The Flathead County Libertarian Party in Montana hosted a community event on Feb. 9 to explore the history, application, and importance of jury nullification. The guest speakers were Kirsten Tynan, executive director of the Fully Informed Jury Association (FIJA), who made the case that jurors’ “conscientious acquittal” is about love and heroism, and Montana-based attorney […]
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Dear Libertarian, Please take a look at the videos below. If you like what you see, please donate so we can do a lot more like these. GUN RIGHTS Facebook version 32,000 views | Youtube version WHO WILL BUILD THE ROADS? Facebook version 35,000 views | Youtube version CAPITALISM VS CRONYISM Facebook version 40,000 views […]
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Our 2018 Libertarian National Convention will be in New Orleans on June 30 – July 3, 2018. If you haven’t registered yet, you can do so here. If you haven’t booked your hotel room yet, you can do so here. You can find an overview of the schedule here. This year, we are transforming the […]
Libertarian Foxall wins media’s only endorsement in state house race, participates in TV debate
On Feb. 8, the Observer newspaper conferred their endorsement on Alison Foxall, the Libertarian candidate for Florida state house, district 72. It was the race’s only media endorsement to date. Foxall also participated in a televised debate on ABC 7 on Jan. 30. Following brief opening statements, moderator Alan Cohn posed questions to Foxall and her two opponents, […]
Will you be a candidate — or make calls for Alison Foxall?
Dear Libertarian, In a moment, I’m going to ask you to run for office — any office. But first, I want to see if you’ll make phone calls to get out the vote for Alison Foxall’s campaign for state representative. Alison is in a special election this Tuesday, Feb. 13, in Florida, but you can […]
Senate reaches budget deal to clean out your wallet
Updated Feb. 14, 2018 2:16 P.M. EST Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer made a deal on Feb. 7 to prevent yet another government shutdown. If the rest of Congress votes for their new spending agreement, the American people will ultimately foot a much larger tax bill. “In order to […]
LAST Day of Early Bird Convention Prices
The 2018 Libertarian National Convention will be in New Orleans from June 30 to July 3, 2018. You can find an overview of the schedule here. If you haven’t registered yet, you can do so here. Early Bird rates are good through midnight tonight. Prices increase on February 1st. Hotel rooms are booking up quickly. […]
Building the Libertarian Party
Dear Libertarian, I hope you saw the good news over the weekend. Land commissioner Aubrey Dunn, one of the top elected officials in New Mexico, announced that he has switched from the Republican Party to the Libertarian Party. I can tell you from personal conversations with elected officials at all levels, including on Capitol Hill […]
New Mexico land commissioner becomes the nation’s first Libertarian statewide elected official
On Jan. 27, Aubrey Dunn, New Mexico’s land commissioner, switched his voter registration from Republican to Libertarian, making him the first ever Libertarian statewide elected official, according to Ballot Access News. The Santa Fe New Mexican reported Dunn’s announcement and that he is considering seeking another state-level office in conjunction with the end of his […]
Do gun-free zones actually encourage more mass shootings?
Early on the morning of Jan. 23, a 15-year-old allegedly opened fire with a pistol and killed two other students at Marshall County High School in Benton, Ky. He reportedly wounded 14 others by gunshot, and five more suffered injuries during their efforts to escape. The shooter was captured by sheriff’s deputies after he ran […]
Federal shutdown shows how inessential most government really is
As of midnight on the evening of Jan. 19, Congress failed to pass a continuing resolution that would have kept the federal government open, then on the third day of the shutdown the Senate voted to pass a bill that would fund the government for the next three weeks. The political theater that surrounds the […]