This VDARE blog post by Allan Wall has the story. Nelson Hultberg of Texas has formed a new political party called the Conservative American Party. Now I know what a lot of people are going to say – “A Third Party?” In recent years, third parties haven’t picked up much traction and people feel they [...]

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Trump is at it again: Real estate mogul Donald Trump said Friday he’d consider running for president — again — if the U.S. economy “continues to be bad: and “if the Republicans pick the wrong candidate.” “I would give it very, very serious thought,” he told CNBC. “There are so many people wanting me to [...]

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Fourteen members of the Libertarian National Committee (LNC) on July 28 submitted their response to the appeal filed by the Wes Wagner group claiming to lead the Libertarian Party of Oregon (LPO).  The June 19 appeal by the Wagner group claims that the LNC Executive Committee’s recognition of the Reeves group on June 18 was a [...]

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Robert Butler needs Latino Libertarian bloggers. We’re looking for Latino Libertarians to write articles and report on local Libertarian news on our website, libertariosusa.org We need people to write in either English or Spanish throughout the world about Libertarian politics. For more information please contact Robert Butler at robert@libertariosusa.org According to Butler, “We’re trying to [...]

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Independent Political Report has been sent a copy of a brief filed by an LNC member with the Judicial Committee regarding the power struggle in Oregon. Brad Ploeger, who is an alternate regional representative for Region 1, has filed a long brief with the Judicial Committee. The past few months have seen the Ex Com [...]

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Chris Cillizza posted this blog yesterday asking if a third party can win the presidency in 2012. Americans are getting fed up with Democrats and Republicans, but even so, would a third party stand a chance in the 2012 election? People don’t like Republicans. Ditto Democrats. With so much unrest in the electorate, the time [...]

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Time : Saturday, August 13 · 2:30pm – 4:30pm Location: Warwick Public Library 600 Sandy Lane (Room 101) Warwick, RI Our guest speaker will be Carl Person candidate for the Libertarian Party nomination for President in 2012. (http://carlperson.org/) Are you tired of “politics as usual”? The Libertarian Party of Rhode Island (LPRI) consists of people [...]

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WASHINGTON – As Republicans and Democrats in Washington continue chewing the scenery in their ‘Debt Limit Theater,’ Libertarian Party Chair Mark Hinkle released the following statement today: “Everything I’ve heard from Washington politicians about the debt limit is nonsense. I propose the simplest option: Do nothing. Don’t raise the debt limit, period. “None of the [...]

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From Steve Kubby’s Facebook page: That’s right, I’m quitting Facebook if I cannot get 10% of my facebook friends to donate a minimum of $4.20 to the Regulate Marijuana Like Wine campaign. CLICK HERE TO DONATE RegulateMarijuanaLikeWine.com HT: Debra Dedmon

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Here is a Daily Bell interview with money expert Dr. Edwin Vieira. He covers many subjects including a possible third party run by Ron Paul. He suggests a Constitution Party/Libertarian Party fusion ticket. Daily Bell: How about Ron Paul? Edwin Vieira, Jr: The Republicans will never nominate him. He is as dangerous to them as [...]

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Discuss almost whatever you want in the comments here, other than stuff that would get you and/or IPR in legal trouble, or stuff that has already been quarantined in “special” threads. This can include news items IPR should be covering, as well as just about anything else. Personal update: I still don’t have enough time [...]

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From “Jehu” at Gonzo Times: If the Libertarian Party ever figures out how to de-link stateless society from unrestrained rule of capitalism, they will be a real third party. I have never seen a group so willing to step on its own message and create hostility to its ideas among the population as the Libertarian [...]

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Source:   US Pirate Party (from e-mail sent to Ryan Brennan, editor & webmaster of www.ThirdPartyPolitics.us,  July 23, 2011) The United States Pirate Party (USPP) has finalized the election of Party officers in an open election held July 14, 2011. The election was delayed due to several reasons including a recent malware attack on the webservers [...]

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“Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor with the cry of grave national emergency. Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind [...]

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The full story can be read here, below is an excerpt. Parks has 90 days to collect 1,742 valid signatures from registered voters. If the recall petition is certified, a special election would be held by the end of the year. CenterCal Properties, which had worked on the mall project and was negotiating an agreement [...]

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In a move the chairwoman of its East Hampton chapter characterized as a “back room deal,” Zachary Cohen [non-Democrat/non-Republican] has been replaced by Bill Wilkinson [registered Republican] as the Independence Party candidate for East Hampton Town Supervisor.

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FREEDOM FEST: Does it live up to the hype? This was my second year in a row attending Freedomfest in Las Vegas, Nevada.. The conference which bills itself as the “world’s largest gathering of free minds” is held yearly in mid July in Bally’s on the strip. Last year, I attended as candidate for Congress [...]

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Topic: 2012 National Convention Date: Thursday, July 21 Time: 8:30 PM Eastern Time Conference Dial-in Number: (218) 862-1000 Participant Access Code: (e-mail me at redphillipsmd@yahoo.com if you want the code) Please join us on the evening of July 21, 2011 for an informative presentation concerning the 2012 Constitution Party National Convention which will be held [...]

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On July 13, the Socialist Workers Party submitted signatures to place its nominee for House on the ballot in New York’s special election set for September 13. No other group or independent candidate submitted a petition. There is still the potential for a Green Party candidate to enter the race through their party processes.

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