Larry Mendte goes over the biggest news stories of the day including a hearing on Capitol Hill getting fiery between Pam Bondi and Richard Blumenthal, the NJ Gubernatorial debate tonight, and backlash on Zohran Mamdani for his comments on October 7th. JC Polanco talks with Mendte in the Morning about Zohran Mamdani winning in the polls and what can be done to stop him. Greg Giangrande joins Larry to talk about how to make yourself stand out during the job search process.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well as always, thanks so much for being with us
this morning. Listen, and if you're in your car and
you just left or your home and you're about to
get in your car, just remember there's gonna be showers
and thunderstorms today, so they're not going to happen till
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in your car if you don't have one. So just
(00:20):
a reminder, just trying to help you in the Big Three.
An explosive, explosive hearing on Capitol Hill with senators, including
Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal, trying but failing, miserably, trying to
slime Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Senator Blumenthal, I cannot believe that you would excuse me
of impropriety when you lied about your military service. I
am you, you lie, but dare you. I'm a career prosecutor.
Don't ever challenge my integrity. I have abided by every
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ethics standard.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Yeah, it was like that for the entire hearing. Every
Democrat tried, every Democrat failed. She was impressive. And in
that same hearing, Senator Josh Hawley calls for hearings and
investigation and prosecution of those in the Biden Justice Department
who were targeting Catholics, school parents, and US senators, including
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Josh Hawley.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
We've got nothing but concerns today, but no concern at
all for a Justice Department that is tapping the phones
of sitting United States Senators because who knows why they
don't like them, they're members of the opposition party, They're Republicans,
their conservatives.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Yeah, these are FBI memos that have been discovered that
show that under the Biden administration, they let the prosecutors loose,
investigators loose on people across the country, investigating them, tapping
their phones following them. I'm telling you know what they
(02:14):
keep saying. The Trump administration is weaponizing the Justice Department. Seriously,
take a look in the mirror. Tonight is the New
Jersey gubernutorial debate on ABC seven, in a race between
Republican Jack Chittarelli and Democrat Mikey Cheryl that polls show
(02:35):
right now is a dead heat.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
Both of these candidates really need to cater to that
median voter, those voters who are in the middle, independence, nonpartisan,
swing voters, whatever you want to call them. That's the
key really for either one of them.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
To get over the finish line and a Democratic mayoral
candidates are in mom Donnie is facing backlash right now
after releasing a statement on October seventh, the anniversary the
two year anniversary of the Hamas attack, a statement condemning.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Israel and its war on Hamas and Gaza on the anniversary.
But nothing seems to stop this guy. He's like Teflon Zoran.
I don't know if.
Speaker 6 (03:20):
Anything will affect Assembly minimum Donnie's campaign. I think this
is just one of many examples of anti Jewish positions
that are cloaked under de veil of anti Zionism or
anti nan Yahoo.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
There are signs that the government shut down may be
coming to an end.
Speaker 7 (03:40):
Well, hopefully we're going to get this result before October fifteenth.
That is when you will see the majority of these
workers in our military employee and military men and women
not receive their paycheck.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
That was a New York Congressman Nicole Meliotakas and the
Yankees live to fight another day thanks to their superstar
Aaron Judge.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Strike pitch.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
It's a drive downline.
Speaker 7 (04:07):
He experiences moment, what's time?
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Yeah, they were down, they look bad. They were down
six to one after the first couple of innings and
that was huge. That tied up the game six to six.
They went on to beat the Blue Jays nine to six.
Now comes Game four today. I want to start by
talking about the mayoral race and the fact that Zorin
(04:39):
Mamdani is skating to the mayoral ship even though he
is an amazingly flawed candidate. The things he said in
his past are disqualifying. The things he said about the police,
the things he said about Jews, the things he said
about Israel, the things he's over and over again, he
(05:00):
has blasted the police department and Jews around the world,
and yet he skates, and yet he gets away with everything.
And I don't know whether it's the media not covering
him the way they should and warning everybody about him,
and the fact that all of his policies are just lies,
(05:23):
or it is that just that his supporters are so rabid.
His supporters want socialism so much that they're willing to
ignore everything else. That they're like socialist zombies that are
going to vote for him no matter what he says,
(05:44):
no matter what he does, no matter what he's done
in his past, it doesn't seem to matter. He just
seems to be teflon, teflon, Zoran. This is what and
this is why I'm saying this is because yesterday, on
the anniversary of October seventh, one of the worst terrorist
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attacks in global history against Israel. Awful one hundred and
ninety five people killed, people taken hostage, children killed in
front of their parents, women repeatedly raped and sexually mutilated.
(06:26):
Just a horror show on that day. And let me
read to you the statement that Zorin Mamdani put out tonight.
I mourn the lives and pray for the families that
have been shattered in Gaza that our government has been
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complicit with. This must end, the occupation and the apartheid
in Gaza must end. Every day in Gaza becomes a
place where grief runs out of language. Do you think
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that was the day to worry about what's happened to
the people of Gaza. Do you think the anniversary of
the horrific attack on Israel and innocent people in Israel
who were trying to see a concert, who were just
living in their homes with marauders bursting in the door,
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killing their children, raping the women, killing one hundred and
ninety five people taking people hostage. You think that was
the day to put out a statement how much you're
worried about the people of Gaza. Now, look, there might
be another day for that. Any other day would be
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a good day for that. Why today, Why yesterday? Why yesterday?
Why would you ruin and cause more pain for the
people who had to suffer through that, who are still
waiting for hostages to come home, who are in this country,
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the Jews in this country, who are still suffering from
what happened in New York. Why would you put out
a statement like that? Because this is what he really believes.
He doesn't care about Israel. He wants a part, He
wants the Infantada. That's what he wants. He said it
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so many times in the past. Everything he said in
the past is true. We should believe that. We should
believe that he wants to defund the police. We should
believe it when he says that the police department is
racist and against LGBTQ individuals. We should believe him when
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he says that that they're the enemy. We should believe
him when he wants to globalize the Infantada. We should
believe it when he says Israel should cease to exist.
We should believe all of that, and yet people are
blind to it. And yet it's all there on paper.
(09:28):
That statement yesterday was on paper. I don't understand it.
I don't understand how this guy skates and everything he
says he's going to do that's positive, he cannot do.
He can't raise taxes on the rich that goes through Albany,
(09:50):
They'll never do it. He can't raise the corporate tax
that goes through Albany, He'll never do it. All the
things he's he's as. He is a false prophet. Please
wake up and media, do your job. It's time to
take this guy out in the media with negative story
(10:12):
after negative story after negative story. These glowing stories about
this savior for New York, about how always young and cute,
have got to stop. You're not People magazine, You're the
New York Times, You're the New York Post, you're the
Daily News. Do your job. There is a city in
New Jersey that has become the Hollywood of the East,
(10:33):
and many residents are not happy about it at all.
We'll talk about that next. Now, let's get the J. C. Polonco,
political analyst and university of Mount Saint Vincent assistant professor.
He is also an attorney. Jac are you a Yankees fan?
Speaker 8 (10:49):
I was a former Yankee bat boy? Do you believe that?
Or note four and eighteen eighty five? Look it up?
Isn't that crazy? Well, i'd bleed blue New York Yankees
and Bills.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
So who was on the team when you were there?
And were they nice to you?
Speaker 9 (11:04):
Oh?
Speaker 8 (11:04):
They were great guys here. In ninety four, I was
on the visiting side. In ninety five, I was on
the home side. We had Derek Jeters first year, who
Hipposada's first year. We had Darryl Strawberry on the team.
But you know, very few guys will ever be as
nice as Don Mattingly. That guy was just amazing. Right.
Everything you've ever heard about Wade Bobs being a scary
guy is absolutely true.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Why do you have a story.
Speaker 8 (11:30):
Well, you know a few stories about chicken missing set
thought I ate it. I never touched it.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
He accused you of stealing his.
Speaker 8 (11:41):
Chicken, well about eating some of his chicken, and they
never did. I promise you. You know who was a
tough cookie as well? I thought he was a marina,
a marina some kind was Paul o'meal. Paul Omills was
like a nice guy on the radio, but back of
his playing Daisy was a tough cookie.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
You were scared of him.
Speaker 8 (11:58):
I was planning guy. He's tall. I'm only five.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Patty oh Man, we have to talk more about.
Speaker 8 (12:07):
I have some great stories. One day we'll get together.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
Absolutely love to hear them. Right now, let's talk about politics.
It confuses me, it really does. And I heard you
on television last night talking about it. As a matter
of fact, I've been playing a little bit about what
you said. It's confusing to me that the polls show
almost half of the New York Jews are going to
vote for Zorin Mamdani according to the polls. And yesterday
(12:34):
that statement he put out on October seventh, still supporting Gonza.
I mean, that's fine. He can support Gasa and he
can call what's happening there atrocious, not on October seventh.
You don't do it on that day when you should
be talking about the horrendous things that happened to Jewish
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to Jewish citizens on that day, And he couldn't bring
himself to do that. To me, that's disqualifying. But I
heard you on the air.
Speaker 8 (13:03):
You don't think so, oh listen, nothing is disqualifying for
this guy. I don't know what it is. I mean,
October seventh is a day we think about those children
that were murdered, the babies that were murdered, We think
about people putting people being killed by the hamas terrorists,
and we focus on that day with attention, and we
think about the lives that were lost that day and
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know that there are New Yorkers among us who have
families and who can connect with the group of people
that were attacking such a manner, and just focus on that.
He couldn't do it. He couldn't do it because doing
it would hurt his base. Doing it would hurt his
power base in New York City. You have the people
that are supporting Laura Momdani. You gotta some good people
supporting him. Let's get that out the way. We have
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some really bad people that are supporting his campaign. People
that want to erase Israel. People have no problem with
the phrase globalized, the Intafada, people who couldn't think twice
about hurting Jewish people and what they've gone through. And
I don't think that there's an ethnic group in you
York City that can be disrespected in this manner and
not have to pay a consequence and still have over
fifty percent of its own people supporting a candidate. I
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don't know whether it's the hypnotizing that happens with the
mom Donnie smile. I don't know what it is, but
it's getting to a point that where I have to
question what's happening here. As I speak to some of
my Jewish friends and maybe can help me out here,
they tell me, Planco, there's a major divide. We're not
a monolith. They tell me. We have young, old, we
have practicing Jews, we have nonpracticing Jews. We have people
that can understand the plight of Jews here in New
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York City and those that are so far removed from
it that they have forgotten. And that explains a great
deal the divide in the polls that we see with
Jewish report for sell me mimimum, Donnie. And I mean,
I just can't explain how. I can't imagine any other
group that has gone through something like this to have
a candidate running for mayor who doesn't focus specifically on
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the hurt that the group of people have gone through
that day.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
Well, thanks for that explanation, because that explains a lot
to me, because he's lied about everything else. He's lied
about everything. Everything he says he's going to do he
knows he can't do. And I thought, why didn't just
lie about this? Because he's great at that. He's great
at smiling and lying and lying about his every policy
(15:14):
he has. But what you just said makes a lot
of sense that he has to play to his bass.
So this is one thing he can hide and one
thing he can't lie about because it would be self defeating.
That makes a whole lot of sense. What are you
go ahead, go ahead.
Speaker 8 (15:32):
Do you want to comment on that, Larry, Yeah, Larry,
think about this. Let's say I'll meet example. You know,
we currently have a peace agreement on the desk to
finish what's happening in Israel, and I don't think he
could put himself in a position where he thinks this
would be a good idea. I don't think he can
come out and say, well, let's hope that Hamas signs
these documents and we get these hostages back, because that
(15:53):
would hurt his base. For example, Luigi Meggione, who killed
the father of two execution styles in Manhattan. If you
were to come out and say something along the lines
of murder is not right, regardless of whatever job you have,
we should never condone murder for political speech. If you
were to say that it will hurt his base, you'll
never say these things. And just like yesterday, he won't
just focus on the hurt of the Jewish people on
October seventh because it will hurt him with his base.
(16:15):
So he, you know, just figure out every aspect that
will hurt any group of people that are supporting his campaign.
He wouldn't absolutely never do anything that would hurt that support.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
Every day I ask somebody, is there any chance this
guy is going to lose? And because I'm trying to
convince myself that someone can beat him, and I'm having
a tough time doing that, I would give I'm looking
at the at the odds makers, they're saying it's eighty
six percent chance he's going to win. I think that
might be low.
Speaker 8 (16:48):
It may be low. The runway is very short. A
day is an eternity, as you know, a lot can happen,
but it's you know, we're less than a month away now.
Now it's time, and it's looking as if if he
goes on cruise, he's going to pull this off. And
a lot of it has to do with the divided opposition.
I think that if the opposition was united, this would
be a very different scenario, but it's not. So, you know,
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we can dream and think about a place where the
Democratic Socialists of America and those that you know want
to destroy our country and want to divide us won't win,
but I don't think that's going to happen. I think
that right now we're in a position where people that
don't mind increasing taxes on New Yorker so that they
can leave New York, people that want to decriminalize prostitution
and misdemeanors are are going to be in a position
(17:32):
where they're going to control New York City government. And
I don't know if your listeners understand what that means.
That means appointing hundreds of commissioners, judges, deputy commissioners, board members,
the positions that run every day in New York City,
and it's going to be a disaster for us, especially
the kind of people and their ideas and what they
view and what they view for the future of New
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York City. It's a very scary thing. These are people
who weren't here during the eighties and nineties during the
cracked pandemic.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
Yeah, you're depressed me. I want to talk to you
about the Yankees from now on.
Speaker 8 (18:03):
Yeah, man, it's just they have no and unless we
have a united opposition heading into the general that's not
going to happen. And it seems as if it's going
to be on cruise control.
Speaker 9 (18:12):
Borring, borring.
Speaker 8 (18:15):
A pole coming up that shows that independence like myself
are coming together with Republicans and and disaffected Democrats and
are going to support the leading opponent into November. Now,
one thing you've got to remember, Yeah, we're a getting
eleven percent of New York City voted for Mamdani in
the last week of June, and he's become a national superstar.
E I get it, I get it.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
That's uh. Look, you're depressing the heck out of me.
But we'll talk again soon. I can't wait to hear
more stories about the Yankees. J. C. Polanco, political analyst
and University of Mount Saint Vincent assistant professor and attorney.
You know, we talked with Greg g and Grande last
week about resumes, but it is such an important topic,
(18:58):
and I've heard from so many many people. Why is
my resume failing? I keep sending it out and I'm
not getting any bites whatsoever. It was such an important topic.
We're going to continue the conversation this week. Greg gian
Grande is career advice expert with us every Wednesday at
this time. You can check them out on go to
(19:18):
Greg dot com. And I just want to make sure
Greg that people that weren't listening last week don't get
the information that we said last week. So one of
the most important things you said, if we can summarize
some of that from last week, is that resumes. I
thought this was a great line, are like fishing bait.
Speaker 9 (19:41):
Yes, there's nothing wrong. And I have another analogy, another metaphor.
It's like a golf club. Right, it's a tool. I
am a hacker, and every time I mishit a ball,
I keep looking at the club saying what's wrong with
this club because I never ever hit the ball well?
And then my friend picks up my club and hits
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a shot three hundred yards straight down the fairway with
the same club. It's not the tool, it's the person
and how they're using it. A resume is just a
tool and all it can do is clarify for a
reviewer what you have done in your career. So it's
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a resume, and how you put one together may not
you may not be doing it in a way that
puts your best foot forward. But at the end of
the day, right, what you have done in your career
is the only thing that matters to an employer, and
the resume is just a tool that helps tell that
story in a very succinct way. So it's how you
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use it and where you send.
Speaker 8 (20:50):
It, and.
Speaker 9 (20:52):
That determines how effective it can be, whether you use
a bait, analogy or a golf club it.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Right, And maybe we could summarize this for people to
make it very simple, because I know so many people
who are frustrated they keep sending their resumes out, that
keep going to the job sites and putting their resume
up there and they get nothing, nothing at all. They
and you can imagine how you feel when that happens
month after month after month. So maybe there's just one
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or two things that you could tell people that will
make their resume stand out.
Speaker 9 (21:29):
Yes, so there are a few things. First, it is
not uncommon to send your resume to a job posting
and not hear anything and many job postings because the
volume that employers are receiving the amount of competition just
makes that method of looking for a job the least effective.
(21:53):
You should do it, but don't get demoralized by not
getting good responses, because very few people get really good
responses just because of the volume of resumes that are
going across the transom, So don't be discouraged by the
lack of response. It's not unusual. However, the things you
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can do to make your resume have a better chance
in that method of getting reviewed and you getting a
callback are really very simple. One is, you can't have
one resume for every job you're applying for unless you
have created a resume that is specifically targeted to that job,
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and you are applying to the same type of job everywhere.
You must tailor the content on your resume to the
specific job, and that means putting the most relevant experience
that you have in your career, the most relevant accomplishments
at the top of the resume. So even if it's
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a job that was two or three jobs ago, you
don't have to follow a chronological order. If your current
job isn't most directly related to what you're applying for
versus the job you had two jobs ago. Yes, it's
the most relevant information first, and using the keywords from
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the job description in your resume to describe what you did.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
You know, it's funny. I talked to some people who
have been searching for jobs and I told them you
said that, And I said to them, you have to
put the keywords from the job description in there. You've
got to make sure you don't send out the same
resume each time. And they went, I did that. I
did that. I just don't think that this is the
best way to find a job. So you're an expert
on this. If it's not sending out a resume, what
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is the best way. How do you get the attention
of someone like you that you can make the list
of potential candidates?
Speaker 9 (23:58):
Yes, so great question. First of all, it is not
the best way, so we're establishing that. So that's why
people shouldn't over index when they're job searching just sending
out resumes, but you should do it because you never know.
What is most effective is targeting a specific company and
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trying to find someone in your network who knows someone
at that company. It comes back to the age old thing,
and that's networking somehow, some way in your network. Try
to find someone who knows someone at the company you
want to work for, and send a letter and a
resume to that person and be specific about not that
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you're just looking for a job. You want to get
my attention. Tell me why you want to work You
sought me out, Tell me why you want to work
for my company, and why you want to work for me.
That will get my attentions. This is a random resume
that comes over the internet from someone who is looking
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for a job. That's how you stand out.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
Of all the people you've hired in the past, how
many of you hired just from a resume you got rarely?
And how many have you hired from somebody telling you
about them that they rave about this person, someone that
works at your company and comes and gives a recommendation.
Speaker 9 (25:29):
Or someone from my network not necessarily at the company. Okay,
mostly it is hiring is such a difficult process, and
the vetting of people you don't know, don't have any background.
Like even the best vetting at best companies get it
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right fifty percent of the time. That increases dramatically, which
is why so many companies have employee refer programs where
they will pay people a bonus if they refer someone.
Because rather than sifting through thousands of anonymous resumes, someone
who works at the company, who knows what it's like
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to work at the company, what it takes to be
successful at the company, sending someone that they recommend goes
to the very top of the list. Those are the
people every company is looking for. First.
Speaker 1 (26:26):
Greg, this is tremendous information because I know a lot
of people are out there because I know some of
them personally. I know a lot of people that are
out there are getting very frustrated and you might have
just ended their frustration. Appreciate it. Greg, GM Grande career
advice expert with us every Wednesday at this time. By
the way, you can check them out and ask them
your own questions at go to Greg dot com. Talk
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to you again next week. Greg, thanks a lot.
Speaker 8 (26:51):
Thank you. Larry
Well as always, thanks so much for being with us
this morning. Listen, and if you're in your car and
you just left or your home and you're about to
get in your car, just remember there's gonna be showers
and thunderstorms today, so they're not going to happen till
about noon. But you may want to pack an umbrella
in your car if you don't have one. So just
(00:20):
a reminder, just trying to help you in the Big Three.
An explosive, explosive hearing on Capitol Hill with senators, including
Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal, trying but failing, miserably, trying to
slime Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Senator Blumenthal, I cannot believe that you would excuse me
of impropriety when you lied about your military service. I
am you, you lie, but dare you. I'm a career prosecutor.
Don't ever challenge my integrity. I have abided by every
(01:05):
ethics standard.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Yeah, it was like that for the entire hearing. Every
Democrat tried, every Democrat failed. She was impressive. And in
that same hearing, Senator Josh Hawley calls for hearings and
investigation and prosecution of those in the Biden Justice Department
who were targeting Catholics, school parents, and US senators, including
(01:33):
Josh Hawley.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
We've got nothing but concerns today, but no concern at
all for a Justice Department that is tapping the phones
of sitting United States Senators because who knows why they
don't like them, they're members of the opposition party, They're Republicans,
their conservatives.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Yeah, these are FBI memos that have been discovered that
show that under the Biden administration, they let the prosecutors loose,
investigators loose on people across the country, investigating them, tapping
their phones following them. I'm telling you know what they
(02:14):
keep saying. The Trump administration is weaponizing the Justice Department. Seriously,
take a look in the mirror. Tonight is the New
Jersey gubernutorial debate on ABC seven, in a race between
Republican Jack Chittarelli and Democrat Mikey Cheryl that polls show
(02:35):
right now is a dead heat.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
Both of these candidates really need to cater to that
median voter, those voters who are in the middle, independence, nonpartisan,
swing voters, whatever you want to call them. That's the
key really for either one of them.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
To get over the finish line and a Democratic mayoral
candidates are in mom Donnie is facing backlash right now
after releasing a statement on October seventh, the anniversary the
two year anniversary of the Hamas attack, a statement condemning.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Israel and its war on Hamas and Gaza on the anniversary.
But nothing seems to stop this guy. He's like Teflon Zoran.
I don't know if.
Speaker 6 (03:20):
Anything will affect Assembly minimum Donnie's campaign. I think this
is just one of many examples of anti Jewish positions
that are cloaked under de veil of anti Zionism or
anti nan Yahoo.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
There are signs that the government shut down may be
coming to an end.
Speaker 7 (03:40):
Well, hopefully we're going to get this result before October fifteenth.
That is when you will see the majority of these
workers in our military employee and military men and women
not receive their paycheck.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
That was a New York Congressman Nicole Meliotakas and the
Yankees live to fight another day thanks to their superstar
Aaron Judge.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Strike pitch.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
It's a drive downline.
Speaker 7 (04:07):
He experiences moment, what's time?
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Yeah, they were down, they look bad. They were down
six to one after the first couple of innings and
that was huge. That tied up the game six to six.
They went on to beat the Blue Jays nine to six.
Now comes Game four today. I want to start by
talking about the mayoral race and the fact that Zorin
(04:39):
Mamdani is skating to the mayoral ship even though he
is an amazingly flawed candidate. The things he said in
his past are disqualifying. The things he said about the police,
the things he said about Jews, the things he said
about Israel, the things he's over and over again, he
(05:00):
has blasted the police department and Jews around the world,
and yet he skates, and yet he gets away with everything.
And I don't know whether it's the media not covering
him the way they should and warning everybody about him,
and the fact that all of his policies are just lies,
(05:23):
or it is that just that his supporters are so rabid.
His supporters want socialism so much that they're willing to
ignore everything else. That they're like socialist zombies that are
going to vote for him no matter what he says,
(05:44):
no matter what he does, no matter what he's done
in his past, it doesn't seem to matter. He just
seems to be teflon, teflon, Zoran. This is what and
this is why I'm saying this is because yesterday, on
the anniversary of October seventh, one of the worst terrorist
(06:04):
attacks in global history against Israel. Awful one hundred and
ninety five people killed, people taken hostage, children killed in
front of their parents, women repeatedly raped and sexually mutilated.
(06:26):
Just a horror show on that day. And let me
read to you the statement that Zorin Mamdani put out tonight.
I mourn the lives and pray for the families that
have been shattered in Gaza that our government has been
(06:50):
complicit with. This must end, the occupation and the apartheid
in Gaza must end. Every day in Gaza becomes a
place where grief runs out of language. Do you think
(07:11):
that was the day to worry about what's happened to
the people of Gaza. Do you think the anniversary of
the horrific attack on Israel and innocent people in Israel
who were trying to see a concert, who were just
living in their homes with marauders bursting in the door,
(07:37):
killing their children, raping the women, killing one hundred and
ninety five people taking people hostage. You think that was
the day to put out a statement how much you're
worried about the people of Gaza. Now, look, there might
be another day for that. Any other day would be
(07:59):
a good day for that. Why today, Why yesterday? Why yesterday?
Why would you ruin and cause more pain for the
people who had to suffer through that, who are still
waiting for hostages to come home, who are in this country,
(08:21):
the Jews in this country, who are still suffering from
what happened in New York. Why would you put out
a statement like that? Because this is what he really believes.
He doesn't care about Israel. He wants a part, He
wants the Infantada. That's what he wants. He said it
(08:41):
so many times in the past. Everything he said in
the past is true. We should believe that. We should
believe that he wants to defund the police. We should
believe it when he says that the police department is
racist and against LGBTQ individuals. We should believe him when
(09:06):
he says that that they're the enemy. We should believe
him when he wants to globalize the Infantada. We should
believe it when he says Israel should cease to exist.
We should believe all of that, and yet people are
blind to it. And yet it's all there on paper.
(09:28):
That statement yesterday was on paper. I don't understand it.
I don't understand how this guy skates and everything he
says he's going to do that's positive, he cannot do.
He can't raise taxes on the rich that goes through Albany,
(09:50):
They'll never do it. He can't raise the corporate tax
that goes through Albany, He'll never do it. All the
things he's he's as. He is a false prophet. Please
wake up and media, do your job. It's time to
take this guy out in the media with negative story
(10:12):
after negative story after negative story. These glowing stories about
this savior for New York, about how always young and cute,
have got to stop. You're not People magazine, You're the
New York Times, You're the New York Post, you're the
Daily News. Do your job. There is a city in
New Jersey that has become the Hollywood of the East,
(10:33):
and many residents are not happy about it at all.
We'll talk about that next. Now, let's get the J. C. Polonco,
political analyst and university of Mount Saint Vincent assistant professor.
He is also an attorney. Jac are you a Yankees fan?
Speaker 8 (10:49):
I was a former Yankee bat boy? Do you believe that?
Or note four and eighteen eighty five? Look it up?
Isn't that crazy? Well, i'd bleed blue New York Yankees
and Bills.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
So who was on the team when you were there?
And were they nice to you?
Speaker 9 (11:04):
Oh?
Speaker 8 (11:04):
They were great guys here. In ninety four, I was
on the visiting side. In ninety five, I was on
the home side. We had Derek Jeters first year, who
Hipposada's first year. We had Darryl Strawberry on the team.
But you know, very few guys will ever be as
nice as Don Mattingly. That guy was just amazing. Right.
Everything you've ever heard about Wade Bobs being a scary
guy is absolutely true.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Why do you have a story.
Speaker 8 (11:30):
Well, you know a few stories about chicken missing set
thought I ate it. I never touched it.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
He accused you of stealing his.
Speaker 8 (11:41):
Chicken, well about eating some of his chicken, and they
never did. I promise you. You know who was a
tough cookie as well? I thought he was a marina,
a marina some kind was Paul o'meal. Paul Omills was
like a nice guy on the radio, but back of
his playing Daisy was a tough cookie.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
You were scared of him.
Speaker 8 (11:58):
I was planning guy. He's tall. I'm only five.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Patty oh Man, we have to talk more about.
Speaker 8 (12:07):
I have some great stories. One day we'll get together.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
Absolutely love to hear them. Right now, let's talk about politics.
It confuses me, it really does. And I heard you
on television last night talking about it. As a matter
of fact, I've been playing a little bit about what
you said. It's confusing to me that the polls show
almost half of the New York Jews are going to
vote for Zorin Mamdani according to the polls. And yesterday
(12:34):
that statement he put out on October seventh, still supporting Gonza.
I mean, that's fine. He can support Gasa and he
can call what's happening there atrocious, not on October seventh.
You don't do it on that day when you should
be talking about the horrendous things that happened to Jewish
(12:54):
to Jewish citizens on that day, And he couldn't bring
himself to do that. To me, that's disqualifying. But I
heard you on the air.
Speaker 8 (13:03):
You don't think so, oh listen, nothing is disqualifying for
this guy. I don't know what it is. I mean,
October seventh is a day we think about those children
that were murdered, the babies that were murdered, We think
about people putting people being killed by the hamas terrorists,
and we focus on that day with attention, and we
think about the lives that were lost that day and
(13:24):
know that there are New Yorkers among us who have
families and who can connect with the group of people
that were attacking such a manner, and just focus on that.
He couldn't do it. He couldn't do it because doing
it would hurt his base. Doing it would hurt his
power base in New York City. You have the people
that are supporting Laura Momdani. You gotta some good people
supporting him. Let's get that out the way. We have
(13:46):
some really bad people that are supporting his campaign. People
that want to erase Israel. People have no problem with
the phrase globalized, the Intafada, people who couldn't think twice
about hurting Jewish people and what they've gone through. And
I don't think that there's an ethnic group in you
York City that can be disrespected in this manner and
not have to pay a consequence and still have over
fifty percent of its own people supporting a candidate. I
(14:08):
don't know whether it's the hypnotizing that happens with the
mom Donnie smile. I don't know what it is, but
it's getting to a point that where I have to
question what's happening here. As I speak to some of
my Jewish friends and maybe can help me out here,
they tell me, Planco, there's a major divide. We're not
a monolith. They tell me. We have young, old, we
have practicing Jews, we have nonpracticing Jews. We have people
that can understand the plight of Jews here in New
(14:31):
York City and those that are so far removed from
it that they have forgotten. And that explains a great
deal the divide in the polls that we see with
Jewish report for sell me mimimum, Donnie. And I mean,
I just can't explain how. I can't imagine any other
group that has gone through something like this to have
a candidate running for mayor who doesn't focus specifically on
(14:51):
the hurt that the group of people have gone through
that day.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
Well, thanks for that explanation, because that explains a lot
to me, because he's lied about everything else. He's lied
about everything. Everything he says he's going to do he
knows he can't do. And I thought, why didn't just
lie about this? Because he's great at that. He's great
at smiling and lying and lying about his every policy
(15:14):
he has. But what you just said makes a lot
of sense that he has to play to his bass.
So this is one thing he can hide and one
thing he can't lie about because it would be self defeating.
That makes a whole lot of sense. What are you
go ahead, go ahead.
Speaker 8 (15:32):
Do you want to comment on that, Larry, Yeah, Larry,
think about this. Let's say I'll meet example. You know,
we currently have a peace agreement on the desk to
finish what's happening in Israel, and I don't think he
could put himself in a position where he thinks this
would be a good idea. I don't think he can
come out and say, well, let's hope that Hamas signs
these documents and we get these hostages back, because that
(15:53):
would hurt his base. For example, Luigi Meggione, who killed
the father of two execution styles in Manhattan. If you
were to come out and say something along the lines
of murder is not right, regardless of whatever job you have,
we should never condone murder for political speech. If you
were to say that it will hurt his base, you'll
never say these things. And just like yesterday, he won't
just focus on the hurt of the Jewish people on
October seventh because it will hurt him with his base.
(16:15):
So he, you know, just figure out every aspect that
will hurt any group of people that are supporting his campaign.
He wouldn't absolutely never do anything that would hurt that support.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
Every day I ask somebody, is there any chance this
guy is going to lose? And because I'm trying to
convince myself that someone can beat him, and I'm having
a tough time doing that, I would give I'm looking
at the at the odds makers, they're saying it's eighty
six percent chance he's going to win. I think that
might be low.
Speaker 8 (16:48):
It may be low. The runway is very short. A
day is an eternity, as you know, a lot can happen,
but it's you know, we're less than a month away now.
Now it's time, and it's looking as if if he
goes on cruise, he's going to pull this off. And
a lot of it has to do with the divided opposition.
I think that if the opposition was united, this would
be a very different scenario, but it's not. So, you know,
(17:11):
we can dream and think about a place where the
Democratic Socialists of America and those that you know want
to destroy our country and want to divide us won't win,
but I don't think that's going to happen. I think
that right now we're in a position where people that
don't mind increasing taxes on New Yorker so that they
can leave New York, people that want to decriminalize prostitution
and misdemeanors are are going to be in a position
(17:32):
where they're going to control New York City government. And
I don't know if your listeners understand what that means.
That means appointing hundreds of commissioners, judges, deputy commissioners, board members,
the positions that run every day in New York City,
and it's going to be a disaster for us, especially
the kind of people and their ideas and what they
view and what they view for the future of New
(17:53):
York City. It's a very scary thing. These are people
who weren't here during the eighties and nineties during the
cracked pandemic.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
Yeah, you're depressed me. I want to talk to you
about the Yankees from now on.
Speaker 8 (18:03):
Yeah, man, it's just they have no and unless we
have a united opposition heading into the general that's not
going to happen. And it seems as if it's going
to be on cruise control.
Speaker 9 (18:12):
Borring, borring.
Speaker 8 (18:15):
A pole coming up that shows that independence like myself
are coming together with Republicans and and disaffected Democrats and
are going to support the leading opponent into November. Now,
one thing you've got to remember, Yeah, we're a getting
eleven percent of New York City voted for Mamdani in
the last week of June, and he's become a national superstar.
E I get it, I get it.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
That's uh. Look, you're depressing the heck out of me.
But we'll talk again soon. I can't wait to hear
more stories about the Yankees. J. C. Polanco, political analyst
and University of Mount Saint Vincent assistant professor and attorney.
You know, we talked with Greg g and Grande last
week about resumes, but it is such an important topic,
(18:58):
and I've heard from so many many people. Why is
my resume failing? I keep sending it out and I'm
not getting any bites whatsoever. It was such an important topic.
We're going to continue the conversation this week. Greg gian
Grande is career advice expert with us every Wednesday at
this time. You can check them out on go to
(19:18):
Greg dot com. And I just want to make sure
Greg that people that weren't listening last week don't get
the information that we said last week. So one of
the most important things you said, if we can summarize
some of that from last week, is that resumes. I
thought this was a great line, are like fishing bait.
Speaker 9 (19:41):
Yes, there's nothing wrong. And I have another analogy, another metaphor.
It's like a golf club. Right, it's a tool. I
am a hacker, and every time I mishit a ball,
I keep looking at the club saying what's wrong with
this club because I never ever hit the ball well?
And then my friend picks up my club and hits
(20:02):
a shot three hundred yards straight down the fairway with
the same club. It's not the tool, it's the person
and how they're using it. A resume is just a
tool and all it can do is clarify for a
reviewer what you have done in your career. So it's
(20:24):
a resume, and how you put one together may not
you may not be doing it in a way that
puts your best foot forward. But at the end of
the day, right, what you have done in your career
is the only thing that matters to an employer, and
the resume is just a tool that helps tell that
story in a very succinct way. So it's how you
(20:48):
use it and where you send.
Speaker 8 (20:50):
It, and.
Speaker 9 (20:52):
That determines how effective it can be, whether you use
a bait, analogy or a golf club it.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Right, And maybe we could summarize this for people to
make it very simple, because I know so many people
who are frustrated they keep sending their resumes out, that
keep going to the job sites and putting their resume
up there and they get nothing, nothing at all. They
and you can imagine how you feel when that happens
month after month after month. So maybe there's just one
(21:22):
or two things that you could tell people that will
make their resume stand out.
Speaker 9 (21:29):
Yes, so there are a few things. First, it is
not uncommon to send your resume to a job posting
and not hear anything and many job postings because the
volume that employers are receiving the amount of competition just
makes that method of looking for a job the least effective.
(21:53):
You should do it, but don't get demoralized by not
getting good responses, because very few people get really good
responses just because of the volume of resumes that are
going across the transom, So don't be discouraged by the
lack of response. It's not unusual. However, the things you
(22:16):
can do to make your resume have a better chance
in that method of getting reviewed and you getting a
callback are really very simple. One is, you can't have
one resume for every job you're applying for unless you
have created a resume that is specifically targeted to that job,
(22:39):
and you are applying to the same type of job everywhere.
You must tailor the content on your resume to the
specific job, and that means putting the most relevant experience
that you have in your career, the most relevant accomplishments
at the top of the resume. So even if it's
(23:00):
a job that was two or three jobs ago, you
don't have to follow a chronological order. If your current
job isn't most directly related to what you're applying for
versus the job you had two jobs ago. Yes, it's
the most relevant information first, and using the keywords from
(23:21):
the job description in your resume to describe what you did.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
You know, it's funny. I talked to some people who
have been searching for jobs and I told them you
said that, And I said to them, you have to
put the keywords from the job description in there. You've
got to make sure you don't send out the same
resume each time. And they went, I did that. I
did that. I just don't think that this is the
best way to find a job. So you're an expert
on this. If it's not sending out a resume, what
(23:48):
is the best way. How do you get the attention
of someone like you that you can make the list
of potential candidates?
Speaker 9 (23:58):
Yes, so great question. First of all, it is not
the best way, so we're establishing that. So that's why
people shouldn't over index when they're job searching just sending
out resumes, but you should do it because you never know.
What is most effective is targeting a specific company and
(24:18):
trying to find someone in your network who knows someone
at that company. It comes back to the age old thing,
and that's networking somehow, some way in your network. Try
to find someone who knows someone at the company you
want to work for, and send a letter and a
resume to that person and be specific about not that
(24:43):
you're just looking for a job. You want to get
my attention. Tell me why you want to work You
sought me out, Tell me why you want to work
for my company, and why you want to work for me.
That will get my attentions. This is a random resume
that comes over the internet from someone who is looking
(25:06):
for a job. That's how you stand out.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
Of all the people you've hired in the past, how
many of you hired just from a resume you got rarely?
And how many have you hired from somebody telling you
about them that they rave about this person, someone that
works at your company and comes and gives a recommendation.
Speaker 9 (25:29):
Or someone from my network not necessarily at the company. Okay,
mostly it is hiring is such a difficult process, and
the vetting of people you don't know, don't have any background.
Like even the best vetting at best companies get it
(25:51):
right fifty percent of the time. That increases dramatically, which
is why so many companies have employee refer programs where
they will pay people a bonus if they refer someone.
Because rather than sifting through thousands of anonymous resumes, someone
who works at the company, who knows what it's like
(26:13):
to work at the company, what it takes to be
successful at the company, sending someone that they recommend goes
to the very top of the list. Those are the
people every company is looking for. First.
Speaker 1 (26:26):
Greg, this is tremendous information because I know a lot
of people are out there because I know some of
them personally. I know a lot of people that are
out there are getting very frustrated and you might have
just ended their frustration. Appreciate it. Greg, GM Grande career
advice expert with us every Wednesday at this time. By
the way, you can check them out and ask them
your own questions at go to Greg dot com. Talk
(26:48):
to you again next week. Greg, thanks a lot.
Speaker 8 (26:51):
Thank you. Larry
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