Thursday, March 20, 2025
Day 60
3 documented wins
American mineral production
The win
Immediate measures to expand U.S. mineral production — permits, land, and Defense Production Act tools — so batteries, munitions, and electronics are not a China monopoly.
For Americans
The pickup that needs copper and the missile that needs rare earths should not wait on a foreign politburo. Mining jobs and cheaper inputs are the household version of “supply chain.”
Education returned to states
The win
An order started the wind-down of the Department of Education as a national school board, sending authority and dollars back toward states, parents, and communities.
For Americans
A parent in Florida does not need a D.C. grant officer to decide reading methods. Local control is how school boards become answerable again.
Procurement consolidated at GSA
The win
Federal buying was ordered centralized at GSA to stop every agency from running its own overpriced shop.
For Americans
The government pays retail because it shops like 400 separate customers. One catalog is how copier contracts stop costing what a house costs.