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ACORN Scandal Offers Key Lessons to All Charities

John Atlas | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

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John Atlas

Acorn is getting a bum rap -- in the news media, among politicians, and even by some foundations. The attacks are worrisome not just because they have harmed an effective grass-roots organization.

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ACORN Investigation Finds No Pattern Of Illegal Conduct On Videos

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — An internal investigation of the community-organizing group ACORN concluded there was no criminal conduct by employees caught on vi...

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Jason Linkins

ACORN Hearing: A Barrel of Laughs, A Bucket Of Nuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fearmongering, Darrel Issa, Acorn, Acorn Scandal, Joseph Cao, Barack Obama, Steve King, Politics News

Approximately 60 people showed up yesterday to watch Representative Steve King (R-Iowa) brandish a plastic bucket of acorns as his colleagues Lamar Sm...

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ACORN: A Case of Selective Prosecution

David Jones | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Acorn, Barack Obama Community Organizing, Community Organizing, Education Funding, Acorn Employees, Acorn Scandal, Acorn New York City, Politics News
David Jones

While the guerrilla theater video made for interesting TV, it does not accurately portray the work ACORN does. ACORN has a done a tremendous amount of good.

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ACORN is the New Dirty Word

Rinku Sen | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Acorn Voter Fraud, Acorn Voter Registration, ACORN Videos, Peter Dreier, ACORN Home Defenders, Acorn Scandal, Acorn, Politics News
Rinku Sen

The attack on ACORN isn't about fighting corruption. If it was, then dozens of corporations with federal contracts far larger than ACORN's would be under investigation now.

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The Lynching of ACORN

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Acorn Voter Registration, Karl Rove, David Iglesias, Rachel Maddow, James O'keefe, Acorn Scandal, Acorn, Politics News
John Wellington Ennis

Lost in all of the sensationalism and selective truths is that there has been no connection between ACORN and underage prostitution, until a kid walked in and started talking about it to anyone he could get to listen to him.

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David Vitter: America's Prostitution Expert (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 11.30.2009 | Comedy

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Senator David Vitter, a man who endured a public scandal after being outed for visiting prostitutes, has devoted himself to taking on ACORN (Associati...

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What is Acorn? And Why Progressives Need to Support It

John Atlas | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

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John Atlas

The right goes after the left's most effective groups. Because ACORN does not rely on government funds the organization will survive the orchestrated attacks against it. But if it's to restore its strength, it needs progressive support.

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Falling for the Far Right's ACORN Agenda

Eric Alterman | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pimps, George Stephanopoulos, Prostitutes, Hannah Giles, James O'keefe, Acorn, Acorn Scandal, The Daily Show, Politics News
Eric Alterman

In this brave new world of anything goes journalism, many in the media have taken up a recent scandal, and the videos it produced, as incontrovertible evidence of ACORN corruption.

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Stand Up For ACORN, Cut Blackwater And Halliburton

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

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Casey Gane-McCalla

If the government decides to cut funding of organizations due to the actions of low level employees, they must apply the same rules to the GOP's favorite government-funded organizations.

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ACORN Sues Makers Of Pimp And Prostitute Video

AP | BEN NUCKOLS | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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BALTIMORE — Community activist group ACORN is suing the makers of a hidden-camera video that showed employees of its Baltimore office giving tax...

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IRS Cuts ACORN Ties Over Pimp/Prostitute Video Scandal

AP | By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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Let ACORN Get Its House in Order

Nan Aron | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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Nan Aron

In the 1980s, conservatives began what they called a campaign to "defund the left," starting with groups such as the Audubon Society and the Urban League. Now they're going after ACORN.

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House Votes To End Federal Funding For ACORN

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to deny all federal funds for ACORN in a GOP-led strike against the scandal-tainted community organizing g...

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Drudge, Limbaugh, and the Sad Return of "Racial America"

Will Bunch | Posted 11.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Van Jones, Kanye West, Rush Limbaugh, Rush Limbaugh Obama, Matt Drudge, Racism, Glenn Beck, Drudge Report, Barack Obama Race, Acorn Scandal, Barack Obama, Drudge, Media News
Will Bunch

There's a lot there for a thoughtful, conservative critique of Obama. But that's not where the conversation is going right now -- it's all about the shiny black object.

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McCain Adviser Can't Name Instance Of Voter Fraud From Fake Regulations

ProPublica | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

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For weeks Republican leaders have warned that widely reported problems with fake voter registrations could result in a flood of phony votes in pivotal...

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Obama Could Lose Election Due To Voter Suppression

Judah Freed | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home

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Judah Freed

Republicans are seeking to suppress the voter turnout among youth, minorities and poor people. If Republicans can prevent enough Democrats from casting ballots, McCain could win the election.

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Secret Acorn Memo Reveals Vote Fraud Plan

David Misch | Posted 03.28.2009 | Entertainment

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David Misch

From: Ex. VP, Destroying Fabric of Democracy Comm. To: All fraudsters Re: Fraud Fellow Fraudsters: After months of planning, the DFoD Committee has ...

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Drinking the ACORN Kool-Aid: How Cries of Voter Fraud Cover Up GOP Elections Theft

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Greg Palast | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Greg Palast

While Republicans had the media searching for links between Obama and ACORN, RNC operatives were busily completing one of the most massive voter suppression and purging efforts in American history.

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House GOP Leader Boehner: Cut Off ACORN Funds

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — House Republican leader John Boehner on Wednesday urged President Bush to block all federal funds to a grass-roots community group ...

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ACORN Organizers Fight Back Against Attacks (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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Brave New Films explains what the voter fraud allegations against ACORN are really about: suppressing the low-income vote and throwing the election re...

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ACORN: They Took Our Nuts!

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

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Allison Kilkenny

No wonder the GOP is desperately trying to neuter ACORN before the group manages to mobilize some seriously pissed-off poor people.

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GOP Battle Against ACORN as Much About Financial Deregulation as Voter Registration

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 11.17.2008 | Home

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M.S. Bellows, Jr.

GOP attacks on minority homeowners and on the legislation and community groups protecting them are just a two-birds-with-one-stone way to advance a deregulation agenda while disenfranchising a Democratic-leaning portion of the electorate.

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CNN Airs At Least 54 Misleading Segments On ACORN

Media Matters | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

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From October 6 through October 15, CNN ran at least 54 segments mentioning allegations that the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now ...

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Mass Voter Fraud: A Conservative Myth

Think Progress | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

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As the 2008 election process draws near -- and with early voting in many states having already begun -- conservatives are raising a great hue and cry ...

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