Continuing Jason Sorens’ article: I would like to propose a solution based both on my dissertation research and suggestions from commentators whom I respect: secession (or at least the threat of it). Walter Williams recently wrote in WorldNetDaily: Americans who wish to live free have two options: We can resist, fight and risk bloodshed to force America’s tyrants to respect…
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The Free State Project started off with a reasonably clear sketch of a plan: A state with a Libertarian majority was to be created. That plan has been sabotaged by outside influencers. We start at the beginning, with a somewhat radical proposal by Jason Sorens. The proposal was soon to be moderately tuned down: Announcement: The Free State Project by…
Caryn Ann Harlos had filed a derivative suit on behalf of the LNC, seeking the removal of Angela McArdle as National Chair. The LNC as defendant filed a motion to dismiss the suit. Harlos has now filed against the motion to dismiss. You can read her responder at the link.
She needs signatures on Jotform: https://form.jotform.com/243646962121154. One appeal deals with the process for removing an officer from office. The other appeal deals with the LNC decision to conduct in secret all actions other than final votes. The appeals read: I join in the appeals of the below items which I consent to have the following appeals prepared by Brittany Kosin, Mimi…
LP Executive Direct Hannah Kennedy reports through the LNC Public List that data cleanup is still under way. She urges reading the financial reports for a more accurate impression of how LP National Membership is doing. Good news!: When cleanup is done, we will have accurate membership numbers starting from when we began using CiviCRM. However, we do have indicative…
The concluding part of this document proposes actions that could have been taken in and for 2024. Further documents will follow. WHERE DO WE GO AFTER THAT? The structure of the LNC is fundamentally broken. No matter who is in charge, the same dysfunction and time-consuming parliamentary procedure plagues the party. Merely electing “better” people is pointless. Several reasons: Too…
Jake Porter sends us interesting information. First, Angela McArdle created a PAC, the Libertarian Unity PAC, mailing address 14900 Avery Ranch Road, Austin, TX. According to a document sent to Porter by @JuvenileBluster, one Austin Padgett formed the Swing Vote Strategist, LLC in Delaware. A person of the same name is widely understood to be LNC Chair Angela McArdle’s domestic…
On examination of the FEC filings for the Libertarian Party of California, as previously reported by Jake Porter based on work of former LNC Treasurer Todd Hagopian, we find that the LPCA failed to make mandatory FEC filings for the Third Quarter Report and for the post-General-Election filing. In addition, their end of June filing revealed $5619 cash on hand…
We continue with the Duque papers. These were prepared in 2023, so we have inserted in brackets (“[]”) a few edits to be consistent with the current date. SO WHO [could] WE TRUST ON THE LNC [in 2023]? Martin Cowen, an alternate who cannot vote, and Dustin Blankenship have been receptive to hashing out issues and willing to vote accordingly.…
LNC Chair Angela McArdle has asked the LNC to amend its procedure for acting on motions to suspend, i.e., to remove, LNC Officers and/or At-Large members. The motion reads: Motion: To strike out the current Section 1.01 4) text and insert the following: 4) Removal from Office A Party Officer or At-Large Member may be disciplined as per the Bylaws…