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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

Aggressive Purges are the Wrong Tactic in New Orleans

Politics Voting March 1, 2023 by Chief Organizer

New Orleans      If I had good sense, I’d keep my mouth shut, but that’s almost impossible, as I follow closely the perverse effort in our headquarters city of New Orleans by some people to force voters off the election rolls in order to advance an unrelated issue. A bunch of people have been promoting …

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Red State Rearguard Attacks on Alternative Energy

Policy Politics Utilities February 23, 2023 by Chief Organizer

Marble Falls      Coming to Arkansas in 1970, it was hard to find a state that voted for more Democrats.  Sure, there was the one northwestern congressional district in the Ozarks that had leaned Republican since protesting the state’s Civil War secession, but Arkansas was a barometer state in presidential politics, having voting for whoever …

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Oh, Please, Let this be the End for James O’Keefe

ACORN Corruption Politics February 21, 2023 by Chief Organizer

Marble Falls      Oh, momma, can this really be the end, we’re stuck in hoping, but worried the vampire might still mend.  Sad to say, that was the thought that crossed my mind and tempered my celebration at the news that James O’Keefe was forced to walk the plank and jump ship from Project Veritas. …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Sherry Linkon's Interview with Wade Rathke on the show "Lincoln Avenue" on WYSU radio about "Organizing and Citizen Wealth"

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