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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: Trump

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Grift Trump October 1, 2026 by Chief Organizer

            New Orleans      Norman Mailer, the famed novelist and journalist of the last century, was a king-sized narcissist.  He once wrote a book, brashly and honestly, entitled Advertisements for Myself.  Who knows how he thought that would work out?  Trump must have crossed paths with him in the big city at some point or …

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A Prayer Answered Inadvertently by Trump

Trump September 27, 2026 by Chief Organizer

            New Orleans       Combining a lack of impulse control with an addiction is a toxic formula.  Manifest all of that with narcissism, mixed it with power, and we have a situation.  Obviously, I’m talking Trump of course, but with a different twist that provides some relief for the American public and the world. Here’s …

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Revisiting Trump and ICE War against Minnesota

ICE Minnesota Trump War September 11, 2026 by Chief Organizer

            New Orleans       It took me several passes at the current New Yorker before I was able to bring myself to sit still and calmly read the long article on the siege of Minneapolis last winter by Trump’s ICE shock troops.  One of the pull quotes in the piece noted that for ICE this …

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