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Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to the O'Reilly Update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater.
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Mike Slater
Thank you, Bill. It is Monday, March 17, 2025. Here's what's happening today in America. Houthi struck, TDA deported, astronauts rescued and brackets picked. It's all coming up. Then Bill's gonna be here with your message of the day. But first, in President Trump's first term, he named the Houthis in Yemen a terrorist organization. In 2021, Joe Biden, one of his first things he did in office was to remove them from the terror list. In short, because he thought that the Houthis would use the money that they would now have available to them to help feed starving people in their country, they didn't. They used the money to nearly shut down the entire Red Sea and disturb international shipping in a dramatic way. 95% of ships they that went through the Suez Canal instead started going around the southern tip of Africa can add up to two weeks of transit time, a lot of money. According to the chief Pentagon spokesman, the Houthis have attacked US warships 174 times, one coming within a mile of one of our destroyers and commercial vessels 145 times in just the last year and a half. Trump said to all Houthi terrorists, your time is up and your attacks must stop starting today. If they don't, hell will rain down upon you like nothing you have ever seen before. Then he said to Iran, support for the Houthi terrorists must end immediately. Donald Trump also invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies act, which allows for the expedited removal of Venezuelan illegal aliens who are suspected to be members of the gang Trende Aragua. The Democrats argued to Trump in a letter that a migration is not technically an invasion. They said if courts have consistently held an invasion under the Constitution requires, quote, armed hostility from another political entity intended to overthrow the government. That has not stopped the Trump administration. Two NASA astronauts were supposed to go on a 10 day mission to the International Space Station. But when the Boeing Starliner had so many problems with it, they decided to return the vessel back to Earth without the astronauts on it. They've been up in the International Space Station for nine months, stranded. President Trump called Elon, of course, the head of SpaceX, to go rescue them. Elon says that Biden did not call him and SpaceX sooner because he thinks Biden didn't want to give a win to Elon, a Trump supporter. Selection Sunday was yesterday for March Madness. The number one seeds are Auburn, Duke, Houston and Florida. The SEC has a tournament record 14 bids. The first games kick off Tuesday. The first round officially begins this Thursday. I'm Mike Slater. From the podcast Politics by faith. Bill O'Reilly has your message of the.
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Bill O'Reilly
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President Trump says he wants the EU to prosper, but he also wants fair trade deals with our closest allies. Last week, the president hosted the leader of Ireland in the Oval Office. Mr. Trump softly chided his Irish counterpart, who took the jabs in good nature. Predictably, the Democrats used the friendly meeting to attack Trump's foreign policy. But here are a few examples of America's trade imbalance with Europe. Ireland, 80 billion. That means the Republic gets 80 billion more US dollars than we get euros from it. France 15 billion Austria 11 billion Italy 40 billion Sweden 9 billion Germany 80 billion. So we're getting hoes across the board, and everybody knows that. But some people don't care. Then there's national defense. Americans spend $820 billion a year on the military. That's all taxpayer money and it protects the EU. But over in Europe, Belgium spends 2% on its military and Donald Trump wants 5, 5% minimum from all European nations. Does that seem unreasonable to you? I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. You can reach me bill o'reilly.com bill@billoreilly.com name in town if you wish to opine. Douglas Shuffling, Richland, WA I know very little about the procedures regarding auto pen. How does the signature via auto pen different from a forgery? Because it has to be okayed. Government has to put the document in the auto pen. It's not a forgery. And started with Harry Truman. The presidents are overwhelmed with kind of I can't sign all day so that artificial pen is used. Nothing wrong with it. Unless you're doing it for high legislation like executive orders. Then there's something wrong with it. Susan would it be due process in front of a Soros immigration judge? Then he's back on our streets. You're talking about the Colombia Palestinian sympathizer. You can't go Soros judge because then the whole legal system collapses. There are plenty of bad judges, but you can't say, no, we're not going to do due process because they're bad judges. Then we have no system. Andrea Meisel, Dix Hills in New York on Long Island. Thanks for the info about Germany annexing Austria. My relatives were all killed in World War II. They did not flee Austria when they could have. My dad was fighting against them. This is difficult for us as my father fought his uncles. Wow, that was a bad thing. David Spite, Roanoke, Virginia, just finished confronting the president's great book. How did a small island of Pacific get so powerful? Well, killing the Rising sun is the book for you. And interestingly enough, we sold out of the Leather Bound Killing patents. They're gone. I told you that would happen. Now we have leather Bound Killing the Rising sun and this is a fabulous Father's Day gift. This will sell out as patent did. It will in a moment. Something you might not know. 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Millions of people around the world will honor the patron saint of Ireland with bagpipes, corned beef, perhaps a pint of Guinness. Here's how it all began. Patrick was born in Roman occupied Britain in the late 4th century. He was kidnapped by pagans as a teenager and taken to Ireland as a slave. He escaped and returned to Ireland years later as a priest, converting the Celtic people to Christianity. During his lifetime, Patrick established monasteries, churches, religious schools. After his death, folklore said that St Patrick drove the snakes into the sea. One There never were any snakes in Ireland if you don't count the politicians. Others say that Patrick used the shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity. St. Pat's festivities were mostly religious until the 18th century when immigrants to the USA brought the legend of St. Patrick here. Boston held its first parade honoring the saint in 1737. Wow. For the next two centuries, Irish emigration spread, creating large communities in England, the usa, Australia, Canada, South Africa. Today, folks around the world celebrate the holiday in various ways since 1962. Chicago uses non toxic food coloring to turn its River Green. McDonald's offers this shamrock shake everywhere. Even the sale of Lucky Charm cereal jumps 50% in March. And here's something else you might not know. Many people associate the feast of St Patrick with alcohol, but that wasn't always true. In Ireland. St Patrick's Day was viewed as a significant religious event until the 1970s. Many towns had laws restricting the sale of booze during the holiday. Pubs were closed across the island, which wasn't very festive if you know what I mean. Well, today is a great day for the Irish. But don't sully it by drinking like a camel. Back in a moment. I rely on physical precious metals like gold and silver to protect my savings. 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Mike Slater
Hey, I'm Mike Slater. I have a podcast called Politics by Faith. We have a very simple mission. We take the news of the day and we filter it through a biblical worldview. So here's the big story of the day. What does the Bible say about it and how can we apply it? It's amazing. There's nothing new under the sun. The Bible has something to say about everything that's going on today. So basically, we thump the Bible over on Politics by Faith. I think we ought to keep MAGA going. And I think the way to take it beyond just a political victory into a true rebel, building and awakening and revival in America is to make sure that this is all grounded in biblical principles. And that's what we do on the podcast Politics by Faith. And you can subscribe to Politics by Faith wherever you're listening to the show right now.