June 2, 2026
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Submitted to IPR via Facebook:
I believe there is a Green Party solution to John Kasich’s unemployment mess.
John Kasich likes to proclaim that the Ohio economy has turned a corner, but the state’s jobs report for November showed that Ohio lost 12,000 jobs that month and has 427,000 people currently looking for work.…
The Virginia LP is having their annual convention today in the Richmond area and the Nevada LP is having their convention in Las Vegas. I am at the Virginia convention and will provide some live coverage in the comments.…
The Farm Bill is the federal blueprint for the American food system. Due to pass into law as soon as this Friday, the bill does little to address poor nutrition, GMO and other unsustainable practices, and dangerous corporate control over the U.S.…
Minnesota Public Radio reports that Hannah Nicollet is the first candidate to seek the Independence Party nomination for U.S. Senate, in a bid to challenge freshman Senator Al Franken (Dem) who is up for re-election this year.…
Norman Thomas, six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America.
American presidential election campaigns are absurd. Absurdly expensive. Absurdly long. Absurdly structured. And absurdly narrow in the range of ideas and options offered to a nation with an absurdly low level of voter participation.…
The Green Party of Maryland proposes an immediate increase in the minimum wage – to a living wage of $15 an hour – to allow families to approach self sufficiency.…
From Ballot Access News:
Former U.S. Senator Larry Pressler is currently petitioning to get on the South Dakota ballot as an independent for U.S. Senate.
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Email from Bill Wohlsifer for Florida Attorney General:
KNOWLEDGEABLE, PRINCIPLED, READY. I need your help to get elected. Help me bring the hard conversations that have been excluded for too long into the debate on Florida’s legal affairs.…
The Libertarian Party will hold a national convention June 26-29 in Columbus, Ohio, at the Hyatt Regency. The party holds national conventions every two years.…
