Mike Benz

You know, AFL-CIO slash AFL-CIA. And, you know, they all have union arms. And so you need a method to be able to go into the unions if you want to be able to have pencils. Now, OK, you might say you can live without pencils. But how about no petroleum?

What if it's something that's, what if these are really critical resources for us to be able to have microchips, for us to be able to have renewable batteries, for us to be able to have, you know, build computers, for us to be able to put gas in our car or heating in our home? There is a potential necessity. And this is why I feel it's so imperative that what's happening right now is happening.

What if it's something that's, what if these are really critical resources for us to be able to have microchips, for us to be able to have renewable batteries, for us to be able to have, you know, build computers, for us to be able to put gas in our car or heating in our home? There is a potential necessity. And this is why I feel it's so imperative that what's happening right now is happening.

What if it's something that's, what if these are really critical resources for us to be able to have microchips, for us to be able to have renewable batteries, for us to be able to have, you know, build computers, for us to be able to put gas in our car or heating in our home? There is a potential necessity. And this is why I feel it's so imperative that what's happening right now is happening.

And I'm thrilled that it is, but there's still much more to internalize about this because You're going to need to reconstruct the history of the entire past century as you disentangle this whole thing. If we had not toppled so many foreign governments in service of big oil, would we have had cheap oil? Well, does a president want to... This is where I come back to this Venezuela example.

And I'm thrilled that it is, but there's still much more to internalize about this because You're going to need to reconstruct the history of the entire past century as you disentangle this whole thing. If we had not toppled so many foreign governments in service of big oil, would we have had cheap oil? Well, does a president want to... This is where I come back to this Venezuela example.

And I'm thrilled that it is, but there's still much more to internalize about this because You're going to need to reconstruct the history of the entire past century as you disentangle this whole thing. If we had not toppled so many foreign governments in service of big oil, would we have had cheap oil? Well, does a president want to... This is where I come back to this Venezuela example.

Trump wants to win. And again, we don't have to call it Venezuela. We can call it random country X. We're going to be hit with a choice as we reduce the USAID function, if we reduce the USAID function. To my knowledge, the staff has been radically cut from 14,000 to something like 290. But my understanding is that most of the grants, you know, it's $44 billion.

Trump wants to win. And again, we don't have to call it Venezuela. We can call it random country X. We're going to be hit with a choice as we reduce the USAID function, if we reduce the USAID function. To my knowledge, the staff has been radically cut from 14,000 to something like 290. But my understanding is that most of the grants, you know, it's $44 billion.

Trump wants to win. And again, we don't have to call it Venezuela. We can call it random country X. We're going to be hit with a choice as we reduce the USAID function, if we reduce the USAID function. To my knowledge, the staff has been radically cut from 14,000 to something like 290. But my understanding is that most of the grants, you know, it's $44 billion.

At 14,000 employees, it's about a billion dollars of employee overhead a year. So 43 of the 44 billion presumably are still going to all these Frankensteinian monster projects. But you're going to be hit with that choice of do you want to win this? fighting dirty, or do you want to potentially lose fighting fair? And that's going to play out in every industrial sector, in every region.

At 14,000 employees, it's about a billion dollars of employee overhead a year. So 43 of the 44 billion presumably are still going to all these Frankensteinian monster projects. But you're going to be hit with that choice of do you want to win this? fighting dirty, or do you want to potentially lose fighting fair? And that's going to play out in every industrial sector, in every region.

At 14,000 employees, it's about a billion dollars of employee overhead a year. So 43 of the 44 billion presumably are still going to all these Frankensteinian monster projects. But you're going to be hit with that choice of do you want to win this? fighting dirty, or do you want to potentially lose fighting fair? And that's going to play out in every industrial sector, in every region.

No, I'm not saying that. I'm saying that that is something... There's a micro fractal portion of that argument that is going to play out and is going to be a sort of siren song every step of the way at every regional desk at the State Department, at every National Security Council interagency coordination. And there are some lines that I believe we cannot ever cross.

No, I'm not saying that. I'm saying that that is something... There's a micro fractal portion of that argument that is going to play out and is going to be a sort of siren song every step of the way at every regional desk at the State Department, at every National Security Council interagency coordination. And there are some lines that I believe we cannot ever cross.

No, I'm not saying that. I'm saying that that is something... There's a micro fractal portion of that argument that is going to play out and is going to be a sort of siren song every step of the way at every regional desk at the State Department, at every National Security Council interagency coordination. And there are some lines that I believe we cannot ever cross.

Like, for example, on the social media censorship side. The fact is, is it was according to Biden's foreign policy. Biden declared populism a threat to democracy. His State Department did, his USAID did. And so the best populists were popular online in Europe. So the White House had a whole information integrity working group to have the U.S. funded NGOs lobby populism.

Like, for example, on the social media censorship side. The fact is, is it was according to Biden's foreign policy. Biden declared populism a threat to democracy. His State Department did, his USAID did. And so the best populists were popular online in Europe. So the White House had a whole information integrity working group to have the U.S. funded NGOs lobby populism.

Like, for example, on the social media censorship side. The fact is, is it was according to Biden's foreign policy. Biden declared populism a threat to democracy. His State Department did, his USAID did. And so the best populists were popular online in Europe. So the White House had a whole information integrity working group to have the U.S. funded NGOs lobby populism.

the European Union effectively and push the different sort of influence and spindle groups comprising the regulatory body around the EU Digital Services Act to add more and more censorship regulations to target their political opponents. And what you're doing is these people could not do that at home because we have a First Amendment, but Europe doesn't have one.