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But then two months into the Biden administration, China bought in March 2021, China signed a $400 billion deal with Iran to buy their oil and gas. I think this is also what's giving rise in part to some aspects of of the Israel-Palestine conflict on college campuses is that Bill Burns, the CIA director for Joe Biden, personally negotiated the Iran deal.
But then two months into the Biden administration, China bought in March 2021, China signed a $400 billion deal with Iran to buy their oil and gas. I think this is also what's giving rise in part to some aspects of of the Israel-Palestine conflict on college campuses is that Bill Burns, the CIA director for Joe Biden, personally negotiated the Iran deal.
And the whole network is involved in that, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
And the whole network is involved in that, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
For the life of me, I cannot understand how the National Endowment for Democracy continues to be funded by the Trump administration. This is completely outrageous to me. There were many gestures early in the Trump admin that funding would be cut to this organization. I believe J.D.
For the life of me, I cannot understand how the National Endowment for Democracy continues to be funded by the Trump administration. This is completely outrageous to me. There were many gestures early in the Trump admin that funding would be cut to this organization. I believe J.D.
Vance even got in a spat with them on X saying, well, if you're doing anything useful, why is the cover photo on your X account and your web page a picture of the Cold War? The Cold War has been over for 30 years. But the fact is, is The National Endowment for Democracy has taken its CIA origins. It was literally conceived of in the office of William Casey, the CIA director in 1983.
Vance even got in a spat with them on X saying, well, if you're doing anything useful, why is the cover photo on your X account and your web page a picture of the Cold War? The Cold War has been over for 30 years. But the fact is, is The National Endowment for Democracy has taken its CIA origins. It was literally conceived of in the office of William Casey, the CIA director in 1983.
Its founders told the New York Times publicly that it was created because it was terrible. The direct quote is, it was terrible when groups in the 1960s were seen as being subsidized by the Central Intelligence Agency. That's why the endowment was created. So both the CIA... And the founders itself openly concede that its role is to be an NGO version of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Its founders told the New York Times publicly that it was created because it was terrible. The direct quote is, it was terrible when groups in the 1960s were seen as being subsidized by the Central Intelligence Agency. That's why the endowment was created. So both the CIA... And the founders itself openly concede that its role is to be an NGO version of the Central Intelligence Agency.
And that played a very useful role in the Cold War, in the 1980s, in toppling foreign governments that had autocratic features and were left-wing, communist, socialist in nature. and helped open up them to capitalism and to Western liberalism and all the rest. In fact, they were so effective that the New York Times The New York Times in the early 1990s said that we don't even need to confirm.
And that played a very useful role in the Cold War, in the 1980s, in toppling foreign governments that had autocratic features and were left-wing, communist, socialist in nature. and helped open up them to capitalism and to Western liberalism and all the rest. In fact, they were so effective that the New York Times The New York Times in the early 1990s said that we don't even need to confirm.
I think it was Bob Gates as the CIA director because we don't need the CIA anymore. We have the National Endowment for Democracy. But they have pivoted completely from countering left-wing communism to countering right-wing populism. And we have a populist president here. The National Endowment for Democracy won.
I think it was Bob Gates as the CIA director because we don't need the CIA anymore. We have the National Endowment for Democracy. But they have pivoted completely from countering left-wing communism to countering right-wing populism. And we have a populist president here. The National Endowment for Democracy won.
bragged about censoring Trump voices, had entire operations to stop Trump from the inside. And the fact that they remain what appears to be almost fully funded is like voluntarily giving your own government cancer.
bragged about censoring Trump voices, had entire operations to stop Trump from the inside. And the fact that they remain what appears to be almost fully funded is like voluntarily giving your own government cancer.
And I can't for the life of me, other than donor pressure or a need to appease Congress in order to get other parts of the bill passed, understand why this administration would continue to fund that.
And I can't for the life of me, other than donor pressure or a need to appease Congress in order to get other parts of the bill passed, understand why this administration would continue to fund that.
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