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HOUSTON - It's a tea party unlike any Houston, and perhaps the entire country, has ever seen. The first Black Tea Party held its inaugural meeting Tuesday night in the Third Ward. Organizers of the Crispus Attucks Tea Party are quick to point out that anyone is welcome and it's not a political party. Their mission statement reads in part: "To build a strong base of conservative Black entrepreneurs, elected officials and constituents that provide Black conservatives a viable way to express and implement their conservative values politically." Co-founder Anita Moncrief says the party is also looking to overcome stereotypes....

ANITA MONCRIEF VIDEO AT RIGHT ONLINE CONVENTION

On July 27th, Michelle Malkin launched the publicity tour for Culture of Corruption on Sean Hannity's radio show. Starting on May 18th, the same Michelle Malkin began writing a series of blog posts that featured Anita Moncrief, an informant that blew the whistle on a connection between ACORN and the Obama administration. Malkin has used the monikor "whistle blower" to describe Moncrief, and her coverage hasn't merely been positive but sometimes downright fawning in describing Moncrief. In fact, Malkin featured Moncrief ten times before the book came out. Before this post on the 18th, Malkin had written only once about...

It started as a rumor told by insiders to media. Insiders believed that all the revelations were making the ACORN brand so toxic that they may have to change it. Then, ACORN Intl. changed its name and they thought that was an indication they were. Of course ACORN Intl. is NOT ACORN. Yet, for whatever reason, that's how it was reported by Washington Examiner columnist Kevin Mooney. Moonedy has been on television speaking about ACORN.

In the wake of trying to squelch three federal Inspector Generals, there’s this story about how those who try to expose Obama, Obama administration, and Obama ally activities are dealt with.

ACORN Under Fire by: Emily Kanyi, May 19, 2009 ACORN continues to come under fire even as U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) moved an amendment on the House floor that would allow non-profit organizations, such as the aforementioned group, easy access to federal funds. The non-profit organization has been indicted for voter-fraud in 12 different states. Other recent cases include voter fraud charges by Nevada authorities on May 4. Also, on May 7, Allegheny County, Pa., officials brought forgery and election-law violation charges against seven ACORN employees. At a press conference on Capitol Hill on May 14, Rep. Michelle Bachmann...

Members of Congress heard testimony against the activist group ACORN on Thursday, exposing the group's illegal activity and mafia-style tactics. Pittsburgh lawyer Heather Heidelbaugh appeared before the a House Judiciary subcommittee alleging that the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has violated campaign finance and tax laws in addition to their protest-for-hire and coerced donations. The source of the accusations was from the sworn testimony of ACORN whistleblower Anita MonCrief, who was a clerk for ACORN's sister organization called Project Vote. MonCrief, a Democrat and Obama supporter, testified last year that Barack Obama's campaign gave Project Vote a...

More than half the voter registrations turned in by ACORN canvassers during the last election were not valid, according to testimony to be presented before a House Judiciary subcommittee. The testimony is from Anita MonCrief, a former employee of an affiliate of the Association of Community Organizations. MonCrief, who was fired for improperly charging personal expenses to the ACORN affiliate, originally testified under oath as part of a request by the Republican State Committee in Pennsylvania for an injunction against ACORN. The request was denied. The FBI has been investigating the liberal community organizing group for possible voter registration fraud....

HARRISBURG -- A former staffer for an affiliate of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now testified today that the organization was provided a "donor list" from the presidential campaign of Barack Obama in late 2007 for fundraising efforts. Anita Moncrief, a former Washington, D.C. staffer for Project Vote, which she described as a sister organization of ACORN, said her supervisor told her the list of campaign contributors came from the Obama campaign. Moncrief said she has a copy of a "development plan" that outlines how Obama contributors who had "maxed out" under federal contribution limits would be targeted...

Moncrief Responds to BASF – Gazprom Deal to Develop Yuzhno Ruskoye Gas Field in Russia 4/26/2006 1:05:00 PM To: National and International Desks, Business and Energy Reporters Contact: Jeffrey W. Miller of Moncrief Oil International, Inc., 817-348-8454 FORT WORTH, Texas, April 26 /U.S. Neswire/ -- Moncrief Oil International, Inc. today issued the following statement in response to reports that BASF and E.ON may be finalizing contractual arrangements with Gazprom at the occasion of the German-Russian bilateral Government Consultations taking place today in Tomsk, Russia to acquire a 35 percent working interest in the Yuzhno Ruskoye gas field in Western Siberia:...

Territorial claims Yesterday it was learned that the American oil and gas company Moncrief Oil International has filed suit in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of the State of Texas against OAO Gazprom and its affiliates OAO Zapsibgazprom and OAO Severneftegazprom. The company is demanding a restoration of its rights to participate in developing the Yuzhno-Russkoe gas field. Kommersant has learned that Moncrief is demanding either 40 percent in this project or compensation, which the company has tentatively estimated at several billion dollars. Spokesmen for Gazprom told Kommersant that the company is now studying the extent of...