Mike Benz
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Right. Well, I mean, you know, I mean, I'm sure in the Ronald Reagan building, you know, but how it's colloquially known, I mean, and how it's described to the voters, it's described as humanitarian assistance. And you go, okay, well, you know, and we can get into the depth of the scandals, but...
Right. Well, I mean, you know, I mean, I'm sure in the Ronald Reagan building, you know, but how it's colloquially known, I mean, and how it's described to the voters, it's described as humanitarian assistance. And you go, okay, well, you know, and we can get into the depth of the scandals, but...
I guess the fundamental feeling that I have right now is this is going to get a lot worse as people go through this self-discovery process of what's happening. We were talking a little bit earlier where I mentioned eight years ago when I was writing my little book,
I guess the fundamental feeling that I have right now is this is going to get a lot worse as people go through this self-discovery process of what's happening. We were talking a little bit earlier where I mentioned eight years ago when I was writing my little book,
I guess the fundamental feeling that I have right now is this is going to get a lot worse as people go through this self-discovery process of what's happening. We were talking a little bit earlier where I mentioned eight years ago when I was writing my little book,
book attempt to try to explain everything that was happening in internet censorship and I felt like I had to explain all these other tectonic plates of American society and global affairs just to understand who and what and why they're censoring the internet.
book attempt to try to explain everything that was happening in internet censorship and I felt like I had to explain all these other tectonic plates of American society and global affairs just to understand who and what and why they're censoring the internet.
book attempt to try to explain everything that was happening in internet censorship and I felt like I had to explain all these other tectonic plates of American society and global affairs just to understand who and what and why they're censoring the internet.
But, you know, I would spend my whole day in USAspending.gov, you know, to the exclusion of everything else, friends, family, a social life, and just going through that, this can't be true. This can't be true. Oh, my God, it is. Oh, my God, it is.
But, you know, I would spend my whole day in USAspending.gov, you know, to the exclusion of everything else, friends, family, a social life, and just going through that, this can't be true. This can't be true. Oh, my God, it is. Oh, my God, it is.
But, you know, I would spend my whole day in USAspending.gov, you know, to the exclusion of everything else, friends, family, a social life, and just going through that, this can't be true. This can't be true. Oh, my God, it is. Oh, my God, it is.
And there's a sort of five stages of depression that plays out as you discover it yourself going into these grant databases and seeing the receipts with your eyes like that. Because that's what I've seen on my newsfeed this week. It's been just hundreds of people, all with huge megaphones who are just... Spending their day hearing about, oh, wow, there's all this corruption at USAID.
And there's a sort of five stages of depression that plays out as you discover it yourself going into these grant databases and seeing the receipts with your eyes like that. Because that's what I've seen on my newsfeed this week. It's been just hundreds of people, all with huge megaphones who are just... Spending their day hearing about, oh, wow, there's all this corruption at USAID.
And there's a sort of five stages of depression that plays out as you discover it yourself going into these grant databases and seeing the receipts with your eyes like that. Because that's what I've seen on my newsfeed this week. It's been just hundreds of people, all with huge megaphones who are just... Spending their day hearing about, oh, wow, there's all this corruption at USAID.
Let me plug it into the search database. Let me fish around a little bit. Oh, here's what I found. And now everyone's contributing to this common knowledge, which is really amazing. But I still feel already faith has been shaken. But there are layers to this that I think are going to truly shock everyone.
Let me plug it into the search database. Let me fish around a little bit. Oh, here's what I found. And now everyone's contributing to this common knowledge, which is really amazing. But I still feel already faith has been shaken. But there are layers to this that I think are going to truly shock everyone.
Let me plug it into the search database. Let me fish around a little bit. Oh, here's what I found. And now everyone's contributing to this common knowledge, which is really amazing. But I still feel already faith has been shaken. But there are layers to this that I think are going to truly shock everyone.
people when they begin to try to put their their minds around it and i i believe fundamentally in u.s soft power i believe in soft power projection i believe there is a role for projects in foreign countries that have a dual function of helping the people there and helping secure import-export markets for us, helping secure natural resources, helping secure U.S.
people when they begin to try to put their their minds around it and i i believe fundamentally in u.s soft power i believe in soft power projection i believe there is a role for projects in foreign countries that have a dual function of helping the people there and helping secure import-export markets for us, helping secure natural resources, helping secure U.S.
people when they begin to try to put their their minds around it and i i believe fundamentally in u.s soft power i believe in soft power projection i believe there is a role for projects in foreign countries that have a dual function of helping the people there and helping secure import-export markets for us, helping secure natural resources, helping secure U.S.