The Stone Zone dissects FHFA Director Bill Pulte’s scathing attack on Fed Chair Jerome Powell, accusing him of lying about a $2.5B D.C. HQ renovation and refusing to cut rates (4.5%) despite 1.6% inflation, framing it as politically motivated to hurt Trump. Pulte praises Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill—claiming it will slash Social Security taxes for 88% of seniors—while defending TPS terminations and RFK Jr.’s vaccine controversies, including a suppressed 1999 study linking hepatitis B shots to an 1,135% autism spike. The episode ties Trump’s policies—mass deportations, UPenn’s transgender sports crackdown, and Target’s CBC boycott—to a broader push for "law and order," portraying Powell, judges, and progressive groups as systemic barriers to his vision of restored economic and cultural dominance. [Automatically generated summary]
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Well, the boss of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, who also chairs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two federal housing powerhouses, claims that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell should lose his job over allegedly false testimony he gave to Congress regarding a $2.5 billion revamp of the Federal Reserve's palatial DC headquarters.
This is, of course, the same Jerome Powell, chairman of the Fed, who is refusing to cut interest rates on the American people, despite the fact that both the inflation rate and the unemployment rate are lower today than when the Fed cut rates to try to assist Joe Biden in last November's election.
Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Home Finance Administration, joins us later in the show to talk about all that.
In the meantime, the state of Israel has agreed to a 60-day ceasefire in the Gaza Strip as President Trump continues to negotiate peace in the Middle East.
Israel has been at war since the infamous October 7th attacks by the Hamas terror group that rocked the Jewish nation to its very core.
President Trump announced on Two Social that he has been working very hard with the Egyptians and the Qataris to broker this peace deal.
And now Hamas has a chance to do the right thing, as the president said, and bring lasting peace and I would say also prosperity and safety to the people of Gaza.
Israel remains focused on bringing home hostages that are still being held in Gaza, over 20 of which are still believed to be alive.
Israel's UN ambassador, Danny Danone, confirmed that Israel is absolutely ready for a ceasefire, but made it clear that the war will end when our hostages are back home.
President Trump has already been able to cool tensions between Israel and Iran following an exchange of hostilities between those two countries.
President Trump's limited and surgical bombing campaign of Iran also did, in fact, destroy their nuclear weapons development capability.
And after that successful bombing campaign, President Trump immediately made it clear that there would be no regime change war, no boots on the ground, no endless foreign war.
He immediately urged the Iranians to come back to the peace table.
The Trump foreign policy truly embodies the whole peace-through-strength ethos that was embodied by Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, and President Dwight Eisenhower.
We should pray for Israel and pray for peace in the Gaza Strip as Trump works incredibly hard to do his deal-making magic in the region.
In the meantime, Donald Trump and his one-time friend, Elon Musk, are back at it.
They're waging a war of words once again over the spending provisions of the Big Beautiful Bill.
Musk, of course, has argued that the Big Beautiful bill is too expensive, adding trillions to the debt.
President Trump has pointed out the hypocrisy of Musk's railing against government spending when his own companies have been the recipients of some tens of billions in federal subsidies throughout the year.
But putting that colorful exchange aside, I think it's important that if you want your car insurance to decrease, you should deport 20 million illegals who are in the country illegally.
If you want less traffic, the answer is to deport 20 million illegals.
If you want less expensive housing and competition for the affordable housing that does exist, we should deport 20 million illegals.
If you don't want to wait in an emergency room, you should deport 20 million illegals.
If we want Medicaid spending and therefore the deficit to decrease, as Elon has said, the most immediate way is to deport 20 million illegals.
If you want cleaner, safer cities and walkable sidewalks, again, deport 20 million illegals.
If you want an end to the panhandlers at traffic lights, a good way to stop that would be once again to deport 20 million illegals.
If you want Democrats to never win a national election again, then deport 20 million illegals.
The costs associated with the social spending benefits and housing of illegals run into the billions, some of it mandated by state law.
The fastest way to reduce the size and scope of government begins with one issue, curbing illegal immigration.
Deporting millions of illegals will reduce Medicaid and healthcare spending and thus cut the annual federal deficit.
It is, I think, rather obvious at this point.
Deporting illegals is as close to a panacea that will fix our ailing nation.
The Big Beautiful Bill also delivers on one other very important issue.
It provides a whopping $60 billion in supplemental spending over the course of four years to increase the border patrol.
That means physical barriers, which is about another $46.5 billion to build the border wall, and thousands of new border patrol agents.
It's not enough just to seal our border now.
It must remain sealed.
Musk, through his continuing badgering about the big beautiful bill, seems to be missing the forest for the trees, in my opinion.
It is very clear to me also that those who say that the bill does not cut Social Security are incorrect.
One of the most important, pardon me, those who say it does cut Social Security are incorrect.
One of the most beneficial effects of the passage of the Big Beautiful Bill is reducing the taxes on Social Security.
Because of a provision in the bill, 88% of all seniors who receive Social Security benefits today will pay no taxes on their Social Security benefits.
This will be a lifesaver for anyone living on a fixed income.
It will certainly not be forgotten during next year's midterms.
It's simply smart politics all the way around.
This Big Beautiful Bill provision also flies in the face of what the Democrats have said about Social Security.
They've claimed for years that it's Republicans who were after their Social Security benefits and wanted to destroy that popular program.
President Trump is turning the Republican Party into the American First Party of the working families of this country.
It's abundantly clear that cutting Social Security is off the table as long as he is President of the United States.
But if you look at the record, it's actually Democrats who have waged war against Social Security over the years.
It was Democrats who first moved Social Security funds from a private trust fund to public funds.
That was under Lyndon Baines Johnson.
It was Democrats who allowed fiscally reckless members of Congress to pilfer our Social Security funds and spend it on other things.
It was Democrats who outlawed tax deductions for Social Security payments.
We're now getting that in the Big Beautiful bill.
It was Democrats who initiated the taxing of Social Security payments to begin with.
It was Democrats who have not given any adequate increase in Social Security over the last eight years.
And of course, it was Democrats who opened up Social Security money for illegal immigrants to subsidize the demographic overthrow of America.
The Big Beautiful bill has driven a stake through the heart of the common Democrat narrative that it's Republicans who are after Social Security.
Republicans, especially those who are closely allied with President Trump, are fighting to protect Social Security while Democrats play political games and make claims about the Big Beautiful Bill and Social Security that are just not so.
Meanwhile, Health and Homeland Security Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said yesterday that he had a major autism bombshell that will no doubt cause huge headaches for big pharma spin doctors.
Robert Kennedy stated that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention suppressed a scientific study from 1999 that demonstrated an incredible 1,135% risk, elevated risk, among children who receive the hepatitis B vaccination shortly after birth versus those who received the shot later or not at all.
That was far from the only startling claim that RFK made while speaking recently.
He referenced a published article indicating that 50% of revenues to most pediatricians come from vaccination companies.
Additionally, Robert Kennedy Jr. said that insurance companies pay bonuses to doctors to enforce compliance with vaccination standards dictated by the public health industry.
RFK is describing a medical system as become frighteningly detached, in my opinion, from what's best for the people.
Financial incentives are built around encouraging compliance and respect for the individual patient is being completely lost in the process.
This is seen most frighteningly during the COVID-19 pandemic when the public sphere was weaponized to shut down society as big pharmace profits swelled, recording directly from the increase in human misery.
For years, big pharma and its advocates have aggressively demonized anyone who suggested that there might be a link between vaccinations and autism.
This has been a third rail that only fringe voices have been willing to broach.
The jury is still out with regards to the evidence, but Robert F. Kennedy is unafraid to ask the questions.
And as President Trump has said, where is the harm in asking legitimate questions?
He and RFK are digging for the truth.
It's the first time we've ever seen that from a public health official in generations, or actually perhaps as long as I have lived.
It's clear to me by now that RFK Jr. talks and because of his bold actions as the Secretary of Health and Human Services, he is far from compromised.
This is a man who takes his role as a public servant very seriously.
I knew and was friendly with Robert Kennedy before he ran for president.
Didn't know him nearly as well as I know Donald Trump, but I've always admired the fact that in any public forum, whether a panel or a debate or an interview, I've never seen him put forward a fact that he could not back up with a relevant legitimate study or test.
And for that, I have enormous respect for him.
I think he's on the cusp of realizing his life's work, and the American people will be immeasurably better off if he succeeds in cleaning up the institutional rot in our federal health bureaucracy.
Robert F. Kennedy may very well have been President Trump's wisest cabinet pick, although that's quite a contest because I think Secretary of State Marco Rubio is doing an amazing job.
I also think, obviously, very highly of Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard.
This is an all-star cabinet.
Meanwhile, Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News, has agreed to pay President Donald Trump over $30 million to settle an election interference lawsuit that Trump filed against the network.
Trump will receive an additional $16 million initially based on the judgment.
There's expected to be an additional $15 million set aside for advertisements, public service announcements, and other content that would be in support of conservative pro-Trump causes in the future.
Trump filed the lawsuit last year after CBS heavily edited an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris.
It was a kind of a ham-handed attempt to sway votes in the lead-up to last year's presidential election.
In the aftermath of the settlement, CBS will be changing their editorial standards to where they will be editing unaltered transcripts of interviews with presidential candidates from now on.
This rule, informally dubbed the Trump rule, will create additional transparency in the media coverage of future presidential elections.
President Trump has gone on the offense to level the playing field when it comes to the mainstream media.
Contrary to cries from the Democrats, Trump's lawsuit actually enhances media fairness and accountability.
The public will get full interviews rather than spin-doctor versions of what the network wants it to be.
The fake news media's ability to play gatekeeper has taken a major hit with this settlement.
I think it is good news for our entire political system.
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Yet another federal judge has intervened in order to impede President Trump's ability to conduct immigration policy.
This time, stepping in to protect the temporary legal status of Haitians who are in the United States illegally.
New York District Court Judge Brian M. Cogan, an appointee of President George W. Bush, issued a ruling that stated that Trump's administration's decision to cancel the temporary protected status of Haitians five months earlier than anticipated was unlawful.
The Biden administration has given these Haitians additional protections after they declared that it was necessary because of growing dangers in the country.
The Trump administration disagreed and overruled the Biden-era decision, arguing that the political situation has improved enough in Haiti for these people to be sent back to their home.
But Judge Cogan apparently believes that Biden's policies cannot be reversed by President Trump, and our nation is now essentially being held hostage to him.
The Supreme Court may need once again to intervene as they did in the case of 350,000 Venezuelans who sued to stay in the United States.
The U.S. Supreme Court nullified a ruling by a leftist activist judge in the Junkies Paradise of San Francisco that keeps the TPS, the temporary status of these Venezuelans in the United States.
The Trump administration said the Biden regime exploited programs to let poorly vetted migrants into this country, and they rightfully must overturn these Biden-era abuses that empower illegals and they make our country less safe.
Lower-level judges have proven to be a menace when it comes to abusing their authority to impede the mandate that President Trump won in the last election.
It's clear to me they become some of the most overreaching, arrogant, and power-hungry people currently serving in government.
Perhaps it's time to ignore their rulings.
To paraphrase one of the greatest presidents ever, President Andrew Jackson, the courts have now made their rulings and let them come and try to enforce it.
I'm not a lawyer, but I do recognize the Andrew Jackson precedent.
Joining us on the other side will be William J. Bill Pulte.
He is the director of the U.S. Federal Housing Administration, also known as the Federal Housing and Financing Agency.
He's also the chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two housing powerhouses that fund mortgages for the American people.
Pulte is all over the news today because he has been calling on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to cut interest rates since the inflation rate and the unemployment rate are both lower than the last time the Fed cut rates just before the 2024 election.
In that case, to benefit Joe Biden, I believe, but they refused to cut rates today.
But now Pulte is calling for a congressional investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell because it appears that Powell has lied under oath to Congress about a $2.5 billion renovation of the palatial headquarters of the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C.
Yes, it's shocking, and Bill Pulte himself will be joining us shortly in the Stone Zone to break this all down.
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Today's New York Post reports that the Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte has called on Congress to investigate whether Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell misled lawmakers in his testimony regarding a lavish $2.5 billion revamp of the Federal Reserve's palatial D.C. headquarters.
Pulte has been a sharp critic of Chairman Powell, pointing out that despite the fact that both inflation and unemployment are lower today than when the Federal Reserve last cut interest rates, Powell has stoutly refused to cut interest rates on the American people.
Joining us now is a man who's all over the news today.
He is the fifth director of the U.S. Federal Housing Agency.
In that position, he also oversees and serves as chairman of both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two principal mortgage vehicles for the federal government, as well as overseeing the federal home loan banks.
Bill Pulte, welcome into the Stone Zone.
Thank you, Roger.
Always good to be with you.
What a crazy day, huh?
It really is.
You've raised some very serious questions here.
You've called for a congressional investigation.
Break this down for us, if you will.
Well, I really haven't heard from a lot of people that I heard from today in a long time.
I mean, it's everywhere, and I think that it really strikes a chord with people, Roger.
I don't think it's really about what I did or President Trump or yourself or anyone else in this world.
I think it really has to do with Jerome Powell and his actions.
You know, we had to deal with this guy all throughout COVID, as you remember.
Everybody's so used to seeing this guy on TV during COVID.
And now he's still here, but he's out there doing a $2.5 billion renovation on a building, which, you know, I know a lot about construction, Roger.
It would be very hard for me to spend $2.5 billion on a renovation, just to be frank.
And then on top of it, he's sitting there and not lowering interest rates despite inflation being lower.
So the whole thing stinks to high heaven, and we're going to get to the bottom of it.
Yeah, I mean, it's really shocking.
He won't cut interest rates despite the fact that today both inflation and unemployment are lower than the last time the Federal Reserve cut interest rates ahead of the 2024 elections.
Very clearly, a political move designed to try to help Joe Biden.
That didn't work out so well.
But his whole let-em-eat-take mentality is really offensive.
He said before Congress that this $2.5 billion renovation of the Federal Reserve's incredibly palatial headquarters, he specifically said there is no VIP dining room, there is no new marble, there are no special elevators, there are no new water features, there's no beehives, there's no roof terrace gardens.
And none of that turns out to be true.
According to the plan approved by the government, pen pushers, a private dining room on level four is being completely restored.
That there is a new private elevator for the use of the Fed governors that will discharge them at the dining suite level.
The document expressly mentions a vegetated roof garden with urban wildlife and a spectacular view of DC skyline, as well as new water and marble features.
So it appears to me that he lied and he lied on a material matter.
I was once accused of lying to Congress, but I had no motive to lie, and no misstatement I made to Congress covered any underlying crime, nor was it material to Russian collusion because there was no Russian collusion.
In this case, there is a $2.5 billion plan.
While the American people are struggling, struggling certainly to buy a home or to buy a car, I don't know how he justifies his position other than to say tariffs, which is not much of an answer.
Well, he's got real problems, and he's going to continue to have real problems because, you know, people look the other way for a long period of time.
We had COVID.
We had all these different things going on in our economy.
But when you start messing with people's money for no reason whatsoever, which is what he's doing, in my opinion, I think that it's just a matter of time before this gets worse for him.
And I wouldn't be surprised to see there be investigations.
And, you know, we'll see where it goes from there, Roger.
But, you know, this is a cautionary tale for, frankly, for me and for other people who serve in government, but also people who, frankly, make money and become wealthy.
You just can never become detached from reality like it appears Jerome Powell has become.
Because, you know, you sit there and you think to yourself, you know, President Trump called him a stubborn mule.
And you sit there and you think to yourself, this just doesn't seem right.
How could somebody think like this?
And honestly, Roger, I think that Jerome Powell has created his own reality where he somehow thinks that it's fine that he has created this $2.5 billion renovation and that he hasn't lowered interest rates.
And I don't know what reality that is, but it's certainly not one that I would ever want to live in.
Yeah, no, the excuse he gives is tariffs.
He and many in the economics establishment have been conditioned to treat tariffs as inherently harmful.
I think that's false.
Here's the truth.
Tariffs are one of the few forms of taxation that actually preserve a government's accountability to its citizens.
Tariffs tie state revenue to national production and trade policy.
Tariffs will allow citizens to remain sovereigns of the government and income and even consumption taxes subjugate.
I think it is a phony argument, but the arrogance here, the politicization, is kind of obvious.
He is also, as we've had Barry Habib, the housing and mortgage guru on the show, Powell stubbornly insists that he doesn't have the data to justify an interest rate cut.
You look at the data, I mean, it's like Barry points out, you know, 1.6% is the annualized CPI number.
And that literally tells you what prices are.
And you're running at 1.6%, but your interest rate is 4.5%.
I mean, anybody with a napkin can figure out that that's 2% to 3% way too high.
And I personally believe that Jerome Powell is purposely doing this because he hates the president and because he wants to hurt the president.
And it's very sad because Jerome Powell is actually hurting the American people.
You know, President Trump is very tough, but a lot of American people have these interest expenses.
And so when you have CPI trailing at, let's call it 1.6% on a run rate basis, you apply it over a yearly period, and then you've got these interest rates at 4.5%, that's enough to do substantial damage to the economy.
And I think it's, as I said, I think it's going to get worse.
And I think the data is going to continue to prove out to be true that he is doing this with willful, willful intent.
Yeah, I mean, looking at your statement, it was interesting.
You not only pointed out that he may have dissembled before Congress, but you also suggested that the Congress investigate his political bias.
I mean, I think they have the authority to do that.
I've been through this.
They certainly had no problem subpoenaing my email messages, my text messages, tracking all of my phone calls.
By the way, they found no evidence of Russian collusion or WikiLeaks collaboration, despite what some in the media had reported.
Why could they not subpoena Jerome Powell's emails and tech messages for evidence of political bias?
I think that would be perfectly reasonable.
I think there'll be a lot more coming out, Roger.
I spoke with some U.S. senators today, and I think you also saw that one senator, Senator Lummis, text, or not texted, tweeted the article or tweeted the quote retweet, let's call it, my tweet about saying that Congress should investigate.
So I think a lot more will come out.
And if Senator Lummis's tweet is any indication that people are watching, I wouldn't be surprised to see Congress pick this up and pick it up real quick.
Bill, I want to ask you about the importance of the big, beautiful bill.
It seems to be inching closer and closer to being reality.
Earlier in the show, we doused a lot of the disinformation about the bill.
It will, in fact, eliminate taxes on Social Security for 88% of Americans.
There are those out there saying, no, it doesn't do that.
It does do that.
It could not be completely eliminated for structural reasons, but there is language in there that has the effect of doing away with a complete tax break on 88% of seniors.
Tell us about how important this bill is, because I think a lot of people are buying into the disinformation.
It's incredibly important, Roger.
I think it'll be one of the hallmarks of President Trump's term.
I think that this will actually set off the golden age.
You know, I've talked a long time about how there's going to be a housing boom in this country.
And you know how I feel about what Jerome Powell is doing to stunt that housing boom.
But I actually think that the big, beautiful bill will be the gasoline, so to speak, that will start the fire in a good way, which is the housing boom.
And you look at what's happening right now in the country.
You have four years of inflation that have just robbed Americans of their savings, robbed Americans of their earning potential, meaning nobody's been able to really grow their earnings on an inflation-adjusted standpoint.
So I think that this is going to be really a home run.
And, you know, this isn't investment advice, Roger, but I think that the stock market will boom.
I truly, truly believe that.
The president has spoken about the possibility of taking Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two housing mortgage giants, private.
It's a decision he'll make down the road.
President's Housing Plan00:05:21
But I also noticed that he very quickly said whether he does that or not, and we don't know whether he's going to do it.
He's still considering it.
The federal government would continue to guarantee mortgages so there'd be no damage, no deterioration among housing bonds.
I think it is an innovative idea.
I salute the president because he is an outside-the-box thinker, and he views everything under this prism of what is best for America, what's best for the taxpayers, what is best for U.S. citizens, not our allies, not illegals who are in the country, not the politicians in the political caste class, but what is best for America?
He's an inspiring guy to work for.
I don't know when he sleeps, to be honest with you.
His energy just astounds me.
His stamina is extraordinary.
He's obviously very courageous.
I mean, they tried to kill him twice, and he still keeps pushing forward on this agenda of reform.
I think there's a high probability that we are heading into a golden age here.
He's had a heck of a run just in the last week with this decision in the federal courts that seems to me to end the judicial tyranny in which judges that they shop for, activists, liberal judges, issue these sweeping, nationally impacting rulings.
It looks to me like that obstacle is now out of the way.
USID going out of business, stepping up the deportation of illegals.
The president's had one heck of a week.
He really has, and he's a machine.
Like you said, and it's been publicly reported, you know, he stays laid into the Oval Office, and then it's been reported that he goes up into the residence and that he continues to work into the late hours of the night.
This is a man who is a machine.
I don't know if we'll make another one like this gentleman.
I mean, think about it, 79 years old.
I mean, who knows anybody who's 79 years old who's as efficient, as functional, and frankly, brilliant as he is.
I mean, he is brilliant.
I said this yesterday, Roger, on my Twitter.
I said, I've never met another person who has as good of instincts as this gentleman does in my entire life.
His instincts are just otherworldly.
I don't care what anybody says about him.
I think he's brilliant.
Well, the brilliance of doing away with the tax on tips, for example, which really did come from a conversation that he had with a cocktail waitress when he was campaigning in Las Vegas.
I think it tipped the silver state of Nevada, a swing state, a state that Republicans lost in the last presidential election.
It was one of the more brilliant pieces of the big, beautiful bill.
It will soon be federal law.
He didn't get that from some economist.
It came from the mind of Donald J. Trump.
And his affinity for working people.
This guy is a billionaire who never really lost his queen's roots.
He has the common touch.
He understands the language and the instincts and the feelings of the working people.
That's why I think he's going to go down in history as one of our greatest presidents.
All right, I'm afraid we have to wrap it there.
I want to thank our guest, Bill Pulte, who is the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and who today called for a congressional investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
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Thanks again to Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, breaking news here in the Stone Zone, calling for a congressional investigation into whether Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, lied to Congress about a $2.4 billion renovation to the palatial headquarters of the Federal Reserve.
Also, Potey criticized the director of the Fed for his stout refusal to cut interest rates on the American people, despite the fact that both the inflation rate and the unemployment rate, the two measures the Fed uses, are lower than they were when the Fed last cut rates ahead of the 2024 election.
Target's Stand Against Racism00:03:53
Meanwhile, the University of Pennsylvania has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Education rejecting transgender insanity after letting a biological man, Leah Thomas, dominate women in swimming competitions.
UPenn has agreed to give titles and records back to female athletes who were robbed of these honors because they were misappropriated by male athletes who were allowed to compete in female categories.
This is really insanity.
The Trump administration initiated an investigation into the University of Pennsylvania early this year before freezing $175 million in funding for the university after it refused to comply with a DEI-related executive order.
The feds later determined that UPenn had in fact violated Title IX rules allowing Thomas to participate in a female swimming competition, denying opportunity to competitors who were biological females.
University of Penn officials will be issuing apologies to the women who were adversely impacted by their embrace of this transgender insanity.
This, I think, shows how the Trump administration is fulfilling its mandate of eliminating wokeism from our culture as the country is no longer held hostage to the delusions and perversions of a fringe leftist minority.
Meanwhile, the Congressional Black Caucus is big mad after the corporate retailer Target announced they would no longer be giving money to that nonprofit.
Target has been giving at least $1.4 million in annual donations to the Congressional Black Caucus Fund, as well as additional money to other racial justice groups for years, hoping to avoid a multicultural mob from ransacking their stores like they did after the death of serial felon George Floyd back in 2020.
With Black Lives Matter mania waning in recent years, Target has determined they will no longer have to participate in this racial protection racket anymore.
They announced back in January they would be cutting off their funding to the Congressional Black Caucus and similar organizations.
The Congressional Black Caucus struck back by announcing a boycott of Target, which I don't think will be terribly successful.
The Black Caucus stated, like many of the coalition leaders and partner organizations that have chosen to boycott their stairs across the country, we found that the explanations offered by the leadership of the Target Corporation fell woefully short of what our communities deserve and of the values includes that Target once touted.
So folks, if you're shopping this afternoon, let me recommend that you drop by Target, showing rare courage in this atmosphere.
No longer willing to be strong-armed by those playing the race card.
It demonstrates that it is a new day in America and we're entering a golden age, an age of unprecedented peace, prosperity, security, justice, and law and order.
You can hear about it every day here on The Stone Zone on the Red Apple Audio Networks.
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