- By Anita MonCrief An article posted at the site Texas GOP Vote highlights the close connection between Representative Kristin Thibuat and ACORN: “The Republican Party of Texas today unveiled a new website, kristiworksforacorn.com. The site documents Democrat state Rep. Kristi Thibaut’s sordid past and her involvement with the notorious leftwing organization ACORN. Thibaut is the incumbent in House District [...]

Cross-Posted from my new site Emerging Corruption. What really happened during the 2008 elections? Recent information regarding the primary caucuses paints the picture of a campaign that would stop at nothing to win. A campaign that was willing to strong arm candidates and volunteers in order to meet its goal. The documentary We Will Not Be Silenced delves into the [...]

By Kevin Mooney — After resisting multiple requests to recuse himself from cases involving the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), an Obama Administration attorney with ties to organized labor should be investigated for possible ethical violations, according to the National Right to Work (NRTW) Foundation. Craig Becker, who previously served as an associate general counsel for the SEIU and AFL-CIO, [...]

This article originally appeared in Monday’s Washington Times. Even as it considered dropping its tarnished name last year, ACORN threatened a whistleblower group composed of former board members with a trademark lawsuit. Community activists who had held high-ranking ACORN positions have continued, however, to operate under the banner of ACORN 8, which is named for the eight board members who [...]

By Kevin Mooney — ACORN and its number one union benefactor, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), both see great value in operating under different names as part of a larger effort to avoid criticism and foster financial partnerships. An internal memo The Politico recovered last year from ACORN’s California branch shows that the organization’s leadership has recognized for some [...]

By Kevin Mooney – Questions are being raised in The New York Times about the relationship between Richard Berman’s for-profit communications firm and the six non-profit firms he founded. The Washington D.C. lobbyist, turned policy advocate, has used the non-profits to help organize against policies that intrude on the free market and interfere with consumer choice. But his critics insist [...]

By Kevin Mooney — (This ran on BigGovernment.com Sunday) Despite its recent setbacks, the renamed ACORN network remains well positioned to receive support from left-leaning foundations, corporations, unions and the federal government, according to a whistleblower group comprised of former board members. Moreover, the existing financial apparatus that made it possible to transfer public money away from their stated purpose [...]

By Anita MonCrief – The ACORN apologists over at Media Matters were hard at work last week as they took time to once again whitewash or ignore the truth in order to protect ACORN. Even though Media Matters claims that my article titled “Radical Judicial Nominee Jack McConnell’s Disturbing ACORN Connections” is “nothing new” and the connections I drew in [...]

By Anita MonCrief – Last week’s America’s Future Now Conference, hosted by the Campaign for America’s future, attracted progressive groups from around the country, including MoveOn, SEIU, ACORN’s Project Vote and politicians such as Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Representative Barbara Lee. Despite ongoing investigations by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and voter fraud allegations in several states, the [...]

By Kevin Mooney – Exactly one year ago, ACORN threatened to sue former insiders who formed a whistleblower group aimed at exposing the misappropriation and co-mingling of funds that have been the subject of congressional investigations. In a letter dated June 11, 2009, ACORN’s legal counsel demanded that activists operating under the banner of ACORN 8 “cease and desist” in [...]