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Son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg Admits One Parent’s Guilt

Matthew Vadum

Ron Radosh, who figures prominently in my upcoming book Subversion Inc., has an eye-opening piece up at Pajamas Media. Here’s the top of it: In an interview with New York Times reporter Sam Roberts, Robert Meeropol, the younger son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, admitted on Wednesday that “his father deserved to have been convicted of the legal charges that led to his parents’ execution. ‘Yes, he was guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage,’”Meeropol told him.After decades of denial, and insistence that his father was framed up and was innocent, Robert Meeropol for the first time has admitted that his father — but not … Continue reading Son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg Admits One Parent’s Guilt

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The Smallness of Saul (Alinsky), a book review

Matthew Vadum

(this article by Matthew Vadum was originally published in the October 2010 issue of the American Spectator) Radical: A Portrait of Saul Alinsky By Nicholas von Hoffman(Nation Books, 214 pages, $26.95) “Although Alinsky is described as some kind of liberal left-winger in actuality big government worried him,” writes Saul Alinsky protégé Nicholas von Hoffman in his gossamer memoir,Radical: A Portrait of Saul Alinsky. “He feared the gigantism of government, corporation and even labor union.” Von Hoffman is trying to recast Alinsky as a government-fearing libertarian in order to make his communistic beliefs more marketable. It’s a project doomed to failure. … Continue reading The Smallness of Saul (Alinsky), a book review

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DNC-Sponsored Mob Violence Possible: ACORN, Obama Behind Plan To Dump Garbage On Speaker Boehner’s Home?

Matthew Vadum

(originally posted at NewsReal) The Democratic Party is officially encouraging supporters to go to Speaker John Boehner’s house and dump garbage on his lawn in order to intimidate him into rubber-stamping President Obama’s destructive spending spree. Such protests can easily turn violent, especially with the tense, hyper-partisan atmosphere on Capitol Hill right now. Is it a coincidence that not long after longtime ACORN operative Patrick Gaspard took over as executive director of the Democratic National Committee the DNC is planning destructive ACORN-like protests?  Not bloody likely. As chief of the DNC’s day-to-day operations, Gaspard runs Organizing for America, the Saul Alinsky-inspired organization created to wage war on American democracy. … Continue reading DNC-Sponsored Mob Violence Possible: ACORN, Obama Behind Plan To Dump Garbage On Speaker Boehner’s Home?

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ACORN convicted of voter fraud in Nevada

Matthew Vadum

For the first time ever ACORN has been convicted in a conspiracy to commit massive voter fraud. Voter fraud, sometimes called electoral fraud, is a blanket term encompassing a host of election-related improprieties. In this case the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now pleaded guilty this week in Las Vegas to felony compensation for registration of voters. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 10. ACORN executives conspired to provide cash bonuses to voter registration canvassers. Nevada law forbids such practices because they give canvassers an incentive to file fraudulent registrations. The ACORN executives previously convicted and sentenced in the conspiracy are … Continue reading ACORN convicted of voter fraud in Nevada

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American Hero and Badass for Liberty Glenn Beck to End Fox TV Show

Matthew Vadum

(originally posted at NewsReal) The man who ignited grassroots opposition to the hideously un-American Big Government policies of President Barack Obama when virtually no one else cared will end his highly rated show on Fox News Channel in December. Glenn Beck and Fox News Channel announced Wednesday they had agreed to let their contract run out. “Glenn intends to transition off his daily program, the third highest rated in all of cable news, later this year,” they said in a joint release. America owes a debt of gratitude to Glenn Beck. Whatever his foibles, in the dark days of early … Continue reading American Hero and Badass for Liberty Glenn Beck to End Fox TV Show

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Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-Crazytown)

Matthew Vadum

I have long maintained that the District of Columbia’s nonvoting delegate in the House of Representatives, Eleanor Holmes Norton, is a few fries short of a Happy Meal. She’s buddies with racist agitator Al Sharpton and has long been a member of the kooky (and misnamed) Congressional Progressive Caucus, which is tied to America’s largest Marxist group, Democratic Socialists of America. Yet more proof has surfaced. The Hill is reporting Del. Norton is very unhappy about the congressional fight over the budget, which has the effect of holding up the District’s budget. “District residents are being treated as colonists of the … Continue reading Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-Crazytown)

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Community organizers LOVE getting arrested!

Matthew Vadum

Community organizers LOVE getting arrested! Really, they do. Both Saul Alinsky and ACORN founder Wade Rathke have said that getting arrested is a great way to advance the cause. In this photo longtime community organizer and ACORN funder Donna Edwards, now a Democratic congresswoman representing Maryland, gets arrested at a Darfur protest somewhere. Read all about the sheer joy Alinskyites derive from getting the handcuffs slapped on them in my book Subversion Inc. Continue reading Community organizers LOVE getting arrested!

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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