September 12, 2026
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An article by Jeet Heer published earlier today in THE NATION, titled: “The Libertarian Party Goes Alt-Right: By embracing bigotry, Libertarians are poised to help reelect Trump” attributed the origins of the Reno Reset in LNC management to a blog post by Jeff Deist from 2017.…
Brian Doherty of Reason interviewed former Senator and Governor of Rhode Island, Lincoln Chafee, about his withdrawal from the Libertarian Party’s 2020 presidential race. Chafee marvels at the lack of support for his campaign and questions whether the Libertarian Party really prioritizes an anti-war message. …
Gary Johnson (Photo: Gage Skidmore)
Anti-Iran deal but pro-trade, wants to encourage China to curb North Korea, and too experienced with the actual complications of governing to want to rethink World War II on the fly.
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John McAfee, Gary Johnson, Penn Jillette and Austin Petersen (Photo: Adam Kokesh)
From Brian Doherty at Reason.com, May 17th, 2016:
The Nevada Libertarian Party worked hard to put together a prominent forum for the three leading presidential hopefuls in a debate held yesterday in Las Vegas.
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Brian Doherty at Reason:
Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary
Johnson did something amazing last week: got
double-digits (10 percent) in a September poll of likely voters
in Ohio.…
Excerpts from an article by Matt Welch of Reason:
New York Times columnist Frank Rich accused the Kochs of plotting “a billionaires’ coup” to secure “corporate pork,” tax cuts, and a blank check for Wall Street bailouts.
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Brian Doherty at Reason Online:
On June 8, Californians will get to vote on Proposition 14, which would eliminate the current party primary system in favor of one open primary in which anyone could vote for anyone regardless of party registration, the candidates could list or not list a party affiliation as they wished, and whoever the top 2 votegetters are, of whatever party, would go on to the general election.…
