[Our Financial Analysis follows the Treasurer’s report. There was also a Membership report for April. Membership was 8816, a decrease of 36. That number included 3295 Life Members.] We quote the Treasurer: Attached please find the Libertarian National Committee, Inc. financial statements, as of April 30, 2026. Due to the Joint Fundraising Committee (JFC) impacts on the financial statements on…
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LNC Income and Spending March 2026 According to their FEC Filings. The LNC was in the hole for the month for $19,000. Donations came to $37,266 in itemized donations and $37,624 in unitemized donations, for a total of $74,890. Dividends and interest came to $1870 for the month and $2212 for the year to date. The LNC had made plans…
The level of disagreement over immigration enforcement continues to escalate. Readers of a certain age will recall photographic coverage of the war in Vietnam, and a few images the focused people’s minds. We perhaps now, for better or worse, have a modern equivalent. In case the above was unclear, the below may get the message across: We read complaints that…
We continue our historical review of Angela McArdle and the LNC. This article, dating December 2024, is from Jake Porter’s jakeporter.substack.com Jake’s work is supported by subscribers to his substack. Kennedy Joint Fundraiser Pays Libertarian Chair McArdle’s Domestic Partner Through Delaware LLC McArdle lobbied the Libertarian Party to accept the joint fundraising committee with Robert Kennedy Jr. Payments were not…
In addition to confronting directly improper actions of Federal agents, contemplate pressuring Republicans across your state. That’s every state, not just Minnesota. The pressure should be entirely non-threatening and entirely legal. A useful start is creating a public list of all the Republican politicians in the state, most notably the large number of what are in my state called city and town…
Please share widely: George Phillies writes: On one hand the stock market and associated businesses are moving into a tall bubble. A few days ago, the S&P 500 set a new record, even though on that day 398 of the 500 S&P stocks fell. We see more and more reports of AI companies that have no path to an income…
Noting the unsatisfactory procedures of the past, Willis explains an alternative process for developing a campaign committee and infrastructure. His approach is astonishingly similar to what Willis and collaborators are now doing with Real Campaign Reform and the American Liberty Foundation, and are in significant respects similar to what Michael Cloud and Carla Howell are now doing with the Massachusetts…
With an April 9 declassification order, United States Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard unveiled a previously secret document, the Strategic Implementation Plan for Countering Domestic Terrorism. Of particular interest as a civil rights issue, a closing action item on the last page of the document reads: Action 4.1.1a: Rein in the proliferation of “ghost guns”; encourage state adoption of…
A contrary opinion on where political parties are going: The era of parties is over. By Pat Jones Even if you don’t know it yet – believe me now or believe me later There’s tons of evidence that the era of parties is over. Most people identify as independent now and the percentage keeps growing . All parties, major and…
We are in the process of adding links to PDFs of a series of Libertarian news magazines having foci similar to ours. You can see them on the dropdown list Other Magazines. Note Liberty for America, Liberty for Massachusetts. Let Freedom Ring/CMLC Liberator, and Libertarian Strategy Gazette.