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.
The problem is that you’re going to take the US back to the early 20th century, where there was a very large disparity in quality of life within the country. If these cuts are maintained, I won’t be surprised if some of the poorest American states become poorer than some Mexican states.