The StoneZONE with Roger Stone - May 23, 2026


The Stone Zone ｜ 05-22-26

Topics
fraud crackdown Trump endorsement and Senate politics CBS canceling Stephen Colbert's show prediction market investigation
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Roger Stone Troy Smith Jake Novak
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Donald Trump Jerome Powell Stephen Colbert Kyle Busch Ken Paxton Laura Loomer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Politico Bass Hunter Biden John Cornyn Joe Biden Walsh Todd Blanche Kevin Warsh JD Vance Abraham Gabbard Bitcoin NASCAR Richard Childress Racing and 36 more
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Tulsi Gabbard stepped down as the Director of National Intelligence on June 30, 2019. She served four terms in the House of Representatives as a Democrat and served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve. She is a decorated combat veteran, a decorated war hero, and a fierce advocate for President Trump's campaign. She was instrumental in uncovering the Russian collusion hoax, and helped expose the cover-up of the Watergate scandal. She also led the investigation into voter fraud in Georgia, where the famous 300 paper ballots that popped up from nowhere in the middle of the night at 3am were discovered.

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00:00:40.560 Well, last night at about 830 Eastern Time, I got a call from Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, to tell me that she made a very difficult decision and that she would be stepping down as the director of national intelligence in order to support her husband, Abraham.
00:01:00.000 after he was diagnosed with an extremely rare form of bone cancer.
00:01:04.620 Evidently, her husband will require a very difficult and painful surgery
00:01:09.420 and no doubt a very prolonged recovery.
00:01:13.060 Reports by Reuters that Gabbard resigned over policy differences with President Trump
00:01:19.520 are patently false, just further proof that Reuters is not a journalistic outfit
00:01:24.840 or a news outlet.
00:01:27.320 They're just a propaganda front.
00:01:30.080 I was personally assured by Gabbard, with whom I have a close friendship, that if she
00:01:36.340 had objected to the president's actions in Iran, she would have resigned long ago, and
00:01:41.960 that this had nothing to do with policy.
00:01:45.300 See, I met Tulsi Gabbard when she was an independent. 0.64
00:01:49.300 She served four terms in the House as a Democrat, but she had left the Democrat Party over its
00:01:55.740 pro-war stance. And she was at that point thinking of running for vice president
00:02:02.040 on the independent ticket of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. She and Kennedy would both ultimately decide
00:02:09.380 to forego any independent candidacy and to support Donald Trump. I think she was an extraordinarily
00:02:16.020 effective surrogate for Trump on the stump. And of course, I also played some role in eventually
00:02:22.140 convincing her to become a Republican. I've said it right here in the Stone Zone and multiple
00:02:28.680 other places. She's one of the most impressive political figures I have ever met in my life. 0.96
00:02:34.680 She served four terms in the House as a Democrat. She's a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army
00:02:41.000 Reserve. She's a decorated combat veteran. But beyond that, she is one of the most sure-footed,
00:02:47.960 articulate, cautious, but I think well-spoken people I've ever met in American politics.
00:02:56.900 And yes, I predicted that she will someday be president of the United States.
00:03:01.520 And I stick to that prediction. She's expected to leave the position completely as of June 30th.
00:03:08.980 In her resignation letter, Gabbard said she was deeply grateful for the trust President Trump
00:03:13.820 placed in her and for the honor of leading the office of the Director of National Intelligence
00:03:18.520 for the past year and a half. Let's go through some of her accomplishments, if we may. First of
00:03:24.080 all, she declassified the Russian collusion hoax documents, something that the current CIA director
00:03:32.620 could have done during President Trump's first term, but didn't. She also declassified all of
00:03:39.940 the phony impeachment documents. This is earth shattering because it allowed her to refer
00:03:46.340 the Russiagate criminals such as Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Susan Rice, John Brennan, James Comey,
00:03:54.140 and the rest of their criminal retinue to the Department of Justice for prosecution.
00:04:00.620 There is not a news outlet in America today who has a leg to stand on when they say that there
00:04:06.880 was Russian interference in the 2016 election. And she exposed the two completely phony impeachments.
00:04:15.660 You remember those, the two cute little Vindman twins in their little uniforms and
00:04:20.380 Eric Ciamella, the so-called whistleblower who was fabricating all of his claims being coached by
00:04:28.780 Congressman, now Senator, Adam Pencilneck Schiff. She declassified those documents as well.
00:04:36.880 And she referred those same criminals to the Department of Justice for prosecution.
00:04:42.640 She also spearheaded the investigation into voter fraud in Georgia.
00:04:46.460 She actually led the raid on the Fulton County Election Board warehouse, where the famous 300,000 paper ballots that popped up from nowhere in the middle of the night at 3 a.m. were seized.
00:05:01.780 She investigated the dark origins of COVID-19.
00:05:05.360 She, along with Congresswoman Anna Polina Luna, another real fighter, fought to declassify and find many of the hidden documents pertaining to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King, and more recently has fought with the Central Intelligence Agency over the files pertaining to MKUltra, the controversial mind control program that was run by the CIA.
00:05:35.360 She also revoked the security clearance from 37 Obama-Biden holdovers who still were within
00:05:45.000 the intelligence apparatus continuing to leak, many of them signers of the famous letter by
00:05:52.960 the 51 intelligence officers who claimed that Hunter Biden's laptop was not authentic, that it
00:05:59.380 was Russian disinformation. She also fired officials who contradicted Trump on the
00:06:05.460 Venezuelan gangs. She moved the CIA's in-cutel program under DNI oversight for greater
00:06:13.000 accountability. She uncovered Ukrainian government's plot to illegally reroute hundreds of millions of
00:06:20.800 our U.S. tax dollars to Joe Biden's 2024 campaign. She launched the declassification effort to
00:06:29.220 expose the truth about UFOs. At the same time, she slashed the bloated intel agency bureaucracy
00:06:37.460 by 50%, a 50% staff cut at ODNI, saving American taxpayers about $700 million.
00:06:45.960 So she fully exposed the intelligence community's political weaponization. 0.97
00:06:50.740 And she did all of this, as we now know, with the CIA breathing down her neck and trying to tie her
00:06:57.360 hands at every turn. Shocking story by the respected journalist Catherine Herridge yesterday
00:07:04.440 that indicates that the working group that Tulsi Gabbard headed that was studying the 2020 elections,
00:07:13.460 not only the paper ballots, but also the security and manipulability of electronic voting machines
00:07:21.160 was being illegally spied on by the CIA the entire time, meaning every computer stroke,
00:07:28.280 every cell call, every text message was being illegally monitored. That's because there are
00:07:34.960 those in the CIA who have been using the same technology for decades in order to rig
00:07:40.600 foreign elections, perhaps even to rig our own 2020 election. So you have to wonder about people
00:07:48.480 like Laura Loomer, who calls herself an investigative journalist, but in fact is just a 0.82
00:07:54.620 mouth for hire. Given this record of support for President Trump, particularly the declassification
00:08:02.840 of the Russian collusion hoax documents and the declassification of the impeachment documents,
00:08:08.800 why is Laura Loomer so manic in her efforts to destroy Tulsi Gabbard? Could it be because she's 1.00
00:08:15.140 on the payroll of the CIA? Who's paying for every word, every syllable? Donald Trump has no 0.79
00:08:21.600 stronger or more effective appointee. So why is crazy Laura Loomer out to destroy her? That's a 1.00
00:08:28.560 question, not an assertion. It's a question that I will get to the bottom of. We now know that
00:08:35.700 she's leaving office because her husband faces this major challenge in the weeks and months ahead
00:08:40.200 and she's decided to be by his side. I understand this entirely. My own wife, of course,
00:08:47.180 was diagnosed with aggressive stage four cancer immediately after my pardon.
00:08:52.820 And I know what she went through. Therefore, I know what Tulsi Gabbard and her husband,
00:08:58.520 Abraham, are about to go through. She said that he has been her rock through 11 years of marriage,
00:09:04.360 including her military deployment, her political campaigns, and her service in the Trump
00:09:09.060 administration. Her departure may close a significant chapter in the effort to reform
00:09:14.280 Americans' intelligence community. It depends on who her successor is. Personally, I'm hoping it 0.53
00:09:19.960 will be former congressman and former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes,
00:09:25.960 who would be ideal for this job. But as I said earlier, I still believe that Tulsi Gabbard has
00:09:32.600 a great political future ahead of her. I still believe that she will be the first woman president
00:09:38.620 of the United States, not in 2028. She's young and she will be back in the political wars. 0.99
00:09:45.780 So unfortunately for Laura Loomer, you have not by any means heard the last of Tulsi Gabbard.
00:09:53.480 If you're just tuning in, I'm Roger Stone. You're listening to The Stone Zone. President Donald
00:09:58.700 Trump is urging the Supreme Court to do what's right as the justice is prepared to rule on his
00:10:04.140 executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants and others
00:10:10.420 who are not lawfully permanent residents of the United States. The case, argued before the High
00:10:17.000 Court in April, could become one of the most important immigration rulings in modern history.
00:10:23.140 Trump says the 14th Amendment was never intended to create automatic citizenship for anyone
00:10:28.580 who happens to be born on American soil while their parents are here unlawfully or temporarily. 0.52
00:10:34.980 He argues correctly that the provision was adopted after the Civil War to protect the
00:10:40.620 children of freed slaves, not to reward illegal immigration, birth tourism, or wealthy foreign
00:10:47.820 nationals who are gaming the system. The president warned that if the current interpretation stands,
00:10:54.380 America will continue losing control over its own citizenship rules as the nation's demographic
00:11:01.080 downslide continues. President Trump argues that the policy could create massive long-term costs
00:11:07.580 and encourage more people to enter the country for the purpose of securing citizenship for their
00:11:13.560 children. Trump also criticized the court's recent rulings against his administration,
00:11:18.600 saying that justices have already done serious damage on issues like tariffs
00:11:22.860 that are holding back America's economic revival.
00:11:26.960 The idea that the Supreme Court would rule that the President of the United States
00:11:31.300 does not have the authority to negotiate tariff agreements with other countries is an absurdity.
00:11:39.320 Still, he called on the court to defend the country's sovereignty in this crucial case.
00:11:44.300 The issue here is pretty straightforward.
00:11:46.240 Citizenship must mean allegiance, lawful status, and a real connection to the United States.
00:11:52.180 and a loophole that's being exploited by illegal immigrants, foreign elites, and open border
00:11:59.080 activists is killing America and should not be allowed to persist. President Trump did not appoint
00:12:05.720 these supposedly conservative justices to the bench so they could sit idly by while the country 1.00
00:12:11.700 was destroyed by illegal immigrants. The Supreme Court now faces its defining moment. Will they do 1.00
00:12:18.660 the right thing and ensure that America controls its own citizenship, or will they keep forcing
00:12:23.800 the nation to reward those who break the law? In the meantime, the Trump Justice Department
00:12:30.080 has announced criminal charges against 15 people in a sweeping Minnesota fraud crackdown involving
00:12:35.460 roughly $90 million in taxpayer losses. Federal prosecutors say the defendants, including
00:12:41.620 child care center owners and Medicaid providers, stole from programs meant to serve some of the
00:12:47.320 most vulnerable Americans, including autistic children, the disabled and the homeless. Acting
00:12:53.740 Attorney General Todd Blanche said Minnesota will no longer be a safe haven for fraud. He also said
00:13:01.280 that the DOJ will hunt down the fraudsters and dismantle these predatory schemes wherever they
00:13:07.420 operate. These particular charges involve seven state-managed Medicaid programs. One major target
00:13:13.860 is Minnesota's House Stabilization Services Program, which was created to help the homeless
00:13:19.600 and disabled people find and keep housing. It was projected to cost $2.6 million a year in 2020,
00:13:26.760 but by 2024, costs had exploded past $104 billion. Fraud drained this program so badly,
00:13:34.960 it has now been shut down. Kudos to the acting Attorney General Todd Blanche for cracking down
00:13:40.940 on this level of corruption, it's about time.
00:13:44.760 And those who think that this will not be an issue
00:13:47.060 in the upcoming 2026 elections are wrong.
00:13:51.160 I'm Roger Stone.
00:13:52.040 You're listening to The Stone Zone.
00:13:53.540 Don't go away because we'll be back
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00:14:10.240 Well, the U.S. Senate's leaving Washington until June without finishing the reconciliation bill,
00:14:16.440 exposing how the Senate rhinos seem to be learning no lessons whatsoever
00:14:20.700 as President Trump turns up the heat on establishment Republicans.
00:14:24.540 Evidently, they were undaunted by the ignominious defeat of Dr. Bill Cassidy,
00:14:30.280 who ran less than 25% in his reelection bid in Louisiana last Saturday.
00:14:38.640 That's, by the way, a low watermark.
00:14:41.100 That is the lowest percentage of the vote any incumbent U.S. senator running for re-election has ever gotten in a party primary.
00:14:49.020 Also shows that the endorsement of President Donald Trump packs a real political wallop.
00:14:54.240 Senate Majority Leader John Thune told the senators that the chamber would head home with the bill unfinished.
00:15:00.820 The immediate dispute reportedly centers on a Department of Justice weaponization fund that Democrats in the Senate and a few misguided Republicans object to.
00:15:12.260 Bethune acknowledged that it's impossible to separate Senate business from the political atmosphere surrounding Trump's endorsement of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxson over the incumbent Senator John Cornyn.
00:15:25.120 Trump endorsed Paxson in a surprise announcement in the Texas Republican runoff, which is coming up, calling him an America First patriot and praising his loyalty to Trump and the America First movement.
00:15:37.700 Trump said that Cornyn is a good man, but not supportive of MAGA when times were tough.
00:15:43.840 That, I guess, means the president really hasn't studied John Cornyn's voting record.
00:15:47.900 Vice President J.D. Vance said the endorsement sends a clear message that lawmakers need to serve the voters at home who sent them to Washington rather than the special interests who fill their coffers with cash.
00:15:59.860 Vance noted that Paxson was there for the country and the president when it counted.
00:16:03.960 The move has rattled Senate Republicans, many of whom argue that Cornyn backed Trump's agenda during the first term.
00:16:09.820 But anyone who can actually read knows that that's simply not true.
00:16:14.620 Paxson's race is a direct test of whether the Senate Republicans
00:16:17.960 will actually fight for the America First agenda or keep slowing it down.
00:16:22.920 There's no reason for the Senate to go home with President Trump's priorities unfinished.
00:16:27.080 Voters sent Republicans to Washington to deliver results, not excuses.
00:16:31.940 The Paxson endorsement, to me, shows President Trump is willing to end the career
00:16:36.040 of anyone who forgets the mandate of the 2024 election.
00:16:39.840 And, well, perhaps more scalps need to be produced before they get that message.
00:16:44.820 Speaking personally, I object to their objection of the creation of a fund to help those who were virtually destroyed by government weaponization.
00:16:54.740 As someone who lost my home, my savings, my health insurance, my life insurance, my car, I basically lost everything.
00:17:04.620 I had to borrow money from my adult children when I was in the crosshairs of the Mueller witch hunt.
00:17:10.700 My wife and I went through hell.
00:17:13.120 Now to have some millionaire U.S. senator say that I'm not entitled to any compensation is extraordinarily galling.
00:17:21.760 We'll talk about that a little bit more on the other side.
00:17:24.560 I'm Roger Stone. You're listening to The Stone Zone.
00:17:27.240 Whatever you do, don't go away because we've got more politics for you on the other side.
00:17:35.280 The Stone Zone, entertaining and informative on the Red Apple Podcast Network.
00:17:42.420 Anti-Trump partisan leftist attorney Jerome Tulay Powell at a pivotal moment for America's economy.
00:17:51.160 Warsh took the oath Friday at the White House, sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, with his wife holding the Bible.
00:17:57.840 President Donald Trump introduced him before an audience that includes Supreme Court justices, members of Congress, and cabinet officials.
00:18:06.480 Walsh said the Fed's mandate is to promote price stability and maximum employment,
00:18:12.300 and that when those goals are pursued with wisdom, independence, and resolve,
00:18:17.320 inflation can fall, growth can strengthen, take-home pay will rise, and America's global position can become more secure.
00:18:27.060 This will be a great departure from the tenure of Jerome Tulate Powell, who, by the way, was a lawyer and not an economist.
00:18:35.500 Now, interest rates are supposed to be set by the Federal Reserve based on two measures, the employment rate and the inflation rate.
00:18:42.860 Yet the employment rate and the inflation rate, through most of President Trump's first year of his second presidency, were either at the same level or lower than when the Federal Reserve under Jerome Powell cut rates to try to benefit the re-election of Joe Biden.
00:19:01.380 He has stubbornly kept rates high because he said that he could not determine what the impact of Trump's aggressive tariff policies were.
00:19:12.860 I could tell them what the impact of the policies were.
00:19:16.980 It brought hundreds of billions of dollars to America's bottom line.
00:19:22.020 So I would say, first of all, good riddance to Jerome Powell.
00:19:25.820 The problem with that is he's decided to stick around.
00:19:29.480 In other words, by tradition, when a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors is finished with their term as chairman, they leave their position as a governor.
00:19:37.920 So for the first time, actually the second time, in 113 years of the Federal Reserve's existence, Jerome Powell has decided to stick around so he can continue to be a thorn in the side of Donald Trump.
00:19:52.660 It's interesting, of course, that Powell accused Trump of acting politically when it was Powell who was acting politically, refusing to cut rates in order to stave off a housing boom in the United States.
00:20:07.060 The director of the Federal Housing and Finance Authority, Bill Pulte, has been a particularly effective and articulate critic of the high interest rate policies of Jerome Powell and the way they've hurt the U.S. housing market.
00:20:21.760 The new chairman, Kevin Warsh, has promised to lead a reform-oriented Federal Reserve, one willing to learn from some of these past mistakes, break out of stale economic models, and restore standards of integrity and performance.
00:20:36.820 That's exactly what the country needs after the Powell era, when inflation exploded under Biden,
00:20:42.280 working families were crushed by rising prices, and easy money policies from the profligate
00:20:48.440 Democrats fueled an affordability crisis that President Trump has been working hard to reverse.
00:20:54.420 The president, of course, praised Warsh as a leader with rare ability and broad respect,
00:20:59.740 saying he expects him to become one of the greatest Fed chairmen in history.
00:21:03.820 Walsh now takes over artificial intelligence, investment, wages, inflation, and job security,
00:21:10.500 and how they will reshape the American economy.
00:21:14.480 His challenge is clear.
00:21:16.400 To restore sound money, to defend workers and families,
00:21:19.940 and to make the Federal Reserve serve Main Street, not just Wall Street.
00:21:25.140 With Walsh and President Trump working together instead of being at odds with the president,
00:21:29.180 like Jerome Tulate Powell was, they can achieve these goals and bring a broad prosperity back to
00:21:36.020 the American people. Meanwhile, President Trump bid adieu to Stephen Colbert. The president is
00:21:43.180 celebrating the end of the late show with Stephen Colbert after its final episode aired Thursday
00:21:49.260 night, ending an 11-season run at CBS that was plagued by chronically low ratings and lack of
00:21:56.160 interest. It is estimated that CBS lost as much as $30 million a year on this show that no longer
00:22:04.460 was funny. President Trump, who was a constant target of Colbert's political propaganda masquerading
00:22:10.500 as comedy, took to True Social where he said Colbert was finally finished at CBS. I myself
00:22:17.380 have been a target of the formerly funny comedian, and the president said he was glad the show was
00:22:23.740 gone. Colbert's final broadcast from the Ed Sullivan Theater featured Paul McCartney,
00:22:29.260 along with appearances from Brian Princeton, Tim Meadows, Paul Rudd, and Tig Notaro. But celebrity
00:22:37.000 Camino's were not enough to change the larger story that late-night television has been collapsing
00:22:43.160 under the weight of left-wing politics, smug lectures, and declining viewership. CBS canceled
00:22:50.340 Colbert's show last July, shortly after he attacked Paramount, the network's parent company,
00:22:57.600 over its $16 million settlement with Trump while pursuing a merger. Colbert called the settlement
00:23:04.560 a big fat bribe. CBS insisted that the cancellation was purely financial, which is absolutely true,
00:23:11.940 as the show was losing tens of millions of dollars and was hemorrhaging viewers. Perhaps
00:23:17.640 before President Trump's political comeback, CBS would have felt compelled by the woke mob to keep
00:23:22.920 Colbert on just because they liked him as a talking head for the far left agenda. But Trump's
00:23:28.580 resurrection allowed CBS the freedom to sack this bum once and for all. Colbert actually openly 0.66
00:23:35.060 said he was thinking about running for president. I wish he would like to embarrass him. Colbert
00:23:39.960 will no longer continue to stick around and spout his partisan venom, but he'll no longer be
00:23:44.980 platformed by CBS to spew his bile. In my opinion, good riddance to bad rubbish. 0.99
00:23:52.280 Lawmakers are renewing a push to create a strategic Bitcoin reserve for the United States 0.78
00:23:57.580 with a new bipartisan bill aimed at acquiring roughly 1 billion Bitcoin over the next five
00:24:04.180 years. The American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026 would place the reserve under the U.S.
00:24:11.560 Treasury Department and also create a digital asset stockpile for other federally held
00:24:18.040 cryptocurrencies. Now contrast this with the operations of the Biden administration that
00:24:24.200 went out of their way to try to destroy the cryptocurrency industry. The digital asset
00:24:32.180 stockpile is contained in a bill sponsored by Representative Nick Begich of Alaska and backed
00:24:39.100 by 16 members of Congress, it builds on earlier Bitcoin reserve legislation that was introduced in
00:24:44.960 2024. Supporters say the measure could finally give Americans a clear policy for digital assets
00:24:52.000 already held by the federal government. The United States currently holds more Bitcoin than any other
00:24:57.840 nation state, with more than 328,000 Bitcoin worth over $25 billion today. But without a
00:25:07.020 long-term plan, portions have been sold off through court-ordered actions, which jeopardizes
00:25:11.780 the stability of the entire economy. Under the bill, Bitcoin would generally have to be held
00:25:17.700 for at least 20 years unless sold to reduce the national debt, which has now ballooned to $39
00:25:25.720 trillion. The plan calls for acquiring up to 1 million Bitcoin through budget-neutral strategies,
00:25:33.140 meaning it would not rely on taxpayer money. The bill also requires quarterly proof-of-reserve
00:25:39.720 reports and independent audits, adding transparency to federal holdings. The appeal is abundantly
00:25:46.660 clear. We must protect America's financial sovereignty, strengthen the dollar's strategic
00:25:52.220 position, and stop letting Washington squander away valuable assets without a clear plan.
00:25:58.100 Just as importantly, the bill affirms that the federal government cannot impair America's right to own or self-custody digital assets.
00:26:08.640 This is crucial as the future of money switches away from government-controlled paper and transitions into instruments that cannot be counterfeited or corrupted, such as crypto coin or Bitcoin or cryptocurrency.
00:26:22.420 Meanwhile, of course, NASCAR is mourning the sudden death of Kyle Busch, two-time Cup Series champion and one of the greatest drivers in motorsports history, who died suddenly at age 41 after being hospitalized with a severe illness.
00:26:38.400 Busch had been scheduled to compete in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway over the coming weekend before his sudden hospitalization and untimely death.
00:26:48.440 NASCAR and their chairman, Richard Childress Racing, and the Bush family announced his passing
00:26:54.960 in a joint statement, calling him a rare talent and a future Hall of Famer. Bush's career was
00:27:01.900 extraordinary. He won Cup Series championships in 2015 and 2019, captured 63 Cup victories,
00:27:09.640 and ranked ninth on NASCAR's all-time win list. Across NASCAR's three national series,
00:27:17.740 his record was even more remarkable. 102 wins in the second tier series and 69 wins in the
00:27:25.380 Craftsman Truck Series. Known for his nickname Rowdy, Bush was unapologetically competitive
00:27:32.680 and he became one of the most polarizing figures in NASCAR for his brash nature. He built one of
00:27:40.700 NASCAR's most loyal fan bases known as the Rowdy Nation. Bush drove for Hendrick Motorsports,
00:27:47.060 became the face of Toyota's NASCAR rise with Joe Gibbs Racing and finished his career with Richard
00:27:54.400 Towers Racing. Bush represented the best of American motorsports, family, grit, risk, skill,
00:28:03.200 and a refusal to apologize for wanting to win. He was a great example of why NASCAR has become
00:28:09.560 a cultural staple for conservatives, as you never heard a woke word coming out of the mouth of Kyle
00:28:15.000 Bush or any of the other NASCAR greats. In an era of polished corporate athletes,
00:28:21.080 Kyle Bush remained old school, tough, fiery, and unmistakably American. We at the Stone Zone pray
00:28:29.080 for the Bush family during these trying and difficult times, and we note the passing of a
00:28:34.320 great athlete. President Trump has announced that the Pentagon will release another batch of once
00:28:40.160 classified UFO documents, continuing a transparency push by President Donald Trump.
00:28:47.100 Friday's release includes more than 50 previously classified videos and documents related to
00:28:53.620 Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, or UAPs, the government official's term for unidentified
00:29:00.920 flying objects. Among the files is an April 2024 infrared video from the U.S. Coast Guard
00:29:07.740 showing an object flying near a plane over the southeastern United States.
00:29:12.860 Another video labeled Syrian UAP instant acceleration was captured by a U.S. military
00:29:20.080 infrared sensor in 2021 and later uploaded to a classified network. The Pentagon All-Domain
00:29:28.840 Anomaly Resolution Office said it has found no evidence that these incidents were extraterrestrial,
00:29:34.760 but its officials also admit many cases remain unresolved and unexplained.
00:29:41.420 One newly released 2020 video from the U.S. Central Command
00:29:46.120 appears to show a sphere flying over a populated area before rising up into the sky.
00:29:53.300 Another written account from senior intelligence officers described
00:29:56.880 two large glowing orbs near a helicopter during a mission.
00:30:02.800 Fighter jets reportedly scrambled, but could not be identified as to what the objects were.
00:30:08.900 So far, more than 200 of these UAP-related files have been released by President Trump's direct orders.
00:30:17.140 The Pentagon says its new public website has already received more than a billion views worldwide.
00:30:24.560 This is a crucial measure for achieving government accountability.
00:30:27.880 For decades, Washington hid information, dismissed public concerns, told Americans not to ask questions about UFOs.
00:30:36.700 Trump's approach is a breath of fresh air by comparison.
00:30:40.060 His administration is releasing the files, showing the evidence, and letting the people decide for themselves.
00:30:46.220 This is what strong leadership looks like.
00:30:49.920 Meanwhile, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, an open admirer of Mount Sechung and Fidel Castro, 0.89
00:30:56.540 is now signaling openness towards allowing non-citizens to vote in the local elections, 0.95
00:31:01.880 a move that would further weaken election integrity and drive illegal immigrants more voting power.
00:31:08.980 During a recent interview, Politico Bass, who was mayor during the horrific fires in Los Angeles,
00:31:16.940 said that Los Angeles should explore the idea, arguing that some non-citizens pay local taxes
00:31:23.300 and therefore may deserve a voice in the city council or the school board races.
00:31:28.580 When asked whether this is the right time to pursue such a policy with President Donald Trump
00:31:33.420 back in the White House, Bass did not reject that idea. Instead, she says, was worth examining,
00:31:39.260 noting that some cities have already allowed certain non-citizens to vote in local contests.
00:31:44.700 Federal laws bar non-citizens from voting in federal elections, but several Democrat-run jurisdictions have pushed local non-citizen voting as a way to empower their core constituency of illegals.
00:31:59.340 To me, these policies deliberately blur the meaning of citizenship and make a complete mockery of election integrity and the rule of law.
00:32:10.420 Bass is facing an independent challenger, Spencer Pratt, and perhaps that's why she wants non-citizens to vote.
00:32:18.000 I'm Roger Stone. You're listening to The Stone Zone, and we'll be right back. 0.79
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00:32:36.260 President Donald Trump is backing a major push to end America's superfluous twice-a-year
00:32:41.320 clock changes by making daylight savings time permanent.
00:32:46.220 The Sunshine Protection Act was folded into a broader bill advanced Thursday by the House
00:32:51.440 Energy and Commerce Committee in a lopsided 48-to-1 vote.
00:32:55.900 The measure could stop the frustrating spring-forward fallback routine that millions Americans
00:33:02.140 have long considered outdated, disruptive, and completely unnecessary. President Trump celebrated
00:33:08.640 the vote on two socials, saying hundreds of millions of dollars are wasted every year by
00:33:13.320 people, cities, and states forced to change the clocks. He noted that many public clocks are
00:33:19.300 located in towers requiring expensive equipment and manpower just to reset them twice a year.
00:33:25.900 The president called the clock-changing ritual a ridiculous production and said that daylight
00:33:31.460 savings time being permanent would give americas a longer brighter day the push has bipartisan
00:33:38.400 support congressman verne buchanan of florida's office said that the house proposal has 32
00:33:45.040 bipartisan sponsors while the companion legislation in the senate introduced by florida senator rick
00:33:51.440 scott has 18 bipartisan co-sponsors the bill would not force states that do not currently
00:33:58.300 observed daylight saving times to adopt it, but for conservatives and those with common sense,
00:34:04.100 this is exactly the kind of common sense reform that Washington should be able to deliver.
00:34:08.700 Less government hassle, less wasted money, and more daylight for American families,
00:34:14.220 workers, and small businesses. President Trump has been urging Congress to act on this legislation
00:34:19.440 since last year. Now, with an overwhelming committee support, Republicans have a chance
00:34:25.020 to deliver a simple but significant win for the American people and finally stop Washington
00:34:31.040 for making everyone reset their lives twice a year. Meanwhile, the House Oversight Committee
00:34:37.920 Chairman James Comer is launching an investigation into prediction market platforms
00:34:43.440 Kaoshi and Polymark over fears that government insiders may be using privileged information
00:34:50.220 to make money on world events. Comer sent letters to both CEOs demanding documents on
00:34:56.760 how their platforms verify identities, enforce geographic limits, and detect suspicious trading.
00:35:04.520 He warned that internal records may be the only way to determine whether bad actors
00:35:09.100 are exploiting these markets. Prediction markets allow users to bet on outcomes ranging from
00:35:15.540 elections or sports to government actions and foreign affairs. But Comer says there's growing
00:35:21.780 concern among members of Congress, administration officials, and government employees could all use
00:35:28.400 this knowledge for personal profit. That concern, by the way, is not hypothetical. A U.S. soldier
00:35:34.840 was recently arrested for allegedly using insider information to win roughly $400,000
00:35:41.380 from Pali Market. More than 80 Pali Market users have also reportedly made trades with
00:35:47.880 suspicious characteristics, including bets placed shortly before U.S. and Israeli strikes in Iran.
00:35:55.940 Koushi, which is regulated in the United States, said that it has strong protections against
00:36:01.440 insider trading and does not allow any anonymous betting. Pali Market operates internationally
00:36:08.580 through a Panama-licensed entity, although it has a limited U.S. product regulated by federal
00:36:14.120 authorities. Comer says Congress may need legislation barring lawmakers, federal employees,
00:36:19.940 and administration officials from participating in these prediction markets. I think this would
00:36:25.820 be a wise reform. Prediction markets are new and they're controversial. Some are calling for them
00:36:32.280 to be banned completely, which I oppose, because I think that would be an overreach. But these new
00:36:37.140 markets provide information that helps the market function more efficiently, but they also must not
00:36:42.920 be allowed to run amok. Banning government officials from using these markets to make money
00:36:47.820 would be a way to stop potential abuses that could sour the public on the notion of the
00:36:53.340 prediction markets industry entirely. I'm Roger Stone. Thank you for joining us today on The Stone
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