June 2, 2026
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Mike Shipley at Outright Libertarians blog:
A quick note of celebration regarding today’s #SCOTUS decision!! What a breathtaking transformation we have seen in American society since the first of us came out of the closet 40 years ago as a radical direct action, in hopes that their courage would one day have the power to normalize same-sex love to our neighbors, friends, families and coworkers.…
Political blogger Charles P. Pierce writes on the Esquire website about Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, saying she “is very smart and very committed to what she believes and an altogether honorable spokesperson for her positions, some of which I agree with and some of which I do not.”…
In a message to her campaign email list, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein invited supporters to attend the 2015 Green Party Annual National Meeting in St.…
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports on the presidential candidacy of Dennis Andrew Ball, who was in Nevada last week “attempting to qualify the American Party of America as an official party for state balloting.”…
Appearing on the Huffington Post’s HuffPost Live Friday, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was asked about the prospects for single-payer healthcare given the animosity over the Affordable Care Act.…
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A piece on Business2Community ranks announced and likely presidential candidates by governmental experience. Author Alex Greer ranks potential Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, a two-term New Mexico governor, ahead of Democrat Jim Webb and Republicans Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Rand Paul, and Donald Trump.…
The Scripps Howard Foundation Wire reports that “as of Thursday, 419 Americans seeking the presidency had filed a Form 2 statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission,” with 18 joining the race last week.…
The Constitution Party released the following in response to the Supreme Court’s decision yesterday in Obergefell v. Hodges:
The Constitution Party decries today’s Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage as an “unconstitutional decree that cannot legalize anything”, and equates it with the Dred Scott decision, which held that certain people must be recognized as chattel under the law. …
The Supreme Court struck down marriage bans today as unconstitutional, an issue the Libertarian Party has been fighting for since its inception in 1971.…