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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

Congress Goes British Giving Biden a Break

Biden Politicians Politics February 9, 2023 by Chief Organizer

New Orleans       The British have a raucous political tradition that amazingly continues to endure, called “question period.”  The Prime Minister de jure takes questions from the opposition leader and parliamentarians on both sides of the aisle who hoot and holler from the back benches as if they were at a local football, which is …

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All Sales and No Shame for Co-op Coal Boosters

Climate Change Energy Policy Politics January 29, 2023 by Chief Organizer

Marble Falls     I read some of the opinion pieces that rural electric co-op leaders offer their members through their monthly combo-newsletters and ad-sheets.  I sometimes find myself scratching my head as I read these editorial-propaganda pieces.  I do so not necessarily because of what they are saying, but because of what they are deliberately …

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George Floyd Lessons Unlearned

Politics Protests Race January 27, 2023 by Chief Organizer

Marble Falls       How is this possible?  The death of George Floyd was a watershed event in American life with an impact that was felt to be enduring and even universal.  Not only was their clear footage, thanks to the bravery and nimbleness of a bystander, of unquestionable police brutality, but there have also now …

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