June 2, 2026
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Foster Gamble, one of the heirs to the Proctor & Gamble fortune, writer, host and producer of the 2011 documentary THRIVE, and self-described “radical voluntaryist” has published a detailed essay titled, “Defining Politics: Knowing what we are talking about could save our lives” on his Thrive Movement BLOG. …
Email from Carla Howell to LP national email list:
Dear Fellow Libertarian,
Are you fed up with Big Government?
Are you worried about the future of our country?…
From Jay Field at MPBN News (local NPR affiliate):
Mike Turcotte, an adjunct ethics professor at Eastern Maine Community College, says he’s launching an independent bid to unseat Republican U.S.…
From Peter Orvetti at Green Party Watch:
Connecticut’s Torrington Register-Citizen reports that Green Party Fifth District U.S. House candidate Stephanie Piddock was among the participants in the Rally to End Hunger and Homelessness in Torrington on Saturday.…
From Richard Winger at Ballot Access News:
Texas has a unique law saying a party that is not now on the ballot, but which intends to try to get on the ballot, must notify the Secretary of State at the beginning of any election year.…
From the Reform Party of Virginia website:
In the early 1990’s the country was faced with a U.S. congress that was not acting, and a president that seemed detached from the economic hardships many Americans were experiencing.…
From the Green Party website:
The Green Party of the United States has endorsed the Global Climate March to take place in cities around the world on Sunday, Nov.…
Message from Libertarian Party Presidential candidate Steve Kerbel:
Identification badges or special registrations and databases for Muslims? Closing Mosques? Calling refugees “rabid dogs”? Denying refugees because they are not Christian?…
SPRINGFIELD — Two Libertarians seeking state office are suing the state over its prohibition on campaign contributions from the medical marijuana industry.
Claire Ball of Addison is seeking the office of state comptroller as a Libertarian Party of Illinois candidate, and Scott Schluter of Marion is running for the Legislature in the 117th Representative District under the same banner.…