Matthew Vadum

ALEC Demands ACORN State Funding Be Cut Off

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the nation’s largest non-partisan, individual membership association of state legislators, said it has identified several states which continue to provide funding for ACORN and its affiliates, including New York ($415,000), Pennsylvania ($205,000), Georgia ($104,000), and Illinois ($100,000).

More on the ACORN Embezzlement

Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell said he doesn’t believe ACORN’s claim that only $948,000 was embezzled by Dale Rathke, who is the brother of disgraced ACORN founder Wade Rathke.

ACORN Fires Founder’s Wife

ACORN boss Bertha Lewis has fired Beth Butler, common law wife of disgraced founder Wade Rathke, FOXNews.com is reporting.

U.S. Civil Rights Commission Demands Answers on ACORN

I’ve just received a letter from the U.S. Civil Rights Commission in which members demand that Attorney General Eric Holder launch an investigation of ACORN.

Obama Vows To Use Nobel Peace Prize To Push Agenda

President Obama has admitted he doesn’t believe he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize that was awarded to him earlier today, but that doesn’t mean he won’t use it to push his socialist agenda.

The Nine Voting Lives of ACORN’s Darnell Nash

The public relations disasters keep on coming for ACORN. A flamboyant self-identified male prostitute named Darnell Nash who boasts he is the "Queen of Cleveland Gender Benders" has been convicted of actual vote fraud --not merely voter registration fraud-- and imprisoned for a six-month term.

ACORN’s Liar-in-Chief Blames Everyone Except Herself

The current chief organizer of ACORN, who was up to her eyeballs in the $1 million embezzlement scandal at the embattled radical leftist group, lied and lied and lied some more in an appearance at the National Press Club yesterday.

That ACORN Subpoena From Louisiana

Read it here. Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, a Democrat, is leading an investigation of the embattled radical advocacy group.

ACORN’s Pension Shell Games

It’s about the way ACORN has been playing around with pension funds. Here’s the top of the article:

ACORN Divorces SEIU?

I have a new article on ACORN and SEIU’s attempts to distance itself from the group.

SEIU Answers Congressman’s Info Request Re ACORN

SEIU international secretary-treasurer Anna Burger sent a letter to Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), a response to a question the congressman asked her at a hearing last week.

Report: ACORN Embezzlement Was $5 Million, Not $1 Million As Previously Reported

The Louisiana attorney general's office says the embezzlement at ACORN years ago involved $5 million, not the originally reported figure of close to $1 million, according to BigGovernment.com which cites a report from NOLA.com.

ACORN Plans Massive Layoffs

I broke this story exclusively on BigGovernment.com on Saturday: A credible source claims the embattled left-wing advocacy group ACORN is poised to announce massive staff layoffs but an ACORN spokesman denies this is the case.

More Thoughts on the Patrick Gaspard-ACORN Connection

Kyle Olson of ACORNcracked.com has more thoughts and evidence at BigGovernment.com on the connection between Obama White House political director Patrick Gaspard and ACORN.

ACORN Keeps Lying As Usual

ACORN keeps lying as usual.

ACORN Legal Memo Confirms Depths of Troubles

“But whether you try to implement some or all of these recommendations, there must be someone committed to follow-up. There must be a review mechanism, and a means of holding people accountable after any final decisions are made. If you do not make some hard choices now and ensure they are carried out, they almost certainly will be made for you.” –Elizabeth Kingsley of Harmon, Curran, Spielberg Eisenberg LLP, in a prophetic legal memo to ACORN dated June 19, 2008, the day before ACORN’s national board ousted ACORN founder organizer Wade Rathke

ACORN’s Prophetic Lawyer

"But whether you try to implement some or all of these recommendations, there must be someone committed to follow-up. There must be a review mechanism, and a means of holding people accountable after any final decisions are made. If you do not make some hard choices now and ensure they are carried out, they almost certainly will be made for you." -- attorney Elizabeth Kingsley of Harmon, Curran, Spielberg Eisenberg LLP, in a prophetic legal memo to ACORN dated June 19, 2008, the day before ACORN's national board ousted ACORN founder organizer Wade Rathke.

ACORN Founder Wade Rathke Was Fired From ACORN Last Year

I keep hearing from some people that disgraced ACORN founder Wade Rathke resigned from the group he created.

The Politico Gets Played By ACORN

One thing that journalists don't seem to get about ACORN is that it is a strange, complex creature with tentacles that reach into the highest levels of the United States government, the Democratic Party, corporate America, the labor movement, the nonprofit world, the media, foreign governments, and academia.

Patrick Gaspard is ACORN’s Man in the White House

I’ve got a piece up at the American Spectator today. An excerpt: