The StoneZONE with Roger Stone


The Stone Zone ｜ 12-30-25


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Summary

In fall of 2025, Americans face a beef shortage not seen since before 1951, when cattle numbers reached 82 million head compared to just 28 million head in 2025. This decline has driven prices skyward, turning a dietary staple into a veritable luxury.


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00:00:41.120 Well, I don't know about you, but I like a good steak or a high-quality hamburger.
00:00:45.620 But very soon, they could both be very hard to find
00:00:49.040 and extremely expensive, even if you can find one.
00:00:52.460 That's right.
00:00:52.960 Right here in America, land of plenty, beef may be nearly inaccessible.
00:00:57.760 You see, in fall of 2025, Americans face a beef shortage
00:01:02.120 not seen since before 1951, when cattle numbers reached 82 million head
00:01:08.740 compared to just 28.2 million head in 2025.
00:01:13.720 This decline has driven prices skyward, turning a dietary staple into a veritable luxury.
00:01:22.500 Ground beef, once $303.50 per pound, now exceeds $6 in many areas of the country with steaks
00:01:30.260 and roasts, posting double-digit prices, an increase that is charted by the USDA,
00:01:39.080 the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
00:01:41.040 A combination of restrictive environmental regulations, escalating production costs,
00:01:46.260 elevated livestock feed prices, and a New World screwworm outbreak in southern and eastern Mexico,
00:01:54.880 where flesh-eating larvae threatened livestock has disrupted supply chains.
00:01:59.440 Beef from northern Mexico appears to be untainted,
00:02:02.240 as ranchers there see testing to prove this to officials at the USDA.
00:02:07.980 Consumers are turning to cheaper cuts,
00:02:10.320 raising concerns about how America's beef industry reached this crisis,
00:02:13.820 and what steps can be taken to restore affordability as well as abundance.
00:02:19.300 One way, of course, President Donald Trump has decided,
00:02:22.080 since there is an acute shortage in the United States,
00:02:25.600 he agreed to a 14% increase in beef imports from Argentina,
00:02:31.080 source of some of the greatest beef in the country, or I should say in the world.
00:02:36.380 But whether the U.S. trade representative fast-tracks that decision
00:02:42.920 in order to get hamburger at a reasonable price into the stores,
00:02:46.720 well, that remains to be seen.
00:02:49.680 The 2015 Clean Water Rule passed under the Obama administration,
00:02:55.120 later widely expanded under the Biden-Harris administration in 2023,
00:03:00.280 tightened regulations on waters of the United States,
00:03:03.300 restricting access to grazing lands for ranchers.
00:03:07.120 Climate Smart Initiative from the Inflation Reduction Act,
00:03:10.400 which, of course, did not reduce inflection,
00:03:13.280 imposed costly compliance measures such as methane reduction programs
00:03:17.580 on an already strained industry.
00:03:20.780 These regulations of prioritizing environmental goals over food security
00:03:25.300 have handcuffed ranchers, forcing some to sell off of cattle
00:03:29.320 rather than navigate the financial burden.
00:03:33.040 Domestic and global economic factors have added to this beef crisis.
00:03:38.020 Feed prices for soybeans and corn have risen 20% to 25% since 2021,
00:03:44.600 due again to global supply chain disruptions,
00:03:47.940 exacerbating costs for U.S. ranchers and causing disruptions.
00:03:52.940 And, of course, the war in Ukraine started in 2022
00:03:55.960 also spiked costs an additional 30%.
00:03:59.580 Fuel and labor costs amplified by inflation reached a high of 8% in 2022.
00:04:05.700 They have also strained agricultural operations.
00:04:09.760 High interest rates on loans have limited reinvestment in herds,
00:04:13.500 all the while labor shortages and pandemic-era spending
00:04:17.380 have reduced farm productivity, increased operational costs,
00:04:21.360 threatening the sustainability of small and mid-sized farms.
00:04:24.960 This resulted in plummeting U.S. capital inventory,
00:04:28.920 cattle inventory, down 28.2 million head in 2025,
00:04:33.900 with a 10% drop from 2019.
00:04:37.260 Beef production is projected to fall to 26.4 billion pounds in 2025.
00:04:43.520 That's a 2.1% decline from 2024,
00:04:47.280 while overall food prices have risen 3.4% this year,
00:04:52.300 cooling from an 11% peak.
00:04:54.900 That was back in 2022.
00:04:57.420 Trade policies have played a minor role
00:04:59.820 as the U.S. resumed beef imports from Archina in 2015
00:05:03.220 after a 14-year ban because they had foot and mouth disease,
00:05:07.900 but they were able to prove to USDA officials
00:05:11.040 that was no longer an issue.
00:05:13.020 But, as I said, they have strict quotas
00:05:14.920 and veterinary inspections ensuing compliance with safety standards,
00:05:18.580 and, therefore, their imports are scaling up gradually.
00:05:22.940 President Trump is trying to expedite that.
00:05:25.460 The President recently announced, as I say,
00:05:27.340 that he would increase beef quotas from Argentina
00:05:29.580 after meeting with Argentine President Javier Melier.
00:05:34.380 Since the 1994 NAFTA agreement,
00:05:37.360 Mexico has been a vital supplier of live cannulity to the United States,
00:05:41.460 typically providing about 1.1 million head annually.
00:05:45.220 However, an ongoing New World's screwworm outbreak
00:05:49.380 that took place in South Mexico,
00:05:51.640 with cases detected as far north as Veracruz,
00:05:55.160 prompted a U.S. suspension of cattle imports
00:05:57.820 that started on May 11, 2025,
00:06:00.980 and remains active with no full resumption in sight.
00:06:04.700 In 2024, U.S. imported 1.52 million metric tons of beef.
00:06:14.140 From Australia, we took a 24% of our beef.
00:06:17.960 From Canada, 22%.
00:06:19.700 Brazil, 12.7%.
00:06:23.360 Mexico, down to 14%.
00:06:25.520 And Argentina, was only at 2%.
00:06:28.640 Projections for 2025 show imports rising
00:06:31.400 to 1.71 million metric tons of beef,
00:06:35.180 with Australia's share increasing to 26.8%,
00:06:38.960 and Canada's dropping to 18.6%.
00:06:42.560 But despite those imports,
00:06:44.540 they haven't been enough to offset the domestic shortages
00:06:47.280 I speak of,
00:06:48.480 and the impact of the beef shortages
00:06:50.340 hitting U.S. consumers hard.
00:06:53.280 Families are facing sticker shock at grocery stores,
00:06:56.340 with many opting for cheaper proteins
00:06:58.600 like chicken or pork.
00:07:00.620 Restaurants, particularly small businesses,
00:07:02.520 are cutting beef-heavy dishes,
00:07:04.200 or they have to raise prices.
00:07:06.180 The crisis is driving a cultural change
00:07:08.420 in a country where steak now symbolizes wealth.
00:07:12.400 For ranchers, the prospects vary.
00:07:14.880 While higher beef prices offer short-term gains,
00:07:18.040 the cost of feed, fuel, and compliance
00:07:20.680 remains sky-high,
00:07:22.380 determining new ranchers,
00:07:23.600 slowing the rebuilding of new herds.
00:07:27.220 Cattle production is a long-term commitment,
00:07:29.520 and growth cycles take many years.
00:07:32.220 The USDA estimates that beef prices
00:07:34.920 will rise another 3.2% in 2025,
00:07:38.500 with per capita consumption dropping to 55 pounds by 2026.
00:07:43.860 Relief may come by 2026,
00:07:45.840 if herds rebound and global markets stabilize,
00:07:49.320 but unfortunately, there is no quick fix.
00:07:51.800 President Donald Trump issued two memorandums
00:07:55.080 back in January,
00:07:56.620 delivering emergency price relief
00:07:58.180 for American families
00:07:59.120 and defeating the cost-of-living crisis,
00:08:01.520 which directly deregulated measures
00:08:03.760 to combat inflationary pressures,
00:08:06.000 including rising food prices,
00:08:08.040 and the America First trade policy,
00:08:10.020 which focused on boosting
00:08:11.460 U.S. industry competitiveness.
00:08:13.880 President Trump took immediate action,
00:08:16.040 also directing the EPA,
00:08:17.840 that's the Environmental Protection Agency,
00:08:19.580 to withdraw its proposed Clean Water Act
00:08:23.140 affluent guidelines for the meat and poultry sector,
00:08:27.160 while targeting the cancellation of USDA regulations
00:08:30.600 regarding payments to poultry growers
00:08:33.320 and DEI-related provisions
00:08:35.860 in agricultural regulations
00:08:38.300 to slash compliance costs
00:08:40.020 and boost operational efficiency
00:08:42.100 for beef producers.
00:08:43.720 President Trump also enacted energy policy adjustments
00:08:47.240 via Executive Order 14156,
00:08:51.780 declaring a national energy emergency
00:08:54.240 to expand domestic drilling
00:08:55.960 and thus lower fuel prices
00:08:58.300 alongside aggressive trade enforcement
00:09:00.900 via phased-in tariffs on Mexico,
00:09:03.920 Canada,
00:09:04.260 and, of course, Chinese imports
00:09:06.040 to shield the United States beef
00:09:07.620 from foreign competition.
00:09:09.260 Furthermore,
00:09:10.560 Trump has initiated her rebuilding incentives
00:09:12.960 with low-interest USDA loans
00:09:15.820 and farm service agency tax credits,
00:09:19.220 simplifying labor reforms
00:09:20.680 to ease the H-2A visa processes
00:09:23.920 amid these shortages,
00:09:25.920 and he has pursued export market expansion
00:09:28.440 through new regulations
00:09:29.740 and negotiations with Japan and the EU.
00:09:33.640 All of this paired with broader tariff strategies
00:09:37.180 aimed at curbing inflation
00:09:38.480 and stabilizing the price of beef
00:09:41.080 for American families is good news.
00:09:43.980 The beef shortage serves as an alert
00:09:46.020 for America's food supply chains.
00:09:48.400 It highlights the need for collective solutions,
00:09:51.120 deregulation, cost-efficient practices,
00:09:54.400 and sharper trade policies
00:09:55.900 to ensure a stable and resilient beef industry.
00:10:00.040 As Americans navigate the supermarket for beef,
00:10:03.200 they're presented with a broader challenge.
00:10:05.060 The real issue isn't just rationing.
00:10:07.880 It's building resilience
00:10:09.140 to ensure great stakes remain a staple,
00:10:11.980 not a luxury,
00:10:13.340 in the land of plenty.
00:10:15.240 If you just tuned in,
00:10:16.420 I'm Roger Stone.
00:10:17.380 You're listening to us here
00:10:18.280 on The Stone Zone
00:10:19.460 on the Red Apple Audio Networks.
00:10:22.180 Well, Ukrainian President
00:10:24.060 Volodymyr Zelensky
00:10:26.220 has once again shown
00:10:28.140 he's not a serious, legitimate leader
00:10:30.000 after reportedly
00:10:31.480 pressing the United States
00:10:32.800 for an unprecedented 50-year security guarantee
00:10:36.520 as part of the ongoing peace negotiations
00:10:39.460 with Russia.
00:10:40.760 This is a demand that shows
00:10:42.360 how detached Zelensky's expectations
00:10:44.400 have come from geopolitical reality,
00:10:47.120 in my opinion.
00:10:48.120 While the Biden-era national security establishment
00:10:51.140 once promised as long as it takes support,
00:10:54.520 the type of support that has led
00:10:55.880 to the needless death
00:10:57.140 of countless Russians and Ukrainian soldiers,
00:10:59.640 The proposal now floated by Zelensky
00:11:02.400 would effectively bind
00:11:03.740 multiple future American administrations
00:11:06.800 to defend Ukraine
00:11:08.280 for the next half a century.
00:11:10.580 President Donald Trump
00:11:11.440 has offered a fair and responsible
00:11:12.960 15-year security framework,
00:11:15.160 which would be a major
00:11:16.380 and expensive commitment.
00:11:18.420 Zelensky, however,
00:11:19.480 has dismissed that
00:11:20.380 as inefficient
00:11:21.580 because he's become addicted
00:11:24.120 to the federal dole.
00:11:25.840 He wants more aid to pour in
00:11:27.660 so he can go quite literally
00:11:29.520 up his nose
00:11:30.480 or to his friends
00:11:31.880 to go out and buy
00:11:33.220 gold in toilets,
00:11:34.460 as we reported
00:11:35.320 right here in the Stone Zone
00:11:36.760 only weeks ago.
00:11:38.680 Zelensky's absurd proposal
00:11:40.180 comes as Trump pushes
00:11:41.280 both sides hard
00:11:42.540 for a negotiated settlement,
00:11:44.380 warning that endless war
00:11:46.040 benefits no one
00:11:47.060 and risks further destabilizing Europe.
00:11:50.560 However,
00:11:51.200 it's become clear
00:11:52.320 that there's one obstacle
00:11:53.460 standing in the way of peace
00:11:54.620 and it appears to be a Zelensky.
00:11:57.420 Zelensky treats
00:11:58.400 the U.S. military backing
00:11:59.640 as an open-ended obligation
00:12:01.220 rather than a strategic partnership.
00:12:04.380 America has already wasted
00:12:05.720 hundreds of billions of dollars
00:12:07.400 supporting Ukraine's war effort
00:12:08.900 while U.S. taxpayers
00:12:10.380 deal with inflation,
00:12:12.080 border chaos,
00:12:13.260 and a mounting national debt at home.
00:12:16.140 The notion that Washington
00:12:17.720 should guarantee Ukraine security
00:12:19.360 for 50 years,
00:12:20.960 longer than most international alliances
00:12:22.960 have ever even existed,
00:12:24.820 is raising alarms
00:12:25.800 that such commitments
00:12:26.800 risk locking America
00:12:28.100 into a perpetual foreign war.
00:12:30.740 It may be time
00:12:31.480 for President Trump
00:12:32.220 to just cut Zelensky off completely.
00:12:34.760 As President Trump noted,
00:12:36.000 Zelensky does not have the cards.
00:12:38.280 He must sign President Trump's agreement
00:12:40.020 or face the consequences.
00:12:42.480 The sad truth is
00:12:43.480 the only reason
00:12:44.060 that we're having this war
00:12:45.340 is because the Biden administration
00:12:47.520 pushed Zelensky and Ukraine
00:12:49.960 towards membership in NATO.
00:12:52.460 We very specifically,
00:12:54.560 under George H.W. Bush,
00:12:57.520 signed both the Budapest Memorandum
00:12:59.860 and the Minsk Accords,
00:13:01.680 two treaties in which
00:13:02.860 the United States
00:13:03.700 specifically agreed
00:13:05.640 that in return
00:13:06.740 for the reunification
00:13:08.040 of East and West Germany,
00:13:10.060 we would not push NATO,
00:13:11.800 we would not push NATO membership
00:13:14.820 for Ukraine.
00:13:16.380 Let me put it another way.
00:13:18.120 The Russians object
00:13:19.260 to NATO missiles
00:13:20.960 on the ground
00:13:22.200 in bordering
00:13:23.400 and neighboring Ukraine
00:13:24.660 pointed at Russia.
00:13:26.660 Why is this different
00:13:27.560 than the missiles
00:13:29.240 that were mounted in Cuba
00:13:30.560 in 1962?
00:13:32.440 Russian missiles
00:13:33.420 on that gulag state.
00:13:36.040 And of course,
00:13:36.600 JFK and his brother
00:13:37.640 Robert F. Kennedy
00:13:38.500 objected.
00:13:39.700 And of course,
00:13:40.480 ultimately,
00:13:41.860 the Russians stood down.
00:13:43.400 I'm Roger Stone.
00:13:44.680 You're listening to
00:13:45.220 The Stone Zone
00:13:45.780 here on the Red Apple
00:13:47.040 Audio Networks.
00:13:48.140 Don't go away.
00:13:49.040 When we come back,
00:13:49.980 I want to talk about
00:13:50.620 Rudy Giuliani,
00:13:51.940 who now has been
00:13:53.300 completely and totally
00:13:54.480 vindicated
00:13:55.100 when it comes to
00:13:56.080 the question
00:13:56.660 of the 2020 elections.
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00:14:15.860 boom and busts.
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00:14:17.880 No hype,
00:14:18.840 no myths.
00:14:20.060 Just what actually
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00:14:23.200 very similar
00:14:24.060 to what we experienced
00:14:25.280 in the 90s.
00:14:25.980 Where are we, though?
00:14:26.640 Are we in 1995,
00:14:28.060 1997,
00:14:29.280 1999?
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00:15:06.100 The Stone Zone,
00:15:08.160 entertaining and informative
00:15:09.960 on the Red Apple Podcast Network.
00:15:13.160 History is not merely
00:15:15.060 tardy in dispensing justice,
00:15:16.700 it is often
00:15:17.500 completely derelict.
00:15:19.020 Vindication arrives
00:15:20.020 only after reputations
00:15:21.280 have been immolated,
00:15:22.800 livelihoods obliterated,
00:15:24.120 and the human spirit
00:15:24.880 subjected to sustained
00:15:26.300 institutional cruelty
00:15:27.800 and destruction.
00:15:28.500 such was the deliberate fate
00:15:31.120 imposed upon my friend,
00:15:32.740 former Mayor Rudy Giuliani,
00:15:34.580 in the aftermath
00:15:35.320 of the 2020 election.
00:15:36.980 But now,
00:15:38.020 recent reports
00:15:38.940 concerning Fulton County,
00:15:40.480 Georgia,
00:15:40.940 have intensified scrutiny
00:15:42.240 of the administration
00:15:43.540 of the 2020
00:15:44.380 presidential election there,
00:15:46.100 exposing procedural lapses
00:15:48.160 that fanned
00:15:48.740 longstanding allegations
00:15:50.180 of impropriety.
00:15:51.160 In a December 9,
00:15:52.980 2025 hearing
00:15:54.100 before the Georgia
00:15:54.880 State Election Board,
00:15:56.340 county officials
00:15:57.060 finally admitted
00:15:58.000 that they certified
00:15:59.280 approximately
00:15:59.820 315,000
00:16:01.940 early ballots
00:16:03.240 without the legally
00:16:04.680 required poll worker
00:16:05.940 signatures on
00:16:06.800 tabulator tapes.
00:16:08.040 This is a clear
00:16:08.900 violation of Georgia law
00:16:10.380 and an egregious
00:16:11.760 breach in the chain
00:16:12.580 of custody
00:16:13.140 the observers use
00:16:14.120 to verify ballot
00:16:15.540 counts and authenticity.
00:16:17.180 Additionally,
00:16:17.900 the U.S.
00:16:18.320 Department of Justice
00:16:19.060 has now filed
00:16:19.720 a federal lawsuit
00:16:20.540 seeking to compel
00:16:21.480 Fulton County
00:16:22.440 to turn over used
00:16:23.540 and void ballots,
00:16:24.880 ballot stubs,
00:16:25.960 signature envelopes,
00:16:27.120 and corresponding
00:16:27.840 digital files
00:16:28.760 from the 2020 race,
00:16:30.320 alleging that officials
00:16:31.220 have failed to comply
00:16:32.360 with subpoenas
00:16:33.020 and federal demands
00:16:34.200 for these reports today.
00:16:35.940 These revelations
00:16:36.760 have triggered
00:16:37.280 renewed debate
00:16:37.980 over election integrity,
00:16:39.620 transparency,
00:16:40.400 and the adequacy
00:16:41.160 of procedural safeguards,
00:16:43.480 even as local authorities
00:16:44.980 and some courts
00:16:45.860 have maintained
00:16:46.360 that errors do not
00:16:47.220 in themselves
00:16:47.660 prove intentional misconduct.
00:16:50.660 This was no
00:16:51.460 peripheral proclinature
00:16:52.540 or dilettantist agitator
00:16:54.420 grasping for relevance.
00:16:55.580 Rudy Giuliani
00:16:56.200 stood for decades
00:16:57.560 as one of the most
00:16:58.200 formidable public servants
00:17:00.000 of the modern era.
00:17:01.120 As chief of narcotics
00:17:02.200 in the U.S.
00:17:04.280 Attorney's Office
00:17:04.840 Southern District,
00:17:05.920 he destroyed the mob.
00:17:08.580 He has an enviable career
00:17:10.860 as the greatest mayor
00:17:12.000 in New York City,
00:17:13.300 bringing that city
00:17:14.560 back from the collapse,
00:17:15.900 from the cusp of collapse,
00:17:18.040 when many said
00:17:18.880 it was ungovernable.
00:17:20.700 So now we know
00:17:22.280 the stunning truth,
00:17:23.480 and there is more to come.
00:17:25.460 Rudy Giuliani's campaign
00:17:26.840 was literally,
00:17:28.320 financially,
00:17:29.420 and personally destroyed
00:17:31.080 in the aftermath
00:17:32.020 of the 2020 election.
00:17:34.820 It is absolutely clear now
00:17:37.160 that he was excommunicated.
00:17:39.700 They didn't just seek
00:17:41.380 to silence him,
00:17:42.660 they sought to destroy him.
00:17:44.460 What Giuliani raised
00:17:46.340 regarding Fulton County
00:17:47.480 was neither speckled
00:17:48.320 nor fancifully reported
00:17:49.320 his sworn testimony
00:17:50.260 from election workers
00:17:51.280 describing ballots processed
00:17:53.220 without proper oversight
00:17:54.360 to surveillance footage
00:17:55.720 showing ballots being removed
00:17:57.060 from concealed containers
00:17:58.280 after observers
00:17:59.440 had been dismissed
00:18:00.400 and documented deviations
00:18:02.240 from established
00:18:02.900 chains of protocol.
00:18:04.960 If you're not paying attention
00:18:06.220 to the national news,
00:18:07.440 this is very important
00:18:08.920 because Rudy Giuliani,
00:18:11.220 not only a great man
00:18:12.780 and a great mayor
00:18:13.660 and a great friend
00:18:14.520 has now been completely
00:18:16.060 and totally vindicated.
00:18:18.280 I'm Roger Stone.
00:18:19.760 You're in the Stone Zone.
00:18:21.060 Donald Trump did win
00:18:21.940 the 2020 election.
00:18:23.300 Don't go away
00:18:24.020 because we'll be in the election.
00:18:29.160 The Stone Zone.
00:18:31.220 Entertaining and informative.
00:18:33.380 On the Red Apple Podcast Network.
00:18:36.260 Coming up on New Year's Day,
00:18:38.920 I issue my 17th annual
00:18:41.920 International Best and Worst Dressed List.
00:18:45.780 This is a custom
00:18:47.680 that I adopted
00:18:49.500 from the late Mr. Blackwell,
00:18:51.320 who was a legendary
00:18:53.060 Hollywood syndicated columnist
00:18:55.480 and an arbiter of fashion
00:18:58.000 and style for the American people.
00:19:00.740 Mr. Blackwell could make
00:19:02.040 or break careers
00:19:03.420 as titans of business,
00:19:05.740 actresses, actors,
00:19:07.420 politicians,
00:19:09.180 and other prominent citizens
00:19:10.720 would be featured on his list.
00:19:13.200 His criticism could also be withering.
00:19:16.140 I think you'll find
00:19:17.020 my 17th annual list
00:19:19.000 to be most entertaining.
00:19:21.260 Two of my colleagues here
00:19:22.680 on the Red Apple Network,
00:19:24.960 both Larry Kudlow
00:19:28.260 and Greg Kelly
00:19:30.860 in the past have been featured.
00:19:32.740 We'll see whether they're
00:19:33.540 on the list this year.
00:19:35.040 I have as much fun
00:19:37.180 writing this
00:19:38.260 as you're going to have
00:19:39.280 reading it,
00:19:39.820 although I must say
00:19:40.560 it's getting harder and harder
00:19:42.640 to find men and women
00:19:45.260 who are prominent
00:19:46.840 in American life
00:19:48.060 who actually care
00:19:49.760 about how they are turned out.
00:19:52.400 In the meantime,
00:19:53.540 House Republican Majority Whip
00:19:55.320 Tom Emmer
00:19:56.060 is now calling
00:19:57.300 for the deportation
00:19:58.760 of Somalis
00:19:59.900 connected to the
00:20:01.060 widespread fraud schemes
00:20:02.780 in Minnesota,
00:20:04.000 a more than
00:20:05.220 $100 million fraud
00:20:07.740 on the American taxpayers.
00:20:09.700 This is a dramatic reversal
00:20:11.340 from Emmer's previous
00:20:12.640 pro-Somali position.
00:20:14.840 In a recent statement,
00:20:16.240 Congressman Emmer
00:20:17.240 declared that anyone
00:20:18.220 who defrauds
00:20:19.520 American taxpayers
00:20:20.560 should be removed
00:20:21.920 from the country
00:20:22.560 regardless of their
00:20:23.620 immigration status.
00:20:25.720 Emmer stated
00:20:26.400 in a social media post
00:20:28.340 that if they're illegally,
00:20:30.000 deport them.
00:20:30.640 If they're naturalized,
00:20:32.700 revoke their citizenship.
00:20:34.680 But this sudden toughness
00:20:36.340 rings rather hollow.
00:20:38.080 You see,
00:20:38.800 Emmer was a cheerleader
00:20:40.460 for Somalis
00:20:41.280 as they laid waste
00:20:42.580 to the state of Minnesota
00:20:44.040 and were able
00:20:44.940 to build their enclaves
00:20:46.420 that they'd been able
00:20:47.380 to sustain
00:20:48.020 this massive,
00:20:49.940 massive fraud.
00:20:51.380 Fraud uncovered
00:20:52.620 not by mainstream media,
00:20:55.320 not by the New York Times
00:20:57.020 or the Washington Post
00:20:58.220 or the Minneapolis Star Tribune,
00:21:00.960 but a massive,
00:21:02.900 massive scandal
00:21:04.080 uncovered by a 28-year-old
00:21:07.680 independent journalist
00:21:08.980 named Nick Shirley.
00:21:11.640 In fact,
00:21:12.180 the New York Times
00:21:13.060 and the Washington Post
00:21:14.060 as well as
00:21:14.540 the Associated Press
00:21:15.500 are yet to report
00:21:16.980 on this burgeoning scandal.
00:21:19.440 Just a decade ago,
00:21:21.120 Congressman Emmer
00:21:22.180 dismissed the very concerns
00:21:23.660 Minnesotans are now
00:21:24.680 watching unfold.
00:21:25.620 In 2015,
00:21:27.400 constituents warned him
00:21:29.080 about the rapid influx
00:21:31.040 of Somala immigrants
00:21:32.220 into certain communities
00:21:33.940 was happening too fast
00:21:35.220 and without adequate
00:21:36.580 assimilation or oversight.
00:21:38.620 But rather than listening,
00:21:40.620 Congressman Emmer
00:21:41.400 scolded voters
00:21:42.340 and implied that their concerns
00:21:43.800 were rooted in prejudice
00:21:45.900 and bigotry.
00:21:47.180 Now,
00:21:47.660 after years of
00:21:48.460 documented concerns
00:21:49.960 and documented fraud,
00:21:51.900 including massive taxpayer losses
00:21:54.080 tied to organized schemes,
00:21:56.260 Emmer just wants to
00:21:57.180 sound the alarm
00:21:58.180 long after the damage
00:21:59.720 has already been done.
00:22:01.760 This is the predictable result
00:22:03.840 of weak Republican leadership
00:22:05.720 that refused to act
00:22:06.720 when it mattered.
00:22:07.940 Emmer's sudden conversion
00:22:09.420 is leadership.
00:22:10.760 It's grabbing for political cover.
00:22:13.080 This is why every rhino,
00:22:14.860 that means Republicans in name only,
00:22:16.880 must be removed from Congress
00:22:18.160 and replaced with someone
00:22:19.860 who will stand up
00:22:20.640 for America first.
00:22:21.740 rhinos like Emmer
00:22:23.460 will always be folding
00:22:25.880 when it matters the most,
00:22:27.540 offering hollow lip service
00:22:28.900 when the damage
00:22:30.020 is already done.
00:22:32.360 Now we learn
00:22:33.140 that newly released documents
00:22:34.940 are showing
00:22:35.420 that the federal government
00:22:36.560 essentially subsidized
00:22:38.860 the mass shooting
00:22:39.740 committed by a deranged
00:22:41.220 transgender terrorist
00:22:42.880 who carried out
00:22:44.100 the deadly 2023 shooting
00:22:46.100 at Nashville's
00:22:47.480 Covenant School,
00:22:48.940 deliberately targeting
00:22:49.960 Christians in a vicious
00:22:51.780 hate crime.
00:22:53.540 The shooter is believed
00:22:54.500 to have used
00:22:55.020 taxpayer-funded education grants
00:22:56.940 to purchase his firearms.
00:22:59.300 According to a report
00:23:00.360 by the Tennessee Star,
00:23:02.340 journal entries
00:23:03.240 released by the FBI
00:23:04.620 show that the shooter
00:23:05.680 meticulously documented
00:23:07.540 his gun purchases
00:23:08.620 alongside references
00:23:10.220 to his federal
00:23:11.520 student aid payments.
00:23:13.300 The mentally ill
00:23:14.400 transgender shooter
00:23:15.460 allegedly used funds
00:23:16.660 from the federal
00:23:18.020 Pell grants
00:23:18.920 and payments
00:23:19.520 from Nossi College
00:23:21.120 of Arts and Design,
00:23:22.740 money intended
00:23:23.580 to support higher education,
00:23:25.680 to finance the acquisition
00:23:27.180 of the weapons
00:23:27.940 later used
00:23:28.840 in the massacre
00:23:30.140 that claimed
00:23:31.000 six lives.
00:23:32.980 The handwritten entries
00:23:34.320 reportedly list
00:23:35.280 specific dollar amounts
00:23:36.540 received
00:23:37.100 from the FAFSA
00:23:39.020 program
00:23:40.140 as well as
00:23:40.840 school disbursements
00:23:42.060 appearing directly
00:23:42.760 next to notes
00:23:43.560 evaluating firearms
00:23:45.200 including their accuracy
00:23:46.340 and their configurations.
00:23:47.520 One entry
00:23:49.040 referenced a
00:23:49.920 $2,000 payment
00:23:51.620 in federal aid
00:23:52.540 followed by
00:23:53.500 additional payments
00:23:54.360 totaling thousands more.
00:23:56.160 Perhaps more disturbing
00:23:57.620 than any of this,
00:23:59.100 the shooter's own parents
00:24:00.260 reportedly told
00:24:01.060 Nashville police
00:24:01.880 that the weapons
00:24:02.520 were purchased
00:24:03.140 using the federal
00:24:04.500 grant money.
00:24:05.860 This raises
00:24:06.520 seriously alarming
00:24:08.220 questions about
00:24:09.100 oversight failures
00:24:10.160 with these federal
00:24:11.260 aid programs
00:24:12.040 and whether taxpayer dollars
00:24:13.320 were used to facilitate
00:24:14.300 one of the deadliest
00:24:16.220 school shootings
00:24:18.660 in recent memory.
00:24:20.800 This is why
00:24:21.320 anyone who is
00:24:22.100 transgender
00:24:22.520 should not be
00:24:23.320 receiving a dime
00:24:24.240 in federal aid,
00:24:25.520 student related
00:24:26.240 or otherwise.
00:24:27.080 These people are
00:24:27.640 ticking time bombs.
00:24:29.140 The only subsidy
00:24:29.920 they should receive
00:24:30.720 is to get into therapy.
00:24:32.620 Their delusions
00:24:33.200 cannot be coddled
00:24:34.200 any longer.
00:24:35.040 This is a mental illness.
00:24:37.040 People are dying
00:24:37.820 and lives are being
00:24:38.560 destroyed because
00:24:39.380 of this illness
00:24:40.060 called
00:24:40.780 transgenderism.
00:24:42.580 The time for
00:24:43.100 tolerance is over,
00:24:44.120 we must end
00:24:44.860 this transgender
00:24:45.800 ideology across
00:24:47.540 America.
00:24:48.740 There are only
00:24:49.400 two genders,
00:24:50.640 male and female.
00:24:52.240 You heard it here
00:24:52.980 in the Stone Zone.
00:24:54.520 Federal authorities
00:24:55.280 have arrested
00:24:55.840 a North Texas man
00:24:57.180 accused of attempting
00:24:58.020 to provide material
00:24:59.600 support for ISIS,
00:25:01.520 underscoring the
00:25:02.360 continued threat
00:25:03.200 posed by radical
00:25:04.200 Islamic extremism
00:25:05.340 right here in the
00:25:06.460 United States.
00:25:07.160 John Michael Garza,
00:25:08.760 21,
00:25:09.860 of Midlothian,
00:25:10.980 Texas,
00:25:11.380 was charged
00:25:11.940 in federal court
00:25:12.800 after allegedly
00:25:14.560 attempting to supply
00:25:15.620 bomb-making materials
00:25:16.880 and funding
00:25:17.720 to individuals
00:25:18.780 he believed
00:25:19.380 were operatives
00:25:20.080 for the Islamic
00:25:20.900 state.
00:25:21.960 According to
00:25:22.480 prosecutors,
00:25:23.400 Garza met with
00:25:24.120 what he thought
00:25:24.800 were ISIS associates
00:25:26.480 on December 26th,
00:25:28.180 carrying explosive
00:25:28.940 components and
00:25:29.760 offering detailed
00:25:31.180 instructions on
00:25:32.160 how to assemble
00:25:32.780 a device capable
00:25:34.340 of causing
00:25:35.120 mass casualties.
00:25:37.080 Authorities say
00:25:37.720 Garza even suggested
00:25:38.780 adding nails
00:25:39.660 to maximize
00:25:41.080 shrapnel damage
00:25:42.520 and offered
00:25:43.060 to send
00:25:43.500 instructional videos
00:25:44.900 on how to
00:25:45.440 construct the bomb.
00:25:47.280 Unbeknownst to Garza,
00:25:48.800 the individuals
00:25:49.420 he was commuting
00:25:50.080 with were actually
00:25:50.960 undercover law
00:25:52.640 enforcement officers.
00:25:54.220 Thank God.
00:25:55.500 The investigation
00:25:56.040 began months earlier
00:25:57.500 after federal agents
00:25:58.740 identified Garza's
00:26:00.400 online activity,
00:26:01.980 which include
00:26:02.700 engagement with
00:26:03.660 pro-ISIS content
00:26:04.940 and the sharing
00:26:06.120 of extremist propaganda.
00:26:07.300 according to court
00:26:08.480 filings,
00:26:09.580 he also sent
00:26:10.360 cryptocurrency payments
00:26:11.640 he believed would
00:26:12.360 fund terrorist
00:26:13.440 operations,
00:26:14.720 including the
00:26:15.520 purchase of weapons,
00:26:16.640 to others.
00:26:17.960 Federal officials
00:26:18.820 praised the
00:26:19.600 coordinated response
00:26:20.680 that stopped this
00:26:21.420 plot before it
00:26:23.380 could become
00:26:23.860 another mass
00:26:24.980 casualty attack.
00:26:26.540 Attorney General
00:26:27.220 Pam Bondi
00:26:27.880 credited investigators
00:26:28.920 with preventing
00:26:29.580 the attack and
00:26:30.800 reaffirmed the
00:26:31.460 administration's
00:26:32.260 zero-tolerance
00:26:33.480 stance towards
00:26:34.200 domestic terror
00:26:35.440 sympathizers.
00:26:36.140 FBI Director
00:26:36.920 Kash Patel
00:26:37.680 echoed that
00:26:38.740 warning,
00:26:39.200 making clear
00:26:39.700 that anyone
00:26:40.120 attempting to
00:26:40.800 aid foreign
00:26:41.840 terrorist
00:26:42.260 organizations
00:26:42.960 will ultimately
00:26:44.300 be found
00:26:44.960 and prosecuted.
00:26:46.560 This case
00:26:47.240 serves as a
00:26:48.580 stark reminder
00:26:49.340 that the
00:26:49.780 problem of
00:26:50.320 radical Islam
00:26:51.120 has not
00:26:52.040 gone away.
00:26:53.400 As seen by
00:26:54.040 the terrorist
00:26:54.580 shooting of
00:26:55.080 National Guardsmen
00:26:55.820 last month
00:26:56.380 resulting in
00:26:57.000 one death,
00:26:58.040 these Islamists
00:26:59.060 are everywhere.
00:27:00.500 We let them
00:27:01.280 in due to our
00:27:01.960 open borders
00:27:02.740 policy because of
00:27:03.840 supposed
00:27:04.240 humanitarianism,
00:27:05.480 but now we
00:27:06.740 are paying
00:27:07.320 the price.
00:27:08.020 That is not
00:27:08.420 to say that
00:27:08.940 every immigrant
00:27:10.060 who is Islamic
00:27:10.920 and comes to
00:27:11.440 the country
00:27:11.900 is a terrorist,
00:27:13.460 but many are.
00:27:14.500 The problem
00:27:14.920 is, under
00:27:15.840 Joe Biden,
00:27:17.000 we may have
00:27:17.880 let as many
00:27:18.540 as 30 million
00:27:19.720 people into
00:27:20.500 the country
00:27:21.040 without knowing
00:27:22.280 who and
00:27:23.260 what they
00:27:24.260 are.
00:27:25.200 I think we
00:27:26.120 must remain
00:27:26.700 armed, we
00:27:27.520 must remain
00:27:28.000 vigilant, and
00:27:28.620 we must make
00:27:29.080 sure that we
00:27:30.240 rise to stop
00:27:31.120 any of these
00:27:31.760 maniacs before
00:27:32.540 they can strike
00:27:33.200 and cause
00:27:33.620 maximum damage.
00:27:34.620 Trump administration
00:27:35.860 seems to be
00:27:36.520 doing that.
00:27:37.600 We must also
00:27:38.400 stop the
00:27:39.040 Islamification
00:27:39.960 of our cities.
00:27:41.080 We must give
00:27:41.580 no quarter to
00:27:42.340 this threat
00:27:42.840 that is out
00:27:43.640 to devastate
00:27:44.240 our nation
00:27:44.740 and our
00:27:45.340 culture, as
00:27:46.260 well as
00:27:46.600 destroying
00:27:47.120 our civilization.
00:27:48.960 A growing
00:27:49.560 wave of
00:27:50.160 criminal cases
00:27:51.220 tied to
00:27:51.680 Minnesota's
00:27:52.200 daycare and
00:27:52.800 autism service
00:27:53.600 system is
00:27:54.140 exposing what
00:27:54.900 critics say
00:27:55.900 is years of
00:27:56.700 willful neglect,
00:27:58.440 weak oversight,
00:27:59.600 and political
00:28:00.480 cowardice, all
00:28:01.460 paid for by
00:28:02.080 the American
00:28:02.520 taxpayers.
00:28:03.140 Federal
00:28:03.900 investigators
00:28:04.540 have now
00:28:05.040 revealed that
00:28:05.580 kickbacks to
00:28:06.340 parents were
00:28:07.400 a routine
00:28:07.880 part of
00:28:08.340 massive fraud
00:28:09.120 schemes targeting
00:28:10.480 Medicaid-funded
00:28:11.600 child care and
00:28:12.760 autism programs,
00:28:14.320 the vast majority
00:28:15.060 of which centered
00:28:15.720 around Minnesota's
00:28:16.920 Somali community.
00:28:19.100 Newly surfaced
00:28:19.880 evidence shows that
00:28:20.880 parents were
00:28:21.340 allegedly paid cash
00:28:22.660 to enroll their
00:28:23.800 children in programs
00:28:24.840 that offered
00:28:25.680 no actual services
00:28:27.580 or care.
00:28:28.400 in one 2018
00:28:30.360 case I read
00:28:31.180 about, video
00:28:32.280 evidence shows
00:28:33.060 that parents
00:28:33.660 arriving at
00:28:34.320 daycare centers
00:28:35.040 briefly collecting
00:28:36.600 envelopes of
00:28:37.580 cash and then
00:28:38.700 leaving, sometimes
00:28:39.840 without their
00:28:40.640 children ever even
00:28:41.960 actually entering
00:28:43.000 the facility.
00:28:44.200 This fraud dated
00:28:45.040 back years and
00:28:45.960 involved falsified
00:28:46.880 attendance records
00:28:47.760 and inflated
00:28:49.080 billing to the
00:28:50.060 state of
00:28:50.420 Minnesota.
00:28:51.280 More recently,
00:28:52.680 the Department of
00:28:53.360 Justice charged
00:28:54.260 Asha Farhan
00:28:55.880 Hassan in a
00:28:57.280 sprawling autism
00:28:59.920 fund scheme in
00:29:02.160 which parents were
00:29:02.920 allegedly paid
00:29:03.760 $300 to $1,500
00:29:05.600 per child per
00:29:07.400 month in
00:29:07.920 kickbacks.
00:29:08.980 According to
00:29:09.500 prosecutors, the
00:29:10.480 payments were
00:29:11.200 tied directly to
00:29:12.700 how much Medicaid
00:29:13.880 funding the
00:29:14.660 center could
00:29:15.420 extract.
00:29:16.600 Parents were
00:29:17.300 allegedly encouraged
00:29:18.520 to shop their
00:29:19.620 children to the
00:29:20.300 highest bidder,
00:29:21.320 while operators
00:29:22.160 billed the state
00:29:22.880 for services never
00:29:23.920 actually rendered.
00:29:24.860 Another defendant,
00:29:27.020 Abinab Hassan
00:29:29.000 Yosef, was
00:29:30.080 charged in a
00:29:30.740 related scheme
00:29:31.480 involving fake
00:29:32.340 autism services and
00:29:34.160 the recruitment of
00:29:34.900 families for
00:29:35.580 fraudulent billing
00:29:36.560 purposes.
00:29:37.840 Authorities say
00:29:38.720 multiple defendants
00:29:39.980 exploited loopholes
00:29:41.360 in Minnesota's
00:29:42.840 Medicaid system
00:29:43.720 from 2020 to
00:29:45.200 2024.
00:29:46.600 These revelations
00:29:47.760 again follow a
00:29:49.360 viral investigation
00:29:51.100 video by
00:29:52.060 independent
00:29:52.680 journalist Nick
00:29:54.020 Shirley,
00:29:54.520 last time I
00:29:55.500 checked his
00:29:56.020 initial video
00:29:57.140 had more than
00:29:57.820 180 million
00:29:59.420 views.
00:30:00.560 It was Shirley
00:30:01.420 who exposed
00:30:02.180 empty daycare
00:30:02.980 facilities,
00:30:04.100 receiving millions
00:30:04.900 of dollars in
00:30:05.600 taxpayer dollars
00:30:06.740 every year.
00:30:08.080 The footage has
00:30:08.880 now ignited a
00:30:09.820 national outrage
00:30:10.780 and renewed
00:30:11.260 scrutiny of
00:30:12.140 state regulations
00:30:13.060 and state
00:30:13.800 regulators who
00:30:14.560 failed to act.
00:30:15.680 The question I
00:30:16.500 asked when I
00:30:17.240 spoke at the
00:30:19.180 Turning Point
00:30:19.840 USA conference
00:30:20.880 in Phoenix
00:30:21.500 two weekends
00:30:22.280 is what did
00:30:23.960 Governor Tim
00:30:24.660 Waltz know
00:30:25.500 and when
00:30:26.640 did he know
00:30:27.460 it?
00:30:28.060 We know that
00:30:28.720 Waltz was
00:30:29.880 strongly in
00:30:30.480 favor of
00:30:31.000 increasing all
00:30:32.560 of these federal
00:30:33.260 programs and
00:30:34.160 payments that
00:30:34.720 were going to
00:30:35.360 the Somali
00:30:36.300 community.
00:30:37.340 This shows why
00:30:38.140 all third world
00:30:38.920 foreigners who
00:30:39.760 are here illegally
00:30:40.580 need to go.
00:30:42.120 Other nationalities
00:30:43.140 are just as prone
00:30:43.960 to fraud as
00:30:44.580 Somalis.
00:30:45.040 this has to do
00:30:47.140 completely with
00:30:48.860 the illegality
00:30:49.760 and the need
00:30:51.000 to close our
00:30:52.260 borders.
00:30:52.720 President Trump
00:30:53.220 has closed our
00:30:53.980 borders but now
00:30:55.300 he struggles as
00:30:56.880 the optics are
00:30:57.700 not good for
00:30:59.220 the arrest and
00:31:00.700 deportation of
00:31:02.080 many of these
00:31:03.680 illegals.
00:31:04.960 On the other
00:31:05.440 hand, the abuses
00:31:06.840 that we see in
00:31:08.060 Minnesota, this is
00:31:09.340 just the tip of
00:31:10.480 the iceberg.
00:31:11.280 Folks, you're
00:31:11.720 going to see the
00:31:12.200 same thing
00:31:12.660 happening in
00:31:13.640 Ohio.
00:31:14.020 You're going to
00:31:14.780 see the same
00:31:15.180 thing happening
00:31:15.640 in Michigan.
00:31:16.900 You're going to
00:31:17.200 see the same
00:31:17.660 thing happening
00:31:18.460 in Washington
00:31:19.860 State and in
00:31:20.980 Oregon.
00:31:22.020 Before this is
00:31:22.600 over, it will
00:31:23.260 be the biggest
00:31:24.360 financial scandal
00:31:25.840 in U.S.
00:31:26.940 history.
00:31:27.900 And who is
00:31:28.320 paying the tab?
00:31:29.320 Well, that's
00:31:29.980 easy to answer.
00:31:30.920 It's you, the
00:31:31.540 taxpayers.
00:31:32.760 It's almost hard
00:31:33.680 to believe that
00:31:34.140 Tim Walsh was
00:31:35.340 the candidate for
00:31:36.320 Vice President of
00:31:37.000 the United States.
00:31:38.240 It's very clear
00:31:39.000 that it is
00:31:39.440 impossible that he
00:31:40.340 did not know
00:31:41.000 about this massive
00:31:41.840 fraud going on
00:31:43.120 right under his
00:31:43.940 very nose.
00:31:45.220 And therefore,
00:31:45.660 my question today
00:31:46.820 in the Stone
00:31:47.580 Zone is, when
00:31:49.300 is Governor Tim
00:31:50.180 Walsh being
00:31:51.140 arrested?
00:31:52.140 I'm Roger Stone,
00:31:53.060 you're listening to
00:31:53.580 the Stone
00:31:53.940 Zone, and we'll
00:31:55.040 be right back.
00:31:59.820 The Stone
00:32:01.000 Zone, entertaining
00:32:02.460 and informative on
00:32:04.120 the Red Apple
00:32:04.820 Podcast Network.
00:32:06.100 In fact, a firm
00:32:08.500 majority of them
00:32:09.380 are committing
00:32:09.860 other crimes in
00:32:10.980 addition to
00:32:11.540 flouting U.S.
00:32:12.840 immigration law.
00:32:13.680 According to the
00:32:14.180 Department of
00:32:14.740 Homeland Security,
00:32:16.120 nearly 70% of the
00:32:17.960 595,000 illegal
00:32:20.520 immigrants arrested
00:32:21.540 by ICE in 2025 had
00:32:24.020 either criminal
00:32:24.820 convictions or pending
00:32:26.420 criminal charges.
00:32:27.960 Between January 20th
00:32:29.640 and December 11th,
00:32:30.820 ICE arrested roughly
00:32:31.900 416,000 individuals
00:32:34.660 with known
00:32:35.680 criminal histories,
00:32:39.120 including violent
00:32:39.920 offenders, gang
00:32:40.800 members, and repeat
00:32:41.940 lawbreakers.
00:32:43.180 Officials stress that
00:32:44.200 the numbers do not
00:32:45.060 even account for
00:32:46.240 foreign nationals
00:32:47.040 wanted in their home
00:32:48.000 countries or those
00:32:48.900 flagged by international
00:32:50.680 law enforcement agencies
00:32:52.040 such as Interpol.
00:32:53.100 A Department of Homeland
00:32:54.740 Security spokesman
00:32:56.160 said,
00:32:57.160 This statistic
00:32:57.800 doesn't include
00:32:58.460 individuals wanted
00:32:59.280 for murder,
00:33:00.060 terrorism, or
00:33:00.760 organized crime
00:33:01.500 abroad.
00:33:02.480 Many of these
00:33:02.980 individuals pose
00:33:03.960 clear public
00:33:05.160 safety threats.
00:33:06.860 One such case
00:33:07.860 involved Antonio
00:33:09.080 Israel Lazo
00:33:10.840 Quintanella,
00:33:12.240 who had no prior
00:33:13.660 U.S. convictions
00:33:14.400 but was wanted
00:33:15.300 in El Salvador
00:33:16.120 for aggravated
00:33:17.540 homicide, drug
00:33:18.900 trafficking, and
00:33:19.860 extortion,
00:33:21.000 underscoring how
00:33:21.960 misleading it can be
00:33:22.940 to label illegal
00:33:23.920 immigrants as
00:33:24.760 non-criminal,
00:33:26.480 based solely on
00:33:27.560 their records here
00:33:28.820 in the United States.
00:33:30.360 Trump administration
00:33:31.460 has made it very
00:33:32.300 clear that its
00:33:33.040 enforcement priorities
00:33:34.120 focus on what it
00:33:35.300 calls the worst
00:33:36.340 of the worst,
00:33:37.720 violent offenders,
00:33:38.680 gang members,
00:33:39.500 and repeat lawbreakers
00:33:40.560 who entered the
00:33:41.580 country illegally.
00:33:43.060 To bolster
00:33:43.580 enforcement, the
00:33:44.400 administration has
00:33:45.640 deployed National
00:33:46.540 Guard units to
00:33:47.380 assist ICE in
00:33:48.620 crime jurisdictions
00:33:49.960 such as Los
00:33:50.980 Angeles, Chicago,
00:33:52.200 Seattle, and
00:33:53.300 Washington, D.C.
00:33:54.820 It's clear that the
00:33:55.780 judges and
00:33:56.520 bureaucrats and
00:33:57.440 Democrats who
00:33:58.600 oppose these
00:33:59.260 National Guard
00:34:00.160 deployments are on
00:34:01.280 the side of
00:34:01.940 rampant criminality.
00:34:04.340 It's time to
00:34:04.820 remove these
00:34:06.120 people from our
00:34:06.840 streets and deport
00:34:08.140 the most dangerous
00:34:09.100 of the illegals.
00:34:11.280 Meanwhile, the
00:34:12.440 new mayor of New
00:34:13.900 York City,
00:34:14.980 Mandami, is
00:34:16.900 hitting the Big
00:34:18.120 Apple with
00:34:18.820 Mandami-nomics,
00:34:20.200 New York City's
00:34:20.740 far-left leadership
00:34:21.640 taking another
00:34:22.740 dramatic step
00:34:23.500 towards government
00:34:24.660 control of private
00:34:25.620 property with the
00:34:26.900 passage of the
00:34:27.600 so-called Community
00:34:29.000 Opportunity to
00:34:30.220 Purchase Act, a
00:34:31.200 sweeping measure
00:34:31.940 that I think will
00:34:33.100 devastate small
00:34:34.000 property owners and
00:34:34.980 choke off housing
00:34:36.160 investment across New
00:34:37.260 York City.
00:34:38.260 Under the new law,
00:34:39.340 private building
00:34:40.120 owners will be
00:34:40.800 forced to offer
00:34:42.100 their properties to
00:34:43.080 government-approved
00:34:43.960 nonprofits and city
00:34:45.500 entities before they're
00:34:46.560 allowed to sell them
00:34:47.420 on the open market.
00:34:49.600 This measure
00:34:50.080 effectively gives
00:34:51.020 these groups the
00:34:51.840 right of first refusal
00:34:52.920 and, in practice,
00:34:54.440 the power to delay,
00:34:56.040 obstruct, or derail
00:34:57.420 legitimate private
00:34:59.260 housing sales.
00:35:00.880 Councilmember Sandy
00:35:02.060 Nurse, who sponsored
00:35:02.980 the legislation,
00:35:04.200 hailed the move as a
00:35:05.200 victory against what
00:35:06.160 she calls corporate
00:35:07.520 interests, claiming it
00:35:09.040 will usher in a new
00:35:10.100 era of social housing.
00:35:12.520 But property owners and
00:35:13.860 housing experts warn
00:35:15.000 that the policy amounts
00:35:16.160 to government-backed
00:35:17.540 land confiscation,
00:35:19.220 dressed up as
00:35:20.040 affordability reform.
00:35:22.000 The law requires
00:35:23.360 property owners to
00:35:24.400 notify the city and
00:35:26.100 approve nonprofits
00:35:27.040 before selling.
00:35:28.380 Then you have to wait
00:35:29.200 at least 25 days while
00:35:30.560 those entities decide
00:35:31.760 whether they want to
00:35:33.240 buy or not.
00:35:34.100 If they do, they're
00:35:35.320 granted an additional
00:35:36.640 80 days to submit an
00:35:38.180 offer.
00:35:38.980 Even if a private buyer
00:35:40.260 steps in afterwards,
00:35:41.620 the nonprofit is
00:35:42.380 granted yet another
00:35:43.900 opportunity to match
00:35:45.500 the offer, effectively
00:35:46.540 freezing transactions
00:35:48.060 for months.
00:35:49.340 The measure will drive
00:35:50.520 small landlords out of
00:35:51.600 business and discourage
00:35:53.080 investments at a time
00:35:54.220 when New York's housing
00:35:55.820 stock is already
00:35:56.960 deteriorating.
00:35:58.620 This is the tip of the
00:36:01.060 iceberg as the soft on
00:36:02.860 crime, high tax, and
00:36:05.040 collectivist policies of
00:36:06.520 New York City's new mayor
00:36:07.900 take root.
00:36:09.120 This is why so many of my
00:36:10.360 friends are leaving the
00:36:11.320 Big Apple to move to,
00:36:13.120 well, sunny Florida.
00:36:14.900 Thanks for joining us
00:36:15.780 today on The Stone Zone.
00:36:17.160 I'm Roger Stone.
00:36:18.460 You're listening to the
00:36:19.140 Red Apple Audio Networks.
00:36:21.140 And until tomorrow, God
00:36:22.640 bless you and God
00:36:24.340 speak.
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00:36:27.660 Roger Stone.
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00:36:54.060 new episode so you never
00:36:55.660 have to wonder.
00:36:56.660 What the heck is going
00:36:57.860 on here?
00:36:58.860 Every week, the Payne
00:37:00.180 family cuts straight to the
00:37:01.600 real financial story.
00:37:03.000 The one question, Bob,
00:37:04.360 everyone's asking is,
00:37:06.140 are we in an artificial
00:37:07.320 intelligence bubble?
00:37:08.860 You've been through
00:37:09.580 boom and busts.
00:37:10.840 What do you think?
00:37:11.600 No hype, no myths.
00:37:13.800 Just what actually
00:37:14.700 matters to your money.
00:37:16.240 Does feel very similar
00:37:17.780 to what we experienced
00:37:19.020 in the 90s.
00:37:19.700 Where are we, though?
00:37:20.380 Are we in 1995, 1997,
00:37:23.000 1999?
00:37:24.080 Listen to the Payne
00:37:24.980 Points of Wealth on the
00:37:26.380 Red Apple Podcast Network.