Government is nothing if not consistent.

It is, for example, consistently awful. At everything our elected officials and unelected bureaucrats try to have it do.

On November 15, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan, woefully misnamed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Contained within that monstrosity - was $42.25 billion for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program.

And even before that, President Joe Biden was on the broadband equity case. And by that I mean - he put Vice President Kamala Harris in charge:

“May 5, 2021: Vice President Harris Takes on the Effort for Internet Equity:

“'Vice President Harris is now in charge of a push to get better internet across the U.S. Getting this right could have big stakes for her political future.’”

Harris’ political future - is now. She’s running for a promotion. So - how’s she doing with our $42.45 billion?

Three months ago, we took a look:

“July 24, 2024: ‘Hundreds of broadband infrastructure builders are now sounding the alarm, writing that the $42 billion plan to expand Internet has been wired to........

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