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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.

Melissa Williams

@melissa13mw.bsky.social

20 May 2025

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.

Karl Bode

@karlbode.com

propaganda works Starlink literally can't scale to meet this problem and it's destroying the zone layer and is run by a nazi

20/5/25, 3:04 pm0 reposts2 likes

Melissa Williams

@melissa13mw.bsky.social

20 May 2025

But the satellites are ✨so pretty✨ 🥴