Iran War Uncertainty: What’s the Likely Outcome?, Chad C. Pecknold on Pope Leo’s Role in Trump Feud & Clarence Thomas’s Controversial Lecture

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🗓️ 21 April 2026

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Hey BillOReilly.com Premium and Concierge Members, welcome to the No Spin News for Monday, April 20, 2026. Stand Up for Your Country. Talking Points Memo: A rundown of Bill's speech at St. Edward’s Church in Palm Beach and the latest in Iran. Chad C. Pecknold, Ph.D., associate professor at The Catholic University of America, weighs in on whether Pope Leo has done anything wrong in his feud with Trump and how the media has used the situation to undermine Trump. Bill examines Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s lecture at the University of Texas at Austin. Where the United States stands in wealth, according to new data. Final Thought: Bill celebrates his YouTube award wins, subscribe to his channel here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Bill O'Reilly here.
0:13.4	Welcome to the No Spin News, Monday, April 20th,
0:16.1	2006, stand up for your country.
0:19.3	Well, as I reported last week, I went down to South Florida to give a speech to a Catholic
0:26.9	church, and this was looked way, way before the Trump Pope Leo controversy.
0:34.2	And I walked into the hall at St. Edward's Basilica in Palm Beach.
0:41.4	I didn't know what to expect.
0:43.7	And that is the subject of this evening's Talking Points memo.
0:49.1	It was pretty calm.
0:51.6	Nobody was angry.
0:58.6	People were confused a bit, and that's where I come in.
1:08.8	But there wasn't a vibe in the air, somebody who did something wrong, or I'm preferring this person over that person.
1:11.2	The crowd was traditional.
1:13.9	I wouldn't say conservative.
1:15.7	It wasn't a MAGA crowd.
1:17.6	It was one guy with a MAGA hat.
1:18.9	Okay?
1:21.2	One, about 500.
1:35.3	And the crowd was churchgoers, people who have an association with St. Edwards, but not a political crowd.
1:41.0	I didn't pick that up at all because it was an extensive Q&A after my opening remarks.
1:46.0	And it wasn't like, oh, how can he do this or how can this guy do that?
1:49.3	Or how can Trump say this? Or how can Pope Leone? And it wasn't like that at all.
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