We come to the end of Jake Porter’s current investigation. jakeporter.substack.com is reader supported. Please support Jake’s efforts. In the leaked messages, McArdle encouraged people to support the Colorado LP placing Kennedy on the ballot, not Oliver. Why was it so important for Chair McArdle and the Libertarians for Kennedy to put Kennedy on the Libertarian Party ballot line when…
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In 2024, McArdle broke precedent and sent the certificates to the state parties knowing full well that some states were considering not following the will of the delegates, including Colorado, Idaho and Montana. Montana Libertarian Party@Montana_LP The Montana Libertarian Party has officially rejected Chase Oliver as our presidential candidate. We have maintained that we will always prioritize Montana first, and we…
The solution was not adopted. What was it? What about the rest of the Party leadership? The Libertarian Party prides itself on being The Party of Principle. That Principle came from Party founder David Nolan. Working in an era when anti-war activists used explosives and incendiaries to present their views, Nolan crafted a Libertarian Pledge foreswearing first use of force…
Back to Kennedy: A group of Libertarians formed months prior to the national convention to encourage Kennedy to run for the nomination. On May 3, 2024, Libertarians For Kennedy announced a group of state party chairs soliciting Kennedy to run for the nomination. They even nominated Kennedy at the Libertarian National Convention where Kennedy lost on the first round of voting. That didn’t slow…
Chapter Twenty Eight Learning From History This has been a painful book to write. For most of the past decade, (ending in 2000) our Party has been in the grip of a cabal whose working methods, principles, and objectives have been less than entirely consistent with Libertarian Principle. Who is responsible for what happened? And what should we do about…
The Georgia State Convention Rumors were to continue that Howell was being groomed as a 2004 Presidential candidate. These rumors were confirmed at the 2001 Georgia State Libertarian Party convention. As described to me by Donald Gorman: “Saturday, April 28 , was a busy day, with a New Bedford, MA campaign seminar and flight to Atlanta to the Georgia LP…
From the LP FEC report for January, the donation described by Tuniewicz would appear to be from Robert Willis of Mendon, Massachusetts, who identified himself as the President of Alpine Computer Systems, Inc. My search of the Party’s FEC filings for 2000 report that the Party’s major donations in 2000 were $50,000, $20,000, $15,000, $10,000, and two donations of $5000.…
From https://jakeporter.substack.com/p/mcardle-cover-up-continues, a reader-supported substack. Supporters are urged to go there and subscribe. Porter and Chadderdon wrote: ”While some LNC members eventually became aware of the prior relationship between Allman and McArdle and Padgett, the relationship was not disclosed prior to the hire. It is recommended that the policy manual expand the definition of conflicted relationship to include friends so…
Jake Porter’s Analysis & Investigations is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. McArdle Cover-Up Continues Below, I take apart the objections from LNC Member Andrew Chadderdon Region 1 Representative, Andrew Chadderdon explains his vote against adopting the Special Investigatory Committee’s 94-page report detailing former Chair Angela McArdle’s misuse…
Chapter Twenty Seven Building Toward 2004 A Browne Campaign Without Browne In 2000, it cannot have escaped the attention of the cabals surrounding Presidential candidate Browne, National Chair Bergland, and their collaborators that a third Presidential campaign by the same candidate would be even less convincing than the first two campaigns had been. Furthermore, Browne was not that young. Even…