Saving Stars And Stripes

Stars and Stripes has served American troops at home and abroad for more than 150 years. Americans carried the paper into battle in World War I and World War II. They read it in the snow in Korea, in the jungles of Vietnam, in the mountains of Afghanistan, and in the deserts of Iraq.

The paper's long, proud tradition of connecting Americans overseas to the ideals and country they're fighting for makes it one of the most effective weapons Americans have ever carried into battle. For all the good it does, all the legacy it carries, and all it means to our men and women in uniform, Stars and Stripes costs American taxpayers a paltry $15,000,000 a year.

A dime for every American.

But Mr. Trump has ordered it closed down. The House has already passed appropriations bills which would sustain Stars and Stripes, but the Senate has yet to act and time is running out.

Absent approval from the Senate or a change of heart in the White House, Stars and Stripes, like any good solider, won't die... it will "just fade away".

What Can I Do?

You can sign one of our user's open letters by sending Sign EXUFQSSign an open letter asking Congress to save the Stars and Stripes to the bot, or write your own by sending the senateContact your senators in the U.S. Senate keyword and encouraging your Senators to support Stars and Stripes. Even if military funding isn't an issue you feel great about, insisting that your Senators require support for Stars and Stripes as a precondition of the National Defense Authorization Act can make a difference. And, as always, you can write to Congress about this or any other topic by sending the word monthly to Resistbot on Facebook Messenger, Telegram, or as a Twitter direct message. If none of those work for you, Resistbot also supports old fashioned SMS: text monthly to 50409 to get started. It takes 2 minutes to save the Stars and Stripes.