Overview
- After being purged in February, former USAID and State Department democracy-building experts have organized under the banner of DemocracyAID.
- The group is hosting workshops on noncooperation, op-ed writing and strike planning drawn from the CIA’s Simple Sabotage manual.
- DemocracyAID is advising state attorneys general on constitutional challenges to presidential authority and coordinating broader litigation efforts.
- Members circulate digital briefings for journalists and provide consulting to grassroots organizations to scale their resistance network.
- Observers say the abrupt dissolution of USAID threatens US soft power abroad and intensifies debate over executive power limits.