Matthew Vadum

Are Congress and Citigroup Gearing Up To Start Funding ACORN Again?

Are Congress and Citigroup gearing up to start funding ACORN again? It sure looks like it,

Covering Up for ACORN

I assess former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger’s report on ACORN in this morning’s American Spectator.

Harshbarger’s ACORN Coverup

Former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger released a report earlier today that completely whitewashes the activities of the organized crime syndicate ACORN.

Soros Election Theft Project

I explore George Soros's continuing effort to steal elections in a new American Spectator piece.

Schwarzenegger Doubles Down On Stupid

Proving once again the wisdom of the Twenty-Second Amendment, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger continues to promote the demonstrable fraud that is manmade global warming.

James Gollin Newest Member of Democracy Alliance Board

George Soros’s Democracy Alliance has added a new face to its board. The Democracy Alliance is a billionaires’ club that wants to turn America into socialist Europe.

The new board member is James Gollin. Here’s Gollin’s biography, as posted on the Democracy Alliance’s website:

Poor People Will Soon Be Homeless — Thanks to ACORN

New York State’s highest court has cleared the way for an ambitious $5 billion taxpayer-funded development to be built in Brooklyn.

Is ACORN Engaged in a Massive Money Laundering Scheme?

I have an article in today’s American Spectator about ACORN’s racketeering and money laundering activities.

Eric Holder Won’t Investigate His Radical Friends at ACORN

Attorney General Eric Holder has made it abundantly clear he has absolutely no interest in investigating his radical friends at ACORN.

New Obama White House Visitors List Released

The Obama White House has released a new visitors list.

A Canadian Warns Against Canadian Sanctimony

Capital Research Center writer Rondi Adamson (her blog may be found here), a Canadian, warns against Canadians’ tendency to defend their universal Medicare system in moralistic terms.

Ann Coulter On Fort Hood, Single Mothers, and Protected Groups

Here’s the second part (the first part is here) of Washington News Observer’s exclusive interview with author Ann Coulter:

Wade Rathke Says ACORN May Not Survive

Disgraced ACORN founder Wade Rathke says the group he created might not make it another year, reports the (Memphis, Tenn.) Commercial Appeal.

Ann Coulter On Obama, War on Terror and Afghanistan

Washington News Observer scored an exclusive interview with author Ann Coulter during a recent visit to Washington, D.C.

Nevada ACORN Executive Sentenced In Vote Fraud Conspiracy

Christopher Edwards, a former Nevada ACORN executive, received a sentence of three years probation and a $500 fine today for his role in an illegal voter registration conspiracy, the Las Vegas Sun reports.

ACORN Got $200,000 in Justice Department Funds

The U.S. Department of Justice’s inspector general says ACORN and its affiliates took in $200,000 in Justice Department grants from 2002 through this year, The Hill reports.

Socialist Mel Watt (D-NC) Defends the Fed

Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.), a member of the far-left Congressional Progressive Caucus, defended the totally out-of-control Federal Reserve Board saying an audit of it would “substantially castrate the Fed so it cannot do what it was set up to do.”

ACORN’s Moonbeam

I have an article in today’s American Spectator.

Conning the conservatives

Growing up, I always thought Jesus' admonition in the Book of Matthew, "The poor you will always have with you," wasn't meant to be taken literally as a directive to ignore the poor, but that's exactly what a prominent Roman Catholic charity believes.

CCHD Head Ralph McCloud Defends His Radical, Marxist Charity

Earlier today Ralph McCloud, director of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), offered an eloquent but unconvincing defense of the radical charity he works for. He provided the commentary at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Fall General Assembly in Baltimore. Listen to the platitude-heavy discussion about the charity that finally cut off ACORN last year here.