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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

Why Trump Rocks the Base

Policy Politicians Politics January 13, 2024January 14, 2024 by Chief Organizer

            Pearl River      I didn’t want to do this, but I did it for all of you.  I read the New York Times conservative columnist faceoff on Ron DeSantis by Ross Douthat and Nikki Haley by David Brooks, as they prepare readers for the Iowa beatdown in the Republican primary caucuses by former President Trump.  …

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Let Them Eat – Nothing?

Biden Politics School Lunches January 12, 2024 by Chief Organizer

            New Orleans       If Marie Antionette on the eve of the French Revolution really said, “let them eat cake,” she was one up on fifteen Republican governors who have now rephrased that expression for lower income children this summer, saying “let them eat nothing.”  In fact, one of the motivations for the Biden administration’s …

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For a Minute Iowa and New Hampshire Matter, but Why?

Politics Polling January 11, 2024 by Chief Organizer

             New Orleans       You may have heard that the political primary season is now before us, with upcoming events in Iowa and New Hampshire.  Both parties have these primaries, but on the Democratic side, it’s mainly a yawn with an incumbent president in the lists and no longer front these two states.  On the …

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