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Former DNC Chair Terry McAuliffe Loses Democratic Primary for Virginia Governor

June 9th, 2009 · 16 Comments

Terry McAuliffe, former Chair of the Democratic National Committee, has lost his bid in the Democratic primary for Governor of Virginia. McAuliffe recently received bad publicity concerning his treatment of the Nader campaign in the 2004 elections. Ralph Nader has run for President of the U.S. on the Green Party line, and more recently as an independent.

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Tags: Green Party · Independents · Third parties, general

Libertarians Condemn Obama’s Unemployment Numbers

June 9th, 2009 · 10 Comments

The Libertarian Party is urging Congress to consider alternative solutions to the growing economic issue, in order to create jobs to reverse the growing unemployment rate. You can read the full article here. Here’s an excerpt:
Figures released Friday by the Labor Department show unemployment rose to 9.4 percent in May from 8.9 percent [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Campaign update from Reverend Billy

June 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments

After a two week break from campaigning, Reverend Billy – who is running to be the Green Party nominee for mayor of New York City – sent out this email to his supporters:
Welcome to the Wednesday Night Gathering!
We meet again tomorrow night, 7:00pm – 9:00pm at the VoteRevBilly HQ, located at 250 Lafayette btw. Prince [...]

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Tags: Green Party

British Columbia Marijuana Party leader being prosecuted for selling pot seeds

June 9th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Marc Emery, the “Prince of Pot” who sold millions of marijuana seeds and helped form the British Columbia Marijuana Party, is being prosecuted in Seattle, Washington for selling seeds to Americans.  He recently gave up a fight against extradition, and is attempting to make a deal with his prosecutors in order to lighten his sentence.  [...]

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Tags: Green Party · Non-left/right parties

Nader case against DNC loses on statute of limitations

June 9th, 2009 · 11 Comments

On June 9, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, ruled that Ralph Nader’s lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee for its work to keep him off the ballot in 2004 was not filed within the statute of limitations.

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Tags: Green Party · Independents