It took from April 2025 until January 2026 for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to have a budget for fiscal year 2026. Those 10 months of fighting for the IMLS budget came following Trump’s proposed sunset of the only federal agency dedicated to libraries and museums in his budget for the year. Begin rolling up your sleeves and set calendar reminders: the fight to save the IMLS from closure is on again for fiscal year 2027. The latest budget proposal from Trump once again zeroes out the IMLS budget. It is the sixth time that the administration has targeted the tiny agency. The budget once again showcases the administration’s priorities: destroying access to facts and information. It also, perhaps, showcases the regime’s ineptitude when it comes to turning the IMLS into a propaganda machine. While certainly the theft of over $14,000,000 from American taxpayers used to develop “Freedom Trucks” showcasing an imaginary American history across the country illustrates where and how the administration has seen the IMLS as a tool for advancing …