This is the Open Thread for July & August of 2021.
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Open Thread for July/August 2021
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Constitution Party Update
The Constitution Party today sent the following update to its email subscribers.
National Committee meeting in Michigan
The Semi-Annual National Committee meeting of the Constitution Party was held in Corunna, Michigan, on April 23rd and 24th. It was well attended and the speakers delivered some very timely and powerful messages which were well received.… Read more ...
Georgia Green Party deaccredited
I’m technically jumping the gun, as the vote runs through the end of today, July 25, but a peek at the vote numbers so far, running 10-1 in favor and well past a necessary quorum, indicate that I’m not jumping the gun in reality.
This is the denouement of a long issue that’s had at least some degree of bad faith on “both sides,” as I see it.… Read more ...
LNC Taps Whitney Bilyeu of Texas as New Chair
The Libertarian National Committee has announced that Whitney Bilyeu of Texas will serve as the new Chair of the LNC.
“Her natural ability to lead and her drive for excellence make her an outstanding choice for the position,” the LNC said via press release.
The LNC convened a special session to fill the vacancy left by Joe Bishop-Henchman’s resignation in June.… Read more ...
Report: Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Claims He Voted for Kanye West (If He Did, It Didn’t Count)
Watch 5 minutes of Tucker Carlson’s program on Fox News and you would assume his devotion to former President Donald Trump extended to actually casting a vote for Trump’s re-election. However, several outlets including POLITICO are reporting that Carlson told multiple people that he did not vote for Trump in 2020 and instead cast his ballot for friend and entertainer Kanye West.… Read more ...
Alliance Party June 2021 Newsletter
The Alliance Party sent out the following newsletter earlier this month updating email subscribers on the latest party news for this month:
“Own Your Future”NEWSLETTER June 2021 The past few months have been spent in research, polling, and focus groups. Now that we have laid out our strategy to be the party of the future, rather than of only the next election we are developing a marketing strategy to get the word out. |
Mike Gravel Dead at 91
Former Senator Mike Gravel of Alaska, a 2008 candidate for the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination, has died at the age of 91, his namesake Gravel Institute reports:
… Read more ...We are sad to announce that Senator Mike Gravel passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, at his home in Seaside, California. He was 91, and had lived the fullest live anyone could have ever wanted.
John McAfee Found Dead
Anti-virus entrepreneur John McAfee, a candidate for the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination in 2016 and 2020 was found dead today in a Barcelona prison cell, Reuters reports.
The death comes after a Spanish court decided McAfee could be extradited to the US for tax evasion charges. Catalan officials claim the death was likely suicide.… Read more ...
Joe Bishop-Henchman to Resign as LNC Chairman
In a letter to members of the Libertarian National Committee, Chairman Joe Bishop-Henchman announced today he plans to resign as chair after a vote to disaffiliate the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire. The move comes in light of Bishop-Henchman’s role in the New Hampshire party leadership purge reported here.
The letter reads:
Members of the Libertarian National Committee,
It has been 25 years since I first became involved in the Libertarian Party.… Read more ...
Minor Party Nominees in the New Jersey Gubernatorial Election
While Virginia’s Gubernatorial Election will only have one other candidate to challenge the two Party Duopoly, the one in New Jersey has three other opposition candidates to the two major parties in November. Barring any electoral challenges much like NJWeedman.
On the right side of the aisle we have lawyer Gregg Mele of the Libertarian Party.… Read more ...
NH Libertarian Party Chairwoman Unilaterally Dissolves and Replaces Executive Committee, Bylaws
Concerned about the growing influence of the right libertarian Mises Caucus, New Hampshire Libertarian Party chairwoman Jilletta Jarvis yesterday took the unusual step of dissolving the state party’s duly elected executive committee and replacing it with members of her choosing. She also threw out the existing party bylaws, drafted new bylaws, changed the password on social media accounts, and relocated party assets.… Read more ...
@PrinBlandingVA to be the only 3rd Party Candidate for Virginia Governor
Princess Blanding, an activist whose brother was tragically murdered by a Police Officer during a mental health crisis, shall be the only minor party candidate on the ballot in the upcoming Virginia Gubernatorial race.
She will be the nominee of the newly created Liberation Party, who according to their website who describes themselves as “an independent party that rebuilds and establishes communities by creating generational wealth, dismantling racist systems, fostering sociocultural enlightenment, and claiming our rightful political positions to ensure Black Liberation.”… Read more ...