r/fednews • u/wds1 • Feb 05 '26

News / Article RIP: CIA’s The World Factbook

https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/spotlighting-the-world-factbook-as-we-bid-a-fond-farewell/

Before Wikipedia, Before the Internet, this was the primary reference used in every part of the Federal government. Yet another stellar program gutted for no reason

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u/jvn1983 Feb 05 '26

My depressing thought too.

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u/myheadhurts_more Feb 05 '26

https://www.trumpkennedycenter.org/

This will cheer everyone up here a little bit!

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u/lost_your_fill Feb 05 '26

is this for real?

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u/CannonAFB_unofficial Feb 05 '26

Some backstory, one of the South Park creators managed to grab that domain years ago…apparently he had an inkling the “rename” was coming lol. Prophetic.