Mike Benz details US-funded NGOs pressuring EU
In a three-hour interview, Mike Benz claims USAID, the Pentagon and CIA fund 23 groups influencing EU speech laws.
English · Original discussion in Spanish · Published
Mike Benz and the 23 US-funded NGOs pressuring the EU
A staggering figure has emerged: $415.33 million. This is the amount Internews received from US public funds, according to a dossier recently dissected online. The core thesis is unsettling: USAID may not be a development agency but the civilian front of a psychological warfare apparatus operating since 1948, now turning inward. The video sparking this debate runs three hours and twenty minutes non-stop, with Mike Benz detailing names, dates, and operations while his interlocutor, Joe Rogan, barely speaks.
What is the dossier on the 23 organizations?
The shared document lists 23 organizations founded or funded by the United States that pressure European institutions regarding digital regulation and freedom of expression. Two Spanish entities appear prominently. Maldita.es is described as a journalism and "counter-disinformation" entity funded by NED, the Poynter Institute's IFCN network—created with funds from the same foundation—and Internews, which reportedly channeled $415.33 million. Verificat, based in Catalonia, allegedly received $11,000 from the State Department for a workshop on disinformation.
The connection to Spain goes deeper. The text suggests the gender violence law may have "tentacles" linked to US structures, mentioning journalist Federico Jiménez Losantos as a presumed recipient of payments from these networks. His reported reaction was indignation against Trump, Musk, and Vox. The logic presented: those who are paid, or hope to be, align their discourse accordingly.
The doctrine of secrecy and its legality
The legal key lies in 1948. The National Security Act of 1947 created the CIA, the National Security Council, and reorganized the War Department into the Department of Defense. From then on, the analysis argues, Washington shifted from direct military force to psychological warfare, infiltration, and sabotage as standard foreign policy tools. All this is protected under US law and justified by commercial, military, or strategic interests.
The precedent predates this. During World War II, the US collaborated with Italian mafias against Mussolini, a relationship that persisted decades after the conflict. The parallel drawn with Spain is explicit: it claims the PSOE received CIA funding after Franco’s death.
The shift: when the machine turns inward
The most uncomfortable part of the narrative explains why the US might be sabotaging itself. The hypothesis is that the agency network is so vast and interconnected that operating against third countries inevitably causes blowback at home. Additionally, a legal change allegedly removed the ban on US agencies acting against their own population. Result: social engineering techniques used abroad for fifty years are now deployed domestically.
On the economic front, the video claims the Taliban control 90% of global heroin and that the US participates in the business via money laundering through a bank linked to the CIA. It also asserts ISIS is promoted by Washington, stated without nuance. Furthermore, it describes how parties, judges, and NGOs are financed through these structures.
Who gets paid and who hopes to
A recurring idea is that the issue isn’t just delivered money, but the expectation of payment. Those receiving nothing still perform favors in anticipation. Potential beneficiaries include media, universities, foundations, and political parties. The PP (People's Party) is cited as being "controlled" by USAID, suggesting that the Romanian Constitutional Court’s ruling against its elected president or Spain’s ratification of gender violence laws may not have been free.
A counterargument within the material states that Trump doesn’t dismantle the system but reorients it: paying the same actors with reversed signs. Hence, protests in Iran or China, and hence one of his daughters taking control of an agency hub.
The fundamental doubt remains, unanswered by anyone: if all this is true and documented for decades, why is it revealed now and not earlier?
A staggering figure has emerged: $415.33 million. This is the amount Internews received from US public funds, according to a dossier recently dissected online. The core thesis is unsettling: USAID may not be a development agency but the civilian front of a psychological warfare apparatus operating since 1948, now turning inward. The video sparking this debate runs three hours and twenty minutes non-stop, with Mike Benz detailing names, dates, and operations while his interlocutor, Joe Rogan, barely speaks.
What is the dossier on the 23 organizations?
The shared document lists 23 organizations founded or funded by the United States that pressure European institutions regarding digital regulation and freedom of expression. Two Spanish entities appear prominently. Maldita.es is described as a journalism and "counter-disinformation" entity funded by NED, the Poynter Institute's IFCN network—created with funds from the same foundation—and Internews, which reportedly channeled $415.33 million. Verificat, based in Catalonia, allegedly received $11,000 from the State Department for a workshop on disinformation.
The connection to Spain goes deeper. The text suggests the gender violence law may have "tentacles" linked to US structures, mentioning journalist Federico Jiménez Losantos as a presumed recipient of payments from these networks. His reported reaction was indignation against Trump, Musk, and Vox. The logic presented: those who are paid, or hope to be, align their discourse accordingly.
The doctrine of secrecy and its legality
The legal key lies in 1948. The National Security Act of 1947 created the CIA, the National Security Council, and reorganized the War Department into the Department of Defense. From then on, the analysis argues, Washington shifted from direct military force to psychological warfare, infiltration, and sabotage as standard foreign policy tools. All this is protected under US law and justified by commercial, military, or strategic interests.
The precedent predates this. During World War II, the US collaborated with Italian mafias against Mussolini, a relationship that persisted decades after the conflict. The parallel drawn with Spain is explicit: it claims the PSOE received CIA funding after Franco’s death.
The shift: when the machine turns inward
The most uncomfortable part of the narrative explains why the US might be sabotaging itself. The hypothesis is that the agency network is so vast and interconnected that operating against third countries inevitably causes blowback at home. Additionally, a legal change allegedly removed the ban on US agencies acting against their own population. Result: social engineering techniques used abroad for fifty years are now deployed domestically.
On the economic front, the video claims the Taliban control 90% of global heroin and that the US participates in the business via money laundering through a bank linked to the CIA. It also asserts ISIS is promoted by Washington, stated without nuance. Furthermore, it describes how parties, judges, and NGOs are financed through these structures.
Who gets paid and who hopes to
A recurring idea is that the issue isn’t just delivered money, but the expectation of payment. Those receiving nothing still perform favors in anticipation. Potential beneficiaries include media, universities, foundations, and political parties. The PP (People's Party) is cited as being "controlled" by USAID, suggesting that the Romanian Constitutional Court’s ruling against its elected president or Spain’s ratification of gender violence laws may not have been free.
A counterargument within the material states that Trump doesn’t dismantle the system but reorients it: paying the same actors with reversed signs. Hence, protests in Iran or China, and hence one of his daughters taking control of an agency hub.
The fundamental doubt remains, unanswered by anyone: if all this is true and documented for decades, why is it revealed now and not earlier?
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