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4.3 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

115,000 new jobs were added to the economy last month. There is a strong possibility that Kamala Harris will run again in the 2028 presidential race. The United States has fired upon and disabled two Iranian tankers attempting to evade the blockade. President Trump referred to the ongoing exchange of fire between Iran and the USA as just a "love tap." Trump also criticized Nancy Pelosi, claiming she represents everything wrong with politics in Washington, D.C. Governor Ron DeSantis commented on Mayor Mamdani’s video targeting billionaires, specifically Ken Griffin. Governor Hochul claims there is a budget deal in NYC, but is there really?

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0:00.0	You just heard the news. Now you'll find out what it all means. It's Mark Simone on 710 W0R.
0:11.5	Well, hey, we'll get to President Trump. We'll get to Crazy Mom Donnie. We'll get to Don Rickles. It's his 100th birthday today. We'll get to Kamala Harris.
0:22.6	2028.
0:23.6	Yeah, it looks like it's going to happen.
0:24.8	We'll get to the virus.
0:26.1	Is it coming here?
0:27.3	We'll get to Hakeem.
0:28.7	We'll get to Mick Jagger.
0:30.2	We'll get to a lot of stuff to talk about today.
0:32.7	It's Friday already.
0:34.1	That's the good news.
0:35.3	Bad news for Democrats.
0:36.9	The jobs numbers are out and they're
0:39.8	really good. Way above estimates. This keeps happening month after month after months. Stocks are up as a
0:46.8	result of a very strong jobs report. This is several months in a row. Very strong jobs report. Corporate
0:54.0	spending is way up. Earnings are coming in. They're
0:56.4	looking great. You know, every so often you get a company. There'll be one little company.
1:00.9	Whirlpool, for instance, on their call yesterday said business is plunging. So this is all
1:05.9	you hear about. Whirlpool. Business, it fell off a cliff and they'll just play that up. That's the only story
1:12.1	they'll tell you. They will not tell you that earnings are up all over the place, every other
1:17.1	corporation. So that's the problem. If you watch network news or CNN or MSNBC, you're getting
1:23.8	one piece of the puzzle and not the rest.
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