Mike Benz
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the whole pussy riot and associated. Well, that wasn't like an organic artistic expression is what you're saying. I mean, you can look up online, the lead singers, uh, pictures with Tony Blinken and standing at the state department podium and, uh, all the national endowment for democracy literature on it. And the, uh, the USA, everything, just look up USA ID.
It was tactical. It was tactical feminism. And it always is with people. It always is. That's right.
It was tactical. It was tactical feminism. And it always is with people. It always is. That's right.
It was tactical. It was tactical feminism. And it always is with people. It always is. That's right.
But what happened was, is after all this stuff, Russia passed this, you know, basically banned, you know, foreign NGOs or at least banned a huge subset and required all these, you know, this transparency around it. And they banned USAID and NED.
But what happened was, is after all this stuff, Russia passed this, you know, basically banned, you know, foreign NGOs or at least banned a huge subset and required all these, you know, this transparency around it. And they banned USAID and NED.
But what happened was, is after all this stuff, Russia passed this, you know, basically banned, you know, foreign NGOs or at least banned a huge subset and required all these, you know, this transparency around it. And they banned USAID and NED.
And so when Hungary and Slovakia and Serbia and all these Eastern European countries who were in the post-Soviet orbit tried to pass transparency laws so that they could get a sense of how much of their own civil society mattered. cellular body was actually foreign assets of a foreign government. These were referred to as Russian laws, the Russian law, because Russia had done this.
And so when Hungary and Slovakia and Serbia and all these Eastern European countries who were in the post-Soviet orbit tried to pass transparency laws so that they could get a sense of how much of their own civil society mattered. cellular body was actually foreign assets of a foreign government. These were referred to as Russian laws, the Russian law, because Russia had done this.
And so when Hungary and Slovakia and Serbia and all these Eastern European countries who were in the post-Soviet orbit tried to pass transparency laws so that they could get a sense of how much of their own civil society mattered. cellular body was actually foreign assets of a foreign government. These were referred to as Russian laws, the Russian law, because Russia had done this.
But think about this. This is so insane. But think about that framing. And you can check out these protests online. They're hilarious. It's people protesting in the streets so that they are not allowed to know foreign funding of their own societies. I demand, I am not allowed to know, put the blindfolders on me.
But think about this. This is so insane. But think about that framing. And you can check out these protests online. They're hilarious. It's people protesting in the streets so that they are not allowed to know foreign funding of their own societies. I demand, I am not allowed to know, put the blindfolders on me.
But think about this. This is so insane. But think about that framing. And you can check out these protests online. They're hilarious. It's people protesting in the streets so that they are not allowed to know foreign funding of their own societies. I demand, I am not allowed to know, put the blindfolders on me.
I am not allowed to know whether the newspapers I read, whether the union I'm a part of, whether the lawyers association I'm a part of, whether the private company that pays my paycheck, whether the public health sector, my hospitals, whether that is funded by a foreign government and how much is funding. And, you know,
I am not allowed to know whether the newspapers I read, whether the union I'm a part of, whether the lawyers association I'm a part of, whether the private company that pays my paycheck, whether the public health sector, my hospitals, whether that is funded by a foreign government and how much is funding. And, you know,
I am not allowed to know whether the newspapers I read, whether the union I'm a part of, whether the lawyers association I'm a part of, whether the private company that pays my paycheck, whether the public health sector, my hospitals, whether that is funded by a foreign government and how much is funding. And, you know,
The Russians are not complaining about that because the money is not coming largely. If the money was largely coming from the Russians, the EU and the U.S. State Department would be demanding this. We have this in the United States. It's called a FARA registration, the Foreign Agents Registration Act. We consider that to be a criminal violation where you can spend five years in jail if you
The Russians are not complaining about that because the money is not coming largely. If the money was largely coming from the Russians, the EU and the U.S. State Department would be demanding this. We have this in the United States. It's called a FARA registration, the Foreign Agents Registration Act. We consider that to be a criminal violation where you can spend five years in jail if you
The Russians are not complaining about that because the money is not coming largely. If the money was largely coming from the Russians, the EU and the U.S. State Department would be demanding this. We have this in the United States. It's called a FARA registration, the Foreign Agents Registration Act. We consider that to be a criminal violation where you can spend five years in jail if you
If you don't file a far registration, but if Hungary or Serbia or Slovakia tries to pass a foreign agent registrations act law there, we call that an attack on democracy. Why? Because it reveals it takes the mask off of the NGO plex and and and. reflects and shows to the people what it really is. It is the long arm of U.S. intelligence. It is the long arm of U.S.