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2018 Money Bomb
Dear Libertarian, I have exciting news for you. Recently, we told you about a new hire, Cara Schulz, who has joined our team and is focusing on candidate recruitment nationwide. Today, I'm delighted to share more happy news: Apollo Pazell is joining our team....
Congratulations!
Dear Libertarian, As you know, yesterday was Election Day. Because 2017 is an odd-numbered year, there weren't as many races going on around the country as in even-numbered years but we did have Libertarian candidates representing us in a number of partisan and...
Libertarian chair after Texas shooting: ‘We need to love each other more and hate less’
Sunday church services at the First Baptist Church on Nov. 5 in Sutherland Springs, Texas, were the scene of the deadliest mass shooting in the state’s history. At least 26 parishioners were killed, including the daughter of the pastor. Another 20 or more were injured.
Tax cuts without spending cuts benefit no one
Senate Republicans are finally marking up their tax reform plan. It’s still unclear what the details may be after lobbyists have had their say and the parochial interests of GOP senators are satisfied, but a few themes are becoming clear.
Stocking Stuffers
Starting to think about holiday shopping? LP Store has a variety of products, ready for holiday giving. Below are few that are particularly good as stocking stuffers. For a limited time this holiday season, enjoy FREE SHIPPING at LPStore.org. Use coupon code...
Libertarian Solutions for the Health Care Crisis
You are invited to a special conference call on Libertarian Solutions to America's Health Care Crisis featuring Kyle Varner MD Wednesday, November 8, 2017 6 PM Pacific 7 PM Mountain 8 PM Central 9 PM Eastern Dr. Kyle Varner practices hospital medicine in Washington...
LP Historical Preservation Committee seeking interns
The Libertarian National Committee is seeking winter interns to work with its Historical Preservation Committee. Positions are available for in-person experience (weekends, just outside of Denver Colorado) or remotely from anywhere with a good internet connection. Interns would be expected to put in at least 5 hours a week and would be directly supervised by the Chair of the Libertarian Party Historical Committee out of Colorado. This is an unpaid position for work experience or credits (if granted by your school).
Louisiana police, courts deny due process via willful misinterpretation
The right to request representation by an attorney during police questioning is an essential part of due process rights in the United States. In Louisiana, however, the state Supreme Court just allowed police to get away with negating those rights by willfully misinterpreting a bit of slang that a suspect used during his request for a lawyer
Trump’s war on opioids will be a disastrous, expensive failure
On Oct. 26, President Donald Trump declared opioid abuse a public health emergency and promised to redirect federal resources to the problem. In his speech announcing yet another war on drugs, Trump told a story about his brother Fred’s addiction to a completely legal substance: alcohol. We all know how disastrous alcohol prohibition was in the early 20th century, so could a new government battle against opioids be any more successful?
GOP federal spending soars — new boss, same old deficit
Federal spending keeps increasing every year, and the fiscal year 2017 numbers have soared to a record high. Furthermore, the budget deficit is once again on an upward trend. It’s difficult to fathom just how much money is at stake when those numbers reach into the multiple trillions, so Libertarian National Committee Chair Nicholas Sarwark argues that it makes more common sense to look at government spending in a more individual way.