The meeting has come to order. There was a motion to adopt. Chadderdon requests that the Treasurer be asked to report, and that the Dallas minutes be approved. The Secretary objects, because under the rules the minutes are to be presented at the next regular meeting, which is in Dallas in some months. Chair rules that a 2/3 vote is…
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The extended staff report may be seen here. Redpath wrote: Attached please find the Libertarian National Committee, Inc. financial statements, as of January 31, 2026. Due to Joint Fundraising Committee (JFC) impacts on the financial statements on Pages 5, 9 & 10 (because of Cash that is included that could be expended on liabilities of the Kennedy Victory Fund), it…
Quoting a post from National Chair Nekhaila: Chair Nekhaila, in a ExComm call for March 1:Having sent a second demand letter to former LNC Chair McArdle – Litigation Committee recommends proceeding with a civil action against Ms. McArdle. Move to authorize Chair Nekhaila to execute a retainer agreement with Bernebei & Kabat, a DC law firm, to take immediate civil…
On Shifting Focus Hello Libertarians. This is the twelfth of a series of opinion articles I’ll be privileged to write for you once per month on an “inside baseball” topic for the Libertarian Party. I encourage everyone who has an opinion on whatever we’re talking about this month to comment or send phillies@4liberty.net your longer editorials, which may well be…
On April 9, 2025, almost a year ago, the Kennedy Victory Fund gave $480569.05 to its affiliated party committees and various other parties, including $133,695.46 paid to the Libertarian National Committee, other amounts to other participants, and various amounts to banks, accountants, and legal support. The money disbursed to the affiliated party committees then became their money. As a result,…
LP Regional Representative Austin Martin, in his persona as a Sustaining member, has filed an appeal to the LPUS Judicial Committee. The issue is “Petitioners challenge actions taken by officers of the Libertarian National Committee (“LNC”), subsequently sustained by the LNC at its May 2025 in‑person meeting in Michigan, which purported to void the Region 1 election of James Wiley…
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…
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…