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20,000 ACORN documents found in dumpster in advance of investigation
ACORN is in trouble, they recently were caught on tape trying to help a couple set up an underage prostitution ring and helping this couple to avoid paying taxes. As if this were not bad enough, 20,000 documents were found in a dumpster that we...
ACORN sues the government for being defunded unconstitutionally– do they actually have a case?
In the wake of the scandals that have come to light involving ACORN, congress moved to cut off additional funding for the group. ACORN is now suing to have their funding restored, claiming that congress’ actions were unconstitutional. My...
Obama hires lawyer to “erase tracks” between himself and ACORN
In my last post, I wrote about the resignation of Greg Craig from White House counsel. He became the fall guy for Obama’s failure to close GITMO as promised but there could be even more to the story of his resignation. That story lies in th...
Republicans move to cut ACORN’s federal housing funds
In light of all of the recent controversies surrounding one of the most corrupt organizations in recent American history, ACORN, Republicans are introducing a bill in congress that will strip ACORN of federal funding for housing. It’s abundantl...
ACORN knew about corruption 15 months ago and did nothing to stop it
Every time another ACORN scandal comes to our attention ACORN claims that they did not know anything about what was going on and that a few rogue employees should not be used to judge the whole organization. But now we are learning that might n...
ACORN is funneling money to political and money making efforts
Another day brings yet another controversy to ACORN. The hits just keep on coming. The latest ACORN scandal, found in documents released by Sen. Grassley, reveal that the supposedly non-profit organization has been funneling money that was suppose...
Treasury department agrees to investigate Acorn
The news on ACORN gets even better or worse, depending on your viewpoint, for ACORN every day. Today the Treasury Department as agreed to open up a formal “review” of ACORN and other nonprofit organizations. Here is part of the text...
The IRS severs ties with ACORN while Steny Hoyer holds off judgement
More good news on the ACORN front. The IRS has now cut its ties with ACORN. ACORN, still reeling from being caught on video trying to help a “pimp” to avoid taxes and set up an underage prostitution ring, has been removed from par...
House votes to defund ACORN
ACORN appears to be in serious trouble; a few days ago the senate voted to discontinue additional funding to the corrupt organization and today the house followed suit voting 345-75 to defund the groups as well. This, along with the arrest of...
Senate votes to stop funding ACORN
The last week or two have not been kind to ACORN. With investigations into voter registration fraud that led to the arrests of eleven employees, (with even more to come with any luck,) and with at least three branches of ACORN in three different s...
ACORN has been removed from the 2010 census
Justice has finally been served. One story that I don’t think got enough press, other than in the blogosphere, was the fact that ACORN was going to have a major role in the upcoming census. The fact that such a corrupt agency would have any ...
ACORN fires two employees for helping a “pimp” avoid taxes on underage prostitutes
The last two days have not been good ones for ACORN. Yesterday arrest warrants were issued for eleven ACORN volunteers for voter registration fraud, and today ACORN was forced to fire two employees for giving tax advice to a man who was posing as...
Eleven ACORN employees arrested for voter registration fraud
ACORN likes to defend its voter registration fraud by saying that nobody associated with ACORN has been arrested for voter fraud. That defense is about to come to an end as 11 ACORN volunteers have had arrest warrants issued against them and six a...
