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Posts published in August 2023

Book Note: Shattered Consensus by James Piereson

The author considers the downhill trend in American politics from World War 2 to 2014.  The volume is actually an extended collection of essays, ordered approximately temporally.  The last essays reach to 2014, when it was apparent that matters could not go on as they had, but it was unclear what would happen next.  The author did not anticipate the…

Actual American Opinions

Third Parties choose their own platforms.  However, if you want to advocate for more or less saleable opinions, you might usefully find out what the more saleable opinions are.  The Liberal Patriot is actually a classical liberal site.  It focuses on actual data about politics, and is therefore worth subscribing to.  It’s also a burr under Democratic and Republican Party…

Where Your Money Went — the LNC

Here you read a regular column on where money given to party committees then went.  Today’s focus is on the Libertarian National Committee. Where your money went, the full column.   The LNC did file its latest FEC report on time. The results are not entirely positive. Results for July   Receipts for July $82702.45 Expenditures for July $87289.16 Cash…

Duque Removed As Region 1 LNC Representative

Aug 18, 2023, 10:43:01 PM (2 hours ago)  to lnc-business Members of the LNC,  Tonight (8/18/23) the state chairs and proxies for Region 1 held an electronic vote of no confidence in Miguel Duque as Region 1 Representative.  Per our agreement with Mr. Duque he will be stepping down voluntarily effective immediately. 5 of 7 states voted in favor of the motion.…

The McArdle Memorandum — III — Fundraising, the Takeover, and Other LNC Issues.

The McArdle Memo — III — Fundraising, The Takeover, Third Party Watch has received a set of documents whose description matches the documents that Miguel Duque allegedly sent to the LNC. One of these was a memo from Angela McArdle to the LNC, whose retransmissal to the LNC apparently upset LNC members. We are now reprinting this memo in sections.…

The McArdle Memo — II — Staff Issues

Third Party Watch has received a set of documents whose description matches the documents that Miguel Duque allegedly sent to the LNC.   One of these was a memo from Angela McArdle to the LNC, whose retransmissal to the LNC apparently upset LNC members.  We welcome comments or articles on this topic or as responses to these posts from members of…

The Leaked McArdle Memorandum, Part I

Our source has supplied us with the memorandum that we infer led to LNC criticisms of Miguel Duque, including the committee appointed to prepare recommendations in his case. It’s rather long, so we will circulate it in sections over the next several days. You are reading a memorandum from Angela McArdle to the LNC, transmitted sometime in May 2023. We…

“The Takeover Has Failed”

The attached file is a summary and analysis of the extensive files leaked from the LNC to Fakertarians.  We received the files indirectly from a party we shall not name. This comprehensive account by Miguel Duque and Anna Johnson Duque is fully true as we know it. For background, we were among the first Mises Caucus organizers to take over…