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Foreign. Here you are listening to the O'Reilly update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater.
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Thank you, Bill. It is Monday, December 29, 2025. Here's what's happening today in America. Blizzard up north, Zelensky to Florida, Chinese military drills and one of the most popular Twitter videos ever. That is all coming up. And then I will be here with your message of the day. And then something you might not know because today is a very special holiday. But first, 40 million people going to be living in blizzard conditions today and tomorrow in the United States. Particular blizzard warnings for Grand Rapids in Fargo, North Dakota, Rochester, Minnesota, Mason City, Iowa and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. They even named it Winter Storm Ezra. It's gonna hit Maine on Tuesday. Snowfall is between 3 to 8 inches in the Upper Peninsula, 2ft winds gusting as high as 45 miles per hour. And again, northern Michigan, 60 mile per hour winds. The south had a hot Christmas. Dallas was 79, Atlanta was 71. But the cold air dropping south today, Dallas not going to get out of the 50s. And Tuesday's high in Atlanta is going to barely get into the 40s for the high. Zelinski made a trip to Mar a Lago yesterday. There's a video of him and our president shaking hands on the steps of of the president's house. A reporter said, Mr. President, do you think Putin is serious about peace this time? The president said, I do. I think he is. I think they both are. The president wrote on Truth Social I just had a very good and very productive telephone call with President Putin of Russia prior to our meeting at 1 o' clock today with President Zelensky of Ukraine. Even CNN reporting, quote, negotiators are getting closer to a deal ending the war between Russia and Ukraine. But the president said there are still thorny issues. China's military announced that it's mobilizing its army, navy, air and rocket units around Taiwan and a major set of military drills to send a serious warning in any push for Taiwanese independence. Taiwan's government condemned the drills and accusing China of military intimidation. China's Eastern Theater Command, they're doing this drill called just mission 2025 in five different blocks around the island in the Taiwan Strait and then to Taiwan's north, southwest, southeast and east. These drills are following a $11.1 billion arms deal between the United States and Taiwan which includes rocket systems, anti tank and anti armor missiles, drones, howitzers and military software. A video has been posted on Twitter by independent reporter Nick Shirley documenting the amount of fraud in Minnesota. We're going to talk in more details about this in the very next segment. This YouTuber found daycares that received $110 million last year. And don't daycare any kids. We'll talk more about that in the next segment.
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I'm Mike Slater filling it for Bill O'Reilly. Now it's time for the O'Reilly Update. Message of the day. Nick Shirley, in his own words, is a 23 year old, 100% independent YouTuber who quote, have never touched drugs or alcohol, is a virgin and has devoted many years in missionary service. I ain't worried about a thing. Why would he have anything to be worried about? Like what? Why would he say that? Because the left is going to try and destroy him. Why? Because he may have ended the career of Governor Tim Walz by fully reporting on the amount of Somali led fraud in Minnesota. Nick Shirley posted a 42 minute video. It is now over 100 million views. That makes this one of the most popular videos in the history of Twitter and X where he goes to daycare centers that have received state funds in Minnesota. One address has three daycare centers. The daycare centers are licensed to care for 102 children. They've received two $2.6 million last year. There were no children there. One building had three daycare centers in it. No children and all the windows were blacked out and doors locked. The sign out front says open 7A to 7P seven days a week. There's no one there. There's never anyone there, least of all kids. The ABC Learning center again, blacked out windows. Licensed for 40 kids. There are no kids. Those two daycare centers are right next to each other. Same parking lot that daycare center was given $1.6 million by the state of Minnesota, all run by Somalis. At one daycare center. They did find someone there. He asked. Nick Shirley asked, hey, I'm here. I want to put my kid in daycare. And they all pretended to not speak English or didn't speak English. They kept saying, no, no, no, no, no, no and ran away. Maybe the top leering center, they misspelled learning on the sign out front says leering center. That's how blatant the fraud is. They've received $4 million in the last two years. Couldn't get the sign right. Nick Shirley went from daycare to daycare, found $110 million in fraud in one day of driving around town. In this video, he also went over home healthcare companies. One building had 14 home healthcare companies. It's all blatant fraud. Tim Walls, the governor, almost, almost the vice president. There was two years ago an $18 billion surplus in Minnesota. Now there's a $6 billion deficit, $24 billion swing in just two years. But in our time here, I want to focus on Nick Shirley, the person, the 23 year old who made this video. J.D. vance, our thank God actual vice president winning vice president, said that Nick Shirley has done more useful journalism than any of the winners of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize. This fraud was as blatant as could be right in the open. But no one could say anything because first of all, you'd be called racist. But it would also prove Trump right, it would prove conservatives right, and it might make immigrants and migrants look bad. The left is so dedicated to this that the mayor of Boston, Michelle Wu the other day said, you cannot talk about the achievements of the city of Boston without mentioning Somalians. What? So my hope is that this not only takes down a massive fraud industrial complex across the country, but that this inspires thousands of YouTubers to do the job that the media should have been doing to expose all this fraud once and for all. When Elon was trying to do this with Doge, the left put all their attention and focused to take him out. But when we have a decentralized attack by thousands of Nick Shirley's, what can they do then? Let's hope it all comes crashing down for the corrupt. Something you might not know. Next.
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Mike Slater filling her for Bill O'Reilly. Now it's time for something you might not know. Today is the middle of Kwanzaa. Almost forgot about it this year. Kwanzaa, if you don't know, is a fake, stupid communist holiday. Sesame street celebrated it the other day. Elmo said, h is for holiday, and that was the holiday they went with the Marxist one. People think Kwanzaa is some ancient Pan African holiday that's been celebrated for hundreds of years in Africa. No, it was invented by a guy, Ronald Everett, born here, a Marxist activist and black separatist who later changed his name to Maulana Karenga and became a professor of black studies at Cal State Long Beach. In the 60s, Karenga started an organization called US. As in US, meaning black people against them, the white people. And. And this was a black power militant group, and they would fight police and they would fight other black power groups. Members of this group killed two Black Panthers in 1969. Now, I did yada, yada, yada over part of the story. I said he was a Marxist activist, and then I said he became professor in between that time, just before he became a professor, he was arrested and convicted for felony assault for torturing two women. And it's all too gruesome to share here, but the short of it is he stripped them and beat them with electrical cords and put a hot smoldering iron in their mouths and put their toes in vices and beat him over the head. After he was released from prison, that's when Cal State Long beach hired him, and he's now the director of its African Studies department, still today. So he made up Kwanzaa. He did it to, quote, give blacks an alternative to the existing holiday and give blacks an opportunity to celebrate themselves and their history rather than simply imitate the practices of the dominant society. He hated Christianity. He said Christianity was a white religion that black people should shun. So to be clear, the founder of Kwanzaa is a total lunatic. And he made up this holiday that. I don't know if anyone celebrates it today. I read online that 2% of people celebrate it. But, like, have you ever met anyone who actually celebrated? But we're still supposed to pretend like it's one of the holidays of the holiday season, like, like we all have memories of Kwanzaa songs growing up. And I love the Charlie Brown Kwanzaa special. You'd be better off following George Costanza's dad and celebrating Festivus. I hope you had a great Christmas and wonderful new year coming up, you know, real holidays. More coming up. I'm Mike Slater. I have a podcast called Politics by Faith. You can listen to it anywhere you listen to downloads. Hope you have a wonderful day. We'll be back tomorrow. Spread.
Host: Mike Slater (filling in for Bill O'Reilly)
Podcast Theme: No Spin News—Concise reporting and commentary on key domestic and international events, with a spotlight on an explosive investigative video exposing alleged government fraud in Minnesota. The episode also critically examines the holiday Kwanzaa and its origins.
This episode delivers major headlines from the U.S. and around the globe, including coverage of severe winter weather, geopolitical tensions, and a viral exposé alleging massive daycare-related fraud in Minnesota. Host Mike Slater (subbing for Bill O’Reilly) dedicates the message of the day to this exposé, dissecting both its content and the individual behind it. The show closes with a critical investigation into the origins and cultural significance of Kwanzaa.
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Severe Blizzard Conditions:
Weather Extremes Across the U.S.:
Ukraine-Russia Peace Efforts:
Chinese Military Drills Around Taiwan:
Viral Video on Minnesota Daycare Fraud:
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Shirley's 42-minute video, now at over 100 million views—one of X/Twitter's most-watched ever.
He exposes multiple daycare centers in Minnesota:
On-the-Ground Encounters:
Scope of Alleged Fraud:
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Slater offers an unsparing history and critique of Kwanzaa:
Covers Karenga’s criminal convictions, violent history, and eventual academic appointment.
Motives attributed to Kwanzaa’s creation: to offer an alternative to Christmas, denounce Christianity as a “white religion.”
Slater downplays prevalence and authenticity:
On daycare fraud:
On political response and media:
On Kwanzaa:
The episode is delivered with the direct, combative, and occasionally sardonic style that defines the "No Spin News." Mike Slater, filling in, channels O’Reilly’s brisk and skeptical approach, especially when highlighting media failures and government mismanagement. Quotations and expositional asides provide rhetorical punches and occasional humor.
For those who missed the episode:
You’ll get a snapshot of major news—from severe storms and delicate diplomatic moves, to the story behind a 100-million-view exposé alleged massive Minnesota fraud. You’ll also hear an unabashed critique of Kwanzaa’s origins and contemporary relevance, delivered in Slater’s unmistakably provocative tone.