We continue our description of Kennedy and Republican efforts to corrupt the 2024 Libertarian Presidential nomination process, as reported by Jake Porter on jakeport.substack.com . Roos opined on the issue on his Substack from August of last year. June 2024: Libertarians for Kennedy Seek a Peaceful Solution to Chase Oliver’s Unpopularity, States Declare Not Seating Oliver, Talks About Switching Oliver Ticket, and…
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The solution was not adopted. What was it? What about the rest of the Party leadership? The Libertarian Party prides itself on being The Party of Principle. That Principle came from Party founder David Nolan. Working in an era when anti-war activists used explosives and incendiaries to present their views, Nolan crafted a Libertarian Pledge foreswearing first use of force…
Back to Kennedy: A group of Libertarians formed months prior to the national convention to encourage Kennedy to run for the nomination. On May 3, 2024, Libertarians For Kennedy announced a group of state party chairs soliciting Kennedy to run for the nomination. They even nominated Kennedy at the Libertarian National Convention where Kennedy lost on the first round of voting. That didn’t slow…
Chapter Twenty Eight Learning From History This has been a painful book to write. For most of the past decade, (ending in 2000) our Party has been in the grip of a cabal whose working methods, principles, and objectives have been less than entirely consistent with Libertarian Principle. Who is responsible for what happened? And what should we do about…
(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…
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…