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The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone

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4.3 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Border Czar Tom Homan held a press conference addressing the recent ICE raids and operations in Minnesota, which sparked national outrage. A newly surfaced video shows Alex Pretti in a heated confrontation with ICE about 10 days before his death. Mark interviews political strategist Ed Rollins. Ed advises President Trump to act cautiously as the government approaches another possible shutdown and the midterm elections. Rollins notes that Trump’s efforts to highlight economic successes across different states could benefit him in the midterms. NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has proposed a new plan to tackle the city’s significant fiscal deficit. Bruce Springsteen has released a new song inspired by the recent ICE-related killings and the protests in Minneapolis. Mark interviews WOR weeknight host Jimmy Failla. Jimmy discusses the craft of comedy and joke-telling. He also covers Stephen Colbert’s recent controversial remarks comparing ICE to Nazis. Mark and Jimmy broke down what happened with the man who sprayed Rep. Ilhan Omar with vinegar during a town hall.

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0:00.0	This is 710 W.O.R.
0:03.0	Where the Mark Simone show starts now.
0:10.0	Hey!
0:11.0	It's Thursday already. This has been a long week. I think it's the weather.
0:15.0	It makes it a depressing, awful week.
0:18.0	Anyway, we've got a lot to get to today. We'll get to Alex Pratt Alex Preti new video emerging showing what a horrible guy this guy is we'll get to
0:25.7	that we'll get to a possible government shutdown coming very soon we'll get to
0:30.7	the president what he's up to today we'll get to the Hall of Fame not voting
0:35.6	Belichick in we'll get to the horrible anti-Semitic attacks that have been taking place over the last
0:41.2	couple of days and what's going to be done about it.
0:44.3	We'll get to Mayor Mamdani, the budget crisis.
0:48.6	Oh, I don't know.
0:49.7	I mean, you've got a major multi-billion dollar budget crisis.
0:54.6	Is this kid the guy you'd want to figure it out?
0:57.2	I don't think so.
0:59.0	Okay, here's the latest in Minneapolis.
1:01.7	Tom Holman held a press conference this morning,
1:04.8	which impressed everybody, his tone, his content,
1:09.2	calming the situation down. Holman has been in Minneapolis meeting with the mayor, his content, calming the situation down.
1:11.4	Holman has been in Minneapolis meeting with the mayor, the governor, police chiefs.
1:15.8	He's got more police chiefs to meet today, and he explained it very slowly and carefully.
1:21.9	If a lot of people saw this, it's going to help calm things down.
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