Sadly, especially considering that the Libertarian Party had large numbers of Jews among its founding activists, the Libertarian National Committee and its staff are drifting into manifestly antisemitic positions. We’ll summarize acts of drift, and present supporting material Hotep Jesus: Returning to 2021, National Chair candidate (and now National Chair) Angela McArdle defended the presence of Hotep Jesus as a…
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First, the month-by-month cash movements, listing donations, disbursements, cash on hand at the end of the month, and credit card debt. We see in round numbers for the four months $350,000 of income, $422,000 of spending, cash on hand falling from $256,000 to just under $200,000, a decrease of $56,000, and credit card debt rising from $9,000 to $56,000, an…
On X, formerly Twitter, the national Libertarian Party has its official social media feed, complete with 340,000 followers (not all of whom, of course, are supporters). It makes regular posts advocating its positions. It forwards posts from others, and comments on them. On October 19, the Governor of California announced travel plans, posting on X: “I’m on my way to…
Additional thoughts from Publius Valerius. Stewart Flood asked me to restore point one here to make the flow more fluid. Publius had given me the needed authority. What about positions? First, as shields against takeover by far left or far right factions, not to mention that the positions are totally sound, the party should have immutable platform planks saying (1) …
Political Analysis by Stewart Flood SPOILER ALERT: Love it or hate it, if you never watched this movie then go watch it before reading this! What can I say? I had to find a way to bring one of my favorite movies into this. The premise of the movie is quite simple: The USSR builds a super sub, designed to…
Commentary by Stewart Flood Earlier in the week I was sitting here at my desk, working on some code, when there was suddenly a knock on the door. No, it wasn’t Santa Claus, it was something better. I went over the door and asked who it was. The response came back: “This is Mike Gastin and I’m running for city…
Commentary by Stewart Flood A word of advice to anyone trying to write in the modern world: don’t ever take a weekend vacation where they don’t let you talk politics or religion. It throws you off pace. But while I was on this weekend retreat at the end of June, I did manage to sneak in a few minutes on…
[Editor: Publius Valerius has sent us Part III of his, her, their, or its proposals for a new party. (“Its”? Under modern conditions, the possibility that Publius Valerius is an Artificial Intelligence cannot be completely ruled out.)] To deal with the people who are not welcome, since there is a general tendency of small political parties to attract to their…
Toward an Organizing Committee for a New Freedom-Aligned Party by Publius Valerius [Editor: We are in receipt of a new statement by Publius Valerius. His, her, or their opinions are his, her, or theirs.] The responses to my previous post raised a variety of questions that are meritorious for further discussion. Publius Valerius Publicola was a Roman patriot of the…
The LPAL successfully had its civil penalties reduced by an appeal from $10,270.74 to $2400. The issue was violations of the state Fair Campaigns Practices Act, requiring campaign filings during the last election year. The reduction in the penalties was recommended by the Alabama Secretary of State’s General Counsel. According to the LPAL Attorney, LPAL gained a new Treasurer, who…