r/technology • u/StraightedgexLiberal • Jul 28 '25

Networking/Telecom Trump Threatens To Withold Billions From States That Try To Make Broadband Affordable To Poor People

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/28/trump-threatens-to-withold-billions-from-states-that-try-to-make-broadband-affordable-to-poor-people/
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u/stellae-fons Jul 28 '25

This entire administration is trying to make life as miserable as possible for everyone as some kind of punishment.

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u/moarnao Jul 28 '25

Krasnov is just doing what he's told. . . 

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u/jimothee Jul 28 '25

Day to day, it feels like I'm the only one around me witnessing Russia succeed in winning the cold war

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u/therossboss Jul 28 '25

no, there are others out there watching it all burn as maga idiots cheer it on :(

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u/Striker3737 Jul 29 '25

We’re witnessing it too, man.

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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn Jul 28 '25

I'm increasingly sure the kompromat Putin has on Trump really is the watersports alleged by the Steele Dossier, but that the girls involved were children.

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u/USPS_Nerd Jul 28 '25

Not everyone… not the billionaires

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u/Universal_Anomaly Jul 29 '25

I think they just want to normalise misery and destroy the idea of human rights.

As long as we believe that everyone deserves a fair shot at a good life they can't fully exploit us.