solyndra

Sep 26, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 02 • By MATTHEW CONTINETTI

To find a metaphor for the failed Obama presidency, look no further than Solyndra. Before it went bankrupt, the solar panel manufacturer was more than the recipient of a $535 million loan guarantee from the federal government. It was the model for the White House effort to put the American economy on a “new foundation.”

7:00 PM, Sep 16, 2011 • By MICHAEL WARREN

Jon Stewart skewers the Obama administration on Solyndra.

Was Solyndra actually looking at getting another loan from the federal government?

Vince Vaughn is a Ron Paul fan.

1:28 PM, Sep 15, 2011 • By GEOFFREY NORMAN

We may be witnessing a perfect Washington moment. For most of the workweek, attention has been focused on the collapse of a solar energy company that had received economically dubious–and politically motivated–subsidies of some $500 million. On Sunday, the city’s football franchise, the Redskins, will play a game the organization is calling the “Solar Bowl.”

Five percent of jobs promised have been created.

12:58 PM, Sep 15, 2011 • By MICHAEL WARREN

The Washington Post reports that the stimulus-backed Department of Energy loan guarantee program, which financed green energy companies like the failed solar energy start-up Solyndra and three projects for the Abengoa corporation, has created far fewer jobs than the Obama administration projected:

9:11 PM, Sep 14, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

The Obama administration is now pushing a rather dubious defense for handing out $535 million in stimulus funds to the now-bankrupt solar panel manufacturer Solyndra. They're blaming Bush:

5:43 PM, Sep 14, 2011 • By MICHAEL WARREN

Even as problems grow for Solyndra, the solar energy manufacturing firm that got a hefty stimulus-backed loan before going bankrupt earlier this month, the Department of Energy continues to issue large loans to companies.

9:37 PM, Sep 13, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

Two big stories are out tonight on the blossoming scandal involving failed solar panel company and stimulus funds recipient Solyndra. First, the Washington Post reports that the White House pressured the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to speed up the approval process for Solyndra's $535 million loan:

9:43 AM, Sep 10, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

Well, this is awkward. Despite $535 million in government loans and the White House touting Solyndra as an example of how the $800 billion stimulus bill was helping create jobs, everyone in the following video is now unemployed: