We quote her letter, which appeared on LNC-Public: Hello All, As many of you know, after Christmas I advised the former Chair that I intended to resign. She asked me to stay until Ross Ulbricht was free. I agreed to do so and on the day President Trump granted Ross a full pardon, Jake Porter dropped some news that led…
Posts published in July 2025
He beats Malagon after several Ballots.
We begin our liveblog. Meeting starts at 7:02. Nekhaila calls the meeting to order. Roll call. Apparently absent are Lam, Dassing, Nanna, Hallesly, Cowart. Public comment: Harlos apparently wants to continue as chair of historical preservation committee. Jacobs spoke up in favor of the ethics rule. Agenda moved and seconded. Chadderdon moves to move the Overwatch proposal, which Third Party…
As posted on Facebook: Brittany Kosin for LNC at Large This morning, I submitted a formal complaint to the Libertarian National Committee regarding LNC At-Large Representative Adrian Malagon after he publicly insulted life member @carynannharlos by calling her a “mentally ill woman who can’t seem to get her life,” then directed a veiled threat at me, stating: “If you tag…
1999 We now reach 1999, the last year before the Presidential Campaign would be launched. If the campaign were to accumulate a million dollars in cash, it had to do so now. In 1999, the Browne Campaign raised $561,030, which could have taken it half-way to its million dollar goal. It also spent $542,228, ending the year with $44,670 cash…
We are advised by Caryn Ann Harlos: “…Adrian is blocking Life members who have not been abusive and can have legitimate requests.” Her comments apparently went to the entire LNC. Harlos supplied a response said to be from Adrian Malagon, the response asserting “Attached are the lists of people I’ve blocked on both LP emails to help me cut back…
We can find out what the thermometer meant by comparing it with Browne’s FEC reports. The thermometer matches the amount of money that had been raised by the Browne campaign, not how much had been saved. Browne’s money went out the door almost as fast as it was raised. For most of the campaign, the meaning of the thermometer remained…
Chapter Ten $1,000,000 by 2000 In early 1997, Harry Browne had identified two specific requirements for launching a good campaign: National Party membership needed to increase from 27,000 to 200,000. By January 2000, the Browne campaign needed to have a million dollars cash on hand for a significant advertising campaign. At the end of 1999, Party membership was only 33,000.…
On Where the Party Ends by Nick Sarwark It’s time for the Libertarian Party to become intolerant of bigotry as the Republican Party embraces it. One of the unsung heroes of the Libertarian Party is Keith Thompson. He is a brilliant graphic artist who distills libertarian values into powerful images for the Libertarian Party of Louisiana. Keith Thompson does some…
We report their half-year financials: LAMA (the Liberal Party Associate) raised $1,965.00 spent $998.31 and has $1,753.12 in its Federal account. Spending included $319 for its State Convention and $257 for postage. Liberty Tree (the state PAC of the Liberal Party associate) raised $0, spent $0, and has $1,673.47 in its state account. Unified Libertarians of Massachusetts (the LNC affiliate)…