Comment on Millions of Americans Who Have Waited Decades for Fast Internet Connections Will Keep Waiting After the Trump Administration Threw a $42 Billion High-Speed Internet Program Into Disarray.

RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “Tread on me! Tread on me!”.

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• electric_nan@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “They say America first, but what they mean is America next!”

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  • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What they mean was America first for the rich.

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    • electric_nan@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      genius.com/Woody-guthrie-lindbergh-lyrics

      “America First” was a slogan used by US fascists (like Charles Lindbergh) before WW2. The more things change, eh?

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• j0ester@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It was always a damn lie with the Republicans. “wE nEeD to HeLP OuR CiViLiANs FiRST.” They mean rob them first.

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• Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Not really a lie, just needs to come with a history lesson. The America First Committee was a fascist political group. Once you know that then it makes a lot more sense.

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• amorpheus@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Can’t spell America without ME.

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