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The Stone Zone. Entertaining and informative. On the Red Apple
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Podcast Network. This is The Stone Zone with Roger Stone.
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People love him and respect him.
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Roger Stone. Now, give him a zone. It's The Stone Zone.
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Here's Roger Stone.
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You are now entering the Stone Zone. Well, the Wall
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Street Journal is now reporting that the U.S. Justice Department
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is investigating former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. Very specifically
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investigating Lewandowski regarding his de facto service as the chief
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of staff to former director of the Department of Homeland
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Security programs. Kristi Noem, for whom he was quite obviously
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also a lover. I have my own experience with Mr. Lewandowski.
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I actually recommended that he be hired in 2015 when
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I was a consultant to President Donald Trump's first presidential campaign.
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Within about two weeks, Lewandowski was recommending to the candidate
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that I be dismissed. I actually resigned from that campaign
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because I had just finished writing my book, Clinton's War
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on Women, which is the definitive story of the epic
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corruption of Bill and Hillary Clinton. And frankly, life was
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too short to be in a campaign with somebody like
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Corey Lewandowski. I gave a record number of speeches, campaigned
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very hard for Donald Trump in 2016, again in 2020,
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and of course in 2024. So I can't say that
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I'm unhappy about this, but I had heard from a
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number of reporters and others that Lewandowski was blatant in
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his shakedowns of vendors who had multi-million dollar contracts with
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the Department of Human Services. In the meantime, however, the
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continued controversy over Ilhan Omar She's now saying that she
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had no knowledge regarding her ex-husband's first interview regarding his naturalization.
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Representative Ilhan Omar did herself no favors, actually, speaking out
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about the ongoing controversies. Omar shockingly told the somewhat effeminate
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MSNBC reporter Chris Hayes that she is not, to my knowledge,
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related to her former husband Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, when
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asked about long-standing allegations that she had, in fact, married
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her own brother. She's also called the claims insane, traced
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their origins to a Somali blog post later amplified by critics,
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and says she does not know the people who allegedly
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heard her introduce Elmi as her brother. It seems to
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me that a simple DNA test will be able to
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determine the truth of this matter. But what I find
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somewhat interesting is the media outrage, particularly those at CNN,
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who were so upset when the Department of Homeland Security
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raided her home at six o'clock in the morning, ordered,
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of course, approved by a federal judge. Those same talking
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heads weren't too upset when 29 heavily armed FBI agents
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brandishing fully automatic assault weapons surrounded and then stormed my
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home at 6 o'clock in the morning back in 2019,
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arresting me for a first-time nonviolent process crime of allegedly
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lying to Congress, a crime for which virtually no one
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has ever been prosecuted. It's interesting, of course, because normally
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what would happen in this kind of event is that
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the prosecutors would simply contact your attorney. They certainly were
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in touch with my lawyer. The day before I was
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arrested in the Russian collusion hoax, I turned over some
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30 text messages proving that the government's chief witness, Randy Credico,
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was lying and that I was telling the truth. But
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rather than look at the content of those text messages, well,
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as most people know, I was arrested with CNN 25
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feet from my front door. those same people now seem
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to be very upset by the early morning raid, which
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Omar claims was designed to intimidate her and says she
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can no longer live at the residence because of death threats.
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I can tell you all about death threats. My family
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and I have received them since 2019, and it continues
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even today. Omar has denied the marriage fraud allegations for years,
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despite overwhelming evidence that she did, in fact, marry her
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own brother for purposes of immigration fraud. The raid has
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renewed public attention to Omar's trashy, scandalous, low IQ, third
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world hood rat behavior. Her response that she's not related
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to Elma to her knowledge only shows that she's feeling
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the heat. She either is or is not related to
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the man who was her first husband. The DOJ has
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Omar right where they want her, The era of America
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is getting snookered by repugnant Somalis is coming to an
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abrupt end. And frankly, once we finish delving into the
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circumstances under which she was a naturalized citizen, we'll start
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to look at how she has become so incredibly wealthy.
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When she first entered Congress, her disclosure forms showed that
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she was virtually indigent. Today, she and her husband are
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worth millions of dollars. We'll be following this story very
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closely next. right here in the Stone Zone. Meanwhile, the
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Supreme Court shamefully refused on Wednesday to allow the Trump
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administration to admittedly enforce a Bureau of Prisons policy restricting
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gender transition-related medical treatments and accommodations for inmates. Staunchly conservative
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Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito publicly dissented from the order.
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The policy essentially would prohibit specific hormone treatment surgeries and
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appearance-related accommodations such as clothing, or hair removal devices while
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still permitting psychiatric services. More than 2,000 transgendered individuals were
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recorded in federal correctional facilities and halfway houses in 2025.
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Three inmates challenged the policy in a class action suit
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after it reversed prior bans. Bureau of Prison Practices. So
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federal taxpayers are being required to fund elective medical interventions
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for convicted criminals while the administration's attempt to halt this
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practice is blocked. The policy preserved mental health services and
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focused on surgical and hormonal interventions. Thomas and Alito were correct,
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in my opinion, to dissent. A system that continues these
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treatments inside prisons while medical costs soar for the average
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citizen is a slap in the face to every American.
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To me, there's no excuse not to end these practices
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right now, not to keep them going for God knows
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how long, as the left plays lawfare games in the courts.
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This is not why President Trump nominated Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, or
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Coney Barrett. Gorsuch generally has been pretty good. The other
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two have been a major embarrassment, essentially Bush Republicans, which
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is to say. not Republicans at all. They've done all
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of us a great disservice with this decision and their
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incomprehensible decision to continue to protect transgender lunacy and surgery
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at taxpayer expense. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump on Wednesday said
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that companies building large artificial intelligence data centers should pay
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a financial dividend to the surrounding communities or individual residents
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if they warrant the projects to be accepted. As I
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have noted numerous times, these data centers can be built
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without the use of local water. There are a number
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of cooling technologies which do not deplete the local water supply.
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They can also be built without tapping into the grid,
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meaning there are multiple technologies that are closed loop to
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produce the energy necessary to fuel the data center. In Florida,
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that's exactly what the Republican candidate for governor, Byron Donalds,
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has made a requirement for anyone who wants to develop
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a data center in the Sunshine State. President Trump also
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restated his demand that new and large data centers therefore
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must generate their own electricity or give or sell any
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excess power to the local community or grid, arguing that
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that would prevent the price increases and might even lower
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some household bills. The truth is these data centers also
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should allow local governments to cut local taxes. Data center
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construction has faced growing opposition, mostly because of disinformation regarding
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electricity consumption, water use, land requirements, and potential effects on
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utility costs. It's amazing how a number of the non-governmental
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organizations and non-profits who are pushing this seem to be
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funded by communist China. Why do the communists want to
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take a lead for data centers and scare the American
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people about the job-creating aspects of data centers, as well
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as the fact is they do not need to use
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local water or local electricity. Big tech has done themselves
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no favors in how they've attempted to muscle them through
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without public input. I think the whole thing requires far
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more education. President Trump's approach treats the political reality of
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these projects very directly. So in other words, communities that
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host them absorb real costs and power, water, and infrastructure.
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In those instances, developers have to compensate residents and produce
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their own electricity, shifting those costs back onto the companies
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that profit from the facilities rather than onto ratepayers who
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never asked for the data centers. If the data centers
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are the profit center, I believe they will be, and
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the AI or SI boom is legitimate, this really shouldn't
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be a problem. Everybody should be a winner. Now it's time,
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in my view, for big tech to do the right
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thing by these communities and show that they're in humanity's
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corner by sharing the wealth. The other great opposition has
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to do with noise, but there are a number of
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technologies for noise abatement as well. Otherwise, populist anger against
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data centers will only continue to eat up based largely
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on disinformation. Elon Musk acknowledged Tuesday that combining Tesla and
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SpaceX would be a great idea, and confirmed that both
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companies have established special committees of independent directors to explore
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a potential merger. Musk stated that he's excluded from the
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committee's deliberations because of his position at both firms. SpaceX
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shares rose approximately 8% in extended trading immediately after Elon's remarks.
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Analysts estimate the combined businesses would be worth approximately $ 3. 5 trillion,
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spanning electric vehicles, rockets, satellites, artificial intelligence, robotics, and defense technology.
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Musk noted that any deal would require approval from a
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majority of all current Tesla shareholders, so this could be
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a lengthy process before the merger ultimately goes through. The
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scale of this contemplated combination is really quite extraordinary. A
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merged entity would control major positions in terrestrial electrical vehicles
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and robotics along orbital launch capacity, satellite networks, and other
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related artificial intelligence infrastructure. Musk has cited synergies in superintelligence software,
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chip design, robotics, and space-based data centers as the rationale.
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for a potential merger. This would allow him to shape
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the future. That notion puts fear in the hearts of
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liberals and Luddites, and perhaps it should. Musk is using
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technology to empower, not to enslave, humanity. What he's done
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for the advancement of the human race, what he's done
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for free speech and the First Amendment, including, of course,
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his help for President Trump achieving a historic re-election in 2024,
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is already unparalleled. a better world is on the horizon,
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and Tesla-SpaceX merger would ensure that utopia is realized before
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the globalist technology snuffs out our freedoms forever. Meanwhile, lawmakers
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and party insiders have described a range of actions that
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Democrats could pursue if they regain the House and potentially
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the Senate. They make no bones whatsoever that we're going
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to go into a cataclysm of investigations and most of
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them fraudulent, in a campaign of revenge and retaliation. They
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have no plan to better America, to create jobs, bring
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down gas prices or food prices. I'm Roger Stone. You're
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listening to Stone Zone. We'll be right back.
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The Stone Zone. Entertaining and informative. On the Red Apple
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Podcast Network. This is the Stone Zone with Roger Stone.
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Roger Stone, who's a very, very, one of the smartest
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political minds. Roger Stone was persecuted. People forget he's actually
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a brilliant, brilliant political analyst.
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Now, give him a zone. It's the Stone Zone. Here's
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Roger Stone.
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Welcome back into the Stone Zone. Lawmakers and party insiders
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in the Democrat Party are now describing a range of
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actions Democrats could pursue if they regain the House and
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potentially the Senate in the upcoming midterm elections. These include
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congressional investigations into the Trump family finances, peering into his
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cryptocurrency dealings, and pushing the Epstein hoax even further. Although
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the more they dig into Epstein, the more they're going
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to find Bill Clinton, the Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, former
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Democrat Governor Bill Richardson, and of course, Democrat super donor
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Bill Gates. along, of course, with Steve Bannon. It's also
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speculated that the Democrats would begin impeachment efforts against HH
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Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General Todd Blanche, and Pentagon
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Chief Pete Hegseth. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has said
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the party intends to block Trump's judicial and cabinet nominees,
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including Supreme Court picks. This is interesting because if you
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look at the Supreme Court nominations by Joe Biden and
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Barack Obama, Republicans did their duty by voting in favor
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of confirming justices that they disagreed with philosophically but could
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find no ethical issues, which is the only basis on
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which a senator is supposed to oppose a nomination. Other
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priorities from the Democrats include challenges to tariffs, food stamp changes,
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military spending, the Iran conflict, and the Enhanced Affordable Care
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Act subsidies. plus legislation addressing data center electricity costs and
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artificial intelligence liability. It will be obstruction fever for Democrats
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who are brimming with rage over President Trump's continued achievements.
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They have, again, no positive plan to bring down food prices,
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no positive plan for energy independence, no positive plan to
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bring down gasoline prices. Essentially, it's all a negative agenda.
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The Democratic House would control subpoena power and committee agendas.
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Even without veto-proof majorities, the party could force prolonged investigations,
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delay confirmations, and attach conditions to must-pass spending bills. Internal
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divisions and the president's veto authority would limit legislative success,
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yet the shift in investigative power alone would alter decisions.
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the political environment for the remainder of Trump's terms. That is,
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of course, what's at stake in the upcoming elections. Democrats
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could do very serious damage to the Magna legacy and
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the future of our country. The stakes should be the
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impetus for every red-blooded American to get out there and
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rally people to vote. It's only a matter of common sense.
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But I will say this, for the Democrats, at least
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they don't hide their agenda, whether it is Senator Slotkin
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or Hakeem Jeffries, as I like to call him. All
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they're interested in is revenge and retaliation. They have no
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positive plan to help save the country. That's what's at
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stake at these elections. But for those who think these
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elections are over or that victory's in the bag for
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the Democrats... Not so fast. American electorate is extraordinarily volatile.
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The Republicans, I think, are waging an extraordinarily valiant effort.
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President Trump has hit 32 states or districts on the stump,
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or he will before Election Day, and yesterday announced that
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he would be spending at least $ 400 million on what
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could be a historic effort. I haven't given up the
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hope on either House or Congress, and either should you.
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I'm Roger Stone. You're listening to Stone Zone. Don't go
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away because we'll be right back.
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The Stone Zone, entertaining and informative on the Red Apple
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This is The Stone Zone with Roger Stone.
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Roger Stone, who's a very, very, one of the smartest
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political minds. Roger Stone was persecuted. People forget he's actually
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a brilliant, brilliant political analyst.
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Now, give him a zone. It's The Stone Zone. Here's
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Roger Stone.
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Welcome back into The Stone Zone. Well, the American Dr. Mengele, Dr.
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Anthony Fauci's private diary entries and discussions revealed that he
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acknowledged elevated myocarditis risk for younger men from the mRNA
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COVID-19 vaccination, yet pushed for universal adult booster eligibility back
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in November of 2021. He wrote that the administration should, quote,
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push the booster on every adult in America, despite concerns
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about myocarditis in younger men, prioritizing a clear public message
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centered around engineering widespread compliance over accurately relaying the emergency
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safety data from the American people. In late January of 2021, Fauci,
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the CDC director Rochelle Walensky, and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy
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discussed the theoretical possibility that fever and cytokine responses after
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a second dose could be associated with miscarriages in the
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first trimester. No public warnings followed these private exchanges, however.
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pregnant women had been excluded from the pivotal trials. The
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FDA later revised the vaccination fact sheets to reflect myocarditis
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signals and the CDC's advisory committee reviewed the issue in
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June of 2021, identifying adolescent and young adult males as
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the highest risk groups after vaccination. But by then, of course,
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the damage had already been done, and Fauci is the culprit.
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Young men and pregnant women received no timely, clear disclosure
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of the differential risks that Fauci and other officials had
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already discussed privately and internally. This is one of the
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worst public health failures in history and constitutes a crime
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against humanity. The auto pen pardon must be reversed and Dr.
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Fauci must be held to account. It's very clear that
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he knew and withheld this vital information from the American people. Meanwhile,
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Los Angeles County election officials stated in a federal court
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filing that they have no independent method to verify citizenship
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of approximately 20,000 voters flagged by federal authorities as potential non-citizens.
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Citizen Registrar Monica Flores said the office is, quote, not
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equipped or authorized to check citizenship because it does not
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maintain immigration or naturalization records. and relies on the voters'
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own attestation. So in other words, if a voter walks
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in and says they're a citizen, their officials are just
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supposed to believe them. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Esselay
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called the admission a massive concession, noting that federal law
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limits voting in federal elections to citizens, and that California
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has neither acted on the list nor agreed so far
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to set the ballots aside in these particular questions. The U.S.
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attorney added that 28 arrests already made from the list
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demonstrate its accuracy. California registers voters on the honor system.
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They trust and they do not verify. The county's own
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filing confirms it cannot independently confirm citizenship for the individuals
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federal prosecutors have identified. So under federal law, only citizens
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may vote. The Trump administration's effort to identify and prevent
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non-citizen ballots is has now been met with an official
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admission that local officials in Los Angeles and in California
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lack the tools or the authority to perform that basic check.
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This is how the system was designed. See, the Democrats
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wanted to be loose so that more illegals can cast votes.
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This is how they plan to obtain permanent political power
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in this country. But the Trump administration is not standing
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for it. They're putting the Democrat fraudsters on the defense.
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and forcing them to expose themselves as their schemes fall apart. Meanwhile,
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French President Emmanuel Macron pushed back Wednesday against statements by
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President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance that linked the
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recent riots in France, which seem to be ongoing, to
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mass immigration. Macron, speaking in Qatar, described comments by foreign
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leaders as unacceptable and stupid. When asked whether he was
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referring to President Trump, he replied, among others. Trump and
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Vice President J.D. Vance had pointed to the unrest, which
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produced more than 2,000 arrests and hundreds of injured officers,
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as evidence that open borders and failed assimilation produce disorder.
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Now remember, first they told us it was just students,
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and they were just protesting over not having enough teachers.
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It became abundantly clear that the protests were much broader
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than that, and that they were being whipped up by
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paid professional agitators. Macron claimed that there were no evidence
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tying the violence to migrants and accused outsiders of exploiting
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this crisis. Macron's response is the same arrogant posture he's
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maintained throughout his tenure. Any observation that mass migration and
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parallel societies create real costs is dismissed by these elitists
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as illegitimate. This is why I think there's a real
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possibility that Marie Le Pen could be elected the next
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president of France and in which case their open borders
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policy will come to a screeching halt. Macron, however, is
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dedicated to the globalist project no matter how disastrously it fails.
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France has experienced repeated episodes of large-scale urban violence involving
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second- and third-generational migrant populations. The current riots have included arson, looting,
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and attacks on police. Rather than address the cumulative effects
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of his government's immigration policies, Macron attacks the messengers. France
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needs to vote in a populist conservative government that will
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address the migration crisis directly. Otherwise, their nation will fall
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to the savages. We already see this happening in the UK.
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Now you're seeing it in France. All of Europe is
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on fire. We've also seen the unrest in Italy. All
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of these are examples of what happens when you have
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open borders. We had them in this country under Joe Biden.
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Thank God today President Trump has closed our borders. In fact,
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illegal border crossings have dropped to almost nothing. It is vital,
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once again, for Republicans to win the midterm elections if
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we are to keep our border policies as they are today. Meanwhile,
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New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdami has signed only one
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bill into law during his first 10 months in office.
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The sole measure he approved was permits year-round outdoor dining
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on city sidewalks, a crucial issue. Nearly 100 other city
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council bills have sat on his desk, with most becoming
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law automatically after four weeks under the returned unsigned process
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under city regulations and state law. City hall sources have
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told reporters that staff time is consumed by social media
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video production rather than legislative review, hearings, or bill signings.
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This demonstrates that Mamdami cares more about grandstanding than solving
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problems for the people of the city of New York.
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Mamdami has made time for public statements calling foreign leaders
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war criminals and directing the New York Police Department to
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examine arrest options, yet bills addressing elderly wellness, checks in
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extreme heat, and expanded child care, issues he actually campaigned on,
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move forward, in this case, without his signature. pattern is
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consistent with a mayor more comfortable being an influencer and
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cheerleader than executing the routine functions of the office of
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the mayor. New Yorkers who expected competence are watching the
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administration that prioritizes public relations and content production over the
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basic works of governing. The early enthusiasm is already colliding
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with the dismal reality. Perhaps the only silver lining here
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is that Namdami is not signing any bills to make
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New York City more socialist, as that would be even
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worse than his being lazy and essentially doing nothing. Meanwhile,
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at least nine additional lawmakers announced Tuesday that suspicious envelopes
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had been sent to their offices, bringing the total number
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of affected members of Congress above three dozen. Newly identified
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receipts include Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Republican Senators Jim Banks
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and Deb Fischer. Some envelopes reportedly contained white powder or
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other identified substances. Several return addresses referenced a Manhattan location
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formerly associated with the Democrat Socialists of America, which has,
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of course, denied any involvement. Congressional security officials say no
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tested envelope has been found to actually contain hazardous substances.
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The FBI, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the Capitol
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Police are investigating. The mailings have targeted officers across both
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parties and reached election officials in multiple states. Who knows
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who is behind this, whether it is some radicalized communist
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or whether it is just a hoax. Perhaps it's a
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foreign adversary just trying to sow seeds of dysfunction. Ultimately,
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I guess only time will tell. Preliminary testing has cleared
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the contents so far as non-hazardous, in the case of
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that have been examined, yet the volume and the timing,
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less than two weeks before the midterms, should have law
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enforcement treating this with the utmost seriousness. Lawmakers from both
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parties have confirmed receipt of the letters. Those who are
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sending these letters must be punished to the fullest extent
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of the law. It's very clear, given the bipartisan nature
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of this dirty trick, that this is someone making mischief
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and trying to disrupt the overall system. Someone should make
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an example of this fiend to show that these acts
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against our constitutional order will not be tolerated under any circumstances. Meanwhile,
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the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz
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announced that the Department of Health and Human Services is
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deferring an additional $ 1. 2 billion in Medicaid reimbursements to the
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state of California. The action brings a total federal withholding
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from the state above $ 3. 3 billion. Dr. Oz cited the
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rapid growth of California's personal care services program, which expanded
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24% over the past three years. That's twice the national average.
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He described the program as covering services such as carrying
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groceries upstairs for an elderly relative, which he said many
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families could perform without payment. The deferral requires California to
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provide additional documentation before any more funds are released. Oz
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stated that the decision was made on behalf of the
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HHA Secretary Robert F. Kennedy and after reviews identified high-risk
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claims that the state has not yet fully documented. Previous
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deferrals targeted similar categories of spending. California officials have rejected
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the fraud characterization and argue that the growth reflects legitimate
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expansion of in-home services. That sounds to me, frankly, like hogwash.
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The federal spending is out of control, and liberal bureaucrats
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have been spending it like drunken sailors. In fact, that's
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an insult to drunken sailors. The Fredocracy, as I call them,
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has governed America and has now been derailed by President Trump,
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as well as RFK Jr., has emerged as the diligent
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and effective HHS secretary in our nation's history. If you
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haven't noticed, I'm a big fan of Robert Kennedy. I
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think he's done an extraordinary job. Among other things, of course,
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reordering the childhood vaccination schedule, but also removing the dangerous
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dyes and other contaminants that are allowed in American food,
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many of which are, by the way, already outlawed in Europe.
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So I think he is among the president's very best nominees.
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The administration maintains in California the payments will be released
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only after claims meet federal requirements, and they will not
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budge until California proves that they have cleaned up their act. Meanwhile,
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the FCC chairman, Brendan Carr, warned Wednesday that television broadcasters
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could violate their regulatory obligations by airing deliberately false or
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manipulative election polling in the lead-up to the midterms. Carr
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stated that the current season has seen a surge of
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entirely fake polls and suppression polls designed to interfere with
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the electoral process and to alter voter turnout and enthusiasm.
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Carr suggested that these practices could constitute prohibited news distortion
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or broadcast hoaxes. This week, for example, a firm calling
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itself Wedgwood Polling recently admitted fabricating all of the data
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that was being cited by campaigns and aggregators before being
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removed by outlets, which included The New York Times. So
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think about that for a moment. The New York Times
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is publishing polls that were completely and totally fraudulent, polls
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that had never actually been conducted. Americans are poll crazy,
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but as I've said previously, you have to look at
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polls that use proper methodology, a properly drawn sample that
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reflects the actual electorate that you are trying to measure,
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questions which are neutrally worded in an unbiased way and
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stated in a specific order. In other words, there are
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polls and there are polls. Some polls are designed to
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suppress voters, to create a bandwagon effect, or to raise money.
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Those are the polls that I urge you to ignore.
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There's also another phenomena, which I've talked about. Many Trump
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supporters will not tell a stranger over the internet or
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the telephone that they're voting for a Trump-supported candidate. And therefore,
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a support for a number of the candidates that Donald
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Trump is campaigning for and supporting is greatly understated in
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these polls. I'm Roger Stone. You're listening to The Stone
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Zone and will be Right back.
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The Stone Zone. Entertaining and informative. On the Red Apple
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Podcast Network.
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This is The Stone Zone with Roger Stone.
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Roger Stone, who's a very, very, one of the smartest
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political minds. Roger Stone was persecuted. People forget he's actually
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a brilliant, brilliant political analyst.
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Now, give him a zone. It's The Stone Zone. Here's
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Roger Stone.
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You are now back in The Stone Zone. A new
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highlighted national undergraduate survey from the Buckley Institute finds that
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45% of respondents believed Physical violence can sometimes be justified
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to stop speech that they consider hateful. The figure includes
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54% of self-identified liberals, 36% of moderates, but only 30%
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of self-identified conservatives. Approximately 46% support disrupting speakers through organized shouting,
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while 40% favor criminal penalties for offensive speech. Cornerstone University
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President Gerson Marino Riano said, has argued that colleges are
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failing to teach students the importance of peaceful disagreement and
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constitutional freedoms. We saw the endgame of this toxic culture
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last year when my good friend Charlie Kirk's life was
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extinguished by an assassin's bullet. These numbers reveal a campus
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environment in the First Amendment that is in grave, grave danger.
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The same survey found that a majority still recognized hate
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speech as technically protected yet large shares simultaneously support shout-downs, violence,
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and criminalization of speech. That's what we see happening right
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now in the UK, where 68,000 people have been arrested
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over things that they posted online that the government objects to.
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This will only get worse. Remember how many liberals cheered
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after my friend Charlie Kirk was gunned down? Many more
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were silently happy with the grave news. The truth is
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they want many of us dead. Every MAGA supporter is
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a Nazi to them who deserves to be killed in
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the eyes of these radical leftists. We must continue to
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fight the messaging battle, but also prepare accordingly. Cannot be
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sitting ducks. Founding Fathers wrote the Second Amendment for times
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like this. We have a First Amendment of free speech
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only because we have a Second Amendment. I say this
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for the purpose of protection. One must protect themselves. Meanwhile...
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federal prosecutors have charged a Virginia state senator, L. Louise Lucas,
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who's 82 years old, serving as president pro tem and
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chairs the Virginia Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee with racketeering,
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money laundering, conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute illegal drugs. The indictment
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alleges that she led a criminal enterprise involving family members
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that used her official position to protect an illegal marijuana
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operation estimated at $ 4. 5 million. She is, I remind you,
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82 years old. She allegedly used her office to insulate
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the business from scrutiny and influence legislation that benefited her
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criminal enterprise. So I guess 82 years old is not
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too old to be a criminal. I'm Roger Stone. Thanks
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for listening here in the Stone Zone. This case in
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Virginia just really blows my mind. Lucas and several of
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her relatives... had already surrendered to authorities. In one intercepted call,
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she reportedly described the scheme as their last chance at
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generational wealth and said that she'd gotten too old not
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to be greedy. Senator Lucas has spent decades invoking her
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experience under Jim Crow and accusing any critic of racism
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whenever her conduct was questioned. She's used black privilege as
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a cloak to commit crimes here, a familiar story among
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some Democrats. They routinely project accusations of corruption onto Donald
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Trump while they themselves face federal indictments for precisely the
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behavior they claim to oppose. Senator Lucas was honored for
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decades as a civil rights icon, and she milked it
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to get a position within the government. Now she'll be
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remembered as an example as to why diversity is not
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our strength when it takes precedence over honesty, integrity, and
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public integrity at that. I'm Roger Stone. You're listening to
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the Stone Zone. I do want to point out to
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you the closeness of New York's race for governor. Current
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polls today show that Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive,
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running substantially ahead of where Lee Zeldin was running at
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this point in the gubernatorial race four years ago. Could
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there be an upset in the works? Could Kathy Hochul
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be defeated? We're going to focus on that tomorrow in
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the Stone Zone. So Tune in then. Until then, God
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bless you and Godspeed.
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Thanks for listening to The Stone Zone with Roger Stone.
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And X.
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See you next time for a new episode so you
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never have to wonder.
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What the heck is going on here?