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Green Alan Augustson announces candidacy in Illinois’s 5th congressional district

January 7th, 2009 · 54 Comments

Alan Augustson has officially announced his candidacy for Democrat and White House Chief of Staff-to-be Rahm Emanuel’s vacant seat in Congress.  A special election will be held on April 7 to determine who will represent Illinois’s fifth congressional district.  Since the Green Party is a ballot qualified party in Illinois, Augustson will only need to [...]

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Greens blast EPA lack of preparedness in handling TVA plant’s coal ash spill

January 7th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Posted to IPR by Paulie GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614, mclarty@greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org The hazardous waste disaster is evidence that the US should stop using coal to generate electricity, say Greens WASHINGTON, DC — [...]

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‘The Grinning Skull: The homicides you didn’t hear about in hurricane Katrina’ featuring an interview with former Green Party Congressional candidate Malik Rahim

January 7th, 2009 · 12 Comments

Posted to IPR by Paulie Video found on the front page of the Green Party national webpage (Gp.org) and at Green Party Watch.

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Cynthia McKinney: back home from the Middle East

January 7th, 2009 · 8 Comments

Posted at GP.org/Cynthia Posted to IPR by Paulie January 5, 2009 – Home With My Parents Last night I got to spend time with my parents and tell them all about what happened. I’ll make a full report to you on next steps when I’ve recovered. Thank you for all the kind messages. I read [...]

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Ralph Nader updates from Ballot Access News

January 7th, 2009 · No Comments

Posted to IPR by Paulie US Supreme Court Puts Brewer v Nader on January 16 Conference : The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Brewer v Nader at its January 16, 2009 conference. This is the case in which the Arizona Secretary of State hopes to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to hear [...]

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Constitution Party: ‘The mortgage thieves return’

January 7th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Posted to IPR by Paulie Reposted at http://www.constitutionparty.com/news.php?aid=827 by Froma Harrop Rasmussen Reports First come the shady operators, then comes the collapse, then comes the bailout, then come the shady operators. That, too often, is the sad history of financial meltdowns and their cleanups. The closing days of the Bush administration offer the familiar spectacle [...]

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Constitution Party: Both major political parties brought police state to America

January 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Posted to IPR by Paulie By Mary Starrett Constitution Party Communications Director The word “fascism” has been used for decades to deride political ideologies of both the right and left. Fact is, fascism has come to America and we have allowed it to happen. Back in 1944 economist and author John Flynn pointed out that [...]

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Ballot Access News: Deadlines for introducing bills are rapidly approaching

January 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Posted to IPR by Paulie ballot-access.org/2009/01/07/deadlines-for-introducing-bills-are-rapidly-approaching/: Many state legislatures have rigid deadlines for introducing bills. Those deadlines were in December 2008 in Indiana, Iowa, and Oklahoma. A previous post had said that the Indiana deadline was in mid-January, but actually it was on December 15. Therefore, it is already too late to introduce a ballot [...]

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Todd Price profiled in Kenosha News

January 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch Local candidate for state education post pushes new ideas, better pay for teachers Price is a professor at National-Louis University where he teaches a variety of education and contemporary policy classes for future teachers and those going back to school for graduate classes. “For me, it’s public [...]

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Green National Committee considers budget

January 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Posted by Gregg Jocoy at Green Party Watch The Green National Committee is considering a new budget for the national party. This proposed budget calls for a basic budget just over $400,000. The GNC will have to begin voting on this proposed budget on the 9th of this month, with a one week time frame [...]

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Webpage for Green Parties of the World

January 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment

http://www.cittadino.jor.br/green.htm H/T Ballot Access News “It appears to be a personal project from an industrious Brazilian Green.” -Green Ferret in Green Party Watch comments

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Madison Mayor targets Green alder Brenda Konkel

January 7th, 2009 · 10 Comments

Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch Madison’s so called “progressive” Mayor Dave Cieslewicz has had his issues with popular Common Councilor Brenda Konkel, and this year he sought to recruit a candidate to run against her. Brenda Konkel is involved with both the Green Party and the local party Progressive Dane. Konkel, who [...]

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Is Obama a centrist? Libertarian Party says ‘no’

January 7th, 2009 · 6 Comments

by Libertarian Party National Chairman William Redpath http://www.lp.org/news/press-releases/is-obama-a-centrist-lp-says-no In today’s political arena, it’s sometimes hard to tell left from right, and right from left. This makes finding the political “center” that much more difficult. So, is president-elect Barack Obama actually a centrist? While Obama currently appears to be not as extreme as his campaign rhetoric [...]

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Libertarian Party daily poll: Do you consider Illinois Gov. Rob Blagojevich’s replacement for Obama in the Senate to be legitimate?

January 7th, 2009 · 24 Comments

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Libertarian Party: spending is going up, so there is no real tax cut

January 7th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Are Cutting Taxes Really Raising Taxes? posted by Andrew Davis on Jan 06, 2009 at LP.org Are cutting taxes really raising taxes? It’s an interesting proposition, and one that economists are discussing in relation to President-Elect Barack Obama’s proposed stimulus plan.  In Obama’s projected $775 billion dollar stimulus plan, up to 40 percent of the [...]

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Libertarian Party on Chaos in Gaza

January 7th, 2009 · 15 Comments

Posted by Andrew Davis on Jan 05, 2009 at LP.org Since its creation as a Jewish state in the late 1940s, Israel has been one of the main sources of tension and unrest in the Middle East. Now, more than 50 years later, Israel once again finds itself at odds with its Palestinian neighbors, forcing [...]

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Libertarian Party of Texas press release on new Executive Director

January 7th, 2009 · No Comments

Posted at LPTexas.org and emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Arthur DiBianca: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Libertarians Announce New Executive Director Butler takes over for Benedict AUSTIN – January 5, 2009 – The Libertarian Party of Texas (LPT) has announced that Robert Butler is replacing Wes Benedict as its executive director. Robert Butler comes to the Libertarian Party [...]

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