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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".

Too Close to Call, Means Everyone to the Wall

Elections October 24, 2024 by Chief Organizer

Marble Falls       I’m not liking reading election news these days.  This whole “too close to call” thing is driving me crazy.  Worse, I feel like I’m being played.  One source will say Trump is in the lead, another will say Harris.  Often, they will say this on the same day based on polls perhaps, …

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An Organizer’s Tool for Zoning Fights

Organizing October 23, 2024 by Chief Organizer

            Marble Falls      Recently, I talked to Professor Sara Bronin with the Regional and Local Planning Department at Cornell University about a project she is organizing called the Zoning Atlas.  She told me there were 30,000 zoning jurisdictions in the United States, and the objective of the atlas is to collect them all and …

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Tech as a Scary and Bully Political Force

Politics Taxes Technology October 22, 2024 by Chief Organizer

            Marble Falls       Chris Lahane has built an almost legendary political legacy over the last 20 years back to his Obama days, within the Democratic Party ranks, and as a wildly compensated gun-for-hire to a laundry list of tech companies, regardless of the questionable program of his commercial activities. All of which makes him …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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