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Cedra Crenshaw proved to be too quick to be the latest victim of the Chicago Machine. She’s running for the Illinois state Senate as a Tea Party Republican, and Democrats did their best to keep her off the ballot. Though

If only they were as determined to cut spending. Alas, Congressional Democrats are hell-bent on taking care of their friends in the teachers unions. The original $23 billion “Education Jobs Fund,” or “public schools bailout,” in the words of American

The dysfunction within the ranks of Washington D.C. Democrats is growing worse. On the left, there is the president of the United States, trying to secure continued funding for troops in battle and to protect an education reform program. On

How bad are things in Detroit? Not a single person stepped forward to run for the Detroit school board. Facing extinction, citizens thought better than jumping aboard a sinking ship. And it’s with good reason. A story just released by

It’s well understood that the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association are far-left organizations. While many of their members don’t pay much attention to the tactics and vitriol of the teachers unions, virtually every single public school

The power to make money, and the ability to receive a reward for assuming risk, have been cornerstones of America’s economic success. A free-enterprise system made the U.S. the world’s only remaining superpower. Sadly, all of the above are foreign

The original $23 billion in public education stimulus spending has been whittled down to $10 billion and cynically stuffed in a bill to continue funding the war effort in Afghanistan. While Democrats can hardly be accused of coming up with

Democrats and the teachers unions are trying every which way to pass a $23 billion “education jobs fund” bill, a bailout for our public schools. The money would be used to ease the ever-increasing burden of employee retirement costs, health

The two national teachers unions thought they had it all figured out: seek a $23 billion bailout for public schools and it would result in a windfall of dues money. Nearly $19 million for the National Education Association and almost

A 30-some minute 2006 documentary, “Quiet Revolution,” by the progressive Alliance for Justice, hosted by actor Bradley Whitford, decried the supposed Constitutional abuse by the Bush administration. It was screened at the 2007 “Take Back America” conference, where the session

Critics of the amount of golf President Obama has been playing need to look at the bright side: it’s equipped him for a very serious task at hand. Since he’s shown such pitiful leadership for a president purporting to care

Give and you shall receive is the moral of the day coming out of Washington, DC. Organized labor, principally the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) are poised to spend at

You have to live in Michigan and pay attention to the political news to understand how obnoxious the Michigan Democratic Party and its chairman Mark Brewer really are. While we all expect such behavior from hyper-partisan outfits, Brewer gives it

The National Education Association, the nation’s largest teachers union, and its counterpart, the American Federation of Teachers, are ramping up attention on Senate Bill 3206, introduced by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), which would create a $23 billion “education jobs fund”

One of the workingman’s supposed favorite singers, Bruce Springsteen, sang, “Glory days, well they’ll pass you by…” It seems Big Labor’s glory days have passed them by and that’s fueling their effort to pass state laws, such as in Wisconsin,

May Day is upon us – the day when the Communists, Socialists, Marxists and other nuts take to the streets to protest capitalism, individual freedom and America. Coincidentally – I’m sure – it’s the same day immigration reform advocates will

Leave it to teachers unions: they sure know how to be obnoxious at the most inappropriate times. The West Virginia chapters of the American Federation of Teachers and National Education Association have teamed up with the miners union and the

For quite some time, Noam Chomsky has joined other radical luminaries on the “Editorial Advisory Group” of the ACORN-linked Social Policy magazine. Published by ACORN founder Wade Rathke, the magazine airs the views of Chomsky, Frances Fox Piven, Gloria Steinem,

A federal court of appeals overturned Clinton-appointee Judge Nina Gershon’s ruling that claimed the government had the right and responsibility to fund ACORN. Thank God, in light of the latest antics from ACORN Chief Organizer Berth Lewis. While applauding the

The Illinois Federation of Tax Eaters, also known as Organized Labor, rallied at the State Capitol in Springfield April 21st, demanding a tax increase to pay for the government services they provide. The crowd was not lacking in amusing examples

In his 2007 book, Outrage, Dick Morris said it best: “There’s nothing wrong with America’s schools that breaking the power of the teachers unions wouldn’t cure.” Few have had the courage to put it that directly. Our organization’s similarly blunt

The Service Employees International Union has been waging a long-running campaign against food service provider Sodexo, with the ultimate goal of unionizing the company. SEIU’s modus operandi is if a company doesn’t bend to the union’s will, the smear machine

Back in 2008, the SEIU took out a $90-plus million loan to fund its campaign activities, most notably, to elect Barack Obama president of the United States. Since that time, the union has been incurring huge interest fees. Consider these,

It was common knowledge that SEIU and ACORN were of the same tree prior to the James O’Keefe/Hannah Giles coast-to-coast video sting. At ACORNcracked.com, I chronicled nearly two dozen SEIU contributions to ACORN in just a few years. In 2009,

Media Matters has operated as a vile organization attacking all things non-progressive: Republicans, Tea Partiers, conservatives, non-progressive media. So it should come as no surprise that Media Matters’ ire rises most when its funders are attacked. Most notably, Media Matters

A recent letter by a New Jersey Education Association official that “jokingly” prayed for the death of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is yet another tasteless attack by teachers unions on officials who attempt to improve public education. NJEA’s local

Earlier last year, ACORN founder Wade Rathke glowingly blogged that Patrick Gaspard, political director of the White House, was a former ACORN organizer. When that claim started receiving a bit of attention, Rathke offered a retraction, saying his memory was

SEIU heavy Andy Stern has often been quoted saying, “Workers of the world unite – it’s not just a slogan anymore. It’s the way we’re gonna have to do our work.” According to the latest LM-2 financial report filed with

I have always been bothered by the blue-collar mentality plaguing our public schools. For the longest time, an overwhelming majority of teachers have rallied around the collectively bargained union flag, supported by union leaders that see their members more as

Just prior to Barack Obama announcing self-imposed conditions on if and when America would use nuclear weapons, he made a North Carolina audience wilt under a 17-minute response to a fairly simple question. According to a rather humorous blog by

While ACORN has earned much of the scorn of the press and public in recent months, its voter registration arm, Project Vote, is actually the entity that has been conducting the questionable voter registration drives. Project Vote has been accused

Tea Party Paranoia is apparently setting in for progressives. It’s like the old Bob Dylan song, “Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues:” Well, I wus sittin’ home alone an’ started to sweat Figured they wus in my T.V. set Peeked behind

One can only imagine the “Dean Scream” that came out of Burlington, Vermont the night the government takeover of health care passed the House of Representatives. The always daffy Howard Dean appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” Sunday to discuss the

Now Max Baucus tells us: the health care overhaul America was just forced to endure was the government’s attempt to fix the “mal-distribution of income.” It’s an admission that sadly comes after the bill has passed and been signed by

You’ve got to give Enforcement Czar and SEIU boss Andy Stern credit: he’s got a major set of cojones. Fresh off his health care reform victory, he’s renewing his attack on Bank of America, one of the banks SEIU and

ACORN, the ultra-secret, keep-the-books-from-the-leadership community organizing group, called the New York Times to say it’s preparing to file for bankruptcy? The corrupt outfit is choosing now to be transparent? Or did it seek that opportunity to call an allied newspaper