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Patriot Larry Grathwohl, 65, Infiltrated Weather Underground, Indicted Bill Ayers

Matthew Vadum

A July 24, 2013 blog post of mine from The Spectacle, American Spectator‘s blog: Patriot Larry Grathwohl, 65, Infiltrated Weather Underground, Indicted Bill Ayers By Matthew Vadum A great American who penetrated the Weather Underground terrorist group of longtime Obama pal Bill Ayers and paid a steep price for his patriotism, has died. Larry Grathwohl passed away suddenly at the age of 65 in Cincinnati last week. Time magazine once described Grathwohl as the only successful infiltrator of the Weather Underground. A highly decorated Vietnam War veteran, he served in a Hatchet Force unit of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division. Such units located … Continue reading Patriot Larry Grathwohl, 65, Infiltrated Weather Underground, Indicted Bill Ayers

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Larry Grathwohl: Requiem for an American Hero

Matthew Vadum

My article from the July 24, 2013 issue of FrontPage Magazine: Larry Grathwohl: Requiem for an American Hero By Matthew Vadum A great patriot who suffered and risked everything he had to defend the United States of America by infiltrating the Weather Underground terrorist group in the late 1960s, died suddenly last week. Larry Grathwohl passed away at the age of 65 in his Cincinnati apartment on July 18, apparently of natural causes. Although no cause of death has been made public, he had been in poor health for some time. Born in Cincinnati on Oct. 13, 1947, Larry David … Continue reading Larry Grathwohl: Requiem for an American Hero

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Patriot Larry Grathwohl, RIP

Matthew Vadum

I learned today that Larry Grathwohl was found dead in his Cincinnati apartment. No cause of death has been announced but my guess is it was natural causes. In the above 2011 photo Larry is shown at the right. The Vietnam vet put his life on the line by infiltrating the Weather Underground Organization. He was in the inner circle of Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn. He told his fascinating tale in the recently reissued book, Bringing Down America. Here is a link to  a tribute by Tina Trent. I wrote an article about Larry in 2010. Here’s what I wrote about Larry at pp. 35-6 of … Continue reading Patriot Larry Grathwohl, RIP

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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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‘Nonviolence’ Explodes in Chicago

Matthew Vadum

My article from today’s Front Page Magazine: ‘Nonviolence’ Explodes in Chicago By Matthew Vadum The NATO summit in Chicago has produced an impressive list of arrests for demonstrations officially billed by the Left and the compliant mainstream media as “nonviolent.” Some of the alleged pacifists conspired to maim and kill Americans. The wave of violence unleashed by the Obama-endorsed Occupy Wall Street movement and other elements of the activist Left in recent weeks is part of what left-wingers are calling the “99% Spring.” The actions, which are being cheered on by small-c communist terrorists Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, are … Continue reading ‘Nonviolence’ Explodes in Chicago

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Sarah Palin is Right: If Tea Partiers Were Terrorists, Obama Would Pal Around With Them

Matthew Vadum

It is a time-honored radical tactic to accuse your enemies of what you do in order to convert a negative into a positive, as the master of political agitation Saul Alinsky taught. This explains the Left’s newfound interest in the lie that the Tea Party is comprised of “terrorists.” Unless you think petitioning the government for lower spending is somehow akin to flying airplanes into buildings, you’ve got to agree with Sarah Palin, who on this issue is a voice of sanity and common sense. As President Obama and his merry band of Marxists continue driving America off a cliff, … Continue reading Sarah Palin is Right: If Tea Partiers Were Terrorists, Obama Would Pal Around With Them

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Canada Gives the Bum’s Rush to Bill Ayers, Terrorist, Obama Pal, and ACORN Conspirator

Matthew Vadum

Canada Free Press kindly published a piece I wrote about communist terrorist Bill Ayers and ACORN. Here it is: Canada Gives the Bum’s Rush to Bill Ayers, Terrorist, Obama Pal, and ACORN Conspirator By Matthew Vadum, Special to Canada Free Press Canada was absolutely right to deny entry to unrepentant American terrorist Bill Ayers. Ayers, a self-described “small-c communist,” was barred Wednesday by the Canadian Border Services Agency. He had hoped to spread his visceral hatred of freedom and democracy at the Worldview Conference on Media and Higher Education on Thursday in Toronto. The conference was co-sponsored by the notorious … Continue reading Canada Gives the Bum’s Rush to Bill Ayers, Terrorist, Obama Pal, and ACORN Conspirator