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The Mark Simone Show

Hour 1: LIRR strike.

The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone

News

4.3695 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Governor Kathy Hochul has blamed the LIRR strike on President Trump, and Mark breaks down why. Should congestion pricing be suspended due to the LIRR strike? Hochul may also be using the strike to attack Republican candidate Bruce Blakeman, since he represents Long Island, an area where the strike is frustrating many voters. During President Trump’s visit, burner phones had to be used by him and other top CEOs because of China’s security systems. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has seized $500 million of Iran’s cryptocurrency assets over the past few days. Mark takes your calls! Mark interviews NY Post columnist Michael Goodwin. Mike, a former New York Times staffer, shares his opinion on why the newspaper has become so anti-Semitic. Some of the top lawyers in the US are vowing to help Israel with its lawsuit against the New York Times, especially since the Times has been accused of playing the race card more frequently. Mark and Michael believe that no one should be surprised, since Mamdani preached anti-Semitic views before he became mayor.

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0:00.0

You just heard the news.

0:02.5

Now you'll find out what it all means.

0:05.6

It's Mark Simone on 710 W-O-R.

0:11.0

Hey, it's Monday, but it's a great Monday because this is going to be a three-day weekend coming up.

0:16.7

Memorial Day this coming weekend.

0:18.3

We've got a lot to get to you.

0:19.6

You're not going to believe this.

0:20.6

The people that run this climate change hoax are confessing, admitting. It may not be true.

0:28.5

We'll get to that coming up. We'll get to President Trump and China. The real truth, not the Sunday show fake news truth.

0:35.8

We'll get to pathetic little Colbert. His final week is truth. We'll get to a pathetic little Colbert.

0:38.5

His final week is here.

0:40.7

We'll get to 2028.

0:43.2

We'll get to the Long Island Railroad Strike, of course.

0:46.7

Actually, let's get to that first.

0:49.6

Long Island Railroad on strike.

0:53.1

Now, apparently they're back in the negotiations.

0:55.4

They had walked out.

0:57.0

Everybody had walked out.

0:58.5

But the MTA people are back in there.

1:01.3

MTA run by Jano Lieber, who's just a pompous ass.

1:06.0

Very, very tough to get anything done with that guy.

1:08.7

Just an awful, awful guy.

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