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WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".

Category: Big Beautiful Bill

SNAP Bureaucratic Pushout in Real Life

Big Beautiful Bill BRAVO SNAP October 22, 2026 by Chief Organizer

            New Orleans       I’ve been talking about Trump’s Bad Budget Bill for some time and its determination to push out of the SNAP food stamp system, and soon Medicaid, people and families that are eligible using onerous work requirements and bureaucratic obstacles.  Don’t take my word for it or just nod when you hear …

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Big Money for Bad Immigrant Detention Policies

Big Beautiful Bill ICE Immigrant Impunity October 22, 2026 by Chief Organizer

            New Orleans      Watching “The Mayor of Kingstown” on Netflix is an eerie experience of art seeming to be different from life in a darker, more violent sense, but maybe in fact this series is a warning about life duplicating art.  We’re only two seasons down as we follow the tale of how a …

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Looking for Friends in Strange Places

Big Beautiful Bill Inequity Politics Trump September 23, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            Marble Falls      There is so many things in the news that can grab your attention these days, that if you’re not careful, you can be caught in the maelstrom unwittingly.  I apologize for being the answer to the Stones’ song when they asked “who cares about yesterday’s news,” but I find myself still …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Sherry Linkon's Interview with Wade Rathke on the show "Lincoln Avenue" on WYSU radio about "Organizing and Citizen Wealth"

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