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Politicians stoke voter fears every Halloween season
Every October before an election, both Democrats and Republicans ramp up fear-based campaigns. The Halloween season isn’t only for supernatural stories and macabre imagery, it’s also for frightening voters as a strategy for getting out the vote. The phenomenon even...
United States shouldn’t kowtow to murderous regimes
Jamal Khashoggi, a columnist for the Washington Post and resident of the United States, was killed in Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on Oct. 2. Saudi officials have admitted that the journalist died in their consulate, although the details of their...
Help candidates like Gideon!
Dear Libertarian, With your help, Gideon Oakes' team has knocked on nearly 4,000 doors in rural South Dakota! His district is larger than the state of Connecticut but has a much smaller population. Smaller population areas can be extra opportune for Libertarians, and...
Gary Johnson brings competitive fundraising to US Senate race in NM
The Gary Johnson campaign for U.S. Senate in New Mexico is raising serious money from small donors, according to Federal Election Commission reports. Johnson announced his campaign with the Libertarian Party in mid-August, and has already raised more than $235,000....
Conn. Libertarians receive $37K settlement in petitioner harassment suit
Dan Reale Libertarian political candidates in most states, including Connecticut, are required by law to collect far more petition signatures to qualify for ballot access than Democrats and Republicans must collect. In April, Libertarian Party candidate Dan Reale for...
Independent media gets Zucked
Facebook purged more than 800 pages and accounts on Oct. 11, including pages that posted antiwar and libertarian content, on both the left and right. Their common denominator was that each of them held an independent viewpoint. Watchdog groups like Cop Block and...
20 days left until Election 2018
Dear Libertarian, We have 20 days until Election Day. Our team has been preparing for this moment for over a year. Over 800 Libertarian candidates will appear on ballots this November 6th. That's a 35% increase from 2016! Your support and generosity has been...
Libertarian candidates are great in debates, so opponents collude to exclude them
On Oct. 8, the Indiana Debate Commission staged a debate between candidates on the ballot for senator from Indiana, Republican Mike Braun, Democratic incumbent Joe Donnelly, and Libertarian Lucy Brenton. Lucy arguably won the debate, and invited people to follow her...
Ballot access and Brandon Phinney
Dear Libertarian, The national party works very hard throughout the election cycle to chip away at laws and other barriers that keep Libertarian candidates off ballots. There are countless stories about why this is important but allow me to share one with you today....
Income tax anniversary is another day that will live in infamy
Oct. 3 is the anniversary of the costliest law ever enacted upon American taxpayers. On that day in 1913, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Revenue Act of 1913, the first post–Civil War income tax. Once constitutional objections to an income tax were eliminated by...