WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:05.440 The Stone Zone, entertaining and informative on the Red Apple 2 00:00:05.599 --> 00:00:06.679 podcast network. 3 00:00:07.879 --> 00:00:11.800 This is the Stone Zone with Roger Stone. People love 4 00:00:11.880 --> 00:00:12.720 him and respect him. 5 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:17.600 Rogers Stone, Now get him a zone. It's the Stone Zone. 6 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:23.440 Here's Rogerstone. 7 00:00:23.719 --> 00:00:26.679 You are now entering the Stone Zone. Joining you now 8 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:28.280 from Washington. 9 00:00:27.879 --> 00:00:28.120 D C. 10 00:00:28.800 --> 00:00:33.159 President Donald Trump is scheduled to address the nation tomorrow 11 00:00:33.240 --> 00:00:37.920 evening at nine pm Eastern regarding newly discovered evidence of 12 00:00:38.119 --> 00:00:42.799 foreign interference in the twenty twenty presidential election. Now does 13 00:00:42.840 --> 00:00:47.719 this regard China or Venezuela or Ukraine, Well, nobody really knows. 14 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:51.280 The President's aids are being extraordinarily tight lipped about it, 15 00:00:51.679 --> 00:00:55.439 as is the intelligence community. So if you want to know, 16 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:58.039 you're just going to have to tune in. That's what 17 00:00:58.159 --> 00:01:01.000 I'll be doing. There are some who are saying already 18 00:01:01.079 --> 00:01:04.439 in the mainstream media that this is just a distraction 19 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:08.280 from the twenty twenty six elections. Of those are the 20 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:13.200 same people who tried tended to downgrade the disclosures by 21 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:18.519 Tolcy Gabbert when she declassified documents that proved definitively that 22 00:01:18.599 --> 00:01:23.120 the Russian collusion narrative was a hoax cooked up by 23 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:28.319 President Barack Obama and his intelligence community leaders, including the 24 00:01:28.359 --> 00:01:32.920 CIA Director John Brennan, the FBI Director James call Me, 25 00:01:33.359 --> 00:01:37.640 the Director of National Intelligence, General Clapper, and so on. 26 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:41.439 So once again, I expect the President to have some 27 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:46.359 bombshell evelations tomorrow that the mainstream media will immediately try 28 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:51.319 to poo poo and downplay. Meanwhile, President Trump's latest moves 29 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:54.239 in the Straits of Hormu show that his new pressure 30 00:01:54.280 --> 00:01:57.640 campaign against Iran is working and that the conflict may 31 00:01:57.719 --> 00:02:02.680 finally beginning to unwind. President Trump announced Tuesday that is 32 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:07.359 replacing a proposed twenty percent shipping reimbursement fee on major 33 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:11.680 trade and investment agreements from Gulf States. At the same time, 34 00:02:12.039 --> 00:02:15.159 the United States will maintain a full blockade on all 35 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:20.400 vessels traveling to or from Iranian ports or carrying Iranian cargo. 36 00:02:20.919 --> 00:02:25.800 This presumably also includes oil shipments from carg Island to China, 37 00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:30.439 where ninety percent of Iran's oil is sent. The message 38 00:02:30.479 --> 00:02:35.039 is unmistakable. International shipping can now move freely, oil can 39 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:38.800 keep flowing, and Iran alone will pay the price for 40 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:42.919 its aggression. President Trump credited the United States military with 41 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:47.680 reopening the straits after American forces struck Iranian coastal defenses, 42 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:53.240 missile sites, drone facilities, and maritime capabilities. President Donald Trump 43 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:56.400 gave Piece a chance, but it's clear that the Iatolas 44 00:02:56.439 --> 00:02:59.639 will not live up to any Piece agreement, including the 45 00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:04.400 LAU that was painstakingly negotiated under the leadership of Vice 46 00:03:04.439 --> 00:03:09.120 President jd. Vance. Those operations the further awake in Tehran's 47 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:13.000 ability to threaten commercial shipping. Now Gulf nations are responding 48 00:03:13.400 --> 00:03:16.759 with what President Trump described as massive new investments in 49 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:21.719 American factories, plants, equipment, and jobs. If you ask me, 50 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:25.400 this is a masterclass in geopolitical maneuvering by President Trump. 51 00:03:25.879 --> 00:03:31.080 He's using overwhelming military strength, economic pressure, and hard bargaining 52 00:03:31.159 --> 00:03:35.360 to force better outcomes without trapping America in another endless 53 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:39.800 ground war. The Iranian regime remains belligerent, but its position 54 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:44.759 is swiftly deteriorating. Its military capabilities are being degraded, its 55 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:48.560 shipping is isolated, and its regional leverage appears to be shrinking. 56 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:52.400 What remains of the regime may continuationing threats, but it 57 00:03:52.439 --> 00:03:56.800 cannot sustain this pressure indefinitely. Conflict is far from over, 58 00:03:56.840 --> 00:04:01.520 but momentum has clearly shifted. President Trump is protecting global commerce, 59 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:06.080 strengthening America's economy, and tightening the noose around Tehran, all 60 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:09.039 the while making it clear that Iran will never obtain 61 00:04:09.560 --> 00:04:12.199 a nuclear weapon, something he's been saying, by the way, 62 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:17.480 since nineteen eighty eight, when he said it at a Portsmouth, 63 00:04:17.839 --> 00:04:22.920 New Hampshire Chamber of Commerce luncheon. So President Trump's position 64 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:27.399 on Iran having a nuclear weapon has been consistent in 65 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:31.759 anyone who says contrary, well, I was there. Meanwhile, Special 66 00:04:31.800 --> 00:04:35.600 Counsel Jack Smith, it turns out, actually spied on the 67 00:04:35.720 --> 00:04:39.839 text messages the actual content of text messages by forty 68 00:04:39.879 --> 00:04:44.560 four individual members of Congress. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley 69 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:48.439 of Iowa revealed Tuesday that the former Special Council Jack 70 00:04:48.480 --> 00:04:52.680 Smith actually obtained text messages involving forty four members of 71 00:04:52.680 --> 00:04:56.720 Congress and senior White House officials during the closing months 72 00:04:56.759 --> 00:05:00.839 of President Trump's first term. The messages recollect after the 73 00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:05.639 National Archives responded to a sweeping subpoena covering records from 74 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:10.839 October twenty twenty through January twenty twenty one. Jack Smith's 75 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:15.120 team received the material on August twenty twenty three, shortly 76 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:19.839 after indicting President Trump over his totally constitutional challenge to 77 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:24.399 the twenty twenty election. Senator Grassley, a longtime chairman of 78 00:05:24.399 --> 00:05:27.319 the Juiciary Committee, says that Smith must now answer for 79 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:32.199 an extraordinarily aggressive and unconstitutional, and I believe illegal fishing 80 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:36.920 expedition that reached deep into communications involving elected lawmakers in 81 00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:40.839 what was an egregious violation of their Fourth Amendment rights. 82 00:05:41.040 --> 00:05:43.000 I ought to be clear, this is not just a 83 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:46.399 list of who spoke to whom, but the actual texts 84 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:49.839 of messages by members of Congress and senior members of 85 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:55.240 the administration. These lawmakers and White House staffers committed no crimes. 86 00:05:55.600 --> 00:05:58.279 They were targeted because they were part of the political opposition. 87 00:05:58.839 --> 00:06:02.040 This is nothing short of a Soviet style operation that 88 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:05.160 was run by Jack Smith. By the way, the Speech 89 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:10.000 or Debate Clause specifically protects members of Congress from executive 90 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:15.839 branch intrusion into legitimate legislative activity. That safeguard exists to 91 00:06:15.959 --> 00:06:20.600 prevent federal prosecutors from using government power to intimidate or 92 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:25.279 control lawmakers. Smith blatantly ignored the law in his extraordinary 93 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:28.240 zeal to make an example out of President Trump and 94 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:32.240 his allies. Grastly. The Senator from Iowa has pledged to 95 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:37.480 Brinsmith before the Senate Judiciary Committee and demand accountability and answers. 96 00:06:38.120 --> 00:06:43.480 The latest disclosure follows earlier revelations. Smith's investigations also obtained 97 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:47.079 call records connected to several Republican lawmakers as well as 98 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:51.720 Trump supporters. I myself was on that list. Americas now 99 00:06:51.800 --> 00:06:56.680 understand that a politically charged justice department crossed constitutional lines 100 00:06:56.959 --> 00:07:01.199 while pursuing President Trump and his allies. No prosecutors should 101 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:04.800 be above scrutiny. It's time for Jack Smith to face justice. 102 00:07:05.079 --> 00:07:09.600 Anything short of a prosecution for treason would be letting 103 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:13.360 him off easy. Meanwhile, New York's tax and spend model 104 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:16.240 is driving away the very people who keep the state's 105 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:20.759 finances afloat. A New Citizen's Budget Commission study finds that 106 00:07:20.800 --> 00:07:24.879 the Empire State's share of America's millionaires fell from twelve 107 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:28.199 point seven percent in twenty ten to just eight point 108 00:07:28.279 --> 00:07:32.000 seven percent in twenty twenty two. This is the steepest 109 00:07:32.040 --> 00:07:35.959 decline of any state in the nation. The consequences, of course, 110 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:39.480 are enormous. Researchers estimate that New York would have collected 111 00:07:39.560 --> 00:07:44.360 roughly ten point seven billion dollars more in personal income 112 00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:47.480 taxes in twenty twenty two alone, if it had simply 113 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:52.040 maintained its earlier share of high income earners. That warning 114 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:55.720 comes as socialist New York City Mayor Zori and Maemdami 115 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:59.600 pushes for even higher taxes on the wealthy, despite growing 116 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:04.360 evidence that punitive tax policies simply encourage residents, investors, and 117 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:09.240 businesses to leave the empire. State Governor Kathy Hoko declined 118 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:12.439 to raise income or corporate tax rates, but New York 119 00:08:12.519 --> 00:08:16.800 still imposed a pea tear tax on expensive second homes 120 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:20.360 in the city. Ma'am Damie, you may remember, celebrated the 121 00:08:20.439 --> 00:08:25.639 move outside billionaire Ken griffiths Manhattan penthouse, turning tax policy 122 00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:30.160 into a political stunt. Griffin responded by threatening to pull 123 00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:35.159 six billion dollars from Midtown development, exactly the kind of 124 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:38.519 investment that New York really can't afford to lose. The 125 00:08:38.559 --> 00:08:42.480 pattern is visible nationwide. The New York Stock has Change 126 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:45.960 has expanded into Texas, while companies such as Tesla have 127 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:50.080 moved their headquarters out of high tax California. The lesson 128 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:54.279 here is simple. Wealth creators are not trapped. They have options. 129 00:08:54.799 --> 00:08:58.240 They're not handcuffed to one particular state or municipality. The 130 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:02.559 Founding fathers designed a marrior to prevent one centralized authority 131 00:09:02.559 --> 00:09:06.399 from opposing top down tyranny upon the people. New York's 132 00:09:06.440 --> 00:09:08.559 leaders will have to learn the hard way because ma'am 133 00:09:08.639 --> 00:09:11.600 Domi is an ideologue who will never budge on his 134 00:09:11.919 --> 00:09:15.919 far left agenda. The money will continue to flate, and 135 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:18.039 New Yorkers will have to suffer for years before I 136 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:22.720 having a chance to end this particular nightmare. Meanwhile, Supreme 137 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:26.600 Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett delivered a sobering warning to 138 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:29.759 Congress this week, and that is that threats against America's 139 00:09:29.799 --> 00:09:34.000 highest courts are no longer just abstract political rhetoric. They're 140 00:09:34.039 --> 00:09:38.159 reaching the homes and families of justices themselves. Justice Barrett 141 00:09:38.159 --> 00:09:40.799 appeared before a House committee to support the Supreme Court's 142 00:09:40.840 --> 00:09:43.600 request for more than two hundred and twenty eight million 143 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:47.279 dollars in funding for the next fiscal year, including an 144 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:51.519 additional fourteen point six million for security. The proposal would 145 00:09:51.559 --> 00:09:55.320 expand the Supreme Court Police, add six protection agents for 146 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:58.879 each eight justice, and cover security costs when justice is 147 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:04.159 traveled outside Washington, d C. Justice Bear's testimony exposed the 148 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:08.519 human cost of radical intimidation campaigns that followed the leak 149 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:13.159 of the Court's Roe v. Wade decision. Barrett recalled having 150 00:10:13.159 --> 00:10:16.039 to explain to her young son what a bullet proof 151 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:18.720 vest was and why his mother had to wear one 152 00:10:18.799 --> 00:10:23.000 simply for doing her constitutional duty. She also described a 153 00:10:23.080 --> 00:10:26.840 swatting attack on her home roughly six weeks ago. Her 154 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:30.080 teenage son opened the door to find police vehicles responding 155 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:34.519 to a false report of gunshots and raised voices. This 156 00:10:34.600 --> 00:10:38.519 is what happens when political activists demonized judges for refusing 157 00:10:38.559 --> 00:10:44.039 to serve as unelected lawmakers. Common sense Americans have warned 158 00:10:44.320 --> 00:10:47.519 for years that reckless attacks on the court would invite 159 00:10:47.600 --> 00:10:52.000 real world danger. Congress should approve the additional security funding 160 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:55.919 without delay. In my opinion, protecting Justice Barrett and her 161 00:10:55.919 --> 00:10:59.480 colleagues is not a partisan issue. Is a basic defense 162 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:04.000 of constitutional government, judicial independence, and the rule of law 163 00:11:04.039 --> 00:11:10.120 against intimidation, mob pressure, and political violence in the United States. However, 164 00:11:10.559 --> 00:11:14.159 Justin Barrett has some recent sketchy rulings, including ruling against 165 00:11:14.159 --> 00:11:18.519 President Trump's prohibition on birthright citizenship. If Kobe Barrett does 166 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:19.799 not have a storm much to do is right in 167 00:11:19.799 --> 00:11:22.960 the midst of political pressure, she should actually consider resigning 168 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:26.600 from the bench. However, I do believe the added security 169 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:30.200 will help her rediscover her lost principles. At least I 170 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:34.200 pray for that. Meanwhile, the Treasury Department's making America's two 171 00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:38.240 hundred and fiftieth anniversary with new currency honoring President Trump's 172 00:11:38.519 --> 00:11:43.120 historic leadership. A redesigned one hundred dollars bill will carry 173 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:47.000 Donald Trump's signature along that side that of Treasury Secretary 174 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:51.080 Scott Bessett's, among the President's very best appointees in my view, 175 00:11:51.519 --> 00:11:54.440 making Donald Trump the first president to have his name 176 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:58.840 printed on American paper money while he was serving. His 177 00:11:58.919 --> 00:12:02.320 signature will also peer across all bill denominations issued for 178 00:12:02.360 --> 00:12:06.120 the anniversary. Secretary Besson said the change will cost oxpayers 179 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:11.200 absolutely nothing. Federal law requires US currency to include in 180 00:12:11.320 --> 00:12:15.279 God we Trust and prohibits prohibits of living people on 181 00:12:15.320 --> 00:12:20.559 paper money, but presidential signatures are permitted. Church results preparing 182 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:25.559 a commemorative non circulating dollar coin featuring President Trump's portrait. 183 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:29.720 Because it's a special coin rather than ordinary circulating currency, 184 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:33.279 it's not restricted by the law requiring presidents to be 185 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:38.240 deceased before appearing on standard presidential coins. This movie calls 186 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:43.200 nineteen twenty six, when Calvin Coolidge Silent Cow, became the 187 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:47.200 first sitting president portrayed on a commemorative coin during his lifetime. 188 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:51.919 Bessent predicts Americans will want to save bills bearing President 189 00:12:51.960 --> 00:12:55.480 Trump's signature, which could also benefit the Treasury when currency 190 00:12:55.519 --> 00:13:00.679 remains out of circulation. These new bills, which were advocated 191 00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:04.120 by the Treasurer Brendan Beach, are expected to reach the 192 00:13:04.159 --> 00:13:08.919 public this fall. Treasury officials say the designation recognizes both 193 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:14.080 the nation's semi quincentennial and Trump's role in advancing America's 194 00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:18.159 current economic revival. A prototype two hundred and fifty dollars 195 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:22.879 bill featuring President's Trump's portrait has also been prepared, although 196 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:26.480 Congress would have to authorize that. I'm Roger Stone. You're 197 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:29.080 listening to the stone Zone. When we come back, we'll 198 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:32.919 talk about the Federal Chair of the Federal Reserve and 199 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:36.240 the moves that he's making to hold down inflation. I'm 200 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:38.879 Roger Stone. You're listening to stone Zone. Whatever you do, 201 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:39.480 don't go away. 202 00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:45.120 The stone Zone entertaining and informative on the Red Apple 203 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:46.360 podcast network. 204 00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:49.320 Rogerson was persecuted people. 205 00:13:49.360 --> 00:13:52.159 Forget He's actually a brilliant, brilliant political analyst. 206 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:55.600 Now give him his zone. It's the Stone Zone. 207 00:13:56.039 --> 00:14:02.799 Here's Rogerstone, and you're back in the Stone Zone. Joining 208 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:07.159 you now from Washington, d C. President Trump's newly appointed 209 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:11.279 Federal Reserve Chairman, Kevin Warsh, is delivering a welcome message 210 00:14:11.320 --> 00:14:14.480 to Congress, and that is that the area of tolerating 211 00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:18.200 question inflation must now come to an end. In his 212 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:22.279 first semi annual testimony as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, 213 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:27.120 Worsh declared that central backed policymakers have quote no tolerance 214 00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:30.840 close quote for persistently high prices and are firmly committed 215 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:34.320 to restoring price stability. This is exactly the resolve that 216 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:38.519 American families need after five years of inflation eroded wages, 217 00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:43.399 punished savers, and drove up the cost of grosses, housing, energy, 218 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:46.919 and nearly everything else. Kevin Warsh, the new Chairman of 219 00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:49.879 the FED, says the Fed's number one objective is getting 220 00:14:49.960 --> 00:14:54.279 monetary policy right, promising that the recent inflation surge will 221 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:57.360 become a thing of the past. He also defended keeping 222 00:14:57.399 --> 00:15:00.279 interest rates between three point five and three point point 223 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:06.879 seven percent, while officials evaluate continuing inflation risks. Unlike Washington 224 00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:11.639 politicians who downplay rising prices or blame everyone but themselves, 225 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:15.960 Worsh recognizes that monetary policy plays a central role in 226 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:21.039 controlling long term inflation. He also offered a cautiously optimistic 227 00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:25.320 view of the economy, pointing to stable employment, fewer layoffs, 228 00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:31.120 solid wage growth, stronger manufacture, and expanding business investment, especially 229 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:35.320 when it comes to artificial intelligence and technology. But Federal 230 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:39.240 Reserve Chairman Worsh is wisely refusing to declare victory too soon. 231 00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:45.360 Energy shocks and stubborn underlying price pressure could ignite inflation, 232 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:48.639 and for that he's being cautious. The new chairman is 233 00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:54.360 also reviewing the Fence, communications balance sheet, economic data, productivity policies, 234 00:15:54.679 --> 00:16:00.320 and inflation models. Worsh deserves credit for emphasizing discipline, accountability, 235 00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:05.960 and sound money after years of reckless spending, easy money policies, 236 00:16:05.960 --> 00:16:10.639 and outright sabotage from his predecessor, Jerome Too Late Powell, 237 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:14.559 who ignored the unemployment and inflation rate and refused to 238 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:18.080 cut interest rates when it was merited. Worsh is delivering 239 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:20.480 a Federal Reserve that is willing to protect the dollar, 240 00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:25.840 defend working families, and confront inflation without political fear or 241 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:30.960 fashionable excuses. Now this is a welcome change. I point 242 00:16:31.039 --> 00:16:35.000 out that Jerome Powell, his predecessor, was a lawyer and 243 00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:39.720 not an economist, and that Powell cut interest rates when 244 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:44.039 the unemployment and inflation rates were far less favorable than 245 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:47.639 they are today in order to assist in the attempted 246 00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:51.279 reelection of Joe Biden. So the appointment of Warsh is 247 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:55.120 a welcome respite from that. And these new policies, I 248 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:59.240 think are designed to have sound money and more importantly, 249 00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:04.240 lower interest rates. Lower interest rates means more housing, more 250 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:07.519 availability of credit, and so on. This is a key 251 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:10.880 move when it comes to making America great again. I'm 252 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:13.759 Roger Stone. You're listening to the Stone Zone. We're all 253 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:17.119 set for President Trump's big announcement tomorrow night when he 254 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:21.119 addresses the nation regarding what he says is newly found 255 00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:25.519 evidence of foreign interference in the twenty twenty election. I'll 256 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:28.079 be watching. I hope you will too. You're listening to 257 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:29.519 the Stone Zone, and we'll. 258 00:17:29.319 --> 00:17:30.279 Be right back. 259 00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:36.160 The Stone Zone Entertaining and informative on the Red Apple 260 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:37.400 podcast Network. 261 00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:42.200 A man who's gone through hell, but he's kept going, 262 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:45.440 and he's smart, and he's strong, and people love him. 263 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:47.920 Not everybody, but people love him and respect him. 264 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:53.240 Roger Stone, Where's Roch Here's Roger Stone. 265 00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:58.960 You are now re entering the Stone zone, joining you 266 00:17:59.079 --> 00:18:03.799 now from what DC. Federal banking regulators are finally closing 267 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:07.720 a loophole that allowed illegal immigrants to obtain loans from 268 00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:12.799 American financial institutions without any meaningful scrutiny of their legal status. 269 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:17.200 The Office of the Controller of the Currency, the FDIC, 270 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:21.480 and the National Credit Union Administration are now advising banks 271 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:25.359 to consider a proof of continuing work authorization and other 272 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:30.759 documentation before deciding whether a borrow can realistically repay a loan. 273 00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:36.039 Regulators are also warning financial institutions to watch for concentrated 274 00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:40.759 lending and industries, employers, and regents likely to be affected 275 00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:45.759 by President Donald Trump's expanded immigration enforcement. The guidance follows 276 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:50.559 Trump's main executive order issued in May was entitled the 277 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:55.240 Restoring Integrity to America's Financial Systems Act, which directed federal 278 00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:59.480 agencies to strengthen identity checks and lending standards for people 279 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:04.440 living in the country illegally for years federal law failed 280 00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:10.480 to clearly prevent banks from serving illegal immigrants, leaving taxpayers, depositors, 281 00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:15.359 and financial institutions exposed to unnecessary risk while rewarding those 282 00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:20.680 who violated America's immigration laws. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 283 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:25.079 was also warned banks about obvious credit dangers of lending 284 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:28.720 to people who lacked legal authorization. Obviously, the chances of 285 00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:32.920 repayment are about zilch. President Trump is suggested going further 286 00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:38.000 by shutting down accounts used to facilitate illegal immigration. This 287 00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:42.799 is basic common sense. American banks should serve lawful customers, 288 00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:47.200 protect depositors, and verify that borrowers have both the legal 289 00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:51.799 rights and the financial capability to repay their debts. The 290 00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:55.799 Trump administration is right to restore this accountability. Access to 291 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:59.279 America's financial system is not an entitlement for those who 292 00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:04.559 enter or remain in the country illegally without consequences. Meanwhile, 293 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:08.759 a Minnesota sheriff is warning that political correctness and media 294 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:12.759 silence are allowing a dangerous gang problem to grow across 295 00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:18.480 the state of Minnesota, specifically in the Minneapolis Saint Paul region. 296 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:22.799 Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher says that roughly three hundred 297 00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:27.640 young people are now associated with twelve Somali gangs operating 298 00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:32.079 throughout the metro area and beyond. Authorities say these gangs 299 00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:36.920 have been connected to more than one hundred shootings and 300 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:40.880 at least fourteen murders over the past two years, including 301 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:45.400 violence at graduations, public gatherings, and even at the Minnesota 302 00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:50.480 State Fair. Investigators described the groups as young, heavily armed, 303 00:20:50.880 --> 00:20:54.640 and driven less by drug profits than by ego, social 304 00:20:54.720 --> 00:21:00.200 media attention, personal feuds, and public dispays of dominance. Sure 305 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:04.640 criticized local media and political leaders for refusing to confront 306 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:07.680 this issue honestly out of fear that discussing it could 307 00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:12.279 be labeled as you guessed it racist. That cowardice has 308 00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:17.119 severe consequences. Minnesota officials have been aware of organized Somali 309 00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:22.640 gang activity for nearly two decades. Earlier investigations documented robberies, 310 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:28.960 firearms offenses, trafficking, allegations, fraud, and violence spreading between several 311 00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:33.759 American cities, Yet the problem was repeatedly minimized when elected 312 00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:38.240 leaders focused more on protecting their political image than protecting 313 00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:42.720 innocent residents. Under the leadership of Tampon Tim Walls, the 314 00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:46.720 problem with Somali thuggery has gotten even worse. Law enforcement 315 00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:51.000 needs to target violent offenders aggressively, regardless of race, religion, 316 00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:55.119 or national origin. Third World savages should not be given 317 00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:59.359 a pass because authorities lacked the testicular fortitude to root 318 00:21:59.400 --> 00:22:03.640 out their inn thigh civilization behavior. Communities must also be 319 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:08.680 compelled to cooperate in identifying gang members and rejected imported 320 00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:13.519 clan rivalries that seem refueling this conflict. Public safety is 321 00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:19.279 not racism. Enforcing the law is not discrimination. Minnesota's leaders 322 00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:24.759 must stop making excuses, support police, prosecute violent criminals, and 323 00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:28.480 restore order before the rule of the jungle replaces the 324 00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:33.240 rule of law. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is launching a 325 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:37.920 campaign to defend American sovereignty against the International Criminal Court, 326 00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:42.519 or ICC as it's known. In a July thirteen statement, 327 00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:46.519 the State Department said it is considering sanctions, visa revocations, 328 00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:51.359 travel bans, and diplomatic pressure on foreign governments supporting the 329 00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:55.119 court while relying on American aid. The goal is to 330 00:22:55.119 --> 00:23:00.359 stop unelected international bureaucrats from claiming power over US groups 331 00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:05.319 and officials. You see, America never join the International Criminal Court, 332 00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:09.359 yet the court still claims authority to investigate and prosecute 333 00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:13.640 Americans for actions taken in countries that recognize its jurisdiction. 334 00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:18.000 Secretary of State Marco Rubio called that an intolerable attack 335 00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:22.720 on American independence and sovereignty. He warned that the International 336 00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:27.000 Criminal Court is waging war against the United States through statutes, treaties, 337 00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:32.359 and so called international law rather than bullets. Rubio correctly 338 00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:35.880 stated the Court has evolved into a radical global tribunal 339 00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:40.559 staffed by unaccountable bureaucrats who believe their power has no limits. 340 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:44.519 This administration is also urging other nations to withdraw from 341 00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:48.400 the International Criminal Court and warns that countries cannot expect 342 00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:54.240 American assistants while helping foreign judges target American citizens. President 343 00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:58.000 Trump has opposed its court for years, especially after prosecutors 344 00:23:58.279 --> 00:24:03.240 examined allegations evolving US personnel in Afghanistan. This is not 345 00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:07.440 about shielding criminals. It's about preserving the constitutional right of 346 00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:12.119 Americans to be judged under American law. The nation fought 347 00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:16.000 a revolution to escape distant rulers claiming authority over its people. 348 00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:19.000 The Trump administration is right to make the point that 349 00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:23.680 no foreign court will sit in judgment of American servicemen, officials, 350 00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:26.240 or our sovereignty. And after we get rid of the 351 00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:29.799 world of the scourge that is the International Criminent Court, 352 00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:32.359 we need to get out of the United Nations again 353 00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:36.039 while we're at it. Meanwhile, the House delivered a victory 354 00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:39.599 for common sense on Tuesday, voting three hundred and eight 355 00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:42.960 to one hundred and seventeen to end the wasteful ritual 356 00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:47.519 of changing America's clocks twice a year. The Sunshine Protecting 357 00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:51.319 An Act would make daylight saving times permanent across most 358 00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:54.799 of the country, keeping the current March to November schedule 359 00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:58.799 in place year round, unless individual states choose to opt 360 00:24:58.839 --> 00:25:03.440 out before the law takes effect. Republican leadership celebrated this vote. 361 00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:08.039 I celebrated it myself. It's just common sense. Representative Scott 362 00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:11.559 de Jarles of Tennessee marked the moment by playing the 363 00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:15.440 beatles here comes the Sun as the final tally was announced. 364 00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:19.359 President Trump has strongly backed this measure, calling the twice 365 00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:24.519 yearly clock change a ridiculous production that costs Americans time, money, 366 00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:28.240 and peace of mind. President Trump has pledged to work 367 00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:30.720 hard to get the bills side in the law, describing 368 00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:34.200 it as both a practical reform and a political win 369 00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:37.880 for common sense. Legislation now heads to the Senate, where 370 00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:40.960 it faces a tougher road, as Senator Tom Cotton of 371 00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:44.240 Arkansas will stand in the legislation's way, arguing that the 372 00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:49.160 status quo is somehow superior. Public frustration with clock switching 373 00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:52.440 has grown for decades as more have realized the pointlessness 374 00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:56.559 and inconvenience of daylight savings time, originally designed when we 375 00:25:56.640 --> 00:26:01.680 had a largely agricultural economy. States have already approved measures 376 00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:05.640 supporting permanent daylight saving times if Congress gives the green light. 377 00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:08.880 The Senate passed a similar bill in twenty twenty two, 378 00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:11.759 but then the House failed to act. This time, the 379 00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:13.880 House has done its job. We have to see if 380 00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:16.559 the Senate will act. It's now time to find out 381 00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:20.200 where the Senate will preserve an outdated government mandate or 382 00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:26.440 finally give Americans a stable, predictable clock. I'll be watching meanwhile. 383 00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:30.279 This is a distasteful story, but federal and state health 384 00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:34.920 officials are investigating whether Taco Bell restaurants may be connected 385 00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:39.079 to a major cyclospora outbreak, with lettuce and other solid 386 00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:43.720 ingredients under scrutiny. As possible sources. Michigan has reported more 387 00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:47.599 than twenty six hundred cases, making this the largest outbreak 388 00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:50.960 of the parasite in state history and one of the 389 00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:56.680 nation's biggest in years. Sporza is a microscopic parasite that 390 00:26:56.720 --> 00:27:00.839 can cause severe gastro intestral illness, which I'm not going 391 00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:04.160 to describe here in detail because it is well to distasteful. 392 00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:08.319 Michigan health officials say that evidence points towards lettuce or 393 00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:11.759 salad greens, although other foods have not been ruled out. 394 00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:17.119 Investigators have not identified a specific farm supplier or type 395 00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:22.839 of produce responsible. Signs recently posted some Detroit area Taco 396 00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:28.759 Bell location said lettuce, cilantro, onions, pica degaio, and guacamole 397 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:34.000 were unavailable because what it described as a national recall. However, 398 00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:37.279 the Food and Drug Administration has not publicly announced such 399 00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:40.680 a recall or formally linked Taco Bell to the outbreak, 400 00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:43.440 and we have no evidence here at the Stone Zone 401 00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:48.319