WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.720 --> 00:00:14.000 This is the Stone Zone with Roger Stone. 2 00:00:14.119 --> 00:00:16.559 People love him and respect him. Rogers Stone. 3 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:21.239 Now give him his zone. It's the Stone Zone. Here's 4 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:22.359 Rogers Stone. 5 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:29.359 You are now entering the Stone Zone with all the 6 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:33.920 latest political news. Well, Hunter Biden is at it once again, 7 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:37.920 attempting to rewrite one of the most thoroughly documented political 8 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:43.479 scandals in modern American history. As Miranda Devine reported in 9 00:00:43.520 --> 00:00:46.560 The New York Posts, Hunter is now on a shameless 10 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:51.799 media blitz promoting his latest documentary while resurrecting the same 11 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:56.880 tired conspiracy theories that collapsed years ago and concocting some 12 00:00:56.960 --> 00:01:01.719 new ones. This time. Hunter claims the infamous laptop was 13 00:01:01.799 --> 00:01:07.359 somehow I transformation into a collection of fabricated mixtapes by 14 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:12.319 a cast of villains. It supposedly includes Rudy Giuliani, the Russians, 15 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:18.400 his former psychiatrist, doctor Keith Ablow in me. That allegation 16 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:21.840 is of course false. Let me state this as plainly 17 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:27.040 as I possibly can. I never possessed Biden's laptop. I 18 00:01:27.079 --> 00:01:30.879 never possessed the contents of Hunter Biden's laptop. I never 19 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:37.640 communicated with Rudy Giuliani or anyone else about obtaining reviewing, distributing, 20 00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:41.760 or publishing the laptop or its contents? Can I be 21 00:01:42.239 --> 00:01:47.040 any more definitive? Everything I know about Hunter Biden's laptop 22 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:50.719 I learned by reading The New York Post and Miranda 23 00:01:50.799 --> 00:01:54.480 Devine's two best selling books, Laptop from Help and The 24 00:01:54.519 --> 00:01:59.239 Big Guy, just as millions of other Americans did. Hunter's 25 00:01:59.239 --> 00:02:02.359 efforts to now to lump me into this fictional narrative 26 00:02:02.480 --> 00:02:06.480 is nothing more than an attempt to manufacture villains because 27 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:10.400 he simply can't escape the facts. Those facts are not 28 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:15.199 in dispute. Hunter Biden abandoned the laptop at John Paul 29 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:19.599 mcaaac's repair shop in Delaware in April of twenty nineteen. 30 00:02:20.319 --> 00:02:24.240 When it was never reclaimed, Mac isaacs ultimately turned the 31 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:28.840 device over to the FBI. The FBI investigators possessed that 32 00:02:28.919 --> 00:02:34.479 laptop for months before the story became public. Independent forensic 33 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:40.759 examinations concluded that the data was authentic. The laptop itself 34 00:02:40.840 --> 00:02:45.800 was later introduced as evidence during Hunter Biden's federal gun prosecution. 35 00:02:46.479 --> 00:02:50.759 His own attorneys never succeeded in proving that it was fabricated, 36 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:55.280 and that's because well it wasn't. Contents have been corroborated 37 00:02:55.319 --> 00:03:02.840 repeatedly by emails, text messages, financial records, photographs, videos, witness testimony, 38 00:03:03.120 --> 00:03:09.360 congressional investigations, and subsequent reporting. Those facts are not conspiracy theories, 39 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:14.159 they're facts. Yet Hunter continues insisting that somehow everyone else 40 00:03:14.240 --> 00:03:18.080 is lying and he's the only one who's telling the truth. Frankly, 41 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:22.360 that strategy may work in Hollywood documentaries financed by wealthy 42 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:27.199 benefactors eager to rehabilitate his reputation. It may appeal to 43 00:03:27.479 --> 00:03:32.000 sympathetic podcast hosts and friendly interviewers who have never challenged 44 00:03:32.039 --> 00:03:35.680 his claims. It may even satisfy those who desperately want 45 00:03:35.800 --> 00:03:40.960 history written. But it cannot change reality. The laptop revealed 46 00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:44.719 embarrassing details about Hunter Biden's personal life, but it also 47 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:50.000 exposed serious questions surrounding his overseas business dealings, his relationship 48 00:03:50.039 --> 00:03:53.560 with foreign interests, and the extraordinary access that appeared to 49 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:58.360 accompany the Biden family name. Those issues deserve scrutiny then, 50 00:03:58.759 --> 00:04:02.840 and frankly, they deserve scrutiny now. Instead of addressing those 51 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:07.360 questions honestly, Hunter Biden has now chosen a familiar strategy, 52 00:04:07.719 --> 00:04:13.120 attack the messengers, invent conspiracies and accuse innocent people of 53 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:17.560 participating in some elaborate political plot. Well, I refuse to 54 00:04:17.560 --> 00:04:20.399 allow my name to be used as part of that fiction. 55 00:04:21.079 --> 00:04:25.399 The irony is impossible here to ignore. For years, Hunter 56 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:29.480 Biden and his political allies insisted the laptop was quote 57 00:04:29.519 --> 00:04:34.399 unquote Russian disinformation. That claim has collapsed under the weight 58 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:38.680 of overwhelming evidence. The authenticity of the device has been 59 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:43.399 established repeatedly. Even major news organizations that once dismissed the 60 00:04:43.439 --> 00:04:46.560 story were eventually forced to acknowledge the truth of it. 61 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:51.560 Now that the Russian disinformation narrative has failed, Hunter Biden 62 00:04:51.600 --> 00:04:56.079 has simply invented a new one. Apparently facts are flexible 63 00:04:56.439 --> 00:05:02.560 whenever they become politically inconvenient. Addiction is a tragedy. Recovery 64 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:08.519 deserves respect. But neither addiction nor recovery erases documentary evidence. 65 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:13.160 Neither does it change emails that were sent, business transactions 66 00:05:13.160 --> 00:05:16.839 that occurred, photographs that exist, or records that may have 67 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:21.439 been authenticated. Nor does it justify falsely accusing people who 68 00:05:21.480 --> 00:05:24.639 had absolutely nothing to do with the laptop. That would 69 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:28.720 be me. Americans have watched this saga unfold for years. 70 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:34.319 They're perfectly capable of distinguishing between verified evidence. In public relations, 71 00:05:34.759 --> 00:05:38.560 history should be written from facts, not from documentaries designed 72 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:42.959 to salvage someone's damaged reputation. Hunter Biden may be able 73 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:47.839 to rewrite his script, but he cannot rewrite history. Meanwhile, 74 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:52.439 President Donald Trump is expected to address newly declassified intelligence 75 00:05:52.839 --> 00:05:57.120 concerning alleged foreign efforts to interfere in the twenty twenty 76 00:05:57.160 --> 00:06:01.480 election during a nationally televised speech Thereursday night at nine 77 00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:05.720 pm Eastern Standard time. I'm in Washington, d C. Today, 78 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:09.600 and frankly, the entire town is buzzing about it. According 79 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:12.680 to reports, a new White House task force has been 80 00:06:12.720 --> 00:06:17.240 reviewing thousands of pages of classified intelligence and law enforcement 81 00:06:17.319 --> 00:06:23.120 records for evidence of election irregularities and foreign influence. Officials 82 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:26.639 are reportedly preparing to release documents in the coming weeks. 83 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:31.879 President Trump is expected to appear alongside senior national security officials, 84 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:37.279 including CIA Director John Ratcliffe, FBI Director Cash Pestel, and 85 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:42.680 other administration leaders. Now. This announcement follows and renewed federal 86 00:06:42.720 --> 00:06:46.720 scrutiny of election operations in Fulston County, Georgia. 87 00:06:47.480 --> 00:06:48.800 Earlier this year. 88 00:06:49.079 --> 00:06:52.560 The FBI searched the county elections office, while the Justice 89 00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:58.319 Department sought information involving personnel who handled mail ballots, voter 90 00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:06.759 review panels, voting locations, ballot transportation, recounts, audits, and precinct management. 91 00:07:06.879 --> 00:07:09.160 The American people have been told for years to stop 92 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:13.199 asking questions about the twenty twenty presidential election, but ignoring 93 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:15.680 the criminal acts that I believe took place. Here is 94 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:18.800 a kin to spitting on the graves of the founding fathers. 95 00:07:19.040 --> 00:07:22.519 This really must be clarified, otherwise nothing will ever prevent 96 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:25.279 them from doing it again the next chance they get. 97 00:07:25.720 --> 00:07:29.000 There must be consequences for these militious actions. Now that 98 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:34.199 intelligence agencies evidently possess evidence showing that foreign governments and 99 00:07:34.279 --> 00:07:39.759 domestic doctors attempted to manipulate, influence, or disrupt the twenty 100 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:43.360 twenty presidential election, well, the public deserves to see it, 101 00:07:43.720 --> 00:07:48.439 and heads must roll. Officials who conceal information or mislead 102 00:07:48.519 --> 00:07:52.439 Congress should be thrown in prison for lengthy sentences after 103 00:07:52.519 --> 00:07:56.199 standing trial and getting convicted. Thursday's speech could mark an 104 00:07:56.240 --> 00:08:00.399 important step towards restoring trust in the election system. America 105 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:05.240 cannot secure future elections while refusing to fully investigate the past. 106 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:09.319 Release the documents, follow the evidence and let the truth 107 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:12.279 speak for itself. That's the only way faith can and 108 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:17.800 authentic democracy within our constitution Republic can ever be restored. Meanwhile, 109 00:08:17.879 --> 00:08:22.240 President Donald Trump has formally notified Congress that the US 110 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:26.680 military operations against Iran have resumed, as American forces launch 111 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:30.959 a third consecutive United strikes against the regime's missile sites, 112 00:08:31.040 --> 00:08:35.720 air defenses, coastal radar, and drone capabilities. You have to 113 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:38.240 admit it, Donald Trump gave piece of chance, but the 114 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:41.679 Iranians could not live up to the MoU they signed. 115 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:44.480 I'm going tonce. They signed it only to buy time. 116 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:47.360 The White House now says that more than one hundred 117 00:08:47.399 --> 00:08:51.600 and forty Iranian military targets were hit over this past weekend. 118 00:08:51.879 --> 00:08:55.960 Iran answered by attacking US linked facilities across the Gulf 119 00:08:56.440 --> 00:08:59.759 and threatening commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormus. Iranian 120 00:08:59.799 --> 00:09:03.759 four horses have fired warning shots targeted vessels and claim 121 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:06.679 that the strait is closed, while American protections kept the 122 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:11.039 waterway open. Oil prices are surging as the danger spreads. 123 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:15.440 Reports of Hooti missile attacks on Saudi Arabia show that 124 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:19.960 Tehran's proxies are threatening America's allies global trade in the 125 00:09:19.960 --> 00:09:24.120 world's energy supply. President Trump says Iran broke another agreement 126 00:09:24.159 --> 00:09:27.759 will now be at hard. He's also reinstated a blockade 127 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:30.639 of Iranian ports, making it clear that the United States 128 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:35.200 will not tolerate threats, stall tactics, or broken promises. You know, 129 00:09:35.320 --> 00:09:39.720 for decades, America's foreign policy establishment treated Iran as a 130 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:44.840 difficult negotiating partner. The reality is simpler. This is a 131 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:50.240 radical regime that uses terrorism, missiles, proxies, and economic blackmail 132 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:55.120 whenever diplomacy buys it time. Iran's erratic behavior is proving 133 00:09:55.159 --> 00:09:58.279 President Trump is right. Half measures will only postpone the 134 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:02.240 next crisis. The United States should decisively destroy Iron's ability 135 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:07.600 to threaten American forces, close international waterways, or terrorize its neighbors. 136 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:11.240 Peace will not come from another paper agreement. It will 137 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:15.559 come on Iran's radically Islamic military machine can no longer 138 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:19.960 endanger the free world. Meanwhile, South Carolina has a new 139 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:24.320 interim US senator. The appointment is both fitting and personal. 140 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:27.919 Governor Henry McMaster, a friend of mine since he was 141 00:10:27.960 --> 00:10:32.799 a US attorney under President Ronald Reagan, has selected Darlene 142 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:37.600 Graham Nordone the younger sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, 143 00:10:38.039 --> 00:10:42.080 temporarily fill the seat until voters choose a permanent replacement 144 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:46.399 this November a special election. Nordone says she will work 145 00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:50.720 to complete her brother's unfinished business, support President Trump, and 146 00:10:50.799 --> 00:10:55.480 serve the people of South Carolina. Her appointment was preceded 147 00:10:55.519 --> 00:10:58.759 by a recommendation from President Trump, who called it a 148 00:10:58.840 --> 00:11:01.759 tribute to the brother who help raise her after their 149 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:06.240 parents died. It is a moving American story, really, Lindsey 150 00:11:06.279 --> 00:11:09.399 Graham stood by a sister through family tragedy, and now 151 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:12.679 she's stepping forward to honor his memory and carry on 152 00:11:12.840 --> 00:11:16.639 his public service. So I say congratulations to Senator Norton 153 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:20.399 as she takes on this responsibility during a difficult moment 154 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:24.639 for her family and her state. But South Carolina Republicans 155 00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:28.000 must also keep their eyes on the future. An interim 156 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:32.120 appointment is meaningful as a tribute, but not a substitute 157 00:11:32.200 --> 00:11:37.639 for long term, proven conservative leadership. The next Senator, whoever 158 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:41.639 he or she may be, should have incredible MAGA credentials. 159 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:45.519 They must be strong constitutional conservatives who will vote to 160 00:11:45.559 --> 00:11:50.840 secure the border, defend America's energy independence, support law enforcement, 161 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:55.240 confront China, protect the unborn, and put the interests of 162 00:11:55.279 --> 00:12:00.320 American citizens first. With total consistency, voters should demand more 163 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:05.519 than familiar rhetoric or establishment promises. This seat has been 164 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:08.919 held by only two men in nearly seventy years, the 165 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:13.240 late Strom Thurmond and then, of course Lindsey Graham. South 166 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:17.480 Carolina now has an opportunity to choose this editor who 167 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:20.519 will stay with President Trump and fight for the America 168 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:25.120 First agenda for decades to come. That person must emerge 169 00:12:25.440 --> 00:12:30.960 during the upcoming special election. Meanwhile, a major alleged financier 170 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:35.399 of America's military fire leftist facing consequences for his evil 171 00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:41.080 subversive activities. Jim Fergie Chambers, heir to the Cox Media 172 00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:45.759 fortune and a self described communist, was arrested in Abiza 173 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:48.960 at the request of the US Justice Department. He's awaiting 174 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:54.080 possible extradition on federal charges involving international money laundering, an 175 00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:58.879 alleged effort to provide material support to foreign terrorist organizations. 176 00:12:59.480 --> 00:13:02.879 Prosecute Years alleged that Chambers moved millions of dollars from 177 00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:06.840 American banks to accounts in Tunisia after leaving the United 178 00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:11.440 States in twenty twenty three, reports say investigators are examining 179 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:14.279 whether those funds intended to support a boss or some 180 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:18.320 other extremist network. Chambers has also been identified as a 181 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:22.519 backer of radical activist groups tied to anti police campaigns, 182 00:13:23.159 --> 00:13:29.000 militant pro palaesting in organizing, and revolutionary Marxist causes. For years, 183 00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:34.600 wealthy ideological donors have poured money into organizations openly hostile 184 00:13:34.679 --> 00:13:39.799 to America, capitalism, law enforcement, and Israel, while political leaders 185 00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:42.399 in much of the media look the other way. They've 186 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:45.080 reached havoc on the rule of law and damaged the 187 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:49.000 fabric of American considerably. That era, thank god, seems to 188 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:52.559 be finally coming to a close. Federal investigators are also 189 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:56.799 examining other foreign lengked funding networks, while Secretary of State 190 00:13:56.919 --> 00:14:01.159 Marco Rubio prepares to convene officials from sixty nations to 191 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:06.120 confront transnational far left extremism. I'm Roger Stone. You're listening 192 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:09.639 to the Stone Zone, and we'll be right back the. 193 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:21.799 Stone Zone entertaining and informative on the Red Apple podcast network. 194 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:30.559 This is the Stone Zone. Now get him a zone. 195 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:32.360 It's the Stone Zone. 196 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:36.559 A man who's gone through hell, but he's kept going 197 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:38.840 and he's smart and he's strong. 198 00:14:38.559 --> 00:14:41.559 And people love him. Not everybody, but people love him 199 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:44.039 and respect him. Roger Stone, Where's Roger? 200 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:47.240 Here's Roger Stone. 201 00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:51.080 And we're back in the Stone Zone. A federal appeals 202 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:56.120 court has revived hundreds of lawsuits accusing taylanol manufacturer can 203 00:14:56.240 --> 00:15:00.480 View a feeling to disclose risks for autism and other 204 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:06.000 mental disorders connected to tilan aw use during pregnancy. This 205 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:11.000 is a welcome development for accountability against big pharma. The 206 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:14.679 Second US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a trial 207 00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:19.000 judge went too far by excluding testimony from three expert 208 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:23.639 witnesses and effectively shutting down roughly five hundred cases. The 209 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:27.960 appeals panels said the experts use recognized scientific methods and 210 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:31.039 the disagreements over the research should be examined through the 211 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:35.159 legal process, not dismissed before plentiffs can even make their case. 212 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:39.919 The ruling does not establish that tailanol causes autism, ADHD 213 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:44.919 or other series of developmental conditions. Ken View continues to 214 00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:49.559 deny any casual connection and says independent research supports the 215 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:52.960 medicine safety, but that is precisely why evidence should be 216 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:57.879 tested openly in court with documents reviewed, witnesses questioned, and 217 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:02.759 corporate conducts subjected to scrutiny. President Trump previously urged pregnant 218 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:06.039 women to avoid tail at all and call for stronger warnings, 219 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:11.080 bringing national attention to questions that the financial and big 220 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:15.960 farm establishment had too often brushed aside internal communications. Reporting 221 00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:19.639 in the media have also suggested that some company researchers 222 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:24.720 recognize growing concerns years ago. Americans have watched pharmaceutical giants 223 00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:30.080 collecting enormous profits while enjoying extraordinary political influence and limited accountability. 224 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:33.759 For decades, no questioning of Big Farmer was allowed within 225 00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:37.440 the federal government, as they had totally captured the FDA 226 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:42.679 and other bureaucracies. Family deserved transparency, honest risk disclosures, and 227 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:46.440 the right to have legitimate claims heard. This decision is 228 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:50.840 a victory for due process and public accountability. It shows 229 00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:54.639 that Big Farmer no longer owns our system. The individuals 230 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:57.639 who have had their lives destroyed and watched their children 231 00:16:57.720 --> 00:17:01.399 suffer because of Big Farmer's product us will now have 232 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:04.799 their day in court. When we come back, we'll talk 233 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:09.319 about Graham Platner. He is the failed Democrat kendidate for 234 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:12.960 the US Senate in Maine, and as you're going to learn, 235 00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:17.640 he was shielded by big Tech. It's disgraceful as to 236 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:20.519 how they cover for this man. But now he's crashed 237 00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:24.160 and burned, and that makes it much more difficult for 238 00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:27.480 Democrats to have any shot at winning the US Senate. 239 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:31.759 Maine is one of the few blue states represented by 240 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:37.960 a Republican Senator. Susan Collins. Platner was their golden haired boy. 241 00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:41.599 He was the chosen one until he crashed and burned. 242 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:43.359 We'll talk about it on the other side when we 243 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:46.680 come back. I'm Roger Stone. You're listening to the Stone Zone. 244 00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:47.799 Don't go away. 245 00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:52.960 The Stone Zone entertaining and informative on the Red Apple 246 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:54.240 podcast Networks. 247 00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:09.599 This is the Stone Zone. Now get him a zone. 248 00:18:09.880 --> 00:18:11.440 It's the Stone Zone. 249 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:15.559 A man who's gone through hell, but he's kept going, 250 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:17.880 and he's smart, and he's strong. 251 00:18:17.599 --> 00:18:18.839 And people love him. 252 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:21.319 Not everybody, but people love him and respect him. 253 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:22.920 Rogers Stone, where's Roight? 254 00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:28.799 Just here's Rogerstone, and you're back in the Stone Zone, 255 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:31.680 the hottest political show on radio today. 256 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:36.440 As the Graham Platner debacle in Maine unwinds, it begs 257 00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:40.200 the question How did it get so far? How was 258 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:45.000 a man this disgraceful, this disreputable, and this unqualified able 259 00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:49.559 to win a major party primary. He actually drove the 260 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:53.559 sitting Democrat governor of Maine out of the race. The 261 00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:57.160 answer has something to do with big tech censorship, you see. 262 00:18:57.319 --> 00:19:01.400 A New Media Research Center study shows that Apple News 263 00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:06.240 and Google News deliberately protected Platner from damaging coverage while 264 00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:11.440 he remained politically useful. According to the watchdog organization, the 265 00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:15.880 two platforms largely failed to surface negative reporting about the 266 00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:20.240 former main candidate Grand Platner between November twenty twenty five 267 00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:24.960 and May of twenty twenty six. During that period, numerous 268 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:29.960 other outlets published stories involving his Nazi tattoo, his offensive 269 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:36.039 online posts, his accusations by many of sexual assault and abuse. 270 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:40.759 There are other controversies as well. The MRC says that 271 00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:43.640 Apple and Google overlooked at least one hundred and twelve 272 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:47.960 negative stories. The blackout reportedly ended only after The New 273 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:53.480 York Times published a May thirtieth report about a sexting controversy, 274 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:59.359 which triggered broader scrutiny. MRC president David Bozell argues that 275 00:19:59.400 --> 00:20:04.440 the platform buried damaging information while Platner appeared capable of 276 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:09.759 defeating Republican Senator Susan Collins. Then allowed the negative coverage 277 00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:13.200 against Platner to spread only after he became a political 278 00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:16.440 liability and it became clear that he could not win. 279 00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:20.000 Google of course denies the charges and calls the studies 280 00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:25.440 methodology flawed, insisting that its news results are updated constantly 281 00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:30.599 in shaped by user interests and location nonsense. Platner later 282 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:35.920 ended his campaign after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct, abuse, 283 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:41.279 and even rape. Platner denied wrongdoing, but Democrats' support rapidly 284 00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:44.480 collapsed and he was thrown out like a bag of trash. 285 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:48.119 The larger issue is bigger than one pathetic failed candidate 286 00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:52.759 in Maine. Apple and Google exercise enormous influence over what 287 00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:57.680 millions of Americans see, or, more importantly, never see. When 288 00:20:57.759 --> 00:21:02.319 powerful technology companies controlled the flow of political information, even 289 00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:07.279 the appearance of partys in suppression, demands investigation, common sense. 290 00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:11.400 Voters have warned for years at big techn quietly shape elections. 291 00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:14.920 This case is another reason why the Trump administration must 292 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:18.759 enforce platform neutrality to ensure that voters received the full 293 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:24.559 story before not after election day. Meanwhile, mission Democrats Senator 294 00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:29.000 Elisa Slotkin is again under fire after claiming that the 295 00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:33.640 Save America Act would disenfranchise all married women and make 296 00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:37.039 it harder for Democrats to win elections. Speaking at a 297 00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:41.799 town hall, Slotkin, a former CIA agent, argue that married 298 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:46.119 women could face problems proving citizenship because their current names 299 00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:49.519 may differ from those on their birth certificates. Where do 300 00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:52.839 they come up with this stuff? Republican lawmakers quickly rejected 301 00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:57.319 that argument. Senator Ran Paul called the claim false and insulting, 302 00:21:57.559 --> 00:22:01.039 noting that women are fully capable of providing documents proving 303 00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:04.839 their American citizens. Senator Mike Lee compared the process to 304 00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:09.119 completing an I nine employment form, which millions of Americans 305 00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:11.400 already do when starting a job. At the heart of 306 00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:15.039 this debate is a simple question, Should people registering to 307 00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:18.759 vote in federal elections be required to prove their US citizens? 308 00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:22.720 Republicans say the answer is obviously yes. Democrats clearly say 309 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:27.039 the answer is no. Citizen verification is not voter suppression. 310 00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:31.599 It's a basic safeguard that protects legal voters and strengthens 311 00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:36.880 confidence in election results. Democrats frequently warmed that identification and 312 00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:41.559 eligible requirements will reduce participation, but evidence from Georgia tells 313 00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:45.720 a very different story. Following election law changes, early voting 314 00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:50.920 actually surge, Black voter participation increased, and recent primary turnout 315 00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:55.480 actually reached record levels. Slotkin's rhetoric appears designed to frighten 316 00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:58.960 women rather than address the actual legislation at hand. The 317 00:22:59.039 --> 00:23:04.039 Save Act women routinely update names on drivers, licenses, passports, 318 00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:09.480 tax records, and unemployment documents. Protecting elections does not disch 319 00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:13.480 franchise voters. It protects their ballots from being deluded by 320 00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:18.200 unlawful participation. Congress should reject the scare tactics and, in 321 00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:22.920 the name of Lindsay Graham, pass strong citizenship verification requirements 322 00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:27.640 for federal elections by approving the Save America Act immediately. 323 00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:32.400 Republican US Congressman Paul Gosar of Arizona's demanding the shutdown 324 00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:36.079 of the National Institute of Health's Rocky Mountain Laboratories in 325 00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:42.759 Montana following explosive allegations involving virus smuggling, serious safety breaches, 326 00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:47.359 and possible bureaucratic cover ups. Gosar is asking Health and 327 00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:51.559 Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior and the NIH 328 00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:56.559 Director Jay Batsichara to immediately halt research and properly wind 329 00:23:56.599 --> 00:24:01.319 down that facility, which critics have dubbed WUHA West because 330 00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:05.440 of its connections to the former Director of National Health 331 00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:11.079 Anthony Fauci and dangerous pathogen experiments. The Justice Department has 332 00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:15.880 charged two former laboratory researchers with allegedly smuggling the activated 333 00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:21.039 monkey pox virus samples into the United States. A whistleblower 334 00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:25.640 has also claimed that officials knew that the activity took 335 00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:29.519 place before the federal investigation, and they attempted to conceal it. 336 00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:35.039 Additional allegations involve a monkey bite that reportedly exposed a 337 00:24:35.119 --> 00:24:44.119 laboratory employee to crimean congo hemohagik fever, a deadly a 338 00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:48.359 Bola like virus. Congress from GOSAR says the facility has 339 00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:55.279 conducted taxpayer funded experiments involving bats, monkeys, coronaviruses, ebola, and 340 00:24:55.400 --> 00:25:00.480 other zoenotonic diseases. Americans have every right to ask why 341 00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:05.759 federal bureaucrats continue funding dangerous research while hiding behind secrecy 342 00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:10.599 whenever something goes wrong. After the failures and unanswered questions 343 00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:14.119 of the Fauci era promises of internal reviews are no 344 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:20.319 longer enough. Secretary Kennedy and Director Batachara should impose an 345 00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:25.559 immediate safety stand down, release all the relevant records, investigate 346 00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:30.759 every allegation, and hold responsible officials accountable. If the federal 347 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:35.039 government cannot safely manage some of the world's most dangerous pathogens, 348 00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:39.119 then it has no business experimenting with them. Protecting public 349 00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:44.400 safety must come before bureaucratic careers, institutional reputations, or Anthony 350 00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:47.680 Fauci's legacy. And while we're at it, let's lock up 351 00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:52.000 Fauci for lying under oath to Congress and crimes against humanity. 352 00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:56.480 Senator Rand Paul has said repeatedly that Fauci lied about 353 00:25:56.480 --> 00:26:00.720 his knowledge of taxpayer funding of the weaponization of the 354 00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:05.759 COVID nineteen vaccination virus, the COVID virus in the Wuhan 355 00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:11.680 lob and its time for accountability. Meanwhile, Michigan's August fourth 356 00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:15.480 Democratic Senate primaries become a major test of whether the 357 00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:19.799 party establishment can still restrain its far left progressive or 358 00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:24.440 socialist win, or whether socialist politics now control the National 359 00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:29.680 Democratic Party future. After State Senator Mallory mcmarrow dropped out 360 00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:32.039 of the race. It's now a head to head battle 361 00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:37.119 between Congressman Hailey Stevens, an establishment backed moderate, and an 362 00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:41.480 Abdul l Sayed, the far left radical Muslim who's the 363 00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:48.279 favorite of Bernie Sanders, Alexandrio Acasio Cortes, Rashida Talib and 364 00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:52.440 the United Auto Workers. The states could hardly be higher. Frankly, 365 00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:56.160 Democrats need to hold the retiring seat of Senator Gary 366 00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:59.599 Peters if they hope to regain at the Senate. Yet, 367 00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:05.119 Sayaed's supporters supports medicaid for all, who wants to abolish ice, 368 00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:09.039 cut off all aid to Israel, as previously back defunding 369 00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:13.680 the police. He's also campaigned with controversial anti Semitic fire 370 00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:18.400 life streamer Hassan Piker. Congressman Stevens, on the other hand, 371 00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:21.599 argues that her record of winning Republican territory make her 372 00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:26.559 the safer choice against strong Republican nominee former Congressman Mike Rogers. 373 00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:31.599 Stevens is backed by Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer's allies, former 374 00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:36.920 Michigan Senator Debbie stabanaw former Michigan Governor Jennifer grant Holm, 375 00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:42.000 and millions in outside spending This is no ordinary primary. 376 00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:45.319 This is a referendum on whether Democrats still care about 377 00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:49.480 electability in a battleground state that President Trump carried twice, 378 00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:54.480 or whether ideological activists will push the party even further left. 379 00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:59.440 If l Saied wins, the socials wing will claim another scout, 380 00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:04.440 and Republicans will gain a powerful argument that today's Democrat 381 00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:09.119 party has abandoned the center. Michigan Democrat voters are about 382 00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:13.200 to reveal whether the establishment still has control or whether 383 00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:17.640 the radical socialists were actually Marxists are now running the show. 384 00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:22.599 The result will echo far beyond Michigan and shape the 385 00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:27.359 national midterms. While Democrats going crazy bodes well for Republicans. 386 00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:30.839 We can't be arrogant and take radicals like l saad 387 00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:33.839 for granted. They will say anything to get elected. We 388 00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:36.839 can't get complacent. We must go the extra mile to 389 00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:40.079 make sure that cancer of socialism does not spread across 390 00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:42.920 the country. It is important to note, however, that the 391 00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:46.440 socialist victories are not limited to urban areas like New York. 392 00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:51.759 In recent days, a veteran Democrat congresswman in Colorado was defeated. 393 00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:55.279 Now these contests in Michigan will tell us whether the 394 00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:58.599 old Democrat Party, the party of John F. Kennedy, the 395 00:28:58.640 --> 00:29:01.920 party of Harry Truman, the party that believed in capitalism, 396 00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:06.720 free enterprise, god, a strong national defense, and was anti 397 00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:12.319 communists still exists. Meanwhile, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is 398 00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:16.519 taking a long overdue step to protect America's national security 399 00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:21.000 by creating a joint Pentagon Justice Department task force to 400 00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:25.039 identify and prosecute officials who leak sense of information to 401 00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:29.359