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Do you realize that you are basically saying that "equity" in the act's title means nothing? That's hard to believe. More likely Trump cancelled it because he isn't interested in equity, presumably one of the act's goals. Equity has never been a Trump goal, rather the opposite.

This bill helped bring rural broadband to ALL marginalized pops (including rural trump supporting veterans) but was killed because idiots operating at a third grade reading level thought it was something that was exclusively helping minorities

This is, of course, happening across most U.S. states that had been planning to use this money to bring access to long-neglected rural communities. But when I read mainstream broadband journalism, Republicans never have to take ownership of unpopular policies that harm their own constituents.

vtdigger.orgFederal government cancels Vermont’s $5.3 million digital equity grant - VTDiggerThe National Institute of Standards and Technology stated that the grant—intended to support Vermont’s push for universal, reliable internet access—was rejected due to its inclusion of what the presid...

I spent decades listening to Republicans and Libertarian free market guys whine and falsely claim that modest net neutrality rules were killing broadband investment. Now a mad king is killing broadband investment for no coherent reason and most of those folks are all quiet as little mice.

You mean those long-neglected rural communities that Biden actually tried to help but the propaganda outlets never reported on (or distorted) and so they voted for the guy who lied to, and is now fucking them? Those ones? It’s so exhausting.

My rural county with public utilities announced a broadband expansion project and our *own residents* were like “it’s cheaper to buy subscriptions to Starlink” if that tells you how some people in these places are reacting.