The Mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom, is running for Lt. Governor of California currently and is largely considered the frontrunner for both the Democratic nomination and the eventual win.…
Posts published in June 2010
Cynthia McKinney Pens OpEd On Gaza Incident
By Trent Hill on June 2, 2010 3:55 AM
Cynthia McKinney is a member of the Free Gaza movement which is currently embroiled in a controversy involving a humanitarian ship and an attack on that ship by Israeli commandos.…
Ken Pentel Runs for Governor of Minnesota Again Under New Party
By Trent Hill on June 2, 2010 3:38 AM
Ken Pentel, the former gubernatorial candidate of the Green Party of Minnesota in 1998, 2002, and 2006, is running for Governor again–but under a different label this time:
The bike-riding former Green Party leader is doing it again – this time with the brand-new “Ecology Democracy Party.”
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Party for Socialism and Liberations Protests Arizona’s SB 1070
By Trent Hill on June 2, 2010 3:11 AM
The Party for Socialism and Liberation had a hand in organizing last week’s protest against an Arizona law which they believe to be racially discriminatory.
Over 50,000 people marched through the streets of Phoenix, Ariz.,
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Warren Redlich Follows In Rand Paul’s Footsteps
By Trent Hill on June 2, 2010 3:04 AM
Warren Redlich is recieving the Rand Paul treatment. Redlich, who is the Libertarian Party nominee for Governor and a former election lawyer for Rand Paul’s father’s presidential campaign in 2008, has stepped into the Civil Rights Act controversy started by Rand Paul a couple of weeks ago.…
Press release: Washington State’s Third Party Leaders Issue Anti-Proposition 14 Statement
By Ross Levin on June 1, 2010 8:13 PM
Sent to [email protected] by Free and Equal:
Leaders from Washington State’s Third Party Coalition released a statement today urging California voters to vote no on Proposition 14.…
‘Anarcho-surrealist’ comic party wins big in Reykjavik election
By Ross Levin on June 1, 2010 8:05 PM
An interesting election result in Iceland, thanks to an email from Tom Knapp:
Running on a platform described as “anarcho-surrealism,” Iceland’s Best Party (Besti Flokkurinn) is no longer just a big joke.
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St. Louis Beacon: Libertarian Party Votes to Stay True To Its Past
By Trent Hill on June 1, 2010 6:41 PM
The St. Louis Beacon, one of the area newspapers for St. Louis, Missouri, reports on the Libertarian Party National Convention in this article as a battle between the traditions of the past and possible future directions.…
Judge Jim Gray on Illegal Immigration
By Trent Hill on June 1, 2010 6:22 PM
Judge Jim Gray, who was elected to the National Libertarian Party’s Judicial Committee yesterday, published an article concerning illegal immigration today.
OK, let’s calm down and see these recent developments in Arizona and even the city of Costa Mesa for what they really are.
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