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Books I’m quoted or cited in (as of April 6, 2011)

Matthew Vadum

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. And this is just a list of books that reference my work. 🙂 Here is the list as of April 6, 2011: * asterisk indicates New York Times bestseller In reverse chronological order: 28) The New Reagan Revolution: How Ronald Reagan’s Principles Can Restore America’s Greatness Today, by Michael Reagan with Jim Denney, Thomas Dunne Books, 2011, 340n17. 27) Death … Continue reading Books I’m quoted or cited in (as of April 6, 2011)

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Eric Holder thinks conservatives are scum

Matthew Vadum

Nasty, petulant, condescending, and hateful: that about sums up President Obama’s attorney general, Eric Holder. A whining Holder just announced that Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his four 9/11 co-conspirators will not be tried in a civilian court in New York City. Instead they will be tried before military commissions. Good. Better late than never. It’s worth noting that Holder thinks conservatives are scum. Continue reading Eric Holder thinks conservatives are scum

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Obama as Lenin

Matthew Vadum

Parody can be fun. The head of V.I. Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union, has been replaced here with that of President Obama. Sure, it’s hyperbole, but ask yourself: How much of an exaggeration is it? Has any other American president nationalized industry after industry? Has any other American president thumbed his nose at the rule of law to the extent he has? Has any other American president harbored as much contempt for the Constitution of the United States as he has? Continue reading Obama as Lenin

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Being attacked by Daily Kos isn’t a bad thing

Matthew Vadum

Being attacked by the hyperactive bloggers of Daily Kos isn’t a bad thing; being praised should make a person re-evaluate his life. The cowardly anonymous blogger “Mark” at News Corpse criticizes me for pointing out the lowbrow tactics of the Left. The comments section is unintentionally hilarious. I probably should not engage in time-wasting Twitter fights with these people but when they smear everyone to the right of Walter Mondale, it’s too hard to pass up. Continue reading Being attacked by Daily Kos isn’t a bad thing

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Economic Terrorism’s Big Comeback

Matthew Vadum

“Economic Terrorism’s Big Comeback” is the name of my latest piece at Front Page Magazine. Here’s the top of it: Radical activist groups associated with President Barack Obama have launched a campaign of economic terrorism and sabotage – possibly with his blessing. Mortgage and student loan strikes, crippling bank boycotts, intimidation, and who knows what else are all on the agenda. The idea of leftists using terrorism to achieve political objectives isn’t new. Leon Trotsky supported the use of terrorism to advance so-called social justice. Decades before an ice-axe found its way into his skull, Trotsky argued in Dictatorship vs. Democracy that Communists who reject … Continue reading Economic Terrorism’s Big Comeback

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Politico article: Right seeks edge in ‘oppo’ wars

Matthew Vadum

A new Politico article by Kenneth P. Vogel, Right seeks edge in ‘oppo’ wars, quotes me several times. Here’s one passage: “A lot of conservatives think that you have to abide by Marquess of Queensberry rules even if you’re in a knock-down, drag-out bar fight,” said Matthew Vadum […]. “And it’s good to be ethical, but sometimes maybe you need to explore new frontiers to reflect the changing nature of political combat in modern America.” He added, “This doesn’t mean we have to go all Saul Alinsky on the left, but the right can be more aggressive in how it deals … Continue reading Politico article: Right seeks edge in ‘oppo’ wars

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Will New Congress Investigate ACORN? Matthew Vadum on Fox Business

Matthew Vadum

I gave this interview to Eric Bolling on Fox Business a few days after the election in November. After all the loud denunciations and calls for investigating ACORN I heard from the GOP for the previous two years I thought the new Republican House of Representatives would be itching to investigate ACORN. Apparently I was wrong. They haven’t done anything about ACORN and it’s not clear that they will do anything about ACORN even though the group has been in the process of re-forming under new names for more than the last year. Here’s the video of the interview: Continue reading Will New Congress Investigate ACORN? Matthew Vadum on Fox Business

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Matthew Vadum on the Laura Ingraham Show

Matthew Vadum

I was on the “Laura Ingraham Show” some time ago talking about Patrick Gaspard, who at the time was President Obama’s political director (one of the same titles Karl Rove used to hold) in the White House. The problem was Gaspard, who had been an SEIU executive, was also a longtime high-level political operative for ACORN. It gets even worse. After my interview Gaspard moved over to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and became its executive director. This means he is now in charge of the DNC’s experiment in brutal Saul Alinsky-style organizing, Organizing for America. Needless to say, this … Continue reading Matthew Vadum on the Laura Ingraham Show

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Endorsements of Subversion Inc.

Matthew Vadum

Below are the endorsements as of today, March 30, 2011, of my upcoming book Subversion Inc.: How Obama’s ACORN Red Shirts Are Still Terrorizing and Ripping Off American Taxpayers. Further endorsements are, of course, welcome! Here is the list: “Knowing what I know about the ‘zombie armies’ of youth brainwashed by Team Obama, it’s chilling to read Subversion Inc. Eye-opening and shocking, Matthew Vadum warns us of the danger still posed by ACORN.” —Jason Mattera, New York Times bestselling author of Obama Zombies: How the Liberal Machine Brainwashed My Generation “Thanks to Matthew Vadum’s extensive research there is no way liberals will be able to whitewash … Continue reading Endorsements of Subversion Inc.

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James Madison Institute Wins Award

Matthew Vadum

Congratulations to the James Madison Institute for winning State Policy Network’s SPNovation Award for its “Celebrate Freedom” High School Curriculum Supplement. (Note: I am a research fellow at the Florida-based think tank.) Here’s the text from the press release that SPN sent out: To help social studies teachers throughout Florida teach founding principles in a meaningful way, The James Madison Institute created a 12-page supplemental curriculum called, “Celebrate Freedom,” in conjunction with the News-in-Education department at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Last September, nearly 60,000 high school students received this special curriculum during “Celebrate Freedom Week” which, in Florida, is the week … Continue reading James Madison Institute Wins Award

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Books I’m quoted or cited in (as of Feb. 13, 2011)

Matthew Vadum

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. And this is just a list of books that reference my work. 🙂 Here is the list as of Feb. 13, 2011: * asterisk indicates New York Times bestseller In reverse chronological order: 25) The New Reagan Revolution: How Ronald Reagan’s Principles Can Restore America’s Greatness Today, by Michael Reagan with Jim Denney, Thomas … Continue reading Books I’m quoted or cited in (as of Feb. 13, 2011)

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Race-Baiting Van Jones Buddy Blesses Agitprop Studio With Billionaire Backing

Matthew Vadum

(originally posted at NewsReal) Radical philanthropist George Soros’s billionaire socialists club that wants to turn America into Greece has formally entered the propaganda business. Soros, by the way, has openly embraced Chinese Communism and has been lending moral and financial support to glorifying left-wing terrorist attacks against the United States. A Soros-led group, the secretive Democracy Alliance, which is a donors’ collaborative that brokers funds for groups that want to destroy America as we know it, has started up a new project called New Media Ventures. (Democracy Alliance was created to fund a permanent political infrastructure of nonprot think tanks, media outlets, leadership schools, … Continue reading Race-Baiting Van Jones Buddy Blesses Agitprop Studio With Billionaire Backing

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The Left thinks Wisconsin teachers are as bad off as textile workers in 1911!

Matthew Vadum

The left is trying to use the hundredth anniversary of the horrific Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (which happened March 25, 1911) to score political points, according to the esteemed historian Ron Radosh. Radosh writes at Pajamas Media that The real reason is the Left’s hegemonic control of the culture industry in this country. Looking back at Triangle gives them a new opportunity to use the event for one reason—to try and ignite a new movement on behalf of unionization of public sector employees-and to argue that the condition of Wisconsin teachers, let us say, is the equivalent of that of the … Continue reading The Left thinks Wisconsin teachers are as bad off as textile workers in 1911!

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George Soros assault on U.S. Constitution: See which White House officials involved in rewriting nation’s founding document

Matthew Vadum

Aaron Klein of WorldNetDaily has a great piece today. At least three White House advisors and officials, including President Obama’s regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein, have ties to an effort funded by billionaire George Soros to push for a new, “progressive” U.S. Constitution. WND first reported last week that Sunstein’s wife, Samantha Power, has been a champion of a Soros-funded doctrine, entitled “responsibility to protect,” which was used by Obama to justify engaging in an international military alliance to bomb Libya. As the National Security Council special adviser to Obama on human rights, Power reportedly influenced Obama in his decision.Now it has … Continue reading George Soros assault on U.S. Constitution: See which White House officials involved in rewriting nation’s founding document

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Smearing Patriots Like Pamela Geller Is Just Another Day At The Office At The Southern Poverty Law Center

Matthew Vadum

(originally posted at NewsReal blog) Jeff Dunetz detailed the repulsive, malicious, counterfactual attack on the prolific blogger Pamela Geller by the character assassins at the fundraising firm and phony watchdog group known as the Southern Poverty Law Center. I’ve been studying the megabucks slime factory for years. Among many other things, the SPLC is effectively pro-Islamic terrorism. Why else would it consider the Muslim Brotherhood front group, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), upon which it bases its attack on Geller, to be credible and trustworthy? Something’s going on there that neither group is talking about. The SPLC argues that opposition to totalitarian … Continue reading Smearing Patriots Like Pamela Geller Is Just Another Day At The Office At The Southern Poverty Law Center

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Rush Limbaugh reads Matthew Vadum’s work on air

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An oldie but a goodie. On the June 18, 2009 edition of the “Rush Limbaugh Show” host Rush Limbaugh read aloud from my June 19 blog post at the American Spectator blog. And yes, he did pronounce my surname correctly. The point of the blog post was that radical activist group ACORN and AmeriCorps –which at the time was embroiled in scandal after President Obama fired Gerald Walpin, its inspector general– go way back. Here’s the video clip: Continue reading Rush Limbaugh reads Matthew Vadum’s work on air

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Andrew Breitbart: Courts an Instrument of Leftist Thuggery

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Audrey Hudson of Human Events quotes me in a new article: Politicians and their supporters use interesting tactics to intimidate and silence their critics, from rumor-mongering to editorial cartoons, even dueling pistols.But the target of a high-profile lawsuit who is also a relentless investigator of the Obama administration says the judicial system is being used to retaliate against him.“The President of the United States has an unprecedented and uncanny desire to silence those who report the truth about him,” says media mogul Andrew Breitbart. […]Exhibit B, Breitbart says, is how the Left used the apparatus of the mainstream media to … Continue reading Andrew Breitbart: Courts an Instrument of Leftist Thuggery