June 12, 2026
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TPID:
From the Register:
The level of secrecy shrouding the EU’s ACTA negotiations reached new heights earlier this week, with the news that Pirate Party MEP Christian Engstrom felt compelled to abandon a meeting with ACTA negotiators in the European Parliament after he was forbidden from sharing information with the public.
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Emailed to [email protected]:
The Independent Green Party of Virginia has joined a coalition that includes 88 congressional candidates from every major party and 29 national organizations opposed to any further spending on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.…
Via TPID:
From the Texas Tribune:
Pat Dixon, an Austin engineer, chairs the Libertarian Party of Texas, helped get it on the Texas ballot in 2004 via petition and then watched as the Party’s candidates pulled enough votes each year to hold that ballot perch without resorting to petitions again.
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From ChuckBaldwinLive.com, by 2008 Constitution Party Presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin:
It is no hyperbole to say that the consequences of the recently passed “Obamacare” bills by the Congress will be horrific.…
By Ralph Nader at Nader.org:
An article in the current issue of the AARP Bulletin is likely to get a “What’s this?” reaction from many of its millions of readers.…
Doug Craig, a regional representative on the Libertarian National Committee, writes to [email protected]:
I would like to sponsor a contest to make TV ads. These ads could be used by anyone or any party.…
TPID:
A new poll from Fox News:
A 57-percent majority thinks it would be a good idea if a third national political party were formed to run against the Democrats and Republicans.
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SurveyUSA has published another poll of the U.S. Senate race in North Carolina. Libertarian Michael Beitler polled 6%. Politically, his strongest support came from independents (12%) and liberals (15%).…
According to the National Journal, a recent poll shows Libertarian congressional candidate Travis Irvine getting 10% support. Irvine is running in Ohio’s 12th District.…