Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Steve Kubby and posted at shadowcabinet.us. Steve Kubby was the 2008 and 2000 runner up for the Libertarian Party VP nomination, the 1998 California Libertarian Party candidate for Governor, and a candidate for the 2008 Libertarian Presidential nomination. Posted to IPR by Paulie. Disclosure: I worked on Kubby’s 2008 Presidential nomination [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com by the candidate. Posted to IPR by Paulie. Alan Augustson Green Party Candidate U.S. House of Representatives Fifth District of Illinois (01)(773)267-8507 Alan@AlanAugustson.org www.AlanAugustson.org The Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precincts Association will be holding a Candidates’ Forum on Sunday, February 1st, at DePaul University. Candidates vying to fill Rahm Emanuel’s seat in [...]

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In honor of Judge Jim Gray’s recent retirement, I checked to see if anything else concerning Judge Gray had been in the news recently. I discovered that we had somehow missed a recent editorial on January 3rd. Usually, I would consider this a loss and move on–but it is particularly interesting for two reasons. First, [...]

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Arthur DiBianca, whom I believe is a reader of IPR, was cited in the International Herald Tribune as being part of a group that was holding a rally in opposition to anti-smoking bills in the Texas legislature. The bill has met resistance from civil libertarians and some restaurant and bar owners who worry their business [...]

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Press release at LP.org, posted to IPR by Paulie. Respected Libertarian Superior Court Judge steps down after 25 year career WASHINGTON, D.C. — America’s third-largest party congratulates Libertarian Judge Jim Gray on his retirement from the California Superior Court, Libertarian National Committee Chairman William Redpath announced Thursday. “Libertarians thank Judge Jim Gray for his decades [...]

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GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Thursday, January 29, 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 Mandates and other market-based plans will not solve the health care crisis; Single-Payer (Medicare For All) makes health care a right for all Americans Obama’s plan [...]

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Original IPR article by Paulie. Disclosure: I am a member of the executive committee of the Libertarian Party of Alabama, and actively involved with many of the coalition groups. For background, see my previous report on what we are doing in Alabama. The Libertarian Party of Alabama executive committee and guests heard this past Saturday [...]

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Original blog posts in Ballot Access News by Richard Winger. Posted to IPR by Paulie. Montana Bills for Registration by Party are Tabled Two Montana bills to institute registration by party have been tabled. HB 248, by Rep. Ken Peterson (R-Billings) would have set up closed primaries, but it was tabled on January 28. SB [...]

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Posted by Thomas Sipos in Libertarian Peacenik blog and in California Freedom, the monthly newsletter of the California Libertarian Party. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. Aaron Starr has said that he finds the photoshop image reproduced below to be offensive, not funny. My editorial in the January 2009 issue of California Freedom, which subscribers should [...]

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By Cynthia McKinney. Posted at On The Wilder Side and Green Party Watch. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. Cynthia McKinney was the 2008 Presidential nominee of the US Green Party, and Leonard Peltier was the 2004 Presidential nominee of the Peace and Freedom Party. Today, I sent this message to the President: “Mr. President, Justice [...]

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Posted by Donny Ferguson at LP.org. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. If your carry-on bag is sitting on the bottom of the Hudson River right now, The Washington Examiner suggests New York senator Chuck Schumer may be partially to blame. In its daily "Dim Bulb" feature, the Examiner takes Schumer to task for a 2004 [...]

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Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. John Nichols writing for the Capital Times plugs Pete Karas’ “Capital G” Green campaign for Mayor of Racine, noting that Karas has a very good shot to win: Former Racine Mayor Gary Becker was an active Democrat, and Racine has a history [...]

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