From Mark Wachtler at the Illinois Herald:
The Libertarian Party of Illinois has announced its endorsements for various 2015 local municipal elections. Two Libertarian incumbent elected officials are also up for re-election.…
From Mark Wachtler at the Illinois Herald:
The Libertarian Party of Illinois has announced its endorsements for various 2015 local municipal elections. Two Libertarian incumbent elected officials are also up for re-election.…
Various conservative and progressive sites are reporting that Sen. Bernie Sanders (Ind.-Vermont) has written to Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen, urging that the U.S. central bank provide funding for the anti-austerity policies of the new left-wing government in Greece.…
(The following was originally posted in VICE.)
by Eric Holthaus
As the 2016 presidential campaign creeps out of the gates, American politics seems to be at yet another crossroads.
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From Maggie Trowe at The Militant, newspaper of the Socialist Workers Party:
In the name of protecting the environment, opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline — which would increase the capacity to deliver tar sand oil from Alberta, Canada, and fracked oil from North Dakota to refineries and ports in Texas — turn their back on the interests of workers worldwide, especially the burning need for electrification in Asia, Africa and elsewhere.…
From Chairman Kelly Gneiting at the IAP website:
It was voted affirmatively in last night’s meeting to start an IAP Sponsored Militia. It would likely not be named the “IAP Militia” but something like “Independent American Militia.”…
From Richard Winger at Ballot Access News:
Merlin Miller has formed a new party, called the American Eagle Party. Miller had been the 2012 presidential nominee of American Third Position, which later changed its name to the American Freedom Party.…
Press release from the Libertarian Party of Alabama:
On Monday, February 9, Judge Granade’s 14 day stay of her ruling declaring Alabama’s ban on same-sex marriage will expire.…
There was quite a response to my request for opinions regarding whether vaccines should be mandatory. I was a little surprised that the opinion from almost everyone I heard from was that vaccines were tremendously important, that every child should get them, but that getting the government involved to make them mandatory wasn’t a good idea.…
From the Constitution Party website:
The Constitution Party is often asked this question: “Should the Republican Party choose a “true conservative” as its Presidential nominee, will the Constitution Party still field a Presidential candidate?”…