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4.3 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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The Democrats are accused of overplaying their response to the Rene Good murder in Minnesota, which has sparked national outrage and could potentially harm their electoral prospects if they use the event to target ICE. Mark provides a recap of last night’s Golden Globe Awards. Political strategist Ed Rollins joins Mark for an interview. Ed argues that President Trump and the GOP need a clear issue to rally behind for the midterms. He notes that the administration is juggling many priorities, making it difficult to establish a central focus for Republican campaigns. Zohran Mamdani is about to propose significant spending on new public restrooms in NYC. Mark questions whether Mamdani will deliver real change or is just making promises. Did Nick Reiner’s son’s mental health medications contribute to the murder of his parents, actor Rob Reiner and his wife? Mark interviews Fox Business Analyst Charlie Gasparino. Charlie suggests that protests about Rene Good’s murder could increase frustration among Democrats and left-leaning individuals with the state of the country. He also discusses how the media’s handling of the story and related issues could impact the GOP. Additionally, Gasparino provides an update on the Warner Bros. business deal, including news involving Paramount, Skydance, Netflix, and more.

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0:00.0	This is 710 W.O.R. Where the Mark Simone shows starts now.
0:08.0	Wow. Lots to get to today. We'll get to Minnesota. We'll get to all those crazy, spoiled, loony protesters out there.
0:16.0	We'll get to Jerome Powell. We'll get to Venezuela. We'll get to Iran. The Golden Globes.
0:22.2	Nobody.
0:23.0	Nobody too thrilled with that show last night.
0:25.3	And a lot more to talk about today.
0:28.2	Now, Minnesota, you got all these crazy, screaming protesters.
0:34.5	You've seen video all over Twitter all weekend of them jumping in front of cars lying
0:39.1	down in front of cars taunting ice agents just yelling and screaming
0:45.0	tell me what democracy looks like this is what democracy looks like this is what democracy looks like. This is what democracy looks like.
0:55.0	How we want democracy this is what democracy looks like.
1:00.0	Now these, of course, these white liberals that went to all these colleges that indoctrinated them into the far left kook world.
1:10.0	But also, I think they came out pretty spoiled you know
1:12.3	you've got to have a lot of nerve uh to do all this stuff i mean what what do you do when you
1:18.9	do when you're driving and you see oh there's a police car behind me what do you do well you slow down
1:25.5	and you start going the speed limit you You try to drive perfectly. You know,
1:28.0	you try to keep your eyes on the road. There's a police car right behind you. Would you ever have the
1:32.1	nerve to, like this woman did, this poor woman that was killed, would you have the nerve to pull up
1:38.2	in front of them, turn your vehicle sideways, block the road, block them in? Would you have the nerve to do that?
1:47.0	Well, she did.
1:48.0	It's insane.
1:48.8	She spends the whole day yelling and screaming and taunting them and calling them names and
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