(Watch at the beginning of the New York state convention debate below where Presidential candidate Jacob Hornberger brings up Sharpe’s potential conflicts of interest and Sharpe’s answer) I’ve confirmed either the campaign or the American Values PAC offered money to other Libertarian leaders in addition to Sharpe to join Kennedy efforts. One person hired directly by the Kennedy campaign…
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Silencing general@lpma.org How did Massachusetts Libertarians take to this range of opinions as to how a Libertarian Party organization ought to be advanced? In fact, most of them were unaware that there was any disagreement. The Massachusetts email lists, as noted above, did not always carry a full range of Libertarian opinions. Many Massachusetts Libertarians appear to receive their information…
Democrats in Congress have proposed as legal requirements on immigration enforcement a series of requirements, which Republicans view as impossibly extreme. For most third parties, persuading one of the current major parties to cease to function is a positive step, and here is a way that perhaps moves America in that direction. Most Third parties, the ones that believe in…
A report by Jake Porter. Read all of Porter’s political reporting at jakeporter.substack.com In February 2024, Kennedy attended the Libertarian Party of California Annual Convention where he was given special treatment, including not pay the candidate’s speakers fee the announced Libertarian Party Presidential candidates were required to pay. At the Convention, attendees were required to go through metal detectors to…
In Summer 2002, Bill Winter announced his intent to step down as editor of LP News. He was put on part-time status, at full-time pay, while working from a remote site, to discharge debts the party owed him. In 2002, the campaign groundswell for Carla Howell encountered a series of difficulties. Instead of a three-way race against a Democrat and…
LP News Is Now Being Edited. Antilibertarian articles are now being deleted. The one we reported below is now gone. Our article will remain here as a reminder that people need to watch the store, but the LNC has corrected its error. Yes, really. We quote the article and add a screen shot. Our attention was brought to the article…
Last week I sat through most of the February 1 LNC meeting, covering it for Third Party Watch. Our national party is in serious trouble. Financial? The LNC has a substantial structural deficit, with expenditures considerably larger than income. Acording to the FEC filings, December 2025’s revenue decreased to $58,931. There was also $1900 in bank interest. December Expenses totaled…
As published by Jake Porter at https://jakeporter.substack.com/ Jake’s substack is reader-supported. Please go there and subscribe. Flirting with MAGA Money: The Shady RFK-Trump Scheme That Nearly Destroyed the Libertarian Party – Part 1 Endorsements, Pardons, & Embezzlement. This series details how MAGA/MAHA & Libertarian Party leadership nearly grifted the 50 year old party out of existence. JAKE PORTER September 23,…
The Georgia State Convention Rumors were to continue that Howell was being groomed as a 2004 Presidential candidate. These rumors were confirmed at the 2001 Georgia State Libertarian Party convention. As described to me by Donald Gorman: “Saturday, April 28 , was a busy day, with a New Bedford, MA campaign seminar and flight to Atlanta to the Georgia LP…
From the LP FEC report for January, the donation described by Tuniewicz would appear to be from Robert Willis of Mendon, Massachusetts, who identified himself as the President of Alpine Computer Systems, Inc. My search of the Party’s FEC filings for 2000 report that the Party’s major donations in 2000 were $50,000, $20,000, $15,000, $10,000, and two donations of $5000.…