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Civil Asset Forfeiture Makes for Strange Bedfellows
In 2020, the Capital Research Center (CRC) examined civil asset forfeiture and noted how criticism of the practice had brought together a rather improbable ideological coalition. As efforts to reform…
by Robert Stilson on February 2, 2023

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Flashback: Census Bureau Dumped Unreliable ACORN After Videos Exposed Corruption
The Census Bureau dumped ACORN as a “national partner” in the 2010 head count last fall after James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles’s undercover videos spotlighting ACORN’s rampant corruption debuted here…
by Matthew Vadum on June 1, 2010

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Dude! ‘Harold and Kumar’ Actor Part of NEA Obama Propaganda Art Conspiracy
Actor Kal Penn (whose real name is Kalpen S. Modi), who now works in the Obama White House outreach office, participated in the conspiracy aimed at encouraging artists to…
by Matthew Vadum on October 29, 2009

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Old Gray Lady Misleads in Editorial on Census and ACORN
The New York Times was less than truthful in an editorial yesterday on ACORN’s involvement in the 2010 census. After pontificating that Republicans’ fears were overblown about Robert M. Groves, the…
by Matthew Vadum on July 17, 2009

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Do Census Layoffs Clear the Way for Hiring of ACORN Workers?
This might be something, or it might be nothing. Remember when the Obama administration lied about the extent of ACORN’s involvement in the 2010 Census? After the Census Bureau responded to…
by Matthew Vadum on July 2, 2009