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'I’m sad': Trump's cuts backfire as red states forced to scrap America 250 festivities
Trump Starves Local History to Feed His Capital VanityThe Real Budget CutSmall-town libraries, historical societies, and humanities councils were not the problem. They were the target. According to NOTUS, DOGE cut federal funding for state humanities councils, and the damage landed exactly where it always lands first: in the thin civic infrastructure that keeps local history, civics, and public memory alive. Trumbull County had to shrink a modest passport project. West Virginia had to scrap semiquincentennial plans. The story is not about belt-tightening. It is about a presidential…
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