FULL SHOW: Government shutdown may be coming to a close; Is SNL biased?

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🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s career could be in jeopardy after 8 Senate Democrats conceded to Republican demands not to extend Obamacare subsidies for a year, a stance Schumer and his party had previously defended. Mark interviews political commentator Liz Peek. Liz explains how the Senate’s decision last night to reopen the government could benefit Americans going forward. Meanwhile, as Zohran Mamdani’s administration takes shape, questions arise about whether this shift could spell significant losses for Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi allegedly made millions of dollars through insider trading while serving in government. Mark recaps special moments from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2025 inductee ceremony, which took place this past Saturday. Mark interviews New York Post journalist Miranda Devine. During the interview, Miranda shares her perspective that former Speaker Nancy Pelosi may be stepping down at this time because of the negative attention brought by Mayor-Elect Mamdani, which she believes could damage the Democratic Party's reputation in the coming months. The Pod Force One podcast is a major hit in the audio world! The latest episode highlights details about Eric Trump, the president’s son, as featured in Devine’s latest coverage.

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0:00.0	You just heard the news. Now you'll find out what it all means. It's Mark Simone on 710 W.O.R.
0:10.0	Oh, and we'll get to the shutdown ending and what it all means. We'll get to President Trump. What a day yesterday. His football career was highlighted on, on television.
0:24.2	We'll get to Nancy Pelosi. We'll get to Mamdani. We'll get to the BBC. Total corruption over there.
0:31.4	They're now having a clean house. So it looks like the shutdown will end this week. Democrats, I hate to say they caved, but they caved and gave in.
0:42.9	And, uh, Chuck Schumer now in big, big trouble with Democrats.
0:47.3	Now, Chuck Schumer still thinks this 178 thinks he can fool people with his nonsense.
0:54.0	Uh, so he may, you know, pounding the table about,
0:56.8	I don't like this agreement. And I'm voting against it. It didn't fool anybody because he
1:03.8	controls the Senate and he allowed eight senators to jump ship and go vote for it. He could
1:08.6	have kept them in line if he wanted to, but he didn't want to. So he didn't want to be on record as voting for it. He could have kept them in line if he wanted to, but he didn't
1:11.5	want to. So he didn't want to be on record as voting for it, but he made sure those eight voted for it,
1:17.2	and this will lead to the end of the shutdown. So Schumer totally behind the scenes cave,
1:22.9	thought he could fool the voters with it, the Democrats, but they are furious at him. It's pretty much the end of
1:29.5	Schumer's career. He was on the way out anyway and couldn't possibly get reelected next year.
1:36.8	In fact, a rumor everywhere that he'll announce he's not running for re-election at some point,
1:41.9	but Democrats yelling and screaming about him. I think he
1:47.6	thought he could get away with it. He's just so far behind the times. But he's in real trouble right now.
1:54.2	So it comes down to two things. One is they kept talking about health care, the Obamacare.
2:00.4	They call it the Affordable Care Act
2:02.0	and the subsidies that people need to pay for it. That was the main issue. But really, for many
2:09.1	of these senators, the main issue was the flight cancellations. Fifteen hundred flights canceled
2:15.7	today alone. So it was snarling up airports,
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