Mike Benz
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Executive Director, @FFO_Freedom. Former State Dept Cyber. Author of the unpublishable monstrosity, Weapons Of Mass Deletion.
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- Jun 23, 2026
🚨 The House is voting this week on the new National Security / State Dept funding bill (H.R. 8595), which includes for the first time in US history a blanket ban on any NGOs or contractors using any...
SummaryThe House is voting on H.R. 8595, a funding bill that includes unprecedented restrictions on US government-funded NGOs and contractors from engaging in any social media censorship activities, including content moderation pressure campaigns and supporting foreign censorship laws. The bill requires agencies to report compliance measures to Congress and targets organizations like the National Endowment for Democracy that have merged democracy promotion with counter-disinformation work.7 tweets1 min read - Feb 2, 2026
A couple interesting notes on the reveal that Obama’s White House Counsel (top lawyer to the President) Kathy Ruemmler emailed Jeffrey Epstein she was awarded the CIA Agency Medal just hours after get...
SummaryObama's White House Counsel Kathy Ruemmler received a secret CIA Agency Medal in 2015 from CIA Director John Brennan, revealed through emails to Jeffrey Epstein. The award to a private citizen with undisclosed CIA ties raises questions about her role in helping the CIA overcome legal obstacles, particularly given her earlier efforts to block Benghazi disclosures to protect Brennan's confirmation and her close relationship with Epstein.14 tweets2 min read - Feb 1, 2026
In 1999, Jeffrey Epstein anonymously FOIA'd the CIA to obtain all CIA records "that might reflect an open or otherwise acknowledged Agency affiliation" between himself and the CIA. In 2011, he wrote a...
SummaryIn 1999 and 2011, Jeffrey Epstein anonymously requested CIA records about himself through his lawyers using FOIA, with the agency providing cryptic responses suggesting possible classified connections. The author argues someone should file a FOIA request for the actual correspondence (reference numbers P-1999-02450 and P-2011-00673) to determine what Epstein specifically asked for and what CIA records remain classified.25 tweets3 min read - Dec 5, 2025
This is the day I’ve warned the Trump Admin every day for 7 years would come, since 2018’s EU Disinfo Code, to 2019 when the DSA was floated in concept, to 2020 when it became a formal draft EU law wh...
SummaryThe author has been warning the Trump administration since 2018 about the EU's Digital Services Act and its mandatory Disinformation Code that took effect in 2025, predicting exactly the enforcement actions and fines (like the €120M fine against X) now occurring. They argue the US must aggressively counter these EU censorship laws or face escalating consequences in subsequent years.4 tweets1 min read - Jul 31, 2025
The “Critical Infrastructure” Hoax And How It Permanently Altered The Course Of American History 🧵
SummaryThis thread claims the U.S. government used a "critical infrastructure" designation for elections as a legal pretext to censor Trump supporters and opposition voices on social media, starting with a January 6, 2017 coordinated effort by DHS and the intelligence community. The author argues this framework was later expanded to suppress speech about COVID-19, vaccines, and other topics by classifying them as threats to critical infrastructure.14 tweets2 min read - Apr 16, 2025
BREAKING 🚨 The US State Department has just placed all 30 full-time staff at the Global Engagement Center’s remnant known as R-FIMI on leave, eliminated all 50 full-time staff positions and delivered...
SummaryThe US State Department has eliminated all 50 full-time staff positions at the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference office (R-FIMI), ending its $65 million in funding and terminating the successor office to the Global Engagement Center. This action follows the removal of over 100 contractors last month and is part of a restructuring to prevent what officials describe as weaponized censorship operations.6 tweets1 min read