It’s a new policy that will take effect by the end of the year. It’s party of our current administration’s tarrifs efforts to boost American manufacturing. I disagree with it, like I do most of what our current government is doing.

Yes, the US has a floor on panel prices coming that will fix the retail price at .35 per watt, if imported. It’s possible for a US manufacturer to sell for less, like .34.

Given the tarrifs and price flow in the BBB, panel prices will never be lower than .35 a watt (imported panels must cost that much or a dirty will be applied for the difference). Two Bit DaVinci covers it at 3:00 in this video: https://youtu.be/1nvhe2h82hY?is=5ivY0bV9cxC9T1h5

I am very glad for this ruling. But, like everything, even a loss for Trump is used as a win. After a shellacking in November, Trump will say it’s because of corrupt mail in voting. Because America is polarized into two main echo chambers, half the country will believe it. And just like the results of 2020, the “facts” you believe will be determined by your voter registration.

It’s not a bad strategy given the limited power they will have. So far, the only checks on Trump’s power grabs have been the courts, and the GOP led House has been completely compliant with Trump’s wishes. The administration has lost hundreds of lawsuits so far, and the DoJ is increasingly seen as a vassel agency bending to Donald’s whims.

Impeachment and removal would only move JD Vance into the top spot. That’s probably worse. Lawsuits and investigations, with the goal of stopping the Trump administration in it’s tracks, recovering stolen funds, and restoring the power of Congress to it’s traditional level is a good interim step. Then after the GOP loses the Executive Branch, the real work of ferreting out the criminals and identifying those responsible for war crimes, can begin.

I find it odd that a new policy is given preference even if a restraining order wins, and the courts suspend any restraining orders pending the appeals. The new policy should be blocked pending appeal instead, if the policy changes a long held status quo.

The danger is that with only two candidates, the GOP could get the first and second highest votes on the primary, making a GOP governor a certainly (the November ballot would only have GOP candidates on it). I’m glad someone pulled ahead.

At least in my community in CA, we expanded safe housing for the unhoused by opening several hundred mini apartments in a converted motel, and a new five story building, in association with a non-profit, Mercy House. The two sites have social services on site, with career counseling available, social services, etc. I guess it’s a modified “housing first” model that seems to be working.