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							<title><![CDATA[Brazil Was a Full on 'Truman Show' Propped Up by USAID]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/10/05/mike_benz_how_usaid_set_up_a_censorship_state_in_brazil.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mike Benz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In an interview on "The Benny Show" with Benny Johnson, Mike Benz argues that USAID played a broad role in shaping Brazil'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s political and institutional landscape.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[UK Is a Tyrannical Hellhole State Trying To Export Censorship]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/09/02/mike_benz_on_the_uk_this_is_a_tyrannical_hellhole_state_trying_to_export_their_censorship_here.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mike Benz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Well, this story is so insane, it may actually be a kind of tipping point in the free speech fight in Europe. Graham Linehan is an award-winning comedy writer. He wrote Father Ted and a bunch of other sitcom series.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harvard Is Part of the Government Deep State]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/05/25/mike_benz_harvard_is_part_of_the_government_deep_state_trump_right_to_halt_taxpayer_dollars.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mike Benz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is a major shot across the bow, because if you understand Harvard as this intelligence statecraft international affairs management system, which is hopelessly, inextricably interlinked with our own State Department, CIA.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[For Global Elites, It's About Controlling Election Outcomes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/05/12/benz_for_global_elites_everything_comes_down_to_controling_election_outcomes.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mike Benz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Michael Shellenberger and Mike Benz discuss how free speech has been used as a weapon by the post-World War Two liberal international order:]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The CIA Origin of Soros Inc.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/05/07/mike_benz_the_cia_origin_of_soros_inc.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mike Benz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He was speculating on the currencies of countries in Central and Eastern Europe while he had partnerships with the State Department and advanced knowledge of operations to overturn those countries'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' governments]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Intelligence Community's Undeclared Second Cold War]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/04/19/mike_benz_the_intelligence_communitys_undeclared_second_cold_war.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mike Benz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mike Benz says the same global apparatus set up to stop left-wing communism and repurposed it to wage a global war on right-wing populism.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Left Uses Blob's Color Revolution Playbook vs. Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/04/09/mike_benz_the_left_is_using_cias_color_revolution_playbook_against_trump.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mike Benz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Executive director of the "Foundation for Freedom Online" Mike Benz talks about last week's "Hands Off" protests on the Vince Coglianese Show.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[JFK Files Open Window Into Inner Workings of Intel Agencies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/03/21/mike_benz_jfk_files_open_a_rare_window_into_intelligence_operations.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mike Benz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mike Benz looked at what we can learn from the newly-released "JFK Files" on "Newsmax" Thursday night.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Global Censorship Industry Is Wounded but Far From Dead]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/01/15/mike_benz_global_censorship_industry_is_wounded_but_far_from_dead.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mike Benz</author>
							<description><![CDATA["Foundation For Freedom Online" founder Mike Benz says "the free speech fight is just getting started" as the Trump administration takes office for a second time:]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Lie at the Core of the Censorship Industry]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/12/04/mike_benz_core_of_censorship_industry_is_the_lie_that_public_faith_and_confidence_in_institutions_is_a_national_security_issue.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mike Benz</author>
							<description><![CDATA["Foundation For Freedom Online" founder Mike Benz discusses Arizona State University's federally funded "multi-million dollar censorship center" researching disinformation online during an appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Speedrunning the History of the Intelligence State]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/09/24/mike_benz_the_history_of_the_intelligence_state.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mike Benz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mike Benz delivered this lecture at Hillsdale College reviewing the origin and structure of the "intelligence state," often referred to as "the blob."]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Government Must Strongly Condemn Brazil Banning Twitter/X]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/08/30/mike_benz_us_government_must_strongly_condemn_brazil_banning_twitterx.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mike Benz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mike Benz from the "Foundation For Freedom Online" discusses Brazil banning Twitter/X:]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Musk's Top 10 Free Speech Moments in 2023]]></title>
							<link>https://foundationforfreedomonline.com/elon-musks-top-ten-moments-for-free-speech-in-2023/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mike Benz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With his takeover of Twitter (now X), Elon Musk became the censorship industry's number one foe.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Economic Hitmen Target Competitors of Legacy Media]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/11/22/mike_benz_economic_hitmen_target_competitors_of_legacy_media.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 25 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mike Benz</author>
							<description><![CDATA["Foundation For Freedom Online" director Mike Benz comments on the "economic hitmen" who target independent media during an interview with Jack Posobiec:]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Governments Are Manipulating the Industry of News]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/09/23/mike_benz_how_governments_are_manipulating_the_industry_of_news.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mike Benz</author>
							<description><![CDATA["Foundation For Freedom Online" director Mike Benz comments on how governments are working to manipulate the industry of news.]]></description>
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