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00:17:44.520You are jumping headlong to the deep end of The Stone Zone.
00:17:49.580and I'm Roger Stone. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says the United States is making
00:17:55.280decisive progress in its military campaign against Iran with clear objectives focused on
00:18:01.500protecting American security and preventing future threats. Speaking directly to the American people,
00:18:09.060Secretary of War Hegseth emphasized that the mission remains unchanged, and that is to eliminate
00:18:15.380Iran's ability to develop nuclear weapons, dismantle its missile launch capabilities,
00:18:22.240cripple its defense industry, and neutralize its naval forces. For those who say that this
00:18:28.220is inconsistent on what Donald Trump ran on, they need to take a better look. Donald Trump has said
00:18:34.040since 1988 that it would be unacceptable for Iran to have a nuclear device and he would bomb them.
00:18:41.840He was actually used more colorful language than that.
00:18:46.240Secretary of War Hegseth made it very clear that the goals he outlines are being executed on target and on plan.
00:18:55.340Hegseth also pushed back on what he called a hostile and dishonest media environment,
00:19:00.780accusing anti-Trump outlets of downplaying military success while exaggerating setbacks.
00:19:07.320He urged Americans to look past the noise and recognize the results on the ground.
00:19:14.000According to our Pentagon, U.S. forces have already struck more than 7,000 targets tied to Iran's military infrastructure.
00:19:22.500Hegseth described the campaign as overwhelming force applied with precision,
00:19:27.280noting that each successive wave of strikes has grown in scale and in effectiveness as Iran's capabilities continue to deteriorate.
00:19:37.320Hegseth also drew comparisons between Iran's tactics and those used by terrorist groups,
00:19:44.560accusing that brutal regime of exploiting civilian resources to fund military operations.
00:19:52.020Military leaders echoed confidence in the mission, highlighting the bravery of U.S.
00:19:57.340service members carrying out complex operations under dangerous conditions.
00:20:02.620Regardless of how you feel about the war effort, what is clear is the Trump administration is not repeating the failures of the past.
00:20:11.200They've learned from the feudal nation-building efforts of the Bushes, the Clintons, the Obamas, and the Bidens.
00:20:18.940They are pummeling the target, achieving the mission, and then getting out with the message being sent that terrorist regimes in the Middle East are not long for this world.
00:20:28.800In other words, this is the more limited, focused, yet incredibly lethal use of American power.
00:20:37.100Once again, no boots on the ground, not 10s or 20s or 30,000 American casualties,
00:20:45.040and no big ramp up in defense spending and huge contracts like those given to Halliburton during the Iraq War.
00:21:28.420The president demonstrates an extraordinary level of support.
00:21:34.920If you go online and you look at these various social media platforms, you would believe that there are deep divisions in the Trump movement and in the MAGA wing of the Republican Party.
00:21:48.000Unfortunately, most of that is just talk.
00:21:50.320All of the latest polling shows that President Donald Trump's support among his base, and trust me, after 50 years in politics, I can tell you base is everything, the president's support remains rock solid, with the president's supporters overwhelmingly supporting his actions in Iran.
00:22:10.480Even CNN has been forced to admit that this is the case.
00:22:14.200In fact, according to a recent survey polling highlighted by CNN analyst Harry Enten, 100% of self-identified MAGA voters approve of President Trump with zero disapproval.
00:22:31.440This result reflects an unprecedented level of unity among the president's core base, who fully trust him, as I do, to do the right thing when it comes to domestic and foreign policy.
00:22:42.660The poll also showed that 30 percent of Americans now identify as MAGA supporters. That's an increase from late 2024, signaling expanding grassroots momentum despite relentless media disinformation and criticism and the relentless infighting attempts from some of the social media panicans.
00:23:04.480The data suggests that President Trump's America First agenda continues to resonate strongly with millions of Americans who prioritize strength abroad and stability at home.
00:23:17.700Now it is worth noting that the Republican Party will have to appeal to independents to win the midterms.
00:23:24.200This is where much of the outreach will have to be tailored.
00:23:31.040When Gerald Ford was challenged by Ronald Reagan in 1976, when Jimmy Carter was challenged by Senator Ted Kennedy in 1980, it is because they had dissension within their base.
00:23:45.480There is no dissension within Donald Trump's base. It is rock solid.
00:23:50.480President Trump has millions of Americans who have seen him endure as part of his quest to save America.
00:23:56.060They saw him take a bullet for his country and stand up and yell, fight, fight, fight.
00:24:02.880They're locked in with Donald Trump as their champion.
00:24:06.020I'm proud to put myself in that same category as one of those Americans who refused to fold
00:24:11.620when sometimes turbulent path towards national real made my life and the life of my family extraordinarily difficult.
00:24:21.660We will ensure that MAGA will endure for generations to come, and I still predict that Donald Trump will preside over a golden age in America, an unprecedented age of peace, posterity, justice, and law and order.
00:24:39.460Meanwhile, I do have some concerns because mystery drones have been found at the army base, housing two of the Trump administration's top officials.
00:24:49.720Security concerns seem to be rising in the nation's capital after multiple unidentified drones were spotted near a sensitive U.S. military installation, highlighting growing threats tied to escalating tensions with Iran.
00:25:03.600According to the reports, several drones were detected near Fort Leslie J. McNair, Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., a key facility that houses senior military leadership and reportedly top administration officials, including evidently Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and their families who reside on the military base for security reasons.
00:25:30.200While authorities say there is no immediate credible threat, the incident has triggered
00:25:35.740heightened vigilance across all federal agencies. Military officials confirm they are actively
00:25:41.580monitoring and investigating these sightings, emphasizing that protecting service members
00:25:47.180and personnel remains their top priority. The timing is, of course, significant. The United
00:25:53.360States is already on high alert following ongoing military operations against Iran
00:25:58.800and increasing fears, of course, of retaliation.
00:26:03.220Iran has heavily invested in drone warfare,
00:26:06.540getting most of their drones from the communist Chinese,
00:26:10.220and has used unmanned systems through proxy forces
00:26:13.540to target U.S. troops and allies across the Middle East.
00:26:17.920Recent attacks here underscore that danger.
00:26:21.580An Iranian-linked drone strike earlier this month
00:26:24.440killed six U.S. service members in Kuwait,
00:26:27.600reinforcing concerns that these tactics could expand beyond overseas battlefields.
00:26:34.520Bases across the country, including key installations in places like Florida and New Jersey,
00:28:38.740And don't buy this notion that you see all over social media that there are deep divisions
00:28:45.120among President Trump's supporters over the decisions he made in Iran.
00:28:51.480The polling shows that the president's supporters remain intense and intact.
00:28:57.420There are people, I think, who would seek to derail the movement,
00:29:02.580people, many of whom were never for Donald Trump to begin with,
00:29:06.020but now claim to be the original supporters of MAGA.
00:29:10.560You scratch your head because, well, some folks have no sense of history.
00:29:16.580I myself am encouraged by this news that there are new subpoenas for James Comey,
00:29:22.800one of the key provocateurs and conspirators in the Russian collusion hoax.
00:29:30.020But then we heard months ago that John Brennan, who was the real orchestrator of the entire Russian fiasco, had been subpoenaed.
00:29:38.880I pray these media reports are right because the American people expect accountability and justice.
00:29:46.140No, it's not retaliation and revenge, as Peter Baker of the New York Times, one of the leading non-journalists working today.
00:29:57.180You know, I remember when the New York Times was kind of the paper of record, they called it, the old gray lady.
00:30:04.180Today, the New York Times is the propaganda front for the Democratic Party.
00:30:08.020If you read it on the front page of the New York Times, to be quite candid, there's a 90-plus chance that what you're reading is completely and totally false.
00:30:17.980As my good friend Sean Hannity often says, journalism in America is dead.
00:30:24.400Thank God for the Internet, because even though there's disinformation on the Internet, there's also truth on the Internet.
00:30:31.300So we're no longer limited as we were, say, in the 1960s when we only had three television networks, a handful of national news magazines like Newsweek and Time, Life, Look.
00:30:45.220Many of you are old enough to remember that.
00:30:47.400But today we have a diversity of information.
00:30:50.520See, I believe the American people can tell the truth when they see it.
00:30:54.020I believe that free expression is crucial.
00:30:58.000And one of the things I'm going to be talking about on my show this weekend is the way Google
00:31:01.900is manipulating data to give people the liberal point of view. And they're doing this geographically
00:31:09.600on a targeted basis in the 20 House districts across the country that will determine which
00:31:15.880party controls Congress. We saw this phenomena before in 2020. They dialed it back in 2024.
00:31:27.280but they're at it again. A great analysis I read in Google. So, for example, if you have Gmail
00:31:34.000and you're a registered Democrat, you get three or four different reminders that you should vote.
00:31:40.540If you are on Gmail and you're a registered Republican, well, you get none. Perfect example
00:31:47.320of big tech cheating. We'll be talking about that a lot more this weekend on the show.
00:31:52.500you'll want to tune in for that. In the meantime, I'm Roger Stone. You're listening to The Stone
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00:32:36.920Well, momentum is growing behind President Donald Trump's push for transparency on the subject of unidentified aerial phenomena, also known as UFOs.
00:32:48.320as new developments suggest that the administration may soon reveal decades of what the government has been hiding on the topic.
00:32:57.780The White House has quietly registered the domain aliens.gov,
00:33:03.200signaling what could become a centralized portal for releasing declassified information on UFOs and non-human technology.
00:33:12.720The move follows Trump's directive to make public long-hidden government files related to unexplained aerial encounters.
00:33:22.820Reports indicate upcoming disclosures could include photos and videos of craft that defy known technology,
00:33:31.720raising serious questions about what the government has known and concealed for years.
00:33:37.940Not long ago, I wrote about something that was in one of my books.
00:33:42.600Jackie Gleason, the famous comedian, claimed that President Richard Nixon had taken him to a secret military facility in Homestead, Florida,
00:33:57.260where the Great One, as he was called, was actually shown evidence of UFOs and life on
00:34:06.420other planets. That story, which was told to me by one of Gleason's ex-wives, included in my book,
00:34:15.280Nixon's Secrets, I frankly think it's entirely true. That's why this effort reflects a broader
00:34:23.620commitment by the Trump administration for transparency, challenging the culture of secrecy
00:34:28.640that has defined Washington for decades. Military pilots, radar operators, and intelligence
00:34:35.800officials have repeatedly told me about documented encounters with objects exhibiting capabilities
00:34:42.120far beyond current U.S. technology. According to The Urgency, a former Air Force officer
00:34:48.840has renewed claims that unidentified craft once interfered with nuclear missile systems
00:34:55.360during the Cold War, rendering multiple weapons inoperable at a secure U.S. base.
00:35:02.220Similar incidents have reportedly occurred near restricted military facilities, including
00:35:06.580nuclear facilities. The administration's act too suggests a true shift towards
00:35:11.520openness and accountability when it comes to this earth-shattering revelations that
00:35:16.760may change the perception of reality for millions, but regardless of the potential fallout,
00:35:22.320I think the public deserves to know the truth. We used to call them flying saucers. Today,
00:35:27.420we call them UFOs. But the American people deserve to know whether our government knows
00:35:33.260about life on other planets and the possibility that we're not the only ones existing in this
00:35:40.120universe. Meanwhile, we hear that Chinese scientists are now using mosquitoes to spread0.91
00:35:46.920vaccines. A controversial new proposal from Chinese scientists is testing the bounds of
00:35:52.940medical ethics with regards to bizarre vaccination experimentation. Sound familiar? Chinese researchers0.87
00:35:59.760are exploring the use of mosquitoes to deliver vaccinations to bats. In a recent study,
00:36:05.980researchers engineered mosquitoes to carry vaccinations for deadly viruses like rabies and
00:36:12.320others, transmitting them through bites or when bats consume the insects. The goal, I guess, is to
00:36:18.840reduce the spread of dangerous diseases that originate in bat populations and can jump to
00:36:24.060humans. Now this project could be happening with the most notable or noble of intentions, although
00:36:31.060I rather doubt that. But the potential undoubted consequences are massive. Releasing genetically
00:36:37.480modified or vaccination-carrying insects into ecosystems could carry unknown environmental
00:36:44.200risk, especially given the lack of any long-term data or history. I'm Roger Stone. You're listening
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