ACORN
A Little Too Late: ACORN CEO ‘Outraged’ by Behavior of Employees in Prostitute Tapes
ACORN CEO ‘Outraged’ by Behavior of Employees in Prostitute Tapes ACORN chief organizer Bertha Lewis tries to calm a growing firestorm over the behavior of her group’s employees.
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Sunday, September 20, 2009
ACORN’s top officer said Sunday that she is “outraged” by secret videotapes that showed her organization’s employees offering advice to undercover filmmakers posing as a […]
Obama favors investigation of community group ACORN after hidden-camera videos
President Barack Obama says there should be an investigation into the hidden-camera video involving employees at the activist group ACORN and a couple posing as a prostitute and her pimp.The two ACORN workers are seen apparently advising the couple to lie about her profession and launder her earnings to get housing aid.
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Is Obama Being Deceptive? - Obama On ABC Reacts To The ACORN Video “Didn’t Know ACORN Was Getting Alot Of Fed Money” (Video) - The Words “A lot”
I’m glad at least Stephy asked him a question about ACORN, Obama plays dumb and tries to move on…
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ACORN scaling back or shutting down in many cities
Stung by the recession and a string of scandals, the ACORN community activist organization has been shutting down in many of the communities it once worked to empower.
No new clients are being signed up, said national spokesman Brian Kettenring, while the group conducts an internal investigation into how its business is conducted.
[ACORN] had already shuttered […]
Daily Outrage:Disgraced ACORN still eligible for billions of tax dollars
U.S. Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, the top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, is demanding a straight up-or-down vote on a bill dedicated to removing ACORN from the list of recipients of federal largesse, or says he’ll force the issue. And a key conservative vote, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., says unless there […]
Saturday Humor: ‘Thank You ACORN’: Jay Leno Plays ACORN ‘Commercial’ Featuring Prostitutes Gratitude (Video)
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One down, many to go:ACORN closes Philadelphia office, fires staff
ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis announced today the closure of the organization’s Philadelphia office and the termination of its Philadelphia-based employees after evidence surfaced of a pervasive judgmental attitude toward, and discriminatory treatment of, citizens involved in the sex industry, and especially the youth portion of the industry.
“Reports have been circulating that ‘mystery shoppers’ posing as […]
ACORN threatens to open Pandora’s box (Please pray that ACORN does sue Fox News - brings an end to ACORN and erupting into a political scandal in Washington)
In the wake of Fox News reporting on the unfolding ACORN scandal, ACORN is now threatening to sue the network. Now that Fox is actually breaking news on this story by showing new videos, ACORN might just do it. Fox News should pray that ACORN does sue, because it would blow the doors off this […]
Liberal House of cards is beginning to fall:Obama’s Transition Team Chairman, Podesta, is on ACORN’s 8 member advisory board (Liberals Exposed)
Two of the individuals on ACORN’s eight-member advisory board include John Podesta (the chairman of President Obama’s transition team after the election) and Andrew Stern, the president of SEIU who is intimately involved with the White House on numerous issues, including the health care plan. Some Democratic elected and appointed officials also have close ties […]
Glenn Beck on DNC Ad Attacking Him; And Beck on ACORN Says “Don’t Miss Tomorrow Because There’s More”
Glenn Beck responds to DNC ad targeted at him. Beck also talked with Byron York about ACORN and said “don’t miss tomorrow’s show because there’s more.” (Video)
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Victory For America Tax Payers:House votes to deny all federal funds for ACORN
The House voted Thursday to deny all federal funds for ACORN in a GOP-led strike against the scandal-tainted community organizing group that comes just three days after the Senate took similar action. “ACORN has violated serious federal laws, and today the House voted to ensure that taxpayer dollars would no longer be used to fund […]
ACORN Watch:Schwarzenegger Wants ACORN Investigated
Raising the stakes involved in the scandal surrounding the anti-poverty group ACORN, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is urging a “full investigation” by California Attorney General Jerry Brown into ACORN’s California activities.
The governor sent a letter Wednesday to Brown, referring to “news stories regarding the ACORN organization that have concerned me greatly.”
ACORN stands for the Association of […]
A little too late for ACORN:Embattled ACORN orders independent investigation
WASHINGTON — An advocacy group under fire after employees were caught on camera appearing to advise a couple posing as a prostitute and pimp to lie about the woman’s profession to get housing help said Wednesday it is ordering an independent investigation.
The group, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, known as ACORN, said […]
ACORN Watch:Fourth Videotape Reveals ACORN Advising ‘Pimp,’ ‘Prostitute’ in California
A fourth video by an independent filmmaker posing as a pimp along with a purported prostitute has surfaced depicting an ACORN staffer in California assisting the couple in their quest to obtain housing for their illegal sex business.
Much like in their previous undercover stings at the group’s offices in Baltimore, Washington and Brooklyn, N.Y., filmmaker […]
Bill O’Reilly is in the tank with Obama:Oreilly Once Again Carrying Obama’s Water In The Face Of Acorn Scandal
Bill it is obvious that you will defend this President at any cost how Glen Beck still calls you friend is amazing to me.
Bill O doesn’t see a connection between Obama and Acorn? He looked awefully dejected today speaking on the subject.
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CBS News:ACORN May Lose Gov’t Funds after Scandal (Mainstream Media, a little too late to ACORN Scandal)
ACORN calls itself the nation’s largest grassroots community organization, with more than 400,000 members.
It helps low-income Americans find affordable housing and it receives tens of millions in government funding. But, as CBS News correspondent Cynthia Bowers reports, that may be coming to an end, thanks to undercover videos that have sparked a huge scandal.
The videos […]
ACORN’s Cash For Hookers
After Acorn workers were caught on tape in three cities allegedly abetting what they believed was a fraudulent-mortgage and sex-trafficking scheme, the Senate has voted overwhelmingly to strip the group of funding in the Transportation/Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill.The amendment, offered by Nebraska Republican Sen. Mike Johanns, passed by an 83-to-7 margin and marked […]
Obama Media Heard Nothing About ACORN:Charlie Gibson tells WLS radio (Chicago) “Uh, i never heard about the ACORN story”
Don: Okay, here’s my news question. A Senate bill yesterday passes, cutting off funds to this group called ACORN. Now, we got that bill passed and we have the embarrassing video of ACORN staffers giving tax advice on how to set up a brothel with 13-year-old hookers. It has everything you could want – corruption […]
Undercover Video Captures ACORN Worker Describing How She Killed Husband
“I in my life have been abused, also. I mean just with an ex‑husband, a husband, you know, that just beat the hell out of me, you know, a few times and then, you know, I killed him.”
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Power of “We The People”:Senate votes to block ACORN housing funds
The Senate voted Monday to block the Department of Housing and Urban Development from giving grants to ACORN, a community organization under fire most recently after workers in Baltimore were videotaped giving advice on evading tax laws to a couple posing as a pimp and prostitute.
The 83-7 vote would deny housing and community grant funding […]