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Liberal Party of the United States Organizes

In an interview of this Editor with Chris Luchini, the new Liberal Party Treasurer, the Liberal Party of the United States has revealed some organizational information. The Party has a preliminary Steering Committee, with members Trisha Butler (Chair and Secretary), Chris Luchini (Treasurer), and Robert Kraus (former LNC staff member).  The planned organization includes a Central Committee, formed from donors,…

Kraus Warns of Legal Issues for LNC

Former LNC staff member Robert Kraus warns of potential legal issues that may face the LNC.  (This article was much of a comment by Robert Kraus, and has been elevated to article status. Reminder: The Chair & other officers of the LNC continue to be in direct violation of DC Non-profit Code – in particular: Standards of Conduct (D.C. Code…

ALSP Changes Name, Membership

The Association of Liberty State Parties is becoming the Liberal Party of the United States.  Their affiliated parties to date are libertarian groups that had unfortunate interactions with the Libertarian National Committee or the Mises Caucus, namely the Libertarian Party of New Mexico, the Classical Liberal Party of Virginia, the Libertarian Association of Massachusetts, and the Keystone Party of Pennsylvania. …

Where the LNC’s Money Went, December 2023

For December 2023, the LNC raised $145,670 (this number includes convention income) and spent $102,971. Debts and obligations of the LNC at the end of the month were $17,497. Cash on hand at the end of December came to $270,463. The total income for the year came to $1,222,313. In December there were over 900 donors, including 13 who gave…

Derivative Lawsuit Against LNC Advances

A derivative lawsuit against the Libertarian National Committee Chair and Committee is advancing.  The purpose of a derivative lawsuit is to cause the defendants to perform their fiduciary duties and satisfy their bylaws requirements.  In support of the suit, Chair Emeritus Nick Sarwark had previously published a call to action “Stop the Destruction of the Libertarian Party” found below. Sarwark…

Proposed Bylaws Change to Further Restrict Platform Changes

The Libertarian National Committee Bylaws Committee has prepared for consideration by the delegates at NatCon a change in the rules on deleting platform planks, to make plank deletion more difficult. The change in the deletion process reads: “As its first item of platform business, the convention shall vote whether to delete each of those planks that received a number of…

Barring the Door to Platform Changes

The proposed bylaw changes will include changes making it more difficult for a change in party control to lead to changes in the platform, for example, changes reverting the platform to its form before the prior takeover. There is a process for deleting planks. Delegates cast votes for platform planks to be deleted. If a plank received enough votes, the…

LNC Dodges Tuniewicz’s Issues

As listeners to the meeting will have noted, the last LNC meeting adjourned with two items still on the agenda. These items automatically pass to the next meeting. But what were the two items? Mr. Tuniewicz asked for a discussion of finances related to the Rage Against the War Machine Rally, which used our headquarters address for some aspect of…

Editorial from Nicholas Sarwark

The current Libertarian National Committee Chair is not competent, presiding over the loss of half the staff and a dramatic drop in revenue and membership, driving national Libertarian Party into insolvency. She blocks all critics on social media to avoid being held accountable for her actions. The GOP is going through similar problems, with their Chair being entirely captive of…

Vest and Tuniewicz Address LNC Chair

There appears on the public LNC list an exchange between LNC Regional Representatives Vest and Tuniewicz, who at last night’s LNC meeting were accused by LNC At-Large Representative Malagon of having leaked material discussed in a meeting held in Executive Session, with LNC Chair McArdle.  Vest and Tuniewicz vigorously denied the accusation.  See following: &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Madam Chair, I would request…