The Stone Zone ｜ 11-11-25
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On this Veterans Day, President Donald Trump is honoring America s warriors in a manner that reflects not only his gratitude, but also his long-term bond with them. The bond between America s veterans and President Trump is very real and enduring.
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There are occasions on the American calendar that demand reverence rather than routine.
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It is a civic duty to acknowledge the men and women
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who stood in the breach for the survival of the United States of America.
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My father, Roger J. Stone Sr., proudly served in the U.S. Army but never actually saw combat.
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But my uncle, Leroy Corbo, served in action in the Korean conflict
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and was actually pictured on the cover of Life magazine,
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the First World War, that terrible cataclysm of the 20th century,
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ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918.
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President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the first national commemoration
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which continues to commemorate America's military veteran service to this very day.
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In 1938, Congress made Armistice Day an official holiday dedicated to peace.
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After the Second World War and the Korean conflict,
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the holiday became known as Veterans Day in 1954
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Its purpose was expanded to honor all who served
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rather only than those who had fought in a war.
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It recognizes that the defense of the Republic is a continuous calling.
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Today, there are approximately 16 million veterans in the United States.
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Each one represents a chapter in the story of American strength.
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Some served on aircraft carriers in the Pacific.
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Still others stood posts in Germany, Iraq, Afghanistan,
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and countless unnamed stations across the globe.
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Their service forms a living chain stretching from Lexington and Concord
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A remarkable number of our presidents have worn the uniform.
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George Washington, of course, led the Continental Army.
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Andrew Jackson fought both the British and their tribal allies.
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Ulysses S. Grant crushed the Confederacy and preserved the Union.
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John F. Kennedy commanded PT-109 in the Pacific, was a true war hero.
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Of course, General Dwight D. Eisenhower led the armies that broke the Nazi and Japanese war machine.
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And George H.W. Bush flew combat missions in the Pacific as a mere teenager.
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Service in uniform does not guarantee greatness.
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But it often forges the clarity, discipline, and steel that leadership does require.
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Approximately two-thirds of all American presidents were veterans.
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The stewardship of a nation is best entrusted to those who have already proven
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they will bleed for it and that they will serve.
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There's something else unique about our veterans.
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Since 1973, the United States has had 100% voluntary military.
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It was President Richard Nixon, who ended the military draft.
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Every soldier, every sailor, every marine, every airman, and every guardian raised a hand
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and swore that sacred oath of their own free will.
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The most powerful fighting force in human history is today composed entirely of men and women who chose to serve.
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This is devotion to the Republic of the United States of America, not as an abstraction,
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but as a sacred obligation accepted freely, willingly, and unreservedly.
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On this Veterans Day, President Donald Trump is honoring America's warriors in a manner that reflects not only his gratitude,
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Throughout his presidency, he has strengthened the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs after decades of bureaucratic neglect.
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He signed the Veterans Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act
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so that corrupt or incompetent officials could be removed rather than just shielded.
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He expanded veterans' access to private medical care when the VA could not provide it.
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He secured the largest military pay raise in years,
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and he rebuilt the strength of America's forces from the exhaustion of endless wars.
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Even out of office, he remained a consistent advocate for veterans,
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attending ceremonies, visiting wounded service members,
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and insisting that the nation must never abandon its warriors after they return home.
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President Trump is loved by the military because he's always loved them first.
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Not with slogans, not with platitudes, but with his deeds, with his resources, with his respect.
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He listened to the enlisted as well as the generals.
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He recognized that a nation cannot be free if its defenders are ignored, underpaid, or mistreated.
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They know who fights for them, and they know who uses them as a political decoration.
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The bond between President Trump and America's veterans is very real, enduring, and deeply felt.
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In fact, in November 1995, when Donald Trump was a real estate developer in New York,
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and long before his political career, he donated the first $200,000 to a parade
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to commemorate those who were returning from Iraq.
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Some sources put his total involvement, including helping raise additional funds,
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in somewhere between $300,000 and $375,000 of his own money.
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Now, the total cost of the parade that year was reported to be more than $2 million.
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Parade organizers say that Trump's donation actually jump-started the fundraising effort
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when corporate contributions were coming in very slowly.
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Trump was honored to serve as the parade's grand marshal.
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Some news reports say he received that honor following his donation,
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but I think he received that honor because he deserved it.
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He was the spark plug that made this parade work.
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Veterans Day matters because a republic that forgets its defenders
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Our freedoms did not descend from the clouds like gentle rain.
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They are earned by sacrifice, discipline, risk, and courage.
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I ask Americans to do more than just post a phrase on social media.
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And teach our children that liberty survives only because strong souls.
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I ask Americans to do more than post a phrase on social media.
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Thank them directly for your freedom and for their service.
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Teach our children that liberty survives only because strong souls have shielded it.
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The men and women who served did this without promise of reward or guarantee of safety.
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May God bless those who currently serve our nation.
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And may God bless the United States of America.
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If you're just tuning in, you're in the Stone Zone, and I'm Roger Stone.
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Well, a federal appeals court has ruled that an Ohio public school cannot mandate that students call their classmates by their preferred pronouns.
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This is based on a 2023 lawsuit from the group defending education against the Olentangy local school district in Ohio over anti-harassment policies, which compelled students to, quote, affirm the genders of their peers.
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You see, after a lower court wanted to dismiss the lawsuit, a panel made the ruling that the school district cannot wield their authority
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to compel speech or demand silence from citizens who would disagree with the regulators' politically controversial preferred new form of grammar.
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The Olentangy school district was threatening students with suspension or expulsion unless they humored the gender nonsense from their mentally ill counterparts.
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The court determined that this was a fundamental violation of the First Amendment to free speech.
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And deeply un-American in its attempt to police speech or to control thought.
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American history and tradition uphold the majority's decision to strike down the school's pronoun policy.
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Over hundreds of years, grammar has developed in America without government interference.
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Consistent with our historical tradition, our cherished First Amendment,
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the pronoun debate must not be won through individual persuasion, not government coercion.
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Our system forbids public schools from becoming enclaves of totalitarianism.
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So the only way to push the transgender agenda is through a coercion and silencing anyone with any rational or reasonable objections.
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This court made the right decision in validating these senseless policies.
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Meanwhile, New York City mayor-elect Zoran Mamdani has named El Bisgard Church as his new chief of staff.
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Bisgard Church was instrumental in rallying the Democratic Socialists of America behind Mamdani as his ground troops to win the recent election.
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Mamdani credits Bisgard Church with steering his campaign and helping Mandani set his agenda,
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which includes defunding the police, freezing rents, increasing the minimum wage to $30 an hour,
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government-run grocery stores, free bus and subway rides, and free child care.
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She will help the new mayor, Mamdani, implement these nanny state policies in New York City
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that will make overbearing government to a whole new level.
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She went to graduate school at the University of Columbia before going to the London School of Economics.
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What makes her dangerous, in my view, is the fact that she's not stupid at all.
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This woman will be deviously working to attack the pillars of a free society,
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including religion, the family, private property, and yes, the rule of law.
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It will be an all-out assault on the rights of the people of New York.
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They will rue the day they put Mamdani or any socialist in office.
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But the disaster to come may pave the way for the rise of a Republican governor.
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Elise Stefanik, a congresswoman from upstate New York,
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has announced her candidacy to challenge sitting governor Kathy Hochul.
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This may be the single best chance Republicans have had
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to regain the governorship of the Empire State in decades.
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I believe that the policies of Mamdani will cause a rapid decline in New York City,
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which could pave the way for the first Republican governor in memory.
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In Elise Stefanik, Republicans are nominating a fighter,
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someone who I believe can reach independent and younger voters,
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someone who has led the way for the final implementation of a strategic missile defense
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where she's fought to put that right here in Fort Drum, New York.
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It's going to be one of the most exciting gubernatorial races in the country.
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And that the high-tax, soft-on-crime policies of Mamdani in New York City
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could pave the way for the election of Elise Stefanik.
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We'll be following this race very, very closely here in the Stone Zone.
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In fact, I've invited Congresswoman Stefanik to join us for an interview.
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but we will be talking about this race a lot in the months to come.
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because we'll be back with more Hot American Politics.
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It's all in that real coconut flavor and that rich, creamy texture.
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From curries to sweet treats like coconut flan,
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Find it in the Goya section of your local grocery store.
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Well, President Donald Trump's Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
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told it to the public straight during a recent appearance I saw on Fox News,
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where he candidly described in non-political correct terms
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what happens when a country just lets in foreign migrants.
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Who lives in your country determines what your country is.
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At the end of the day, what this really comes down to is this.
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People spent billions of dollars trying to make Haiti work as a project, as a nation.
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Because Haiti will let in anyone and has unlimited foreign immigration.
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So if you take Haiti and you move it to America,
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It's not about how you feel about any individual immigrant or group.
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So if you move the third world to the first world,
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It's not good for anybody who wants to live here in the future.
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These comments would have been previously branded by some as a white supremacist.
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But President Trump's brash style has put an end to cancel culture.
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Now Americans can call out illegal immigration for what it is.
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This is part of a conspiracy to destroy Western civilization.
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and make it more commonplace to speak out against illegal immigration.
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And above all, we must have a system that regulates who comes to our country.
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Under Joe Biden, America became an extraordinary, dangerous place
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because they essentially just threw our borders open to anyone who wanted to come here.
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Now we don't even know how many illegals are in the country
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and we don't know how many of those illegals are terrorists.
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President Donald Trump has rightfully mounted the greatest single deportation
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A country that has no borders is not a country.
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You're listening to The Stone Zone right here on the Red Apple Audio Network.
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We talk politics, history, news, and dare I say it, culture five days a week.
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because we'll be right back with more politics.
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And when we come back, we'll talk about the fact
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is expected to prevent biological males from competing in women's sports.
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A man who's gone through hell, but he's kept going
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and he's smart and he's strong and people love him.
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Not everybody, but people love him and respect him.
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So the International Olympics Committee is expected to prevent biological males
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from competing in women's sports in the upcoming Olympic Games in 2028
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that will take place in Los Angeles, California.
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This decision takes place after President Donald Trump made it known
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that the U.S. will deny visas for birth males looking to make a mockery of the Olympics
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The new International Olympics Committee president, Christy Coventry, is expected to officially change the policy of that body in the upcoming months.
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The International Olympics Committee, medical, health and science director, Dr. Jane Thornton, presented information during recent commission meetings
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demonstrating how birth males, calling themselves transgendered males, have advantages over birth females.
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This was previously called common sense, but now apparently actually needs to be explained to members of high society.
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According to sources, Dr. Thornton laid out the evidence and it was generally well received from the committee members.
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This is yet another sign that the transgendered absurdity is waning.
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People who were previously scared to speak out, even though they knew it was madness, are now finding their courage.
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God bless Riley Gaines and others who spoke out and paved the way for sanity to once more reign in Olympic sports.
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No, men should not compete against women in the upcoming Olympics.
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Meanwhile, House Republicans are demanding information regarding Kamala Harris's Secret Service detail.
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Congressman Barry Loudermilk, who serves as the chairman of the select subcommittee investigating questions surrounding January 6th,
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issued a letter to former Vice President Kamala Harris's Secret Service detail demanding information about the pipe bomb
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that was planted at the Democrat National Committee on January 6th, 2021.
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During the 119th Congress, we have sought information regarding the discovery of pipe bombs that were placed near the Republican National Committee
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and the Democratic National Committee headquarters on January 6th.
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Now, more than four years later, there remain more questions than answers surrounding who may have placed these devices
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and whether federal law enforcement entities have adequately investigated the matter.
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Given the presidents of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris's Secret Service detail at the Democrat National Committee,
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when authorities discover this pipe bomb, your agents may possess information that is necessary for our oversight
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and we request your cooperation in this process.
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Last week, as I reported, right here in the Stone Zone,
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it was revealed that former Capitol Police officer Shawnee Kirkhoff, who now works for the CIA,
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was an accurate match for the figure caught on security video captured near the scene.
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It may be possible that it was multiple deep state operatives working in concert.
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House Republicans and the Trump administration must continue investigating until the guilty party is located and they're charged.
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This is a revelation that will show the entire country that January 6th was a Fed's surrection
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and that Trump supporters were ensnared in an op all along.
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Meanwhile, a handful of rogue Senate Democrats have flipped and voted with Republicans to reopen the federal government.
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Democrats are blaming Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for his inability to keep his ranks in line.
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Representative Roe Khanna from California, one of the most progressive members of the Democrat House caucus,
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blasted Schumer in an expo saying that Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced.
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If you can't lead the fight to stop health care premiums from skyrocketing for Americans,
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Yet another progressive stalwart in the House, Congressman Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, said,
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Tonight is another example of why we need new leadership.
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If Chuck Schumer were an effective leader, he would have united his caucus to continue to vote no.
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And he would have held the line on health care.
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Now maybe Senator Ed Markie of Massachusetts will finally join me in pledging not to vote for Schumer to be the Senate's leader.
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This pushback against Schumer highlights the growing schism within the Democrat Party.
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You see, any time Democrat leaders are not sufficiently radical,
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the most extreme among their ranks will be applying severe pressure to them.
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The radical socialists are waiting in the weeds to take power from the Democrats' old guard.
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There is no better example of the old guard than Chuck Schumer.
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MAGA, the America Great Movement, just has to be up to the challenge of defeating them in order to save our country.
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So the old Democrat Party, the party of John F. Kennedy, the party of Harry Truman, who was indeed the founder of Israel,
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the party that believed in capitalism, free enterprise, a strong national defense, and yes, God,
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Republicans have an obligation to broaden our party,
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to attract the votes of Democrats and disaffended independents seeking a new way for America.
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Before you count your chickens regarding the 2026 and 2028 elections,
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look at the Democrat Party because today it is a fiasco.
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Meanwhile, a Seattle-area councilwoman is urging citizens to fight back against ICE.
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Angie Nueva Camina, a city councilwoman in Redmond, Washington,
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called on citizens to fight back against ICE in what could be interpreted as a call to arms for leftist radicals in that region
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to commit violence against federal law enforcement officers.
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She made the comments during an exchange at a city council meeting with Police Chief Darrell Lowe,
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who has stated his agency was doing nothing to help ICE with immigration enforcement,
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but were constitutionally not allowed to stop ICE's actions at the same time.
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they're operating under federal law and federal authority,
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and federal law and authority supersedes that of local jurisdiction.
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So we would not be able to interfere or intervene in their particular operations.
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We've seen in other communities where it's been the community then taking it upon themselves
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to essentially fight back against ICE officers who are merely performing their duties.
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They're doing it right there in their communities.
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So basically what we're letting our community know is,
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hey, from a city perspective, we really can't do anything.
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So it's upon you then to stand up and fight back against ICE officers doing their duty to arrest and deport dangerous illegals.
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This attitude from the city councilwoman is shared by public officials in and around the cities of Seattle and Portland.
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This is why law enforcement sits idly by and has been indicted in Portland.
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Police may actually be helping Antifa terrorists get to safe houses
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to avoid being captured for their violent actions against ICE agents.
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This is why President Donald Trump must use the National Guard to keep peace in these areas
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These communist subversives cannot be allowed to destroy the country unabated.
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This is a national emergency, and President Trump must use his power as such.
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Several people were arrested outside a Turning Point USA event
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on the campus of the University of California in Berkeley.
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Turning Point USA was, of course, the student organization founded by my late friend, Charlie Kirk.
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A Trump supporter was allegedly the victim of an attempted robbery by an Antifa thug resulting in the altercation.
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as his fellow comrades attempted to de-arrest him through obstruction and violence.
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Antifa terrorists were chanting to get the fascists out of Berkeley
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and set up barricades to stop entry to the event.
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Others were heard chanting, anytime, anyplace, punch a fascist in the face,
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Referring, of course, to my late friend, Charlie Kirk.
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Overall, four University of California Berkeley students were arrested for felony vandalism
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as part of this demonstration against Turning Point USA.
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Twenty-eight flyers were glued to the historic Sather Gate,
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featuring quotes from Charlie Kirk on abortion, gun control,
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and other topics designed to inflame liberals on campus into shutting the event down by force.
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Even though President Trump has named Antifa as a terrorist organization,
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they still feel emboldened to attack peaceful protesters
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and obstruct lawful displays and gatherings by conservatives.
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If anything, they see the death of my friend Charlie Kirk as a feather in their cap
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and a sign that they need to double down on the heinous tactics and violence.
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So until Antifa is treated like ISIS, their funding sources are exposed,
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and cells are taken down by federal authorities,
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This is the mandate that President Trump must deliver upon.
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The future of our nation depends upon Antifa being taken down.
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In the meantime, you may recall that the FBI director, Christopher Wray,
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insisted that Antifa wasn't even an organization, that it was just an idea.
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Who's paying for the buses that are shepherding Antifa demonstrators and terrorists around?
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And who's paying for the lawyers who, on those rare occasions when Antifa operatives
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and miscreants are arrested, immediately bail them out?
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The president is right to call Antifa a terrorist organization.
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And Vice President J.D. Vance and the Deputy Chief of Staff for Domestic Policy Stephen Miller
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must take seriously their effort to uncover the interconnected nonprofit organizations
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as well as our tax dollars that are going to fund these terrorists.
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Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is planning to spend hundreds of billion dollars
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in loans for the construction of nuclear power plants.
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As the AI revolution takes off, the data centers that are being created across the country
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Morgan Stanley estimated the United States would need, at the very least,
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an additional 36 GW in new power by 2028 to service the data centers,
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This has caused a renewed interest in clean nuclear energy.
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In order for the U.S. to win the artificial intelligence arms race,
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the Trump administration announced that the federal government
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will be lending hundreds of billions of dollars to facilitate
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the development of nuclear power across the country.
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We have significant lending authority at the loan program office.
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By far, the biggest use of those dollars will be for nuclear power plants
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The U.S. currently has no commercial nuclear reactors being built,
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though several intend to reverse their permanent shutdown status and open again.
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There are other plans to build new, large, and small reactors.
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that called for the United States to start building 10 massive nuclear reactors by 2030
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as tech giants like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft
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make private investments into existing and defunct nuclear plants.
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While there are certainly many problems with AI and these tech problems,
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Nuclear is a clean, viable, and safe form of energy.
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It was once politically incorrect, but today it is absolutely essential.
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So I think we should applaud the Trump administration
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for this critical investment in our national infrastructure
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and recognize the importance that nuclear plays in the mix of energy.
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In addition to this investment in nuclear power,
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the Trump administration announced that a $625 million expansion
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of certain programs will keep coal-fired power plants open and operational.
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright again stated that the Trump administration
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is undoing the damage by Democrat administrations
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who believe that coal was the energy of the past
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and needed to be shut down for the greater good,
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regardless of how much it would hurt American families.
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Right said, coal just makes the world go round.
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They've tried to strangle it, particularly the Biden administration.
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It started, however, with the Obama administration.
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and it's going to continue to provide 15 to 16 percent of our electricity
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Coal is the energy of now, and it's in the public interest
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China gains a foothold against us in the geopolitical fear
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That line of thinking is what impoverishes America.
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is a breath of fresh air amidst an elite who are anti-human
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and want to strangle our prosperity on an ideological basis.
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You're listening to The Stone Zone, and we'll be right back.
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one thing that has surprised many Americans, including me,
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is the sheer number of Americans who today rely on food stamps.
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In 1970, only 2% of Americans received what we call today
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That number has risen to 13% of Americans today,
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The welfare program rose exponentially during the economic crisis,
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with food stamp usage increasing 69% between 2008 and 2013.
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but then food stamp usage has become a staple of modern life,
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with one in eight Americans now on some sort of food assistance.
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SNAP erroneously dispersed almost $11 billion through 2024.
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However, that number is, in all actuality, probably much higher.
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Robert Rector, the senior researcher at the Heritage Foundation,
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has stated that the reported error rates are false and ridiculously low.
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Rector noted that there are about 4 million people on food stamps
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that are able-bodied adults without dependents.
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Now, the Trump administration instituted a reform back in July,
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forcing people to work in order to receive benefits.
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in order to create less dependency on welfare across America.
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A dependent population is a subservient population,
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and that's what the elites knew when they created this system.
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Unfortunately, their plan, to some extent, has worked,
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and will take a lot of work from the Trump administration.
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But the able-bodied working people in America in general
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Meanwhile, Republicans are challenging a constitutional amendment
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that was a ballot initiative approved last week in California
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in their redistricting their seats in Congress.
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The measure was put forward in response to President Trump's demands
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that states like Texas redraw fairer congressional legislative districts
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The Gavin Newsom-backed proposal in California, on the other hand,
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was written specifically for the purpose of promoting
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California had a nonpartisan, nonpolitical, bipartisan
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redistricting commission create its congressional maps in the past.
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But the Democrats, through this Proposition 50,
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California Republicans believe this is not only an egregious violation of the law,
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The lawsuit that they filed against Proposition 50
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as a factor to give over-representation to certain voters.
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California Republican Chairman Corinne Rankin said,
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This is about the right that our ancestors have fought so hard for in this country.
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It's about sticking with the Constitution and its equality
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And we believe Californians, no matter the color of their skin,
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no matter what their socioeconomic background is,
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Expect to see these kind of redistricting fights in other states
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The good news for Republicans is those states that can gerrymander
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In the meantime, let me thank you for joining us today in the Stone Zone.
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Until we meet again, God bless you and Godspeed.
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