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00:00:32.440 The Stone Zone.

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00:00:55.020 A man who's gone through hell, but he's kept going, and he's smart, and he's strong, and people love him.

00:01:02.280 Not everybody, but people love him and respect him. Roger Stone. Where's Roger Stone?

00:01:06.860 Here's Roger Stone.

00:01:09.060 Welcome into the Stone Zone. We have bombshell developments today in the Seth Rich case.

00:01:15.300 You may remember Seth Rich was the Democrat National Committee staffer who was brutally and mysteriously murdered

00:01:21.860 shortly after information from the Democratic National Committee allegedly ended up in the

00:01:28.640 hands of WikiLeaks. Of course, Robert Mueller and those in the deep state invented the false

00:01:33.600 narrative that the Democrat National Committee had been hacked by a Russian online hacker.

00:01:39.860 It was at my trial that the FBI was forced to admit that they had never inspected the computer

00:01:47.480 servers of the Democratic National Committee. In fact, there is to this day no proof whatsoever

00:01:53.600 that the DNC was hacked by the Russians or anyone else. For many years, there has been speculation

00:02:00.480 that Seth Rich was the leaker of that information, but the FBI has stoutly denied that they had any

00:02:09.620 information in their files regarding Seth Rich's murder. Today, we learned from an attorney

00:02:16.440 pursuing this case, that the FBI has found previously hidden at the FBI headquarters

00:02:24.000 substantial, allegedly thousands of records regarding Seth Rich's murder that were linked

00:02:31.520 back to the 2016 Crossfire Hurricane investigation. This, of course, is the second time that the FBI

00:02:38.940 has found records in burn bags that related to that investigation. Now, these have not been

00:02:45.600 released yet. We don't know what the FBI will agree to release. But this is bombshell information

00:02:52.500 and an important case that I think blows the cover on the entire Russian collusion hoax

00:02:58.940 once again. We already know, based on the disclosures by the former director of national

00:03:06.400 intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, that the Russian collusion claims were a hoax invented by the

00:03:14.920 Biden administration, or pardon me, by the Obama administration, beginning in 2016 in one

00:03:21.860 continuous seditious conspiracy. Since that time, the FBI has gradually and slowly admitted

00:03:29.180 to having data regarding Seth Rich. They first denied having anything, then they denied having

00:03:36.260 his work laptop or an image of his personal laptop or any other information. Nonetheless,

00:03:42.020 over time, they have slowly admitted a much greater knowledge. Perhaps Joe DiGenova's

00:03:48.820 grand jury investigation now going on in South Florida can put the heat on these very same

00:03:54.200 players. So this is a developing story and one of the hottest stories in American politics.

00:04:00.580 For many years, no one would cover the question of Seth Rich's murder. We're going to be following

00:04:06.060 this one very, very closely. But this is a breakthrough today. Meanwhile, President Donald

00:04:11.680 Trump is in Turkey today for the NATO summit, where he's doing what he does best, putting America

00:04:17.680 first and not taking any nonsense from our so-called allies. You'll recall in President

00:04:23.200 Trump's first term, he got our NATO allies to cough up $650 million in past due dues they owed

00:04:32.640 to the organization. They had essentially been taking Uncle Sam for a sucker as we paid for

00:04:38.380 their national defense. Now, personally, I understood the importance of NATO in the

00:04:44.240 aftermath of World War II, when Europe was devastated and America was still economically

00:04:50.120 relatively strong. But over time, it has never made sense to me that while America had economic

00:04:57.260 problems, we had continued to pay for the defense of our NATO allies when they didn't pay their fair

00:05:03.780 share. Talk about consistency. When Donald Trump traveled to New Hampshire in 1988,

00:05:11.340 at my suggestion, to kind of test the waters for a potential presidential bid, something that

00:05:18.020 Trump decided on his own was premature, he spoke about this in his luncheon speech

00:05:23.740 to the Portsmouth, New Hampshire Chamber of Commerce. So this is not a new theme for the

00:05:29.780 president. He continues to be a critic of NATO. More precisely, and more recently, in our actions

00:05:37.880 both in Midnight Hammer and Epic Fury, when our NATO allies did not allow us to use the U.S. bases

00:05:46.100 that we bought and paid for in their countries. Yes, I'm talking about you, Italy. So the president

00:05:52.880 is at a contentious meeting here in Ankara with our NATO allies. While meeting with the Turkish

00:06:00.380 president, Erdogan, a man Trump has always praised as a strong leader and a friend, the president

00:06:06.600 dropped some major bombshells announcing the United States will be lifting the sanctions on Turkey

00:06:12.720 that were important place after they bought Russian defense systems. He also said he'd be

00:06:17.600 seriously considered selling them F-35 fighter jets again. Trump didn't stop there, however.

00:06:23.440 He went on to address the rest of NATO, blasting the European countries for refusing to let America,

00:06:30.600 give America help when we needed them in Iran, even after we spent literally trillions protecting

00:06:37.000 them for decades. The president made it crystal clear he's disappointed with NATO, and he's

00:06:41.840 openly considering pulling American troops out of Europe. Personally, I think that's a great idea. 0.77

00:06:47.200 As he put it, if the summit wasn't in Turkey with his friend Erdogan, he might not even have shown up. 0.54

00:06:52.420 This 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.

00:07:02.760 No more America getting taken advantage of. 0.96

00:07:05.260 No more Uncle Sam playing the sucker.

00:07:08.420 America first is back and real leverage is being used to get results.

00:07:11.540 The mainstream media may hate it, but this is exactly how you put America in a position of strength once again.

00:07:18.780 Meanwhile, 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.

00:07:32.960 Plattner is, of course, challenging Susan Collins, a veteran Republican senator who's thought to be among the most vulnerable incumbents in the country.

00:07:43.300 Given 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.

00:07:55.040 But 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.

00:08:11.000 Plattner, 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.

00:08:31.460 California Congressman Ro Khanna went further, saying sexual assault is a red line and urged Plattner to drop out.

00:08:39.480 Our Revolution, that's the progressive group born out of Bernie Sanders' 2060 campaign, also pulled its support and called on Plattner to withdraw.

00:08:48.720 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democratic National Senatorial Committee Chair Kristen Gillibrand of New York,

00:08:54.720 said the allegations are incredibly disturbing and warned that the Democrat Senate Campaign

00:08:59.780 Committee will not invest in the Maine Senate race. Plattner remains on the ballot. So you see

00:09:06.060 one of their best chances in the country collapsing in the state of Maine. Susan Collins, a more

00:09:13.960 moderate Republican, but a longtime friend of mine, I would rather have a senator who's with

00:09:18.520 you 65 to 70 percent of the time rather than a radical progressive like Plattner, who's with you

00:09:24.220 zero percent of the time. In this case, the alleged victim, one Jenny Racicott, told Politico she had

00:09:31.220 an on-and-off relationship with Plattner and alleged he came to her rural Maine home uninvited

00:09:36.260 while drunk and raped her despite repeated objections. Plattner has adamantly denied the

00:09:41.840 claim, but there have been too many scandals for him to overcome. For Democrats, the political

00:09:46.920 damage is undeniable and a serious stand on the party, whether Plattner abdicates or not.

00:09:52.420 This is the latest in an array of scandals surrounding the candidate the left once promoted as a fresh standard bearer for political change.

00:10:01.040 Democrats have spent years lecturing the country about believing women and moral accountability.

00:10:05.880 They have said to believe all women.

00:10:07.980 But 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.

00:10:15.440 And that's not boding well for their mid-team changes in Maine or across the country.

00:10:21.400 Meanwhile, 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.

00:10:35.900 That was last weekend, actually.

00:10:37.900 President Trump said that Walmart will cut the price of ground beef, for example, by 15 percent, along with reductions on other key products.

00:10:45.780 He praised the company as one of America's biggest, best, and smartest retailers, calling Walmart a patriotic company that loves the United States.

00:10:54.040 For millions of working Americans who shop at Walmart, this is welcome news.

00:10:58.360 After years of painful inflation under Joe Biden, Americans have been desperate for relief at the grocery store, the gas pump, and the pharmacy counter.

00:11:07.060 Whether 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.

00:11:15.680 President Trump says his administration is already delivering.

00:11:18.440 He points to the falling oil and gas prices, lower egg prices, and efforts to bring down prescription drug prices.

00:11:25.060 He also noted that it was the previous administration who caused the worst inflation crisis in history,

00:11:31.340 along with Biden's failures at the southern border and the disaster withdrawal of Afghanistan and the death of Americans there.

00:11:39.780 President Trump's strong leadership and willingness to fight for the people shows that when leaders put America first,

00:11:45.080 Businesses are forced to respond.

00:11:46.780 The free market, as we have been sold by Washington, D.C., egghead economists, is a lie, unfortunately.

00:11:53.260 President Trump is using the bully pulpit to push major retailers to help consumers directly.

00:11:59.040 Walmart is stepping up.

00:12:00.300 President Trump is urging other retailers to follow its lead.

00:12:03.460 As 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.

00:12:14.500 It's resulting in lower prices and stronger businesses because we finally have a government focused on helping American families.

00:12:21.440 Just like in Britain with Brexit, Nigel Farage won't stop him.

00:12:26.080 He achieves a victory.

00:12:27.060 We the Stonehold wish him the best in his endeavors to make Britain great again.

00:12:32.840 Nigel Farage is thrown down the gauntlet in the UK to the political establishment.

00:12:37.840 His Reform UK Leadership Party announced that he will resign as a member of parliament.

00:12:43.900 triggering a by-election he plans to contest himself. Farage who won that seat in 2024 says

00:12:50.280 the vote will be a direct test of whether the voters or the insiders at Westminster get the

00:12:56.080 final say. He calls it a people versus the establishment by-election that's a special

00:13:01.520 election and says it's a chance for ordinary citizens to push back against political elites

00:13:05.960 and a hostile press. This important symbolic move comes as Farage faces scrutiny over

00:13:11.700 his personal finances and political donations, including a five million pound gift from a

00:13:17.480 cryptocurrency businessman named Christopher Harbour and some questions about support for

00:13:22.640 a longtime associate, George Cottrell. Farage denies any wrongdoing, says he's broken the laws

00:13:28.800 and the allegations are part of an ongoing establishment campaign to discredit him and

00:13:34.300 his reform UK movement. We see democracy fraying at the edges in the UK. Once the cradle of free

00:13:41.180 speech and democracy today in the UK. It is illegal to quest radical Islam for which you 1.00

00:13:46.380 will be prosecuted. And we have seen not only citizens, but even schoolchildren arrested and 0.94

00:13:52.880 prosecuted over such actions. Faraj has called out sections of the media targeting his family,

00:13:58.800 including his daughter. And as the news coverage has intensified, this move to design his seat

00:14:05.140 and go to a special by-election as a test is a piece of political genius. And I'm

00:14:11.060 looking forward to that contest. Thanks for joining us today in The Stone Zone. We'll be

00:14:15.240 back with more political news, including this great bombshell story regarding Seth Rich. I'll

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00:15:05.780 this is the stone zone now get in the zone it's the stone zone a man who's gone through hell

00:15:22.600 but he's kept going and he's smart and he's strong and people love him not everybody but

00:15:28.700 people love him and respect him roger stone where's roger stone here's roger stone

00:15:35.780 And you're back in the stone zone.

00:15:38.000 A 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.

00:15:55.280 According 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.

00:16:10.000 Lawmakers 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.

00:16:27.300 The 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.

00:16:47.300 One 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.

00:17:01.300 Lawyers say the agency never responded, prompting this newly filed lawsuit.

00:17:06.680 No affected workers have reportedly been fired, but attorneys warned the existence of those files could haunt employees and contractors for years.

00:17:15.040 They're essentially creating dossiers against people who believe in their fundamental rights.

00:17:19.620 This is a Stalin-esque policy that could very well lead to abuses such as purges.

00:17:24.440 The 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

00:17:36.860 The Biden-era COVID regime weaponized institutions like the CIA to go after vaccine refusers.

00:17:43.500 This is an outrage, but should not come as a surprise to anyone who understands how the government operates.

00:17:49.860 They 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.

00:17:57.460 Also 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.

00:18:11.900 We'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.

00:18:33.880 That Dr. Zhao later filed one of the first COVID-19 vaccination patents in February of 24.

00:18:40.520 That timeline has long alarmed congressional investigators.

00:18:43.960 Developing such a vaccine so quickly would likely require much earlier access to the virus sequence, the live virus, or both.

00:18:52.080 That doctor died under unusual circumstances in 2020, perhaps to shut him up because he knew too much.

00:18:58.600 This is the kind of bombshell news you hear only in the Stone Zone.

00:19:02.100 Thanks 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.

00:19:14.640 You're listening to Stone Zone. I'm Roger Stone. Whatever you do, stick with us.

00:19:19.940 The Stone Zone. Entertaining and informative.

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00:19:32.100 this is the stone zone now get in the zone it's the stone zone a man who's gone through hell

00:19:44.440 but he's kept going and he's smart and he's strong and people love him not everybody but

00:19:50.640 people love him and respect him roger stone where's roger stone here's roger stone

00:19:56.020 Welcome back into the Stone Zone.

00:20:00.020 This new report by the Oversight Project, headed by Mike Howell, is really shocking.

00:20:05.220 And the concern is obvious.

00:20:06.420 Under Dr. Anthony Fauci's leadership, American taxpayer dollars were flowing into research networks connected to China,

00:20:13.240 including institutions linked to the People's Liberation Army and the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

00:20:19.220 Yet, 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.

00:20:34.240 Of course, Dr. Fauci has gotten a preemptive federal pardon by Joe Biden, but that pardon was signed with an auto pen.

00:20:42.200 I still believe it should be tested in the American courts.

00:20:45.180 This is how this works.

00:20:46.240 The Department of Justice simply charges Fauci with violation of the False Statements Act before the Congress.

00:20:54.040 Fauci's lawyers would respond by saying that he's immune from this prosecution because of his pardon.

00:21:01.220 The government would argue that the pardon is not valid because it was signed by Autopen.

00:21:05.720 And 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.

00:21:20.280 Why that hasn't happened, I don't even know.

00:21:23.100 For 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.

00:21:33.880 Now, as document after document surfaces, those questions look more justified than ever to me.

00:21:40.160 The 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.

00:21:51.760 The public also deserves heads up as what other crimes were perpetrated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

00:21:59.080 This 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.

00:22:13.940 Meanwhile, New York City's public school system is facing a devastating indictment, and taxpayers once again deserve answers.

00:22:21.400 A 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.

00:22:33.360 According 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.

00:22:43.940 That means roughly 43% of the city's 912 public school students are stuck in schools where basic academic achievements are not the norm.

00:22:54.600 This shocking report argues that failure has been allowed to become normalized through rate inflation, weak accountability, and, of course, ever-growing spending.

00:23:04.440 New York City reportedly spent about $40 billion on public education in 2024, or roughly $36,000 per student, about twice the national average.

00:23:17.360 Yet many of the worst-performing schools continue receiving high levels of funding, even as enrollment declines.

00:23:24.660 Researchers found 503 schools where most students failed both math and reading assessments.

00:23:30.980 Some have been listed as struggling for years, indeed even decades.

00:23:36.220 The report also criticizes the Mamdami administration's class size reduction mandate,

00:23:41.780 saying billions are being poured into schools with shrinking enrollment and little evidence of improved results.

00:23:48.560 Success Academy founder Eva Moskowitz says that this is the most comprehensive look at chronic failure in America's single largest school system.

00:23:57.600 It is clear that more money is not fixing our broken schools.

00:24:01.900 Parents, I think, need transparency, accountability, and an end to great inflation,

00:24:08.020 and more access to successful charter schools to be able to give educational opportunities to their children.

00:24:14.140 Unfortunately, under the MAM-DAMI administration, they'll be going radically in the opposite direction,

00:24:20.620 I suspect with cataclysmic results. 0.87

00:24:22.980 Here'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.

00:24:38.860 U.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.

00:24:52.980 His message was blunt as he stated, we're not going away, we're just going to be doing less.

00:24:58.380 That is exactly the kind of America first realism that I think voters elected President Trump to deliver.

00:25:04.240 For 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.

00:25:15.160 Last year, President Trump pushed our allies to go much further, calling for NATO members to spend up to 5% of their GDP.

00:25:22.980 on defense. Now, during this NATO summit, European officials are scrambling to show progress.

00:25:30.180 Diplomats say allies will highlight increased defense spending, new industrial cooperation,

00:25:35.620 and more support for Ukraine. Some European NATO countries are reportedly boosting military spending

00:25:41.780 at the fastest pace in decades. This, of course, is a new development. While this isn't an accident,

00:25:48.080 it's the result of the pressure from President Donald Trump. European nations may huff and puff

00:25:53.180 now that their free ride is over, but this is to be expected, like when you take candy away from a

00:25:58.940 fat child. They react poorly, but ultimately it's for the best. With Russia still threatening 0.90

00:26:05.200 European security and the war in Ukraine dragging on, NATO members must actually bring military

00:26:11.480 capability to the table, not just speeches and photo ops. President Trump has exerted his dominance

00:26:18.740 now over NATO and their arrogance, in my opinion, will no longer be tolerated. Time to pay their

00:26:24.760 fair share. We might as well just leave NATO for good. In fact, I don't think that's the worst idea

00:26:30.040 I've ever heard. Meanwhile, as a proof that tariffs really do work, Toyota is bringing more

00:26:36.800 manufacturing muscle back to the United States, and President Trump is calling exactly what it is,

00:26:42.300 pointing out that tariffs actually work. The order maker announced a $3.6 billion expansion

00:26:48.720 in its San Antonio, Texas assembly plant. This is a major investment expected to create roughly

00:26:55.180 2,000 new jobs. The project will add a second vehicle assembly line and allow Toyota to build

00:27:02.540 the Tacoma pickup in Texas alongside the Tundra and the Sequoia. Tacoma's production will gradually

00:27:09.740 spread from Toyota's Baja California plant Mexico to, that's California, Mexico, to San Antonio over

00:27:18.080 the next four years. For Texas, this is another major manufacturing win. The expansion will add

00:27:24.020 about 2.5 square million square feet to the new San Antonio plant, effectively doubling the size

00:27:31.220 of the site by 2030. Once complete, Toyota's local workforce is expected to grow from around

00:27:37.660 6,000 employees supported to 23 online suppliers. President Trump's America's first economic agenda

00:27:45.420 is responsible for these jobs coming back into the country. President Trump has pushed automakers

00:27:50.780 to build in the United States and has used tariffs on imported vehicles, parts, steel,

00:27:57.040 and aluminum to make American production less attractive, make foreign production less attractive.

00:28:04.100 This caused top economic minds to preach doom and attempt to prevent President Trump from enacting his trade policies.

00:28:12.480 Again, we have a recalcitrant court system, which he contends to insist the President of the United States

00:28:18.180 doesn't have the authority to negotiate trade agreements with other countries.

00:28:22.920 When 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.

00:28:33.080 As a result, jobs come back home, factories expand, American workers get well-paying jobs, and our nation is once again stronger.

00:28:43.040 Now, 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.

00:28:57.020 Supporters say the cameras help solve crimes and improve public safety, which is undeniably true to a certain extent.

00:29:04.620 But 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.

00:29:24.500 Now, some newer technologies can also collect signals from nearby devices or follow pedestrians through camera frames.

00:29:32.040 These are invasive measures that would have the Founding Fathers loading their muskets, frankly.

00:29:37.100 This kind of mass data collection runs afoul of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution,

00:29:41.860 which was specifically written to protect Americans from broad, suspicionless government searches.

00:29:47.200 It doesn't make it any more moral or legal when the government outsources the surveillance to a private entity like Flock Cameras.

00:29:55.820 People should never be considered guilty until proven innocent, having to prove their innocence after being swept into a government database.

00:30:02.860 There have already been troubling cases.

00:30:04.520 For example, in Colorado, a woman was wrongly accused in a package theft store after police relied on camera data.

00:30:11.680 Other reports have alleged misuse by officers who accuse surveillance tools for personal reasons, including to spy on lovers and enemies.

00:30:21.000 Some cities have actually canceled contracts with the flop company, while grassroots efforts such as D-Flock help residents identify and avoid camera locations.

00:30:30.400 For example, in Virginia, one man faces charges after allegedly disabling multiple cameras, drawing support from people who see these systems as unconstitutionally invasive.

00:30:41.680 Destruction of property, of course, should never be encouraged, and I don't do so here.

00:30:46.060 But when people are messed with and have their rights infringed upon continuously, it should surprise no one when public anger boils over.

00:30:53.400 I think it was Benjamin Franklin who once famously said,

00:30:56.500 those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

00:31:03.360 I think we should take heed of those words today and this Orwellian technology staring us right in the face.

00:31:10.460 Meanwhile, something important is happening among young Americans.

00:31:14.120 Many are rediscovering the traditional Christian faith, and that's very good news.

00:31:18.800 In 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.

00:31:29.840 Catholic parishes are seeing a huge infusion of younger professionals, staffers, writers, and activists drawn to faith rooted in tradition.

00:31:38.900 For years, America's ruling class pushed secularism, materialism, pornography, broken families, identity politics, and contempt for tradition.

00:31:49.500 But now we see many young people beginning to see the results.

00:31:52.780 Loneliness, confusion, disorder, yes, and cultural decay. 1.00

00:31:57.760 That is why the growth of Orthodox Christianity and traditional Catholic life among young Americans is so important, 0.68

00:32:04.220 and why poll after poll shows a huge uptick in younger people joining the Christian Church, including the Catholic Church.

00:32:12.440 This is not merely a religious trend. I think it's a sign of national healing.

00:32:18.040 Young men and women are searching for roots in a rootless age.

00:32:21.020 They're finding that freedom without moral order becomes chaos, and politics without faith becomes power for its own sake.

00:32:28.860 Young people are rediscovering traditional Christian teachings,

00:32:32.220 ancient liturgy, and a wholesome faith-based community of dedicated followers of Christ,

00:32:37.360 and they should be welcomed.

00:32:39.080 America's best traditions were never built on nihilism.

00:32:41.840 They were built on faith, family, duty, law, and ordered liberty.

00:32:47.840 The left may mock this as strange or extreme,

00:32:50.600 but what is truly extreme is a society that teaches young people to abandon God, nation, and family, 0.84

00:32:56.820 and then go on hormones, get butchered by a surgeon, and transitioned to a different gender. 0.61

00:33:03.300 The return to Christian tradition may be one of the clearest signs that America is far from finished. 1.00

00:33:08.660 In fact, our best days lie ahead.

00:33:11.560 This is a nation that is primed for political, cultural, and spiritual revival,

00:33:16.000 and President Donald Trump is leading that revival.

00:33:19.540 These new poll numbers showing the uptick in young people joining the Christian church,

00:33:23.720 specifically the Catholic church, are very, very encouraging.

00:33:26.820 when I myself declared that I had been redeemed in the blood of the cross.

00:33:32.940 Many on the left, including at the Washington Monthly,

00:33:35.900 said this was some kind of head fake, some kind of a psyop.

00:33:40.720 I said at the time, I don't really care what they think.

00:33:43.620 I only care what he thinks.

00:33:46.560 Thanks for joining us today on The Stone Zone.

00:33:48.400 I'm Roger Stone.

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00:33:52.220 So whatever you do, don't go away.

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00:34:32.340 Welcome back into the Stone Zone.

00:34:35.160 We're here with the cutting-edge political news.

00:34:37.780 You won't hear anywhere else.

00:34:39.820 Well, Microsoft is cutting roughly 4,800 jobs worldwide.

00:34:44.800 That's about 2.1% of its global workforce.

00:34:47.920 And another warning sign that the tech economy

00:34:50.640 will not be fueling job growth.

00:34:52.540 According 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.

00:35:07.820 In 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.

00:35:24.720 She 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.

00:35:38.560 The People's Officer, I can't get over that title, Amy Coleman,

00:35:43.280 insisted that the eliminated roles are not being replaced by artificial intelligence,

00:35:48.260 but she acknowledged that AI is changing how work gets done

00:35:51.740 and that employees must keep learning new skills as tasks become automated.

00:35:57.420 So these people are denying reality. 0.96

00:35:59.280 In other words, she's setting the stage to blame the workers

00:36:03.020 for not adapting during the next round of inevitable cuts.

00:36:06.860 The 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.

00:36:20.020 A recent Association of Washington Business Survey found that 91 percent of employers are not planning to expand in Washington state.

00:36:28.040 On nearly three quarters cite the state's growing tax burden as the major challenge.

00:36:33.760 The 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.

00:36:45.820 But 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.

00:36:59.460 Meanwhile, as we have warned, the Democratic Social of America are gaining real power inside the Democrat Party,

00:37:04.520 and voters should be paying closer attention.

00:37:07.340 After a string of high-profile primary wings in New York, D.C., and Colorado,

00:37:12.000 the Democratic Social of America organizations are now turning their focus to Michigan and Wisconsin.

00:37:17.500 In Michigan, the far-left Muslim Abdul El-Sayed is running in a competitive Democrat primary for the U.S. Senate.

00:37:26.120 And in Wisconsin, the socialist-backed Francesca Hong is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor.

00:37:33.300 We're going to be watching these races very closely to see if the progress of the socialists within the Democrat Party continues apace.

00:37:41.020 According 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.

00:37:53.980 Now, 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.

00:38:23.460 Many of us have warned for years this was not just rhetoric,

00:38:26.300 that the far left is using primaries, urban political machines,

00:38:30.780 activist nonprofits, and on-flying infiltrators

00:38:33.260 to push the Democratic Party further and further away from the mainstream.

00:38:37.160 The result is a party increasingly shaped by candidates and activists

00:38:40.380 who talk less about opportunity and more about revolution.

00:38:44.940 President Trump and Republicans are already leaning into this anti-communist messaging.

00:38:49.160 The president started that this weekend, and for very good reason.

00:38:52.820 Most Americans understand that socialism and communism have failed everywhere they have been tried.

00:38:58.820 Unfortunately, among young Americans who are feeling left behind in the economy, they don't seem to be yet getting the message.

00:39:05.640 Many of them are voting for hope and change without understanding what they're voting for.

00:39:10.000 As Laughlo, some of these socialists are, they cannot be underestimated.

00:39:13.900 They're going to be a formidable force in the years to come.

00:39:16.200 Our great hope of beating them is the MAGA agenda, the America First agenda.

00:39:21.340 Only 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.

00:39:30.180 Meanwhile, we have reports that the actress Cheryl Hines, married to Secretary of HHS Robert F. Kennedy,

00:39:38.620 He 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.

00:39:49.360 Hines was a major cast member on all 12 seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm, playing the role of Larry David's wife on the show.

00:39:56.060 I 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.

00:40:07.820 Thank you for joining us today in The Stone Zone.

00:40:10.220 I'm Roger Stone.

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