Ben Freeman
@BenFreemanDC
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Director, Democratizing Foreign Policy @quincyinst @RStatecraft - foreign influence, #FARA, money in politics. Co-author of The Trillion Dollar War Machine.
Washington, D.C.
Joined May 2011
All this foreign influence news is really getting in the way of the writing I need to do on foreign influence.
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RT @QuincyInst: U.S. military spending has nearly DOUBLED since 2000—a 99% increase that's now pushing past $1 TRILLION annually! . "The Tr….
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RT @QuincyInst: Breaking: From 2020-2024, 54% of Pentagon spending went to private contractors. That's $2.4 TRILLION in taxpayer dollars….
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RT @AnnelleSheline: Join me & @AaronMagid tomorrow for a discussion of Aaron's new book about Jordan's King Abdullah II. We'll focus on ho….
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Very pleased to announce that @WilliamHartung & I's new book, The Trillion Dollar War Machine, is on sale! Use code PREORDER25 at checkout to pre-order now and get 25% off. #BNPreorder @BNBuzz @BoldTypeBooks @QuincyInst
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RT @AssalRad: A headline like this should shock you, but Israel has normalized this horror to the point where these stories barely even get….
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RT @QuincyInst: They said restrainers would never break through mainstream media. Anyway, here's what CNN had to say about our VP @tpars….
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RT @turkiyetodaycom: 🇮🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸 Iran-Israel Conflict. Join our X Spaces talk with Annelle Sheline, Matthew Duss, Hursit Dingil. Moderator: Enes….
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RT @ckayerawlings: Not me on nonzero with THE @robertwrighter (we call him Bob in the biz) . This was so exciting for me, I’ve been listeni….
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RT @gc22gc: BANNON: 12 Day War is over. We’re moving on. There’s going to be tremendous pressure on Trump’s admin for boots on the ground a….
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RT @RStatecraft: Sen. Chris Murphy explains why Democrats are out of touch with the rank-and-file on #Iran: "There is a war industry in thi….
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For more, check out our Think Tank Funding Tracker and listen to the full episode here:
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Had a great convo with my @QuincyInst colleague @nick_clevelands & @dbessner @dwdavison on @AmPrestigePod about think tank funding and the military-intellectual complex. TL;DR your war commentary is bought and paid for by war profiteers.
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RT @MarcusMStanley: Trump WH justification of strikes on Iran sets an incredibly dangerous precedent. It claims a right to "collective self….
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RT @alexjordanATL: A U.S.-backed charity is helping Israel use food aid to lure starving Palestinians into killing fields on a daily basis….
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RT @Hoffman8Jon: My latest with @Amconmag. The position we find ourselves in is a product of our own failed policies, which Trump risks re….
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RT @QuincyInst: Predictably, Iran has retaliated — firing on U.S. bases in the Middle East. Trump’s decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear faci….
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