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South Dakota is cancelling $5 million in planned rural broadband investment after trump illegally killed the "digital equity act" simply because it had the word equity in it

keloland.com$5 million for rural broadband internet cut in SDSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – South Dakota’s effort to get broadband internet access to all parts of the state have stopped after a $5 million federal infrastructure grant was cut.

Michael Ekstrand

@md.ekstrandom.net

20 May 2025

I would not at all be surprised if, behind the scenes, "Musk wants to solve this problem with more Starlink contracts" was also a factor.

Karl Bode

@karlbode.com

oh yeah that's a huge part of it

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