Headquarters is to be sold. There is an unnamed bidder, whose offer lead to a loss of $225,000. The LNC has voted to sell the LNC Headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, for which we paid $825,000 in 2014. How much is it now worth? Xome.com estimated a sales price of 1.058 million. Homes.com estimated a price of 1.62 million. LNC Member…
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Opinion from Cara Schulz It was a good run… while it lasted. Last night, the Mises Caucus-controlled LNC effectively ended the Libertarian Party as a national force. They’ve dismantled the infrastructure, and it’s clear the goal was to eliminate any perceived obstacle to a Trump/GOP victory. Here’s the harsh truth: Strategic Takeover: What seemed like a new direction was a…
We await the start of the meeting. Meeting came to order at 7:03. They reach the consent agenda.One item is removed. Consent agenda then passes. Next topic: Watkins moved to sell the HQ Building. Lam Seconded. Watkins wants FEC and tax questions to be postponed. Roof is leaking badly. A sale price has been agreed upon with a buyer. It…
An Editorial from Nicholas Sarwark — Originally published at https://nsarwark.substack.com/p/libertarian-party-prospects-for-2025 Libertarian Party Prospects for 2025: It Starts With Discovery Angela McArdle has resigned, but her replacement doesn’t seem to have a plan to get the Libertarian Party back on a track for growth. What must be done? Dear Friends, Since the Mises Caucus takeover of the Libertarian National Committee in 2022,…
Jake Porter’s Analysis & Investigations reports that LNC Regional Representative Pat Ford has a non-profit organization that indirectly receives money from the joint fundraising committee “Kennedy Victory Fund”. You can read Jake Porter’s reports here. There is an intervening Political Action Committee, the Libertarian Mutual Aid PAC. The PAC moves money from the joint fundraising committee to Ford’s non-profit. The Libertarian…
Writing on Facebook, veteran Libertarian petitioner Andrew Jacobs reports that 2024 ballot access for the Libertarian Party of Ohio was created by a Democratic Party PAC. Jacobs writes “The Democrats hired paid petitioners and Libertarians did nothing except for turning in the signatures to the Ohio Secretary of State at the end.” We have good reason to believe that his…
Paul Vallandigham writes: We have seen a similar, steady drop in LPCA memberships since the MC began to control our state party. We used to get most of our funding from memberships. Now we get the majority of our funding from supporting RFK, Jr. and from fleecing LP POTUS candidates for them to speak at our state convention.
The January National Party Membership report is out. There is a technical issue with the count of life members, so data on that is tagged as needing work. Sustaining (i.e., dues-paying [CORRECTION: and life]) national members: End of July 2024 — 11892 End of December 2024 — 10569 End of January 2025 — 10367 That’s a drop of 200 in…
I am posting from the LNC-Public page the announced agenda. I will liveblog. There is a revised agenda here. To view the meeting: The LNC will be having its monthly special e-meeting on March, 2, 2025. Advance registration is required at least one hour before the meeting. You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: Mar 2, 2025 07:00 PM…
Judicial Committee Sustains LNC in Kosin Appeal The issue was required notice for a removal trial. In regards to the appeal brought by Ms. Kosin et al., the Judicial Committee has voted 5-2 to sustain the LNC’s decision. Opinions shall be published in the future. For the Judicial Committee, Michael Seebeck, Secretary