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…
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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…
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Jonathan Todd Casey supplies us with an analysis from the Libertarian Party’s Classical Liberal Caucus. The graph shows the total amount of money raised in the first five months of each year for which there are FEC records, meaning this year and going back in time through three decades. The graph shows the inflation adjusted numbers. The first 5 months…
While some people thought that the Libertarian National Committee elected in 2022 advocated for transparency, their actions since then point in different direction. The national party membership report for each month historically appeared early in the next month. It is now June 17, and the report has not yet been released. There has been no public discussion this month of…
No, that’s not a typo. I said lost not won. Of course most people currently living in the US would call it a victory. The winners get to write the history books. However, if you were someone who lived on this continent before the relentless swarm of invaders headed inward from the eastern shore, you would say lost. The same…
A post from Stewart Flood forwarded by George Phillies You may or may not remember reading about the Hoovervilles. Ad-hoc camps in several cities, most notable outside of the District of Columbia, put together by former servicemen who came – peacefully – to demand their back pay from World War I that the government had deferred and held hostage. There…
While I understand the frustration and disappointment at some of the national messaging over the past year, and the changes to the language on abortion and bigotry in the Platform at the 2022 convention, I don’t think giving up on the Libertarian Party is a good idea at this time. As I see it, the current divisions in the party…
A report from the Classical Liberal Caucus
An essay from Stewart Flood Saturday night I read a comment on Third Party Watch’s sister site that made my blood boil. Yes, my blood pressure went through the roof, but for me these days that means 114/68 and not some number others normally consider high. I thought about a quick and snappy response, but then thought better of it…