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🗓️ 22 May 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Ken Rosato fills in for Mark Simone. United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been speaking out about the timeline of the war in Iran. Ken dives into a Woman arrested for child neglect after abandoning a baby for a McDonald’s meetup in Maryland. President Trump went 37 for 37 for his endorsement in the primaries this week, and it was a huge win. Ken interviews Armen Kurdian, a retired Navy Captain and foreign policy analyst who’s running for Congress in Southern California. Armen talked about what it’s like to be on the campaign trail, the goals he’s focusing on, and how things are going so far. As someone who served 25 years in the Navy, Armen said Memorial Day should really be about remembering those who gave their lives for the country. Ken and Armen also got into foreign policy. They discussed what President Trump did about Venezuela’s former president, Nicolás Maduro, and the situation with Cuba. The two of them discussed whether the U.S. really needs anything from Cuba and what might be done differently in how America deals with the country. Ken Rosato fills in for Mark Simone. Did you know that, according to Governor Kathy Hochul, New York is now considered a sanctuary state? Ken discusses whether the U.S. immigration system is actually broken, offering a different perspective on the issue. He also highlights that New Jersey has been recognized as a sanctuary state and emphasizes the importance of entering the United States through legal and proper channels. Ken interviews Matt Rooney, a conservative activist, attorney, and founder of SaveNewJersey.com. They discuss why mainstream media often fail to address misinformation from climate change advocates and organizations, and the importance of critically examining claims from all sides. Ken and Matt emphasize that opening the door to understanding opposing viewpoints is crucial for genuine learning. Their conversation explores how individuals from different political parties in the USA can work through ideological differences and find common ground.

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0:00.0	Now, the Mark Simone show on 710 W0R.
0:05.1	Filling in for Mark, here's Ken Rosado.
0:09.0	Well, finally, the end of the week is here.
0:12.3	Mark is off on a long holiday weekend.
0:15.0	Former New York City TV news anchor Ken Rosado.
0:17.1	Reporting for duty.
0:18.5	Are y'all set for Memorial Day?
0:20.1	And by the way way quick lesson on
0:22.9	Memorial Day it was nice to hear folks talking about it with Larry Menti now a few minutes ago
0:28.2	Memorial Day has the word memory in it okay so it is not Veterans Day although we we could still
0:34.7	say thank you to a veteran of course you could say thank you to a veteran every day. But Memorial Day is the time that we remember the people who died fighting to protect our country. So I'm glad we had callers a few minutes ago saying you shouldn't say happy Memorial Day. Yeah, for young people who want to enjoy the beach or whatever, and the fact that you might be getting together with family, that's good, that's happy. But it's not a day that's about happy. It's a day that it's about memorializing. We're supposed to remember those. Give a moment, just a moment of your day to think about those people who made the ultimate sacrifice.
1:13.1	And how significant that is. How many of us would be willing to step up and say, you know what,
1:18.9	take my life so that those 100,000 people over there can live? That's a tough one, right? But people
1:24.5	did that by the hundreds of thousands through our history so all we ask right
1:29.3	as Americans fellow Americans no matter what your politics no matter what your religion no matter
1:33.3	what your heritage originally you're an American just take a moment this Monday and over
1:38.8	the weekend and technically every day we should but this is one day specifically and just
1:43.5	remember the good
1:44.3	folks who sacrificed ultimately their lives, the families left behind who lost their loved one,
1:50.9	their father, their brother, their sister, their mother, so that our America could be free.
1:56.4	And again, like I said, always think of that.
1:59.2	The living vet is the person who survives in place of that person who passed, whom we remember Memorial Day 4.
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