Stop Bankrolling the Fantasy. Start Funding Democracy!

America used to be a BEACON OF FREEDOM. Now that light is dimming—and you’re letting it happen. The Trump administration is quietly DISMANTLING the very programs that once helped other nations build democracy: Voice of America, USAID initiatives, State Department grants for free press and civil society. Gutted. Ignored. Abandoned. This isn’t about saving money. It’s about erasing PRINCIPLE. Voice of America alone reaches 361 MILLION PEOPLE every week—many in regions where press freedom barely exists. It gives them truth when their own governments won’t. That’s power. That’s hope. That’s American influence at its best—and it’s being dismantled. Meanwhile: — Trump and the GOP threaten to SUSPEND THE CONSTITUTION. — They openly praise DICTATORS. — Trump surrounds himself with loyalists who MOCK OUR ALLIES and DEFEND AUTOCRACY—while Republicans cheer him on. So while Trump sells hats, Bibles, crypto, and renames oceans, the world sees what’s really happening: we’ve STOPPED STANDING FOR FREEDOM. And here’s the insult: Instead of funding Voice of America—which costs $267 million a year—we’re about to spend $2–4 BILLION to rename the Gulf of Mexico. That same money could fund democratic media outreach for 7 to 15 YEARS. You in Congress are either helping this happen—or refusing to stop it. REVERSE these cuts to democracy programs abroad. REINVEST in truth, transparency, and diplomacy. HOLD HEARINGS and DEMAND OVERSIGHT. Because you can’t let freedom die elsewhere and expect it to survive here. The world is watching. So are we.