Karg Island is a small, rugged island in the Persian Gulf that few could locate on a map only weeks ago. And it s nothing less than the main distribution center for the Islamic Republic of Iran s oil exports. It sits near the Strait of Hormuz, 300 miles off Iran s coast.
00:01:31.100This came on the heels of two other previous infractions
00:01:34.940And President Donald Trump authorized strikes last night
00:01:39.740Hard strikes against military targets in Iran
00:01:43.740Knocking out their radar facilities that they were seeking to rebuild
00:01:48.460knocking out a number of drone storage facilities and other hard military targets.
00:01:56.620Now, some may think that the president does not have many options, having bombed very heavily in Operation Midnight Hammer, Operation Epic Fury.
00:02:08.380But in his comments, I noticed the president mentioned the potential of bombing Karg Island.
00:02:15.520Now, Americans would be wise to begin paying very close attention to this small, rugged island in the northern Persian Gulf that few could locate on a map only weeks ago.
00:02:28.720And it's nothing less than the main distribution center for the Islamic Republic of Iran's oil.
00:02:34.820Karg Island stands as one of the most consequential strategic locations in the entire Middle East.
00:02:40.500If Iran's regime derives financial oxygen from oil imports, then Karg Island is the lungs through which that oxygen flows.
00:02:49.980At this point, most of their exports, almost 80 to 90 percent, are going to China.
00:02:55.520Should anyone doubt the urgency of understanding its importance, facts about Karg Island reveal why this isolated outpost has become such a critical focus of geopolitical scrutiny.
00:03:06.180So far, the president has only bombed the periphery of it.
00:03:09.440He has not destroyed the actual facility.
00:03:13.040Karga Island is a continental limestone island located in the northern Persian Gulf,
00:03:18.640approximately 30 kilometers, that's about 18 miles, off of Iran's coast.
00:03:23.640It sits northwest of the Port of Bashir and about 483 kilometers,
00:03:28.500that's roughly 300 miles northwest of the Strait of Hormuz.
00:03:32.180The tiny island measures roughly 8 kilometers in length, 4 to 5 kilometers in width,
00:03:37.480covering an area of only six or seven square miles.
00:03:42.060Its rocky limestone terrain collects freshwater and porous foundations,
00:03:46.440making it one of the few islands in the Gulf with national freshwater resources
00:03:50.540capable of supporting human settlement.1.00
00:03:53.720It's actually perfectly situated for the Islamic Republic of Iran's nefarious purposes.0.99
00:03:59.900Its population exceeds only about 10,000 residents.0.92
00:04:03.080The island extends Iran's territorial sea claims deeper into the Persian Gulf and sits amid some of the most valuable oil infrastructure in the region.
00:04:13.200The economic and strategic importance of Karg Island cannot be overstated.
00:04:18.260Karg Island serves as Iran's primary offshore crude oil export terminal and historically has handled about 90 to 98 percent of the country's crude exports.
00:04:30.680The island's loading infrastructure is capable of exporting roughly 7 million barrels of oil per day through specialized terminals,
00:04:38.040Trump referred to them in his remarks as the pipes, and Sea Island loading platforms located on the island.
00:04:45.340Pipelines connecting the island directly to mainland oil fields in Kyrgyzstan as well as underwater reservoirs beneath the Gulf itself make it crucial.
00:04:55.460The entire complex is operated by the National Iranian Oil Company.
00:04:59.720Crude blends such as Iran Heavy, Iran Light, and Furuzan are loaded onto massive tankers at Karg before dispatched across global markets.
00:05:10.360Should anyone be surprised, analysts repeatedly describe Karg Island as the main distribution center for Iran's oil.
00:05:16.900Now, modern history has been equally dramatic.
00:05:19.760Karg Island was briefly occupied by British forces in 1838.
00:05:24.040oil discoveries in the 20th century transformed this little island into the most important
00:05:29.280petroleum export facilities in the world by the 1970s. During the Iran-Iraq War between 1980 and
00:05:36.6401988, the island was repeatedly bombed by the Iraqi forces attempting then to cripple Iran's
00:05:42.160oil exports. Much of the infrastructure was damaged but later rebuilt in the 1990s.
00:05:47.640Following the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the island's oil infrastructure was nationalized by
00:05:53.760the Ayatollah's regime, and incorporated into the state-run petroleum apparatus that still
00:05:59.240exists. Meanwhile, nearby Karku Island sits northeast of Kark and also plays kind of a
00:06:05.260supporting role in the export of crude oil cargo operations. Also not far away stands another
00:06:11.620sensitive strategic location, the Bushir nuclear power plant, adding another layer of geopolitical
00:06:18.380sensitivity to the region. The modern energy system, Karg Island, functions as a massive
00:06:24.000storage and loading complex capable of loading tens of millions of barrels of crude into large
00:06:29.160tankers. Estimates say the storage capacity ranges between 20 million to 30 billion barrels a day
00:06:35.640depending on operational configurations. Yes, tankers line up to load crude shipments that
00:06:41.240then travel across international markets. That oil today largely goes to China. Previously,
00:06:48.440Iran was an exporter to Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Russia. Today, about 90 to 98%
00:06:56.560of the oil leaving Karg Island is going to China. The president has made it very clear that he
00:07:03.040doesn't wish to bomb Karg Island. He'd like to keep the infrastructure in place for a post-regime
00:07:10.500government, but he implied very heavily that it is a possibility, and that is, I think, his whole
00:07:17.420card if they push him too far. Meanwhile, America is back at war, and we pray for a swift end to
00:07:25.120this conflict, but the president, I think, today in his remarks at the NATO conference kind of
00:07:30.740revealed the possibility of a bombing of Karg Island. So where are the Democrats today? They're
00:07:38.220all in on giant government. They've embraced state power, kind of like a jealous lover.
00:07:43.020Democrats are running this year on a final push for single-payer health care, promising at long
00:07:48.880last to give our central government full power over body and a fifth of the economy. As Graham
00:07:54.880Plattner does in Maine, they always link free child care to free health care. So add the cost
00:08:00.880of the free program to the cost of free health care. Let's let a million quality center learning
00:08:06.780centers like the ones in Minnesota bloom. Controlling medicine and child care, Democrats0.87
00:08:12.120also plan to control all other major industries. New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdami, who is today
00:08:19.560the moral and intellectual leader of the party in a moment when all the national politicians
00:08:24.540are about as smart as Mazie Hirano or as appealing as Amy Klobuchar, has said explicitly that his
00:08:31.360goal is to seize the means of production. There it is. They're not kidding. One of Mamdami's
00:08:38.640allies, the congressional candidate Claire Valdez, actually says she wants to nationalize the airline
00:08:44.440industry, turning United and Delta and American and JetBlue and Southwest into the federal
00:08:50.980government airways. Acting on the opposition to private property controlled by its owners,
00:08:56.460Mamdami, of course, recently instituted a rent freeze in New York City, covering both one year
00:09:01.240and two-year leases for people living in about one million rent-stabilized apartments,
00:09:06.160which makes up about 27 percent of the overall housing stock across New York City's five boroughs.
00:09:13.300Housing prices are to be set by government.
00:09:16.240Where you live and how much you pay for it should be a government program, according to the Democrats.
00:09:21.320This transition to government-managed housing will intensify in a hurry.
00:09:25.120Ma'am Dami's detailed housing plan centers on the promise of putting the public sector in the driver's seat.
00:09:32.560Opposing private industry, Democrats oppose the private wealth it produces.
00:09:37.100In the People's Republic of California, a proposed tax on the net worth of billionaires is quickly drifting downward.
00:09:44.160A July 2nd essay from, I spoke of yesterday, by California Congressman Ro Khanna, a spectacularly cynical Silicon Valley Democrat,
00:09:55.120called for a dramatic expansion of federal welfare programs on the backs of a federal tax that has to reach all fortunes, $50 million and up.
00:10:04.520Wealth is for government, you see. It has to be transferred into the hands of centralized power to give the masses their free programs.
00:10:13.400In his distasteful speech on Independence Day, Mamdami depicted an America defined by terror, oppression, and an oligarchic theft.
00:10:23.160We see the wealthiest country in the history of the world, one where children go sleep hungry while the world's first trillionaire hungers for more, he said.
00:10:31.740We see monopolies that dominate every industry and oligarchs who buy elections.
00:10:36.560We see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans.
00:10:45.260Of course, none of that means anything at all.0.78
00:11:30.380It's a dismal gang of brutally stupid adult children who've made a living as shameless grifters by warning you that Donald Trump is an aspiring dictator who yearns to implement authoritarianism.1.00
00:11:41.020They keep inventing fake panics to sell that idiocy, while Trump eliminates whole government agencies and sharply deuces the size of the federal workforce.1.00
00:11:50.240Trump isn't going far enough, as far as I'm concerned, and congressional Republicans are trailblazers in the art of uselessness.0.96
00:11:57.300Federal deficits persist, and the crisis of federal debt is just getting worse.
00:12:02.600But Trump is the only president in your lifetime or mine who's worked to make the federal government smaller and less powerful in any practical way,0.99
00:12:09.140and only idiots and con artists pretend to think he's an authoritarian.0.98
00:12:12.920You can have Trump or you can have Miami area Democrats who explicitly intend to confiscate private wealth, seize the means of production, and run society directly and forcefully through the instrument of government power.1.00
00:12:27.380The fools who warn you that you have to vote for Democrats to save us from Trump's authoritarianism are trying to herd you into real authoritarianism.0.85
00:12:35.920authoritarianism. Anyone who's still pretending this isn't the actual choice by now has transitioned0.99
00:12:40.980from being a shameless clown to being a real danger. The tediousness of the bulk work style0.94
00:12:46.620never Trumpism and the National Review's infantile socialist worshiping coprophilia is becoming
00:12:52.980something else entirely. It's time to choose and it's time to remember the choice that other people
00:12:58.480make. That choice is between authoritarianism and freedom. It's between big government
00:13:53.400C. Graham Plattner, the controversial candidate for the U.S. Senate in Maine, announced only minutes ago that he's ending his U.S. Senate campaign, capping a chaotic few days of uncertainty and Democrat infighting, leaving the Democrat Party without a candidate in the vitally important Maine Senate race this fall.
00:14:14.140The announcement by the populist progressive candidate came after a woman he dated accused him of sexual assault back in 2021, causing his support to hemorrhage even among top Democratic allies who rescinded their endorsements and called on him to drop out.
00:14:31.900Once again, this is off of NBC. In a video message posted on X, Plattner denied the
00:14:39.200allegation is false, but said they have placed an immense amount of weight on him as he is only
00:14:44.280until July 13th to decide whether to continue his candidacy. He said if he continued, he loses
00:14:49.960his ability to fundraise, access voter data, or run a campaign. What comes next needs to come from
00:14:56.020the people, needs to come from the people of Maine. It has to be open, transparent, and democratic.
00:15:00.480He needs to be reflecting the will and the values of the people that built this movement.
00:15:30.480set by state law. It's unclear how the party will go about selecting a candidate in that
00:15:36.120compressed time frame. Maine is already jockeying to be the candidate to face Republican
00:15:41.000Susan Collins, a good friend of mine, who's seeking her sixth six-year term. Earlier on
00:15:48.000Wednesday, the state party said it had decided to hold a nominating convention to pick a replacement
00:15:53.540candidate and plans to announce a full timeline shortly. So this was thought by many to be the
00:16:01.700Democrats' best chance in the country for a pickup. Susan Collins was thought to be an1.00
00:16:08.760endangered Republican incumbent. And then Graham Plattner, the guy with the Nazi tattoo and a
00:16:16.500strange history, surfaced as a candidate. Actually, the sitting Democrat governor of Maine,
00:16:21.660who was originally thought to be the likely candidate, dropped out of that race.
00:16:27.380Plattner's exit came after Chuck Schumer and the Democrat National Party warned in no uncertain terms
00:16:33.840that they will not invest in the Maine Senate race if Plattner remained on the ballot.0.51
00:16:39.680So within hours of Politico first reporting the allegations by the ex-girlfriend on Monday,
00:16:45.760Senator Liz Warren, who had visited, made a campaign for platform, called for him to drop, as did Congressman Ro Khanna, calling the allegations serious and credible.
00:16:57.840Ruben Gallego himself, no paragon of future, also called for Plattner to drop off.
00:17:05.040Even Bernie Sanders weighed in, although Plattner had cited Sanders as his political lodestar.
00:17:12.980So this is a shocking but important development. It's a difficult situation for the main Democratic Party because party operators don't have enough time for a full primary campaign. Many may see it as a lifeline to find a less flawed nominee with a fighting chance of defeating Collins, who was again first elected in 1996, last won re-election in 2020.
00:17:35.440Democrats need a net gain of four seats
00:17:38.840to capture control of the Senate this fall
00:18:30.600all their opportunities come in states that President Donald Trump
00:18:33.600carried by double digits in 2024. Again, those are Ohio, Iowa, Alaska, and Texas. Maine was
00:18:40.920actually the only blue-leaning state with a Republican senator. Plattner, who was a Marine
00:18:47.000veteran on an oyster farmer, actually won the Democrat primary back on June 9th after two-term
00:18:53.020Democrat Governor Janet Mills, the Democrat establishment's preferred candidate, failed to
00:18:58.000gain traction, and the radical progressive was able to win the contest after she quit. So this
00:19:05.320is a significant setback for the Democrats in their Senate bid. There aren't many political
00:19:12.980mysteries from 2016 that still have the power to set the internet on fire, like the unsolved
00:19:18.300murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich. The official theory is that the 27-year-old was shot near his
00:19:25.480D.C. home during a botched robbery. His family has rejected all claims that he was somehow
00:19:30.820connected to WikiLeaks or murdered because of his work at the DNC, and they have continued to claim
00:19:37.300that he was the victim of a robbery gone wrong, but his wallet, his watch, and his jewelry, as well as
00:19:43.560his cash and credit cards, were still intact. Questions never went away, mostly because so many
00:19:49.600details surrounding that case were sketchy and made no sense. Seth Rich was killed less than two
00:19:55.880weeks before WikiLeaks began publishing thousands of internal Democrat National Committee emails
00:20:02.220that literally rocked the 2016 election and exposed the Democrats' bitter and Hippocratic
00:20:08.360internal struggle, which they had to change their party rules to guarantee that Hillary Clinton
00:20:13.780would defeat Bernie Sanders, who wasn't even a Democrat a year before he had run for the
00:20:19.840Democrat nomination. As a result, a theory emerged that emails WikiLeaks released hadn't come from
00:20:26.340Russia, but came from someone inside the DNC. In fact, it was in my trial that the FBI was forced
00:20:33.800to admit that they had never actually inspected the computer servers of the Democrat National
00:20:40.080Committee. The underlying theory of my federal trial, in which I was accused falsely of lying
00:20:48.960under oath to cover up Russian collusion that we now know categorically never existed, there was
00:20:55.700never any evidence produced at my trial of an actual online hack. In fact, the judge refused
00:21:02.560to allow me to introduce forensic evidence or expert testimony, which I could have proved that
00:21:08.760there was never any online hack. This idea that the WikiLeaks releases came from someone inside
00:21:15.860the DNC was tied to Seth Rich's name. Many believe to this day that he was the insider
00:21:21.600who leaked the emails after his candidate, Bernie Sanders, was ousted by Hillary. Now,
00:21:27.300there's never been any public proof of that claim, and some people who know Seth claim that he wasn't
00:21:32.180a disgruntled Bernie Bo. But then, of course, Julian Assange entered the conversation. Things
00:21:38.500got a lot more curious. Assange did something then that he never does. He spoke out about a source.
00:21:44.640He publicly denied that the Russian government or any other state actor was his source.
00:21:49.000Again, neither at my trial or anyplace else did Robert Mueller and his gang of thugs
00:21:54.080produce any evidence to the contrary. But then in a 2016 interview about the dangers faced by
00:22:00.280WikiLeaks sources, Assange unexpectedly brought off Seth Rich's murder. When the interviewer asked
00:22:07.000Rich, whether Rich had been a source, Assange fell back on WikiLeaks' policy of refusing
00:22:12.340to identify sources, but then offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to the conviction
00:22:19.640of Rich's murder, which only ignited the theories tenfold. Now, nearly a decade later, a new claim
00:22:27.000has surfaced, and it's confirmed that the FBI will have some very serious explaining to do.
00:22:33.440Attorney and former journalist Ty Clevenger, a man for whom I have enormous respect,
00:22:37.960has spent most of the last decade fighting a federal government for records related to Seth Rich's death.
00:22:44.160Clevenger took to X with a bombshell post.
00:22:46.600He said the government attorney has now told him that several hundred pages connected to Seth Rich may have been discovered inside a hidden room at the FBI headquarters.
00:22:56.520This story is pretty explosive, especially since last year Fox News reported that Kash Patel and his team had located a secret secure room inside the J. Edgar Hoover building where they found computer drives and thousands of pages stored in burn bags, which are used for classified material that's supposed to be destroyed.
00:23:16.600According to those news reports, some of the records were reportedly connected to the FBI's crossfire hurricane investigation.
00:23:24.940So perhaps Seth was part of that mission.
00:23:27.800Clevenger is honest about what he knows and what he doesn't know.
00:23:31.680So this isn't by any means a done deal, not by any stretch, but it could be something big.
00:23:37.340He hasn't, of course, received the documents, doesn't know what they contain, and doesn't know if the FBI will release any of them.
00:23:43.720As it stands right now, he's just reporting what he says a government attorney has told him.
00:23:48.900However, there's a bigger fight going on about records related to the Seth Rich case.
00:23:53.200See, at first, the FBI told Clevenger he couldn't find any records related to Rich.
00:23:58.160But later, court proceedings proved the Bureau had records and assorted material connected to Seth's work laptop
00:24:05.000and an image of his personal laptop, a DVD, and a tape drive.
00:24:09.620They had all previously denied having any of those.
00:24:12.140Later, a federal court ruled the FBI improperly withheld that material and ordered the Bureau to provide additional information about what it had.
00:24:19.960So this is a story that we are going to be watching very carefully.
00:24:25.480One thing is for sure, the FBI's handling of the records is no longer a conspiracy theory.
00:24:30.780The Bureau once said it couldn't find anything related to Seth Rich.
00:24:33.900Court proceedings now prove that that was a lie.
00:24:36.580Now it's time for Trump's FBI to set the record straight and be as transparent as possible.
00:24:41.760because the mystery surrounding Seth Rich's case has gone on for about a decade.
00:26:42.040In actuality, the Southern Poverty Law Center was stoking the flames of racism
00:26:45.820so they could gain power, money, and prestige from allegedly fighting back against it.
00:26:51.520They've made millions of dollars based on a lie.
00:26:54.740Southern Poverty Law Center was never a civil rights group.
00:26:57.420It's been a scam since its inception.0.78
00:26:59.060It was, I would say, victimizing little old ladies for their $25 checks.
00:27:06.120It was a partisan smear machine smearing mainstream conservatives, evangelical Christians, religious liberty groups, immigration control advocates, and free speech organizations, including people like me, as extremists.
00:27:19.180The FBI cut times with the Southern Poverty Law Center in 2025 after backlash over its so-called hate map, which listed nearly 1,400 groups, including Turning Point USA, as my good friend Charlie Kirk was assassinated.
00:27:35.840Southern Poverty Law Center has claimed to be a watchdog for all these years.
00:27:38.960Now, federal prosecutors are finally cutting through their scam and exposing it to the American people.
00:27:44.460The Southern Poverty Law Center must pay for the damage they've caused to the fabric of our country.
00:27:50.700Not surprisingly, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at the NATO summit in Ankara with the same tired demand.
00:27:58.920bring Ukraine into NATO, no matter the cost, no matter the risk,
00:28:03.480no matter how close it drags the West towards a direct war0.92
00:28:09.340Once again, claiming Ukraine belongs in NATO,
00:28:12.520arguing that this country's battlefield experience
00:28:14.760and drone capabilities should make it part of the alliance's collective defense.
00:28:19.420Now, if I've pointed out here in the Stowe Zone multiple times,
00:28:22.820when East and West Germany were united and the Russians agreed to that,
00:28:26.540We signed an agreement with the Russians called the Budapest Memorandum, in which we specifically agreed not to push Ukraine into NATO.
00:28:36.800We would then reinforce that in a second treaty, the Minsk Accords.
00:28:42.560So when Joe Biden sought to push Ukraine into NATO, he was in violation of both those agreements, and that was the line in the sand for the Russians, as Vladimir Putin made clear many times.
00:28:58.180Now, people here will say, oh, Stone, you're a Russophobe, you're a Russian agent, so on.
00:29:04.040Look, my family was mowed down by Russian tanks in Budapest in 1956.
00:29:09.860But I also understand that we had agreed in two treaties not to push Ukraine into NATO, and then we did so.
00:29:17.440This was the work of Joe Biden and Antony Blinken.
00:29:21.320Standing among Western leaders, including President Trump, Zelensky, an anchor once again claimed that Ukraine belongs in NATO, arguing that his country's battle experience should make it part of their defense.
00:29:35.200That argument is exactly the problem. Ukraine is already tied to Western weapons, intelligence, satellites, and funding.
00:29:42.940Making that arrangement official would not strengthen NATO, would turn a proxy war into a potential world war.
00:29:49.640NATO has already provoked Russia by expanding beyond its bounds and violating its word.
00:29:55.460Adding Ukraine to the organization would put Russia's back against the wall and the consequences could be dire for mankind.
00:30:02.640Zelensky also boasted about Ukraine's drone strike capability while admitting that Europe must urgently build more anti-ballistic missile systems to counter Russia.
00:30:11.920So, in other words, he wants credit for military strength while asking the West for even more protection, more weapons, and, of course, more money.
00:30:22.540Moscow, meanwhile, is now openly describing the conflict as a real war, citing Western involvement from Washington, Berlin, Paris, and other capitals.
00:30:31.860Russia's central demand remains unchanged.
00:30:34.440Ukraine must permanently abandon NATO ambitions.
00:30:36.820Yet Zelensky keeps pretending NATO membership is realistic, responsive, imminent, or even in keeping with the agreement signed by the United States.
00:30:46.820It is not. In my view, it is delusional.
00:30:49.700European leaders know the truth, even if they won't say it plainly.
00:30:54.260Fast-tracking Ukraine into NATO would force Americans and Europe to defend every inch of Ukraine as alliance territory.
00:31:01.400Zelensky has proven that he does not care about the Ukrainian people.
00:31:07.400He has postponed any elections because he knows if elections were held, well, he would lose.
00:31:14.440His delusions have sent thousands of men, now younger men, to premature death.
00:31:20.020Linsky will be lucky if he's not dragged into the streets and brought to justice publicly and brutally when all this nonsense comes to an end.
00:31:26.600That is how unpopular he is among his own people.
00:31:30.700It goes to the larger question, of course, whether NATO has outlived its usefulness.
00:31:36.820I could understand the purposes of NATO in the immediate aftermath of World War II,
00:31:41.240when Europe was essentially decimated and America was still economically relatively strong.
00:31:46.620Then I could understand why we paid for the defense of the NATO countries.
00:31:51.780But during Donald Trump's first term, he kept a vow that he had made as early as 1988.
00:31:57.580that it was time for our NATO allies to pay their fair share.
00:32:01.800During Trump's first term, he collected $650 million from our NATO allies
00:32:08.060who were delinquent in paying for their own defense.
00:32:11.460And now a new poll confirms that Americans are growing increasingly distrustful of the NATO alliance.
00:32:19.880only 43% of Americans believe European NATO members would actually come to the aid of the United States
00:32:25.920of America were attacked by a foreign adversary. That's a devastating number for an alliance
00:32:31.020built on Article 5, the so-called mutual defense guarantee. I mean, for decades, American taxpayers
00:32:37.400have poured trillions into NATO, underwriting Europe's security, while too many European nations
00:32:42.560neglected their own defense. Now, after years of lectures from arrogant globalist bureaucrats in
00:32:49.020Brussels, the American people are asking the obvious question, why are we still paying to
00:32:53.920protect countries that may not protect us. We saw this recently in our assault in Iran, where
00:32:59.420countries like Italy would not allow us to use our bases, or Germany, or France, or would not
00:33:06.740support our efforts in that war. We saw how few countries helped us to try to destroy terrorism
00:33:12.780in Iran. There's no reason to think it would be any different if we faced attacks on our own
00:33:18.920shores. President Trump, my opinion, is right to challenge the arrangement. He's repeatedly warned
00:33:24.200that America carries the burden while Europe enjoys the benefits. Even now, NATO officials
00:33:28.640talk about Europe taking over more of its own defense. Let's hope they can go back to the
00:33:33.600status quo as soon as President Trump is out of the office, but perhaps not. They're not serious
00:33:38.140about self-reliance. They want a free ride to continue. The answer is not another spending
00:33:43.160target, another summit, or another promise from Europe. The answer is independence. The United
00:33:48.640States of America should leave NATO completely, bring our troops home, secure our own border,
00:33:54.100build our own military, and stop treating American taxpayers like the worst security blanket.
00:33:59.800I'm Roger Stone, you're listening to The Stone Zone, and we'll be right back.
00:34:03.880Welcome back into The Stone Zone. Well, the family of George Soros is once again showing America what
00:34:10.800elite power really looks like up close. George Soros and his sons, Alex and Gregory, have reportedly
00:34:16.840purchased 18 plots of land on Shelter Island, a quiet Hamptons community of roughly 8,000 acres.
00:34:24.480According to the New York Post, that buying spree now makes the Soros family the island's
00:34:29.180largest private landowner, and some residents are not happy about it. Locals fear the billionaire's
00:34:35.360family arrival will drive up costs, reshape the community, and push ordinary residents aside,
00:34:41.000not to mention the weird rituals that may be going on in there. The residents of the Hamptons
00:34:46.140have already seen what happens when ultra-wealthy outsiders move in with their lawyers, contractors,
00:34:52.340cameras, and political muscle. Residents say local workers, including plumbers and maids,
00:34:58.620have been required to sign non-disclosure agreements before working on the Soros properties.
00:35:04.580Surveillance cameras have reportedly appeared on local streets, raising privacy concerns in a small
00:35:10.340island community accessible only by boat. In one case, the family allegedly bought multiple homes
00:35:17.360along a single road and sought permission to install a fence that would block access
00:35:22.120from other residents. Locals say that construction projects have already disrupted the island's
00:35:28.000peace, including plans for one of the largest swimming pools on Long Island. At a recent town
00:35:35.480board meeting, resident Steve Lennox warned that locals cannot keep up with the legal firepower
00:35:41.760of millionaires who seem to be able to build whatever they want. The behavior of the liberal
00:35:47.160elites is always hypocritical. They preach equality, but everything in sight, buy it, wall it off, and0.97
00:35:53.280leave working families to deal with the consequences. What they really want is power, more for them and
00:35:58.700less for the commoners who they, in truth, deeply despise.
00:36:03.360Meanwhile, and this is not at all surprising,
00:36:07.020but the task force set up by Vice President J.D. Vance
00:36:11.940says it has uncovered a staggering explosion in suspicious Medicare claims.
00:36:17.280The Vice President's anti-fraud task force now says
00:36:21.040that Medicare claims for tissue and orchard transplant-related products
00:36:25.220skyrocketed from $200 million in 2019 to $14.4 billion in 2025, a massive 71,000% increase in just six years.
00:36:38.320J.D. Vance and the CMS administrator, Dr. Mehmet Oz, say his agency identified 4,200 suspicious claims totaling $224 million through May alone.
00:36:50.460So I'm counting on the vice president, who I'm increasingly impressed with, to get to the bottom of this.
00:36:56.360We're going to have another Minnesota-type fraud.