The Kennedy money is its only shield. As of 8/23, while the LNC had $298,000 cash on hand, it also had $20,800 encumbered for Kentucky ballot access, $53,700 in credit card debt, and something being clarified around $300,000 in unpaid convention expenses. Expenses for the first three weeks of August were $83,000. Normal income for the…
Posts published in August 2024
https://www.change.org/p/request-the-resignation-of-angela-mcardle-as-national-chair-of-the-libertarian-party Request the Resignation of Angela McArdle as National Chair of the Libertarian Party Petition Started by Nolan Schmidt Why this petition matters Angela McArdle, the current National Chair of the Libertarian Party, has recently been implicated in actions that contradict the party’s core principles and bylaws. She openly supported opposing candidates, including Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump.…
From the LNC Public List: Harlos: I move to rescind the Joint Fundraising Campaign due to changed circumstances of RFK, Jr. endorsing Trump so that inevitably even in states he has not withdrawn from monies raised will go to support the duopoly we oppose and its character is thus fundamentally different from what was passed. McArdle: This is out of…
Readers who listened to the second day of the recent LNC meeting will have noted the argument about strategy. The Project Decentralized Revolution! that the LNC endorsed is based on running people for local, city, and county office. There is no mention of running people for statewide or Federal office. . The contrary opinion was advocated by one LNC member,…
With thanks to Paul Darr whose computer microphone gave us some coverage of the second day of the meeting. Mister Haman moves that this Board adopts the following resolution (approximate text): McGee, Ford, Malagon to investigate allegations of misconduct against Caryn Ann Harlos, which if true cast doubt on her fitness to continue in office, and report resolutions if allegations…
Three cheers for Paul Darr for livestreaming the second day of the meeting, even though he only had his computer mike to pick up sound. LNC Votes on a Strategic Plan. So far as I could tell goals were 1) Recruit 500 candidates over three years. 2) Increase our annual budget to two million in three years and 1.5 million…
We are grateful to Paul Darr for supplying a link through a telephone. Signal quality is a bit mixed. There is occasional loud static. Ter Maat is speaking. He predicts that the country will have a financial collapse in mid-century. Apparently the Board did something yesterday. He is praising them for whatever they did. I am here in part to…
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The LNC has two major proposals for action, namely That the LNC endorse the initiatives to pass Defend the Guard legislation across the United States and recognize doing so as an official strategy and issue coalition of the Libertarian Party. (Watkins) 10 minutes Move to make Project Decentralized Revolution the officially endorsed strategy of the Libertarian Party. Watkins (10 minutes)…
The list of state Libertarian Parties passing resolutions opposing the Joint Fundraising Agreement with Kennedy has now grown to 12. When previously reported by this newspaper, the list was only eight states. The twelve states are Louisiana Mississippi Idaho Oklahoma Missouri Texas South Carolina Utah Indiana Ohio Washington Illinois We have received a copy of the Utah Resolution, but gather…