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Posts published in October 2024

Opinion by Sergio Ortega: LNC Reform Libertarians Must Strategize Harder To Retake The Party

LNC Reform-oriented Libertarians walked away from the past convention with some gains in the aftermath of a disastrous Mises Caucus takeover that nearly emptied our bank accounts by alienating members, turning away donors, and funding petty internal conflicts. That said, reformists still have their work cut out for them. Libertarian strategists must look towards the errors of the past convention…

Reason Magazine Covers Harlos-McArdle Disputes

In an article “Libertarian Party Secretary Files Lawsuit To Remove Party Chair Angela McArdle” by Brian Doherty, Reason magazine covers Caryn Ann Harlos’s suit as Libertarian National Committee, Inc., to remove Angela McArdle as National Chair.  The article also reports in detail “The Libertarian Party National Committee, meanwhile, is seeking to remove the Secretary.”  The article notes in particular the…

Harlos Receives Investigatory Report, Claims NDA Violations

Third Party Watch has learned that Ms. Harlos has been provided with a copy of the Investigatory Committee report, complete with the votes of the investigatory committee. According to Ms. Harlos, the votes of the LNC on the various charges were not included in the report.   There were certain reported anomalies with the delivery of the report. It arrived…

Chase Oliver on the Joint Fundraising Campaign

The statement is not quite recent, but we just found out about it: Chase Oliver @ChaseForLiberty In order to clear up any misconception, I wanted to make this brief statement. No, my campaign has never supported nor given “the green light” for the LNC to create a joint fundraising committee for RFK Jr. We support the Libertarian Party supporting Libertarian…

LNC Suspends Harlos Until Trial Meeting

They voted to diminish discussion of business on the public list. Ignoring the question of whether or not Ms. Harlos was eligible to vote on these, she was not present.  She advises me (for public release)  that she has come down with Covid — test positive — and at the time of this section of the meeting was seriously ill…

First Part of LNC Meeting

Meeting came to order. All present except Mister Shawnan Public comment: Nathan Madden: Unresolved issue. LNC web page elected member list missed him. Chuck Moulton: Transparency is very important: Public list and visible meetings are important. Encourage you not to remove Ms. Harlos. Jeremiah Harding: Party has lack of willingness to accept criticism. Harlos attacked unjustly. I admire how she’s…

Judicial Committee Hears D’Orazio Appeal

Judicial Committee Meeting on D’Orazio Petition. Meeting came to order at 2PM. Ken Krawchuk is the current chair. 15 minutes for the petitioner and the respondent. D’Orazio. There was an earlier Harlos petition on the Joint Fundraiser. Situation has changed since then. Issue is Bylaws article 2.4. We were formed in part to nominate a President and a Vice President…

Investigatory Committee Calls to Suspend Harlos

The LNC Committee to investigate Caryn Ann Harlos met.  I watched it via Zoom. The five committee members —  Malagon, McGee, Ford, Nanna, Nekhaila were all present. Chairman Malagon read a series of charges.  He called for votes without asking if there was any debate, i.e., no debate was permitted. He took the roll, never calling on himself or stating…

Oliver Thanks Harlos for Colorado Ballot Line

We are in receipt of the following Dear friends of liberty, It’s official! We are on the ballot in 47 states. Countless individuals stepped up to make that happen, too many to thank individually. But there are a few who individually made the difference in one or more states that I want to publicly thank. The first is our national…

LNC Financial Position is Interesting

There is an addendum/update from Kathy Yeniscavich, as seen on the LNC public list.  You can find it at the end of this article.  The hotel bill was finally paid . Trump owes $47,000. . Bill Redpath wrote the LNC: . Attached please find the August 2024 month end financial statements. I have been working with Joseph, our outside accountant,…