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Mark Menard

New Orleans

Web Content Writer at Audacy.com

Intrepid writer/content producer for Audacy News. Based out of New Orleans and covering the Southeast US. Saints and Pelicans fan!

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  • 1 month ago | audacy.com | Mark Menard

    Just hours after Attorney General Pam Bondi vowed during a Fox News interview to release the flight logs and the names contained within that were connected to financial bigwig and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, it appears that she has followed through on that televised promise.

  • 1 month ago | audacy.com | Mark Menard

    President Donald Trump appears to have roiled Arab and Muslim communities both at home and overseas with a post he made on social media. Shared on Trump's platform Truth Social, the post showed a video apparently created using A.I. that shows Trump sunbathing with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a resort labeled "Trump Gaza."The artificially-created video also features children running from piles of rubble to a luxurious area that features a huge golden Trump statue.

  • 1 month ago | audacy.com | Mark Menard

    The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs underwent another extensive purge of employees at the hands of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on Monday. The 1,400 workers laid off brought the total amount of layoffs to 2,400 layoffs in the past month. Monday's round of layoffs targeted "bargaining-unit probationary employees" in "non-mission critical roles," including "DEI-related positions," according to a statement by the VA.

  • 1 month ago | audacy.com | Mark Menard

    According to the FAA's most recent information, a troublingly large percentage of the nation's air traffic control towers are understaffed. As of September 2023, there were 7,047 certified air traffic controllers working across the in airport control towers and approach/departure facilities across the country. That may seem like a lot, but it's almost 2,000 workers short of the goal of 8,966 set by the FAA in conjunction with the controllers' union.

  • 2 months ago | audacy.com | Mark Menard

    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lobbed a jab at American President Donald Trump on social media after Canada's defeat of the U.S. in the final of the 4 Nations Face-Off hockey tournament. "You can't take our country - and you can't take our game," Trudeau wrote on X (formerly Twitter) after Canada's 3-2 overtime win. Trump has talked up the idea of annexing Canada in recent weeks, even saying, "Canada would be much better off being the 51st state" during his Super Bowl interview.

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Mark Menard
Mark Menard @MarkMenard13
28 Jan 24

Props to @taylorswift13 for making it to the Super Bowl in her rookie season. #ChiefsKingdom

Mark Menard
Mark Menard @MarkMenard13
4 Oct 23

Well... the big emergency test went off, and I don't feel like a zombie or anything. I do kinda feel like I wanna dig through the ditches and burn through the witches, but I think that's just because spooky szn.

Mark Menard
Mark Menard @MarkMenard13
1 Oct 23

As always, I'm a day late and a dollar short, but a big time guest joined our show this week. Thanks so much to the one and only @FINALLEVEL for playing the game this week. Check it out here: https://t.co/upvm80n7lQ