VADUM: Revving up the race card: Democrats’ backers deploy radical tactics to expand welfare state

Here is my oped from the Friday edition of the Washington Times: VADUM: Revving up the race card: Democrats’ backers deploy radical tactics to expand welfare state A George Soros-funded pressure group is behind a new drive to teach Democratic congressmen how to smear their opponents as racist. By Matthew Vadum Last week House Democrats were tutored by the radical, left-wing, racial spoils group known as the Center for Social Inclusion. The group was brought in “to address the issue of race to defend government programs,” Joel Gehrke reported in the WashingtonExaminer. “The prepared content of a Tuesday presentation to … Continue reading VADUM: Revving up the race card: Democrats’ backers deploy radical tactics to expand welfare state

Soros-Funded Alinsky Smear Machine Invades Congress

My article from today’s Front Page Magazine: Soros-Funded Alinsky Smear Machine Invades Congress By Matthew Vadum George Soros is behind a newly uncovered effort to teach Democratic congressmen how to smear their opponents as racist. Last week House Democrats invited the radical, left-wing, Soros-financed group called the Center for Social Inclusion “to address the issue of race to defend government programs,” according to documentation reviewed by Joel Gehrke of the Washington Examiner. “The prepared content of a Tuesday presentation to the House Democratic Caucus and staff indicates that Democrats will seek to portray apparently neutral free-market rhetoric as being charged … Continue reading Soros-Funded Alinsky Smear Machine Invades Congress

Newt Gingrich unloads on Sarah Palin, Rudy Giuliani in an exclusive interview

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) spoke his mind in an explosive, exclusive interview that’s only in my new book, Subversion Inc.: How Obama’s ACORN Red Shirts are Still Terrorizing and Ripping Off American Taxpayers. Gingrich criticized Sarah Palin and Rudy Giuliani for treating Barack Obama’s background in radical left-wing community organizing as a joke. From Subversion Inc.: In his opinion it was a strategic blunder for Palin and Giuliani to mock community organizing at the 2008 Republican national convention. The mockery was “not helpful” because “it trivialized Obama and Obama is not a trivial person,” Gingrich said. “Obama is the … Continue reading Newt Gingrich unloads on Sarah Palin, Rudy Giuliani in an exclusive interview

Free speech? ‘Kick the sh– out of every last’ worker: Book suggests crackdown on ACORN ‘stormtrooper’ tactics needed

WND has a new article out focusing on my book, Subversion Inc: How Obama’s ACORN Red Shirts are Still Terrorizing and Ripping Off American Taxpayers. It begins: When AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, an ally of ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, told members of the United Mine workers in Illinois to “kick the [expletive] out of every last” worker violating picket lines, the question was raised about just exactly how far “political” speech can go, according to a new book. Perhaps, not that far, suggests the stunning new publication, “Subversion Inc.,” by award-winning investigative journalist Matthew Vadum. … Continue reading Free speech? ‘Kick the sh– out of every last’ worker: Book suggests crackdown on ACORN ‘stormtrooper’ tactics needed

Why Aren’t Community Organizers in Prison Where They Belong?: ‘Subversion Inc.’ Book Preview (Part 4 of 4)

A preview article from NewsReal blog. It reads: ACORN’s anti-democratic, un-American activities are not legitimate political advocacy protected by the First Amendment. They cry out for prosecution under federal racketeering laws. [The push for a racketeering probe got a boost in April 2011 when ACORN was convicted in a massive voter fraud conspiracy in Nevada. The felony conviction came after the book had gone to press. -MV] Former Chicago ACORN leader Madeline Talbott is a master of the bank shakedown. She bragged about “dragging banks kicking and screaming” into questionable loans. Talbott thought highly of Barack Obama’s organizing work in the … Continue reading Why Aren’t Community Organizers in Prison Where They Belong?: ‘Subversion Inc.’ Book Preview (Part 4 of 4)