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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: National Politics

Money Talks and Trump Walks

DC Politics National Politics May 10, 2016 by digital

New Orleans   Anyone who follows politics closely has been waiting for the Gucci loafers to fall, and now that Trump finds himself as the presumptive nominee this self-funding talk is over and dead, as he realizes the general election is six months away, and it’s dialing for dollars, groveling for grub time for his campaign. …

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Trump Actually Makes a Good Point

DC Politics Ideas and Issues National Politics May 9, 2016 by digital

New Orleans      Donald Trump, the presumed Republican nominee for the presidency, made a very interesting point in a rebuke to Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and also a Republican.  He turned away Ryan’s “wait and see” answer on the question of his endorsement, based on whether or not Trump met certain …

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Hillary Moving Right, Already, Where Do Progressives Go?

Ideas and Issues National Politics May 7, 2016May 9, 2016 by digital

New Orleans   The headlines in today’s papers range from the bizarre to the insulting. Donald Trump is having trouble getting Republicans that he has spit on to kiss and make up. The Bush family, one and all, have declined to endorse him. He’s attacking former opponents like Senator Lindsey Graham with vigor. House Speaker Paul …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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