A man who s gone through hell but kept going, and who s smart, and a man who loves people Roger Stone. Today s episode features a new development in the Seth Rich case, as well as President Trump s comments on NATO.
00:01:09.060Welcome into the Stone Zone. We have bombshell developments today in the Seth Rich case.
00:01:15.300You may remember Seth Rich was the Democrat National Committee staffer who was brutally and mysteriously murdered
00:01:21.860shortly after information from the Democratic National Committee allegedly ended up in the
00:01:28.640hands of WikiLeaks. Of course, Robert Mueller and those in the deep state invented the false
00:01:33.600narrative that the Democrat National Committee had been hacked by a Russian online hacker.
00:01:39.860It was at my trial that the FBI was forced to admit that they had never inspected the computer
00:01:47.480servers of the Democratic National Committee. In fact, there is to this day no proof whatsoever
00:01:53.600that the DNC was hacked by the Russians or anyone else. For many years, there has been speculation
00:02:00.480that Seth Rich was the leaker of that information, but the FBI has stoutly denied that they had any
00:02:09.620information in their files regarding Seth Rich's murder. Today, we learned from an attorney
00:02:16.440pursuing this case, that the FBI has found previously hidden at the FBI headquarters
00:02:24.000substantial, allegedly thousands of records regarding Seth Rich's murder that were linked
00:02:31.520back to the 2016 Crossfire Hurricane investigation. This, of course, is the second time that the FBI
00:02:38.940has found records in burn bags that related to that investigation. Now, these have not been
00:02:45.600released yet. We don't know what the FBI will agree to release. But this is bombshell information
00:02:52.500and an important case that I think blows the cover on the entire Russian collusion hoax
00:02:58.940once again. We already know, based on the disclosures by the former director of national
00:03:06.400intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, that the Russian collusion claims were a hoax invented by the
00:03:14.920Biden administration, or pardon me, by the Obama administration, beginning in 2016 in one
00:03:21.860continuous seditious conspiracy. Since that time, the FBI has gradually and slowly admitted
00:03:29.180to having data regarding Seth Rich. They first denied having anything, then they denied having
00:03:36.260his work laptop or an image of his personal laptop or any other information. Nonetheless,
00:03:42.020over time, they have slowly admitted a much greater knowledge. Perhaps Joe DiGenova's
00:03:48.820grand jury investigation now going on in South Florida can put the heat on these very same
00:03:54.200players. So this is a developing story and one of the hottest stories in American politics.
00:04:00.580For many years, no one would cover the question of Seth Rich's murder. We're going to be following
00:04:06.060this one very, very closely. But this is a breakthrough today. Meanwhile, President Donald
00:04:11.680Trump is in Turkey today for the NATO summit, where he's doing what he does best, putting America
00:04:17.680first and not taking any nonsense from our so-called allies. You'll recall in President
00:04:23.200Trump's first term, he got our NATO allies to cough up $650 million in past due dues they owed
00:04:32.640to the organization. They had essentially been taking Uncle Sam for a sucker as we paid for
00:04:38.380their national defense. Now, personally, I understood the importance of NATO in the
00:04:44.240aftermath of World War II, when Europe was devastated and America was still economically
00:04:50.120relatively strong. But over time, it has never made sense to me that while America had economic
00:04:57.260problems, we had continued to pay for the defense of our NATO allies when they didn't pay their fair
00:05:03.780share. Talk about consistency. When Donald Trump traveled to New Hampshire in 1988,
00:05:11.340at my suggestion, to kind of test the waters for a potential presidential bid, something that
00:05:18.020Trump decided on his own was premature, he spoke about this in his luncheon speech
00:05:23.740to the Portsmouth, New Hampshire Chamber of Commerce. So this is not a new theme for the
00:05:29.780president. He continues to be a critic of NATO. More precisely, and more recently, in our actions
00:05:37.880both in Midnight Hammer and Epic Fury, when our NATO allies did not allow us to use the U.S. bases
00:05:46.100that we bought and paid for in their countries. Yes, I'm talking about you, Italy. So the president
00:05:52.880is at a contentious meeting here in Ankara with our NATO allies. While meeting with the Turkish
00:06:00.380president, Erdogan, a man Trump has always praised as a strong leader and a friend, the president
00:06:06.600dropped some major bombshells announcing the United States will be lifting the sanctions on Turkey
00:06:12.720that were important place after they bought Russian defense systems. He also said he'd be
00:06:17.600seriously considered selling them F-35 fighter jets again. Trump didn't stop there, however.
00:06:23.440He went on to address the rest of NATO, blasting the European countries for refusing to let America,
00:06:30.600give America help when we needed them in Iran, even after we spent literally trillions protecting
00:06:37.000them for decades. The president made it crystal clear he's disappointed with NATO, and he's
00:06:41.840openly considering pulling American troops out of Europe. Personally, I think that's a great idea.0.77
00:06:47.200As he put it, if the summit wasn't in Turkey with his friend Erdogan, he might not even have shown up.0.54
00:06:52.420This is classic Trump calling out the freeloading Europeans who refused to pull their own weight while making smart transactional deals that put America interests first.
00:07:02.760No more America getting taken advantage of.0.96
00:07:08.420America first is back and real leverage is being used to get results.
00:07:11.540The mainstream media may hate it, but this is exactly how you put America in a position of strength once again.
00:07:18.780Meanwhile, Democrats seem to be in full damage control in Maine, where Senate candidate Graham Plattner is now facing a political collapse after a woman who previously dated him alleged that he raped her in 2021.
00:07:32.960Plattner is, of course, challenging Susan Collins, a veteran Republican senator who's thought to be among the most vulnerable incumbents in the country.
00:07:43.300Given the expected closeness and competitiveness of the 2026 elections, this Maine race was marked by Democrats as one of their key opportunities for a pickup.
00:07:55.040But that seems to have collapsed when the sitting governor of Maine withdrew from the race and they nominated Graham Plattner, a very strange individual, has a Nazi tattoo and a very storied history, very odd.
00:08:11.000Plattner, of course, denies these latest allegations, but the fallout has been swift. Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego himself, under federal investigation for misuse of campaign funds and a rather racy lifestyle, rescinded his endorsement, calling the allegations troubling and deeply serious.
00:08:31.460California Congressman Ro Khanna went further, saying sexual assault is a red line and urged Plattner to drop out.
00:08:39.480Our Revolution, that's the progressive group born out of Bernie Sanders' 2060 campaign, also pulled its support and called on Plattner to withdraw.
00:08:48.720Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democratic National Senatorial Committee Chair Kristen Gillibrand of New York,
00:08:54.720said the allegations are incredibly disturbing and warned that the Democrat Senate Campaign
00:08:59.780Committee will not invest in the Maine Senate race. Plattner remains on the ballot. So you see
00:09:06.060one of their best chances in the country collapsing in the state of Maine. Susan Collins, a more
00:09:13.960moderate Republican, but a longtime friend of mine, I would rather have a senator who's with
00:09:18.520you 65 to 70 percent of the time rather than a radical progressive like Plattner, who's with you
00:09:24.220zero percent of the time. In this case, the alleged victim, one Jenny Racicott, told Politico she had
00:09:31.220an on-and-off relationship with Plattner and alleged he came to her rural Maine home uninvited
00:09:36.260while drunk and raped her despite repeated objections. Plattner has adamantly denied the
00:09:41.840claim, but there have been too many scandals for him to overcome. For Democrats, the political
00:09:46.920damage is undeniable and a serious stand on the party, whether Plattner abdicates or not.
00:09:52.420This is the latest in an array of scandals surrounding the candidate the left once promoted as a fresh standard bearer for political change.
00:10:01.040Democrats have spent years lecturing the country about believing women and moral accountability.
00:10:07.980But now if Plattner refuses to budge and stays in the race all the way till November, they'll be put between a rock and a hard place.
00:10:15.440And that's not boding well for their mid-team changes in Maine or across the country.
00:10:21.400Meanwhile, President Donald Trump announced Monday that Walmart will lower prices on a range of everyday products after a request from the Trump administration, tying the move to America's upcoming 25th birthday celebration.
00:10:37.900President Trump said that Walmart will cut the price of ground beef, for example, by 15 percent, along with reductions on other key products.
00:10:45.780He praised the company as one of America's biggest, best, and smartest retailers, calling Walmart a patriotic company that loves the United States.
00:10:54.040For millions of working Americans who shop at Walmart, this is welcome news.
00:10:58.360After years of painful inflation under Joe Biden, Americans have been desperate for relief at the grocery store, the gas pump, and the pharmacy counter.
00:11:07.060Whether or not Republicans are successful in the midterm elections will hinge very much on whether by November they feel that they have gotten that relief.
00:11:15.680President Trump says his administration is already delivering.
00:11:18.440He points to the falling oil and gas prices, lower egg prices, and efforts to bring down prescription drug prices.
00:11:25.060He also noted that it was the previous administration who caused the worst inflation crisis in history,
00:11:31.340along with Biden's failures at the southern border and the disaster withdrawal of Afghanistan and the death of Americans there.
00:11:39.780President Trump's strong leadership and willingness to fight for the people shows that when leaders put America first,
00:12:00.300President Trump is urging other retailers to follow its lead.
00:12:03.460As we continue celebrating 250 years of American independence, this is exactly the kind of patriotic partnership voters want to see between the public and private sectors.
00:12:14.500It's resulting in lower prices and stronger businesses because we finally have a government focused on helping American families.
00:12:21.440Just like in Britain with Brexit, Nigel Farage won't stop him.
00:15:38.000A new federal lawsuit alleges that the Central Intelligence Agency, or CIA, treated thousands of unvaccinated employees and contractors like counterintelligence threats after President Joe Biden imposed his COVID-19 vaccination mandate back in 2021.
00:15:55.280According to this new complaint filed on June 30th in federal court in Virginia, the CIE's chief operating officer directed the agency's counter espionage department to investigate every worker and contractor who refused to take the shot.
00:16:10.000Lawmakers say those Americans were treated as threats to the United States government simply because they made a personal medical decision not to take an incredibly dangerous, rushed and experimental vaccination which had never been put through trials and the makers of whom had no legal liability.
00:16:27.300The plaintiffs say a cross-agency group created under former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard learned of the order from a whistleblower in 2025, then asked the CIA to confirm it. According to complaint, the agency confirmed thousands had been investigated but did not cite the legal authority to do so.
00:16:47.300One unvaccinated employee, James Erdman III, who became a very celebrated whistleblower before a Senate testimony, asked the CIA to purge investigation-related material from personnel files.
00:17:01.300Lawyers say the agency never responded, prompting this newly filed lawsuit.
00:17:06.680No affected workers have reportedly been fired, but attorneys warned the existence of those files could haunt employees and contractors for years.
00:17:15.040They're essentially creating dossiers against people who believe in their fundamental rights.
00:17:19.620This is a Stalin-esque policy that could very well lead to abuses such as purges.
00:17:24.440The Feds for Freedom, a group co-funded by Erdmann, is backing the case and says that national security professionals should never face counter-espionage scrutiny for it is a private medical decision.0.51
00:17:36.860The Biden-era COVID regime weaponized institutions like the CIA to go after vaccine refusers.
00:17:43.500This is an outrage, but should not come as a surprise to anyone who understands how the government operates.
00:17:49.860They want more power for themselves, and they'll stop at nothing to achieve it, even if it means innocent lives are crushed in their efforts to do so.
00:17:57.460Also coming up in the Stone Zone, more troubling COVID-related news, as the report is raising serious questions about what federal health bureaucrats knew before the world fully understood the dreaded Chinese virus.
00:18:11.900We're going to talk about emails obtained by the Oversight Project reportedly showing that NIH and other HHS officials were reviewing taxpayer-funded grants connected to one Dr. Zhao Yusen, a Chinese military researcher tied to the Academy of Military Medical Sciences as early as February of 2020.
00:18:33.880That Dr. Zhao later filed one of the first COVID-19 vaccination patents in February of 24.
00:18:40.520That timeline has long alarmed congressional investigators.
00:18:43.960Developing such a vaccine so quickly would likely require much earlier access to the virus sequence, the live virus, or both.
00:18:52.080That doctor died under unusual circumstances in 2020, perhaps to shut him up because he knew too much.
00:18:58.600This is the kind of bombshell news you hear only in the Stone Zone.
00:19:02.100Thanks for joining us. We'll be right back with more politics on the other side, including an update on how President Donald Trump is doing at the NATO conference in Turkey, where we just got a fresh report.
00:19:14.640You're listening to Stone Zone. I'm Roger Stone. Whatever you do, stick with us.
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00:20:06.420Under Dr. Anthony Fauci's leadership, American taxpayer dollars were flowing into research networks connected to China,
00:20:13.240including institutions linked to the People's Liberation Army and the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
00:20:19.220Yet, when lawmakers asked Fauci whether it concerned him that U.S. funds could have reached a high-ranking Chinese military official, Fauci said he did not even know the person being discussed, one of his many disgraceful eyes, under oath to the American people.
00:20:34.240Of course, Dr. Fauci has gotten a preemptive federal pardon by Joe Biden, but that pardon was signed with an auto pen.
00:20:42.200I still believe it should be tested in the American courts.
00:20:46.240The Department of Justice simply charges Fauci with violation of the False Statements Act before the Congress.
00:20:54.040Fauci's lawyers would respond by saying that he's immune from this prosecution because of his pardon.
00:21:01.220The government would argue that the pardon is not valid because it was signed by Autopen.
00:21:05.720And then the defense would have to produce Joe Biden himself to say that he knew about and authorize that particular pardon and the use of the auto pen, something I find highly unlikely.
00:21:20.280Why that hasn't happened, I don't even know.
00:21:23.100For years now, the Americans, like me, were called conspiracy theorists if we even dared to ask hard questions about COVID's origins, Chinese secrecy or taxpayer funded research.
00:21:33.880Now, as document after document surfaces, those questions look more justified than ever to me.
00:21:40.160The public deserves transparency, accountability, and a full accounting of every dollar spent overseas, particularly if our American taxpayers were used to weaponize the COVID-19 virus.
00:21:51.760The public also deserves heads up as what other crimes were perpetrated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
00:21:59.080This is not water under the bridge. These were intolerable acts that caused damage that will impact our society for generations. It's time for heads to roll figuratively and perhaps literally as well, but we do need to get to the bottom of it.
00:22:13.940Meanwhile, New York City's public school system is facing a devastating indictment, and taxpayers once again deserve answers.
00:22:21.400A new report from the Success Academy, entitled By Any Honest Measure, says that nearly 900 city public schools are failing to properly educate our children.
00:22:33.360According to the report, 906 schools had fewer than half their students proficient in math, reading, or both on last year's New York State exams.
00:22:43.940That means roughly 43% of the city's 912 public school students are stuck in schools where basic academic achievements are not the norm.
00:22:54.600This shocking report argues that failure has been allowed to become normalized through rate inflation, weak accountability, and, of course, ever-growing spending.
00:23:04.440New York City reportedly spent about $40 billion on public education in 2024, or roughly $36,000 per student, about twice the national average.
00:23:17.360Yet many of the worst-performing schools continue receiving high levels of funding, even as enrollment declines.
00:23:24.660Researchers found 503 schools where most students failed both math and reading assessments.
00:23:30.980Some have been listed as struggling for years, indeed even decades.
00:23:36.220The report also criticizes the Mamdami administration's class size reduction mandate,
00:23:41.780saying billions are being poured into schools with shrinking enrollment and little evidence of improved results.
00:23:48.560Success Academy founder Eva Moskowitz says that this is the most comprehensive look at chronic failure in America's single largest school system.
00:23:57.600It is clear that more money is not fixing our broken schools.
00:24:01.900Parents, I think, need transparency, accountability, and an end to great inflation,
00:24:08.020and more access to successful charter schools to be able to give educational opportunities to their children.
00:24:14.140Unfortunately, under the MAM-DAMI administration, they'll be going radically in the opposite direction,
00:24:20.620I suspect with cataclysmic results.0.87
00:24:22.980Here's an updated report from the NATO meeting in Turkey. As President Trump appears at the NATO summit in Ankara, his administration is once again making it clear America is done carrying Europe's defense burden alone.
00:24:38.860U.S. Ambassador NATO Matthew Whitaker, a former acting attorney general of the United States and a good friend of mine, told CNBC that Washington's goal is for Europe to take over the conventional defense of the European continent.
00:24:52.980His message was blunt as he stated, we're not going away, we're just going to be doing less.
00:24:58.380That is exactly the kind of America first realism that I think voters elected President Trump to deliver.
00:25:04.240For decades, American taxpayers have helped bankroll the defense of wealthy European nations that all too often fail to meet even NATO's old 2% spending target.
00:25:15.160Last year, President Trump pushed our allies to go much further, calling for NATO members to spend up to 5% of their GDP.
00:25:22.980on defense. Now, during this NATO summit, European officials are scrambling to show progress.
00:25:30.180Diplomats say allies will highlight increased defense spending, new industrial cooperation,
00:25:35.620and more support for Ukraine. Some European NATO countries are reportedly boosting military spending
00:25:41.780at the fastest pace in decades. This, of course, is a new development. While this isn't an accident,
00:25:48.080it's the result of the pressure from President Donald Trump. European nations may huff and puff
00:25:53.180now that their free ride is over, but this is to be expected, like when you take candy away from a
00:25:58.940fat child. They react poorly, but ultimately it's for the best. With Russia still threatening0.90
00:26:05.200European security and the war in Ukraine dragging on, NATO members must actually bring military
00:26:11.480capability to the table, not just speeches and photo ops. President Trump has exerted his dominance
00:26:18.740now over NATO and their arrogance, in my opinion, will no longer be tolerated. Time to pay their
00:26:24.760fair share. We might as well just leave NATO for good. In fact, I don't think that's the worst idea
00:26:30.040I've ever heard. Meanwhile, as a proof that tariffs really do work, Toyota is bringing more
00:26:36.800manufacturing muscle back to the United States, and President Trump is calling exactly what it is,
00:26:42.300pointing out that tariffs actually work. The order maker announced a $3.6 billion expansion
00:26:48.720in its San Antonio, Texas assembly plant. This is a major investment expected to create roughly
00:26:55.1802,000 new jobs. The project will add a second vehicle assembly line and allow Toyota to build
00:27:02.540the Tacoma pickup in Texas alongside the Tundra and the Sequoia. Tacoma's production will gradually
00:27:09.740spread from Toyota's Baja California plant Mexico to, that's California, Mexico, to San Antonio over
00:27:18.080the next four years. For Texas, this is another major manufacturing win. The expansion will add
00:27:24.020about 2.5 square million square feet to the new San Antonio plant, effectively doubling the size
00:27:31.220of the site by 2030. Once complete, Toyota's local workforce is expected to grow from around
00:27:37.6606,000 employees supported to 23 online suppliers. President Trump's America's first economic agenda
00:27:45.420is responsible for these jobs coming back into the country. President Trump has pushed automakers
00:27:50.780to build in the United States and has used tariffs on imported vehicles, parts, steel,
00:27:57.040and aluminum to make American production less attractive, make foreign production less attractive.
00:28:04.100This caused top economic minds to preach doom and attempt to prevent President Trump from enacting his trade policies.
00:28:12.480Again, we have a recalcitrant court system, which he contends to insist the President of the United States
00:28:18.180doesn't have the authority to negotiate trade agreements with other countries.
00:28:22.920When America rewards domestic production and stands up for its workers, companies have to respond if they want to continue making a profit in the world's most vibrant marketplace.
00:28:33.080As a result, jobs come back home, factories expand, American workers get well-paying jobs, and our nation is once again stronger.
00:28:43.040Now, across the country, there's a growing backlash that's building against the automated license plate readers and AI-powered surveillance cameras, particularly systems from the private company Flock Safety.
00:28:57.020Supporters say the cameras help solve crimes and improve public safety, which is undeniably true to a certain extent.
00:29:04.620But I ask, at what cost? These cameras are creating a warrantless surveillance network that tracks the daily movements of law-abiding Americans. These systems can capture license plates, vehicle details, timestamps, and locations, then upload that information into searchable databases used by law enforcement agencies.
00:29:24.500Now, some newer technologies can also collect signals from nearby devices or follow pedestrians through camera frames.
00:29:32.040These are invasive measures that would have the Founding Fathers loading their muskets, frankly.
00:29:37.100This kind of mass data collection runs afoul of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution,
00:29:41.860which was specifically written to protect Americans from broad, suspicionless government searches.
00:29:47.200It doesn't make it any more moral or legal when the government outsources the surveillance to a private entity like Flock Cameras.
00:29:55.820People should never be considered guilty until proven innocent, having to prove their innocence after being swept into a government database.
00:30:02.860There have already been troubling cases.
00:30:04.520For example, in Colorado, a woman was wrongly accused in a package theft store after police relied on camera data.
00:30:11.680Other reports have alleged misuse by officers who accuse surveillance tools for personal reasons, including to spy on lovers and enemies.
00:30:21.000Some cities have actually canceled contracts with the flop company, while grassroots efforts such as D-Flock help residents identify and avoid camera locations.
00:30:30.400For example, in Virginia, one man faces charges after allegedly disabling multiple cameras, drawing support from people who see these systems as unconstitutionally invasive.
00:30:41.680Destruction of property, of course, should never be encouraged, and I don't do so here.
00:30:46.060But when people are messed with and have their rights infringed upon continuously, it should surprise no one when public anger boils over.
00:30:53.400I think it was Benjamin Franklin who once famously said,
00:30:56.500those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
00:31:03.360I think we should take heed of those words today and this Orwellian technology staring us right in the face.
00:31:10.460Meanwhile, something important is happening among young Americans.
00:31:14.120Many are rediscovering the traditional Christian faith, and that's very good news.
00:31:18.800In Washington, D.C., young people are gathering not just around politics, but around churches, traditional liturgy, serious debate, and the moral inheritance of Western civilization.
00:31:29.840Catholic parishes are seeing a huge infusion of younger professionals, staffers, writers, and activists drawn to faith rooted in tradition.
00:31:38.900For years, America's ruling class pushed secularism, materialism, pornography, broken families, identity politics, and contempt for tradition.
00:31:49.500But now we see many young people beginning to see the results.
00:31:52.780Loneliness, confusion, disorder, yes, and cultural decay.1.00
00:31:57.760That is why the growth of Orthodox Christianity and traditional Catholic life among young Americans is so important,0.68
00:32:04.220and why poll after poll shows a huge uptick in younger people joining the Christian Church, including the Catholic Church.
00:32:12.440This is not merely a religious trend. I think it's a sign of national healing.
00:32:18.040Young men and women are searching for roots in a rootless age.
00:32:21.020They're finding that freedom without moral order becomes chaos, and politics without faith becomes power for its own sake.
00:32:28.860Young people are rediscovering traditional Christian teachings,
00:32:32.220ancient liturgy, and a wholesome faith-based community of dedicated followers of Christ,
00:34:52.540According to a Warren filing submitted to the Washington State Employment Security Department, the layoffs include 605 employees connected to Microsoft's Redmond headquarters and remote workers across the Puget Sound region.
00:35:07.820In a message to employees, the Microsoft Chief People's Officer, I love that title, Amy Coleman said the company is making difficult staffing decisions as it focuses people and investments on priorities needed to compete in a fast-changing industry.
00:35:24.720She said the layoffs are concentrated mainly in Microsoft's commercial and Xbox divisions while warning that more changes are ahead, changes meaning, of course, the loss of more jobs.
00:35:38.560The People's Officer, I can't get over that title, Amy Coleman,
00:35:43.280insisted that the eliminated roles are not being replaced by artificial intelligence,
00:35:48.260but she acknowledged that AI is changing how work gets done
00:35:51.740and that employees must keep learning new skills as tasks become automated.
00:35:57.420So these people are denying reality.0.96
00:35:59.280In other words, she's setting the stage to blame the workers
00:36:03.020for not adapting during the next round of inevitable cuts.
00:36:06.860The other story here is the poor business climates in the states dominated by liberal governments who have high tax policies and soft on crime policies has its consequences.
00:36:20.020A recent Association of Washington Business Survey found that 91 percent of employers are not planning to expand in Washington state.
00:36:28.040On nearly three quarters cite the state's growing tax burden as the major challenge.
00:36:33.760The combination of AI layoffs and failed far-left governance is leading to a perfect storm that will leave once-bustling cities like Seattle and San Francisco in utter ruin.
00:36:45.820But places with lower tax schemes should also be cautious of AI-related tech investment as well, as its job-killing potential is now, based on these facts, completely undeniable.
00:36:59.460Meanwhile, as we have warned, the Democratic Social of America are gaining real power inside the Democrat Party,
00:37:04.520and voters should be paying closer attention.
00:37:07.340After a string of high-profile primary wings in New York, D.C., and Colorado,
00:37:12.000the Democratic Social of America organizations are now turning their focus to Michigan and Wisconsin.
00:37:17.500In Michigan, the far-left Muslim Abdul El-Sayed is running in a competitive Democrat primary for the U.S. Senate.
00:37:26.120And in Wisconsin, the socialist-backed Francesca Hong is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor.
00:37:33.300We're going to be watching these races very closely to see if the progress of the socialists within the Democrat Party continues apace.
00:37:41.020According to reports, the socialist ring claims to deploy major far-left figures, including AOC, Rashida Tlaib, and the streamer Hassan Piker, to energize supporters ahead of these August primaries.
00:37:53.980Now, this is an internal battle the Democrats created by welcoming radicals into their party for years, what was once a center-left coalition built around labor, civil rights, and working-class voters, still a party that believed in capitalism, free enterprise, a strong national defense, and anti-communism, has moved to be an openly socialist party, hostile to capitalism, hostile to traditional law enforcement, and to America's founding principles.
00:38:23.460Many of us have warned for years this was not just rhetoric,
00:38:26.300that the far left is using primaries, urban political machines,
00:38:30.780activist nonprofits, and on-flying infiltrators
00:38:33.260to push the Democratic Party further and further away from the mainstream.
00:38:37.160The result is a party increasingly shaped by candidates and activists
00:38:40.380who talk less about opportunity and more about revolution.
00:38:44.940President Trump and Republicans are already leaning into this anti-communist messaging.
00:38:49.160The president started that this weekend, and for very good reason.
00:38:52.820Most Americans understand that socialism and communism have failed everywhere they have been tried.
00:38:58.820Unfortunately, among young Americans who are feeling left behind in the economy, they don't seem to be yet getting the message.
00:39:05.640Many of them are voting for hope and change without understanding what they're voting for.
00:39:10.000As Laughlo, some of these socialists are, they cannot be underestimated.
00:39:13.900They're going to be a formidable force in the years to come.
00:39:16.200Our great hope of beating them is the MAGA agenda, the America First agenda.
00:39:21.340Only by doubling down on MAGA can repel these far-left radicals who will destroy everything and everything in its wake if they get the chance.
00:39:30.180Meanwhile, we have reports that the actress Cheryl Hines, married to Secretary of HHS Robert F. Kennedy,
00:39:38.620He has been blackballed from the new HBO comedy series because of her marriage to RFK, who serves, of course, as the president's secretary of health.
00:39:49.360Hines was a major cast member on all 12 seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm, playing the role of Larry David's wife on the show.
00:39:56.060I had worked closely with the acclaimed comedian for years, but she's no longer welcome because First Lady Barack Obama's wife, Michelle Obama, has blackballed her in Hollywood.
00:40:07.820Thank you for joining us today in The Stone Zone.