs rise for small businesses and consumers, Republicans will pay the price in the midterms.
  • Strong consensus that tariffs are a major economic issue, but real-world impact unclear until hard data emerges.

Memorable Moment:

• Stephen A. Smith (55:10): “Small businesses especially are feeling what they are feeling... their cost structure has gotten exploded by these tariffs...”
• Chris Cuomo (55:42): “That’s not what the consumer is experiencing. I paid three bucks a gallon for gas...”

6. Vaccine Mandate Backlash & Medical Science Denial

(56:26–60:49)

Key Points:

• Florida’s move, with Governor DeSantis, to ban all vaccine mandates is criticized as overreach and dangerous:
  • O’Reilly: “It just. It's amazing to me. First of all, he sounded ignorant as hell, number one. Number two...he said all vaccines... like, no vaccines have been helpful. No vaccines work. Really? Where's the evidence for that?”
• Discussion of Operation Warp Speed and Trump’s relationship to vaccines—he created it but is now booed for supporting it.
• Both left and right are critiqued for science denial and harmful political signaling.

7. Final Take: The Biggest Issue Facing America

(61:10–61:39)

Quickfire Answers:

• Chris Cuomo: “Spending, the economy and consumers believing in the American dream... Donald Trump has got to lower prices and be very aggressive in helping the working people of this country.”
• Bill O’Reilly: “I completely agree with Bill O’Reilly on all accounts...” (playful reference)

Notable Quotes & Moments

• “He wants to set up taxpayer expense grocery stores to give free food...He takes the distribution of food and he puts it under city control. That is communism.” — Chris Cuomo (03:00)
• “You're going to win some, you're going to lose some. But you see, the taxpayers are going to know that you got their back.” — Curtis Sliwa (08:33)
• “That’s the essence of Marxist approach...most people don’t have responsibility, things are done to them.” — Dr. Owen Anderson (27:32)
• “I don't think Pritzker's a liar, but he looks bad. Until you get to the how, I don't believe the National Guard...is the answer.” — Stephen A. Smith (43:57)
• “The far right is so against medical science at this point in history, it’s frightening.” — Bill O’Reilly (60:49)

Major Timestamps

• 01:07 – Opening on NYC politics and Mamdani
• 04:41 – Sliwa’s critique of bail reform & plan
• 09:34 – Migrant/immigration policy discussion
• 12:11 – NYC sanitation/cleanliness problems
• 17:39 – Progressive media’s stance on white men/reverse racism
• 21:04 – Dr. Owen Anderson on academia in America
• 28:50 – Epstein files controversy and political weaponization
• 39:06 – Federal response in urban crime, Chicago case study
• 49:13 – Tariffs and the real economic impact
• 56:26 – Vaccine policy and political divides
• 61:10 – Final issue for the near future

Tone: The episode is argumentative, fast-paced, sometimes combative but consistently focused on “no spin”—debating real-world issues, not partisan talking points. O’Reilly often injects sharp critiques; Cuomo brings in policy details and polling, and Stephen A. Smith challenges both hosts and offers unique outsider perspective.