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ACORN is the New Dirty Word

Rinku Sen | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics


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.

The Lynching of ACORN

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics


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.

What is Acorn? And Why Progressives Need to Support It

John Atlas | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics


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.

The Real Reason They Want ACORN to Fail

Will Bunch | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics


Will Bunch

The reality -- that ACORN is an established group with worthy goals and some success but also poor management -- is not what's driving the story. Conservatives want to destroy ACORN and the things it does. Period.

Stand Up For ACORN, Cut Blackwater And Halliburton

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics


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.

Michael Steele, Michele Bachmann Join Forces Against ACORN

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics


RNC Chairman Michael Steele is teaming up with Rep. Michele Bachmann, asking Republicans for their help blocking public funding for ACORN, the progres...

Thanks From ACORN - Now Let's Move A Progressive Agenda!

Bertha Lewis | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics


Bertha Lewis

If I could hug everyone at once, I would. Without everyone who stood with us it would have been impossible to fight back the way we did.

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

ProPublica | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics


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

ACORN's Plan To Turn Registrations Into Votes

Bertha Lewis | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics


Bertha Lewis

We want to assure you that partisan attacks will not interfere with ACORN members' determination to involve low-income, minority, and new American voters across the country.

Obama Could Lose Election Due To Voter Suppression

Judah Freed | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home


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.

7 Ways to Steal Back Your Vote

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Greg Palast | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics


Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Greg Palast

You can have all the paper ballots in the world, but if you don't demand to look at them, publicly, in a recount, you might as well mark them with invisible ink. Democracy requires vigilance.

Secret Acorn Memo Reveals Vote Fraud Plan

David Misch | Posted 03.28.2009 | Entertainment


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 ...

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


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.

How to Stop the Rigging of Election '08

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics


Sarah van Gelder

The issues of ACORN and voter fraud are a smokescreen designed to cover a much more serious issue with a long and ugly history: the suppression of the vote of groups that tend to vote Democratic.

House GOP Leader Boehner: Cut Off ACORN Funds

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics


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

Unchallenged Lies and Unexamined Cliches -- CNN Interview of Sarah Palin by Drew Griffin

Linda Bergthold | Posted 11.21.2008 | Media


Linda Bergthold

What is most disgraceful about this interview is the flaccid and uncritical role of the interviewer -- Drew Griffin. How can he call himself a journalist?

ACORN Not An Issue: City Election Officials

WBBM 780 | Nancy Harty | Posted 11.21.2008 | Chicago


A longtime community group that is a point of controversy in the presidential election over voter registrations is NOT registering voters here in the ...

ACORN Organizers Fight Back Against Attacks (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics


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

Final Acts of Ugly Desperation

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics


Jeff Schweitzer

If McCain cannot attract voters to him, the only strategy left is to prevent voters from getting to the polls to support his opponent.

The ACORN Hysteria

Rick Hasen | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics


Rick Hasen

Fraudulent voter registrations don't translate into election fraud at the polls that has any reasonable chance of influencing an election, much less a presidential election.

CNN Airs At Least 54 Misleading Segments On ACORN

Media Matters | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics


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

FBI Investigating ACORN For Registration Fraud

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The FBI is investigating whether the community activist group ACORN helped foster voter registration fraud around the nation before...

Mass Voter Fraud: A Conservative Myth

Think Progress | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics


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 ...

Jason Linkins

GOP Presses ACORN Debate With Costumed Chipmunks

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics


In the clearest sign yet that we Americans do in fact have portions of our minds left to lose comes this news of the ever-evolving attempts of the rig...

A stolen election?

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics


Christina Bellantoni

First published at WashingtonTimes.com The accusations against ACORN keep on coming, with more and more examples piling up of fraud in critical battl...