ACORNcracked.com recently obtained an audio recording a speech by Robert Creamer, given at the Take Back America 2008 conference in Washington, DC, that was hosted by Campaign for America’s Future, an ultra-liberal organization. [audio: /files/2009/12/creamer-2008.mp3] In a March 19 session
Undeterred by stubbornly high unemployment rates, and a stimulus plan that has fallen flat, talk of a second stimulus package is growing louder. But to shed the unsuccessful “stimulus” moniker, Democrats and government labor unions have adopted a “jobs plan.”
ACORN has been fairly criticized for its actions that led up to the mortgage crisis, which culminated in a huge rash of foreclosures last year. While the tide appears to be waning, it’s a problem that is still occuring. Specifically,
The Service Employees International Union has demonstrated a history of blatant “pay-to-play” political tactics. And “pay-to-play” is probably why the SEIU has been at the forefront of promoting ObamaCare, with a “robust” public option. In 2002, the union spent well
Remember in 2003 when Secretary of State Colin Powell dramatically held up the vial of anthrax before the United Nations Security Council and exclaimed, “there can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly
An interesting document found its way to my inbox last weekend. It was a PowerPoint presentation of an analysis done by the New Jersey Education Association, regarding its efforts to re-elect Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine. The document can be found
If President Obama is really serious about education reform, he ought to consider putting D.C. school Chancellor Michelle Rhee in charge of the effort. This lady is not afraid of a major challenge, as evidenced by her latest brawl with
It appears one of the few things standing between SEIU and government-run health care is U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman. That may be the most dangerous place to stand in Washington these days. The SEIU issued an e-mail screed a few
When the winds were swirling in Washington, DC about the possibility of the Congress ‘defunding’ ACORN, its chief organizer Bertha Lewis shrugged it off, likely believing it would never happen. When it did happen, she shrugged it off, telling an
When a small sampling of the White House guest list was revealed several days, Obama campaign bankroller SEIU was at the top of the list. Having spent over $60 million to elect Obama, why should we expect anything different? Earlier
A Staten Island Democrat is blaming her city council loss on ACORN. Apparently she didn’t know her political consultant, Scott Levenson of the Advance Group, was the same Scott Levenson that has been relentlessly defending ACORN. Levenson has served as
Some public school teachers have been seizing the opportunity to hail Barack Obama as the virtual second coming, something we haven’t seen for any president in recent memory, if ever. ABCnews.com, among others, reported on the snappy, stubbornly catchy tune,
The White House appears to be continuing to throw red meat out to conservative audiences as a distraction from the real issue at hand: the proposed government takeover of health care. It’s like a dog trainer pleading with a beagle
When you spend day after day examining the self-serving agenda of the nation’s two largest teachers unions, you develop a tendency to think badly of teachers. That’s a mistake. We have to remember that there are millions of great teachers
When we received a threatening letter a few days ago from the American Federation of Teachers over AFTexposed.com, we knew it was little more than bluster – the typical bullying that the AFT has come to be known for. I
ACORN founder-turned-pariah Wade Rathke explained in late July SEIU’s and ACORN’s involvement in the push for socialized medicine. [youtube DUmD_lOxaPg] Who really wants a government takeover of health care? Labor unions and tax eaters. The question remains: if and when
When we read about the firing of Louisiana ACORN head Beth Butler, wife (“longtime companion”?) of ACORN founder Wade Rathke, we knew ACORN was still girding its loins. It all came about when a local ACORN volunteer, Vanessa Gueringer, remarked
When we at the Education Action Group Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-partisan, non-profit organization, launched AFTexposed.com this fall to examine the agenda, finances and tactics of the American Federation of Teachers, little did we realize we would draw such an immediate,
When we created AFTexposed.com a few weeks ago, we paid particular attention to the American Federation of Teachers’ connection to ACORN. [See a related sidebar below.] Randi Weingarten, the president of the AFT, had previously been the president of the
Now we have “furlough Fridays.” What more is it going to take to convince the public of the pressing need to transform our schools into student-based institutions, instead of the labor-based cesspools they’ve become in recent years. In case you
Our stomachs turned a bit this morning when we watched a YouTube video of part of last weekend’s DC AFT rally in Washington, D.C. You can see it here: [youtube gLD_jln8Yb8] The event was billed as the “Rally for Respect.”
Anyone in the market for a creepy former funeral home whose major claim to fame is miraculously housing over 200 organizations? Word is, you’re out of luck. Apparently an offer has been accepted for ACORN’s long-time headquarters on Elysian Fields
While there may have been a collective sigh of relief across America after the news that the Census Bureau severed ties with ACORN, it made me wonder who other Census partners were. In short, ACORN or not, the 2010 census
If one wonders or doubts Wade Rathke’s reach around the world, consider the following document found on a community organizing website in Asia and published on ACORNcracked.com. It has been well-documented that last year Rathke “left” ACORN U.S. to head
Several days ago, Capital Research Center’s Matthew Vadum published research here indicating an ACORN alumni in the White House (other than the president): Political Director Patrick Gaspard. As I did three weeks prior at ACORNcracked.com, Matthew used a Wade Rathke
Earlier this year Robert Chanin, the recently retired general counsel for the National Education Association, discussed the effectiveness of teachers unions at a gathering in San Diego: Despite what some of us would like to believe, it is not because
There was one man who paved the way for ACORN, its agenda and its tactics, and he rose to prominence a good twenty years before Saul Alinsky. His name was Arthur Townley. Please bear with me for a bit of
Apparently the partisan witch hunt that ACORN has been alleging has now spread to the Democratic Party, as the Democratic Attorney General of Nevada has successfully brought charges against ACORN, after an investigation by the Democratic Secretary of State. ACORN’s
As ACORN’s faux independent review gets under way, ACORN’s advisory committee, made of up key liberal allies, is watching it closely, as seen in a fresh media advisory issued by David Redlener of The Advance Group and obtained by ACORNcracked.com.