Summary
The Trump administration abruptly cut funding to the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which provides over $160 million annually to U.S. libraries. Elon Musk’s DOGE teams executed the cuts, immediately terminating dozens of state library grants.
Officials in California, Connecticut, and Washington were first notified, affecting programs that support rural and underserved communities.
Library leaders call the move “devastating.” Congressional Democrats and publishers condemned the decision, warning it could cause mass library closures.
My library will probably be ok, because we believe in funding such things. The problem is some states won’t, yet their residents still deserve access to knowledge.
Sort of like shutting down department of education. My state will still likely have the best education system, but all those places with struggling school systems, rampant racism and sexism, sports over education, will sink even lower
If we want any hope of moving forward, any hope of “making America great again” we need to start with a basic access to knowledge and education for everyone but Turnip is cutting programs that at least set the low bar