Our attention has been drawn to the continuing actions of the Federal Election Commission with respect to campaign filings that various Libertarian-Party-connected persons or groups have or have not made. We will have considerably more detail on this in forthcoming articles. A typical FEC “Request For Additional Information”, this one directed to the Libertarian Unity PAC in the person of…
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WHERE IS THE MISES CAUCUS IN ALL THIS? Michael Heise has been undermining Angela from the beginning, starting with insisting on backing Caryn Ann. In Angela’s words, “Mike said he didn’t care about board dysfunction in the first term.” After he got what he wanted, he then started lobbying with LNC members against her choice of executive director, and even…
The plaintiffs in the derivative suits of Beth Vest and Caryn Ann Harlos to remove Angela McArdle as Libertarian Party National Chair have separately filed the court asking that the two suits be merged for trial. Merger is a fairly routine step in this sort of situation. The LNC request that the Vest suit be dismissed has already been rejected…
The documents we are reporting came from former LNC member Miguel Duque and his wife, Anna Johnson Duque. They date to 2023. WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH LAINIE? We want to stress that this whole document is not because we love Lainie so much and want vengeance. Sometimes people get fired, working relationships break down, it happens. Our concern is the…
A series of FEC notices have been sent to some Federal Committees participating in the Kennedy Victory Fund. According to Jake Porter on X.com, based in part on an investigation by former LNC Treasurer Todd Hagopian: -4 state parties appear to have filed with false information. -Organizations involving 3 LNC members apparently didn’t file reports. -1 LNC member received a…
The appeal filed to the LP California Judicial Committee against the notice given for the 2025 California LP State Convention has succeeded. The Appellants claimed that the notice for the 2025 California State Convention was inadequate, in that most members were not notified in a timely way in accord with California bylaws. The Judicial Committee finding directs that the convention…
We continue with restating a 2023 document showing where the LNC was a year and a half ago. The document is due to Miguel Duque and his wife. The Special Meeting May 16, 2023 In May of 2023, things came to a head when Lainie gave a long and detailed complaint to the LNC about the EPCC’s mismanagement, staff issues,…
The LNC prior to the 2024 convention, as analyzed by by then-LNC-member Miguel Duque. EPCC Another monstrous issue is the workings of the Employment Policy and Compensation Committee, chaired by Steven Nekhaila, which is wildly out of scope. The EPCC attempts to act as an HR department taking complaints from staff and also as managers of Angela and the Executive…
LNC COMMITTEES AND PROCEDURE The new LNC members despite their promises failed to overhaul *the way things are done* on the LNC, meaning that the same useless committees, the same role confusion between board and staff, and the same power politics has continued. This is largely due to the actions of Caryn Ann Harlos, Steven Nekhaila, and other incumbents, but…
We return to the year 2003, as covered in the January 2003 issue of Let Freedom Ring! Let Freedom Ring’s report reads: LNC Out of Cash Budget Slashed 60% Staff Downsizing Under Way LNC Misses UMP Payments The LNC has responded positively to the Party’s financial crisis. Faced with massive debt and its de facto default on Unified Membership Plan…