ACORN Embezzler Dale Rathke liked to party

In 2008 it was revealed that Dale Rathke, brother of ACORN founder Wade Rathke, had embezzled close to $1 million from ACORN. Big brother Wade not only engineered a cover-up for eight years, but also kept Dale on ACORN’s payroll! This was too much even for the con artists of ACORN and the group’s national board fired Wade in June 2008. Later it was discovered that Dale (shown above in a photo from New York Social Diary) spent the money on the good life: trips to New York, limousines, shopping, and so on. Read more about the depravity and gangsterism of ACORN … Continue reading ACORN Embezzler Dale Rathke liked to party

Obama threatens reporters for — reporting!

It is so typical of Saul Alinsky-inspired thugs to lash out and threaten reporters when information they don’t like gets reported. The Obama administration did exactly that and punished San Francisco Chronicle reporter Carla Marinucci when she dared to release a video of protesters interrupting an Obama speech at San Francisco’s St. Regis Hotel. Obama’s people kicked Marinucci out of the reporting pool for doing her job and threatened other pool reporters. Although radical leftists like Obama relish ridiculing their adversaries, they cannot tolerate it when the same is done to them. Read more about the brutal tactics of Alinskyites in … Continue reading Obama threatens reporters for — reporting!

The Depravity of George Soros

Kenneth Vogel of the Politico has a good piece today on the preeminent funder of the far left, the twisted George Soros. Soros, who has been called a wartime Nazi collaborator for his actions in his native Hungary, whined about political polarization, claiming it was “endangering our open society.” “As I see it, the two sides in the current disputes have each got hold of one half of the truth which they proclaim to be the whole truth,” Soros told an audience at the Cato Institute this week. Blah blah blah. Tedious stuff. In Vogel’s article David Boaz of Cato says the kind of … Continue reading The Depravity of George Soros

Communist Party USA on the rise

I never thought I’d put those words in any blog post but there they are. According to researcher extraordinaire Trevor Loudon of New Zeal, the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) is experiencing a resurgence. Read his article here. It’s scary stuff. There aren’t that many actual CPUSA members out there, but they tend to be very active in the labor movement, the Democratic Party, and in groups like ACORN which allows them to leverage their influence. Moreover, a large percentage of Democratic members of the House of Representatives (about 70 members in all) are virtually small-c communists. Look them up at … Continue reading Communist Party USA on the rise

ACORN has never cared about the poor. Never.

The good people at Townhall magazine previously published a profile I wrote of ACORN. The article is called “Stealing Democracy” Read it here. (PDF) Here is the beginning of the article: In the parallel universe occupied by many left-of-center Americans, the increasingly controversial Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) is a high-minded poor people’s group similar to crusading civil rights groups of the 1960s. They believe ACORN is a public-spirited organization that registers the poor to vote and encourages citizen involvement in morally uplifting projects and community development. They believe it spurs production of affordable housing, protects tenants’ … Continue reading ACORN has never cared about the poor. Never.

Matthew Vadum’s adventure on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”

Back on Oct. 30, 2008, I appeared on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” to talk about ACORN and community organizers. Here is a link to the video (the show’s website won’t allow embeds). About a month or more before the air date, I traveled to New York City to tape a segment with John Oliver. Being in hostile territory (ideologically) I thought of the nastiest things I could say about ACORN and community organizers and I said them. There is no point, after all, in going on a left-wing show and playing along with the puppet masters. (Some conservatives criticized … Continue reading Matthew Vadum’s adventure on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”

From the twisted mind of Obama green jobs czar Van Jones: America has a culture of death because we use fossil fuels

First, global warming con man Al Gore compared companies’ search for energy to “junkies looking for another vein.” Now self-described communist, Obama pal, and 9/11 truther Van Jones one-ups the master. Jones advances the original but totally absurd argument that oil is “death” and that because we use oil our society is death-centered. At the recent Commie Con Power Shift conference Jones passionately declared: We have an energy system, a civilization powered by death. Fueled by death. Why do they call them fossil fuels? We act shocked, having pulled death out of the ground, that we get death out of the skies. … Continue reading From the twisted mind of Obama green jobs czar Van Jones: America has a culture of death because we use fossil fuels

John Atlas shrugs: ACORN’s apologist defends gangster group

The war of words over ACORN continues to rage. ACORN’s institutional hagiographer John Atlas (photo below) took exception to a report of mine on the recent conviction of ACORN in a voter fraud conspiracy. (Atlas is author of Seeds of Change which was published last year. Not a bad book in terms of original research but Atlas clearly doesn’t understand what ACORN is really about.) After a misinformed commenter at POWIP unleashed a fact-free screed regarding my article, Atlas joined in, complimenting him/her on on an “impressive pithy response.” It’s nonsense. Left-wing supporters of ACORN love to play word games, I … Continue reading John Atlas shrugs: ACORN’s apologist defends gangster group

The Truth About ACORN, narrated by Megyn Kelly

In fall of 2009 Fox News Channel aired a good documentary called “The Truth About ACORN.” It was narrated by Megyn Kelly. You can watch it on Hulu. Read about the nihilistic adventures of ACORN in my new book, Subversion Inc.: How Obama’s ACORN Red Shirts Are Still Terrorizing and Ripping Off American Taxpayers, comes out soon. Pre-order it now! Continue reading The Truth About ACORN, narrated by Megyn Kelly

The mysterious disappearance of ACORN boss Steve Kest

Steve Kest, who was executive director of the organized crime syndicate ACORN, became a senior fellow at John Podesta’s Center for American Progress Action Fund last year. Kest joined self-described “communist” Van Jones who is also a senior fellow at CAP Action Fund. In the above photo Kest is shown at left beside Podesta at a 2005 CAP event. Kest participated in the coverup of a million-dollar embezzlement at ACORN perpetrated by Dale Rathke, brother of disgraced ACORN founder Wade Rathke. Strangely, references to Kest’s appointment have disappeared from CAP’s websites. I sent several emails requesting more information and CAP … Continue reading The mysterious disappearance of ACORN boss Steve Kest

ACORN Convicted In Massive Voter Fraud Conspiracy, Legacy Media Yawns

If a radical group closely associated with the  president of the United States and known for its efforts to undermine American democracy were convicted in a massive voter fraud conspiracy you’d expect to hear something about it from the mainstream media, wouldn’t you? Wrong. Except for the odd FoxNews.com report and a few local reports there has been a media blackout. On April 6 the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), that is, the organization itself as opposed to its employees, was convicted in Las Vegas of felony “compensation” for registration of voters. Sentencing is scheduled for August 10. … Continue reading ACORN Convicted In Massive Voter Fraud Conspiracy, Legacy Media Yawns

Vadum ACORN op-ed #1 at Washington Times

My op-ed, Obama’s favorite gangsters convicted again, is the #1 most-read opinion article at the Washington Times right now. It’s gratifying to know that people still care about the threat that ACORN and similar groups still pose to the American republic. Obligatory book plug: My new book, Subversion Inc.: How Obama’s ACORN Red Shirts Are Still Terrorizing and Ripping Off American Taxpayers, comes out soon. Pre-order it now! Continue reading Vadum ACORN op-ed #1 at Washington Times

Reds, Reds Everywhere, But Not a Reporter in Sight: The Media Ignores the Communists at Government Union Protests

(originally posted at NewsReal) Is it just my perception or are labor protests nowadays consistently bringing out more communists and various assorted America-haters than they used to? Communists, Marxist-Leninists, Trotskyists, Maoists, and other freaks have always been hangers-on at labor demonstrations but a decade ago they tended not to be a significant portion of the crowd. As I like to say, all political parties and political movements attract kooks, but since Barack Obama became president, the kooks in the labor movement and on the left in general seem to have been multiplying like mogwai in a hot tub. The leftist protests … Continue reading Reds, Reds Everywhere, But Not a Reporter in Sight: The Media Ignores the Communists at Government Union Protests

Obama’s favorite gangsters convicted again: How many convictions before Justice Department recognizes racketeering?

I have an op-ed in today’s Washington Times. Here is the top of the article: Are Mickey Mouse and Mary Poppins registered to vote in Nevada? In a Las Vegas courtroom last week, prosecutors found the fictional characters not guilty but convicted those impersonating them of voter fraud. The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), the radical left-wing activist group, was convicted in a massive voter-fraud conspiracy. It has been committing identify theft for decades. ACORN pleaded guilty to unlawful “compensation” for registration of voters, a felony under Nevada law. The plea came after senior ACORN executives Amy … Continue reading Obama’s favorite gangsters convicted again: How many convictions before Justice Department recognizes racketeering?

Schadenfreude alert: Gay man sues Rev. Jesse Jackson for sexual harassment

The undisputed all-time Jedi Master of corporate shakedowns, Rev. Jesse Jackson, is being sued for allegedly sexually harassing a man who worked for his left-wing extortion gang, the Rainbow Push Coalition, NBCChicago.com reports. The complaint, filed sometime last year by Tommy R. Bennett, a regular on the Tom Joyner Radio show and member of Barack Obama’s LGBT Leadership Council, includes shocking allegations about Jackson’s behavior toward the openly gay staffer including an allegation that the civil rights leader propositioned him. Jackson has denied the allegations in a legal response that was filed in July 2010 and resurfaced when the Windy City … Continue reading Schadenfreude alert: Gay man sues Rev. Jesse Jackson for sexual harassment

Cynical Budget Deal Funds ACORN Wannabe Poverty Pimp Groups

I found yet another reason for conservatives to hate the budget deal. The compromise spending legislation now before Congress funds ACORN-like radical activist groups to the tune of a whopping $680 million in fiscal 2011. Bear in mind $680 million is virtually nothing compared to the trillions of dollars the feds regularly flush down the toilet but these nasty, parasitic pressure groups that want to bring “hope and change” to America can do a lot of damage to our society with that money. They’ve been trying to transform America for the worst and using your tax dollars to do so ever … Continue reading Cynical Budget Deal Funds ACORN Wannabe Poverty Pimp Groups

ACORN’s goal is to hurt people, not help them

ACORN is a profoundly antisocial organization. It celebrates and promotes the worst pathologies in society in an effort to kill the American experiment in self-governance. The small-c communist organization was created not to help people, but to hurt them. Growing out of the now-defunct National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO), ACORN was created to get people to go on welfare. No joke. The group came out of the so-called welfare rights movement led by radical anti-American activists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven. Cloward died in 2001 but Piven still teaches at CUNY and advocates violence as a tool of revolutionary political change. Getting … Continue reading ACORN’s goal is to hurt people, not help them