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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 Wednesday, September 3, 2025. Here's what's happening today in America. Terrorists killed. Chicagoans killed. Space command moves and Trump is alive. It's all coming up and Bill's gonna be here with your message of the day. But first, the president wrote on Truth Social that US Military forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified trend Aragua narco terrorists in the southcom area of responsibility. TDA is a designated foreign terrorist organization operating under the control of Nicholas Maduro, responsible for mass murder, drug trafficking, sex trafficking and acts of violence and terror across the United States and Western Hemisphere. The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in international waters transporting illegal narcotics headed to the United States. The strike resulted in 11 terrorists killed in action. No US forces were injured in the strike. Please let this service notice. To anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America, beware. Thank you for your attention to this matter with lots of exclamation points. The president also posted a 30 second video. What looks like a boat with maybe three outboard motors and then it gets blown up. Marco Rubio recently said we have to start treating them as armed terrorist organizations, not, not simply drug dealing organizations. The death toll in Chicago increased to eight over the weekend. 58 people shot, eight killed, including a 14 year old. This says the president is preparing for a crackdown on illegal immigration and crime in Chicago. But the mayor and J.B. pritzker, the governor, are fighting the president. Trump said Chicago is the most dangerous city in the world by far. Pritzker needs help badly. He just doesn't know it yet. I'll solve the crime problem fast, just like I did in D.C. chicago will be safe again and soon. Pritzker's recent responses there's no emergency. Donald Trump is attempting to manufacture a crisis. And my favorite big cities have crime like, oh, it's a big deal. What's the video? Just, just eight people murdered in my city. Over this weekend. The president announced that U.S. space Command is moving its headquarters from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama. Trump made this announcement in his first term, actually, but then Biden undid it, keeping it in Colorado. Well, Trump just redid it. The Colorado congressional delegation said they'll fight it, but not much they can do. People on the left over the weekend had this rumor going around that the president is dead. Well, a reporter asked the president about the rumors. Trump said, I've heard it sort of crazy. But last week I did numerous news conferences and then I didn't do any for two days. And they said, oh, there must be something wrong with him. Biden wouldn't do them for months. You wouldn't see him. And nobody in the media ever said there was anything wrong with him. And just to show how deep this ridiculous rumor went, when Trump wrote a truth post about Chicago, the governor responded, why don't you send everyone proof of life first? It's the best the left has at the moment. Just their wishful thinking. Mike Slater from the podcast Politics by faith. Bill O'Reilly is back with 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 Wednesday. National Guard and federal agents could be on their way to Chicago this week because that city remains a violent mess. Illinois authorities say there is no need for the feds, that the murder rate is coming down. And that's true. However, let's consider the last year 2024, 578 human beings were killed in Chicago, 423 of them African American. Black. Drug gangs are primarily responsible for the slaughter, which mostly takes place in poor areas where citizens have little protection, like Mexico. If they inform on or testify against gang members, they become targets. So most homicides go unpunished. Based upon the success of the Washington, D.C. federal law enforcement presence, President Trump seems to duplicate that in Chicago. But Illinois Governor Pritzker and Windy City Mayor Johnson both oppose added federal protections. Pritzker is a machine politician who savors ideological governance. No problem solving for jb Nope. It's all left wing gibberish. Johnson is simply horrendous. He is worse than than the previous mayor, Lori Lightfoot. Neither of those men are going to solve the violent crime problem in Chicago. So federal intrusion is needed. 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. Now let's go to the mail. We got Norman, concierge member. Norman gets a free copy of Confronting Evil out in one week. If he signs, if he reads up or whatever, you sign up for membership, free copy. Norman says the State of the Union were more stable, President Trump wouldn't have to be like Alexander Hamilton. Parts of the USA are a mess. Innocent people are being victimized. Trump is a Superman. Okay, so I may I wrote a column that said Donald Trump is Alexander Hamilton. And whereupon all the Broadway people that put on the play Hamilton had heart attacks. It's exactly the same. You can punch that up on billoriley.com Peter Concierge. Remember, we need to be very careful of centralized power. In the wrong hands, it becomes a tool for tyranny. Bill McDaniel, Arlington, Texas. Bill, I disagree with your viewpoint on the House Ethics Committee. If the chairman let it out who they were looking or investigating, the media go crazy and blow it out of proportion. It's best to keep something secret. No, we the people have a right to know who's being looked at. I understand the media corrupt as they come, but I'm a private citizen and I get hammered every time anybody floats a rumor around me. So you're supposed to give these people into Congress more protection. Come on. John Pellegrino, point Pleasant Borough, N.J. closing the border is good. Fighting crime is good. My wallet, however, is no better off today than under Biden. You gotta give it a little time, I would think there. John, Right. Economics. Still a little time to unfold. But I'll tell you that that is the big issue for the midterms, but I think you might be a little impatient here in a moment. Something you might not know. Now the O'Reilly update brings you something you might not know. On this day, 1783, representatives from both the United States and Great Britain met in Paris. There they signed a treaty formally recognizing the independence of the new America. Here is the story behind the Revolutionary War. The Continental army was created in 1775 after the battles of Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. At a meeting of the Second Congress, American patriots agreed that a unified force was necessary to protect them from King George, who was a tyrant. They unanimously selected 42 year old George Washington as the commander in chief. Washington had fought successfully in the French and Indian War. The units were trained, given uniforms, organized into brigades. Despite suffering defeats in upstate New York, Long Island, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and New Jersey, the American army soldiered on throughout its eight years of operation. About 250,000 men served in the Continental Army, 30,000 wounded, 8,000 killed. Against all odds, the Americans slowly beat back the British. On October 19, 1781, British General George Cornwallis surrendered in Yorktown, Virginia. Under his command, 8,000 soldiers, 900 sailors, 45 ships, 150 cannon. Although the Revolutionary War persisted in the Atlantic Ocean and other theaters around the world, the Patriot victory at Yorktown ended combat in North America. The colonies had gained their freedom. And here's something else you might not know. The American victory over the British is one of the most unlikely scenarios in military history based on manpower, economic strength, resources, boats and firepower, the patriots were outnumbered 15 to 1. By modern standards, that's the equivalent of Poland defeating the USA in a war. For more fascinating stories about America's struggle for independence, please check out my best selling book, killing England. Back after this.
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Mike Slater
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Mike Slater
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Bill O'Reilly
Thank you for listening to the O'Reilly update. I am Bill O'Reilly. No spin, just facts. And always looking out for you.