Secretary Marco Rubio (nprofile…elkr) continues to scrutinize Department of State (nprofile…n5wy) foreign assistance, today cancelling 139 wasteful grants worth $215M including:
- $5.2mm to “Media Diversity” for programs like “Get the Trolls Out!” - “an anti-disinformation program” in the United Kingdom
- $2.5mm for “advancing critical civic engagement” in Uzbekistan
- $2mm for “Expanded Newsroom Sustainability and Engagement” in Moldova
- $1mm for “channeling gig workers’ rights” in Brazil
- $2.4mm for “Responding to Disinformation Through Creative Content in Belarus”
- $1.7mm for “Independent Media for Peace and Democracy” in Europe
- $1.5mm for a “Women-led Gendered Approach to Justice and Accountability”
- $1.7mm for “BeMediaWise” in Bulgaria
- $900k for a “Place for Women to Join to Organize” in Mauritania
- $750k for “Building the Migrant Domestic Worker-Led Movement” in Lebanon
- $740k for a feminist “Free Expression Initiative”in Tunisia
Department of Government Efficiency /
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2025-04-15 14:30:04
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