Now more than 900 books ordered! Please order yours today! Our deadline is this Friday, Jan. 31. If we don’t sell out by Friday, we might leave the order form up for a few more days. But please click here to order today if you can! January 30, 2014 Dear Friend of Liberty, I’m offering […]
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Gov. Gary Johnson on Stossel to discuss State of the Union
Gov. Gary Johnson will be joining John Stossel live in New York on the Fox Business Network during and after President Obama’s State of the Union speech. The show starts at 11:00 p.m. Eastern time. In an email notice, Johnson says: Since last year’s State of the Union speech, the national debt has increased by […]
Libertarian Party response to 2014 State of the Union address
For Immediate Release Tuesday, January 28, 2014 WASHINGTON — Libertarian Party Executive Director Wes Benedict issued the following statement today in response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address: Thanks to unprecedented levels of government interference and government coercion, Americans’ rights are violated like never before. We are harmed by taxes, regulations, prohibitions, […]
LP Monday Message: Response to SOTU and Convention Correction
Dear Friend of Liberty, Tomorrow night, the Libertarian Party will issue a response to President Obama’s annual State of the Union speech. Watch for this response shortly after the president concludes his remarks. We’ll send it by email, and post it on LP.org and our Facebook page. If you want an interesting take on SOTU […]
New Hampshire legislature first to vote in favor of marijuana legalization
Defeat of the failed war on marijuana — long opposed by the Libertarian Party — took another giant step forward on Jan. 15 when the New Hampshire House became the first legislative body in the United States to vote in favor of legalization of cannabis. The bill, H.B. 492, would decriminalize possession of one ounce […]
LP response to President Barack Obama's announced plan for minor reforms of NSA mass surveillance
For Immediate Release Friday, January 17, 2014 Statement from Geoffrey J. Neale, chair, Libertarian National Committee, in response to President Barack Obama’s announced plan for minor reforms of NSA mass surveillance: “Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of the rights of its citizens, it is the right of the people to alter or to […]
North Carolina Libertarians see opportunity in rising discontent of voters
Brad Hessel, LP North Carolina Executive Director The Republican and Democratic establishment is devoted to a government that constantly expands in size and power, bringing Americans reckless spending, punitive taxation, burdensome regulation, pervasive surveillance, outrageous prohibitions, destructive foreign policy, and militarized law enforcement. As voter dissatisfaction continues to rise, the Libertarian Party of North Carolina’s […]
New Gallup Poll: 46 percent of Americans don’t identify as either Democrat or Republican
More good news for Libertarian Party prospects. Americans who self-identify as politically independent hit a 25-year high of 46 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to a new Gallup poll. The poll did not ask participants if they identified specifically as Libertarian. For all polls conducted during 2013, the average percentage of respondents […]
LP Monday Message: 680 books, LP News, State Conventions
Dear Friend of Liberty, Thursday’s note generated orders for more than 680 books — much more than we had planned for! Most bought all four for 30 bucks. We oversold two of the books (our supplier’s out, too), but are substituting to two newer books by the same two authors. Click here for the order […]
LPIN targets vulnerable state House seats in 2014 Indiana election
The Indiana LP will be targeting vulnerable state House seats in the 2014 election, the state affiliate announced in a Thursday press release, which presented an initial list of 20 sitting politicians that LPIN Chair Dan Drexler says they hope will be defeated in November: On Thursday, the Libertarian Party of Indiana released a list […]
4 Libertarian books for 30 bucks
Dear Friend of Liberty, I’m offering you four important books for 30 bucks. Or you can pick just one for as low as $11.97. Free shipping. I selected these four books for a reason. These aren’t just any old books about liberty. They are books about the Libertarian Party, about libertarianism applied to many issues, […]
Quick survey for LP News about online publication
Dear Friend of Liberty, I’d like some feedback from you regarding LP News for our editor, Eric Dixon. First a little background. As you may know, LP News is the primary print newsletter for the national Libertarian Party. In recent years, we’ve published four issues per year. We plan to publish six issues in 2014. […]