July 30, 2026
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Libertarian Party daily poll: Which Libertarian idea most helps your family?
Creating jobs by opening markets and lowering taxes on employers
Local control of schools and more choices for parents
Income tax relief for payers, and simplifying the tax code
Reducing taxes on your children by eliminating wasteful and unconstitutional spending
Lowering health care costs through proven market-based reforms
Posted to IPR by Paulie…
Posted at Green Party Watch by Ronald Hardy. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.
The US Green Party’s National Committee voted to suspend print publication of its national newspaper “Green Pages”, with the exception of a single issue.…
In an oped in the Sacramento Bee, Steven Hill judges whether or not top two primaries would solve California’s political problems, based on how they’ve done in Washington state.…
Press release sent to [email protected] by Marc Montoni. Posted by Paulie.
The Libertarian Party of Virginia this week cried “Foul!” over a bill that is now on its way to a vote by the House of Delegates that would make it much more difficult for third party and independent candidates to get on the ballot — by making it nearly impossible to hire petitioners.…
Chuck Baldwin, the Constitution Party’s 2008 presidential candidate and 2004 vice-presidential candidate, has just published a column concerning whether or not Americans “cherish freedom anymore”.
I am often guilty of using the term “freedom-loving Americans.”
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On the Prog Blog, the Vermont Progressive Party’s official blog, Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss presents his thoughts on the federal ‘stimulus’ and how it will effect Vermont and Burlington.…
A small announcement from independent Herbert Hoffman:
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William Nabe writes at YourNabe.com
There is no doubt Mayor Michael Bloomberg intends to run for a third term. As we look at the practical aspects of the campaign, however, the question arises as to which political party or parties are willing to designate him as their candidate.
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As of a few minutes ago, IPR is at 1,476,912 pageviews since May 20, 2008, and TPW is at 1,476,455 pageviews since December 13, 2007.
Since the pace is more recently about an order of magnitude apart, they will start having to do something very different if they want to make this interesting again.…