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The Libertarian Party’s response to the President’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday was covered on TheBlaze.com, which is owned by Glenn Beck and has a significant readership.   http://www.glennbeck.com/2015/01/21/thats-my-party-glenn-reacts-to-the-libertarian-sotu-response/    

Nicholas J. Sarwark, Chair of the Libertarian National Committee, responded to questions on RT TV after President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night. “The Libertarian Party agrees with [the president] on a few points. We agree with him that we have to show more leadership by finishing the job of closing Guantanamo, […]

Reason Magazine’s Brian Doherty blogged the Libertarian Party’s response to the President’s State of the Union speech last evening.   Libertarian Party on Obama’s State of the Union L.P. Hits Obama: Do Less in Education, Economy, Drug War, Military, Surveillance Brian Doherty Jan. 20, 2015 10:33 pm Obama gave a  State of the Union speech […]

Arvin Vohra LNC vice-chair Libertarian National Committee vice-chair Arvin Vohra will be providing the Libertarian Party response to President Obama’a State of the Union speech this evening. The response will be available at LP.org by 10 pm EST.

Dr. Martin Luther King Day on Jan. 19 celebrates racial equality Below is a list of dates of events — good and bad – that may be of interest to libertarians. January: 6: Pres. Franklin Roosevelt delivers his “Four Freedoms” speech (1941) 16: Ratification of the 18th Amendment (1919). 17: 18th Amendment takes effect (1920). […]

The Libertarian Party of Alabama is pleased to announce our coalition with Alabama for Our America Initiative, Let Bama Vote, Alabama for Ballot Access Law Equality, and other partner organizations to lobby the legislature to ease ballot access barriers for candidates running outside the establishment parties. Alabama State Senator Cam Ward (R-Alabaster) has confirmed that […]

Sarah Bevins LP0 vice-chair Sarah Bevins, the Libertarian Party of Ohio vice-chair, has an op-ed piece on Cleveland.com, the online site for the state’s largest newspaper, the Cleveland Plain-Dealer. “We work with Northeast Ohio Media Group on a regular basis to have Op/Ed articles published from the Libertarian perspective,” said Ms. Bevins. The media group includes The […]

Nicholas Sarwark, LNC Chair In response to news of Republicans Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney exploring the possibility of a run for the presidency in 2016, Libertarian National Committee Chair Nicholas Sarwark said on Press TV, “Like people say about Hollywood,…when it comes to the Republicans and the Democrats in U.S. politics, it’s…nothing but sequels and reboots.” […]

The California Court of Appeals is conducting a hearing this week as to whether the top-two primary system unconstitutionally harms the voting rights of voters who want to vote for minor party candidates in general elections. The hearing is this Thursday, January 15, at 9 am. The location is 350 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA. The case is Rubin […]

From Richard Winger of Ballot Access News: Virginia State Senator John S. Edwards (D-Roanoke) has introduced SB 766, to lower the number of signatures for statewide candidates (whether in a primary or in a general election) from 10,000 to 5,000. The bill is similar to legislation that passed in 2013 that lowers the number of […]