Thread by @JoshRudes

Boom—@POTUS opens the #SummitforDemocracy by unveiling his Initiative for Democratic Renewal—a plan to invest $424mn in a flotilla of 29 funds/programs to support independent media, anticorruption, democratic reformers, free internet, & electoral integrity!whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

1⃣ Independent Media

@USAID will:
✅ Give $30mn to @FundFreeMedia
✅ Spend $5mn launching a Media Viability Accelerator
✅ Spent $9mn on a Defamation Defense Fund

@StateDept will:
✅ Dedicate $3.5mn to a Journalism Protection Platform
✅ Engage with the Media Freedom Coalition

2⃣ Anticorruption

@USAID to launch programs w/ $5mn protecting whistleblowers/activists, $16mn on transnational corruption, $12mn on resilient policy, $18mn on rapid response.

@StateDept spends $15mn against safe havens, $7mn on PPPs.

@USTreasury makes real estate transparent.

3⃣ Democratic Reformers

@StateDept will spend:
✅ $5mn on a LGBTQI+ fund
✅ $10mn for embattled CSOs
✅ $1mn for career pros in closed spaces

@USAID will spend:
✅ $15mn for nonviolent social movements

USG will spend:
✅ $34mn on women's rights/rep
✅ $122mn empowering workers

4⃣ Technology

USG will:
✅ Strengthen @FO_Coalition
✅ Provide $4mn on prize competitions for democracy tech
✅ Launch an export controls and human rights initiative

@USAID will:
✅ Dedicate $20mn to digital ecosystems

@StateDept will:
✅ Provide $4mn for anti-censorship tech

5⃣ Electoral Integrity

@USAID will:
✅ Provide $3mn to launch a Coalition for Securing Electoral Integrity to develop and promote norms, principles, and codes of conduct
✅ Provide $18mn to establish a Defending Democratic Elections Fund to pilot, scale, and apply good responses

6⃣ Cross-cutting

@USAID will provide $55mn to a new flexible global fund to surge assistance to reform-minded partner governments as countries experience democratic transitions.

@StateDept will provide $10mn in rapid response funding for bureaus under @UnderSecStateJ.

The amount of energy and creativity that the @WhiteHouse, @USAID, and @StateDept have poured into this is breathtaking. It probably includes lots of ideas that career staff had over the past four years but couldn’t get support. Call it Biden’s 29 Points to Save Democracy. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼