So our sources report. However, the new Unified Libertarians of Massachusetts Officers, as elected at their state convention, are: Chair- Sean Kennedy Vice Chair – James Parent Secretary – Kimberly Sullivan Treasurer – Matthew Gorham At Large Aaron Morse Al Ozonoff Tom Eddlem Jason Brand Ryan Sullivan George Caleb ULMA also amended their bylaws, adding new articles including material on…
Posts published in March 2025
3244, because that’s how many counties there are in America. Having said that, paying attention to local issues rather than thoughtlessly following county lines is important. Here is an extended article on the issue. It’s written for centrist Democrats, but many of the principles are the same when applied to third parties. And in large parts of the country, Democrats…
With a tip of the hat to Hannah Kennedy, who reports that a series of anomalies in the membership records have been fixed. Membership is down nearly 200 in a month, and down nearly 1900 in six months. Feb-2025 10,177 Jan-2025 10,367 Dec-2024 10,569 Nov-2024 11,731 Oct-2024 11,679 Sep-2024 11,461 Aug-2024 12,061
Our highly reliable long-time contact in New Jersey advises us “A non-Mises slate gained control of the New Jersey Libertarian Party today at our convention. The convention nominated Vic Kaplan for Governor and Bruno Pereira for Lieutenant Governor.” We gather that there is one possible Mises supporter on their new state committee.
An article from Dan Fishman Dan Fishman writes The law is crystal clear for political parties. Let’s preface this conversation that I oppose campaign finance law and I think this is all stupid. When I took over as ED the LP was in dire straits financially (though nothing like today). So I started exploring ways we could make money. As…
Income There were a half-dozen maximum donations of $41,300. Transfers from State Parties and PACs came to $709,659, including $9711 from the Libertarian Unity PAC and $35,218 from the Mises PAC. Transfer from the Kennedy Victory fund itself came to $242,660. Outgo Contribution refunds to state parties came to $254,196. Bank charges were $14,158, including $11,400 in credit card payments.…
The LNC FEC filings for February have arrived. Itemized receipts (large donation) were $13379.30 Unitemized receipts (small donations) came to $39,159.37 Total income from people came to $52,538.67. This is the smallest number for donations in a very long time. The corresponding operating expenses were $81,110. There was other income, namely $92,000 from political party committees and other committees, and…
Our attention is drawn to a study by Media Matters for America of the followership of political online shows. Conservative and Republican sites had four or five times the viewership of Democratic and liberal online shows. If third parties wish to advance, they need to penetrate into online markets until Gold, Green, and Navy circles are a fair part of…
Under pall of suspicion, resigned LP Chair McArdle lands in Trump administration An extended article from Daniel Donnelly and his substack, https://danieldonnellylibertarian.substack.com/p/golden-parachute reprinted with our thanks by permission of the original author On January 24th, 2025, Angela McArdle resigned as Chair of the Libertarian Party. Shortly thereafter, it was announced that she was taking a job in the Trump administration.…
Long-time Georgia LP Member Mark Mosley writes us: The Georgia Dissent Dissent is in the air in Georgia The LP of Georgia held its annual convention on March 8 2025 and the Dissent team was out in force. Our intent was, and is, to challenge the existing leadership and take the first steps toward changing the misguided direction of the…