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Brendan Carr Crafting ‘Patriotic’ Call Center Onshoring Plan To Provide Cover For Mass Looming Telecom Layoffs

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/20/brendan-carr-crafting-patriotic-call-center-onshoring-plan-to-provide-cover-for-mass-looming-telecom-layoffs/

Brendan Carr Crafting ‘Patriotic’ Call Center Onshoring Plan To Provide Cover For Mass Looming Telecom Layoffs

When he’s not busy trampling free speech, crushing the First Amendment, and destroying media consolidation and consumer protection standards, Brendan Carr has other hobbies. Like helping the …

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I_give_u_worms Feb 25

@arstechnica
Y'all got anymore of them CHIPS acts to ensure US Supply Chain continuities? (or is the idea of laying in plans for jobs several years in advance just too much )
#Onshoring

Tina M Casey Aug 13, 2025

US Presidents come and go while solar industry stakeholders plan for the long term.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/08/12/a-billion-dollar-solar-industry-proof-of-life-is-coming-to-tennessee/

#solar #solarenergy #solarpower #solarindustry #ussolarindustry #cleanenergy #greenenergy #renewableenergy #solarpanels #solarcells #greenjobs #greeneconomy #electrification #gogreen #pv #manufacturing #industry #advancedmanufacturing #supplychain #onshoring

A Billion-Dollar Solar Industry Proof-Of-Life Comes To Tennessee

The US solar manufacturer Illuminate USA is among the solar industry stakeholders anticipating a healthy outlook for renewable energy.

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Tina M Casey Aug 13, 2025

US Presidents come and go while solar industry stakeholders plan for the long term.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/08/12/a-billion-dollar-solar-industry-proof-of-life-is-coming-to-tennessee/

#solar #solarenergy #solarpower #solarindustry #ussolarindustry #cleanenergy #greenenergy #renewableenergy #solarpanels #solarcells #greenjobs #greeneconomy #electrification #gogreen #pv #manufacturing #industry #advancedmanufacturing #supplychain #onshoring

A Billion-Dollar Solar Industry Proof-Of-Life Comes To Tennessee

The US solar manufacturer Illuminate USA is among the solar industry stakeholders anticipating a healthy outlook for renewable energy.

CleanTechnica

i_give_u_worms Jul 24, 2025

If they actually want #onshoring they are going to have to punitively tax and regulate AI and crypto, the banks and large companies can't help gambling on that self defeating garbage

Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Jul 1, 2025

Building (or rebuilding) a manufacturing ecosystem - the skilled workforce and complex supply chain - takes time and money. I haven't seen much evidence that this is recognized, or supported, in #47's world, or indeed the "market" (the private investment that will take years to show a return on capital).

Interesting contrast between Foxconn in India:
https://www.sfexaminer.com/trump-wants-america-to-make-iphones-heres-how-india-is-doing-it/article_70cb17a8-fad1-5d05-a7cd-74dc68e869c9.html

and the reality of the Presidents highly touted 2017-ish Foxconn project in Wisconsin:
https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/business/2023/11/10/what-happened-to-foxconn-in-wisconsin-a-timeline/71535498007/

#IndustrialPolicy #onshoring