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They’ve dumped nearly a $1 million of rank-and-file dues into Martha Antoinette Coakley’s coffers. They “pulled out all the stops” before the primary and they’ll be throwing all their ground troops into the Bay State over the weekend. We know how the SEIU thugs operate. I told you in Culture of Corruption about Andy Stern’s organizational motto: “[W]e prefer to use the power of persuasion, but if that doesn’t work we use the persuasion of power.” They’ll go after Boy Scouts. And baby-sitters. And home health-care providers. They raided their treasury to pour $60-$80 million into Obama and the Democrats’...

Former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger will lead the internal investigation into ACORN's activities following a scandal over the group's operation, ACORN Board Chairwoman Maude Hurd announced Tuesday. Controversy over the community organizer's practices erupted in recent weeks after a series of hidden-camera videos were released showing ACORN workers appearing to offer tax advice to a couple posing as a pimp and prostitute. ACORN afterward pledged an internal review. Harshbarger will begin the investigation immediately. "I have been asked by the leadership of ACORN to conduct an independent and comprehensive inquiry and review of the management of its service delivery...