On The Mark

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan allow anyone to call in, and say anything they can make up, about the attack on Paul Pelosi. Callers oblige with a long list of lies about the attack. Mark announces he does not believe anything at all whatsever from anyone whatsoever. In the end, we all agree; Demonic possession is the culprit.

10/28/22 On The Mark: Mark & Ben host Mike Molesevich (D-15th candidate for US Congress) and Joanne Stehr (R-017th PA House candidate) talking about the issues

10/27/22 On The Mark: Mark & Joe argue vociferously about Fetterman’s lack of paying taxes and Mark gets ‘taken to the woodshed.’

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host CBS news political analyst and election correspondent Robert Costa. He talked about the Oz/Fetterman debate last night, the reasons people are voting for a particular candidate and where are the undecided voters after which the campaigns are advertising. During open phones, we debated Fetterman/Oz, why Fetterman is fit, or unfit, why folks would vote for him,...

We discuss the St. Louis shooting, gun laws, common sense changes in gun laws, the Mehmet Oz vs. John Fetterman debate, Oz’ Turkish ties and Ted Cruz enjoying The View for lunch.

10/24/22 On The Mark: Mark & Joe argue about election integrity, Sen. Mastriano, the PA governors race, Pres. Trump’s efforts to challenge the outcome of mid-term elections (if his candidate’s fail to win).

We hear from callers who say solutions include; curtain government spending, get serious about the impact of inflation, change presidents, revise government policies, no continuing resolutions, and go back to the bible.

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host League of Women Voters of the Lewisburg Area President Kandi Duncan, who talks about their voter’s guide which is available now, and the hiatus of fora because candidates don’t want to appear. She talked about battling the ‘left leaning’ observation about the non-partisan league. During open phones, we discussed why some candidates won...

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan renew the argument about the 1619 Project, race in America (Joe has been boning up), and issues related to the education of our children. We discussed school libraries containing ‘filth and porn’ and mentions of slavery in the US.

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host CBS political commentator and American University professor Leonard Steinhorn. He talked about the mid-term elections, Pres. Biden and the Fetterman/Oz US Senate race in Pennsylvania. During open phones, we argued about gas prices. Pres. Biden, Pres. Trump, Social Security, Hershel Walker and other related topics.

10/14/22 On The Mark: Mark Lawrence & guest co John Shipman discuss illegal immigration, our porous border, the John Fetterman view on immigration and shipping illegal immigrants to US cities. We discussed John Fetterman’s PennLive Facebook live, and the work and decisions of the US Supreme Court.

Alison Merrill, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Susquehanna University, who specializes in judicial politics and the US Supreme Court, we talk to us about the ambitious court looking at having another big year of big decisions. We’ll ask why courts have a political lean (shouldn’t objective views of the law being black-and-white?), the impact the Dobbs decision has had on…everything, and...

10/10/22 On The Mark: Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan argue about Fetterman vs. Oz, the Markie’s Law veto and the differences between parole and pardon. We revealed the bitter divide regarding the two US Senate candidates.

Robert Garrett, President, and CEO Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce, and Art Thomas, Chairman GSVCC, President Meck-Tech and Diversified Construction Inc., with their reaction to the latest US and PA jobless numbers. We’ll also discuss inflation, supply chain, worker shortage and other headwinds facing businesses today.  www.gsvcc.org Elizabeth Bolden, President and CEO, Pennsylvania...

Dan Meuser, US Congressman (R-9th, Dallas, Pa.) on his new editorial questioning Pres. Biden’s management, policies, initiatives, the Fed, democrat’s plans, easing up on quantitative easing, and the assault on fossil fuels. We’ll ask about efforts to bridge the partisan divide in Washington, the federal response to Hurricane Ian, VP Harris’ equity comment, and the status of regional revitalization...

Dan Meuser, US Congressman (R-9th, Dallas, Pa.) on his new editorial questioning Pres. Biden’s management, policies, initiatives, the Fed, democrat’s plans, easing up on quantitative easing, and the assault on fossil fuels. We’ll ask about efforts to bridge the partisan divide in Washington, the federal response to Hurricane Ian, VP Harris’ equity comment, and the status of regional revitalization...

10/5/22 On The Mark: Mark Lawrence & Joe McGranaghan argue about Pres. Joe Biden’s lack of news conferences, the latest in the Fetterman/Oz race and abortion–is it murder? So folks say…yes. Joe and Mark say no.

10/4/22 On The Mark: Mark  Lawrence and John Shipman discuss Convention of States, minority rule vs. majority rule in the US, how to fix our nation, the electoral college, FEMA, and we talk to CBS News White House Correspondent Steven Portnoy, flood insurance, hurricanes, and constantly rebuilding homes in harm’s way.

10/03/22 On The Mark: Mark Lawrence & Joe McGranaghan talk about presidential gaffs, especially Joe Biden’s recent room search for a dead congresswoman, US Vice President Kamala Harris’ ‘Hurricane Ian clean-up equity’ comments and Democratic US Senate candidate John Fetterman’s health, lipoma (?), shotgun incident and his remarks at a rally over the weekend.

9/30/22 On The Mark: Mark Lawrence & John Shipman discuss good/bad government, Convention of States, restoring faith in elections, and how to glue our nation back together again. We talk about division in the US and the how we ‘otherize’ people with whom we disagree.

9/29/22 On The Mark: Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan discuss the politics of Hurricane Ian (which President got blamed for the worst responses), we talk to CBS’ Jim Krasula about Ian, and talk education with the Sen. Doug Mastriano education plan article from AP.

9/28/22 On The Mark: Mark & Joe discuss the lack of political debates in PA, the Pres. Obama storage of classified documents and other topics. We discussed the main stream media’s liberal bias and the Newsmax/Fox/OAS conservative bias.

9/27/22 On The Mark: Mark & Joe discuss local radar, minority rule, Stan’s disdain for the QYLGBEQ community, and we had lots of words about Oz, Fetterman and Mastriano

Monday 9/26/22 On The Mark: Mark Lawrence & Joe McGranaghan discuss media bias based on a false n-word  accusation from a Duke University athlete, and the media’s supposed ignoring of the facts. Mark agreed–some scrutiny by media and listeners/viewers is the best course. We also discussed Doug Mastriano and Josh Shapiro debate.

9/23/22 On The Mark: Mark & Ben discuss autumn/fall, Aaron Judge and Albert Pujols, Pres. Trump and Pres. Biden, and everything in between