The attached file is a summary and analysis of the extensive files leaked from the LNC to Fakertarians. We received the files indirectly from a party we shall not name. This comprehensive account by Miguel Duque and Anna Johnson Duque is fully true as we know it. For background, we were among the first Mises Caucus organizers to take over…
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We tip our hat to the Fakertarians group on Facebook, which has obtained the documents described by the LNC as a breach of confidentiality by Miguel Duque. As the documents were sent by him (in the form of a 17Mb zip file) only to the LNC, we decline to explain how confidentiality could have been violated. We also received a…
A petition has been launched, calling for the removal of Angela McArdle as National Chair. You can read it and decide whether or not to sign it at https://www.change.org/p/libertarian-party-chair-resolution Why this petition matters Started by Joseph Howe We, the undersigned members of the party, former members and concerned stakeholders, submit this petition calling for the immediate removal of Angela McArdle, board…
The LNC ExComm met this evening. Everyone other than Mr. Hyman was present. There were an extremely large number of other attendees, close to two dozen. Mr. Nekhaila moved to take the Executive Committee into executive session, with the LNC’s attorney invited to attend as a participant. Furthermore, all LNC members were invited to attend, except Regional Representative Miguel Duque…
Lainie Huston, who came on board a year ago to serve as the LNC’s Executive Director, ash announced that she is returning to Microsoft. A search for a successor will soon be launched. Her letter to the LNC announcing this change appeared on the LNC public list. to lnc-business Hi everyone, About one year ago, Angela asked me to come…
We recently had an anomalous issue with a comment on our sister publication Independent Political Report. Fortunately, all comments on IPR are moderated, so the comment was intercepted. None of you saw it. Someone who has never commented before, using the email address of a very senior person at the No Labels group, surfaced and said that whenever we discussed…
Pew Research asked Americans what they thought of government press censorship. Their poll results have been published. “the share of U.S. adults who say the federal government should restrict false information has risen from 39% in 2018 to 55% in 2023.” The division is highly partisan. According to the poll, only 39% of Republicans think that the U.S. government should…
Because ‘first past the post’ election schemes work just fine when only one party is on the ballot. One of our political sources counted. In 2022, only 10% of state legislators had opposition in their primary election. Two-thirds of state legislators had no opponent in the General Election. Massachusetts needs a Second Party, the Republicans being effectively not in business…
For various reasons, I am on a large number of political email lists. Some are quite conservative. Some are far to the left. However, they have a feature in common. We are 16 months from November 2024. Nonetheless, they have all gone to high intensity fundraising for the next Federal elections, the ones in 2024. From some sites, I receive…
Revised LPUS membership counts, at end of month. Note in the past two months the drops of nearly 500 and nearly1000. 2022-12 16,988 2023-1 16,507 2023-2 16,308 2023-3 15,954 2023-4 15,539 2023-5 15,060 2023-6 14,080 There had been a slow loss of sustaining members due to an unanticipated consequence of a software feature, these people still being sustaining members but…