The price of that custom one-of-kind handmade Canadian maple end table that you can get on Etsy for $229 just increased between $4 and $22, depending on where you live. The U.S. Supreme Court just ruled that online merchants must charge the applicable sales tax wherever merchandise is sold, regardless of whether the merchant has […]
Organizers expect largest-ever midterm delegation For immediate release June 20, 2018 ALEXANDRIA, VA — The Libertarian Party (LP) will hold its national convention from June 30 through July 3 in New Orleans at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The biennial event will draw approximately 900 delegates from across the country to select its leadership for the […]
For the last month, the Department of Homeland Security has been separating captured immigrant children from their families at the border. They’ve been housing the children in cages at an abandoned Walmart and other facilities, and holding their parents in cages elsewhere. The public revulsion to this policy of families being forcibly separated led President […]
The Las Vegas Sun reports that a decline since 2014 of tens of thousands of Nevadans registered as Democratic or Republican voters can be attributed mostly to an increase in Libertarian Party registrants. From the June 15 article, “Growing number of Nevada voters eschews 2-party system,” by Yvonne Gonzalez: Voters outside the Democratic and Republican […]
Fellow Libertarians, Prior to each Libertarian National Convention, a Platform Committee is established to consider and recommend proposed amendments to the Party Platform. This survey contains our draft proposals to gain your feedback both positive and negative. The Platform Committee reports not to the Libertarian National Committee but directly to all of you, and we’ve […]
The largest computer company in the world, Apple, is about to make it more difficult for government agents to unreasonably search or seize your person, papers, home, and effects. Apple’s newest iPhone software update will prevent transfer of data from the phone’s charging and data port one hour after the phone is locked. This will […]
Dear Fellow Libertarian, The Libertarian Party has a proud heritage of being bold in ideas and bold in action. We do so with the confident recognition that liberty is the boldest ideal of them all. We take a stance on a policy or practice of government not because our ideas will initially be popular but […]
Dear Libertarian, I’m Jess Mears with the Libertarian Party and in just a few weeks, our #ImTHATLibertarian 2018 Libertarian National Convention will be taking place in New Orleans. If you haven’t been to a national convention before, I hope this year will be your first. We are expecting over 1,000 Libertarians! For the convention’s silent […]
David Koch, the Libertarian Party’s 1980 vice presidential candidate, recently retired from his roles at Koch Industries and Koch-affiliated groups because of ongoing illness. All too frequently, kudos for a life purposefully and masterfully dedicated to the advancement of human liberty come in the form of an obituary. Libertarians would like to salute the leadership […]
Hi all, Recently the Libertarian National Committee created an ad hoc Blockchain Committee to explore the potential benefits that blockchain and distributed ledger technology may provide to the Libertarian Party. Blockchain technology has been made most famous by bitcoin, but there are a host of other potential uses. The goals of the committee are to […]
Six Libertarians advanced to the November general election in California’s top two primary on June 5. Under California’s top-two primary system, candidates of all parties are listed on one ballot. Voters can vote for a candidate of any party in each race, and are not constrained to voting for only one party for all races. […]
Should religious bakers be forced to bake cakes for gay weddings? The U.S. Supreme Court has finally ruled on a case that’s been winding through the judicial system since 2012. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado, representing a 7-2 decision that rules in favor of the cake shop’s owner […]
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