From the the Washington Times: Nearly $1 million in Homeland Security funding typically earmarked for fire departments has been awarded to ACORN, despite a clear signal from Congress that it intends to cut off federal funding to the embattled group. The grant to ACORN’s Louisiana office became public on Oct. 2, less than three weeks […]
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Washington Times: ACORN Says Workers Conduct ‘Indefensible’
The Washington Times is reporting that ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is suspending advising new clients as part of its service programs and is setting up an independent review to investigate what happened: ACORN, calling the actions of some of its employees “indefensible,” has suspended advising new clients as part of […]
First Nevada, Now Pennsylvania: 7 ACORN Workers Facing Voter-form Charges
Just days after Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto and Secretary of State Ross Miller announced that voter registration fraud charges had been filed against ACORN and two of it’s employees in that state comes news that 7 ACORN works are being charged voter registration fraud in Pennsylvania: PITTSBURGH (AP) – Seven Pittsburgh-area ACORN workers […]
Media Bias, What Media Bias???
Mike over at Flopping Aces points out striking visual evidence of media bias: Mark Dziubek of Southington Conn. steps off a bus in Fairfield Conn. on Saturday March 21, 2009 as members of the media wait outside at a AIG executive’s home. A busload of activists outnumbered 2-to-1 by reporters and photographers are paying visits […]
Tough Questions for Joe Biden
WFTV anchor Barbara West conducted a satellite interview with Sen. Joe Biden on Thursday, October 23rd. Unlike most reporters West didn’t shy away from asking tough questions… She questioned Biden on democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s ties to ACORN and his plans to “spread the wealth” around. Biden’s answers are quite revealing. The only quesion […]
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly…
The Good (H/T: MM): Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Chairman of the House Republican Study Committee, today issued the following statement on the agreement reached by House and Senate negotiators on the Paulson plan, and his intentions on the final bill: “My top responsibility as an elected official is to protect the families and people who […]