FULL SHOW: Oil prices are dropping; Brown University shooter update.

The Mark Simone Show

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🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Ken Rosato fills in for Mark Simone. Some California wildfire responses have faced criticism after claims that access restrictions in certain protected areas were due to liberals' limited early firefighting efforts, though these allegations are still under review, and officials cite weather and dry conditions as key factors in the fires’ spread. President Trump signed an executive order making Dec. 24 and Dec. 26 federal closure days for 2025, giving federal workers additional time off around Christmas without permanently changing the holiday calendar. Crude oil prices have dropped to under $55 a barrel. Gas has fallen below $3.00 in most parts of the country. Gas prices falling could help the consumer save more money in the future. Ken Rosato fills in for Mark Simone. Recent developments in the Brown University shooting indicate that Claudio Manuel Neves Valente killed an MIT professor before dying by suicide. President Trump has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC, alleging that the network edited two separate portions of his January 6th, 2021, speech in which he was accused of inciting the attack on the Capitol building. Ken interviews digital strategist Fisher. He dives deep into the best tech gadgets to gift or treat yourself. They discuss the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2, highlighting its features and why it tops many wish lists this year. Plus, they spotlight the Mario Kart bundle as a standout choice for gamers of all ages. Whether you’re shopping for friends, family, or yourself, this episode has tech recommendations you won’t want to miss!

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0:00.0	now the mark simone show on seven ten w o'clock filling in for mark here's ken rosado and a very good morning
0:09.3	to you the end of the week is here yes please excuse the frog in my throat i was on a plane the other day
0:14.6	and of course everybody around me was hacking up a lung and i said i'm going to get something i know it
0:20.4	so with me it settles in my vocal chords. It always has. And don't worry about it. It doesn't hurt. It feels fine. It just sounds kind of weird. So I don't think, who is this? It's Brenda Vicaro coming to you live. Anyway, it's good to be here. Six days till Christmas, you could feel the spirit in the air. Three more days of
0:38.1	Hanukkah. Mark is off today. Hope you enjoy your time off, brother. Ken Rosado in, and we have a lot
0:43.5	to talk about. First up, did you guys hear about what is going on in Los Angeles? It is unbelievable.
0:50.5	Now with the fires that they had there earlier in the year, apparently firefighters wanted
0:57.2	to go in to investigate this one section of the mountain where there was smoke, but because
1:04.0	of environmentalists wackos who control that part of California, the California State Parks had restricted firefighting
1:13.6	operations in an area that is designated an avoidance area see because in the
1:19.2	mind of a liberal environmentalist in an environmentalist brain you don't matter
1:25.3	humans come 97th on the list of importance it's about the
1:29.8	uga-uga fish and the Malauqua tree and nature and earth and you are scum you
1:37.1	shouldn't even be here how dare you be part of the world you human so this is the
1:42.5	liberal environmentalist mind at work. And so as a result,
1:47.0	the fire where the firefighters wanted to go in and investigate the smoke, it was allowed to
1:52.3	fester. And that is likely what led to a much larger fire that resulted in deaths and billions
1:58.9	of dollars of property damage destroying a good chunk
2:02.6	of that beautiful part of Southern California.
2:05.6	Once again, liberals destroying a beautiful thing because they are just nuts.
2:11.6	For them, environmentalism is not a cause. It is a religion.
2:15.6	Many of the arch-liberals don't have religion in their minds,
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