That’s the headline from the Lexington Herald-Leader which reports:  FRANKFORT – Willie Nelson and his newly formed Teapot Party are backing independent candidate Gatewood Galbraith for governor of Kentucky. The campaign of Lexington attorney Galbraith and his running mate, Frankfort political consultant Dea Riley, released a statement Monday quoting the country singer and songwriter as [...]

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The January issue of Liberty for America, edited by George Phillies, has been released. The magazine recently switched to an all-online format. You can read the full issue here. The issue includes some stories which have been previously covered at IPR, but it also has new information as well. This includes the news that John [...]

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Readers at IPR will remember that Chuck Baldwin recently moved from Florida to Montana. Now, the 2008 Constitution Party candidate for President has made his first public appearance. From the Daily Inter Lake: A standing-room-only crowd came to hear former Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin speak Tuesday night. The Outlaw Inn event, sponsored by [...]

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From Stephen Webster: Longtime American politics gadfly Ralph Nader, a man of many ideas almost diametrically opposed by most libertarian conservatives, said Wednesday that he sees a coming convergence of liberals, progressives and libertarian conservatives in the wake of a worsening financial crisis and dogged partisanship that’s put the government into gridlock. Speaking to Fox [...]

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From Ballot Access News: The Libertarian Party candidates for the office at the top of the ballot, together, polled 1,016,270 votes on November 2, 2010. The office at the top of the ballot is deemed to be Governor, in all states electing a Governor in 2010. For states that didn’t elect a Governor, it is [...]

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The Lesson: Get More Guns in the Hands of Law Abiding Citizens! “Laws that forbid the carrying of arms…disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes…Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater [...]

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Press release sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Martin Luther King Jr Day Rally Saturday January 15th Bell Vista Shooting Range A rally honoring Freedom Fighter Martin Luther King Jr. is being sponsored by the Libertarian Party of Nye County at the Bell Vista Shooting Range on Saturday, January 15th. The program including two Pahrump Town Board Members [...]

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Read the full article at OpEdNews.com. Activists across the political spectrum were universally dismayed with last year’s Supreme Court decision in Citizens United, overturning the extremely tame McCain-Feingold campaign finance reforms that took nearly a decade to enact. A national grassroots coalition called Move to Amend believes the only way to reverse a century of similar [...]

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From iBerkshires: Getting into a routine is exactly what Mark Miller, former Green-Rainbow party candidate for the county’s 3rd District, hopes to achieve with monthly meetings and greater exposure within the community. He cited many venues through which the party could spread its message of the 10 Key Values as well as show a strong [...]

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Libertarian National Committeeman and LNCC Chairman Wayne Allyn Root rarely rests. While on vacation with his family in Park City, Utah this week, Wayne made his usual round of nonstop media appearances. Root’s vacation schedule included 20+ media appearances over 3 days- most to discuss the tragedy of the Tucson, Arizona shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle [...]

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The moderators here at IPR have noticed an influx of links within the comments which, while relating to the political world, do not necessarily contribute to topical discussion within their respective threads. We understand that the contact account can sometimes receive too much news to get everything up here, or if it does makes its [...]

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“The Arizona Green Party is both saddened and outraged in response to the acts of domestic terrorism that plagued not only the City of Tucson this weekend, but our whole nation….Violence is never an answer. We, the Arizona Green Party, will continue to advocate for peace and non-violence in the wake of this tragedy in Tucson and everyday; that bloodshed and brutality are not replacements for compassionate dialogue and diplomatic action.”

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Trump says this is the first time he has “seriously” considered running, but third party advocates will remember that he flirted with seeking the Reform Party nomination in 2000. Trump cites trade as his main reason for considering a run. “The Apprentice” host cited what he called the “unfair” trade relationship between America and China [...]

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Press release sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com: AUSTIN, TEXAS - January 10, 2011 –The Libertarian Party of Texas has released its Legislative Agenda for the 2011 session.  Libertarians have been effective in introducing and blocking legislation even without elected legislators from their party through their lobbying efforts and grassroots organization. Taxes and spending, election reform, immigration, state sovereignty, and the [...]

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The following email was sent to supporters of independent Senator Bernie Sanders, from Vermont: Given the recent tragedy in Arizona, as well as the start of the new Congress, I wanted to take this opportunity to share a few words with political friends in Vermont and throughout the country.  I also want to thank the [...]

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Article sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com (read the full thing here): ORLANDO – One of the first things that Peg Dunmire thought of when she heard about the tragic shootings in Tucson, Arizona that critically injured a local congresswoman was the final day of her own campaign for Congress last November. On that single day, Dunmire and her [...]

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I do not make a habit of issuing statements on behalf of the BTP or National Committee, however I believe that time is of the essence and this is one occasion where I will break this habit. On behalf of the BTP and the National Committee, I wish to denounce the act of violence perpetrated [...]

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From the Lake County News: The Green Party of Lake County will meet in Mendocino County on Sunday, Jan. 16.The meeting will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Redwood Coast Senior Center on N. Harold Street. The Lake County group has been invited to join the Mendocino Greens’ meeting that day. [...]

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From Green Party Watch: Three Greens are running for local office in Oshkosh, Wisconsin this Spring. There is no primary for these races, the general election is April 5, 2011. Tony Palmeri, who has served for four years on the Oshkosh City Council, is running for Mayor. Tony Palmeri is a Professor of Communication Studies [...]

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From the Daily Camera: Bonnie Ballantyne, a retired marketing professional from Longmont, said she went online to look for a local Green Party chapter after feeling disgusted with mainstream politics during the last election. “I just wasn’t seeing anyone who seemed to be concerned with the people and the planet,” said Ballantyne, who has identified [...]

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