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00:00:48.860 Well, in a federal courtroom in Washington, D.C., 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen

00:00:54.340 pleaded not guilty to charges tied to the April 25th shooting incident

00:00:58.940 at the White House Correspondents Association dinner,

00:01:02.220 which I saw as an attempted assassination of President Donald Trump

00:01:05.920 and many of his top cabinet officials.

00:01:08.700 The dinner was packed with roughly 2,600 elites,

00:01:12.720 but it also included President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, 0.94

00:01:16.720 Vice President J.D. Vance, countless administrative officials,

00:01:20.080 including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and, of course, the many people calling themselves journalists.

00:01:27.540 Prosecutors say that Allen rushed past security armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, a .38 pistol,

00:01:34.380 and multiple knives before firing towards law enforcement.

00:01:38.380 Secret Service agent was hit in his bulletproof vest by buckshot, was treated, and was released.

00:01:44.120 No attendees were killed or injured thanks to the fast response of the Secret Service and the police.

00:01:50.080 Allen, a Californian native with degrees from Caltech and Cal State in Dominguez Hills, has no prior criminal record, but investigators say he had expressed anti-Trump views, had donated to Kamala Harris's presidential campaign, had attended protests, and sent a disturbing manifesto-style email shortly before the attack.

00:02:12.700 Why are they continuing to say that they can't establish a motive?

00:02:16.400 The evidence clearly points to politically motivated violence, not some random act.

00:02:21.280 Allen now faces charges including attempted assassination of the president,

00:02:25.920 assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon, and a firearms violation.

00:02:30.360 If convicted on the lead count, he could spend the rest of his life in prison.

00:02:34.960 But a few questions remain, though.

00:02:36.980 How was the security so lax at the White House Correspondents' Dinner,

00:02:40.600 considering the number of noteworthy and important people who were in attendance,

00:02:44.600 including those in succession to the presidency of the United States.

00:02:48.860 Why did the Secret Service drop the ball again, just as they did in Butler, Pennsylvania,

00:02:53.700 where the president was shot but survived?

00:02:56.380 Were they aware that this lunatic was going to show up?

00:02:59.300 Was Cole Allen in touch with any federal agents or federal assets in the lead up to the shooting?

00:03:05.480 Unfortunately, very much like the situation in Butler, Pennsylvania,

00:03:08.340 we'll probably never know the answers to these legitimate questions.

00:03:12.420 It's always a lone gunman.

00:03:14.600 And then we get move along, nothing here to see every single time.

00:03:18.640 It's like the assassination of JFK, the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan.

00:03:23.640 And my book about that will be out shortly.

00:03:25.920 There continue to be more questions than answers.

00:03:30.320 Well, Pennsylvania Democrat Senator John Fetterman once again breaking with the far left fever,

00:03:35.600 gripping his party, calling out Democrats for turning anti-Trump rage into a so-called political

00:03:41.800 platform. Appealing on Bill Maher's show and writing a new Washington Post op-ed, Fetterman,

00:03:48.540 who I think would be more comfortable in the Republican Party than the party of today's

00:03:52.420 progressive Democrats, said Democrats simply cannot define themselves as the opposite of

00:03:57.660 President Donald Trump. He criticized candidates who are, in his words, literally running on

00:04:03.160 profanity-laced anti-Trump messaging. He called it absurd, saying the country needs a better way

00:04:09.300 forward. Fetterman also defended positions that used to be common sense in both parties,

00:04:14.540 such as secure borders, support for Israel, avoiding government shutdowns, and deporting

00:04:20.280 illegal immigrants who commit violent crimes. Fetterman backed practical security upgrades

00:04:25.980 for major White House events, saying he personally witnessed the danger during the recent incident

00:04:30.700 where the far-left extremists attacked the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

00:04:34.820 Fetterman said America was lucky that people were not killed

00:04:37.200 and the country needs safer venues,

00:04:40.060 dismissing outrage over a proposed White House ballroom as unserious.

00:04:45.700 The Pennsylvania senator also blasted the left's growing comfort with socialism,

00:04:50.240 yes, and even communism, 1.00

00:04:52.040 warning that anyone who thinks socialism is the answer is, in his words, a moron. 0.99

00:04:57.200 Well, the senator called it like it is. 0.99

00:04:59.280 Fetterman then turned his fire on the media, condemning the 24-hour news cycle that turns opinions into supposed facts.

00:05:06.820 He said that the opinions are not news.

00:05:09.460 Recent polling shows the Democrats in Pennsylvania are turning on Fetterman for telling it like it is.

00:05:14.960 President Trump has offered Fetterman to jump ship over to the Republican Party.

00:05:18.640 Today, I believe he would handily win a Republican primary for the U.S. Senate.

00:05:22.440 That seems to me like a stretch, but even if Fetterman were to leave the Democrat Party,

00:05:26.620 or if a Democrat Party were to leave him by dumping him in a primary,

00:05:30.500 he, of course, would have the option of going independent, which would almost surely elect a Republican.

00:05:35.500 That would hurt the far-left Democrats immeasurably,

00:05:37.840 and perhaps inspire others to jump off that sinking ship as well.

00:05:42.060 Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is making a case that should resonate

00:05:46.860 with both America First conservatives and strong supporters of Israel.

00:05:51.160 The leader of the Jewish state is saying it is time to completely phase out U.S. financial aid to the Jewish state.

00:05:58.440 In a new interview with CBS News, Netanyahu says he wants Israel to draw down to zero the financial component of American military support, which currently totals $3.8 billion a year.

00:06:11.720 His proposed timeline is to begin now and complete the process over the upcoming decade.

00:06:16.980 That is the right message at the right time.

00:06:19.280 America's drowning in debt, taxpayers are stretched thin, and voters are increasingly

00:06:24.180 skeptical of foreign aid, even to our closest democratic allies. A serious America first policy

00:06:30.220 says allies should be strong, sovereign, but also capable of defending themselves without becoming

00:06:36.020 dependent or overly reliant on the U.S. taxpayer. Uncle Sam is tired of being a sucker. And from a 0.93

00:06:42.820 pro-Israel perspective, Netanyahu is right as well. Israel is a modern military and technological 0.71

00:06:48.620 powerhouse. It has world-class intelligence, it has cyber capabilities, its own missile defense,

00:06:55.200 and an economy built on innovation. A stronger, more independent Israel would be harder for 0.96

00:07:00.620 critics in Washington to manipulate and less vulnerable to political hostage-taking from

00:07:06.040 future anti-Israel majorities in Congress. It could also be argued that the financial support

00:07:11.680 from the U.S. is an encroachment on Israelis' national sovereignty. Of course, the United

00:07:16.160 States and Israel should remain close, strategic partners. Intelligence sharing, weapons coordination,

00:07:22.180 missile defense research, and coordination against Iran are all still of the utmost importance. 0.66

00:07:28.760 But we can do all of this without sending billions in foreign aid. Not Newhouse argument is correct. 0.98

00:07:34.660 Israel should stand on its own two feet. America should protect its own taxpayers, 0.72

00:07:38.740 and both nations should cooperate from a position of strength. That is America first,

00:07:44.360 And it is pro-Israel as well.

00:07:47.660 Meanwhile, with Americans furious over Zoran gas prices, Energy Secretary Chris Wright says the Trump administration is open to all ideas to bring relief at the pump, including temporarily suspending the federal gas tax.

00:08:01.340 Secretary Wright told the press this past weekend that the administration supports measures at lower costs for working families.

00:08:08.900 He pointed to releases from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, coordination with other nations, and revised EPA rules to help refiners produce more gasoline.

00:08:19.700 President Trump said he supports taking off the gas tax for a quote-unquote period of time, then phasing it back in once prices fall again.

00:08:28.360 The federal gas tax is now at 18.4 cents per gallon, with 24 percent cents per gallon for diesel.

00:08:35.440 This would provide temporary relief to help Americans while the situation with Iran is wrapped up and things stabilize.

00:08:42.460 The bigger burden in many states, however, comes from state fuel taxes, especially in Democrat-run states.

00:08:49.240 So, for example, California leads the nation with 70.9 cents per gallon, although Governor Gavin Newsom refuses to let any refinery operate in the Golden State.

00:09:02.420 Then when it comes to taxes, it's followed by Illinois and Washington. Michigan's tax is also among the highest, yet Governor Gretchen Whitmer has endorsed federal tax relief while refusing to cut her own state tax.

00:09:16.200 Some Republican-led states have moved faster. Indiana Governor Mike Braun extended tax fuel relief, cutting nearly 60 cents per gallon. Georgia and Utah have taken steps to reduce the burden. The lesson is clear.

00:09:33.100 Washington can help, but states must act too.

00:09:35.420 American families need cheaper energy,

00:09:38.280 and Democrats must be put on the defensive if they're unwilling to provide that relief.

00:09:43.380 Democrats can suspend their state gas taxes and slash prices for gas for Americans instantly.

00:09:49.820 If they refuse to do so, they deserve the blame for these price hikes.

00:09:54.300 Utah may be the next battleground state in the nationwide fight over redistricting

00:09:58.680 after State Supreme Justice Deonna Hagan recently resigned amid substantial controversy.

00:10:08.300 Hagan had joined the Utah Supreme Court opinion in the League of Women Voters v. Utah

00:10:13.520 v. the Utah State Legislature, a ruling that forced Republican-led state to redraw its congressional map

00:10:20.360 before the 2026 elections.

00:10:23.080 Utah is currently represented by Republicans in all four congressional districts,

00:10:26.920 but the court's decision could create one Democrat favorable seat centered around Salt Lake City.

00:10:33.300 The case stemmed from a 2018 ballot initiative creating an independent redistricting commission for congressional districts.

00:10:40.840 Utah lawmakers later passed a 2020 law making that commission advisory,

00:10:45.920 but the courts have said the legislature lacked the authority to do that. 0.84

00:10:49.520 Hagan later recused herself after leaked text messages alleged she had an affair with the attorney, David Raymond,

00:10:55.580 who represented plaintiffs in the redistricting case.

00:10:59.740 Hagan would eventually resign her position 0.99

00:11:01.680 after widespread public outrage over her apparent betrayal.

00:11:05.420 In her resignation letter to Governor Spencer Cox,

00:11:08.840 Hagan cited scrutiny of her private life and the toll on her family.

00:11:13.100 Her departures put additional scrutiny on the Supreme Court to revisit this issue.

00:11:17.060 There's no reason why Democrats should be gifted a seat 1.00

00:11:19.520 because a fraudulent, independent redistricting commission just wants to give them one.

00:11:24.580 As the lawmakers of Indiana found out, there are major electoral consequences when Republicans neglect to use their power at their disposal to push back against Democrats.

00:11:34.520 Those Indiana Republicans who resisted a redistricting plan supported by President Trump were wiped out in the Republican primaries only days ago.

00:11:43.040 So it's time for Utah to redraw their maps, for Utah Republicans to do whatever is in their power to deny Democrats a congressional seat and for the public to accept no excuses as to why this cannot be done.

00:11:55.940 Seeing some of the most interesting videos I've ever seen in politics,

00:11:59.100 the Los Angeles mayoral race is actually drawing national attention.

00:12:02.540 A man named Spencer Pratt, who's a reality TV star, best known from MTV's The Hills,

00:12:08.840 actually gains visibility and some traction after viral campaign videos

00:12:13.120 and a closely watched debate with Mayor Karen Bass,

00:12:16.160 a self-avowed follower of Fidel Castro, and council member Nathmaya Rahman.

00:12:23.120 Pratt has framed his campaign around public safety, homelessness, taxes, and frustration with City Hall.

00:12:29.340 But his online presence has helped turn a candidacy once thought to be a fringe into a major threat to the political establishment.

00:12:36.340 Why? Because Pratt is both interesting and he's entertaining, much like Donald Trump.

00:12:41.220 Recent reporting shows that Vats remains the frontrunner, but Pratt has moved into second place in some polling, with Rahman also competing for a runoff spot.

00:12:50.620 The May 6th debate appears to have been a turning point.

00:12:53.160 NBC Los Angeles reported that that event brought the three candidates onto the same stage.

00:12:59.280 An NBC4 online viewer poll showed a large majority of voters saying that Pratt won that debate.

00:13:06.000 If you haven't seen these videos, by all means, go online, go to X and check them out.

00:13:11.200 They are hysterical. 1.00

00:13:13.100 Bass has since withdrawn from a televised May 13th mayoral forum hosted by the plague of women voters. 1.00

00:13:18.840 Probably that's the League of Women Voters and the Pat Brown Institute, with her campaign saying she would be in the capital city of Sacramento seeking funds for housing, homelessness and major event planning. 0.99

00:13:30.840 Evidently, there are no TV studios in Sacramento. 0.95

00:13:33.920 Of course, those are pathetic excuses. 0.98

00:13:35.860 She is so scared of getting humiliated by Pratt. 0.96

00:13:38.460 His campaign is also benefiting from this viral AI generated ads, outside attention and support from outside figures, including Jeannie Buss and Joe Rogan.

00:13:48.320 It's clear that Pratt has his finger on the pulse of the new media, and this is a wonder to behold.

00:13:53.640 Check it out. I'm Roger Stone. You're listening to Stone Zone.

00:13:56.640 Don't go away, because we'll be right back.

00:14:02.840 The Stone Zone, entertaining and informative on the Red Apple Podcast Network.

00:14:09.860 And you're diving head first back into the Stone Zone.

00:14:13.280 Well, the Department of Justice says hundreds of children were located and more than 350 alleged child sex offenders were arrested in April through Operation Iron Pursuit and nationwide crackdown targeting child sexual exploitation.

00:14:29.080 According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York, the operation ran from April 1st through April 30th and involved all 56 FBI field offices, along with U.S. Attorney's offices across the country.

00:14:42.680 Officials say more than 200 children were located during this effort.

00:14:45.940 Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche delivered a direct warning to predators, saying the DOJ is coming for them and the sexual exploitation exploitation of minors has no place in American society.

00:14:58.340 FBI Director Cash Patel has said the Bureau is working to restore public trust and move law enforcement resources closer to the communities they serve,

00:15:06.140 including shifting more than 1,000 FBI agents and intelligence analysts out of Washington into the field.

00:15:13.620 Isn't it refreshing to have a Department of Justice and an FBI that is more concerned with cracking down on the exploitation and abuse of children

00:15:21.800 than pursuing parents who are concerned about the curricular being forced on their children in the public schools?

00:15:29.200 Following Operation Iron Pursuit and related efforts, authorities also reported seizures of drugs and firearms.

00:15:35.800 The announcement follows other law enforcement actions, including ICE's report that hundreds of illegal alien child sex offenders were arrested in Houston during President Trump's first year back in office.

00:15:47.460 So the message from the Trump administration is abundantly clear.

00:15:51.740 Law enforcement resources are now focused on protecting children and families, removing violent predators from the streets, and backing the agents who do the dangerous work.

00:16:00.400 Democrats preferred to have federal agents hunting down January 6th protesters, setting up fake frame jobs over Russian collusion that never really existed, spying on and arresting those outside abortion clinics who were guilty of praying and monitoring parents who went to school board meetings because they were concerned about the curriculum being forced on their children.

00:16:23.420 That's the difference between this administration and Joe Biden's days.

00:16:26.420 And it's why I think Donald Trump's critics who say the 2026 election will be a disaster have another thing coming.

00:16:34.040 Meanwhile, the president himself is taking new action to support American families, announcing a organization called Moms.gov.

00:16:40.660 It's a new one stop resort for expected mothers and parents facing difficulty or unexpected pregnancies.

00:16:48.740 The Secretary of Health and Human Service, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,

00:16:53.580 warns that America is facing a serious fertility crisis.

00:16:57.640 Kennedy said that male teenagers today have roughly half the sperm count men had in 1970,

00:17:03.320 calling the trend an existential crisis for the country.

00:17:06.240 The Trump administration says moms.gov will connect mothers and fathers

00:17:10.480 with pregnancy centers, nutrition guidance, and other resources

00:17:14.340 designed to protect mothers, children, and the health of the American family.

00:17:19.340 President Trump also announced a new Department of Labor proposal to create a fertility benefit

00:17:24.040 option for employers. The rule would allow businesses to offer fertility benefits outside

00:17:28.700 of normal health insurance plans with the goal of making treatments such as in vitro more

00:17:34.140 affordable for couples trying to have children. Remember when Democrats tried to say that Donald

00:17:38.540 Trump would outlaw in vitro pregnancies? Yeah, another lie. President Trump says the effort is

00:17:43.820 about helping families grow and giving parents more support at one of the most important moments

00:17:48.380 in time. This is why he will go down in history as one of the greatest presidents of all time.

00:17:53.460 I'm Roger Stone. You're listening to The Stone Zone. Don't go away because we'll be right back.

00:18:01.420 The Stone Zone. Entertaining and informative on the Red Apple Podcast Network.

00:18:08.420 And you're now re-entering The Stone Zone. Well, it looks like Europe is getting ready

00:18:13.500 to throw in the towel on the entire Ukrainian project. The European Union is reportedly

00:18:18.560 preparing for possible future talks with Russia and their leader, Vladimir Putin, as they're

00:18:24.120 forced to admit that their policy of subsidizing Ukraine to keep heinous war going has utterly

00:18:29.860 failed. According to the Financial Times, European leaders are beginning to acknowledge

00:18:34.660 the reality that at some point they're going to have to speak directly with Moscow about security

00:18:39.360 on the continent. Speaking about the war effort after Russia's Victory Day events, Putin said,

00:18:45.080 I think that that matter is coming to an end. But he made it clear he would only meet with

00:18:49.520 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after peace terms had already been settled,

00:18:55.100 describing such a meeting as the final point, not the negotiation itself. European Council

00:19:00.920 President Antonio Costa said that the EU would speak with Russia only at the right moment,

00:19:06.920 meaning they're still stalling because they don't want to admit failure.

00:19:10.100 Plus, they want to continue to get the multi-billion dollar subsidies that this war has brought to NATO nations.

00:19:16.280 An EU official put it bluntly off the record, saying that Europe will eventually need to talk to Russia

00:19:21.000 because Russian security is at stake.

00:19:23.980 President Trump has considered pressing NATO allies to take responsibility for their own defense,

00:19:29.340 calling the alliance a paper tiger and moving to withdraw 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany.

00:19:35.860 It's ironic because when I first urged President Donald Trump to run, he was just Donald Trump then, the New York developer, back in 1988, we made a fateful trip to New Hampshire where he spoke to the Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Chamber of Commerce.

00:19:51.920 And in that speech, he called out the fact that our NATO allies have not been paying their fair share.

00:19:58.600 Talk about continuity. In his first term, Donald Trump forced our NATO allies to cough up $650 million in past dues that they owed for their NATO protection.

00:20:12.240 Now, in response to the latest moves, European governments are accelerating discussions about deeper military coordination independent of Washington.

00:20:21.980 Additionally, Trump backed a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine, which appeared to hold through the weekend, creating a possible opening for a larger deal.

00:20:30.760 President Trump is forcing Europe now to face reality.

00:20:34.440 It's shown amidst the Iranian conflict that the NATO partnership is strictly a one-way street.

00:20:40.640 Many of our NATO allies would not allow us to use the airspace over their countries.

00:20:44.720 In some cases, our bases built in their countries were not allowed to be used by the United States in their assault on Iran.

00:20:52.940 The U.S. gives everything and gets nothing.

00:20:55.680 That's the story of NATO.

00:20:57.400 President Trump will not forget how Europe did not have our backs when it mattered most.

00:21:02.040 Now the U.S. is not going to have NATO's back as they elongate the Ukraine-Russian conflict.

00:21:07.940 They can only delay the inevitable, in my opinion, for just so long. 1.00

00:21:11.880 Meanwhile, New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, also known as AOC, is fueling speculations about her national ambitions. 0.94

00:21:22.460 Widely rumored to be a 2028 Democrat presidential candidate, AOC told the Chicago audience that her goal was bigger than just winning the presidency.

00:21:31.440 Asked by Democratic strategist David Axelrod, who was the man who created Barack Obama, about a possible 2028 White House run, AOC said her ambition was not simply a title or a seat.

00:21:45.820 Instead, she says her ambition is to change this country, referring to her aims to implement single-payer health care, a so-called living wage, workers' rights, and women's rights as lasting goals.

00:21:58.400 AOC said that presidents, senators, and House members come and go, but major policy changes can last forever.

00:22:05.100 With this rhetoric, I think AOC essentially is peacocking, but he's also exposing herself.

00:22:10.360 Her unabashed advocacy for socialism would be laughable if its specter were not so very real.

00:22:17.740 Government-run health care, sweeping wage mandates, expanded federal power are not campaign slogans. 0.88

00:22:24.340 their long-term efforts to remake the American economy and society. Their effort to spy on us,

00:22:30.240 to know everything about us, and to maintain that in massive federal databases. It's all part of

00:22:36.060 Big Brother's plan. And the reason why the Democrats are allowing infinity migrants to 1.00

00:22:42.260 flood into the country from the third world is because they're deadly serious about imposing

00:22:46.620 their bills upon all of us, and they make no bones about ripping the Constitution to shreds in order 1.00

00:22:51.580 to accomplish their noble experiment.

00:22:53.840 In other words, they intend to make all of these illegals 1.00

00:22:56.780 who've entered the country U.S. citizens 0.97

00:22:59.180 so we have a permanent majority that cannot be defeated in an election.

00:23:04.120 AOC's comments come as Democrats search for their next national standard-bearer

00:23:08.640 with names like Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, Pete Buttigieg,

00:23:13.980 Gretchen Wittner, Josh Shapiro, and others being discussed for 2028.

00:23:19.940 Pardon me if I can't stop laughing. 0.98

00:23:21.580 Even if AOC does not run for president, she and her far-left cohorts will be heavily influencing the agenda of whoever is their candidate, driving their candidate away from the center and to the far left. 0.79

00:23:33.940 Democrats are held hostage to the fanatical socialists in their midst.

00:23:37.940 They now dominate their party.

00:23:39.920 The party of John F. Kennedy, Harry Truman, even Franklin Roosevelt, that party is long gone.

00:23:46.540 The word moderate Democrat is an oxymoron.

00:23:49.700 That is why they must be defeated, and at the end, voting Republican as tough as it may be for some to stomach in certain cases, will be a matter of national survival.

00:24:00.660 Meanwhile, Hillsdale College has honored the late Turning Point USA founder, my good friend Charlie Kirk, and his wife Erica Kirk.

00:24:08.660 Saturday, awarding both of them honorary degrees in public service during a commencement at the Beerman Center in Hillsdale.

00:24:16.120 Hillsdale College President Larry P. Arnn had announced the honor last September at Charlie Kirk's memorial service,

00:24:22.860 recognizing the Kirk's commitment to faith, freedom, education, and the future of the American Republic.

00:24:30.180 Erica Kirk delivered the commencement address, offering graduates a message rooted in courage, family, duty, and love of country.

00:24:38.780 She shared a personal story from the couple's honeymoon,

00:24:41.640 recalling Charlie's determination to finish online Hillsdale lectures from Dr. Arn,

00:24:47.300 even while he was away on honeymoon with his new bride.

00:24:51.200 Her message to graduates was direct and countercultural.

00:24:54.860 She urged them to marry young, build strong friendships,

00:24:57.660 and refuse to conform to a world that often mocks traditional values.

00:25:02.920 Speaking to men, she called on them to provide, to lead,

00:25:06.060 and to anchor their families with strength.

00:25:08.800 Speaking to women, she praised the high calling of nurturing,

00:25:12.440 building, and shaping lives with wisdom and endurance.

00:25:16.680 Erica Kirk warned graduates the world will challenge

00:25:19.420 and distort what they know to be true,

00:25:21.780 but she reminded them that their duty is not to imitate the culture.

00:25:25.020 She said, if you want to make a difference in the world,

00:25:27.880 it is very hard to do when you just look like you tried,

00:25:31.800 like, pardon me, let me do this again.

00:25:34.360 if you want to make a difference in the world, it's very hard to do that when you look just like

00:25:39.020 you. Outside the ceremony, left-wing protesters objected to her appearance, attacking Turning

00:25:44.480 Point USA and its conservative and traditional mission. That's unsurprising. They would kill

00:25:50.540 her too if they had the chance, in my opinion. Erica Kirk, despite all the online trolls and 1.00

00:25:55.940 the haters, means a steadfast example of grace and courage under fire and how we should all

00:26:01.940 handle tragedy by doubling down in our faith in Jesus Christ the Lord. Well, we've just found a

00:26:07.960 new study that adds urgency to making America healthy again. There are now warnings that

00:26:13.640 ultra-processed foods can be linked to a higher risk of dementia and other serious health problems.

00:26:20.260 Researchers at Monash University in Australia found that a 10% daily increase in ultra-processed

00:26:27.260 food consumption was associated with a higher risk of dementia, lower attention span, and more

00:26:33.360 than 30 negative health outcomes. Lead author Dr. Barbara Cardoso said that 10% increase could be

00:26:40.780 as little as 150 grams a day, roughly equivalent of adding a standard bag of chips to your daily

00:26:47.080 diet. Other ultra-processed foods are industrial products made with refined ingredients, additives,

00:26:53.700 and little whole food content.

00:26:56.240 In the United States, these foods now make up about half of the calories

00:26:59.400 that many Americans consume while they're banned in many other nations across the world.

00:27:04.960 Well, there go my beloved bologna sandwiches.

00:27:08.040 The study also warned that simple eating healthy foods

00:27:11.220 may not be enough to cancel out the damage from a diet loaded with processed junk.

00:27:16.960 Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

00:27:19.800 has made reducing ultra-processed foods a major part of the Trump administration's

00:27:25.180 Make America Healthy Again agenda.

00:27:27.880 The new dietary guidelines for Americans emphasize a return to whole, nutrient-dense foods,

00:27:34.200 including protein, dairy, vegetables, fruits, healthy fats, and whole grains.

00:27:40.040 The previous food pyramid was a scam made up by the corporate food industry

00:27:45.100 to maximize their profits while making the public both fatter and sicker as a result.

00:27:50.800 The U.S. cannot subsidize this processed food any longer.

00:27:54.700 Americans must go back to eating real food, healthy food, and Alzheimer's, cancer, health

00:28:00.120 disease, diabetes, and virtually every other condition that plagues Americans at record

00:28:04.500 rates will go naturally down as a result of a change in diet.

00:28:10.020 As a Connecticut native, I must say I am particularly embarrassed by the two U.S. senators from Connecticut.

00:28:16.360 See, I was born in the Norwalk Hospital. I grew up in New Canaan.

00:28:19.480 The very first campaign I ever managed was for the state Senate in the 26th District for a man named John Lupton.

00:28:26.160 We beat the Republican establishment, went on to win the seat.

00:28:29.600 Now, from the fabricated Russian collusion narrative to the two phony impeachments

00:28:33.780 to his relentless defense of Obama's catastrophic 2015 Iran nuclear deal,

00:28:39.720 Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy has been a consistent opponent of America's interests.

00:28:44.840 He's one of the Senate's most vocal proponents for counting millions of illegal immigrants into the census.

00:28:49.900 It is a deceitful and unconstitutional scheme that steals congressional seats and electoral votes from real American citizens. 0.87

00:28:58.600 Connecticut Senator Murphy actively works to grant political power to millions

00:29:02.280 who illegally crossed our southern border by counting them in the census.

00:29:06.360 This scheme effectively hands extra congressional seats and electoral college votes

00:29:11.300 to blue states like California and New York, bypassing law-abiding citizens in red states.

00:29:17.320 Far from protecting American sovereignty, Murphy celebrates it as some kind of brilliant political power ground. 1.00

00:29:23.560 Senator Chris Murphy proves that feminism is nothing more than a selective political prop. 1.00

00:29:29.980 While Iran literally stones women to death, hangs girls for wearing improper clothing, and treats them as property,

00:29:37.000 Murphy has refused to get tough on the Ayatollahs.

00:29:39.380 Instead, he viciously attacked President Trump's strikes against the regime, 0.67

00:29:43.760 branding them as illegal, and has pushed war power's resolutions to try to limit America's response to the Iranian threats.

00:29:50.960 In April of 2026, Mark Murphy once again sparked outrage by replying awesome to reports that dozens of Iranian vessels had bypassed a U.S. naval blockade in straight war moves.

00:30:04.200 He later claimed it was sarcasm and doubled down on calling Trump's handling of the conflict a disaster.

00:30:10.460 His rhetoric has been so soft on Tehran, it's embarrassing for somebody who's supposed to be a U.S. senator.

00:30:17.000 Then in late 2019, as the first Trump impeachment intensified,

00:30:21.260 Murphy rushed to Ukraine to spotlight Trump's Ukraine policy.

00:30:24.620 At the same time, he showed very little interest in securing America's own borders

00:30:28.660 or probing scandals that could implicate his own party.

00:30:32.700 A longtime supporter of Ukraine, Murphy has made multiple trips to Kiev,

00:30:36.620 including the one with Senator John McCain in 2013 and 2014,

00:30:40.120 and has pushed relentlessly for massive U.S. aid to packages.

00:30:44.320 If you've ever seen the cities of Connecticut, if you've ever seen Hartford or Bridgeport, then you know that we should be putting America first, and that's where our money should be going, not into Kiev.

00:30:55.240 In 2020, when Hunter Biden's laptop story broke, filled with overwhelming evidence of lucrative foreign business dealings and bribery involving Biden's son and in FBI possession since December, Murphy and his Democrat colleagues quickly dismissed it all as Russian disinformation.

00:31:13.680 This blatant hypocrisy revealed a clear pattern of weaponizing foreign narratives against Trump

00:31:18.860 while shielding the Biden family from any real oversight or accountability.

00:31:24.340 Elected in 2012 to represent my home state of Connecticut,

00:31:27.920 Senator Chris Murphy is a foreign policy first establishment Democrat

00:31:31.440 who's devoted more than a decade to one obsession, Trump.

00:31:35.680 Since emerging as a serious political force, he's focused on sabotaging, 0.56

00:31:40.240 smearing, and destroying Donald Trump by any means necessary.

00:31:44.440 Instead of helping American families struggle under Biden-era inflation and record high living costs,

00:31:50.200 this slick establishment Democrat diligently works to viciously attack a president

00:31:55.180 determined to enforce the law and drain the swamp.

00:31:59.080 Senator Chris Murphy has been deliberate about undermining Americans' immigration laws,

00:32:04.000 as a leading champion of the U.S. Citizen Act in multiple amnesty-style reform bills,

00:32:10.760 he aggressively pushes pathways to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants

00:32:15.400 while smearing strong border enforcement as cruel and inhumane.

00:32:20.440 The only guy who's more embarrassing than Senator Chris Murphy is Senator Richard Blumenthal.

00:32:25.720 Yes, Da Nang Dick, the guy who lied about his military service in Vietnam,

00:32:30.900 a country he never even visited.

00:32:34.520 I'm Roger Stone. Yes, I'm a nutmegger. 0.98

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00:33:22.220 Well, congressional redistricting, which was supposed to be a master plan of the Democrats, has boomeranged badly on their debilitated party.

00:33:30.360 The Virginia Supreme Court delivered a brutal slap across the face of far left extremists this past Friday, striking down their redistricting referendum that aimed to hijack Virginia's congressional map with one of the most egregious gerrymanders and thefts in American political history.

00:33:47.300 What was previously a fair and competitive six Democrats, five Republicans split, would have been warped into an unbelievably unfair 10-to-1 Democrat string hold.

00:33:58.000 The court ruled that the Democrat lawmakers shredded constitutional procedures in ramming through the amendment, declaring that the flawed process incurably taints the entire referendum and nullified it completely.

00:34:11.100 Virginia's existing borders, boundaries stay locked in for 2026.

00:34:15.700 This fiasco was cheered on by Governor Abigail Spanberger and her Democrat allies.

00:34:21.220 Spanberger, who's a former CIA operative, ran as a moderate but has emerged as a true radical.

00:34:28.120 By the way, her favorable rating has hit an all-time low.

00:34:30.840 She has the lowest favorable rating of any governor in Virginia history at this moment.

00:34:36.380 Despite Spineberger flat out lying to votes during her campaign, swearing she had no intention whatsoever of touching the state's congressional lines,

00:34:44.680 she immediately moved to support this outrageous referendum, and her top Senate ally was not only on investigation, but has now been arrested.

00:34:54.920 The ballot language was a masterpiece of sophistry, deceptively asking voters to temporarily adopt new districts to restore fairness, when it was in actuality a naked power grab.

00:35:06.720 Even with the campaign deception, the referendum barely passed by just a two-point margin in April.

00:35:12.740 That's interesting because Republicans mounted virtually no effort here.

00:35:16.900 They spent no money because they believed correctly that it would ultimately be determined to be unconstitutional.

00:35:22.920 unconstitutional. So the fact that it was this close is a bad sign for Democrats as they approach

00:35:28.800 the 2026 elections. Now the state Supreme Court has declared that the nefarious scheme is

00:35:34.380 unconstitutional. President Trump hailed the ruling as a huge win for the Republican Party

00:35:38.840 in America that cannot be understated. Democrats tried to rig the system,

00:35:44.620 violated the Constitution to do it, and now Virginia's highest court has called them to

00:35:48.740 count. They get cocky, they overreached, and it's blowing up in their faces. After this ruling,

00:35:54.740 it's clear the Democrats are losing this redistricting war fight, and they're losing it

00:35:58.880 badly. And that does not bode well for their chances heading into the midterms. Republicans,

00:36:04.320 on the other hand, are dominating this fight nationwide. Through aggressive map drawing in

00:36:08.500 red states, the Republicans stand to actually gain a net majority in Texas and Florida. Texas

00:36:15.980 alone could deliver five additional Republican seats under its new map signed by Governor Greg

00:36:20.880 Abbott. Florida's freshly approved map is poised to add three or four more Republican seats. Missouri

00:36:27.260 will add one. North Carolina, I think, will add another one, with potential games yet to be seen

00:36:32.840 in Ohio, Tennessee, and elsewhere, pushing the Republican edge to roughly eight or more net

00:36:37.960 seats following the completed redraws. See, one of the problems with the Democrats is they have

00:36:42.840 already gerrymandered the places where they are strong, Illinois, New York, California. President

00:36:48.720 Trump was wise to understand that Republicans had a structural advantage in this mid-decade

00:36:54.180 redistricting cycle, with maps in key states tilting towards the Republican Party, while

00:36:59.000 Democrat counter-efforts, like the one that just flopped in Virginia, are collapsing under legal

00:37:03.900 scrutiny. This puts House Republicans in a much stronger defensive position for 2026, raising

00:37:09.820 their floor even in a potentially challenging midterm environment and making Democrats flip

00:37:16.020 harder. This victory would never materialize without the fearless visionary leadership of

00:37:21.660 Donald Trump with the cojones to upend the longstanding political traditions. President 0.92

00:37:27.100 Trump refused to play by the weak-kneed rules that have hamstrung Republicans for decades.

00:37:32.560 He showed the way forward. Fight hard, fight smart, and never apologize for winning. And through sheer

00:37:38.620 force of personality and will, President Trump was able to drag most Republicans into battle

00:37:43.360 they would never even have considered getting into otherwise. I'm Roger Stone. You've been

00:37:48.460 listening to The Stone Zone. We're watching this congressional resisting fight very closely,

00:37:52.840 but with the Supreme Court decision last week saying that race cannot be considered as a factor,

00:37:58.180 I say that Republicans end up with a net 19 seats in the South alone.

00:38:03.320 Until tomorrow, I'm The Stone Zone. God bless you and God bless you.

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