June 9, 2026
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From Truthdig.com:
By now, probably everyone reading this is already sick of America’s quadrennial political spectacle—the one in which politicians and media outlets ask us to believe that there remain vast differences between our two political parties.
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On October 18, Massachusetts holds a special election to fill the empty State House seat, in the Berkshire 3rd district. So far, Green Party nominee Mark Miller has more funds in his campaign bank account than any of his three opponents.…
Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch:
Over at Alternet, Jeff Biggers has published a detailed interview with Bob Henry Baber, the West Virginia Mountain Party’s candidate for governor in an October 4th special election:
In a blatant genuflect to the coal industry’s stranglehold over state politics, the West Virginia Broadcasters Association blocked the participation of popular Mountain Party gubernatorial candidate Dr.
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Rhode Island State House member Daniel P. Gordon, Jr., elected as a Republican to his first term in November 2010, was expelled by the Republican House caucus earlier this month after he was arrested for not having appeared some time earlier in a Massachusetts court.…
Carl Person, a candidate for the Libertarian presidential nomination, has sent IPR and posted on his website a release calling to “CREATE COMPETITION FOR “TOO BIG TO FAIL” BANKS BY HAVING EVERY STATE, CITY AND TOWN SET UP A NORTH DAKOTA TYPE STATE BANK”.…
Brian Irving at Wrights2012.com:
Hidden deep on page 359 of the defense appropriations bill being written behind closed doors is the latest faux declaration of war being concocted in Washington D.C.…
IPR Note: This press release was issued last week. Troy Davis was executed tonight.
“We must not Sacrifice Fairness for Finality, Nor Ignore Perjury Enticed by Law Enforcement Officers”
“Why was the testimony of all those recanting witnesses credible enough to send a fellow human being to prison, but is not credible enough to release him now?”…
Bob Morris at Politics in the Zeros:
The Pirate Party — which is committed to freeing up the internet — came up big, garnering 9% of the vote (!)
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On September 19, Tim Quinn, an independent candidate for Mayor of Elyria, Ohio, at the November 8, 2011 election, filed a lawsuit in U.S.…