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Mike Slater
My name is Mike Slater. I have a podcast called Politics by Faith. I was just talking to a friend of mine who said he hasn't been able to follow the news lately. It's been too much. It's too crazy. It's driving him crazy and he's just checked out. If you feel that way sometimes, too, I think you'll really like our podcast Politics by Faith. We take the main story of the day and we run it through the Bible. What does the Bible say about this? It's amazing, but it's all there. And then God tells us what to do. We don't even have to figure it out. The answers are right there. He gives us the answers. Politics by Faith. Please join us over there. You can listen to it wherever you're listening to this podcast right now. Politics by Faith.
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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 Thursday, May 15, 2025. Here's what's happening today in America. 2020 Chinese spy devices, illegal alien barely sentenced. Newsom Bales on his promise and El Chapo's family is in America. It's all coming up and Bill's gonna be here with your message of the day. But first, according to Reuters, there are rogue communication devices that have been found in Chinese solar power converters. These communication devices that are not listed in product documents have been found in some Chinese solar power inverters or by US Experts who stripped down the equipment hooked up to the grids to check for security issues. These components provide additional undocumented communication channels that could allow firewalls to be circumvented remotely. It's possible that China could use these devices to trigger widespread blackouts. Back in May of last year, the Wall Street Journal reported on communications devices found in Chinese made cranes in US ports. One Chinese company makes 80% of the cranes that we use in American boards. A 15 year old evil alien just outside Denver was driving 90 miles per hour in a 45 residential zone. He hit a car driven by 24 year old Caitlyn Weaver, killing her instantly. The DA at the time was looking for the maximum of two years in a juvenile correction facility. But the new DA decided to give the 15 year old illegal alien two years probation at 100 hours community service. This actually happened last July. The judge just made the punishment decision due to Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration. Since January, homicides in Denver have declined 58% over the first three months compared to the first three months of last year and nearby Aurora saw a 36% decline over that same period. Speaking of illegal aliens, Governor Gavin Newsom has caved on the state of California's offer of free healthcare, free legal aliens. This is one year after granting illegal aliens healthcare and the state Medi Cal program. The expected cost was going to be $6 billion. It already exploded to 9 billion just in one year. The 1.6 million illegal aliens who already signed up in that one year will not lose their coverage, but new illegals will not be allowed to join. And finally, El Chapo, the co founder of the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico, has been in an American prison since 2017. He has four sons. Two of them are also in American custody. Reports are that 17 of his family members have turned themselves in to American officials on our side of the border. In San Diego, one of his sons originally pled not guilty, but has changed his plea to guilty. Possibly a deal was made that he would give up information on the cartels in exchange for keeping his family members safe from retaliation in Mexico. A. Mike Slater, I host a podcast called Politics by faith. Bill O'Reilly has your message of the day next.
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Bill O'Reilly
Time now for the O'Reilly update, message of the Day on this Thursday. One of the biggest selling books of the year is a self help tome called the Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins. Central theme is we should stop trying to control other people and concentrate on being better individuals ourselves. Now, the last self help book I bought. Wait, I've never read a self help book. That's because I'm beyond help. I live in a zone of self reliance, using a philosophy based upon Judeo Christian tenets and situation ethics which require experience, not introspection. So I don't believe Mel Robbins can help. Mel Brooks, Yes, I need all the laughs I can get. The Robbins book is similar to one based on Asian philosophy entitled Do Nothing. Same approach. Many people will disappoint you. Nothing you can do about it. Don't make yourself crazy. I understand. However, I dissent. Improving yourself is important, but so is confronting miscreants. There's some wisdom in not sweating the small stuff. Another long ago book. But ignoring negativity when it matters is a dodge. One personal example, the corruption of the American media drives me absolutely nuts. I probably mention it too much, but I've been in the business 50 years and what's happening is appalling and I'm not letting them get away with it. Mel, I'm calling them out. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. You, you can reach me bill o'reilly.com bill@billoreilly.com name in town if you wish to opine. Let's go to the mail. We got Elizabeth Hayes in Newport News, Virginia. I don't understand how President Trump can accept the gift of the plane from gutter. Seems that would be unconstitutional. It'll be litigated. I'm pretty sure. I said yesterday, you may have heard it, Elizabeth, that he should just take it as a loan and then give it back when finally Boeing builds Air Force One. And I was going to say, by the way, but I can't do that. So Trump got a deal. I think it's 160 jets gutters going to buy from Boeing. So good luck with that gutter. You probably get them about 50 years. Russell Towers, Plano, Texas, longtime viewer. You're by far the best in the business. Well, thank you, Russell. Nice of you said that. When you say to the Statue of Liberty has no benefit, I almost fell to the floor. New York benefits annually about 300 million from all the tours, etc. I'm glad you didn't go to the floor. I said nobody personally benefits. So Donald Trump personally would benefit from accepting this plane from Goddard. That's his problem here when he goes into the legality of it all. So you can't compare a Statue of Liberty, which is a gift for the whole nation, to a plane which is a gift for one guy. Now Trump will say, well, it's a government okay, but I think, I don't know if he's going to push it, but if he does the loan thing, then it gets cleared up. Sharon Whitener, St. Louis do you think Doge will investigate the unreal cost of nursing homes? Doge has no authority to do that. Doge can't investigate anything that isn't inside the federal government. Government spending, not private spending. Now, I understand the nursing home situation, but those are private. In a moment, something you might not know.
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Bill O'Reilly
Now, the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. Two years ago. Today, special counsel John Durham released his final report on the origins of the Russia Trump collusion hoax. The document criticized the FBI, finding the agency lacked any credible evidence from the start. Here is the story. Beginning in the summer of 2016, the Justice Department launched an operation codenamed Crossfire Hurricane. The mission, named after lyrics from the Rolling Stones, was a reaction to media reports that the Trump campaign colluded with the Russian government to sway the upcoming presidential election. The subsequent investigation, led by Robert Mueller, found absolutely no connection between the Republican nominee Donald Trump and the Kremlin in 2019. Three years later, the Department of Justice appointed its own special prosecutor, John Durham, to determine whether President Barack Obama, then Vice President Joe Biden and other officials use the DOJ to target their political opponent, Mr. Trump. On May 15, 2023, just two years ago, Durham released his report. 300 page document found the FBI used faulty information to begin its surveillance. But no criminal prosecutions were warranted, wrote the special counsel, Durham, quote, not every injustice or mistake amounts to a criminal offense, unquote. In total, Durham did bring lesser charges against three people. He lost both cases that went to court. In a third trial, an FBI lawyer named Kevin Kleinsmith pleaded guilty to altering emails that were used to get a FISA warrant. He was sentenced to one year of probation, 400 hours of community service. And here's something else you might not know. The Russia collusion Trump hoax lives on. Recently, 60 Minutes interviewed a guy named Mark Elias, an attorney at the center of this case. During the broadcast, CBS News failed to disclose that Elias, once a top lawyer for Hillary Clinton, accused Donald Trump of maintaining secret ties to banks and Moscow. Those allegations were debunked, but somehow CBS News in 60 Minutes missed that. Back after this. Thank you for listening to the O'Reilly update. I am Bill O'Reilly. No spin, just facts. And always listen. Looking out for you.