March 30, 2012

The Solyndra Sideshow Peters Out

David Roberts, Grist


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No one is more invested in seeing the Solyndra investigation continue to produce “news” than Politico, so it’s significant that reporter (and Solyndra devotee) Darren Samuelsohn has basically called it. After over a year, Republicans have turned up nothing, as this sad excerpt makes clear. . .

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