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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, 0.99

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 0.75

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 0.88

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 1.00

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

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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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00:14:14.260 bubble?

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00:14:15.860 boom and busts.

00:14:17.100 What do you think?

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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00:15:13.160 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, 1.00

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 0.99

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 0.99

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 1.00

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 0.98

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 0.57

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, 0.68

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 0.85

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 1.00

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, 0.91

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 0.96

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 0.91

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 1.00

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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00:36:55.660 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

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