John Podesta in Charge of Distributing $370bn of Domestic Clean Energy Provider
No comments at this point. President Biden named John Podesta, who led the Obama White House on climate strategy, to oversee $370 billion in clean energy funds under a landmark new climate law. Mr. Podesta is the founder of the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning think tank, and was chairman of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.
OBAMA’S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY GIVES $737 MILLION IN TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO SOLAR COMPANY: “Despite the growing Solyndra scandal, yesterday the Department of Energy approved $1 billion in new loans to green energy companies — including a $737 million loan guarantee to a company known as SolarReserve…” (Mark Hemingway, “Crony Capitalism: $737 Million Green Jobs Loan Given to Nancy Pelosi’s Brother-in-Law,” The Weekly Standard, 9/29/2011)
OTHER INVESTORS INCLUDE ARGONAUT PRIVATE EQUITY, WHICH ALSO INVESTED IN… YOU GUESSED IT: SOLYNDRA: “Steve Mitchell and Argonaut Private Equity might have a chance to recoup some of their losses in the Solyndra debacle now that the Department of Energy has given as $737 million loan guarantee to a company backed by Argonaut that also lists Mitchell as a ‘board participant.'” (Joel Gehrke, “Solyndra Director Tied to $737 million Loan Guarantee,” The Washington Examiner, 9/28/2011)
“MORE SOLAR COMPANIES LED BY DEMOCRATIC DONORS RECEIVED FEDERAL LOAN GUARANTEES”: “A Daily Caller investigation has found that in addition to the failed company Solyndra, at least four other solar panel manufacturing companies receiving in excess of $500 million in loan guarantees from the Obama administration employ executives or board members who have donated large sums of money to Democratic campaigns.
THE REVOLVING GREEN DOOR: “OBAMA FUNDRAISERS TIED TO GREEN FIRMS THAT GOT FEDERAL CASH”: “Several of Barack Obama’s top campaign supporters went from soliciting political contributions to working from within the Energy Department as it showered billions in taxpayer-backed stimulus money on alternative energy firms, ABC News and iWatch News have learned.
SolarReserve may have enjoyed special access in positioning itself for a loan guarantee, given its extensive connections to the White House. The company’s top lobbyist is Tony Podesta, confidante of Nancy Pelosi and brother of John Podesta—himself head of the Center for American progress and the leader of Obama’s transition team:
PODESTA “A KEY POLITICAL ALLY” FOR OBAMA: “President Barack Obama is nominating John Podesta, a key political ally, to serve on the board that helps set policies and direction for the government’s national service agency, the White House announced Thursday.” (Ann Sanner, “Podesta Among Obama’s Picks for Service Board,” Associated Press, 6/24/2010)
So aside from some decade-old non-scandals, what is the problem? The guy has experience in running federal clean energy initiatives. Would you prefer it go to a Biden family member, or the head of a major green energy firm?
The fact that you think this is the breaking point for nepotism and federal pay-to-play simony is kind of insane.
Here comes AOC's burner account. You are missing the point. His "experience" running clean energy initiatives was a DISASTER the first time around. To make an analogy that will tickle your left wing taint - this is the equivalent of hiring Trump to run the next presidential inauguration. There I said something bad about the orange man - happy?
Excuse me, but you'll have to show how his first time running a clean energy initiative was a "disaster" as you put it. You don't seem particularly well educated on the subject, which isn't surprising from someone who posted 4 excerpts from completely tangential articles and assumed someone intelligent would take that as "proof" of anything. You'll note that "John Podesta" doesn't actually appear in any of those excerpts.... because he wasn't at the Department of Energy when the Solyndra loan guarantee was made. Or at any time, in fact. He was on Obama's transition team, and then served as Counselor to the President for a year 2014-2015, neither of which line up with any of the absurd mud slinging you're attempting (and failing) to pull off.
And this isn't equivalent to hiring Trump to do anything. Even if everything you allege is true, which is demonstrably, factually isn't (in other words, you are an idiot or a liar), it still would be far less egregious than, you know... hiring the head of Perdue to run the Agriculture Department, or an avowed enemy of public schools to run the Department of Education, or a Wall Street tycoon to run the Treasury, or a guy whose companies compete with the USPS as Postmaster General, or hiring your kids to... draw a salary at the taxpayer's expense. Need I go on? Mr Trump invariably chose candidates with either zero relevant experience, or those who had an opportunity to direct federal resources in such a way that they would personally profit. And yet, your hackles are all of a sudden raised because a man whose career you know nothing about except that he worked for Mr Obama and Mrs Clinton was appointed to run a federal clean energy initiative?
Yeah, that's some typical conservative projection. From the party of endemic corruption, which invariably supports the most crooked, stupid possible politicians, I think an accusation of incomptence is a compliment
Now, do you want to admit that you have no idea who John Podesta is, what he does, or what he has done in the past, or are you going to double down with more crappy innuendo and post an article about something else unrelated, maybe Monica Lewinsky, to show how Mr Podesta is
He’s super qualified tbh. Scamming carbon credits will be easier than trafficking and molesting kids
You think Podesta molests kids? Are you a believer in the Pizzagate conspiracy theory?
What’s Pizzagate?
All very strange
Corrupt institutional money & connections man that probably diddles kids gets picked by the corrupt president that takes money from foreign governments and sniffs kids to oversee distribution of government funds for "clean energy". What could possibly go wrong.
Why do you think Podesta is a child molester?
Qanon is never wrong 🤸♂️
Weird
Now we might get clarification on what cheese pizza was actually a code for.
It’s the opposite actually. Clean energy is pretty much all that’s being built in the world nowadays. 80% of new installments are renewable, and that number will rise to 96% in 2026.
Data >>> “my cousin’s wife’s friend worked for a renewable energy company that went out of business”
https://www.irena.org/newsroom/pressreleases/2021/Apr/World-Adds-Record…
There are so many Pizzagate references here. I'm not even shocked. You guys are actual idiots, grow up.
How is the weather in Tel Aviv?
How the fuck would I know? Is this some Reddit gotcha that I'm not aware of?
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