The Department of Justice has reportedly opened a criminal investigation into E.J. Jean Carroll, the wacky author and former advice columnist who brought civil rights lawsuits against President Donald Trump as part of a larger conspiracy to try to destroy Trump and prevent him from re-election.
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00:00:15.380Well, the Department of Justice has reportedly opened a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll,
00:00:22.460the wacky author and former advice columnist who brought civil rights lawsuits against President Donald Trump
00:00:29.220as part of the larger conspiracy to try to impoverish President Trump
00:00:34.340to prevent him from coming back into the presidency.
00:00:36.880See, New York State Democrats worked with some Republicans to change state law0.99
00:00:42.580to extend the statute of limitations to allow Carroll to file her lawsuit.
00:00:48.580According to CNN, federal prosecutors are now examining
00:00:51.480whether E. Jean Carroll committed perjury during litigation tied to her allegations against Trump.
00:00:58.340You'll remember when Carol was being interviewed by CNN, she specifically said that she found the idea of rape sexy.
00:01:08.720Anderson Cooper cut immediately to a commercial at that point.
00:01:12.340Carol, of course, accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in a Bergdorf Goodman's dressing room sometime in the 1990s.
00:01:19.3401990s. She actually wore a Diane von Furstenberg suit, claiming that was the suit she was wearing
00:01:25.540when she was assaulted, only to learn that the suit had not yet been designed or issued or
00:01:31.320manufactured. So a lot of questions about the veracity of Ms. Carroll. A civil jury later found
00:01:38.260that President Trump was liable for sexual assault and defamation, leading to a massive financial
00:01:43.980judgment. The president has, of course, appealed. This happened after the New York Democrats changed
00:01:49.660the law specifically to allow this particular case to proceed. Little did they know that that
00:01:55.480change in law would also jam up former Mayor Eric Adams and former Governor Andrew Cuomo in similar
00:02:02.840sexual assault lawsuits. But now the focus has turned to Carroll's own statements under oath.
00:02:08.900The reported investigation centers on a 2022 deposition in which Carol said she was personally responsible for her legal fees.
00:02:17.720But then two weeks before the trial, her lawyer disclosed that billionaire Democrat donor Reid Hoffman, an Epstein Island regular,
00:02:26.580had helped fund some of the legal funds and expenses for this assault on the president.
00:02:31.100President Trump's attorney, Alina Habba, argued that Carol had concealed the truth for months.
00:02:36.260The case is reportedly being handled by federal prosecutors in Chicago and officials in the Deputy Attorney General's office.
00:02:43.560Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is not involved because he previously represented Trump personally in this matter.
00:02:50.680This investigation, in my opinion, is long overdue.
00:02:54.120Those who conspired to destroy President Trump need to be held accountable, particularly when they themselves have lied.
00:02:59.540For years, Democrats and their allies used civil litigation, media campaigns, and lying activists to batter the president politically while demeaning that everyone simply accept their narrative at face value.
00:03:11.900Now, one of the highest-profile Trump accusers is under scrutiny herself.
00:03:16.560If she lied under oath, she too should be held accountable.
00:03:19.860This will also potentially scare off other false accusers have been weaponized since the days of, well, Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination.
00:03:27.900I've been watching the congressional redistricting very carefully because I think it's going to have a major impact on the 2026 elections.
00:03:35.840Republicans, by my calculation, are poised to gain a major edge in the battle for control of the U.S. House,
00:03:42.900with new redistricting maps potentially giving the Republicans as many as 10 additional seats leading into November.
00:03:49.960The fight began in Texas, where Republicans redrew congressional boundaries to strengthen their chances of holding the House.
00:03:57.060Democrats responded in states like California, but so far, Republicans appear to have the advantage.
00:04:02.800Democrats overreached badly in Virginia, where they put on the ballot a ballot measure to gerrymander elections,
00:04:09.380throwing out due deceptive language, attempting to bamboozle the voters.
00:04:13.440They wanted to go from a delegation that is today six Democrats and five Republicans
00:04:18.740to a delegation that would have been ten Democrats and one Republicans.
00:04:22.860Fortunately, the states knocked that provision down.
00:04:27.320Several Republican states across the South have moved aggressively after major Supreme Court ruling came forward,
00:04:34.400determining race-based redistricting maps to be essentially unconstitutional.
00:04:39.460In other words, you cannot draw a congressional district based on a racial quota or calculation.
00:04:45.440Louisiana and Alabama are still pursuing maps that could further improve Republican prospects,
00:04:50.940though court fires continue in those states. Republicans currently hold a narrow House
00:04:56.600majority, and history suggests the president's party often faces serious headwinds in midterm
00:05:02.480elections. At least that is the history. But then before Donald Trump, we never had a businessman
00:05:06.960as president. So I would argue all the old rules are off. Republican strategies say resisting has
00:05:12.860reduced the number of competitive seats Republicans must defend and could actually help the party
00:05:17.800keep control. Democrats are calling the effort partisan gerrymandering, which is pretty funny
00:05:23.720since that's what they have done in states like California and Illinois, as well as New York.
00:05:28.900Democrats have traditionally and historically used every tool available to maximize their own power
00:05:34.980in blue states, including California, where votes were asked to set aside an independent
00:05:39.780redistricting commission in order to create more Democrat-friendly seats. Democrats have held
00:05:44.840systematic advantages, while Republicans just sit on their hands and kind of let it happen.
00:05:49.900But with President Trump as the leader of his party, Republicans are going on offense
00:05:53.560to even the playing field. Both parties are now preparing for even more aggressive
00:05:59.080map fights ahead of 2028. Republicans are using lawful tools to protect their majority,
00:06:05.300while Democrats can only cry foul when they are losing the map-making war. In politics,
00:06:10.660power unused is power wasted, lose power, but use power or lose power, as I say in Stone's
00:06:17.360Rules, President Trump is showing Republicans how to strategically use their power to save
00:06:22.740Freedom 250, which is the country's formal celebration of our 250th anniversary as a
00:06:28.880country, has unveiled a star-studded musical lineup for America's semi-quintentional celebration,
00:06:36.100marking 250 years since the nation's founding.
00:06:39.360Free celebration, which will be on the National Mall, will feature iconic artists including Vanilla Bean, Bret Michaels, Poison and, of course, the Commodores, with organizers promising an unforgettably patriotic event.
00:06:56.080President Donald Trump created Task Force 250 by executive order to help lead the country's 250th birthday celebration.
00:07:03.620That effort helped launch Freedom 250, a national initiative designed to bring the celebration of American independence to communities across the country.
00:07:13.180The events will span more than two weeks and include all 50 states, with the flagship celebration taking place July 4th in Washington, D.C.
00:07:22.120The White House says Freedom 250 will work with private groups, nonprofits, and educational institutions to carry this great celebration into the heartland.
00:07:30.700The initiative also invites Americans to participate in leadership roles, including as state ambassadors and city liaisons.
00:07:38.480Some events will feature Freedom Trucks, a custom-built mobile museum designed to bring an immersible American history experience directly to the American people.
00:07:48.880Celebration expected to culminate on July 4th with an address by President Donald Trump and what the White House says will be the largest fireworks display in world history.
00:07:59.400This could also be combined with a UFC fight from the White House lawn set place right now to take place on June 13th.
00:08:08.320That, by the way, is the hottest ticket in town.
00:08:11.080President Donald Trump's birthday also.
00:08:13.180From a conservative perspective, this is exactly the kind of national birthday America deserves.
00:08:18.040Bold, wholesome, patriotic and inclusive in the appropriate sense of the word.
00:08:23.180Every man, woman and child who loves the country is invited to come and celebrate.
00:08:27.400After years of allowing far-left activists to tear down the country, Freedom 250 offers Americans a chance to celebrate what makes us exceptional.
00:08:37.840It's time to come together and unify behind the MAGA agenda and everything that is restoring American greatness.
00:08:44.060Meanwhile, a new government accountability office is confirming the obvious, as they found that the Biden administration turned humanitarian parole into a mass catch and release pipeline at the southern border.
00:08:57.860According to the Government Accounting Office's Research Department, the Department of Homeland Security under President Joe Biden and former DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, dramatically expanded parole authority between early 2021 and January 20th, 2025.
00:09:16.540Before Biden, the authority had been used far more sparingly.
00:09:20.180The report found that in fiscal years 2019 and 2020, parole was granted in roughly 3% to 28% of southwestern border encounters.
00:09:30.620But beginning in the summer of 2021, those numbers surged dramatically.
00:09:35.640By December 2022, 89% of encounters resulted in parole.
00:09:41.320That means nearly 9 out of 10 illegal migrants encountered at the border were released into the country at the peak of Joe Biden's presidency.
00:09:49.800The GAO also warned that the mass parole system overwhelmed immigration enforcement and left ICE without readily accessible information needed to track parole status, monitor migrants, and take enforcement action when appropriate.
00:10:03.600These numbers show that the Biden border crisis was a planned policy.0.62
00:10:10.360The Biden administration made the conscious decision to overturn the country with illegals.0.63
00:10:15.080The Biden administration used bureaucratic language in an attempt to disguise their open border policies of first release, track later, and enforce never.0.98
00:10:24.880They attempted to bamboozle the public into supporting this, but all that happened was a major backlash.
00:10:30.760That backlash helped bring Donald Trump back into the White House.
00:10:34.200Now, a firm majority of the public supports mass deportations and recognizes illegal immigration as an existential threat to our country.0.58
00:10:43.380Democrats will turn back on the spigot of illegal immigrations as soon as they come back into power, if they do.
00:10:49.740That is why we can't let that happen.0.82
00:10:51.800It begins with a sharp rebuke of Democrats during the crucial midterm elections.
00:10:55.780In Minnesota, a Somali woman was charged with a massive Medicaid fraud.
00:11:00.980federal authorities have arrested two Minnesota women accused of running a massive Medicare fraud scheme
00:11:06.680that allegedly stole more than $21 million from taxpayers through the state's autism treatment program.
00:11:14.220Prosecutors say Shemso Ahmed Hassan, 55, and Hanan Maral Yasuf, also 25,
00:11:22.060were indicted on multiple charges tied to fraudulent buildings through Smart Therapy Center and the Star Autism Center.
00:11:30.220Investigators alleged the scheme ran from May 2020 through December 2024
00:11:35.320and involved roughly $46.6 million in fraudulent Medicare claims,
00:11:41.940with about $21.2 million actually paid out.
00:11:46.200Authorities say the center's bill for autism services
00:11:49.000that either never happened or were not eligible for reimbursement.
00:11:53.300Prosecutors also alleged the defendants paid kickbacks to families
00:11:57.300in order to enroll children, allowing the businesses to keep Medicaid in those children's names.
00:12:03.400Two women faced charges, including conspiracy to commit health care fraud,
00:12:07.480eight counts of health care fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States,
00:12:11.540making a false statement related to health care matters, and two counts of money laundering.
00:12:16.560Officials have said some of the money was sent to Kenya in Africa.
00:12:20.240Both of those charged remain in federal custody pending further proceedings.
00:12:27.300This case is another outrageous example of taxpayers being looted by foreign invaders caused by government programs operating with weak rules and oversight.0.94
00:12:38.040Democrats, of course, are happy to look the other way to reward their new Americans who are imported here to keep them in power in perpetuity.0.94
00:12:46.820The Trump administration deserves credit for cracking down on these illicit schemes.
00:12:51.500Other administrations, even them, some run by Republicans, would have turned a blind eye at a fear of looking racist.
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00:13:28.220i'm your genial host roger stone well president donald trump has refiled his defamation lawsuit
00:13:34.380against the wall street journalist publisher and two reporters over a daly 2025 story involving an
00:13:41.420alleged birthday letter to jeffrey epstein bearing trump's name the new lawsuit seeks 10 billion
00:13:47.740in damages and accuses the paper of glaring failures in journalistic ethics and accurate
00:13:53.600reporting. President Trump's legal team says the journal falsely presented as fact that President
00:13:59.240Trump wrote, drew, and signed a lewd 2003 birthday letter to Epstein, despite failing to show any
00:14:06.820proof of the letter's legitimacy. I've been personal friends and a advisor to President
00:14:12.080Donald Trump for over 50 years. I've never known him to draw, write, or sign a lewd birthday card.
00:14:20.140In fact, I've never seen a birthday card from him at all. He will drop you a note many times
00:14:25.540with a signature, but he's not an artist. President Trump has denied writing a letter
00:14:30.660and no evidence has emerged proving that he ever authorized any such letter. Still,
00:14:35.560it was presented as if it was fact by the fake news media, seemingly without any independent
00:14:41.020authentication or verification. The earlier version of the same lawsuit was dismissed last year
00:14:46.720after a federal judge that President Trump had no plausibly alleged actual malice. But the
00:14:53.740president's legal team says they're pressing forward, strongly disagreeing with the ruling
00:14:58.680and believing it to be improper. They are doggedly focused on holding media outlets accountable for
00:15:04.680political smears meant to imply that President Trump was an associate of the infamous pedophile.
00:15:10.240As we know, Trump cut Jeffrey Epstein off in 2004 prior to his being exposed on sex crimes in Florida.
00:15:19.520Contrast that with Bill and Hillary Clinton, who took money from him, who socialized with him, who visited his island and utilized his airplane.
00:15:27.920Stark difference. But the media doesn't talk about that.
00:15:30.760The Journal has stood by its reporting with parent company Dow Jones,
00:15:34.800previously saying it had full confidence in the rigors and the accuracy of their story.
00:15:39.300In other words, the fake news is saying, trust us, we know what we're doing.
00:15:44.200But with anyone with a memory knows, they lack credibility.
00:15:47.240For years, major media outlets have published damaging claims about Trump,
00:15:51.020often with enormous political consequences, while expecting immunity from any accountability.
00:15:56.400President Trump has filed major lawsuits against other media organizations,
00:16:01.180and he has won them, including one against the New York Times and currently won by the BBC.
00:16:06.800I know because the BBC is seeking to subpoena me in that very lawsuit.
00:16:12.540They want to know about my conversations with Donald Trump on January 6th.
00:16:21.200But both of the Times and the BBC are accusing the president,
00:16:26.000and he in turn is seeking damages against them for defamation and partisan distortion.
00:16:32.380Distractors may say these outlets have free speech,
00:16:35.340And while that's at least partially true, freedom of speech does not mean freedom to smear.
00:16:41.220If powerful news outlets want to shape public opinion, they should be prepared to defend their work and defend their reporting in court.
00:16:49.000They don't have the right to defame, even when it comes to someone with as big a public profile as President Donald Trump.
00:16:55.360The Wall Street general should be forced to pay for their reckless actions in this particular matter.
00:17:00.460I'm Roger Stone. You're listening to The Stone Zone.
00:17:02.860We'll be more. We'll be right back with more politics on the other side.
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00:17:20.340Well, former First Lady Jill Biden is now admitting what millions of Americans saw with their own eyes during Joe Biden's disastrous June 2024 debate against Donald Trump.
00:17:31.700At the time, the former first lady publicly praised her husband, telling him, you did such a great job.
00:17:38.280You answered all the questions in a moment.
00:17:41.040Many critics compared to a teacher encouraging a child.
00:17:44.820But now Jill Biden says she in her upcoming memoir says she was deceiving the public the entire time and was actually terrified.
00:17:54.640She now says, oh, my God, he's having a stroke.
00:17:57.600That's how bad his performance in the debate was.
00:17:59.820She said the performance frightened her, although she insists she had never seen Joe Biden act like that before or since.
00:18:06.860To me, that's yet another obvious lie.
00:18:09.500Former Biden insiders are calling out Jill on her nonsense.
00:18:13.300One former aide told the New York Post that Jill Biden should have been candid at the moment, not years later.
00:18:19.240After reportedly joked the memoir belongs in the fictionist aisle.
00:18:24.660The Biden White House originally blamed the debate disaster on jet lag and a cold, but Jill Biden's new comments raise an obvious question.
00:18:33.400If she feared a possible stroke, why was the public told it was just a minor illness?
00:18:39.040The obvious answer is that we were being gaslighted and deceived on a never-before-seen scale.
00:18:45.520The truth is, Joe Biden was mentally and physically impaired throughout his entire presidency.
00:18:51.500In fact, during his campaign for president.
00:18:53.740Americans were told not to believe their lying eyes, and Joe Biden stumbled through speeches, interviews, and public appearances, shook hands with people that didn't exist, continually fell down, couldn't figure out how to exit the stage, and on many occasions didn't seem to know where he was.
00:19:10.060What I really liked is when he gave an obituary speech for a member of Congress and asked them to stand up.
00:19:15.900It was clear that he was cognitively impaired his entire four-year span in the White House, which was a cruel, prolonged instance of elder abuse.
00:19:25.700Democrats were forced to replace Biden with Kamala Harris, who somehow may have been even worse as a candidate than Joe Biden.
00:19:33.980Good luck selling those memoirs, Jill.
00:19:36.160Hopefully your husband will be determined mentally fit to stand trial because I believe he took massive bribes during the time he was vice president.
00:19:45.300The Treasury Department plans a $250 bill with Donald Trump's picture on it.
00:19:50.280The Treasury Department is reportedly preparing for the possibility of a new $250 commemorative bank note honoring President Trump as America marks its 250th anniversary.
00:20:03.400Administration officials have pushed the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to design the note, which would feature Trump's image and signature.
00:20:10.380The Treasury Department says it's conducting planning and due diligence in response to legislation sponsored by Representative Joe Wilson.
00:20:20.440If approved, the note would mark a dramatic first.
00:20:24.200You see, no living person has ever appeared on U.S. paper currency since the 1800s.
00:20:30.380They've already announced at the Mint that they intend to do a $1 coin, gold coin, on the 250th anniversary.
00:20:38.660Today, it's currently legal to have a living president on a coin, and the various requirements have been passed to do that.
00:20:47.760So the coins, there'll be initial 2 million of them issued, as I understand it, will be issued in time for 250 anniversary of the country.
00:20:58.840But we may also have a piece of paper money, a $250 bill.
00:21:03.940A current law, including the Thayer minute, does bar living people from appearing on official
00:21:08.800currency, meaning Congress would likely need to act before the note that they have in mind
00:21:22.420President Trump is a historic figure who's transformed American politics, survived years
00:21:27.280of phony investigations, coup attempts, and multiple attempts on his own life.
00:21:32.160One of the greatest feats ever performed in political history, President Trump returned to the White House against all odds and is now presiding over the nation's 250th anniversary.
00:21:43.260The proposed $250 currency note would serve as a powerful symbol of that moment, a bold tribute to America's founding, its resilience, and a president who revived national greatness at a time when the country was teetering on the brink.
00:22:00.500Democrats, when this was announced, were predictably outraged over the possibility of President Trump appearing on her currency, and they're already trying to block the measure.
00:22:12.320Despite their haranguing, honoring President Trump on a commemorative note is a no-brainer, in my opinion.
00:22:18.200Americans reserve its highest symbols for consequential leaders.
00:22:21.520Also, as the president noted, it is the most consequential leaders that historically they have tried or succeeded in assassinating.
00:22:29.880And whether the left likes it or not, President Trump has earned a place among them.
00:22:33.900After we get the $250 bill done, my next stop is putting President Donald Trump's face on Mount Rushmore where it belongs.
00:22:43.080Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna of Florida has already sponsored that legislation.
00:22:48.000I want to see Trump up there with the other presidents.
00:22:51.220California is now, unbelievably, considering a 100% tax on the proposed anti-weaponization payout.
00:22:59.360Now, we don't know yet whether the president will succeed in creating the $1.6 billion anti-weaponization fund.
00:23:08.340See, the president had a lawsuit against the IRS for illegally leaking the tax returns of himself and members of his family, a lawsuit he most definitely would have won.
00:23:19.420He settled the lawsuit, but rather than putting that money in his pocket, he wants it to be used to compensate those who were the victims of weaponization.
00:23:28.460Newsom, the governor of California, says his administration will seek a 100 percent tax on any California resident who receives money from President Trump's new one point seven billion dollar anti-websation fund should it become a reality.
00:23:44.260Newsom blasted the program as a slush fund and said Californians who had their lives upended by federal overreach should not be allowed to benefit from it.
00:23:53.120He argued the fund rewards people connected to January 6th, claiming President Trump pardoned individuals who attacked police and is now paying them.
00:24:01.520Of course, the number of January 6ers who actually attacked police is extremely lean.
00:24:05.660The only two people killed on January 6th were both unarmed and shot and killed by Capitol Hill police officers without warning at a time that they weren't menacing anyone.
00:24:15.540President Trump has defended the fund as a restitution for Americans harmed by the evil, corrupt, and weaponized Biden administration.
00:24:23.640This isn't just for those who were victimized on January 6th.
00:24:26.840What about those parents who were arrested because they attended school board meetings to protest to the curriculum being taught to their children?
00:24:35.000Or those who were convicted of the crime of praying outside an abortion clinic?
00:24:40.660Many people have asked me because of my own case whether I will file a claim.
00:24:44.900In all honesty, I'd like to see those whose due process rights were violated on January 6th and who were put in inhumane prison conditions that violated the Geneva Convention taken care of first.
00:24:57.180In New York, Democratic Assemblyman Alex Boris has introduced similar legislation to oppose a 100 percent tax on fund recipients.
00:25:06.780Democrat law media for New Jersey reporting preparing their own version.
00:25:10.040It's hard to believe that these putative measures would not be thrown out in a legal challenge, but the statement is clear.
00:25:17.100Democrats spent years defending lawfare, politically charged investigations, and the weaponization of government against Trump and his supporters.
00:25:26.880Thanks to Tosi Gabbard, we know that Russia, Russia, Russia was, as the president says, not just a hoax, perhaps the greatest hoax in American history.
00:25:36.840She also declassified documents that prove that the Trump impeachment was a fraud, that the cute little Vindman brothers, you remember them in their little uniforms?
00:25:47.600They were dealing with a CIA whistleblower, Eric Ciamella, who was lying about the entire thing, being coached by Senator, then Congressman Adam Schiff.
00:26:00.880this isn't a political argument. Tulsi Gabbard has declassified all the federal documents that
00:26:06.500prove both of these points. Now, when the administration tries to compensate Americans
00:26:11.060who say they were targeted, blue state leaders want to confiscate every dollar. Newsom's proposal
00:26:17.200is not accountability. It's a tantrum from Democrats who cannot accept that they lost
00:26:22.320the message battle. Nobody believes January 6th was an insurrection. We now know that there were
00:26:27.460274 plainclothes FBI agents who are agitators in the crowd. The public even declined to put
00:26:34.760President Trump back in office. Pardon me, the public even decided to put President Trump back
00:26:39.940into office after years of hysterical propaganda from the Democrats. Overreaches such as these
00:26:45.880proposed tax schemes only hammer the point home. Democrats are petty, vindictive, and not serious
00:26:52.060about unifying or leading our country, and they refuse to abandon their completely debunked
00:26:58.280narrative about the Russian collusion hoax, the impeachment, or January 6th. Meanwhile,
00:27:05.800in more kooky leftist news coming out of California, the State Assembly has passed a
00:27:10.400bill critics are calling the Stop Nick Shirley Act, an act that makes a mockery of free speech
00:27:16.420meant to chill citizen journalism and shield taxpayer-funded immigration groups engaged in
00:27:22.540fraud from scrutiny. Assembly Bill 2624 passed 57-19 with support coming from Democrats in the
00:27:30.380lower chamber. The bill was authored by Democrat Assemblyman Mia Bonta, wife of California Attorney
00:27:36.500General Rob Bonta. The measure is meant to protect immigration support workers from supposed threats
00:27:42.900and potential violence, but the language is written so broadly
00:27:46.560that it would expose independent journalists and investigators to legal
00:27:50.580risk when reporting accurately on non-profits, NGOs,
00:27:55.080health care facilities, or immigration service providers
00:27:58.220that receive public tax money. Republican Assemblyman Carl DeMaio
00:28:02.720warned the bill was written to silence citizen journalists
00:28:06.520and shield taxpayer-funded organizations from public scrutiny.
00:28:10.600Independent journalist Nick Shirley, whose reporting has scrutinized California's exploitation of illegal immigrants by shady left-wing public-funded entities, said the bill would make it far harder to expose fraud in immigration support services.
00:28:25.880After a sustained backlash, the bill was amended to narrow its language, focusing on cases where someone posts personal information or images with specific intent to incite or threaten imminent bodily harm.
00:28:39.920However, the danger remains as it gives politically connected groups the ability to use legal pressure to intimidate those asking uncomfortable but important questions.
00:28:52.160Then, independent journalists are at the mercy of far-left activist judges who use their discretion to issue these draconian punishments.
00:29:00.480From a conservative or common-sense perspective, this is another alarming move by the California Democrats.
00:29:07.120Instead of welcoming transparency, they appear more interested in protecting the immigration industrial complex from cameras, questions and accountability.
00:29:17.180Citizen journalists have helped expose what legacy media ignores.
00:29:21.740Sacramento should not be writing laws that scare independent journalists into silence.
00:29:27.680Meanwhile, the Trump accounts application is now available nationwide, marking a major step in President Trump's push to build wealth and financial literacy for America's future generations.
00:29:40.300Treasury Secretary Scott Besson, in my opinion, one of the very best appointees of the Trump administration, announced the launch on Thursday, saying the app will make it easy for millions of Americans to sign up, contribute and watch investments grow over time.
00:29:55.740Programs designed around a simple conservative idea to help children start investing early, build ownership and learn the value of long term growth.
00:30:07.260Nearly six million children have already signed up for Trump accounts, according to Secretary Besson.
00:30:12.700Treasury Department says the next phase will begin activating accounts for American families ahead of the official July 4th launch.
00:30:20.660Parents and legal guardians who submitted IRS Form 4547 will be receiving email instructions to complete the step.
00:30:30.560The activation emails will be sent in phases between now and Independence Day.
00:30:35.820The app was created in partnership with the Bank of New York, Mellon and Robinhood, combining government backed starter accounts with private sector tools.
00:30:44.680Besson has said Trump accounts could become one of President Trump's most enduring legacy achievements, helping generations of Americans participate in wealth creation that will also curb dependence on government programs and spending.
00:30:59.500Now, this is a policy that works to restore the building blocks of our capitalist system of ownership, investment, family responsibility, and opportunity.
00:31:10.080Instead of teaching children to lie on government to take care of them from cradle to grave, Trump accounts encourage them to think like builders, savers, and future stakeholders in America's prosperity.
00:31:21.320Participation in the Trump accounts will make the next generation into stakeholders
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00:33:02.520the stone zone entertaining and informative on the red apple podcast network i'm roger stone
00:33:16.600you're diving again headlong back into the stone zone. Well, the FDA is facing serious questions
00:33:23.020about whether officials buried internal concerns about child deaths reported after COVID-19
00:33:29.940vaccinations. In September of 2025, then FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makari publicly acknowledged
00:33:37.240that the agency was investigating reports of children who had died following the COVID shots.
00:33:42.300But according to people familiar with internal discussions, a fierce dispute was already underway inside the agency over what the evidence showed and whether the public would be allowed to see it.
00:33:53.760An internal review by Dr. Tracy Beth Hogue examined roughly 96 pediatric death reports supported to the VAERS system, the Federal Vaccination Adverse Event Database.
00:34:07.060About 25 cases reportedly became serious enough for high-level discussion.
00:34:11.260The findings are expected to be presented publicly at a Center for Disease Control advisory meeting, but leaks and internal pushback derailed that plan.
00:34:21.160Months later, an internal memo from then-FDI vaccination chief Dr. Vinay Prasad reportedly stated that at least 10 children had died after and because of the COVID vaccination, calling it a profound revelation.
00:34:36.140Later reviews downgraded the filings with one analysis, classifying two deaths as probably or likely and five as possible.
00:34:44.880Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin is now demanding answers from the Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, citing concerns about a possible cover up and noting that fatal myocarditis cases represented new safety information that deserves to be understood by lawmakers as well as the American public.
00:35:05.380The FDA's apparent cover-up of these child deaths relates to COVID vaccination just shows why millions no longer trust the government when it comes to public health.
00:35:16.080Parents were pumped full of fear porn, ordered to obey, attacked if they asked any question, and coerced into trusting the big pharma-approved experts throughout the pandemic.
00:35:26.520All the while, the government was hiding information about the dangers of vaccinations for children who had virtually no chance of dying from COVID-19.
00:35:36.040This is a major scandal and heads must roll when we get all of the answers.
00:35:42.440In the meantime, let's see, California is got a bunch of crazy stuff going on.
00:35:49.420But above all, there's a new focus on these weight loss drugs.
00:35:55.100New research is raising serious questions about whether GLP-1 or weight loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovi, Mongiorno, and Zepbound may be doing actual harm to the brain.
00:36:08.080These drugs were sold primarily as breakthroughs for diabetes, obesity, appetite control, and blood sugar.
00:36:15.380Scientists are now studying whether they also affect brain networks tied to attention, reward, addiction, motivation, cognitive and emotional health as well.
00:36:27.540As the University of Colorado at Anschutz researchers studying teens and young women with a hormonal disorder found unexpected brain scan changes after only a few months of the GLP-1 drugs.
00:36:41.920Connections in the salience network, which helps direct attention, appeared to increase.
00:36:47.500Researchers say that they do not know exactly what it means, but if it is good or bad remains to be seen.
00:36:53.760Other studies are exploring whether the weight loss drugs may reduce alcohol cravings, influence addiction pathways, affect inflammation, or even play some kind of role in diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
00:37:08.660Some patients report benefits including reduced food noise and less desire for alcohol, but not all of the reports are positive.
00:37:17.120Some users describe brain fog, emotional flatness, lower motivation, less pleasure, and reduced sexual desire.
00:37:28.500Are these drugs simply quieting destructive cravings or are they altering parts of the brain that more broadly impact personality and desire?
00:37:37.480This is another sign that buying into pharmaceutical hype after long-term evidence is clear can lead to some negative side effects.
00:37:45.540Remember Vioxx, the miracle pain reliever that would go on to cause between 27,000 and 60,000 excess heart attacks and deaths?
00:37:54.360Tens of millions are now taking these weight loss drugs, and I believe they may be dangerous.
00:37:58.820I'm Roger Stone. Thanks for joining me today in the Stone Zone.
00:38:02.500Until tomorrow, God bless you and Godspeed.
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