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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, March 3, 2025. Here's what's happening today in America. Emergency summit, one week deadline, more lumber and the Oscar winners. That's all coming up. Then Bill's going to be here with your message of the day. But first, an emergency summit of European leaders gathered this weekend to work on a ceasefire with Ukraine and Russia. This, of course, came after the what I think was an incredible meeting with Zelensky and Trump and J.D. vance didn't go well for Zelensky. That's not my assessment, by the way. You can look at the face of the Ukrainian ambassador to America and see how she thought it was going. But now Europe's taking the lead. Great. The prime minister of England, who was meeting with Trump in the Oval Office last week said, we've now agreed that the United Kingdom, along with France and possibly one or two others, will work with Ukraine on a plan to stop the fighting. And then we'll discuss that plan with the United States. Awesome. The prime minister said he does not trust Vladimir Putin, but he does trust Trump. Quote, do I believe Donald Trump when he says he wants lasting peace? The answer to that is yes. Much was made of a Norwegian oil company that said they're so embarrassed and horrified by what happened in the Oval Office on Friday that they are no longer going to refuel American Navy vessels in their Norwegian ports. A Doge update. The Social Security Administration says it plans to cut 7,000 jobs and reduce the number of its regional offices from 10 to 4. Meanwhile, many federal employees received a second email demanding that they list five things that they accomplished at work this last week, something I've talked about for 11 years now. Since 1980, all federal retirement paperwork is done by hand in an underground limestone mine outside of Pittsburgh, 28,000 filing cabinets. Some federal employees have a pallet full of boxes with their paperwork. And when you retire, it all has to be done by hand and it could take months. Well, the co founder of Airbnb was tasked with speeding up this process. They were given a deadline of one week. Just the other day, they processed a federal retiree not in months, but in two days. And they accomplished this task under deadline. Trump on Sunday signed a pair of executive orders to increase domestic lumber production. One of the goals here is to decrease the cost of building houses. It may also be a dig at Canada as we imported $12 billion worth of wood into America from Canada, which is 30% of our wood Supply. In Oscars news, the movie of the year was Anora, a movie that I did not see, but no one saw. It only made $16 million in ticket sales, lowest domestic ticket sale in best Picture History, won five awards. The Brutalist won three awards. Wicked and Dune Part 2 each received two. I'm Mike Slater from the podcast Politics by faith. Bill O'Reilly with your message today. Next.
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He did mine. We actually broke the record for Internet downloads when we did the Rumble in the air conditioned auditorium years ago. It was basically debate between Stewart and myself. Well, Stewart only does one night for Comedy Central these days and he was railing about corporate America and how they're not fair. And everybody knows that. You don't have to be a conservative liberal. Corporate America is not fair. They're in business to make money and that's what they do. And Stewart has a pharmaceutical companies because they affect directly our health in his sights. So he gets really worked up that the American government has not been able to negotiate fair drug prices with the pharmaceutical companies. And he slams his mug, of which I have three on the desk, and he cuts his hand and is bleeding on camera. And the audience, he makes a joke and the audience laughs. But I didn't think it was funny. I think you got to be careful with that kind of passion. But I hope Stewart's Okay. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. You can reach me billo reilly.com billorilly.com name in town if you wish to opine now, let's go to the mail. Eric no Hosmer, Huntsville, Alabama, last week you said Congress is the only party can shut down a government agency. Looks to me like USAID has been basically shut down by Trump. No, he fired everybody, but that agency still exists. Okay, but 2000 hit the pavement now. He can do that, but he can't just wipe out the agency. Jeffrey Brown, Bonita Springs, Florida. Can you explain, O'Reilly, what is the far right in European politics? You know, it's anti migrant and sympathy for dictators. That's pretty much the dual thing in Europe for the far right groups, sympathy for dictators, anti migration. Dr. Mark Palladino, Hardy's from New Jersey. I'm loving your YouTube bonus videos, O'Reilly. They are excellent new edition. You know, I appreciate that. Dr. We're trying to get to a million subs by Easter, so check it out. David Concierge, Remember, I respect Stephen A. Smith not so much for his politics, but his articulation of other things. He is a clear voice, like former Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. I think so. Stephen A. And I, we have a good rapport back and forth, respectful. He's funny. That's why I put the show together at the big show I'll tell you about in a moment. Jason Hunt, Scott's Dale, Arizona in addition to your invaluable news analysis, Bill, I follow several independent journalists on YouTube. Almost all of them have credited the 2024 election cycle with driving an audience of people looking for honesty. I believe there is a large audience for that and that's why your Three Americans tour appeals to me. It's a big experiment. We'll see if people want a diversity of viewpoints in a forum like that. We'll see in a moment something you might not know. 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Here is the story behind America's mission to vanquish the Barbary pirates. During the War of 1812, Algiers sided with the British, helping England impose an Atlantic blockade against the American Navy. At the same time, the pirates harassed merchant ships in the Mediterranean Sea. Captured sailors were ransomed back to the US Government at exorbitant rates. Some were executed. After signing a peace treaty with London, President James Madison vowed to eliminate the pirate threat. In February 1815, he petitioned Congress to act, writing, quote, hostile operations on the part of the United States being now terminated by peace with Great Britain, which opens the prospect of an active and valuable trade of their citizens within the range of the Algerian cruisers. I recommend to Congress the expediency of an act declaring the existence of a state of war between the United States and Algiers. Congress authorized that act. On March 3, 1815, a ten ship squadron was dispatched to the Mediterranean Sea. An even larger force was sent. One week later, the flotilla obliterated the pirates, blew them right out of the water. On June 19, Algiers accepted the Americans terms for peace. The agreement stated that in return for captured Algerian ships, the United States would no longer pay tribute and would enjoy full shipping rights. Additionally, Algiers would free all enslaved Americans. And here's something else you might not know. While the Barbary pirates stopped harassing US Ships, they continued to target European vessels. The situation became so severe, France and England invaded North Africa in the mid 19th century, taking control of Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Egypt. The French occupation of Algeria lasted until the 1960s. Back in a moment. Are you feeling the impact of the recent changes in the timeshare industry? My friends at Lone Star Transfer are the only company I trust to help you. 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