Mike Benz

But this is basically civil war planning that we do in foreign countries, come home to roost in our own.

It's a sort of somber moment, actually, more than anything. And I found myself very reflective this week and hit by the weight of history of it, if that makes sense. And there's a lot to this. I mean, a lot of people have said, aren't you so happy? You've been fighting for this so long and now it's happening. And so they're expecting cartwheels and spiking footballs.

It's a sort of somber moment, actually, more than anything. And I found myself very reflective this week and hit by the weight of history of it, if that makes sense. And there's a lot to this. I mean, a lot of people have said, aren't you so happy? You've been fighting for this so long and now it's happening. And so they're expecting cartwheels and spiking footballs.

It's a sort of somber moment, actually, more than anything. And I found myself very reflective this week and hit by the weight of history of it, if that makes sense. And there's a lot to this. I mean, a lot of people have said, aren't you so happy? You've been fighting for this so long and now it's happening. And so they're expecting cartwheels and spiking footballs.

And that's not how I feel really at all because... The task here was to break the halo of this angel that turned into an angel of death. I don't think we've had the success of the 20th century without having a soft power influence arm. I think this is how we add cheap gas and affordable homes and middle-class prosperity and export markets for our manufactured goods here. The task is to...

And that's not how I feel really at all because... The task here was to break the halo of this angel that turned into an angel of death. I don't think we've had the success of the 20th century without having a soft power influence arm. I think this is how we add cheap gas and affordable homes and middle-class prosperity and export markets for our manufactured goods here. The task is to...

And that's not how I feel really at all because... The task here was to break the halo of this angel that turned into an angel of death. I don't think we've had the success of the 20th century without having a soft power influence arm. I think this is how we add cheap gas and affordable homes and middle-class prosperity and export markets for our manufactured goods here. The task is to...

be able to make it be righteous and virtuous again. But you couldn't do that while it had this halo. And so the halo had to be broken. The mask had to be taken off in order to implement reforms. And there have been... I feel... the global impact of fundamental changes to U.S.

be able to make it be righteous and virtuous again. But you couldn't do that while it had this halo. And so the halo had to be broken. The mask had to be taken off in order to implement reforms. And there have been... I feel... the global impact of fundamental changes to U.S.

be able to make it be righteous and virtuous again. But you couldn't do that while it had this halo. And so the halo had to be broken. The mask had to be taken off in order to implement reforms. And there have been... I feel... the global impact of fundamental changes to U.S.

foreign policy that are happening now, because, you know, as I've been saying for so long, I mean, there really is a sort of USAID Truman show that much of the world lives in. You know, many people found out for the first time this week that 90 percent of media in Ukraine is funded by USAID. Many people have We're just now finding out the extent of U.S.

foreign policy that are happening now, because, you know, as I've been saying for so long, I mean, there really is a sort of USAID Truman show that much of the world lives in. You know, many people found out for the first time this week that 90 percent of media in Ukraine is funded by USAID. Many people have We're just now finding out the extent of U.S.

foreign policy that are happening now, because, you know, as I've been saying for so long, I mean, there really is a sort of USAID Truman show that much of the world lives in. You know, many people found out for the first time this week that 90 percent of media in Ukraine is funded by USAID. Many people have We're just now finding out the extent of U.S.

media organizations that are funded by USAID. They're finding out the reach of it in everything from the unions to social media censorship to pandemic and gain-of-function research to strange ties even to things like terrorism and the drug trade. And there's that sort of...

media organizations that are funded by USAID. They're finding out the reach of it in everything from the unions to social media censorship to pandemic and gain-of-function research to strange ties even to things like terrorism and the drug trade. And there's that sort of...

media organizations that are funded by USAID. They're finding out the reach of it in everything from the unions to social media censorship to pandemic and gain-of-function research to strange ties even to things like terrorism and the drug trade. And there's that sort of...

These institutions that everyone thought were private and independent being corrupted by, you know, USAID's 44 billion odd dollar a year budget. And when I think a lot of people... That was a process that I felt was necessary to tell the story of internet censorship. Because for me, my journey of discovery on this was like everybody else.

These institutions that everyone thought were private and independent being corrupted by, you know, USAID's 44 billion odd dollar a year budget. And when I think a lot of people... That was a process that I felt was necessary to tell the story of internet censorship. Because for me, my journey of discovery on this was like everybody else.

These institutions that everyone thought were private and independent being corrupted by, you know, USAID's 44 billion odd dollar a year budget. And when I think a lot of people... That was a process that I felt was necessary to tell the story of internet censorship. Because for me, my journey of discovery on this was like everybody else.

I thought internet censorship was a domestic story at first. And so I start following the trail of it. And then I see, oh, that's weird. At this disinformation conference, the next panel is on energy geopolitics. What are they doing together? Huh? That's weird. And then you go over to the energy geopolitics people and you see, okay, well, their fellow panelists are all military contractors. Okay.