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Joe McGranaghan and Mark Lawrence host open phones, they start out with Joe being rebuked for being an independent thinker who supports, common sense, reasonable people and positions. He is a RINO says our listener and should be kicked out of the GOP. But another listener says Joe isn't, and should be a lemming. We also discuss not being lockstep with any political party. Then onto John Fetterman refusing to debate because of his stroke impairment. Sen. Toomey and candidate Oz complained about the lack of debates. We also discussed the flow if fentanyl over the southern/US border, and China's impact on that importation.

9/6/22 On The Mark: Mark & Joe argue MAGA, Pres. Biden, division and rinos

8:30am to 9:00am: Robert Garrett, President, and CEO Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce, and Art Thomas, Chairman GSVCC, President Meck-Tech and Diversified Construction Inc., had their reaction to the latest US and PA jobless numbers. We talked about inflation, supply chain, workers, impediments to development and forgiving their loans. 8:40am: Jason Fink, President and CEO, Williamsport/Lycoming County Chamber of Commerce, reacted to the jobless numbers, the mission and work of his chamber, the $40 million in local economy of Little League World Series, and how they are addressing the worker shortage.

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host Dr. Chris Ellis, Bucknell political scientist professor and co-director of the Bucknell Institute for Public Policy, on the student loan forgiveness controversy, the PA US Senate and gubernatorial races, Pres. Trump's influence on the GOP, partisan issues, Barbara F. Walter's civil war book, and other topics. During open phones, dug into the veteran, Turkish army, Dr. Oz, Fetterman, Mastriano, Shapiro races, and dark energy coming from the blue light.

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan lead a fitful, divisive, argumentative, disparaging dispute over liberal vs conservative. Mark gets shutdown and angry, Joe gets backed into corner, then they break out in kumbaya. 

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host Dawn Toguchi, Executive Director, Open Discourse Coalition, Lewisburg, on the mission and work of the coalition, their deliverables (classes, fora, events, etc.), and their attack on cancel culture that is raising up the entire Valley. We discussed their forum Tuesday night involving health care disparities. During open phones, we discussed open discourse, cancel culture, taking down gay pride flags (because they are perceived as political speech), canceling Joseph, and encouraging some political speech.

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan open the week with a discussion about GOP gubernatorial candidate, state senator, Doug Mastriano, has views which some say are extreme and the confederate uniform discussion. We also discussed the US electrical grid vulnerability to terrorism, the Mar a Lago search and other topics.

On The Mark anchors Ben Reichley and Mark Lawrence host Dr. Stacy Mastriola, professor of accounting from Bucknell University, on the student loan forgiveness program, the impact on the US economy, the meaning of contracts and commitments, and how schools aren't addressed in the loan actions. During open phones, we read a dozen emails and texts about the load program, US involvement in Ukraine, Mark Zuckerberg acknowledges the FBI influenced the 2020 election, and other aspects of bad state and national government.

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan discuss Pres. Joe Biden's 10,000/20.000 dollar student loan forgiveness plan, the impact it will have on the deficit, economy, taxpayers and of course, loan recipients. We discussed previous administration's tax cuts for various categories, corporations and high earners, corporate welfare, Pres. Biden buying votes, the sanctity of contracts, impact on inflation, trade school impact, and many other related topics.

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host open phones, talking about Pres. Biden's student loan forgiveness proposal, changes in gun laws that would make students safer, the assault rifle ban, AR15s, school shootings, John Fetterman's heart issues, his marijuana advocacy, and a wide range of other current and local topics.

8/23/22 On The Mark: Mark & Joe host CBS' Leonard Steinhorn on Pres. Trump and primaries...then open phones

8/22 22 On The Mark: Joe McGranaghan and Steve Kusheloff host open phones, talking about the biggest issues of the day

8/19/22 Ben Reichley and John Shipman host a great On The Mark, talking about their differing viewpoints on the days political issues

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan wrap up Joe's retirement shortened week with a discussion about all of the political candidates in PA right now, the US Senate and gubernatorial candidates and we ask listeners who they support and why.

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan discuss the Liz Cheney US Congress primary loss in Wyoming, Pres. Trump's criticisms, the Build Back Better debacle, inflation, Pres. Biden, Dr. Oz, and Lt. Gov. Fetterman.

8/16/22 On The Mark: Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host a call from US Congressman Dan Meuser (R-9th, Dallas, Pa.). He expresses his extreme disfavor of the Pres. Biden administration's DOJ and FBI actions at Mar a Lago, the double standards for various ex-presidents and his view on some recently passed legislation During open phones, we continued the discussion about the Mar a Lago search, surveillance cameras, bias within the FBI and DOJ and related topics. We discussed one school board which won't pledge allegiance to the flag because of the God reference.

8/12/22 On The Mark: Mark Lawrence & Ben Reichley host CBS legal analyst Thane Rosenbaum. We discuss the Mar a Lago search, Merrick Garland's remarks and the fallout of the US Justice Department actions lately. His bio says, Thane Rosenbaum is a novelist, essayist and law professor, the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, including “Payback: The Case for Revenge, The Myth of Moral Justice: Why Our Legal System Fails to Do What’s Right,” and the forthcoming “Saving Free Speech … from Itself.” He edited the anthology, “Law Lit: From Atticus Finch to The Practice: A Collection of Great Writing About the Law.”   His writings and commentary on matters of law, justice, and human rights appear frequently in The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, L.A. Times, CNN.com, Slate, Haaretz, ABA Journal, and the Daily Beast — among other publications.  He hosts “The Talk Show” at the 92nd Street Y. He is a Distinguished University Professor at Touro College, where he direc

8/12/22 On The Mark: Mark Lawrence & Ben Reichley host CBS legal analyst Thane Rosenbaum. His bio says, Thane Rosenbaum is a novelist, essayist and law professor, the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, including “Payback: The Case for Revenge, The Myth of Moral Justice: Why Our Legal System Fails to Do What’s Right,” and the forthcoming “Saving Free Speech … from Itself.” He edited the anthology, “Law Lit: From Atticus Finch to The Practice: A Collection of Great Writing About the Law.”  His writings and commentary on matters of law, justice, and human rights appear frequently in The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, L.A. Times, CNN.com, Slate, Haaretz, ABA Journal, and the Daily Beast — among other publications.  He hosts “The Talk Show” at the 92nd Street Y. He is a Distinguished University Professor at Touro College, where he directs the Forum on Life, Culture & Society: www.folcs.org and www.thanerosenbaum During open phones, we argued

David Jolly, former Republican US Congressman (R-13th, Florida), executive chairman Serve America Movement, political analyst, TV commentator, radio host, public speaker, and author, on the chasmic political divide in the US right now, a little on how we got this far apart, how it led to Jan. 6, and we’ll discuss solutions; Cong. Jolly and others are involved in a new, unifying political party called ‘Forward.’  He talkED about how the country wants and demands solutions from our divided leaders, and how we can all be part of moving the country forward.

David Jolly, former Republican US Congressman (R-13th, Florida), executive chairman Serve America Movement, political analyst, TV commentator, radio host, public speaker, and author, on the chasmic political divide in the US right now, a little on how we got this far apart, how it led to Jan. 6, and we’ll discuss solutions; Cong. Jolly and others are involved in a new, unifying political party called ‘Forward.’  He talkED about how the country wants and demands solutions from our divided leaders, and how we can all be part of moving the country forward. During open phones, we discussed how Pres. Trump was the right president at the right time, who did it better; Trump or Biden, the Mara a Lago search, and the lie that IRS agents have a mandatory gun carry policy.