Mike Benz

$12 million, yes, and this was granted right after the, this was, I think the grant date for this was, start date was December 2022, right after the 2022 elections. It almost feels like a payoff for some reason. But here you go, let me read this, okay? So $22 million, I'm sorry, $12 million given to,

$12 million, yes, and this was granted right after the, this was, I think the grant date for this was, start date was December 2022, right after the 2022 elections. It almost feels like a payoff for some reason. But here you go, let me read this, okay? So $22 million, I'm sorry, $12 million given to,

And you'll see the – and in fact, if you go to the next – if you go to the one right after, you'll see – and yeah, so Brazil – and one more over. We'll come back to that in a sec. You'll see – just so you see the numbers here, right? This is on USAspending.gov. You can look this up publicly. It's still active. Brazilian unions, Lula's unions are still getting paid by you and me.

And you'll see the – and in fact, if you go to the next – if you go to the one right after, you'll see – and yeah, so Brazil – and one more over. We'll come back to that in a sec. You'll see – just so you see the numbers here, right? This is on USAspending.gov. You can look this up publicly. It's still active. Brazilian unions, Lula's unions are still getting paid by you and me.

They are taking money from us. Why? We are capacity building. I'll read you the technical reason they say why. So if you go back two slides again, let's just read this, okay? So this is, the purpose is to improve respect for labor rights and participatory planning with unions in Brazil. Again, this is the Bureau of International Labor Affairs at the Department of Labor.

They are taking money from us. Why? We are capacity building. I'll read you the technical reason they say why. So if you go back two slides again, let's just read this, okay? So this is, the purpose is to improve respect for labor rights and participatory planning with unions in Brazil. Again, this is the Bureau of International Labor Affairs at the Department of Labor.

Direct financial support for workers organizing. Build cross-movement networks with civil society organization allies. Uh, representing marginalized populations and mobilize increased capacity of worker organizations to organize, mobilize, and, you know, advocate on their own behalves here.

Direct financial support for workers organizing. Build cross-movement networks with civil society organization allies. Uh, representing marginalized populations and mobilize increased capacity of worker organizations to organize, mobilize, and, you know, advocate on their own behalves here.

Um, populations and beneficiaries are in Brazil workers and unions with a focus on Afro Brazilian young and women workers. Um, And there's tie-ins to the indigenous sects in Brazil, which the U.S. State Department made a very big play for, which sort of gets me to some of the Amazon fire elements here. But this is stock standard.

Um, populations and beneficiaries are in Brazil workers and unions with a focus on Afro Brazilian young and women workers. Um, And there's tie-ins to the indigenous sects in Brazil, which the U.S. State Department made a very big play for, which sort of gets me to some of the Amazon fire elements here. But this is stock standard.

We've been funding the Lula machine from every direction, from the State Department, from USAID, from the Department of Labor, from the National Endowment for Democracy Solidarity Center. Can I go off on this for a second? Okay.

We've been funding the Lula machine from every direction, from the State Department, from USAID, from the Department of Labor, from the National Endowment for Democracy Solidarity Center. Can I go off on this for a second? Okay.

I mentioned there's four core fours for our top CIA cutout, the National Endowment for Democracy, which by the way, and you can even, you know, you can go to my X timeline or you can look it up either way. This is a direct quote from the founder of the National Endowment for Democracy at their founding that the reason

I mentioned there's four core fours for our top CIA cutout, the National Endowment for Democracy, which by the way, and you can even, you know, you can go to my X timeline or you can look it up either way. This is a direct quote from the founder of the National Endowment for Democracy at their founding that the reason

that they were created was because the CIA used to get in trouble for running financial assistance to political opposition groups, and it looks terrible when the CIA is seen as subsidizing them. That's why the endowment was created, the National Endowment for Democracy was created, so that the funding could be provided without CIA fingerprints on it.

that they were created was because the CIA used to get in trouble for running financial assistance to political opposition groups, and it looks terrible when the CIA is seen as subsidizing them. That's why the endowment was created, the National Endowment for Democracy was created, so that the funding could be provided without CIA fingerprints on it.

And so Ned has these four core fours that I've been talking about, right? IRI for the Republican side, NDI for the Democrat side. They have one for the Chamber of Commerce, basically business interests in the region where we do political dirty work. They will basically benefit in some way from the new government. The fourth one is called the Solidarity Center. It's the CIA's work with unions.

And so Ned has these four core fours that I've been talking about, right? IRI for the Republican side, NDI for the Democrat side. They have one for the Chamber of Commerce, basically business interests in the region where we do political dirty work. They will basically benefit in some way from the new government. The fourth one is called the Solidarity Center. It's the CIA's work with unions.

The Solidarity Center's closest partner by far and away, bar none, is the group that used to be known by Democrats in the 1960s and 70s who hated their partnership with the Central Intelligence Agency. They used to call it the AFL-CIA. It's known widely as the AFL-CIO. It's the largest union in the U.S.

The Solidarity Center's closest partner by far and away, bar none, is the group that used to be known by Democrats in the 1960s and 70s who hated their partnership with the Central Intelligence Agency. They used to call it the AFL-CIA. It's known widely as the AFL-CIO. It's the largest union in the U.S.