With respect to some general issues, and the preferred resulting political strategies: For much of the history of the Republic, on some issues there was geographic sorting of opinions, so that an issue or cause very popular in some places would be unpopular in others. Some of you are old enough to remember when the South was the Solid South,…
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Where are the crypto whales? Here are the five largest donations for June 15000 2000 1500 1000 1000 For the year, here is everything $1500 and above 30000 8236.1 6000 3255.83 3133.06 2496.68 2101.76 2056.76 2047.18 2000 2000 1880.11 1783.44 1761.5 1630.89 1500 150
The vote was 6-11-0, the Nays having the majority. The motion to rescind the ExComm vote to join the RFK Joint Fundraising Agreement has failed. BALLOT 20240713-01 Motion: Move to rescind the decision of the Executive Committee to enter into the joint fund-raising agreement with the RFK, Jr. 2024 Campaign. Co-Sponsors: Darr, Harlos, Nanna, Nekhaila Voting YES Darr Harlos Nanna…
McArdle Denounces Harlos As seen on the LNC Public List. The denunciation was made as a response was made to a statement by Harlos which follows. The denunciation follows Harlos’s comments. The Editor is slightly puzzled by McArdle’s claim that the full text of Harlos’s JC complaint has not been given to the LNC. On one hand, there has been…
The thread began with a mild discussion of organizing discussion threads. It ended up someplace else. The more or less full discussion is at the bottom of this article. Pat Ford made the highly sensible proposal that in LNC discussions there should be one thread for discussion of a motion and a separate thread that would only be votes on…
Caryn Ann Harlos moved to delay the formation of a joint fundraising committee while the Judicial Committee hears her petition, which she filed yesterday. McArdle refused to allow the motion to me seconded and voted upon on the grounds that the motion was dilatory. The full debate, as taken from the pages of the LNC Public list, reads From: LP…
The LNC had debate, reported below, on their public list prior to the July 11 ExComm meeting. Note the Chair announcing the Joint Fundraising Agreement proposal and the Secretary saying that the agreement was a Bylaws violation. As it happened, the Secretary refused to attend the ExComm executive session. Mark Rutherford is on vacation and did not attend. We have…
We are in receipt of a link to a form for the two Appeals. Readers should recall that members can submit comments or supplemental material to the Judicial Committee to reinforce their positions. The signable link from the Secretary is https://form.jotform.com/241942475896169 FIRST APPEAL – JOINT FUNDRAISING WITH RFK, JR CAMPAIGN I join in the appeal which I consent to have…
National Secretary Caryn Ann Harlos has moved that the LNC should rescind the joint fundraising arrangement with RFK that was voted Thursday by the LNC Executive Committee. Correspondence follows: From: LP Secretary I am seeking co-sponsors for the following motion: Move to rescind the decision of the Executive Committee to enter into the joint fund-raising agreement with the RFK, Jr.…
Addendum: We are advised that Mark Rutherford is on vacation with his family so he was not at this meeting. Meeting will largely be in Executive Session. The proposal is to create a joint fundraising account with Kennedy. He is not a candidate of another party. His donation limit is $3300. Ours is $43,000. We form this object and his …