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Congressional Report: ACORN Broke No Laws

Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 5:22 pm PST

More bad news for right wingers who think ACORN is the very embodiment of evil, as a congressional report totally exonerates them. The controversial community organizing group Acorn has not broken any laws in the last five years, according to a Congressional Research Service report released Tuesday evening. The report, requested ...

Acorn, Corruption, Community Organizers, Sting, Congress

ACORN Sting Videos Were Heavily Edited

Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 9:52 pm PST

Earlier I linked to a report at Politico that an outside review found no illegal conduct at ACORN. But TPM points out another very interesting finding of the review: Those ACORN sting videos were heavily edited. The videos that have been released appear to have been edited, in some cases ...

Acorn, Corruption, Community Organizers

ACORN Review Finds No Illegality

Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:02 pm PST

An outside review of ACORN has found “serious” problems with management, but no evidence of illegal activity. An outside review of the beleaguered community group ACORN has found “serious management challenges,” but no pattern of illegal activity. The review, commissioned by ACORN in the wake of a hidden video expose that ...

Acorn, Corruption, Community Organizers

ACORN Sues Filmmakers for Violating Baltimore Law

Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:04 am PDT

Embattled leftist community organizing group ACORN has filed a lawsuit against the conservative activists who staged a sting operation against them: ACORN Sues Over Secret Video, Claiming Wiretapping Violation. ACORN, the community organizing group embarrassed recently in a video sting, said Wednesday that it needs to determine whether it has ...

Acorn, Corruption, Community Organizers, Wiretapping

ACORN Worker Reported 'Human Smuggling' Incident

Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:37 am PDT

It turns out that the ACORN worker seen on that now-infamous video from National City, California, actually did contact the authorities: ACORN Worker In Video Reported Couple. NATIONAL CITY, Calif. — Police say a worker with the activist group ACORN who was caught on video giving advice about human smuggling ...

Acorn, Corruption, Community Organizers

ACORN CEO's Press Release

Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 1:52 pm PDT

The CEO of ACORN has issued a press release, dealing with the “sting” video tapes that have been in heavy rotation on Fox News. In a press release, ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis says, that as “a result of the indefensible action of a handful of our employees,” the group will ...

Acorn, Corruption, Community Organizers

Video: Bachmann Too Loopy for Beck?

Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 11:54 am PDT

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) goes on the Glenn Beck Comedy Hour, and repeats her contention that the government might use census data to round people up and put them in internment camps. Beck closes his eyes and shakes his head when she says this, and almost immediately cuts her off — ...

Michele Bachmann, Census, Barack Obama, Acorn, Internment, World War II, Loopy, Glenn Beck

Bachmann Links Census to Japanese Internment

Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:19 pm PDT

In an interview on Fox News, Rep. Michele Bachmann says she’s taking a stand against the US census because it was used to round up Japanese Americans and put them in internment camps during World War II. [Video]

Michele Bachmann, Census, Barack Obama, Acorn, Internment, World War II, Loopy

Michele Bachmann Draws the Line

Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 5:53 pm PDT

Rep. Michele Bachmann says her family plans not to answer some of the questions on the 2010 census form, because ACORN is involved. She may be fined $5000. Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann told the Washington Times that she and her family will not be fully filling out the 2010 census ...

Michele Bachmann, Census, Barack Obama, Acorn

Obama Campaign Covering Up Involvement with ACORN?

Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 11:52 am PDT

The Cleveland Leader has a series of posts tracking the Obama campaign’s lies and evasions about the candidate’s long history of connections with ACORN, and their attempts to quietly edit the Obama website as more information leaks out: Obama Campaign Involved in More Cover-Ups in ACORN Scandal. Wikileaks.org has an article ...

Election 2008, Barack Obama, Acorn, Finance, Economy, Community Organizers

Iowahawk: ACORN Files Voting Rights Suit on Behalf of Imaginary-Americans

Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 2:33 pm PDT

Breaking from the Iowahawk News Cartel: ACORN Files Voting Rights Suit on Behalf of Imaginary-Americans. ST. LOUIS - Attorneys for the voting registration organizations ACORN and Project Vote filed an anti-discrimination voting rights suit in the U.S. Federal District court this morning, alleging the United States government is involved in ...

Iowahawk, Parody, Humor, Barack Obama, Acorn

Obama and ACORN

Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 8:31 am PDT

Stanley Kurtz is digging into Barack Obama’s connections to ACORN, and ACORN’s part in the financial meltdown: O’s Dangerous Pals. WHAT exactly does a “community organizer” do? Barack Obama’s rise has left many Americans asking themselves that question. Here’s a big part of the answer: Community organizers intimidate banks into ...

Election 2008, Barack Obama, Acorn, Finance, Economy, Community Organizers

The Soros-Obama Connection

Thu, May 29, 2008 at 10:11 am PDT

Adding to Stanley Kurtz’s article on Barack Obama’s long-term association with the far-left group ACORN, an Investor’s Business Daily profile makes another connection, to the guy whose money finances so many of these groups: George Soros: The Man, The Mind And The Money Behind MoveOn. Soros’ efforts go beyond ...

Election 2008, MoveOn.org, Acorn, Barack Obama, George Soros, LGF

Acorn: Another Radical Group in Barack Obama's Closet

Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:43 am PDT

Stanley Kurtz has another bombshell article today, on Barack Obama’s extensive connections to one of the most virulent anti-capitalist far-left groups operating in the United States: Inside Obama’s Acorn. What if Barack Obama’s most important radical connection has been hiding in plain sight all along? Obama has had an intimate ...

Radical Left, Acorn, Barack Obama, Election 2008, LGF

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