The StoneZONE with Roger Stone - July 23, 2026


Jersey’s Non-Citizen ＂Glitch＂

Topics
non-citizen voting glitch peace through strength
Hosted by
Roger Stone Troy Smith Jake Novak
Mentioned
Donald Trump Richard Nixon Citizen Vigilante Pete Hegseth JD Vance George Washington University Benjamin Netanyahu Zoran Mamdani Andy Biggs Joe Biden James Bosberg Ronald Reagan Marco Rubio Bozberg Dale Vin Pandip Singh Monroe Doctrine Alexander Colliden Nicholas Eberstadt Dwight Eisenhower and 25 more
Nixon Maxing, Canadian Taxing & Biden Fighting. AOC & Pete： The Socialist Dream Team

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The Stone Zone is a new segment on CNN Radio's new morning show hosted by Alex Blumberg. This week, Alex talks about the impact of non-citizens voting in the U.S. election system in New Jersey, and how this could impact the 2020 mid-term elections. Plus, President Donald Trump draws a red line in Iran.

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00:01:41.340 This is the Stone Zone.
00:01:43.740 Now, get in the zone.
00:01:45.600 It's the Stone Zone.
00:01:47.580 A man who's gone through hell,
00:01:49.300 but he's kept going and he's smart and he's strong.
00:01:53.280 and people love him. Not everybody, but people love him and respect him. Roger Stone. Where's
00:01:58.440 Roger Stone? Here's Roger Stone. You are now entering the Stone Zone. Well, New Jersey,
00:02:06.980 the garden state, a state I know well, having run President Ronald Reagan's campaign there in 1980
00:02:13.940 and his reelection in 1984, as well as running the campaign of Tom Kane in 1981. He won by
00:02:22.540 1,209 votes out of 2.2 million cast. And then I ran his stunning re-election in 1985. I think it
00:02:33.260 was Jersey boss Haig who said famously, plan your work and work your plan. And that appears to be
00:02:42.120 what some in the New Jersey Democrat Party have done. A stunning election system failure in New
00:02:47.760 New Jersey has now confirmed what President Trump and some Republicans have been warning for some time.
00:02:54.200 Election integrity is not some conspiracy theory.
00:02:58.180 It's a major and legitimate national concern.
00:03:01.780 Governor Mikey Sherrill says a software glitch at the State Motor Vehicles Commission registered roughly 6,600 people to vote, even though those people were not United States citizens.
00:03:15.040 Officials say that these registrations occurred between June 2023 and June 2024.
00:03:23.880 The error was reportedly been fixed, and Sherrill has ordered an investigation, removal of improper registrations and replacement of the responsible technology vendor.
00:03:35.780 But I don't think we can dismiss this as a harmless glitch.
00:03:40.140 Thousands of people who explicitly said they were not citizens were nevertheless added to the voter rolls.
00:03:46.860 Some of them reportedly voted.
00:03:48.780 This is precisely why Americans are correct to demand stronger safeguards.
00:03:53.760 Democrats and their allies in the media have repeatedly insisted that non-citizen registration is either impossible or too rare to even matter.
00:04:04.380 New Jersey has just proved otherwise.
00:04:06.380 Congress should pass the Save America Act, requiring documentary proof of citizenship for federal voter registration and strengthening protections against unlawful voting.
00:04:18.940 Honest elections require more than promises after the mistakes are discovered.
00:04:23.680 They require a system designed to prevent those mistakes in the first place.
00:04:28.340 Every legal vote must count and every illegal vote must be stopped.
00:04:33.260 Protecting the ballot is not voter suppression.
00:04:36.380 Remember what happened in 2020 when I believe they stole the election from President Trump and sent us into the Biden dark ages.
00:04:43.520 We can never allow that to happen again.
00:04:47.000 Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is drawing a red line in the Straits of Hormuz,
00:04:52.280 saying that every Iranian attack on shipping will bring a strike on a bridge, a power plant, or a strategic target inside Iran, including Tehran itself.
00:05:02.720 He also warned that the fortified Picksax Mountain nuclear complex could soon face an American bombing campaign.
00:05:11.460 Iran's response has confirmed what Trump has said for years.
00:05:15.300 The regime is not a misunderstood regional power. 0.77
00:05:18.880 It is a chief engineer of terror, chaos, and bloodshed across the Middle East with a long history of killing Americans.
00:05:26.860 I have to give it to the president. He gave peace a chance, but he learned what many of us suspected, and that is the regime cannot be trusted to keep their word about anything. 0.95
00:05:38.660 Tehran has vowed to keep threatening the Straits of Hormuz, 0.91
00:05:41.520 from which at least 40% of the world's energy must flow,
00:05:47.280 while expanding their attacks on American bases,
00:05:53.040 U.S. partners in Behran, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Kuwait.
00:05:58.440 Iranian missiles and drones have targeted military facilities,
00:06:02.460 commercial shipping routes, and civilian infrastructure,
00:06:05.540 such as desalinization plants.
00:06:09.440 Oil prices are, of course, rising as the regime and its Houthi proxies
00:06:14.800 menace both the Straits of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb.
00:06:19.700 Iranian officials deny wrongdoing and, of course, accuse Washington of aggression,
00:06:24.820 but their conduct tells the real story. 0.75
00:06:27.700 This is the same regime that banks roles Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis,
00:06:32.700 as well as militias in Iraq.
00:06:35.180 spending its wealth on terrorism instead of its people.
00:06:38.940 Critics may complain that Trump is telegraphing his military polls,
00:06:42.220 but the larger truth is undeniable.
00:06:45.700 Iran's belligerence has exposed the regime 0.89
00:06:48.080 as precisely the evil power Trump warned us about. 0.97
00:06:51.680 He has been consistent since 1988.
00:06:56.380 When Donald Trump, then a private citizen,
00:06:58.960 and I traveled to Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
00:07:01.240 for him to speak to the Chamber of Commerce luncheon
00:07:04.780 when he was first dipping his toe into the water
00:07:08.760 regarding an early presidential bid,
00:07:11.780 and he was emphatic in his remarks
00:07:13.580 that Iran can never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.
00:07:17.920 So those who are now pretending
00:07:19.480 that this is some new position on his part
00:07:22.240 don't understand his full record.
00:07:25.540 His decision to use American military force is not reckless.
00:07:29.020 it was vindicated by Iran's own actions and conduct.
00:07:33.160 Peace will not come through appeasement. 0.94
00:07:35.120 It will come through strength when Tehran understands that attacks on Americans 0.67
00:07:38.620 and commerce carry overwhelming consequences. 0.57
00:07:42.920 Meanwhile, in the House of Representatives, a Republican-backed immigration bill
00:07:47.940 that's now moving through the House would actually allow illegal immigrants working in agriculture
00:07:53.240 to obtain temporary legal status instead of facing arrest and deportation.
00:07:59.020 The proposal would overhaul the H-2A Guest Worker Program by waiving immigration violations for agricultural workers already in the country.
00:08:09.980 It would also extend some label certifications from one year to as long as three years.
00:08:16.380 Supporters argue that farms need a dependable workforce, but rewarding illegal entry is not an America First solution.
00:08:23.700 In fact, I believe it would betray voters who demanded secure borders, equal enforcement, and an immigration system that puts American workers first.
00:08:34.120 If anything, this is a core issue of Donald Trump's agenda.
00:08:38.620 For decades, powerful industries have claimed they cannot survive without a steady supply of cheap foreign labor.
00:08:45.780 The results have been downward pressure on wages, fewer incentives to improve working conditions, and less investment in automation and domestic recruitment.
00:08:56.560 American agriculture certainly matters.
00:08:59.360 So do American citizens, legal immigrants, and small farmers who must compete in a labor market shaped by government-sanctioned wage suppression.
00:09:09.360 Congress should not solve labor shortages by giving employers continued access to workers whose illegal status makes them easier to exploit.
00:09:18.940 It should enforce immigration laws, raise wages, streamline lawful seasonal hiring, and require businesses to compete for labor honestly.
00:09:28.160 Food security is also national security, but so are secure borders, fair wages, and the rule of law.
00:09:35.160 America First means building an agriculture economy that serves American workers and consumers, not one permanently dependent on illegal labor and special interest exemptions for the elites.
00:09:48.880 For those who follow politics like me, I'm a complete political junkie.
00:09:53.820 There was a powerful triumph for President Trump's America First movement in Arizona yesterday, where Congressman Andy Biggs won the Republican nomination for governor of Arizona, delivering a decisive victory for conservative principles in this critical battleground swing state.
00:10:11.920 Biggs is a staunch Trump ally and former chairman of the House Freedom Caucus.
00:10:17.120 He defeated fellow Republican Congressman David Schweikert in a strong showing Tuesday night.
00:10:23.820 Endorsed by President Trump and the grassroots firepower from Turning Point USA, Biggs vowed to make this the year that we turn Arizona red again.
00:10:35.340 Arizona Republicans delivered strong Trump-aligned wins all up and down the ticket.
00:10:40.620 Former Arizona Cardinals kicker Jay Feely, who had Trump's endorsement, secured the Republican nomination for Congress in one key district.
00:10:48.700 State Representative Alexander Colliden won the nomination for Secretary of State, and State Senate President Warren Peterson advanced with Trump's endorsement for the Office of Attorney General, setting up aggressive challenges to Democrat incumbents this coming November.
00:11:07.000 Biggs is a principled conservative with a proven record fighting for border security, law and order, and fiscal responsibility, excites the Republican base.
00:11:16.920 Republicans praised his fighting spirit in alignment with President Trump's vision.
00:11:21.200 One Biggs supporter I saw told the Associated Press,
00:11:24.500 I want the border secured and Andy Biggs has the same qualities as President Trump.
00:11:29.340 That's absolutely true.
00:11:31.420 After years of Democrat control of the governorship and key offices,
00:11:35.000 with the assistance of McCain Republicans,
00:11:38.900 Biggs' victory signals a resurgence of Trump-style conservatism in the home state of Barry Goldwater.
00:11:45.560 Republicans are fired up to reclaim the state, protect American values, and deliver the results that the voters demand.
00:11:53.140 Secure borders, safe communities, and economic opportunity.
00:11:57.300 This primary success proves that Trumpism remains the winning formula in battleground states.
00:12:04.120 Arizona is poised for a red wave in November if they can have an honest election.
00:12:09.240 Big Stance has become one of the most aggressive and effective Republican governors in the country,
00:12:14.400 and I extend my sincere congratulations to him.
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00:13:18.280 Meanwhile, the latest job data paints a disturbing picture of a nation turning away from work.
00:13:23.900 In June, the number of Americans aged 16 and older, not in the labor force,
00:13:29.260 surged to a record $105.8 million, an increase of $832,000 in a single month.
00:13:38.180 That's higher than during the Great Recession or the peak of the COVID lockdowns.
00:13:43.620 Prime-age men are dropping out in alarming numbers.
00:13:47.580 Labor economist Nicholas Eberstadt noted that millions of healthy working-age men
00:13:53.320 and a growing number of women without young children or spouses at home
00:13:57.680 have simply checked out. Over 23 million of them are on long-term disability or related benefits,
00:14:04.360 while millions more are just discouraged and not even looking. Labor force participation has
00:14:10.320 sunk to levels not seen since the post-pandemic haze and the Obama era of stagnation. This isn't
00:14:18.120 just demographics, by the way. Other aging societies like Japan and parts of Europe are
00:14:23.700 seeing workforce participation rise. Here, a sprawling welfare and disability system 0.98
00:14:30.040 creates blind spots and perverse incentives that reward people for not working. Calls for
00:14:36.860 universal basic income would only supercharge this flight from work, turning America into
00:14:42.780 screen-addicted dependents, spiraling hopelessly into despair. This is a troubling trend proves
00:14:49.100 why implementing President Trump's economic policies are actually more urgent than ever.
00:14:54.220 Trump's blueprint, tax cuts that reward work and investment, slashing job-killing regulations,
00:15:01.120 unleashing American energy, and securing the border to protect wages, is the proven path
00:15:06.740 to restore dignity, growth, and a culture of self-reliance. Biden's policies fuel dependency
00:15:13.760 and decline. The next administration must reject more government handouts and recommit to the
00:15:19.740 fundamentals that make America the land of opportunity. Meanwhile, the Secretary of War,
00:15:26.200 Pete Hegseth, delivered a warning to the U.S. Senate yesterday. America cannot remain the
00:15:31.080 world's preeminent superpower while starving its military of resources needed to deter growing
00:15:37.180 threats. Hegseth said four years of neglect under Joe Biden left the armed forces facing
00:15:42.920 deferred maintenance, funding gaps, and training cutbacks.
00:15:47.340 He argued that failing to fund what the administration calls the Department of War now
00:15:51.680 at $1.5 trillion would be one of the gravest dangers facing the country.
00:15:57.000 The point is not to launch endless wars.
00:15:59.400 It's to make war less likely by ensuring every adversary understands
00:16:03.540 that the Americans have the strength, the readiness, and the resolve to dominate any battlefield.
00:16:09.900 This is the concept of peace through strength that was first championed by Dwight Eisenhower, then by Ronald Reagan, now by Donald Trump.
00:16:20.500 Democrats, of course, challenged Hegseth over the administration's Iran policy and the cost of operations, estimating that $37.5 billion through September would be insufficient.
00:16:32.620 But Hegseth responded that a far greater cost would come from allowing Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon and threaten generations.
00:16:41.460 So I think that is a central issue.
00:16:44.260 Peace doesn't come from weakness, hesitation, or hollow diplomacy.
00:16:48.640 It comes from credible power.
00:16:51.040 A strong military protects America's families, secures global trade, reassures our allies, and forces hostile regimes to think twice before testing us.
00:17:01.040 They learned that in Venezuela.
00:17:04.940 They are learning it now in Iran. 0.90
00:17:07.480 America should rebuild its forces, modernize our weapons, restore training, and invest in the next generation of warfare. 0.88
00:17:15.000 Not because we seek conflict, but because overwhelming strength is the surest path to preventing war.
00:17:22.180 The world is safer when America is feared by its enemies, trusted by its allies, and recognized as the leader of the free world.
00:17:29.740 Meanwhile, the House is set to vote on a $1.15 trillion defense bill containing Section 219.
00:17:38.880 That's a plan to accelerate integration of American and Israeli military technology, supply chains, and defense production.
00:17:47.300 America should stand firmly with Israel.
00:17:49.200 It's a vital ally facing threats and cooperation on missile defenses, drones, cyber warfare, and battlefield technology.
00:17:56.780 But friendship should not require squandering or surrendering our sovereignty.
00:18:03.460 So I think Section 219 could create a Pentagon executive agent tasked with expanding defense integration with Israel.
00:18:11.080 Critics warn that this office could gain influence inside the Defense Department, outlast administrations and make it harder for Congress or the President to change course when American interests demand it.
00:18:23.160 This is not, therefore, America first.
00:18:25.920 I'm Roger Stone.
00:18:26.940 If you're listening to The Stone Zone, don't go away because we'll be right back.
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00:18:48.140 This is The Stone Zone with Roger Stone.
00:18:51.760 Roger Stone, who's a very, very, one of the smartest political minds.
00:18:55.800 Roger Stone was persecuted.
00:18:57.040 People forget he's actually a brilliant, brilliant political analyst.
00:19:00.120 Now, get him a zone.
00:19:01.940 It's the Stone Zone.
00:19:03.960 Here's Roger Stone.
00:19:06.680 Welcome back into the Stone Zone.
00:19:09.100 Yet another day of Nixon maxing.
00:19:13.200 Those on the far left are going completely and totally out of their minds.
00:19:16.860 After a remark at the Nixon Library by Vice President J.D. Vance, in which he said that President Richard Nixon, the 37th president, was taken down by the same deep state forces who attempted to take Donald Trump down,
00:19:30.740 There has been an explosion of interest in the former president on social media, most of it generated by the Nixon Foundation, run by two Gen Z individuals who are using Instagram, Facebook, X, True Social, as well as YouTube to generate entirely new interest in our 37th president.
00:19:59.500 Not only do they extinguish the idea that the removal of Nixon was legitimate, but now we finally get a focus on his record.
00:20:09.100 Remember, Nixon, who said the greatest title that history can bestow is that of peacemaker.
00:20:16.180 Listen to the Stone Zone, and we'll be right back.
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00:20:29.500 this is the stone zone now get in the zone it's the stone zone a man who's gone through hell
00:20:47.180 but he's kept going and he's smart and he's strong and people love him not everybody but
00:20:53.540 people love him and respect him roger stone where's roger stone here's roger stone
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00:21:04.220 While with rents skyrocketing, bus fares unchanged, and businesses fleeing the city as rents are frozen,
00:21:12.920 Mayor Zoran Mamdami is too busy playing international prosecutor to fix New York's myriad of problems hurting working-class families.
00:21:21.600 On Tuesday, the far-left socialist was forced to admit that he cannot enforce the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
00:21:33.860 Another broken campaign promise exposed Mamdami grandly pledged to deploy NYPD to arrest Netanyahu, pandering to his socialist and Islamist base.
00:21:44.880 Now he's backed off and admits that the city lacks the authority and is begging the federal government to do its dirty work. 0.86
00:21:51.980 President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance have said repeatedly, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio,
00:21:59.340 that the United States is not bound and does not participate in the International Criminal Court of The Hague.
00:22:07.020 President Trump has rightly declared that Netanyahu will not be arrested anywhere in the United States of America. 0.85
00:22:13.800 Israel's U.S. ambassador rightly called out Mamdami for pushing Hamas propaganda. 0.91
00:22:20.180 But this is what social side ideology always delivers, lies dressed up as moral crusades. 0.76
00:22:26.960 Mamdami built his campaign on can't-to-see handouts, lower rent, free buses, free food, endless giveaways,
00:22:34.880 while exploiting the rising tide of anti-Semitism on the radical left for votes.
00:22:40.260 He knows that stoking hatred of Israel's rallies is base, even as it poisons our city.
00:22:48.000 These unfulfilled promises are piling up, and now reality is beginning to set in. 0.51
00:22:53.560 Wealthy taxpayers and businesses are escaping to red states, hollowing out New York State's and New York City's tax base.
00:23:01.620 This means financial trouble is ahead for working families who are stuck with the bill.
00:23:06.260 Socialism isn't compassion
00:23:08.760 It's built on deception, division, and economic ignorance
00:23:13.040 New Yorkers deserve leaders, prioritize their people
00:23:16.140 Not pushing foreign vendettas
00:23:18.720 Shame on Miandami for fanning the flames of anti-Semitism
00:23:24.720 As it rages on the radical left
00:23:27.240 Meanwhile, the Trump Justice Department is investigating
00:23:30.840 Whether Harvard University illegally excluded American students
00:23:34.940 from financial aid programs funded by sources connected to China.
00:23:40.200 Federal officials say Harvard has disclosed nearly $4.5 billion in foreign funding,
00:23:46.640 including roughly $630 million from Chinese-based sources,
00:23:51.900 its largest foreign funding stream.
00:23:54.800 The concern is that some donations may have required Harvard to create aid programs
00:24:00.140 favoring students from selected foreign countries,
00:24:03.260 potentially violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
00:24:08.700 Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dillon, a good friend of mine, put the issue very plainly.
00:24:14.020 Universities cannot accept America tax-paying dollars while using foreign money to operate programs
00:24:19.680 that deliberately discriminate against American citizens.
00:24:23.260 No final determination has yet been made, and of course Harvard denies violating federal law.
00:24:29.300 But an investigation is more than justified. 0.91
00:24:31.980 Communist China has spent decades seeking influence over America's universities, research institutions, corporations, and government agencies. 0.89
00:24:42.220 Every dollar carrying foreign conditions deserves scrutiny, especially when it enters institutions responsible for educating America's future leaders in developing sensitive technology.
00:24:54.400 The Trump administration also deserves credit for confronting a problem Washington has ignored for far too long. 0.99
00:25:01.040 Hostile Chinese influence must be identified and rooted out of every publicly supported institution, 0.99
00:25:06.680 not through hysteria, but through transparency, enforcement, and accountability. 0.99
00:25:12.480 Harvard and every other Ivy League university receiving federal support
00:25:16.320 should answer to the American people, not foreign governments or overseas donors.
00:25:22.020 Treasury Department under Donald Trump is delivering another major victory for taxpayers,
00:25:26.140 announcing new safeguards to stop federal payments from going to people who are dead.
00:25:31.880 The Treasury Department says it has screened 885 million government payments
00:25:37.520 worth nearly $2.7 trillion against expanded death records.
00:25:43.140 The system has already blocked roughly $99 million in improper payments
00:25:49.600 before the money left the Treasury.
00:25:51.520 In other words, $99 million going to people who are deceased.
00:25:56.960 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessett, who is not only the best-dressed, but one of the best members of the Trump cabinet,
00:26:04.280 says the administration could stop as much as $350 million more by the end of the year
00:26:10.300 simply by comparing the payout records of those getting federal benefits with the list of those who are deceased.
00:26:16.880 He also warned that improper federal payments could reach hundreds of billions of dollars before this research is over.
00:26:24.340 This is exactly why President Trump made rooting out fraud, waste, and abuse a central priority of his administration.
00:26:31.960 It was back in February that he signed legislation giving Treasury broader access to Social Security death records.
00:26:39.000 Of course, Democrats screamed at the time.
00:26:40.800 In March, he created Vice President J.D. Vance's anti-fraud task force to investigate abuse across housing, food assistance, Medicaid, small business loans, and pandemic relief programs.
00:26:54.380 The administration has already exposed billions in potentially fraudulent benefits and cleaned up millions of outdated Social Security records.
00:27:03.860 See, for too long, Washington treated taxpayer money like it belonged to the bureaucracy.
00:27:08.820 The Trump administration is changing that mindset, leaving no stone unturned, and demanding accountability at every level of government.
00:27:18.120 Every dollar sent to a dead recipient, fraudulent claimant, or corrupt middleman is a dollar stolen from American taxpayers.
00:27:26.640 Stopping that theft means lower deficits, stronger public services, and greater trust in government.
00:27:32.900 This is what serious stewardship looks like.
00:27:35.400 Verify first, pay second, and protect the taxpayer at every step of the way.
00:27:40.520 The Trump administration is restoring public trust within our federal system, and these are necessary reforms.
00:27:47.300 I applaud Secretary of the Treasury Besson as well as Vice President J.D. Vance for their extraordinary efforts.
00:27:54.640 Meanwhile, leftist judge James Boesberg of the D.C. District Court has once again exposed himself as the rogue activist who lectures President Trump about executive overreach while shamelessly exceeding his own judicial authority.
00:28:10.060 In a blatant display of hypocrisy and bias, Boesberg has now twice denied pro-life groups a jury trial after they were arrested for chalking Black pre-born Lives Matter on sidewalks.
00:28:23.700 while Black Lives Matter graffiti was allowed to deface public spaces with impunity during 2020.
00:28:30.600 George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley highlights how the D.C. Circuit Court reversed Boesburg
00:28:37.520 for applying the wrong legal standard and substituting his own judgment for that of a jury.
00:28:43.980 Despite clear evidence of selective enforcement, including body cam footage of police watching BLM spray painting,
00:28:52.140 Bozberg dismissed the First Amendment claims protecting viewpoint discrimination
00:28:56.320 against conservative speech that he disagreed with.
00:29:00.000 This is part of a disturbing pattern under Bozberg's law,
00:29:04.240 where the judge has shown contempt for limits on judicial power.
00:29:09.020 He was previously slapped down by the higher courts for abuse of discretion in Trump deportation cases
00:29:14.440 and for blocking subpoenas in the federal chair plobe with openly hostile reasoning.
00:29:21.400 Really, enough is enough. 0.89
00:29:22.880 Federal judges who weaponize their benches against the Constitution,
00:29:26.900 free speech, and equal protection under law are committing impeachable offenses.
00:29:32.200 I have extensive experience with this personally.
00:29:34.940 Boesburg repeatedly disregards appellate rulings and basic due process
00:29:39.220 our threat to the republic itself.
00:29:41.700 Congress should act very decisively.
00:29:43.800 I say that the House of Representatives should impeach Judge Boesburg
00:29:47.440 and let him go to trial in the U.S. Senate,
00:29:49.680 as per the U.S. Constitution.
00:29:52.400 This is the only way to pursue accountability
00:29:54.240 that could include criminal charges
00:29:56.640 for assault on constitutional order.
00:29:59.860 The American people will not tolerate 1.00
00:30:01.620 black-robed tyrants undermining President Trump 1.00
00:30:04.400 and the rule of law. 0.99
00:30:06.020 The way to restore judicial integrity is now
00:30:08.120 before activist judges destroy
00:30:09.680 what remains of our constitutional republic,
00:30:12.100 but there is a constitutional process for that,
00:30:14.480 and that process should be followed.
00:30:17.640 Meanwhile, another American woman suffered unimaginable torment at the hands of an illegal immigrant, proving once again why mass deportation is not just necessary, it's actually a moral imperative to protect our citizens.
00:30:31.500 Vin Pandip Singh, a 26-year-old illegal alien from India who snuck across the border near Calexico, California in 2022, stands accused of torturing a Washington state woman for two brutal years.
00:30:47.280 Prosecutors describe some of the most horrific atrocities imaginable.
00:30:51.700 Daily beatings, strangulation, burning her arms with a hair straightener, breaking her fingers, and isolating her completely while he controlled every aspect of her life.
00:31:01.280 The victim finally escaped by secretly texting her sister for help.
00:31:05.520 She now lives in fear for her life, bearing permanent physical and psychological scars.
00:31:11.360 ICE has filed a detainer, but Washington's radical sanctuary policies, championed, of course, by Democrats, may shield this predator from swift removal.
00:31:20.920 King County holds him on $1 million bail, yet local resistance to federal cooperation forces ICE to hunt criminals in our communities instead of removing them at the jailhouse door.
00:31:34.660 This nightmare is the direct result of Joe Biden's open border policies that flooded America with millions of unvetted illegals, including violent criminals.
00:31:44.700 President Trump's promise of the largest deportation operation in history cannot come soon enough. 0.75
00:31:50.580 Every illegal alien must be deported. No exceptions, no excuses.
00:31:54.960 Sanctuary cities and states that harbor criminals endanger American lives. 1.00
00:31:59.360 The blood of victims like this poor tortured woman is in the hands of politicians who prioritize foreign invaders over citizen safety.
00:32:08.620 I say secure the border, enforce our laws, and deport them all. 0.72
00:32:12.900 Actually, American safety depends on it.
00:32:16.120 Meanwhile, Cuba's communist regime is sounding increasingly alarmed as the Trump administration intensifies its campaign against Marxist influence operations across the Western Hemisphere.
00:32:27.100 Following a Washington summit with delegations from 65 countries focused on combating far-left extremism and foreign subversion,
00:32:35.600 Cuban leader Miguel Diaz-Canel accused the United States of reviving McCarthyism.
00:32:43.880 His angry response reveals just how seriously Havana views this new pressure.
00:32:48.960 For more than six decades, Cuba has worked to export revolutionary ideology and cultivate sympathetic political networks abroad.
00:32:56.420 American officials are now examining organizations linked to Cuban intelligence and influence operations, including international solidarity groups with connections to radical activist movements inside the United States.
00:33:10.500 So the era of unchecked communist interference in this hemisphere must end.
00:33:14.900 Under President Donald Trump's Don Roe Doctrine, that's a takeoff on the Monroe Doctrine, America is reasserting leadership in its own hemisphere, confronting hostile foreign influence, defending national sovereignty, and making it clear that Latin America will no longer be treated as a playground for communist regimes and their overseas allies.
00:33:37.240 Cuba's rulers should understand that their time is running out,
00:33:40.460 their economy is entirely broken,
00:33:42.500 their political system survives only through repression,
00:33:44.960 and their revolutionary mythology is fading with every generation.
00:33:49.620 Cuban people deserve free elections, free speech, private property,
00:33:54.200 religious liberty, and the right to determine their own future.
00:33:57.740 They also deserve a prosperous future.
00:34:00.520 Washington should continue isolating the regime and exposing its networks,
00:34:04.220 supporting dissidents and applying overwhelming diplomatic and economic pressure.
00:34:09.180 Freedom is advancing across the hemisphere.
00:34:11.800 Sooner or later, Cuba will join those nations which are free,
00:34:16.280 although peaceful reform, if it's royals or rules,
00:34:19.140 or through inevitable collapse of a system that cannot currently endure.
00:34:23.980 In Cuba today, there is no food, there is no gasoline, there is no fuel,
00:34:28.900 there are no car parts, there is no freedom of religion, there is no freedom of speech.
00:34:33.360 It is a broken society teetering on the edge.
00:34:37.440 Kudos to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who published an amazing history of Cuba's fomenting of violent revolution in this hemisphere.
00:34:46.700 You're listening to The Stone Zone. I'm Roger Stone. Don't go away because we'll be right back. 0.97
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00:35:03.360 this is the stone zone with roger stone roger stone who's a very very one of the smartest
00:35:14.420 political minds roger stone was persecuted people forget he's actually a brilliant brilliant
00:35:19.200 political analyst now get him his own it's the stone zone here's roger stone
00:35:25.860 Welcome back into the Stone Zone.
00:35:30.000 When's the last time you saw a really good movie?
00:35:33.980 Well, the culture war has found a potent new battleground on screens across America.
00:35:38.240 Two recent successes, the raw vigilante thriller Citizen Vigilante and Angel Studios' inspiring young Washington,
00:35:48.080 are proving definitively that American-based stories can draw large crowds and turn serious profits.
00:35:54.820 They prove audiences are hungry to seek a more conservative perspective illustrated through the medium of cinema when it's done well.
00:36:03.820 As America doubles down on ideologically driven woke flops, these two films are charting a path that bypasses the old gatekeepers entirely.
00:36:13.120 Citizen Vigilante arrived in theaters with a great deal of controversy.
00:36:17.340 Attempts to ban or bury it only, of course, supercharged demand, one of Stone's rules.
00:36:23.760 The people always want more of what they're told they can't have, creating the classic Streisand effect on steroids.
00:36:31.620 When Elon Musk himself posted on X about it, the film went absolutely nuclear.
00:36:37.840 His politically incorrect messaging takes the vigilante archetype from classics like Death Witch and Falling Down, two great films,
00:36:45.600 and pushes it further into territory that most studios in Hollywood still fear to enter.
00:36:51.520 The story delivers a satisfying message of cathartic justice
00:36:54.720 in a world where the system too often coddles criminals
00:36:57.880 at the expense of innocent, vulnerable people
00:37:00.240 who are put directly in harm's way as a direct result.
00:37:03.860 Audiences are not just watching.
00:37:06.580 They're cheering and sympathizing with the protagonist.
00:37:09.600 This film is making real money,
00:37:11.760 and the director has already stated that a sequel is in the works.
00:37:15.440 This is no fluke.
00:37:17.400 It's evidence that the public yearns for unapologetic
00:37:20.060 law and order content that emboldens the viewer into taking a stand against the filth that is
00:37:26.420 overtaking Western civilization. What Citizen Vigilante achieves with gritty edge, I think
00:37:32.660 Young Washington matches with broad family-friendly appeal. Angel Studios' latest release becomes
00:37:39.500 their biggest hit since Sound of Freedom. The grassroots phenomena that exposed child sex
00:37:45.260 trafficking and became a nationwide phenomena, largely through word of mouth because the
00:37:50.480 mainstream media refused to review or even cover the film. Young Washington brings the early life
00:37:56.400 of our first president, George Washington, to vivid life, making the virtues of courage, duty,
00:38:02.420 and vision emotionally resonant instead of stories from a dry textbook. The studio is already moving
00:38:08.900 forward with a sequel entitled 1776, dramatizing the founding of America in a way that can reach
00:38:16.100 viewers who will never wrote through the dense histories or fit through thick documentaries.
00:38:22.140 While it doesn't push the envelope like Citizen Vigilante, this movie, George Washington, has
00:38:28.200 mass appeal and it's a superpower. It draws families, moderates, churchgoers, and demographics
00:38:35.180 that edgier content might miss.
00:38:38.200 Together, the two films demonstrate proven reach across the spectrum.
00:38:43.260 So artists and investors are taking notice.
00:38:46.320 This niche is poised to grow exponentially.
00:38:49.120 Hollywood is slowly but losing the war.
00:38:51.940 Its woke blockbusters continue to crash in flames.
00:38:54.900 The recent Supergirl was a debacle.
00:38:58.560 It's the only latest example of studios pouring hundreds of millions
00:39:02.080 dollars into preachy, agenda-driven projects that audiences are rejecting. The story takes a back
00:39:09.480 seat to university mandates, gender swaps, and anti-Western revisionism. The financial bleeding
00:39:16.200 cannot continue indefinitely. Executives will eventually stop greenlighting ideological
00:39:21.760 disasters. And when they inevitably retreat, a void opens. And that void is already being filled
00:39:29.260 with independent films carrying strong, common-sense messages
00:39:33.020 that do not need massive marketing budgets to achieve widespread success.
00:39:38.740 This new wave does not need Washington's permission or Hollywood's permission
00:39:42.840 or its distribution system.
00:39:45.380 Citizen vigilante thrives spreading through social media
00:39:48.380 and direct audience engagement, as well as word of mouth.
00:39:51.840 The emerging media ecosystem creates multiple resilient pathways
00:39:56.340 that average Americans can exploit at scale.
00:40:00.340 Financing of films has also become democratized.
00:40:03.880 Creators no longer have to beg studio executives who demand political correctness.
00:40:08.180 A strong pitch or teaser posted on X can generate crowdfunding from thousands of supporters
00:40:13.560 who want the story told.
00:40:16.000 Hit films take the risk out of the investment,
00:40:18.480 attracting sources of private capital from investors who see both returns and cultural purpose.
00:40:23.920 Production quality rises as budgets grow, pulling in talent, tired of Hollywood's cancel culture, moral sewer, and creative straitjackets.
00:40:34.080 Distribution is now simultaneous and borderless.
00:40:37.420 A film can launch on niche streaming platforms built for a broader audience.
00:40:42.520 Thanks for listening to The Stone Zone with Roger Stone.
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