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🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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The Democrats are using the recent drug boat strike as an opportunity to portray Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth as part of a broader issue, criticizing the Trump Administration for decisions that conflict with their views. This comes on the heels of President Trump’s controversial comments referring to Somali immigrants as “garbage,” which prompted a strong response from Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who condemned the remarks as racially motivated and deeply hurtful. Mark interviews Roger Friedman of Showbiz411.The two attended an exclusive event last night at a Manhattan restaurant, where they mingled with several celebrities and gained unique insights into their lives. Notably, Roger had the chance to sit down with filmmaker Woody Allen to discuss how things are going for him, and the conversation was positive and engaging. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has announced plans to visit New York City, though it remains unclear whether he will meet with Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani. The ongoing debate around “Trump Derangement Syndrome” taking over anti-Trumpers’ minds is being highlighted deeper and deeper as the weeks go on. Manhattan psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert is reportedly receiving death threats for speaking out on the topic. Mark interviews WOR weeknight host Jimmy Failla. The two try to understand why Mayor-Elect Mamdani participated in a Starbucks workers’ strike earlier in the week over work-life balance. Additionally, they touch on recent warnings from left-wing media figures about the threat Russia may pose to the United States and beyond.

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0:00.0	live from midtown manhattan here comes the mark simone show on seven 10 w o r hey we got a lot to get to
0:11.6	today the war crimes hoax it's almost over somalia uh unbelievable fraud we'll get to the christmas
0:18.2	tree lighting we'll get to the new york times we'll get to the New York Times. We'll get to
0:21.4	Luigi Mangione. You know, it's a year ago. It's the one-year anniversary of that horrible
0:26.6	shooting. We'll get to Mamdani and Netanyahu, and we'll get to Trump Darrangement Syndrome,
0:32.0	new research coming out about it. We'll get to Christmas parties and a whole lot more. So the Democrats trying everything,
0:42.1	you notice they abandoned Epstein. You haven't heard of them mentioned Epstein in two, three weeks.
0:46.5	They gave up on that. It didn't test well, it didn't focus group well. It wasn't working.
0:51.4	They think the war crimes hoax. This will take down the entire Trump administration,
0:57.5	or at least get rid of Pete Hexif. It will do neither of those things. Hexif is fine. Hexif is
1:03.1	fine. He's not going anywhere. Obviously, if you're going to blow up a drug boat, a coke boat,
1:09.4	a narco boat, as they call them,
1:11.6	if you're going after the cartel to blow up the boat, you drop a lot of bombs, not one.
1:16.0	This new, ridiculous, preposterous Democrat rule that you're only allowed to one bomb, one bomb.
1:23.0	If you don't get them with the one bomb, that's it.
1:26.8	Doesn't make any sense.
1:28.3	Anybody in the history of warfare, any general, any leader will tell you, you drop a lot
1:33.2	of bombs and try to wipe them out.
1:35.4	President Trump is just kind of laughing at this.
1:38.4	He kind of enjoys this.
1:39.3	He likes when the Democrats come up with a hoax where he knows it's not going to work and in the end it'll
1:45.5	fizzle out.
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