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Posts published in January 2012

Root: ‘Devastating Rebuke for Mainstream Media’

By Bruce Cohen on January 23, 2012 3:45 PM

By Wayne Allyn Root, Former Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee 

Newt Gingrich may have won South Carolina. But this wasn’t a Newt victory, as much as it was a devastating rebuke to the national media. …

Two-thirds Would Vote Third Party According to Poll

By RedPhillips on January 23, 2012 12:04 PM

From Politico. The Washington Post has the original story.

More than two-thirds of Americans would consider voting for a third-party presidential candidate, while nearly half of all voters think a third-party is needed, a new poll shows…

The most likely to support the creation a third party?

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Libertarian Presidential Nomination Candidates Debate at LP of Manhattan

By on January 22, 2012 8:32 AM

Video of yesterday’s debate among candidates for the Libertarian Presidential nomination at LP of Manhattan (h/t Bonnie S., Tom Knapp and George Phillies):

This debate is significant because it is the first one to include Gary Johnson since he has switched to the Libertarian race.…

David Cobb Takes Stance Against Corporate Personhood

By Ross Levin on January 21, 2012 10:34 AM

In an interesting article regarding the various methods by which citizens are seeking to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision and, more broadly, corporate personhood, Steven Rosenfeld at Salon.com…

Illinois Green congressional candidate joins Coalition of Imokalee Workers demonstration

By Ross Levin on January 21, 2012 10:28 AM

Green congressional candidate Laurel Lambert Schmidt will be present today at a demonstration outside of Trader Joe’s, in favor of the Coalition of Imokalee Workers‘ attempts to organize tomato pickers, as reported here:

La Grange, IL —

Activists from Near West Citizens for Peace and Justice, Third Unitarian Social Action and Fair Food Chicago will host an informational picket of the Trader Joe’s store in La Grange from noon to 1 p.m.

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