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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: Ideas and Issues

Republicans in Crises and the Rise of the Trump Brown Shirts

Ideas and Issues March 14, 2016March 14, 2016 by digital

New Orleans The Republican divide is expanding to the size of the Grand Canyon. In the wake of the cancelled Donald Trump rally in Chicago and the attendant violence between protesters and his supporters, both Republican candidates Ohio Governor John Kasich and Florida Senator Marco Rubio are now saying that they are not sure that …

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Is Senator Ted Cruz Most Hardball Campaigner Since Nixon?

DC Politics Ideas and Issues National Politics March 10, 2016March 10, 2016 by digital

New Orleans   There are a long list of things that can be said about Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz, many of them darned close to scary, but I have to admit one thing that has become increasingly clear about him: he plays hardball! His strike zone is high and hot towards the head with wickedly …

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There’s a Fix to the Party Primary Madness: Membership

Ideas and Issues National Politics March 8, 2016 by digital

New Orleans    It’s hard not to enjoy all of the wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth by the Republican Party “establishment” and even sometimes their counterparts on the Democratic side of the line.  The gates have been stormed.  Their castles are being overrun by hoi polloi.  The unwashed and vulgar masses are everywhere around them …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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