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24 Mar 2026

Well I Think You’re Crazy!

Mike Benz, executive director of the Foundation for Freedom Online, shows off his musical talent, playing a jazzy piano version of the Gnarls Barkley hit “Crazy.”

What many people don’t know? The tune “Crazy,” as written by Gnarls Barkley pianist Danger Mouse, heavily sampled the epiphany “Last Men Standing” from the 1968 Italian spaghetti Western Djano, Prepare A Coffin.

The original music was composed by two brothers, Gianfranco and Gian Piero Reverberi. Terrence Hill — born as Mario Giroti — starred in the picture. Let’s listen to the film’s original trailer.

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16 Mar 2026

The Worst NGO In The World

Mike Benz, executive director of the Foundation for Freedom Online, introduces the checkered story of the National Endowment for Democracy. Benz describes NED as “the worst NGO (non-governmental organization) in the world.”

It’s not at all an outfit that actually promotes democracy, but rather a cutout that does dirty business for the CIA. Democrats uniformly support it. The majority of Republicans have opposed it for many years, but NED keeps on ticking because there’s always a sizable bloc of Republicans that back the wretched outfit.

We can call Democrats brain-dead morons and we’d be 100 percent correct. But we will never make any progress until we can weed out the globalist Republicans who keep backstabbing us by backing NED. It won’t happen overnight, but we need to bury these bums carrying on the twisted legacy of George Bush or John McCain.

 

 

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21 Feb 2026

Spain, France Block Free Speech

The Blob — Socialist and leftwing parties across Europe — are going crazy over the kind of rightwing popularism sported by President Donald Trump and now embraced by conservative politicians across Europe. The Blob is responding by arresting their opponents, banning free speech and expanding the pools ofย  illegal migrants to drown out native voices.

Here, former State Department official Mike Benz gives us an update on the nasty practices being pushed by these globalists to try to wipe out any traces of nationalism, free speech or popular spirit. Many of these players draw their talking points from the plutocrats at the European Union, as well as from the non-governmental think tanks in America run by the crooked Democrats.

Here’s more from Benz, who now serves as executive director of the Foundation For Freedom Online.

 

 

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13 Feb 2026

Cat Scratch: The Favor Bank

Former Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak meets with Jeffrey Epstein just as Barak is finishing his term in office. Epstein explains how Barak can now mke cash on the outside by brokering his expertise. Peter Thiel emerges as someone who could extend a lifeline to Barak.

This instructional meeting likely happened in the winter of 2013. Here’s more from Mike Benz, who shares audio and comments on what’s afoot.

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04 Feb 2026

His Next Step, Mr. Sensitive?

We all know how the CIA and Rockefeller Foundation try to silently influence culture by supporting content creators to push new technologies or social trends.

But what happens when those supporters and creators collide? Who handles the censorship? How can you have a nuanced conversation when different parties have arrived at a log jam?

Here’s a case study from Mike Benz. The focus is on Bill Gates and his synthetic meat, and Elon Musk and his Martian rockets, as well as the biggest YouTuber around –Mr. Beast.

 

 

 

 

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16 Jan 2026

Big Oil’s Biggest Week Ever

Is President Donald Trump trying to eradicate Socialist fascists in Venezuela and Iran? Or is he just clearing the deck for big oil to resume operating the world’s largest oil fields? Here’s a deep dive from Mike Benz, executive director of the Foundation for Freedom Online and former cyber strategy officer in the U.S. State Department.

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13 Jan 2026

CIA’s Complicated Cocaine Trade

What role has the CIA played in working with Venezuela to traffick, deal and ship cocaine? Mike Benz, the executive director of the Foundation for Freedom Online and a former CIA cyber intelligence officer, lays out the CIA’s complicated involvement with the drug running operation.

Could this queer the American prosecution of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro on conspiracy charges?ย Here, Benz discusses the matter with Grant Stinchfield, the host on Stinchfield Tonight on the conservative TV news network Real America’s Voice.

 

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06 Jan 2026

Going, Going, Back, Back…

To Venezuela.

Here’s a two-part series on Venezuela, digging into the efforts by the CIA, as well as the Trump administration, to topple the Socialist President Nicholas Maduro. Since 1998, when Hugo Chavez took control of Venezuela, “it is like Iran, a couple hundred miles downwind from Miami,” says Mike Benz, former cybersecurity officer for the U.S. State Department.

Here we learn about Operation Absolute Resolve, the U.S. raid that led to the capture of Maduro. But there were earlier covert monkey business as well, including Operation Gideon. This foiled armed incursion into Venezuela, in 2020, also aimed to capture Maduro. A Canadian mercenary Jordan Goudreau was involved in that effort,ย  drawing upon assistance from a Trump security officer — Keith Schiller.

There are many other players here, from government agencies to oil companies and even airlines. Each of these two installments is roughly an hour and a half — so there’s quite a bit of depth and ground covered.

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01 Jan 2026

Victoria’s Not So CIA-Secrets!

How has the CIA exerted direct control over labor unions across the globe — from Italy to Brazil? Find out more in this in-depth review by Mike Benz, formerly head of Cyber operations in the U.S. Department of State.

Learn about the diehard American Communist leader Jay Lovestone, recruited by the CIA to take a hands-on role with the AFL-CIO and other unions globally. You’ll also learn about David Dubinsky, longtime president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, who was instrumental in establishing the CIO, as well as the Liberal Party of New York.

Do you think these early leftists had anything to do with Jeffrey Epstein or his benefactor — Lex Wexner? How might Wexner, as owner of Victoria’s Secrets, maintain a working relationship with the International Ladies Garment Workers Union? Besides the CIA, how are the Mafia and other low-lifes part of the mix? Fascinating look at a sordid history few of us really know.

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28 Dec 2025

How The CIA Controls The News

Meet the CIA’s favorite journo outlet, paid by USAID and set up by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

It’s called OCCRP, standing for the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.

Here, Mike Benz, former cybersecurity expert with the U.S. State Department, discusses the OCCRP. The report is drawn from a private livestream he did for X subscribers earlier this year.

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