Willis is imprecise as to whether or not Browne’s money influenced his decision to break the Libertarian Party’s rules. He claims on page 11 of his memo “Most of what I did for the Browne campaign I did for free. When I first decided to disobey the policy I figured ‘If I’m going to disobey the policy I might as well…
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The suggestion was made that we might focus less on the people, and more on analysis since these events were a quarter-century ago. The answer is that some of the same people are here today A Surprise Confession Three weeks after the Invoice was disclosed to the LNC, Perry Willis published a response to Famularo’s revelation. Most Americans know how…
Debate on abortion is allowed in the comments on this post. It is not allowed, in general, elsewhere in this newspaper. Civility is still required. The use of this post has moved a great deal of heated discussion to where uninterested parties do not have to read it.
Recent events are reminiscent of events in the period 1994-2004. History does not repeat, but there can be variations on a theme. We return now to the turn of the millennium, and LNC funding. The original Project Archimedes (hint: it failed) will by and by be seen. We appear to be recycling the old plans. I plan daily posts. Readers…
The LNC Chair has ruled as requested by the LNC Secretary on three motions that LNC Member Adrian Malagon put on the agenda for the May in-person LNC Meeting. The Chair ruled that the three Malagon motions were out of order. Dear Colleagues, I have been asked to review the three motions recently noticed, in accordance with Robert’s Rules of…
Third Party Watch is not in possession of the full report on the situation of the Libertarian Party. We have, however, been sent sections that we believe are authentic, which we will reprint and update here. Fresh updates will appear at the top of the Report section. Addendum We are advised by an extremely reliable source that the claim that…
In a letter sent today, LNC National Chair Steven Nekhaila warned that the LNC was in imminent danger of full collapse. He did this after reporting that a confidential operational report on the LNC had been leaked by a board member (though not to us). His description of the state of the LNC was “We are an organization in dysfunction.…
Treasurer Bill Redpath has filed the LNC Treasurer’s Report covering March. The supporting staff document is available here as a file. We quote his analysis: Attached please find the Libertarian National Committee, Inc. financial statements, as of March 31, 2025 Due to Joint Fundraising Committee (JFC) impacts on the financial statements on Pages 5, 9 & 10 (because of Cash…
LIBERTARIAN PARTY RECONSTRUCTION Trump’s Tariffs Present Opportunity for Libertarian Party Revitalization As the Trump administration attacks libertarian values, there is an opportunity for the Libertarian National Committee to seek accountability to move forward and grow again. Dear Friends, Did you know the Libertarian Party was founded over five decades ago in response to a corrupt Republican president using his executive authority to…
The count of dues-paying members of the Libertarian Party fell from 10,177 at the end of February to 9,954 at the end of March, a decrease of 223 members or 2.2%. The report claims that the decrease was only by 1.64%. We do not offer to explain the discrepancy. Looking back a half-year, the decrease was from 11,461 at the…