This article specifically treats the second LPNM settlement offer, which the LNC ExComm rejected. A subsequent article treats certain closely related issues that may well be of interest to our readers. We are aware of a message from LNC member Keith Thompson, issued earlier today, June 12, and sent to various LNC members and the LNC-Public email list. According to…
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The LNC ExComm will meet again tomorrow, 6/11/2026, 8:30PM Eastern Time. Meeting came to order at 7:01 PM. The Secretary called the roll. All ExComm members were present. Agenda is discussion of the New Mexico trademark suit. A motion to move to executive session for 45 minutes was passed. They have gone into executive session. We remain in executive session.…
With a tip of the hat to Kenny Martens, we are able to report the court documents filed to date in the LNC-LPNM litigation. He reports: The whole set are zipped up here: http://strangerthansf.com/lnc-v-lpnm/lnc-v-lpnm.zip I found the most interesting documents to be #1, the complaint, and exhibit #24, the bequest escrow agreement. This page gives a nice overview of the…
We had previously posted an article on the reported LNC Computer Breach. That article has now led to a comment with a letter from attorneys that was forwarded to us, as well as to a series of letters on which your Editor was copied. We quote from these letters: The recent comment on the data reach issue has led to…
Ben Weir proposed and Andrew Watkins turned into an LNC motion an amendment to the Policy Manual, a dress code for the LPUS National Conventions. The proposal appears to refer primarily to male attendees.It is not clear what the author and mover of the motion think their phrase ‘biological males’ means. The proposal reads: Proposed Policy Manual Addition — Convention…
Update#3 We are advised: While there was a push to remove McGee, it was not successful. There was a vote, but it was: TN: Yes AL: No FL: No MS: Abstain GA: Their Chair initially voted aye, but was directed by his state committee to vote no, so the validity is challenged. Additionally, the Georgia Chair was suspended following the…
We are a bit late on reporting this, but: Motion: Move to increase the “legal-proactive” budget line item by $10,000 and direct the Chair to sign the retainer proposal with Fresh IP in the amount of $20,000, plus an hourly rate as specified. Vote: 12-3-1 Yes: 12 votes (Bost, Chadderdon, Darr, Dassing, Lam, McGee, McMahon, Coffell, Redpath, Vinson, Watkins, Nekhaila)…
The request is in large part for $32,500 for retainers. LNC Executive Committee Meeting for Monday, March 16th at 7 PM ET. Motion: Move to approve of 2026 Convention Speakers Motion: Move to authorize Chair Nekhaila to execute a retainer agreement with Bernebei & Kabat, a DC law firm, to take immediate civil action against former LNC Chair Angela McArdle with a $10,000…
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…
My sources in the Watergate Building indicate another reason that might have motivated some people to want to dispense with the monthly filings. In the first two months of 2001, the National Party spent $80,000 more than it took in. LNC, Inc. then made accounting changes which yielded a one-time income stream that cancelled some of these losses. As Dasbach…