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Foreign. Bill O'Reilly, 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 Thursday, March 12, 2026. Here's what's happening today in America. Attack on tankers, temporary protected status, Starbucks leaving Seattle and John Cornyn flips. It's all coming up. And Bill's gonna be here with your message of the day. But first, Iran is launching sea drones against oil tankers. At least three oil tankers were struck by Iran, one off the coast of the UAE and two off of Basra, Iraq. The BBC is reporting that one of the ships that was struck off the coast of Iraq is a US Owned but a Marshall Islands flagged ship. The practice of flagging is to allow ship owners to operate their ship under lower regulatory burdens while paying fewer costs. And it's been a conversation for a while now how much security the US should give to ship owners who fly the cheapest flag of convenience. The Marshall Islands doesn't even have a military. But either way, innocent ships. We've been told about Iran's so called mosquito fleet of several hundred small boats with Chinese made anti ship missile launchers on them. It's being reported that the new Supreme Leader, the 56 year old son of the old supreme leader has lost a leg, has other serious injuries and might even be in a coma. The Department of Justice issued an emergency request for the Supreme Court to lift a judge's decision preventing the termination of temporary protected status amnesty for about 350,000 Haitian migrants. The Department of Justice says lower courts were again attempting to block major executive branch policy initiatives in ways that inflict specific harm to the national interest and foreign relations. In February, a Biden appointed judge blocked President Trump's administration from ending TPS amnesty for Haitian migrants, arguing that the administration's process was illegitimate. Temporary protected status lasts usually six months. Haitians have had it for 16 years after an earthquake in 2010. The founder of Starbucks, Howard Schultz, said he and his wife are moving from the Democrat run city of Seattle, Washington to Florida. This is right after Washington passed a millionaire's tax affecting people who make more than a million dollars a year. Florida has zero income tax for everybody. Starbucks headquarters are also expanding in Nashville, Tennessee, another state with no income tax. Senator John Cornyn of Texas is in a big primary battle to keep his job and to try to save his job. He said he has now switched his view on ending the filibuster. He wrote an op ed in the New York Post called why the SAVE Act Matters more than the filibuster, he said, a rule is only a rule if both sides follow it. I believe that Democrats, with their votes and statements, have already dealt the filibuster a fatal blow. The Senate rules will change eventually, whether Republicans like it or not. He then said, I support whatever changes to Senate rules may prove necessary for us to get the Save America act passed. I'm Mike Slater. I have a podcast called Politics by faith on the YouTube. Bill O'Reilly has your message of the day next.
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Time now for the O'Reilly update message of the Day on this Thursday. Mexico is not a friend to the United States. His government has been corrupt for decades, and that has led to the rise in murder and international drug trafficking all throughout that country. That is not an opinion. It's a fact. The current presidente of Mexico, socialist Claudia Sheinbaum, is under heavy pressure from the Trump administration to allow American assets to help eradicate the incredibly vicious drug cartels. Ms. Sheinbaum has initiated a few arrests, but will not allow US Authorities inside her country when she could easily do so. Instead, she blames American drug addicts and smuggled weaponry for Mexico's problem. An absurd argument. The cartels have murdered more than a million of Sheinbaum's people over a decade. Stop making excuses, madam. It is true that Americans who buy illegal narcotics are part of the problem. No question. These are selfish individuals who enable murder, bad Americans. But it is Sheinbaum herself who is the primary problem. Summon up some courage, Madam President. Do the right thing. Those cartels should be destroyed. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. You can reach me billorilly.com, billorilly.com, name in town if you wish to opine. All right. Arthur is a concierge member. It's another great opportunity. BillOReilly.com, concierge membership. I usually find some issue to point out to you, O'Reilly, but not this time. You're spot on. Instant gratification in America. Superficiality, antisocial behavior on multiple levels categorize our country better than anything else. It's sad, but there's a division here. It's not all black. All right? There are many, many young people signing up for the military and doing great things. It's either kind of one or the other. Jillian. Personally, I believe the Internet is at the root of all of our problems. I was around 95 when it started. I thought it was amazing. Little did I know what a monster it would become. It is out of control. If you don't have discipline, you get addicted real easy to it. And then you create the bubble world and you don't know anything and don't care to know anything. Tim McKay, Ludington, Michigan. In conflict, you express that the media wants immediate resolution and asks how long the war is going to last, how many casualties, what's the resolution? I believe the media is actually just wanting to pressure Trump into misrepresenting the Iran situation. Yeah, I'm not going to disagree with that. It's called Gotcha. They want to get them. They want to trap them. Obvious CNN is they're the apex of that. Emil Imbro, Coral Springs, Florida. So Russia is revealed to be sending intelligence to Iran by US Sites. Then Trump eases oil sanctions on Russia after speaking to Putin. Why? Because of the worldwide oil problem, which is going to be temporary. So there's stuff going on that I don't like, but it's called greater good. You don't want the world to go into a recession. And, you know, look, this Putin character, he's a big winner in all this. And yeah, is he helping Iran if he can, anything to hurt the United States. Putin is down with. In a moment, something you might not know. Now the O'Reilly update brings you something you might not know. 109 years ago today, starving peasants staged a workers strike in imperial Russia. The group was joined by farmers, police, then members of the military. Soon, the czar and his family abandoned the throne. After ruling the country for three centuries, the Communist revolution was underway. Here's how Moscow went from a monarchy to Karl Marx. In the early 1900s, Russia was one of the most impoverished countries in the world, much like Cuba is today. By 1917, the Russian people had lost faith in the leadership. Thousands of protesters stormed the streets of St. Petersburg. Within two days, similar demonstrations erupted all over Russia. The people demanded an end to the monarchy. Instead, they preferred to be ruled by local councils, also known as Soviets. On March 12, the revolution triumphed when regiment after regiment of the army defected to the communist cause. The tsar's government was forced to resign. On March 15, Nicholas II abdicated his throne and abolished the position. After years in exile, Vladimir Lenin, leader of the Bolshevik Party, left Switzerland and returned to Russia. The events led to a civil war between different factions. By 1923, Lenin and his Communists had seized control. They would hold power over the USSR until its collapse in 1991. And here's something else you might not know. The Russian Revolution and its ideology brought about the greatest humanitarian disaster in history. For the next century, communism would cause the deaths of an estimated 100 million human beings. That includes 25 million Russians, at least 40 million people in China and another 30 million in places like Vietnam, North Korea, Cuba. The leading cause of death under Communist rule, starvation, which I chronicle in my book Confronting Evil. Back in a moment. Thank you for listening to the O'Reilly update. I am Bill O'Reilly. For more news and honest analysis, please go to billoreilly.com no spin, just facts and always looking out. It.