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00:00:00.000 this is the stone zone with roger stone people love him and respect him roger stone

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00:00:22.560 You are now entering the Stone Zone with all the latest political news.

00:00:31.680 Well, Hunter Biden is at it once again, attempting to rewrite one of the most thoroughly documented political scandals in modern American history.

00:00:40.580 As Miranda Devine reported in the New York Post, Hunter is now on a shameless media blitz promoting his latest documentary while resurrecting the same tired conspiracy theories that collapsed years ago and concocting some new ones.

00:00:57.380 This time, Hunter claims that the infamous laptop was somehow a transformation into a collection of fabricated mixtapes by a cast of villains that supposedly includes Rudy Giuliani, the Russians, his former psychiatrist, Dr. Keith Abloh, and me.

00:01:17.500 That allegation is, of course, false.

00:01:20.220 Let me state this as plainly as I possibly can.

00:01:23.060 I never possessed Hunter Biden's laptop.

00:01:26.460 I never possessed the contents of Hunter Biden's laptop.

00:01:30.180 I never communicated with Rudy Giuliani or anyone else about obtaining, reviewing, distributing, or publishing the laptop or its contents.

00:01:41.220 Can I be any more definitive?

00:01:44.320 Everything I know about Hunter Biden's laptop, I learned by reading the New York Post and Miranda Devine's two bestselling books,

00:01:52.380 laptop from hell and the big guy just as millions of other Americans did. Hunter's efforts to now

00:02:00.000 lump me into this fictional narrative is nothing more than an attempt to manufacture villains

00:02:05.640 because he simply can't escape the facts. Those facts are not in dispute. Hunter Biden abandoned

00:02:13.400 the laptop at John Paul McIsaac's repair shop in Delaware in April of 2019. When it was never

00:02:21.080 reclaimed, Mac Isaacs, ultimately turned the device over to the FBI. The FBI investigators

00:02:28.020 possessed that laptop for months before the story became public. Independent forensic examinations

00:02:35.340 concluded that the data was authentic. The laptop itself was later introduced as evidence during

00:02:43.160 Hunter Biden's federal gun prosecution. His own attorneys never succeeded in proving that it was

00:02:50.000 fabricated, and that's because, well, it wasn't. Contents have been corroborated repeatedly by

00:02:56.020 emails, text messages, financial records, photographs, videos, witness testimony,

00:03:03.220 congressional investigations, and subsequent reporting. Those facts are not conspiracy

00:03:08.520 theories. They're facts. Yet Hunter continues insisting that somehow everyone else is lying,

00:03:14.700 and he's the only one who's telling the truth. Frankly, that strategy may work in Hollywood

00:03:19.980 documentaries financed by wealthy benefactors eager to rehabilitate his reputation. It may

00:03:26.620 appeal to sympathetic podcast hosts and friendly interviews who have never challenged his claims.

00:03:33.160 It may even satisfy those who desperately want history written, but it cannot change reality.

00:03:38.780 The laptop revealed embarrassing details about Hunter Biden's personal life, but it also exposed serious questions surrounding his overseas business dealings, his relationship with foreign interests, and the extraordinary access that appeared to accompany the Biden family name.

00:03:56.400 Those issues deserve scrutiny then, and frankly, they deserve scrutiny now.

00:04:01.040 Instead of addressing those questions honestly, Hunter Biden has now chosen a familiar strategy.

00:04:07.740 Attack the messengers, invent conspiracies, and accuse innocent people of participating in some elaborate political plot.

00:04:16.680 Well, I refuse to allow my name to be used as part of that fiction.

00:04:21.060 The irony is impossible here to ignore.

00:04:23.280 For years, Hunter Biden and his political allies insisted the laptop was, quote-unquote, Russian disinformation.

00:04:32.220 That claim has collapsed under the weight of overwhelming evidence.

00:04:36.280 The authenticity of the device has been established repeatedly.

00:04:40.500 Even major news organizations that once dismissed the story were eventually forced to acknowledge the truth of it.

00:04:46.760 Now that the Russian disinformation narrative has failed, Hunter Biden has simply invented a new one.

00:04:53.280 Apparently, facts are flexible whenever they become politically inconvenient.

00:04:59.560 Now, addiction is a tragedy.

00:05:02.100 Recovery deserves respect.

00:05:04.160 But neither addiction nor recovery erases documentary evidence.

00:05:09.400 Neither does it change emails that were sent, business transactions that occurred, photographs that exist, or records that may have been authenticated.

00:05:17.840 Nor does it justify falsely accusing people who had absolutely nothing to do with the laptop.

00:05:24.240 That would be me.

00:05:25.800 Americans have watched this saga unfold for years.

00:05:29.140 They're perfectly capable of distinguishing between verified evidence and public relations.

00:05:34.760 History should be written from facts, not from documentaries designed to salvage someone's damaged reputation.

00:05:41.860 Hunter Biden may be able to rewrite his script, but he cannot rewrite history.

00:05:46.900 Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is expected to address newly declassified intelligence concerning alleged foreign efforts to interfere in the 2020 election during a nationally televised speech Thursday night at 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

00:06:03.860 I'm in Washington, D.C. today, and frankly, the entire town is buzzing about it.

00:06:08.760 According to reports, a new White House task force has been reviewing thousands of pages of classified intelligence and law enforcement records for evidence of election irregularities and foreign influence.

00:06:22.640 Officials are reportedly preparing to release documents in the coming weeks.

00:06:26.600 President Trump is expected to appear alongside senior national security officials, including CIA Director John Ratcliffe, FBI Director Cash Pastel, and other administration leaders.

00:06:39.380 Now, this announcement follows renewed federal scrutiny of election operations in Fulton County, Georgia.

00:06:47.520 Earlier this year, the FBI searched the county elections office while the Justice Department

00:06:52.980 sought information involving personnel who handled mail ballots, voter review panels,

00:06:59.860 mobile voting locations, ballot transportation, recounts, audits, and precinct management.

00:07:06.680 The American people have been told for years to stop asking questions about the 2020 presidential election.

00:07:12.400 but ignoring the criminal acts that I believe took place here is akin to spitting on the

00:07:17.200 graves of the founding fathers. This really must be clarified. Otherwise, nothing will ever prevent

00:07:22.480 them from doing it again the next chance they get. There must be consequences for these malicious

00:07:27.840 actions. Now that intelligence agencies evidently possess evidence showing that foreign governments

00:07:33.940 and domestic actors attempted to manipulate, influence, or disrupt the 2020 presidential

00:07:40.760 election, well, the public deserves to see it and heads must roll. Officials who conceal

00:07:46.560 information or mislead Congress should be thrown in prison for lengthy sentences after standing

00:07:52.860 trial and getting convicted. Thursday's speech could mark an important step towards restoring

00:07:57.600 trust in the election system. America cannot secure future elections while refusing to fully

00:08:04.080 investigate the past. Release the documents, follow the evidence, and let the truth speak for itself.

00:08:10.120 That's the only way faith and an authentic democracy within our Constitutional Republic can ever be restored.

00:08:17.360 Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has formally notified Congress that the U.S. military operations against Iran have resumed

00:08:25.060 as American forces launch a third consecutive night of strikes against the regime's missile sites, air defenses, coastal radar, and drone capabilities. 0.93

00:08:34.920 You have to admit it, Donald Trump gave peace a chance, but the Iranians could not live up to the MOU they signed. 0.82

00:08:42.160 I'm convinced they signed it only to buy time. 0.99

00:08:44.840 The White House now says that more than 140 Iranian military targets were hit over this past weekend.

00:08:51.960 Iran answered by attacking U.S.-linked facilities across the Gulf and threatening commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

00:08:59.100 Iranian forces have fired warning shots, targeted vessels, and claim that the strait is closed, while American protection has kept the waterway open.

00:09:07.760 Oil prices are surging as the danger spreads.

00:09:11.440 Reports of Houthi missile attacks on Saudi Arabia show that Tehran's proxies are threatening America's allies, global trade, and the world's energy supply.

00:09:21.580 President Trump says Iran broke another agreement will now be hit hard.

00:09:25.200 He has also reinstated a blockade of Iranian ports, making it clear that the United States will not tolerate threats, stall tactics, or broken promises.

00:09:34.980 You know, for decades, America's foreign policy establishment treated Iran as a difficult negotiating partner.

00:09:42.520 The reality is simpler. 0.94

00:09:44.240 This is a radical regime that uses terrorism, missiles, proxies, and economic blackmail whenever diplomacy buys it time. 0.98

00:09:52.880 Iran's erratic behavior is proving President Trump is right. 0.99

00:09:56.420 Half measures will only postpone the next crisis. 1.00

00:09:59.020 The United States should decisively destroy Iran's ability to threaten American forces, close international waterways, or terrorize its neighbors. 0.96

00:10:08.060 Peace will not come from another paper agreement. 0.96

00:10:11.000 It will come when Iran's radically Islamic military machine can no longer endanger the free world. 0.95

00:10:17.640 Meanwhile, South Carolina has a new interim U.S. senator. 0.98

00:10:21.420 The appointment is both fitting and personal.

00:10:24.920 Governor Henry McMaster, a friend of mine since he was a U.S. attorney under President Ronald Reagan,

00:10:31.180 has selected Darlene Graham Norton, the younger sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham,

00:10:37.960 to temporarily fill his seat until voters choose a permanent replacement this November, a special election.

00:10:45.240 Norton says she will work to complete her brother's unfinished business,

00:10:48.980 support President Trump, and serve the people of South Carolina.

00:10:53.020 Her appointment was preceded by a recommendation from President Trump,

00:10:57.760 who called it a tribute to the brother who helped raise her after their parents died.

00:11:03.340 It is a moving American story, really.

00:11:05.960 Lindsey Graham stood by his sister through family tragedy,

00:11:08.900 and now she's stepping forward to honor his memory and carry on his public service.

00:11:13.700 So I say congratulations to Senator Norton as she takes on this responsibility during a difficult moment for her family and her state.

00:11:23.280 But South Carolina Republicans must also keep their eyes on the future.

00:11:27.480 An interim appointment is meaningful as a tribute, but not a substitute for long-term proven conservative leadership.

00:11:35.860 The next senator, whoever he or she may be, should have incredible MAGA credentials.

00:11:41.400 They must be strong constitutional conservatives who will vote to secure the border, defend America's energy independence, support law enforcement, confront China, protect the unborn, and put the interests of American citizens first with total consistency.

00:11:59.120 Voters should demand more than familiar rhetoric or establishment promises.

00:12:04.040 This seat has been held by only two men in nearly 70 years, the late Strom Thurmond and then, of course, Lindsey Graham.

00:12:12.960 South Carolina now has an opportunity to choose a senator who will stand with President Trump and fight for the America First agenda for decades to come.

00:12:22.960 That person must emerge during the upcoming special election.

00:12:27.680 Meanwhile, a major alleged financier of America's military far left is facing consequences for his evil subversive activities

00:12:36.840 Jim Fergie Chambers, heir to the Cox Media fortune, and a self-described communist

00:12:43.560 Was arrested in Ibiza at the request of the U.S. Justice Department

00:12:47.760 He's awaiting possible extradition on federal charges involving international money laundering

00:12:53.580 and alleged effort to provide material support to foreign terrorist organizations.

00:12:59.580 Prosecutors allege that Chambers moved millions of dollars from American banks

00:13:03.760 to accounts in Tunisia after leaving the United States in 2023.

00:13:08.900 Reports say investigators are examining whether those funds intended to support Abbas

00:13:13.540 or some other extremist network.

00:13:16.400 Chambers has also been identified as a backer of radical activist groups

00:13:20.100 tied to anti-police campaigns, militant pro-Palestinian organizing, and revolutionary

00:13:26.500 Marxist causes. For years, wealthy ideological donors have poured money into organizations

00:13:33.120 openly hostile to America, capitalism, law enforcement, and Israel, while political

00:13:39.340 leaders and much of the media look the other way. They've wreaked havoc on the rule of law 0.96

00:13:43.900 and damaged the fabric of America considerably. That era, thank God, seems to be finally coming

00:13:49.740 to a close. Federal investigators are also examining other foreign-linked funding networks

00:13:55.360 while Secretary of State Marco Rubio prepares to convene officials from 60 nations to confront

00:14:01.720 transnational far-left extremism. I'm Roger Stone, you're listening to The Stone Zone,

00:14:06.800 and we'll be right back. The Stone Zone, entertaining and informative on the Red Apple

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00:14:46.400 And we're back in the Stone Zone. A federal appeals court has revived hundreds of lawsuits accusing Tylenol manufacturer Kenview of failing to disclose risks for autism and other developmental disorders connected to Tylenol use during pregnancy.

00:15:05.280 This is a welcome development for accountability against big pharma.

00:15:10.940 The second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a trial judge went too far by excluding testimony from three expert witnesses and effectively shutting down roughly 500 cases.

00:15:23.320 The appeals panel said the experts used recognized scientific methods and the disagreements over the research should be examined through the legal process, not dismissed before plaintiffs can even make their case.

00:15:35.280 The ruling does not establish that Tylenol causes autism, ADHD, or other serious developmental conditions.

00:15:43.840 Kenview continues to deny any casual connection and says independent research supports the medicine's safety,

00:15:50.680 but that is precisely why evidence should be tested openly in court,

00:15:54.640 with documents reviewed, witnesses questioned, and corporate conduct subjected to scrutiny.

00:16:00.440 President Trump previously urged pregnant women to avoid Tylenol and called for stronger warnings, bringing national attention to questions that the financial and big pharma establishment had too often brushed aside.

00:16:14.300 Internal communications reported in the media have also suggested that some company researchers recognized growing concerns years ago.

00:16:22.520 Americans have watched pharmaceutical giants collect enormous profits while enjoying extraordinary political influence and limited accountability.

00:16:29.780 For decades, no questioning of Big Pharma was allowed within the federal government as they had totally captured the FDA and other bureaucracies.

00:16:39.080 Families deserve transparency, honest risk disclosures, and the right to have legitimate claims heard.

00:16:45.100 This decision is a victory for due process and public accountability.

00:16:50.160 It shows that Big Pharma no longer owns our system.

00:16:53.280 The individuals who've had their lives destroyed and watched their children suffer because of Big Pharma's products will now have their day in court.

00:17:03.260 When we come back, we'll talk about Graham Plattner.

00:17:06.540 He is the failed Democrat candidate for the U.S. Senate in Maine.

00:17:11.340 And as you're going to learn, he was shielded by Big Tech.

00:17:16.120 It's disgraceful as to how they covered for this man, but now he's crashed and burned.

00:17:21.100 And that makes it much more difficult for Democrats to have any shot at winning the U.S. Senate.

00:17:27.960 Maine is one of the few blue states represented by a Republican senator, Susan Collins.

00:17:35.280 Plattner was their golden haired boy.

00:17:38.200 He was the chosen one until he crashed and burned.

00:17:41.760 We'll talk about it on the other side when we come back.

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00:18:30.760 radio today. As the Graham Plattner debacle in Maine unwinds, it begs the question, how did it

00:18:38.400 get so far? How was a man this disgraceful, this disreputable, and this unqualified able to win a

00:18:45.540 major party primary. He actually drove the sitting Democrat governor of Maine out of the race.

00:18:53.520 The answer has something to do with big tech censorship. You see, a new media research

00:18:58.560 center study shows that Apple News and Google News deliberately protected Plattner from

00:19:04.680 damaging coverage while he remained politically useful. According to the Watchdoor organization,

00:19:10.820 the two platforms largely failed to surface negative reporting about the former main candidate, Graham Plattner, between November 2025 and May of 2026.

00:19:22.820 During that period, numerous other outlets published stories involving his Nazi tattoo, his offensive online posts, his accusations by many of sexual assault and abuse.

00:19:37.000 There were other controversies as well.

00:19:38.780 The MRC says that Apple and Google overlooked at least 112 negative stories.

00:19:45.640 The blackout reportedly ended only after the New York Times published a May 30th report about a sexting controversy, which triggered broader scrutiny.

00:19:56.120 MRC President David Bozell argues that the platforms buried damaging information while Platinum appeared capable of defeating Republican Senator Susan Collins,

00:20:07.040 then allowed the negative coverage against Plattner to spread

00:20:10.940 only after it became a political liability

00:20:13.760 and it became clear that he could not win

00:20:16.500 Google of course denies the charges and calls the study's methodology flawed

00:20:21.620 insisting that its news results are updated constantly

00:20:25.340 and shaped by user interests and location

00:20:28.100 Nonsense

00:20:29.200 Plattner later ended his campaign after multiple women accused him of

00:20:33.840 sexual misconduct, abuse, and even rape.

00:20:37.740 Plattler denied wrongdoing, but Democrat support rapidly collapsed 1.00

00:20:41.720 and he was thrown out like a bag of trash. 0.99

00:20:44.840 The larger issue is bigger than one pathetic failed candidate in Maine. 1.00

00:20:49.300 Apple and Google exercise enormous influence 0.96

00:20:52.040 over what millions of Americans see, or more importantly, never see.

00:20:57.340 When powerful technology companies control the flow of political information,

00:21:01.400 Even the appearance of partisan suppression demands investigation

00:21:06.160 Common sense voters have warned for years that big tech can quietly shape elections

00:21:11.260 This case is another reason why the Trump administration must enforce platform neutrality

00:21:16.580 To ensure that voters receive the full story before, not after, Election Day

00:21:22.220 Meanwhile, Mission Democrat Senator Elisa Slotkin is again under fire

00:21:27.380 after claiming that the Save America Act would disenfranchise all married women

00:21:33.040 and make it harder for Democrats to win elections.

00:21:36.360 Speaking at a town hall, Slotkin, a former CIA agent, 1.00

00:21:40.640 argued that married women could face problems proving citizenship

00:21:44.380 because their current names may differ from those on their birth certificates.

00:21:49.300 Where do they come up with this stuff?

00:21:50.800 Republican lawmakers quickly rejected that argument.

00:21:54.100 Senator Rand Paul called the claim false and insulting. 0.96

00:21:57.380 noting that women are fully capable of providing documents proving they're American citizens. 0.93

00:22:02.600 Senator Mike Lee compared the process to completing an I-9 employment form,

00:22:07.820 which millions of Americans already do when starting a job.

00:22:10.780 At the heart of this debate is a simple question.

00:22:13.840 Should people registering to vote in federal elections be required to prove they're U.S. citizens?

00:22:18.860 Republicans say the answer is obviously yes.

00:22:21.480 Democrats clearly say the answer is no.

00:22:23.840 Citizen verification is not voter suppression.

00:22:27.380 It's a basic safeguard that protects legal voters and strengthens confidence in election results.

00:22:33.180 Democrats frequently warn that identification and eligibility requirements will reduce participation.

00:22:40.160 But evidence from Georgia tells a very different story.

00:22:43.000 Following election law changes, early voting actually surged,

00:22:47.160 black voter participation increased, and recent primary turnout actually reached record levels. 0.99

00:22:53.080 Slotkin's rhetoric appears designed to frighten women rather than address the actual legislation at hand, the SAVE Act. 0.79

00:22:59.600 Married women routinely update names on driver's licenses, passports, tax records, and unemployment documents. 0.99

00:23:07.240 Protecting elections does not disenfranchise voters. 0.74

00:23:11.400 It protects their ballots from being diluted by unlawful participation.

00:23:14.960 Congress should reject the scare tactics and, in the name of Lindsey Graham, pass strong citizenship verification requirements for federal elections by approving the Save America Act immediately.

00:23:27.580 Republican U.S. Congressman Paul Gosar of Arizona is demanding the shutdown of the National Institute of Health's Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Montana following explosive allegations involving virus smuggling, serious safety breaches, and possible bureaucratic cover-ups.

00:23:45.060 Gosar is asking Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya to immediately halt research and permanently wind down that facility, which critics have dubbed Wuhan West because of its connections to the former Director of National Health, Anthony Fauci, and dangerous pathogen experiments.

00:24:09.320 The Justice Department has charged two former laboratory researchers with allegedly smugging the activated monkeypox virus samples into the United States.

00:24:20.020 A whistleblower has also claimed that officials knew that the activity took place before the federal investigation and they attempted to conceal it.

00:24:29.540 Additional allegations involve a monkey bite that reportedly exposed a laboratory employee to Crimean-Congo hemohagic fever, a deadly Ebola-like virus.

00:24:46.140 Congressman Gosar says the facility has conducted taxpayer-funded experiments involving bats, monkeys, coronaviruses, Ebola, and other zoonotonic diseases.

00:24:57.280 Americans have every right to ask why federal bureaucrats continue fundering dangerous research while hiding behind secrecy whenever something goes wrong.

00:25:08.260 After the failures and unanswered questions of the Fauci era, promises of internal reviews are no longer enough.

00:25:15.880 Secretary Kennedy and Director Bhattacharya should impose an immediate safety stand-down,

00:25:21.980 release all the relevant records, investigate every allegation, and hold responsible officials accountable.

00:25:30.100 If the federal government cannot safely manage some of the world's most dangerous pathogens,

00:25:35.160 then it has no business experimenting with them.

00:25:38.300 Protecting public safety must come before bureaucratic careers, institutional reputations, or Anthony Fauci's legacy.

00:25:45.540 And while we're at it, let's lock up Fauci for lying under oath to Congress and crimes against humanity.

00:25:52.640 Senator Rand Paul has said repeatedly that Fauci lied about his knowledge of taxpayer funding,

00:25:58.480 of the weaponization of the COVID-19 vaccination virus, the COVID virus in the Wuhan lab, and it's time for accountability.

00:26:09.400 Meanwhile, Michigan's August 4th Democratic Senate primary has become a major test of whether the party establishment can still restrain its far left progressive or socialist wing, 0.79

00:26:20.800 or whether socialist politics now control the National Democratic Party future.

00:26:26.480 After State Senator Mallory McMorrow dropped out of the race,

00:26:30.540 it's now a head-to-head battle between Congressman Haley Stevens,

00:26:34.720 an establishment-backed moderate, and Abdul El-Sayed,

00:26:39.140 the far-left radical Muslim who's the favorite of Bernie Sanders,

00:26:43.840 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and the United Auto Workers.

00:26:49.720 The stakes could hardly be higher, frankly.

00:26:53.120 Democrats need to hold the retiring seat of Senator Gary Peters if they hope to regain the Senate. 0.91

00:26:59.460 Yet El-Sayed supporters supports Medicaid for All.

00:27:03.860 He wants to abolish ICE, cut off all aid to Israel, and has previously backed defunding the police.

00:27:10.100 He's also campaigned with controversial anti-Semitic far-life streamer Hassan Piker.

00:27:16.640 Congressman Stevens, on the other hand, argues that her record of winning Republican territory

00:27:20.800 make her the safer choice against strong Republican-nominated former Congressman Mike Rogers.

00:27:27.260 Stevens is backed by Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer's allies, former Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow,

00:27:34.000 former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, and millions in outside spending.

00:27:39.900 This is no ordinary primary.

00:27:41.880 This is a referendum on whether Democrats still care about electability in a battleground state that President Trump carried twice, or whether ideological activists will push the party even further left.

00:27:55.040 If El-Sayed wins, the Socialist win will claim another scout, and Republicans will gain a powerful argument that today's Democrat party has abandoned the center.

00:28:07.320 Michigan Democrat voters are about to reveal whether the establishment still has control

00:28:12.040 or whether the radical socialists, who are actually Marxists, are now running the show.

00:28:18.140 The result will echo far beyond Michigan and shape the national midterms.

00:28:24.260 While Democrats going crazy bodes well for Republicans,

00:28:27.620 we can't be arrogant and take radicals like El Sayad for granted.

00:28:31.780 They will say anything to get elected, and we can't get complacent.

00:28:35.020 We must go the extra mile to make sure the cancer of socialism does not spread across the country.

00:28:41.000 It is important to note, however, that the socialist victories are not limited to urban areas like New York.

00:28:46.980 In recent days, a veteran Democrat congresswoman in Colorado was defeated.

00:28:52.120 Now these contests in Michigan will tell us whether the old Democrat Party, the party of John F. Kennedy, the party of Harry Truman,

00:28:59.580 The party that believed in capitalism, free enterprise, God, a strong national defense, and was anti-communist still exists.

00:29:09.740 Meanwhile, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is taking a long overdue step to protect America's national security

00:29:16.420 by creating a joint Pentagon Justice Department task force to identify and prosecute officials who leak sensitive information to the media.

00:29:26.480 Hagseth says the Pentagon's Office of General Counsel will now have broad authority to obtain records, support, and information across the department for leak investigations.

00:29:38.780 The Secretary's message was direct.

00:29:41.360 Access to classified and confidential material is a sacred trust, and those who betray it will face the full force of the law.

00:29:49.180 This should not be controversial.

00:29:52.080 Unauthorized leaks can expose military operations, endanger American troops,

00:29:57.480 compromise intelligence sources, and hand valuable information to hospital governments.

00:30:03.500 Yet Washington has spent years treating politically motivated leaking as a harmless insider sport,

00:30:09.540 especially when those leaks damage Republican administrations.

00:30:13.020 Hague says long overdue actions demonstrate that freedom of the press does not give government officials

00:30:18.720 permission to steal and disclose protected national security information. The focus must

00:30:25.280 remain on the officials who violated their oaths, not on creating some excuse for bureaucratic

00:30:30.300 sabotage. Pete Hegseth has also faced resistance over tighter Pentagon press rules, and courts

00:30:37.100 will continue to define those constitutional limits. It may not be easy to bring the leakers

00:30:42.780 to justice, but Hegseth nevertheless remains dedicated to the task. After all, many of those

00:30:49.240 who undermine this administration's aims do so with treasonous intent. The Trump administration

00:30:55.000 is right to restore discipline, accountability, and consequences inside the national security

00:31:00.820 establishment. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has signed an executive order dramatically

00:31:06.360 reducing the size of two sprawling national monuments in Utah, restoring millions of acres

00:31:12.260 to broader public use and opening the door to responsible energy development.

00:31:17.460 The order reduces Grand Staircase Escalante and Bare Ears

00:31:22.340 from a combined 3 million acres to roughly 300,000.

00:31:26.900 The monuments were created by Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama

00:31:30.460 under expansive interpretations of the Antiquities Act.

00:31:35.040 President Trump said previous administrations had taken land away from the people.

00:31:38.820 Utah Governor Spencer Cox praised the decision by Trump, arguing that the Antiquities Act required monumental designations to cover the smallest areas necessary to protect genuine history and cultural sites, not entire regions larger than some states.

00:31:56.520 Environmental activists and tribal organizations opposed the reduction,

00:32:00.480 warning that bare ears, care contains sacred sites and ancient settlements.

00:32:06.680 Those important locations will continue to be protected under President Trump's order.

00:32:10.940 But preserving specific treasures does not justify locking up millions of surrounding acres

00:32:16.840 from mining, drilling, grazing, recreation, and local economic development.

00:32:22.800 The original boundaries covered major coal and uranium deposits while placing enormous power in the hands of distant federal bureaucrats.

00:32:32.100 This was designed by the Democrats working to stop development as they slow-road socialism into America.

00:32:38.380 This action reflects President Trump's broader American first energy policy.

00:32:42.860 We must protect legitimate landmarks, respect state and local communities, yet stop Washington from using environmental designations as permanent land grabs.

00:32:51.960 I'm Roger Stone. You're listening to The Stone Zone. Don't go away because we'll be right back.

00:32:57.560 This is The Stone Zone with Roger Stone.

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00:33:58.700 The flock camera controversy continues to engulf America.

00:34:02.780 Now there's a disturbing case in Minnesota raising fresh concerns about flock license plate reading cameras

00:34:08.760 and the growing abuse of warrantless mass surveillance as the land of the free morphs into a technocratic hellscape right before our very eyes.

00:34:17.640 Automotive journalist Joel Fetter was test-driving a Range Rover when four police vehicles surrounded him in a Coles parking lot in Minnesota.

00:34:27.160 Officers approached with hands near their weapons, ordered Fetter and his wife out, and subjected him to a pat-down.

00:34:33.740 The reason?

00:34:34.460 Flock's automated camera system had incorrectly flagged the vehicle's license plate as stolen.

00:34:40.360 The actual stolen plate was reported in California as 34-03 DTM.

00:34:47.640 but Federer's plate was 34-10 DTM. The system ignored the middle numbers and generated a

00:34:55.640 false match. Police had reportedly tracked the vehicle for days before making the stop.

00:35:01.300 Federer was fortunate the encounter ended peacefully. Another driver facing the same

00:35:05.920 error may not be so lucky. Now, this is far from an isolated incident. In Colorado,

00:35:12.080 a woman was accused of stealing a package simply because flopped cameras recorded

00:35:16.700 her vehicle entering and leaving a neighborhood near the time of a theft. She was considered

00:35:21.920 guilty until proven innocent, thanks to the technology of flock cameras, and had to spend

00:35:27.460 considerable resources before the charges were ultimately dropped. These systems can track where

00:35:32.480 innocent Americans travel, whom they visit, and how they live, all without a warrant or probable

00:35:38.620 cause. Republican U.S. Congressman Scott Perry of Pennsylvania has called for an end to flock-style 0.61

00:35:45.460 surveillance, warning that it violates the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. And he's right.

00:35:52.340 Technology should help the police identify criminals, not turn every law-abiding driver

00:35:58.120 into a suspect. Dragnet surveillance caused by flop cameras could be weaponized at a moment's

00:36:05.180 notice to destroy our civil liberties. Imagine if they were around during the COVID pandemic. 0.93

00:36:10.460 The psychotic authoritarian lockdowns would have been so much worse.

00:36:15.480 It's time to ban flop cameras before the Orwellian nightmare manifests itself completely and Big Brother becomes entirely inescapable.

00:36:25.480 Progressive Democrats are preparing a new campaign to impose a national wealth tax on successful Americans,

00:36:32.040 turning envy and class warfare into a central issue for the 2026 midterm elections.

00:36:37.820 A group called Tax the Greedy Billionaires is pressuring Democratic candidates to support its five-and-dime plan.

00:36:46.380 The proposal would seize 5% of household wealth above $50 million and 10% from anybody making more than $250 million every year.

00:36:56.760 Supporters claim the tax could raise nearly $7 trillion over a decade.

00:37:01.220 But those promises ignore the obvious problems.

00:37:04.700 Privately owned companies, farms, real estate, and other assets are difficult to value.

00:37:11.080 Wealthy Americans can move money overseas, and a federal wealth tax would face major constitutional challenges.

00:37:18.400 This is not simply about asking high earners to pay income taxes.

00:37:22.420 It's an annual government claim on property people already own and may have already paid taxes to acquire.

00:37:28.360 Yet California Governor Gavin Newsom has opposed a state-level wealth tax warning that wealthy residents would simply leave and take investments, business, and their tax revenues with them.

00:37:40.440 Americans should encourage people to build companies, create jobs, and invest, not punish success because socialist activists resent it.

00:37:49.540 Washington, D.C. does not have a spending problem

00:37:53.720 and confiscating private wealth

00:37:57.500 will not fix decades of reckless budgets.

00:38:00.240 Even if all the money was seized by the wealthy,

00:38:03.140 it would not pay down the federal debt

00:38:05.000 and the money that is owed for entitlements.

00:38:07.580 Giving politicians trillions of dollars more to waste

00:38:10.500 would be akin to giving a junkie

00:38:14.860 an unlimited supply of heroin.

00:38:16.560 It doesn't make any sense, 0.65

00:38:17.740 but liberals are hoping that spite and envy went out over logic in the minds of voters.

00:38:23.140 Common sense voters must continue to promote economic growth, spending restraint, simpler taxes, and equal treatment under the law,

00:38:31.240 not constitutionally devious wealth grabs designed to divide Americans.

00:38:36.460 I'm Roger Stone. You'll be listening to The Stone Zone until tomorrow.

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