Email from LPHQ. Posted to IPR by Paulie. An Urgent Message from the Libertarian Party: Dear friend, Yesterday I invited you to a “Tea Party.” Today I’m urging you to bring a gift. You see, we just unveiled about an hour ago the “Libertarian Party Prosperity Agenda.” Rooted in the Libertarian Party Platform, it’s a [...]

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Posted by Gregg Jocoy at Green Party Watch. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. The Green Party of Suffolk County issued a Social Media Release via pitchengine.com announcing the election of Suffolk County Green Matthew Lavery to the Green Party House Campaign Committee. In the release they point to his experience in the Green Party in [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Tax Day Becomes “ROOT Media Day”- Libertarian 2008 Vice Presidential Nominee Celebrates Tax Day Tea Parties with National Media Appearances from Coast to Coast Root Makes Multiple FOX Business Appearances Root Reports Live from Nevada Tea Party for Nationally-Syndicated “Jerry Doyle Show” Las Vegas, NV-April 14, 2009– 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential candidate [...]

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Gerald Robbins writes in the Weekly Standard: Cem Ozdemir, co-chairperson of Germany’s Green Party, was detained by security personnel upon his stateside arrival at Washington’s Dulles International Airport recently. No official explanation has been given concerning Ozdemir’s holdup, but the assumption can be made that a non-Germanic name on the passenger manifest raised concerns. “I [...]

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Email from Heather S. of the Modern Whig Party sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com. Posted to IPR by Paulie. I just learned that Adam Kokesh, a leader in the anti-war movement and outspoken Libertarian, is considering a run for Congress in New Mexico. The Web site is www.draftkokesh.com. Also, for those who accuse the Whigs of being [...]

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In her daily political round-up for the Daily News, Elizabeth Benjamin points to a piece by Steve Kornacki at Politickerny which gives an excellent explanation of the pros and cons of third party fusion in New York, and what NYC Mayor Bloomberg’s cross-endorsments mean in political terms.

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Email from Libertarian Party of Illinolis chair Dave Brady: Let me share with you quite a story. In December of 2008 the LP Illinois formulated the Boston Tea Party Chicago concept and advertised it through the LPI yahoo and meetup groups, Ron Paul Meetup groups, Campaign for Liberty groups, national tax groups and well as [...]

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The Constitution, Green and Libertarian parties in Pennsylvania are filing a lawsuit in federal court to make the argument that Pennsylvania’s system of charging candidates tens of thousands of dollars if they try to get on the ballot and fail, violates the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit also deals with write-in candidates. In other Pennsylvania news,the State Supreme Court will soon be rehearing the case of a 2006 Green Party Senate candidate who is being forced to pay $80,000 based on unfair challenges to his petitions.

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Astrologer Jude Cowell writes in Stars Over Washington: Across America this April 15 ‘Tax Day Tea Party’ rallies are being staged at town halls and state capital buildings (most are at noon) to protest spendthrift deficit government spending – some sources say ‘stimulus package’ also which in my book has to include the Bush administration [...]

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A truly trans-partisan man, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has moved from being a registered Republican to an independent while in office, and has ran on the Republican, Independence, and Liberal Party ballot lines.  Now he is seeking the nomination of the Working Families Party, which usually cross-nominates Democrats and occassionally runs their own candidates.  However, Bloomberg [...]

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By Chuck Baldwin NewsWithViews.com Self-proclaimed “conservatives” love to tout themselves as ardent supporters of the “free enterprise” system. In the name of “capitalism,” they support any and every piece of legislation or governmental decision that caters to business–especially Big Business. Favorite policies of these folks include anything and everything that calls itself “free trade.” Furthermore, [...]

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The city of Richmond, California is on its way toward passing a law that would require any new construction to meet a minimum threshhold of environmental friendliness.  The city of over 100,000 is the largest in the country to have a Green Party mayor, and she is backing the effort.  Mayor Gayle McLaughlin said, “The [...]

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Press release at LP.org reposted to IPR by Paulie. America’s third largest party wants government out of marriage entirely WASHINGTON – America’s third largest party Monday praised officials in Iowa, Vermont and the District of Columbia for taking recent steps toward marriage equality, and urged legislators in all states to scrap government licensing, taxation and [...]

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LP Monday Message: Are you coming to the Tea Party, Paul? Your Monday Message from the Libertarian Party: Dear friend, Will you be attending a Tea Party this Wednesday? Many Libertarians will, and millions of Americans will be joining them. I’m, of course, referring to the thousands of “Tax Day Tea Parties” that will be [...]

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2008 Libertarian Party Presidential candidate Bob Barr writes in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution I’ll be writing more very shortly regarding the issue of dealing with Somali pirates, but I have just two words in reaction to the manner in which President Obama dealt with those who hijacked the Maersk Alabama and kidnapped its American captain — [...]

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Third party vice presidential candidate and adult movie star Marilyn Chambers (Marilyn Ann Taylor) has died at age 56 years old.

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We’ve previously reported that Bob Smith was considering a run for US Senate in either New Hampshire or Florida. He has made a final decision regarding the location, but not about whether he will actually run. The former Senator says, in this video (embedded below), that he wants to balance budgets, decrease the national debt, [...]

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Alan Keyes, in this video, which i’ll embed below, explains his opposition to the Federal Reserve. He claims, at the 1:20 minute mark, that Ron Paul learned of the problems with the Federal Reserve from him. Dr. Alan Keyes is being lambasted across the blogosphere for this off-handed comment. Rep. Ron Paul has been speaking critically [...]

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From People’s Weekly World, via CPUSA website BOULDER, Colorado -– Some may call it Conference-a-palooza. Film critic Roger Ebert calls it “The Conference on Everything Conceivable.” But its more conventional name is “The Conference on World Affairs” and it’s hosted by The University of Colorado. It’s a cherished tradition in this Rocky Mountain town. Some [...]

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The Department of Homeland Security has a new report called “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Environment Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.” It contains the following definition of right-wing extremism: Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of [...]

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