June 26, 2026
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The latest video from Karl Denninger of market-ticker.org, whose commentary figures prominently in Bill Still‘s campaign for the Libertarian Party’s 2012 presidential nomination, goes after former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson (also seeking the LP’s nomination) on his campaign’s indebtedness and litigation status:
[hat tip — George Phillies]…
Chuck Baldwin was previously the Presidential and Vice Presidential nominee of the Constitution Party in 2008 and 2004 respectively. He recently moved from Florida to Montana, where he claimed people were more partial to his message of constitutionalism.…
Libertarian National Campaign Committee Chair, LNC member and former LP Vice Presidential nominee Wayne Allyn Root opines at FoxNews.com:
By Wayne Allyn Root
Did you see President Obama’s new 2013 budget?
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A fund raiser claims former New Mexico Gov. and Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson owes him more $100,000 in commissions and fees.
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In the following video, current Libertarian Vice Chair Mark Rutherford announces his candidacy for chair of the LP:
Rutherford’s campaign platform appears to have three parts: 1) get more Libertarian-minded people elected to office; 2) reorganize the party infrastructure from top to bottom to transform it into a modern political party; 3) do a better job of reaching out to voters.…
Lee Wrights participated in a debate with five other candidate for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Libertarian Party of Florida convention in Orlando.…
Writer Dan Gillmor writes in the UK newspaper The Guardian, wondering if comedian Roseanne Barr, now contending for the Green Party’s presidential nomination, will help to raise the profile of the Green Party of the United States, which struggles a great deal compared to its European counterparts. …
On VTDigger.org, Greg Guma takes a look at how people and groups ranging from outright independents to Vermont’s independent, democratic socialist, close-with-the-Progressive-Party Senator Bernie Sanders to a former Green Party candidate are playing a role in the race for Burlington mayor. …
Chuck Moulton is a former vice-chair of the Libertarian Party. He sent the following to IPR:
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Governor Johnson called me on Wednesday to ask for my support as a LP convention delegate in Las Vegas.…