ACORN and its affiliates are content to impose crippling big-government laws, regulations, and taxes on Americans, but when called upon to obey those same rules, ACORN’s network of scofflaws and deadbeats simply refuses to comply. ACORN and its affiliates currently
by Matthew Vadum16 Nov 2009, 1:03 PM PST0
It’s becoming more and more difficult for the Obama White House to deny that White House political director Patrick Gaspard has strong, longstanding ties to the corrupt activist group ACORN. Gaspard is a longtime operative for ACORN and one of
by Matthew Vadum6 Nov 2009, 10:23 AM PST0
Citigroup executive Eric Eve (pictured below) has resigned from ACORN’s phony, allegedly independent panel of inquiry, a move that removes one of the few people on the panel who could even remotely claim to actually be independent. If you read
by Matthew Vadum5 Nov 2009, 6:01 PM PST0
Having purchased, rented, or placed a down payment on all the political influence up for sale in America, leftist troublemaker George Soros now plans to ramp up his war on markets worldwide by creating an “Institute for New Economic Thinking”
by Matthew Vadum5 Nov 2009, 12:34 PM PST0
White House political director Patrick Gaspard met with ACORN spokesman and lobbyist Scott Levenson, a former co-worker, at the White House the Obama administration disclosed Friday. Levenson’s inclusion in the newly released list of visitors to the Obama White House
by Matthew Vadum2 Nov 2009, 2:35 PM PST0
Washington has long been a place where ethics are flexible. If mainstream media outlets are snoozing, it’s easy to get away with a lot. The mainstream media has paid very little attention to the ties between Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.),
by Matthew Vadum26 Oct 2009, 9:35 AM PST0
As damning video after video is released showing ACORN’s willingness to counsel lawbreakers, no one has been more willing to assassinate the character of ACORN’s opponents than the hired guns at the left-wing group Media Matters for America. As I
by Matthew Vadum23 Oct 2009, 8:30 AM PST0
Throughout the ACORN undercover sting video saga, no one has been more willing to assassinate the character of ACORN’s opponents than the hired guns at the left-wing group Media Matters for America. Headed by former journalist and confessed serial liar
by Matthew Vadum21 Oct 2009, 11:30 AM PST0
Did ACORN chief organizer Bertha Lewis say anything that was true in her recent speech at the National Press Club? The embattled ACORN CEO deserved an Academy Award nomination for her virtuoso performance in which she not only depicted ACORN
by Matthew Vadum20 Oct 2009, 12:30 PM PST0
ACORN just can’t seem to stay away from hookers. The activist group, which has long worked with criminals as it preys on the weak and the troubled, is on the verge of yet another public relations catastrophe. That’s because a
by Matthew Vadum8 Oct 2009, 10:15 AM PST0
Now that ACORN is drowning is an ocean of adverse publicity, its longtime ally the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) claims to have broken with the embattled radical left-wing activist group. Last week SEIU international secretary-treasurer Anna Burger dropped this
by Matthew Vadum6 Oct 2009, 2:05 PM PST0
President Obama announced he plans to nominate Patrick Corvington to be chief executive of the Corporation for National and Community Service, which oversees Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America. Big Government readers will remember that “the Corporation” assumed
by Matthew Vadum6 Oct 2009, 9:51 AM PST0
A credible source claims the embattled left-wing advocacy group ACORN is poised to announce massive staff layoffs but an ACORN spokesman denies this is the case. A credible source close to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now revealed
by Matthew Vadum2 Oct 2009, 11:30 PM PST0
“But whether you try to implement some or all of these recommendations, there must be someone committed to follow-up. There must be a review mechanism, and a means of holding people accountable after any final decisions are made. If you
by Matthew Vadum1 Oct 2009, 9:38 AM PST0
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) founder Wade Rathke wants to use the Internet to overthrow the capitalist system. He said so in his new book, Citizen Wealth: Winning the Campaign to Save Working Families, in which he
by Matthew Vadum29 Sep 2009, 7:45 AM PST0
Over at the American Spectator, Big Government Contributor Matthew Vadum writes: Newly discovered evidence shows the radical advocacy group ACORN has a man in the Obama White House.This power behind the throne is longtime ACORN operative Patrick Gaspard. He holds
by Matthew Vadum28 Sep 2009, 7:27 AM PST0
**UPDATE** Politico: NBC Vehemently Denies Allegations Over Anti-Semitic Email **UPDATE 2** ALG Statement in Response to Alleged NBC Email **UPDATE 3** NBC News Statement **UPDATE 4**Group Stands Ground Over Claims That NBC Employee Issued Anti-Semitic Email Apparently NBC “Dateline” producer
by Matthew Vadum25 Sep 2009, 2:22 PM PST0
The activities of the radical, corrupt to the core, left-wing Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, which has tangled itself up in an infinitely complex web of deceit, thuggery, and questionable financial dealings, are long overdue for a RICO
by Matthew Vadum25 Sep 2009, 7:10 AM PST0
FINAL UPDATE 9/24/2009 6:50 PM Eastern time The senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), asked the IRS to probe ACORN – and asked that ACORN be dropped from the Combined Federal Campaign, a charitable program
by Matthew Vadum24 Sep 2009, 1:53 PM PST0
Citizens Consulting Inc. (CCI), the shadowy financial nerve center of the embattled radical activist group ACORN, has filed false lobbying disclosure reports with Congress, according to Ron Sykes, a former ACORN employee. This revelation is important because, as former ACORN
by Matthew Vadum23 Sep 2009, 1:15 PM PST0
My sources in the progressive movement say Buffy Wicks handled the Obama campaign in Missouri last year. Obama lost in Missouri and activists in that state and people within the Obama campaign placed the blame for the defeat squarely on
by Matthew Vadum22 Sep 2009, 10:37 AM PST0
The announcement by ACORN that it is creating a panel of inquiry consisting of its corrupt friends is a fairy tale. ACORN did the same thing last year after an internal scandal but when the honest people on ACORN’s internal
by Matthew Vadum17 Sep 2009, 2:42 PM PST0
We haven’t heard the last of Van Jones. Arianna Huffington was kind enough to allow her good friend who happens to have been a former campaign manager from her California gubernatorial run to post his preliminary reflections on being unceremoniously
by Matthew Vadum17 Sep 2009, 10:36 AM PST0
The Senate overwhelmingly approved a legislative amendment Monday that would block ACORN from receiving federal funding. ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is the ongoing criminal conspiracy that the mainstream media is suddenly interested in. In the
by Matthew Vadum17 Sep 2009, 5:45 AM PST0
ACORN is not only a radical organization devoted to undermining the American system of government: It is a massive, ongoing criminal conspiracy that should be investigated for possible violations of federal racketeering laws. With a long history of lawbreaking that
by Matthew Vadum14 Sep 2009, 9:05 AM PST0