From Global Project Against Hate and Extremism
As Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, Sarah B. Rogers is leading a Trump administration grantmaking strategy to financially support MAGA-aligned organizations in Europe, presenting it as part of Washington’s 250th anniversary of U.S. Independence and an effort to promote so-called “American values” abroad.
Rogers, a lawyer, joined the Trump administration in October. Since then, she has repeatedly characterized the Digital Services Act (DSA), legislation that regulates certain types of online content in the European Union, as a form of censorship. She argues that this alleged form of speech restriction is spreading across the continent.
The U.S. administration has leveraged this dispute with the EU and European governments to amplify Christian nationalist rethoric and anti-LGBTQ+, anti-woman, and anti-immigrant narratives.
Launched in 2020, the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) was founded by Heidi Beirich and Wendy Via to fill a critical gap in countering the transnational spread of far-right extremism and hate, particularly U.S.-based activity that is exported to other countries and across borders. These networks have grown increasingly coordinated, well-funded, and politically influential across borders.
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