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Obama campaign has spent $2.3 million on legal warfare

Matthew Vadum

Perkins Coie is one of the Obama reelection campaign’s biggest vendors, generating just under $2.3 million in legal bills – a number that is bound to shoot up even higher as Obama’s legal warfare escalates between now and Election Day. Pasted from a spreadsheet, below are my rough notes showing how I came up with the figure: Expenditures by payee (Perkins Coie) according to Federal Election Commission website Obama Aug 2012 monthly http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2012/M8/C00431445/B_PAYEE_C00431445.html 111,282.63 July monthly http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2012/M7/C00431445/B_PAYEE_C00431445.html 218,427.02 June monthly http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2012/M6/C00431445/B_PAYEE_C00431445.html 147,960.43 May monthly http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2012/M5/C00431445/B_PAYEE_C00431445.html 146,663.73 April monthly http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2012/M4/C00431445/B_PAYEE_C00431445.html 201,199.13 March monthly http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2012/M3/C00431445/B_PAYEE_C00431445.html 317,707.53 February monthly http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2012/M2/C00431445/B_PAYEE_C00431445.html 257,042.32 2012 subtotal … Continue reading Obama campaign has spent $2.3 million on legal warfare

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Matthew Vadum’s work is cited in 46 books (and rising)

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I’ve been keeping a running tab of the books that reference my work and/or quote me. I’m not just cited by right-wingers. Note that authors on the left, such as Arianna Huffington, Thomas Frank, and Center for American Progress visiting fellow Shirley Sagawa, have given my work a vote of confidence by relying on it. Here is the list as of September 3, 2012: * asterisk indicates New York Times bestseller In reverse chronological order: 46) Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right, by Thomas Frank, Macmillan, 2012, page citations unknown  45) Who’s Counting?: How Fraudsters and Bureaucrats Put Your … Continue reading Matthew Vadum’s work is cited in 46 books (and rising)

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Left-Wing Activists Admit Allen West Terrifies Them

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My PJ Media article from July 31, 2012: Left-Wing Activists Admit Allen West Terrifies Them By Matthew Vadum Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) is the activist Left’s number one congressional target this election cycle because he poses an existential threat to progressivism, a prominent professional left-wing organizer suggests. West is “a national rising star in the Tea Party,” Becky Bond explained during a panel discussion at the Campaign for America’s Future’s recent Take Back the American Dream confab in Washington, D.C. The famously outspoken retired Army lieutenant colonel with the special talent for getting under Democrats’ skin “is going to start … Continue reading Left-Wing Activists Admit Allen West Terrifies Them

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Shadow Party Strikes with Romney ‘Cancer Ad’

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My August 10, 2012 article from Front Page Magazine: Shadow Party Strikes with Romney ‘Cancer Ad’ By Matthew Vadum A shadowy political operative with ties to organized crime is behind the now-infamous TV ad in which ex-steelworker Joe Soptic falsely blamed his wife’s tragic cancer death on Mitt Romney’s venture capital firm shuttering his place of employment. Behind-the-scenes power broker Harold Ickes is a major player in today’s Democratic Party. A registered lobbyist and shill for leftist causes, Ickes is a longtime Clinton loyalist, who previously served as deputy chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and in senior posts in the presidential … Continue reading Shadow Party Strikes with Romney ‘Cancer Ad’

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A Super PAC’s War on the ‘Tea Party Ten’

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My Front Page Magazine article from August 9, 2012: A Super PAC’s War on the ‘Tea Party Ten’ By Matthew Vadum A well-funded leftist group is targeting 10 Tea Party-backed congressmen because they believe in the Constitution, limited government, and fiscal responsibility and oppose President Obama’s socialist juggernaut. But Becky Bond, president of Credo Super PAC, puts it another way. “They are anti-woman. They are anti-science. They are hypocritical, bigoted, and have said and done things that are downright crazy,” says Bond, a Saul Alinsky-inspired community organizer. What exactly have these Republican lawmakers done to stir up this kind of … Continue reading A Super PAC’s War on the ‘Tea Party Ten’

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Obama’s Drive to Disenfranchise Soldiers

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My Front Page Magazine article from August 6, 2012: Obama’s Drive to Disenfranchise Soldiers By Matthew Vadum U.S. military personnel tend to favor Republicans so it shouldn’t surprise anyone that President Obama’s reelection campaign has filed suit attacking an Ohio law that makes it easier for soldiers to vote. This nickel-and-dime approach to disenfranchisement was used by then-presidential candidate Al Gore in 2000. The unsuccessful Democrat turned global warming hoaxer had his lawyers disqualify ballots from military personnel overseas. The new lawsuit is also an apparent acknowledgement that Obama is writing off the military vote this year. It needs to … Continue reading Obama’s Drive to Disenfranchise Soldiers

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Valerie Jarrett’s Bin Laden Raid Veto

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My article from Front Page Magazine on August 2, 2012: Valerie Jarrett’s Bin Laden Raid Veto By Matthew Vadum Although taking out Public Enemy Number One would seem to be the easiest of calls, President Obama allowed key public relations adviser Valerie Jarrett to nix the military operation to kill arch-terrorist Osama bin Laden on three separate occasions last year, according to an upcoming book. Although President Obama’s reelection team is loudly trumpeting the dispatch of bin Laden in May 2011, saying it shows Obama’s decisiveness, author Richard Miniter suggests in Leading From Behind: The Reluctant President and the Advisors Who … Continue reading Valerie Jarrett’s Bin Laden Raid Veto

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Soros Election-Rigging Scheme Collapses

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My Front Page Magazine article from July 31, 2012: Soros Election-Rigging Scheme Collapses By Matthew Vadum A George Soros-backed scheme that paved the way for Al Franken’s 2008 theft of a U.S. Senate seat has collapsed months ahead of the critical November elections. Rumors of the death of the Secretary of State Project had been circulating for months. Michael Kieschnick, co-founder of the Secretary of State Project, confirmed that his group has shut down in an interview at the recent “Take Back the American Dream” conference in Washington, D.C. Although the so-called 527 political committee “still exists” on paper, “2010 … Continue reading Soros Election-Rigging Scheme Collapses

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ACORN Political Money Laundering in Texas

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My Front Page Magazine article from July 26, 2012: ACORN Political Money Laundering in Texas By Matthew Vadum The taxpayer watchdog group Cause of Action is accusing the former Texas branch of ACORN of illegally diverting charitable funds for political activity benefiting Democrats. ACORN’s Texas chapter may have changed its name but it still appears to be involved in the same kinds of financial shenanigans that made the radical group synonymous with corruption and sleaze. President Obama used to work for ACORN and represented it in court as an attorney. There are two ACORN spinoff groups allegedly involved in the … Continue reading ACORN Political Money Laundering in Texas

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I’m now quoted in 45 books

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I’ve been keeping a running tab of the books that reference my work and/or quote me. Note that authors on the left, such as Arianna Huffington and Center for American Progress visiting fellow Shirley Sagawa, have given my work a vote of confidence by relying on it. Here is the list as of August 7, 2012: * asterisk indicates New York Times bestseller In reverse chronological order: 45 Who’s Counting?: How Fraudsters and Bureaucrats Put Your Vote at Risk, by John Fund and Hans von Spakovsky, Encounter Books, 2012, page citations unknown 44) Shadowbosses: Government Unions Control America and Rob Taxpayers Blind, by Mallory Factor and Elizabeth … Continue reading I’m now quoted in 45 books

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Revealed: Obama’s secret agenda

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The Boston Globe‘s Leon Neyfakh quotes me in a feature article today, “Revealed: Obama’s secret agenda.” In my view Obama’s agenda isn’t exactly secret but perhaps I’m quibbling. Here’s the relevant passage: Rebrand 9/11. One secret White House plot that has yet to be realized has to do with an attempt to change Sept. 11 from a day reserved for memorializing those who died in the terrorist attacks into a “celebration of ethanol, carbon emission controls, and radical community organizing.” This plan was first outlined in an August 2009 report published by The American Spectator under the headline “Obama’s Plan to Desecrate … Continue reading Revealed: Obama’s secret agenda

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ACORN unit Project Vote represents PA ACORN offshoot in lawsuit

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Project Vote, the branch of ACORN that President Obama used to work for, filed suit against Pennsylvania claiming the Keystone State isn’t doing enough to help welfare recipients vote themselves greater taxpayer-funded benefits.  (View the complaint here.) Not surprisingly Project Vote is acting for Action United, a rebranded state chapter from the old ACORN network of activist groups.  Action United is a business name for Pennsylvania Communities Organizing for Change Inc. (PCOC).  PCOC is run by the same old Pennsylvania ACORN activists and its headquarters is in the same office as the old Philadelphia branch of ACORN. I warned in … Continue reading ACORN unit Project Vote represents PA ACORN offshoot in lawsuit

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ACORN constitutional challenge of Nevada law pending

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ACORN executive Amy Adele Busefink, convicted of a variety of voter fraud, is appealing her conviction.  Oral arguments were heard last month by the Nevada Supreme Court. ACORN affiliate Project Vote filed a friend of the court brief in favor of Busefink. Busefink’s brief may be found here.  The State of Nevada’s brief is available here. Busefink is challenging Nevada’s voter registration laws on constitutional grounds.   It seems like a dubious appeal but who knows what the court will do. Continue reading ACORN constitutional challenge of Nevada law pending

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ACORN Housing Finally in Foreclosure

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My Front Page Magazine article from July 3: ACORN Housing Finally in Foreclosure By Matthew Vadum The largest branch of ACORN – ACORN Housing Corp.— has finally kicked the bucket despite cash injections from the Obama administration. Like a con artist trying to escape his past, ACORN Housing legally changed its name to Affordable Housing Centers of America (AHCOA) two years ago after the devastating “pimp and pro” videos surfaced in 2009. In those undercover videos created by conservative activists James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles ACORN and ACORN Housing employees were shown offering helpful advice on setting up a brothel … Continue reading ACORN Housing Finally in Foreclosure

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New ACORN Front Group: Home Defenders League

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Home Defenders League is a new ACORN front group formed around the time of the collapse of the lead entity in the ACORN network, ACORN Inc., in November 2010. Many new groups have been founded by ACORN operatives. The typical new ACORN group will have the same employees as the old ACORN group. Often the new ACORN group will use the same office address that was used by the ACORN affiliate or state chapter it replaced. The new Saul Alinsky-inspired groups all have the same radical left-wing political objectives. Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) is also a new … Continue reading New ACORN Front Group: Home Defenders League

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Disgraced ACORN founder Wade Rathke is urging Catholics to quit their church

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President Obama isn’t the only leftist to declare war on the Catholic church. Disgraced ACORN founder Wade Rathke is urging Catholics to quit their church: In the fall from grace of one institution after another, religious bodies have been on a steady decline for a generation.  No institution claims more members and fills less pews now that the Catholic Church on any given Sunday, nor has any outfit taken more of a licking in the public perception.  The inability to effectively manage the staff at the boundary lines between practice and principle has led to some dioceses declaring bankruptcy, multi-million … Continue reading Disgraced ACORN founder Wade Rathke is urging Catholics to quit their church

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Strange: ACORN Housing may be closed but it hasn’t filed for bankruptcy

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This is odd. ACORN Housing Corporation, which changed its name to Affordable Housing Centers of America (AHCOA), has closed its doors. Yet there is no record of AHCOA filing a bankruptcy petition or being petitioned into bankruptcy, according to the PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) database. None. And as of June 30, 2010, AHCOA was in the red by almost $2.5 million according to its most recent publicly available tax return (IRS Form 990). I know AHCOA shut down because i) a very reliable source within the progressive movement told me so ii) its Twitter feed hasn’t been updated in close to a year … Continue reading Strange: ACORN Housing may be closed but it hasn’t filed for bankruptcy

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Blogger Aaron Walker sues “Speedway Bomber” Brett Kimberlin

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Conservative blogger Aaron Walker is fighting back hard against his terrorist tormentor, Brett Kimberlin, the infamous “Speedway Bomber.” Walker, who blogs as “Aaron Worthing” at Allergic to Bull, was jailed at the direction of Kimberlin after daring to blog about his criminal history. Kimberlin is a practitioner of the dark art of lawfare. Incredibly, a Maryland judge, Cornelius “Brandenburg Shmandenburg” Vaughey, ordered Walker not to blog about Kimberlin. Criminal charges against Walker for allegedly violating the gag order have already been laughed out of court but the shut-yo-mouth injunction remains in effect. Kimberlin, who served about a third of the 50 year federal prison term he was … Continue reading Blogger Aaron Walker sues “Speedway Bomber” Brett Kimberlin

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BREAKING: ACORN Housing is dead!

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I have it on good authority that Affordable Housing Centers of America (AHCOA) is dead. Until the devastating “pimp and pro” videos surfaced in 2009 that showed ACORN employees offering helpful advice on setting up a brothel for pedophiles, AHCOA’s name was ACORN Housing Corp. AHCOA’s website (ahcoa.org) is down. AHCOA’s Twitter feed hasn’t been updated since August of last year. View it here. Despite apparently kicking the bucket some time ago without anyone in the media (myself included) noticing, ACORN Housing has been in the news recently. Earlier this month it was reported that the Obama administration funneled $446 million in taxpayer … Continue reading BREAKING: ACORN Housing is dead!