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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: DC Politics

Trump is a Twitter Troll

DC Politics National Politics October 1, 2016October 1, 2016 by digital

New Orleans   I’ll admit it. No matter what I had thought was possible with Donald Trump, when my companera told me he had been tweeting before dawn about a sex tape of some kind, I was incredulous. I answered her skeptically, saying I hadn’t seen anything on the web editions of the papers I had …

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Foundation Confusion: Is it Charity or Branding?

DC Politics National Politics September 30, 2016 by digital

New Orleans   Poor Donald Trump. He just can’t catch a break it seems, and somehow the defense that “that’s business,” doesn’t seem to be working for enough people. One of the latest examples revolves around the Trump family foundation. An exhaustive report in The Washington Post found that Trump has used the foundation to make …

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Koch Brothers Teach Community Organizing

Community Organizing DC Politics Organizing September 14, 2016 by digital

New Orleans   This is scary, and not because it’s the devil trying on a pair of angel wings, but because it’s reads like it is smart, comprehensive and effective. I’m talking about the fact that the Koch Brothers are looking past Trump and 2016, win or lose, and going for the long term victories at …

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