Director of $42 billion broadband fund pushed out, says program is being ruined.

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    7 hours ago

    They’ve installed Starlink at the White House. If you think Musk/DOGE isn’t secretly intercepting everything, you’re an idiot.

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      8 hours ago

      There’s going to be a whole shelf in future libraries dedicated to the books written about how bad this time period was for people. Assuming humanity survives, of course.

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      8 hours ago

      And it has! The money that doesn’t go to Comcast helps smaller providers build out and give rural homes modern internet

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      7 hours ago

      I did vote against the orange turd and it is still happening.

      A lot of rural chucklefucks voted for him and this is happening.

      It is less voting and more that is what happens when nobody holds authoritatians accountable. There were plenty of opportunities to bold these people responsible when Biden was still in office but the courts failed us and the Dems failed us and honestly the 2024 election officials were stacked with election deniers from 2020 so it probably was actually rigged this time in Trump’s favor.

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          4 hours ago

          Voter disenfranchisement is a significant portion of that, where the difficulty of voting or inability to vote because of voter purges, having the ability to vote denied because of felonies, and other barriers exist too.

          Plus polling was fairly close so roughly half would have voted for Trump if they were forced to vote.

          Not to mention the high chance that the election was actually rigged this time with all the election deniers put into positions of power, the fact that Republicans love to project what they are going to do on the opposition before they do it, and Trump bragging about Musk being able to rig voting machines (which is probably a baseless boast, but shows his willingness to cheat).

          Blame the people who voted for Trump. They are the real problem.

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        Oh ok. Might as well not vote then since it doesn’t matter anymore. 🤦🏾‍♂️

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          Correct. Voting federally isn’t going to fix the situation. The last chance for that was November 2024 and it even turns out that was a lie.

          If you want voting to matter, local and state elections are the only ones that can affect change, because for now the states still have their national guard. If enough state governments flip to blue, then there’s at least a chance things can be salvaged.