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ACORN Operative Patrick Gaspard Received Colleague at White House

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

Is ACORN's Bertha Lewis Even Capable Of Telling The Truth?

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

ACORN and SEIU Have Been Going Steady a Long Time: Did They Break Up?

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

ACORN Plans Massive Layoffs

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

EXCLUSIVE: ACORN Legal Memo Confirms Depths of Troubles

“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

ACORN Saga: Founder Wade Rathke Wants YOU — To Go on Welfare

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

ACORN's Man is 'Political Director' in White House

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

NBC Producer to Anti-ACORN Group: 'Bite Me, Jew Boy!'

**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

ACORN'S Enron-Style Accounting: Playing Musical Chairs with Big Money

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

ACORN's Lobbying Shenanigans

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

NEA Conference Call: Who is Buffy Wicks?

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

Once Upon an ACORN: Why ACORN's Internal Audit is a Sham

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

9/11 Truther Van Jones Likens Himself to Wrong Churchill

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

Longtime ACORN Ally Bob Casey Stands By His Favorite Group

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

ACORN's Lawless Ways

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