Free Republic

Politics: Didn't Acorn, the corrupt community organizer, get its federal funding yanked after its last scandal? Actually, no. Through municipal middlemen, it's poised to rake in another $4 billion. Where is the outrage? You'd think a group implicated in dozens of electoral fraud cases, theft of funds and, most recently, helping criminals interested in bringing child prostitutes to the U.S. would have been ruled ineligible for federal aid long ago. But think again, because these aid rats are experts at survival. FrontPage magazine reports that federal Judge Nina Gershon ruled that Acorn is eligible for the Obama administration's proposed $4...

Michael Noyes, special correspondent for Watchdog.org DORCHESTER, MASS. – An official for Martha Coakley’s campaign removed two campaign signs (pictured right) from near the entrance to the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School polling place after a Boston Police officer responded to a call from an election official. Election Warden Mary Vines viewed the signs after she was questioned by a reporter about the legality of the placement. “That’s not supposed to be there,” Vines said. “It’s supposed to be at the street. We’ve had that problem in the last two elections.” A Boston Police Department officer responded to a...