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Posts published in January 2024

Editorial: Toward a New Second Party

On Political Parties What are they good for, what makes them good, and why half of Americans reject them. Nicholas Sarwark Dear Friends, Last Wednesday morning, I drove over to St. Anselm’s College to appear on MSNBC’s Morning Joe to discuss the 2024 Presidential election, the possibilities for a Libertarian Presidential candidate, and the New Hampshire Republican primary race. If…

New ALSP Chair

The Association of Liberty State Parties has appointed a new Chair.  As reported on their web pages at ALSP.vote, former Clarksville, TN City Councillor Trisha Butler was appointed today at a meeting of the Executive Committee to replace Interim Chair Connor Voskuil.

What Will Your Chair Candidate Do This June?

Added candidate names And slightly different dates for people trying to control the Green, Constitution, Reform, and other political parties. Readers will be aware that the Libertarian Party has at least three candidates for National Chair. The candidates are:Angela McArdle Mark Rutherford Pietro Salvatore Geraci Each of them is making at least modest efforts to campaign and organize in favor…

The Emerging Political Realignment

I ran this article a while back. It appears worthwhile to reconsider it. The following is slightly edited. The realignment theory of American politics is badly overworked. Nonetheless, there have been occasions on which American politics did re-align, and there are indications that another realignment is advancing. What were the arguable realignments? In some order, the first was the collapse…

LNC Removes Meeting Planner of the Year from Convention Oversight

The Libertarian National Committee has voted to remove Robert Kraus, 2019 Meeting Planner of the Year of the Association of Meetings Professionals, from the LNC’s Convention Oversight Committee.  The Committee is in charge of running the Libertarian Party 2024 National Convention.  No debate was permitted on the motion. And now our meeting livestream; The meeting is coming to order.  Computer…

Robert Kraus on the Convention Oversight Committee

Feel free to share: Fr: Robert Kraus To: lnc-board@lp.org Please note I fully expect to be removed from the COC but wanted to express my thanks for placing me on this committee & that it was an honor to serve. Several LNC Members have reached out to me to ask me to express the following to all of you: a)…

Michigan Libertarian Suit Advances

The group associated with the LNC has filed a response to what the group not associated with the LNC has said.  You can read it here: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67845274/31/libertarian-natl-comm-inc-v-michael-saliba/ The author has not read it.  My reliable source who has read it opines that it does a strong job of making the LNC’s case.

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Tuniewicz Blasts LNC, Rescinds Bequest

LNC loses two-thirds of a million dollars. Message sent to the public LNC-Business list disappears. We are in receipt of an email from Regional Representative Mark Tuniewicz. We have confirmed from Mr. Tuniewicz that the email is authentic. The email was transmitted to the public LNC–Business list, but contrary to normal processes has not appeared there. Mr. Tuniewicz advises us…