The O'Reilly Update, June 21, 2025
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That's very illegal. So there goes my big idea for the commercial. Give it a try at mintmobile.com slash switch. A prompt payment of $45 for three-month plan equivalent to $15 per month required. New customer offer for first three months only. Speed slow after 35 gigabytes if network's busy. Taxes and fees extra. See mintmobile.com. Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to the weekend edition of the O'Reilly Update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater.

Thanks, Bill. Here's what's happening this week in America. Two weeks to flatten Vordo. Fugitive caught. Another 90 days and riots in Portland. It's all coming up. Then Bill's going to be here with your message of the day. But first, Donald Trump the other day was asked if he's going to bomb Iran. And he said, maybe I will, maybe I won't. That was just after he said, like I'd tell you, but in a more official statement, the press secretary read a message from Donald Trump

That said, based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks, meaning to strike Iran. One Republican senator said that Trump wants Israel to keep bombing Iran and tearing up that country. The Internet in Iran has been shut down for over 24 hours. They're claiming that they shut it down to prevent enemy abuse.

Only 65% of the missiles that have been launched by Iran in the last 24 hours were intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome system, compared to 90% the day before. A fugitive who's been on the run for six weeks after running away from police officers at an airport has finally been captured. It's a 29-year-old male. He was in custody at Seattle's airport, being transported to Kentucky to face an outstanding warrant. When he got away, he was wearing handcuffs in front of him and ankle restraints.

But he was able to run away, and the guard who was running after him bumped into someone standing in the ticketing area. The suspect ran 1,000 feet down the escalator, through the parking garage, and onto a train. He was gone for a long time, six weeks, but he never made it far. He was caught in Seattle. Trump signed an executive order to, again, push back the deadline for TikTok to be sold. Another 90 days. This is the third time that the president has extended the deadline.

Back in April of 2024, ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, had nine months to sell its stake in TikTok or the app would be banned. Trump said while on Air Force One that he thinks a sale could still happen. He said, we might put it in the sovereign wealth fund or we do a partnership with very wealthy people. There's a lot of options.

The president said, I've met with the owners of TikTok. It's worthless if it doesn't get a permit. The whole thing's worthless. But with a permit, it's worth like a trillion dollars. So what I'm thinking about saying to somebody is buy it and give half to the United States of America and we'll give you the permit. And they'll have a great partner, the United States of America.

There is an ICE facility in Portland, Oregon. Federal agents had to use non-lethal munitions to disperse rioters who wouldn't allow law enforcement officers to enter or exit the building. One sign held by the rioters said nobody is illegal on stolen land. Meanwhile, ICE Boston arrested an illegal Guatemalan who was charged with raping a minor. He's been in America for over 20 years, protected by the sanctuary city of Boston.

I'm Mike Slater. I have a podcast called Politics by Faith. Bill O'Reilly has your message of the day. Next.

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Time now for the O'Reilly Update message of the day. Johnny Carson's first network show was a quiz program called Who Do You Trust? If that were broadcast today, the collective answer might be very few. Back in the 1950s and 60s, lying, stealing, they were kind of serious. If caught, you likely paid a price. Not anymore. A new academic study puts forth,

that trusting other people increases happiness. Trust helps us form "vital social connections" and prosper. Well, that's nice. So is Peter Pan. There is a reason Judas Iscariot is featured in the New Testament. As the cliche goes, let's get real. Trust is earned over a period of time.

We have all been portrayed. It's a human condition. Doesn't mean you go cynical or isolationist, but caution regarding others is a necessity in this world. At the end of my mother's life, I had to hire caregivers to stay with her in the house. Most of them stole things and lied about it. Ask any attorney, they'll tell you perjury in the courtroom, now out of control.

Adultery, fraud, deceit in the marketplace, scams, all are everyday occurrences. So trusting others does remain a noble thing. But be careful, very careful. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. You can reach me, Bill at BillOReilly.com, Bill at BillOReilly.com, name and town if you wish to opine. Now let's go to the mail.

Don Mauldin, Aiken, South Carolina. I think you said that no Jews live in Iran. There are about 8,000 who live there. I stand corrected. Good pickup, Don. About 8,000 Jews. But here's something interesting. They all have to swear allegiance to the government of Iran. But there used to be 100,000 Jews in Iran, Persian Jews? About 8,000. Christopher Klein, New Ulm, Texas.

Bill, you said China doesn't care about Iran. What is Iran's opinion of China? I don't know. And it doesn't matter, does it? Iran has no allies now. No one. Everybody's backed away. It's alone. Dennis Hassett, Winter Haven, Florida. Your recent trip to China has inspired my son to go there. He's in the process of getting a visa.

His trip would be different than yours. He has no invitation, no translator, no security. Do you think it would be safe? No. Okay. If it's my son, he's not going. Hong Kong, if it were a good hotel and he was on a tour or something, Hong Kong would be all right. If your son goes to China unattended with no translator, trouble is almost guaranteed. And you're not going to be able to get him out of it and neither am I. So, Dennis,

Please pass that on to your son. The only way to go to China is by a tour. They do still have some, but you going on your own? In a moment, something you might not know. Now the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. It is likely over for the mullahs of Iran. Last week, the Israeli Air Force bombed multiple sites in Tehran with little opposition.

Since the Islamic Revolution, religious zealots have ruled Persia with absolute power. That may soon come to an end, hopefully. Here's a brief rundown. After World War II, Iran was ruled by a pro-Western monarch called the Shah. For support, he gave control of Iranian oil fields to the USA and Great Britain. That deal remains the largest transfer of wealth in human history.

total value $7 trillion, enraged by the Shah's lavish lifestyle. The Islamists overthrew him in 1979. Dozens of hostages were seized at the U.S. Embassy. Ayatollah Khomeini returned from exile in France, was anointed the supreme leader. The pro-Western government evaporated overnight. The new regime created thousands of Islamic committees to enforce Muslim law.

Women were ordered to cover their hair. Independent newspapers banned. American media eliminated from TV. Political opponents assassinated. Today, the clerics are even more powerful and fanatical. Insulting the Prophet Muhammad, same-sex relationships, consuming alcohol, all can carry a death sentence.

Transgendered people are automatically categorized as prostitutes and imprisoned. Women who have an affair with a Muslim man are given 100 lashes with a leather whip. Those who have an affair with a non-Muslim are executed. The mullahs maintain complete control with an extensive network of torture and military prisons.

The UN estimates there are currently 250,000 Iranians in jail for so-called religious crimes. At least 1,000 are executed every year. Adulterers are stoned. Political opponents hanged. Homosexuals thrown off buildings. For more information about this unbelievable brutality of Iran, please check out my upcoming book, Confronting Evil, out September 9th. Back to you.

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