Trump Postpones Iran Strikes, Was the Media’s Iran Reaction Inevitable? Bernie Goldberg Weighs in, the Democratic Propaganda Machine & ICE Moves Into Airports

Summary

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Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis

Episode: Trump Postpones Iran Strikes, Was the Media’s Iran Reaction Inevitable? Bernie Goldberg Weighs in, the Democratic Propaganda Machine & ICE Moves Into Airports
Date: March 24, 2026
Host: Bill O’Reilly
Guest: Bernard Goldberg

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Episode Overview

This episode centers on President Trump’s sudden decision to postpone military strikes on Iran’s oil fields, the intense media reaction to these events, and a deep-dive discussion on the media’s coverage with veteran journalist Bernard Goldberg. The episode also tackles the Democratic communication machine, ICE deployments to airports due to TSA staffing issues, the politicization of tax refunds versus rising gas prices, and news about gambling’s spread in Major League Baseball. O’Reilly and Goldberg discuss biases in the press, the consequences for national debate, and the broader implications for American society.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Trump Postpones Iran Strikes: The Breakdown

[00:43 – 09:59]

• President Trump delayed planned attacks on Iranian oil fields for five days, hoping to reach a diplomatic agreement after a “very good call” between U.S. negotiator Witkoff and unspecified Iranian officials.
• O’Reilly claims insider knowledge, citing a phone call he had with Trump before the escalation, asserting, “Trump wanted a deal from the beginning” ([02:37]).
• O’Reilly’s predictions for the eventual deal:
  • No full regime change; Iranian mullahs (now second/third tier after Israeli strikes) remain in power.
  • Iran allows Western nuclear inspectors, likely from the U.N. and E.U., to ensure no uranium enrichment.
  • Iran agrees to destroy or at least cease building ballistic missiles, albeit with skepticism that Iran will cheat on terms.
  • In return, the U.S. plans to ease some sanctions, allowing Iran to resume oil sales, particularly to China, which is Iran’s biggest customer (O’Reilly: “80% of all the oil Iran sells goes to China. Just keep that in mind.” [05:13]).
• The predicted fallout: The war could cost U.S. taxpayers $200 billion, with little to no European help (~[06:46]).
• Expected impact on oil prices and the American economy: O’Reilly foresees prices dropping once a deal is reached, fueled by Department of Energy pressure on U.S. oil companies ([07:54]), but is uncertain if it will stave off recession or aid Republicans in midterm elections.

2. Media Coverage: Inevitable Bias and Distortion

[09:59 – 18:13]

• O'Reilly highlights a CBS poll showing public sentiment on the conflict: “43% say it’s going well, 57% say somewhat or very badly” ([08:22]), attributing the negativity to media influence.
• Distinction in media camps: Conservative outlets back Trump, mainstream/liberal media largely oppose him.
• Network news and major cable outlets are accused of booking overwhelmingly anti-Trump guests, shaping viewer perceptions (“They’re outnumbered like 20 to one” [11:35]).
• Clip examples are played: Guests liken Trump’s actions to past American missteps in the Mideast ([12:20], [12:37])—suggesting a chorus of criticism regardless of context.

3. Bernard Goldberg on Media and Political Partisanship

[13:49 – 20:35]

• Goldberg joins to critique how journalists adopt the Democratic Party’s line: “If Democrats were ventriloquists, journalists would be the little dummy sitting on their laps” ([14:18]).
• Goldberg quotes a Wall Street Journal op-ed (Mark Penn/Andrew Stein): “...many seem to be going beyond [reporting] and rooting and rooting for America to fail... What seems to be driving the coverage is repertorial partisanship and the Democrats determination to oppose this president no matter what he does” ([15:02]).
• Both argue the media applies a double standard: Had Obama or Biden launched this war, coverage would be less negative ([20:21]).
• O’Reilly: “Isn’t that dishonesty though? They’re supposed to be presenting absolutely objective news” ([19:00]).
• Goldberg: “Of course... They’re doing this for business... They should be reporting the truth, but they’re desperately trying to stay in business by telling the audience what they want to hear. That’s corrupt” ([19:08 – 19:53]).
• Both agree the media’s primary goal is to “get Trump” ([23:34]).

4. The Democratic Propaganda Machine

[26:40 – 28:57]

• O’Reilly illustrates coordinated messaging:
  • Outlets like the AP, PBS, and Philadelphia Inquirer use identical language (“Trump touted bigger tax refunds, but higher gas prices are likely to eat them up” [26:47]).
  • O’Reilly alleges these talking points originate with Democratic PR firms and are distributed to thousands of media contacts.
  • Republicans have a similar operation, but with far less reach.

5. ICE at Airports and the TSA Crisis

[28:58 – 30:38]

• Due to Democratic blockage of homeland security budget (tied to non-enforcement conditions for ICE), TSA personnel go unpaid, causing airport chaos and forcing ICE to fill in at 13 major U.S. airports ([29:37]).
• O’Reilly details Democratic insistence that “no foreign national can be detained without a judge’s warrant,” arguing it is logistically impossible given the number of undocumented entrants.
• Predicts Democrats will eventually back down due to practical pressure but questions if voters will remember the chaos at the ballot box.

6. Other National Themes and Issues

[30:39 – End]

• Sports Gambling: O’Reilly agrees with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s opposition to Major League Baseball’s gambling partnership, citing addiction and societal harms ([31:13]).
• Robert Mueller’s Death: Trump reacts bluntly, O’Reilly urges his audience to see a “more considered” perspective on his website ([32:23]).
• San Francisco’s Decline: Promotes his upcoming News Nation special on lawlessness and lack of enforcement in San Francisco, using a recent lenient sentence in a vehicular homicide as evidence ([33:38]).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• O’Reilly’s Insider Claim ([02:37]):
  “How do I know that? Because I was on the phone with the man for half an hour talking about the negotiation. This was before there was military action.”
• On Iran/China Oil Ties ([05:13]):
  “China gets an enormous amount of oil from Iran. In fact, 80% of all the oil Iran sells goes to China. Just keep that in mind.”
• Bernard Goldberg on Media Partisanship ([14:18]):
  “If Democrats were ventriloquists, journalists would be the little dummy sitting on their laps.”
• Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Excerpt (Read by Goldberg, [15:02]):
  “What seems to be driving the coverage is repertorial partisanship and the Democrats determination to oppose this president no matter what he does. Bingo. That’s what it’s all about.”
• On Media Double Standards ([17:56 – Goldberg]):
  “If he waited... Iran may have had a nuclear device... The same media that is trashing Donald Trump for going to war when there was no imminent threat would be trashing him because he waited too long... Heads they win, tails he loses. The system is rigged.”
• On Journalistic Integrity ([19:08 – Goldberg]):
  “Of course we all, they're, they're dishonest. They're doing this for business. They don't, they don't call it the news business for nothing. ... That's corrupt.”
• On the Media’s Real Goal ([23:34 – O’Reilly / Goldberg]):
  O’Reilly: “Yeah, but with one goal. Get Trump.”
  Goldberg: “That's the beginning, the middle and the end.”
• On Democratic Message Coordination ([26:47 – O’Reilly]):
  “Notice Eat up, eat up. PBS and Associated Press, exact same wording. ... This is what comes out of the Democratic propaganda machine in Washington.”
• On ICE at Airports ([29:41 – O’Reilly]):
  “I don’t know what they’re going to do, but the federal government is trying. Now, all of this is about the Democratic Party demanding that Republicans basically neuter ice.”

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Timestamps of Important Segments

• [00:43 – 09:59]: O’Reilly’s detailed Iran analysis & U.S. negotiation prospects
• [11:27]: Media camps described; how guests are booked
• [13:49 – 20:35]: Bernard Goldberg interview on journalistic partisanship and media incentives
• [26:40 – 28:57]: The “Democratic propaganda machine” and media messaging
• [28:58 – 30:38]: ICE deployed to airports and TSA funding debate
• [31:13]: O’Reilly on MLB gambling partnership and addiction
• [33:38]: San Francisco’s crisis and promotion for news special

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Tone and Language

• Consistently blunt, critical, and skeptical—typical “No Spin” style.
• O’Reilly leverages rhetorical questions and sarcasm: e.g., “Isn’t that dishonesty though?” and references to “the nitwits.”
• Goldberg employs wry humor and pointed metaphors, such as his “ventriloquist dummy” comparison and “no Tooth Fairy” analogy.
• Both voices maintain a conversational but adversarial tone about the mainstream press and political establishment.

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Summary Takeaways

This episode encapsulates O’Reilly’s worldview on the Iranian conflict, media bias, and American politics:

• President Trump’s Iran policy is characterized as calculated brinkmanship with eventual compromise likely.
• Media coverage is skewed, with a concerted effort—especially from “liberal” outlets—to undermine Trump before facts are established.
• The Democratic Party operates an effective messaging network, influencing journalistic framing.
• The American electorate is both manipulated and distracted, with implications for upcoming elections.
• O’Reilly and Goldberg position their platforms as rare bastions of fairness and honest debate in a corrupted media landscape.

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Transcript

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[Bernard Goldberg]

Here.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Welcome to the no spin news. Monday, March 23, 2026. Stand up for your country. Another ridiculous news day here. I mean, can't get a break. All right, get up in the morning. Oh, this and that and this and that. Okay, I'm going to sort it out. We got a lot of stuff to tell you about and I always recommend you watch and listening to the no Spin news with a pen and paper. Therefore, you don't have to waste a lot of time on nitwits that are telling you stuff that isn't true. Because we back everything we say up, which is should be refreshing and I think it is for everyone. Iran is the subject of the Talking Points Memo. Once again, you can't get away from it because it affects every American and mostly every person around the world. So today, President Trump ordered a postpone of draconian action against the Iranian oil fields. He was going to blow them all up. And he's not going to do that for five days, he says, because they had a call yesterday, they being the United States, Witkoff is the main negotiator. And somebody in Iran, we don't know who. Okay. Nobody knows who's in charge. The mullah's kid who got elected, nobody's seen him. So somebody's talking, but we don't know. But Trump says it was very good call. They're making a lot of progress. So I'm going to back away for five days, see if we can get a deal, which is what Trump wanted from the very beginning, as I have reported. And how do I know that? Because I was on the phone with the man for half an hour talking about the negotiation. This was before there was military action. Okay. So again, the conversation between Iran and Witkoff and you know, by phone, and there are other people in the room with Witkoff, of course, took place yesterday, Sunday, March 22, that happened. Iran says it didn't happen. Okay, what do you expect them to say? They're not going to admit weakness. They're not going to say they came to the USA wanting a deal ever. All right, two Weeks ago. Here's what I predicted. Go. So the Iranians obviously are getting the hell kicked out of them, and this is a threat to them. And they wouldn't be in power if they didn't kill 30,000 of their own countrymen. Okay? And so they'll probably open talks and then Trump will impose what he wants. Now, whether Iran accepts that or not, I think they will, because they really don't have much of a choice. Now, you know, talk that cliche is bombing them back to the Stone Age. That's what they're doing. But one thing changed. The difficulty in the Strait of Hormuz, which is strangling some oil flow out to the rest of the world, most importantly to China. China, the big part of this, okay, but it gets no publicity, but China gets an enormous amount of oil from Iran. In fact, 80% of all the oil Iran sells goes to China. Just keep that in mind. Now, a deal is going to look something like this. The mullahs are not going to be removed from power. All right? So regime change, it's already changed because the Israelis killed all the first leadership. So we're on the second and third tier now, but they'll remain, okay, that's Number one. Number two, Western weapons inspectors, nuclear people, probably from the U.N. but there's got to be some EU people in there will be admitted to make sure that the Iranians are not enriching uranium. Iranians are going to back away from that. They're going to say, all right, we won't do it now, which is what this whole thing's all about. All right? They have to, because Trump's not going to sign any deal. It doesn't include that ballistic missiles. They only have, like, eight of them left. So Iran doesn't. That's not a big factor. But they'll say, we're not going to make any more. We're going to destroy the ones we have, or whatever they'll say. But, and I'm not naive, Iran will cheat on all this, but you got to get the agreement first, okay? And then in return, the Trump administration will lighten up some of the sanctions, economic sanctions against Iran. They'll be able to take their oil and sell it to China and that kind of a thing. That's probably the way it's going to shake down. Now, how long will that take? I can't see it going more than two more weeks, because every day there's another attack on Iran's infrastructure. And if they are disrespectful or if they Lie about this. Pause. Trump will come back with more ferocity against them. And, you know, every day it's going to take Iran that much longer to rebuild whatever infrastructure they're going to have left. Okay, so that's. These are my predictions of what's going to happen now. The war is going to cost the American taxpayer about $200 billion, a lot of money.

[Bernard Goldberg]

All right.

[Bill O'Reilly]

And Europe's not going to help. No one even give us a dime. All right. Israel didn't have any money. They're totally dependent on the usa. How is the Trump administration going to make that back? I don't know, but it'll probably be through some kind of oil deals. This is the only way I can see that we're going to get back anything out of this whole campaign against Iran. So that, you know, is significant. Now, the Department of War Haig said, oh, we got a trillion dollars. Look, let's not do that. We are spending ourselves into oblivion in this country. $39 trillion debt. We need to tighten this up. And then individually, I do expect oil prices to come down pretty significantly, pretty fast. Why? Because if they don't, the Trump administration, Department of Energy is going to investigate the American oil companies and they don't want that. They don't want to be investigated because they're gouging us. So I expect that to come down. Is it enough to keep the USA out of a recession? I don't know. I don't know. Is it enough to. For the Republicans to keep the midterms? Hard to say. All right, that's the memo. Now, most Americans are getting their information from the media, which is always now dangerous. It didn't used to be, but now it is because the media is not going to tell you the truth. I'm talking generally. They will. New CBS poll. 3,000, 335 U.S. adults. That doesn't mean these people know anything. They're not registered voters. They're not likely voters, just adults. That means they just sweep them in. We don't know anything whatever. First question. What is your impression of the military conflict with Iran going well? 43%. Somewhat or very badly. 57%. That is media driven. Okay, second question. Do you think Americans would be willing or not willing pay more for gas during the US military conflict with Iran? Willing, 33. Not willing, 67. That's a frightening number, though. If you'd rather have Iran in possession of a nuclear weapon, then pay a little bit more for your gasoline. I don't know what to tell you. Okay, now the media itself is divided on this. Conservative media backs Trump. Okay, Liberal media, some of the not progressives understand the big picture.

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Okay, the progressives totally against it. They hate Trump people. Trump's worse than the mullahs in their eyes. All right, now here is the con. So the network news and the cables, Ms. and CNN only book guests that hate Trump. With a few exceptions. They're trying to wise up a little. They got to get maybe one or two. But they're outnumbered like 20 to one. And they know when they book a hate Trump, guess what the guess is going to say. Roll the tape. President Trump thought he could get a better deal than the Obama administration did. He failed to get that better deal and he went off and launched a war without planning, without being ready for even some of the most basic things.

[Bernard Goldberg]

This is the second time in the century that the United States has made a drastically bad mistake in terms of engaging in conflict in the Middle East. The first one was in 2003 when we invaded Iraq, and that ushered in then years and years of chaos and violence and terrorism.

[Bill O'Reilly]

I just came from a two hour closed door classified briefing on the war. Just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not going to be able to achieve any of our stated objectives. Okay? So all three of those men, they hate Trump. They never say anything good about him ever. Or would they in a million years? Why bother having them on? Why bother? Because the network news and two out of the three main cables are invested in ruining Trump. That's why. All right, joining us now from Florida is our media go to guy Bernie Goldberg, who is the purveyor of bernardgoldberg.com which has a sensational special we'll tell you about at the end of the interview. So you go there and absorb Bernie's wisdom, okay? Now Bernie has so much wisdom that you have to absorb it kind of gradually or you'll be overwhelmed by the wisdom. All right, where am I going wrong here, Goldberg?

[Bernard Goldberg]

And I want to make a comment about your rare, rarely happening wisdom. That's a joke. You, you nailed it. How they portray negative news. They bring people on who say all these negative things and then they say, well, it's not us, right? It's just the people who are bringing up. Anyway, anyway, I wrote a column on the website that you mentioned. BernardGoldberg.com this is what I said. If Democrats were ventriloquists, journalists would be the little dummy sitting on their laps. So if Democrats are against the war, and they are liberal, journalists will also be against the war. Now, you and I, Bill, come from a hard news background, so I know you'll agree with this. Journalists should not be cheerleaders for this or any other war. They should ask hard questions. They should be skeptical of what the government tells them. But they've crossed a very bright line with their partisanship. I won't give me just 30 seconds to read a very brief passage from an op ed in the Wall Street Journal, not by a MAGA Republican wearing a red hat, but by Mark Penn, who was an advisor to Bill and Hillary Clinton and Andrew Stein, who was the former New York City Council president, obviously a Democrat. Very short passage. Journalists have a right and a duty to report bad news and to question Pollyanna ish reports from the US Government. But many seem to be going beyond that and rooting and rooting for America to fail. Let that sink in. Very short ending. What seems to be driving the coverage is repertorial partisanship and the Democrats determination to oppose this president no matter what he does. Bingo. That's what it's all about. Democrats want to oppose him no matter what he does. So their media allies do the same thing.

[Bill O'Reilly]

And I think you got to give the New York Times credit for running that op ed. But it's outnumbered.

[Bernard Goldberg]

It's Wall Street Journal.

[Bill O'Reilly]

WALSH oh, it was a Wall Street Journal. I read the op ed. I just didn't remember the source of it. Okay. And all of that is true across the board. But here's a real frightening part because I did use that word introducing the CBS poll that a lot of Americans, maybe most of us, don't pay attention. They don't know really what's happening. They just hear things. And when the media is overwhelmingly against a president, they're going to just hear things that aren't true, that are slanted, whatever it may be, and then make their opinion based on the things they are hearing. I've, I'm seeing more and more of that. How about you?

[Bernard Goldberg]

No, I think you're right. You're on a roll today, Bill. I think you're right about that, too. Let's use this as an, as an example. Liberal Democrats and their allies in the media are trashing Donald Trump. This is one of their big reasons that for their opposition to the war. Because there was no imminent threat, they say. But for argument's sake, and only for argument's sake, let's say they're right. There was no imminent threat. Would it be better if he had waited until there was an imminent threat? Because if he waited until there was imminent threat, Iran may have had a nuclear device, nuclear bomb, and they could have hit London, Paris, Berlin, Tel Aviv, even New York or Washington possibly. So you know what would happen then, Bill? The same media that is trashing Donald Trump for going to war when there was no imminent threat would be trashing him because he waited too long before there was an imminent threat. So heads they win, tails he loses. The system is rigged.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Now, interesting you brought that up because right after you I'm going to run a clip of Lindsey Graham where I did an interview on our new long form which did discuss in very micro detail the imminent threat. Okay, so you have a basically dishonest media here. I don't think there's any question fair minded people understand that. Do you believe the actual people running these companies making the calls are dishonest?

[Bernard Goldberg]

I think they're acting like business people and not news people. I think they know who their audience is and they say we're going to give them.

[Bill O'Reilly]

But isn't that dishonesty, though? Because they're supposed to be presenting absolutely objective news.

[Bernard Goldberg]

Yeah. Yeah, that's right, Bill. And I'm going to break some bad news to you. There's no Tooth Fairy and there's no Santa Claus and there's no Easter Bunny either. It's. Of course we all, they're, they're dishonest. They're doing this for business. They don't, they don't call it the news business for nothing. It's a business and they should be doing that. They should be reporting the truth without partisanship. But they're trying to stay in that, desperately trying to stay in business and in this new media landscape by telling the audience precisely what they think the audience wants to hear. Do you believe that's corrupt?

[Bill O'Reilly]

Yeah, there's no doubt in my mind. Do you believe that the corruption that began in 2016 when Trump came on the stage and started to succeed has destroyed the television news industry in particular or was inevitable with social media? And it was inevitable they were going to decline.

[Bernard Goldberg]

But it might have been. It might have been inevitable. But, but they're getting worse and worse and worse. I mean, if, if Joe Biden or, or Barack Obama had launched this war, do you think the coverage would be the same?

[Bill O'Reilly]

Of course not. And the, the craving.

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[Bill O'Reilly]

Infantile questions how long is the war gonna do you get as angry as I do? I'm sitting there. How long is it? How would anybody know that?

[Bernard Goldberg]

Well, it's that you're absolutely. I don't know what you've been drinking, but you're absolutely right about that, too. Here's the thing. If this same journalistic bunch were covering d day on January 6, 1944, when 2500Americans and 4400 Allied troops were killed in one day, they would be calling for the impeachment of Franklin Roosevelt and they would try to get Dwight Eisenhower thrown into prison. I mean, you can't count any American death in uniform. Any American in uniform who dies. It's a tragedy. Not just for their families, but for all of us. But they count every single one. As if you see what's happening and this war is not going to go on. It's not going to end tomorrow. When is it going to end? These are, these are questions without answers. And, and they know what they're doing. And they're doing it to turn their audience, to appeal to their audience who already doesn't like it because of what their audience is hearing from other news people. It's a vicious circle.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Yeah, but with one goal. Get Trump.

[Bernard Goldberg]

That's the beginning, the middle and the end.

[Bill O'Reilly]

All right, tell me about bernardgoberg.com March Madness Special. What do you got?

[Bernard Goldberg]

I want to say two things. First of all, it's a half price sale off of already very low prices. But here's the thing, Bill. We're a small website and we're trying to stay relevant. And your audience, the people I'm talking to now, and thanks and thank you for letting me do it, are important to our survival. To be perfectly honest about it, we need your audience. We like your audience and we appreciate you for letting me say these things to your audience.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Now you have a half price going forward and it's a pittance. And I'm saying that not in a derogatory way, but I know, I know. If you want to add to your frame of reference, which really is what this is all about, I mean, when you have a colossus, corporate media that's being blatantly dishonest across the board and you can't discount the right wing networks either because they're feeding the same kana.

[Bernard Goldberg]

Absolutely. Absolutely.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Quote, unquote information. But it's tailored to people who want to believe a certain thing. So the only hope is, is us. We're the only hope.

[Bernard Goldberg]

That's what I was about to say. If somebody wants their views given back to them 100% of the time, don't waste your time coming over. BernardGoldberg.com I can't do that. Bill and I have been hard news reporters for many years. That's our foundation. That's our basis. We give opinions, but they're based on fairness. At least I hope they are. In my case they are. And in Bill's case they are. And you'll agree with us. A lot of times you won't agree with us or you won't agree with me all of the time. That's the way I do it. I try to give you my honest opinion, but it's only an opinion.

[Bill O'Reilly]

But that's healthy. And that's a, that's what the founding fathers wanted, that kind of vibrant, robust debate with no personal animus or greedy money factor in it.

[Bernard Goldberg]

And let me say this to your audience. You know how Bill knows that? Thomas Jefferson told him that person.

[Bill O'Reilly]

That's right. I was Goldberg. Look, you're older than me and based upon this shot that's going all over the world now, people can see that with their own eyes. All right. BernardGoldberg.com March Madness. Check it out. Appreciate it, Bernie.

[Bernard Goldberg]

Thank you. Bill, I need your help.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Tax refunds so one of the campaigns positives for President Trump is that he cut taxes and that working people will get money beginning in a few weeks in their refund checks. All right. Well, the Associated Press here's how they frame this quote. Spiking gas prices tied to Iran war are set to eat up tax free funds touted by Trump. Nice, huh? Here's what PBS said tout Trump touted bigger tax refunds but higher gas prices are likely to eat them up. Notice Eat up, eat up. PBS and Associated Press, exact same wording. Philadelphia Inquirer. They hate Trump. Trump touted. Member touted. We got touted in PBS too. Trump touted bigger tax refunds this year. The Americans are likely to spend them on gas. So this is see, they use the same words because this is what comes out of the Democratic propaganda machine in Washington. On K Street, there are three or four firms paid for by the Democratic Party that spit this stuff out and the media picks it up word for Word. They have a list of maybe a thousand liberal media people. And it goes out. Boom, boom. Republicans do the same thing, but at a much lower rate because they don't have anybody to send it to. Who are they going to send it to? Fox newsmax, New York Post. That's it. All right. ICE going to the airports. This is really horrible. I hate to see this. So there's three hour waits in Atlanta, on and on and on because the Democratic Party will not fund homeland security so that the TSA agents can be paid. So President Trump is ordering ICE agents to go and alleviate some of the problem. Thirteen airports they showed up to today. Chicago O' Hare and Houston and Atlanta and LaGuardia, New York. On and on and on. I don't know what they're going to do, but the federal government is trying. Now, all of this is about the Democratic Party demanding that Republicans basically neuter ice. And I'll just give you one. So the Democrats are saying, we're not going to give the TSA agents any money until you Republicans sign a paper or legislation that say no one can be taken into custody. No foreign national unless a judge signs a warrant. That's impossible because Biden let in between 12 and 15 million foreign nationals. You could not possibly have judges sign all of those warrants. Couldn't happen. The Democrats know that. So they're basically saying, we don't want any enforcement on undocumented. Even if they're criminals, we don't want it. We like the open border. We like the foreign nationals doing whatever they want to do.

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[Bill O'Reilly]

Americans don't understand this. They don't see the linkage at all. That's why the TSA agents aren't getting paid and the lines are going into the parking lot. There's no way the Republican Party and President Trump is going to do that because that would basically destroy ICE and immigration. That's what it would do. Okay, so the question becomes, will the Democrats fold? They'll have to. But the damage they're doing is crazy. But here's a more important question. Will Americans remember this in November? Will they carry forth the memory of this when they go to vote in the midterms? This is all Schumer. Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader. When they go in to vote, is Chuck's picture going to come into mind? Horrible. It's just horrible. And I can't explain it any more vividly than I just did. Major League Baseball opens this week, opening day, and they have allied with a group called Poly Market. It's a betting group. Okay, so Major League Baseball is allowing Poly Market to use logos and events and all this other stuff. It's an alliance and I'm sure MLB gets paid. Objecting to this alliance is Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez who says, quote, pervasive gambling is not good for society, turns life into a casino, traps people in addiction and debt, surges domestic violence, fosters manipulation, unquote. Posted on X. I agree with Ms. Ocasio Cortez. I don't believe professional sports should be allied with gambling interests. I think it's wrong. I think it hurts the sport and it hurts individuals. So about, according to a whole bunch of studies on this, but anywhere from 5 to 10 million Americans are compulsive gamblers. They can't stop and they ruin their lives and they ruin their family's life. They can't stop. They have to bet. Have to, have to, have to. But according to a university study, 42% of college students bet on a routine basis. Not going to stop it. I understand that. Too much money. Too much money overwhelms. But Casio Cortez, right? Robert Mueller dies, former FBI chief, special counsel, Russian collusion. President Trump said, quote, he's happy about Mueller's death because he won't get a chance to hurt anyone else. I wrote a message of the day on billowreilly.com I see it a little bit differently. Okay, I want you to go read the message while you're there. There's all kinds of other great stuff, but that's a pretty harsh assessment of Robert Mueller, but it's not out of context. Read the message, please. Final thought about my special from about the collapse of San Francisco coming up in a final. I just said that in a moment. All right, here's the final thought of the day. San Francisco woman named Mary Fong Lao, 80 years old, okay? Doing 75 and a 25 kills. Entire family. Entire family. Okay. Four people, three month old baby, one year old gets no punishment in San Francisco to speak of probation, that kind of thing. San Francisco will not enforce the law. They will not. So on Thursday of This week, okay, three days from now, News Nation, 9:00pm, I do a special. The collapse of San Francisco. Roll it. So this is the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, one of the worst places in the United States of America. The reason it's so bad is because there's no law enforcement at all here. There's violence, drugs everywhere. They call this stretch of the Tenderloin Cartel alley. Now, I'm reporting with a mixture of anger and sadness. Should not be happening in the United States. All right? And it's happening because of one major reason. People don't care about these people. They don't care. All right? So every indignation you could possibly imagine happens right out here in full view. All right? So again, News Nation, Thursday, this coming 9pm the collapse of San Francisco. And that is it for us tonight. Thank you for watching and listening to the no Spin News. See you tomorrow.