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The Mark Simone Show

Hour 2: Will the free buses work?

The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone

News

4.3696 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Mark discusses how Democrats have historically imposed what he calls “self-tariffs” through higher taxes. He also examines Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s proposed free bus plan in New York City and the concern that it could lead to tax increases and hurt the local economy. CBS News has announced buyouts amid more staff departures. Mark takes your calls! Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota, says the state should be reimbursed by the federal government for damages related to actions involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Plus, why taking a fast-paced walk every day could deliver major health benefits.

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0:00.0

It's the Mark Simone show on 710 W.O.R.

0:05.0

Well, hey, it's Friday the 13th. We've got a three-day weekend coming up.

0:11.0

You got five weeks until spring. That's all. Just five weeks. Spring training is already underway right now as we speak.

0:20.0

You know, we have a U.S. Attorney of the Southern District.

0:23.0

That's the big one.

0:23.8

The Southern District, that's Jay Clayton, doing an excellent job.

0:27.1

But there's a Northern District, which goes, you know, from here upstate.

0:32.2

The U.S. attorney for the Northern District had been a great guy who everybody, everybody loved this guy doing a great

0:41.7

job. John Sarkone, he's the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District. He was not confirmed.

0:47.5

He was appointed, but Sarkone is considered a great U.S. Attorney. Everybody's happy with him. They

0:52.6

think he's doing a great job. Well, you got these crazy left-wing judges here in New York. So they ruled that he can't be the U.S.

0:59.1

attorney because he hasn't been confirmed yet. And there's a temporary, the judges decided they'll

1:06.9

appoint their own U.S. attorney for the Northern District. And they chose somebody and made him the U.S. attorney for the Northern District.

1:15.3

And day one, President Trump fired him and said, judges don't pick U.S. attorneys the president does.

1:21.3

So I think what Sarkone did was he made himself the number two guy just to make sure he's still there

1:25.9

because everybody thinks he's doing a great job. hopefully uh the president will reappoint him as the uh u.s

1:32.6

attorney hey you know the beautiful waldorf Astoria the waldorf hotel one of the great

1:38.0

landmarks in new york remember was closed for like 10 years while they were rebuilding it

1:43.4

and uh took forever and then it reopened about six

1:46.5

months ago and it's spectacular I don't like some of the changes but it's spectacular inside

1:52.0

it's up for sale now I don't know why they spent all these years rebuilding it just to sell it

1:56.3

but half the building is now apartments condos you can buy a condo but you can also buy the

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