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LNC Meeting May 17, 2025 – Liveblog

https://www.youtube.com/@LibertarianParty/streams will get you there. So will https://www.youtube.com/live/TbU6408onQc?si=toYpaxurNCdS86Ar  courtesy Adrian Malagon. Public comments: I cannot catch names of speakers.  I am told that they are The speakers, in order: #1 Jay Gillotte #2 Andrew Duke #3 Dana Carver #4 John Hudak #1 My county affiliate was disaffiliated by the state.  You received my letter. #2 We must draw a line…

Project Archimedes Did Not Work

In short, Project Archimedes is a myth.  For more detail, I provide below Chapter 9 of my book Funding Liberty, available from Third Millennium (3mpub.com), slightly edited so the time perspective is from 2025, not 2003: Chapter Nine Project Archimedes The ancient philosopher Archimedes is said to have written ‘give me a long enough lever, and a place to rest…

Full Text of Weir Letter to LNC

LPNH Chair Ben Weir has kindly contacted us and supplied the full text of his letter to the LNC.  The full text of his letter to the LNC follows: Ben Weir has been kind enough to provide us with the full text of his letter to the Libertarian National Committee. It appear below. We hadee This was the full email:…

We Have Been Here Before … Funding Liberty Chapter 2, Final Part

December 1995: The LNC Acts The December National Committee Meeting resumed its consideration of conflict of interest issues. LNC Treasurer Hugh Butler proposed a resolution: “Whereas, the LNC is aware that LP headquarters employees have accepted outside consulting work, and, in as much as the LNC deplores conflicts of interest within the Party, Therefore be it resolved that consulting work…

LNC Meeting This Weekend

We expect to cover it with a more-or-less-live blog.

LPNH Chair Weir Threatens LNC

We have been in receipt of a message said to be from LPNH Chair Weir.  We sent emails to LNC members, asking for comment.  We indeed received one response, correcting one minor detail in the report, but confirming its reality.  The message from Ben Weir reads: “Make no mistake: any member of the LNC who votes in favor of this…

We Have Been Here Before — Funding Liberty Chapter 2, Part 6

Browne’s Fall Campaign For the third quarter, FEC reports show that William Winter was paid $1142, again for consulting and reimbursement for office supplies, in three not-quite-uniform monthly payments. Willis was not paid by Browne in the third quarter. For the fourth quarter, FEC filings show that Bill Winter was paid $688 for “consulting and reimbursement for office supplies”. On…

Incoming!

We have been forwarded an interesting statement on the possible censure of New Hampshire, and have reached out to several people for their possible comment.  More Later.

We Have Been Here Before – Funding Liberty Chapter 2, Part 5

2025 Comment: Don’t worry, it gets worse. Finally, keep your eye on the above list of names. It may be [decades] later, and a few of the people are less visible, but many of the same people are still active in the Party. … In the third quarter of 1995 Willis was not paid at all by the Browne campaign.…