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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: Politics

Taking the Long View Against Authoritarianism

Politics June 29, 2024 by Chief Organizer

Heerlen           I didn’t watch the debate, On a seven-hour time difference, I was on a radio board meeting at midnight and turned off the light at 1AM.  Truth to tell, I wouldn’t have watched them even if I had been home.  Debates are not my thing.  I find them unpleasant. The old warning applies, especially …

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Voting Machine Debacles Wrought by Deniers

Legislation Louisiana Politics Voting May 27, 2024 by Chief Organizer

Marble Falls      Most of us learn early in our lives and work that it’s hard to prove a negative.  Interestingly, this is a lesson many on the political right are being forced to quietly learn behind the scenes after having beaten the drums and searched in every dark corner for evidence of elves and …

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Arkansas or Louisiana in the Race for Floridication

Arkansas Louisiana Politics May 21, 2024 by Chief Organizer

New Orleans       The other day, sitting on a dock on an inlet in Stinson Beach that joins the Pacific Ocean, I was asked an interesting question by a friend and comrade who follows politics on hyper speed and at mine shaft depth.  He asked me which state was worse now, Arkansas or Louisiana? By …

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