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John Opdycke writes in The Fulcrum this week that some within the Democratic Party are seeking the support of independent voters to strengthen their electoral prospects in the coming years.
Opdycke cites recent efforts in Florida and New York as examples. In Florida, he references calls by state party chair Nikki Fried and others to open the state Democratic primaries to independent voters. Meanwhile, in New York, some Democratic candidates have been actively targeting independents, urging them to change their registrations to participate in the party’s primary. Opdycke’s article also highlights remarks from Rahm Emanuel to podcaster Ezra Klein, in which he describes independents as a “gold mine.”
Link: https://thefulcrum.us/bridging-common-ground/independent-voters-potential-power
@Roman-wannabibi-Shukhevich, the valor stealing, banderite nazi; the boastfully self-proclaimed pedophile and zoophile; the idolizer and threatener of rape and torture; and the idolator who previously claimed to worship some false god called “Perun”, but now has decided to pretend – very unconvincingly – to be both a Arabic muslim woman and her son, yet who does not even know that “habibi” is in the masculine form…
Gr8 b8 m8 I r8 8/8
Unfortunately for you, lies, projections and wishful thinking, do not the basis of objective reality make… U+1F60F
But keep digging instead of reading and learning, I’m sure it will work out for you some day /s
Not that I trust a word out of Bezos’s mouth, but those are some rather nice sounds he’s making. Especially the bit about getting rid of that snake Shippley.
It has nothing to do with turning the WaPo’s opinion section into a libertarian mouthpiece nor with muffling opposing viewpoints – two thing which are already at odds with one another – it is merely a businessman seeing the writing on the wall for woke bullshit and hoping to save some of his assets. And who can blame him?
https://notthebee.com/article/whoa-jeff-bezos-tells-washington-post-staff-that-paper-will-focus-on-defending-personal-liberties-and-free-markets
So Jordan, what did you have against the message earlier today which was not approved? It was uniquely posted in this discussion. Meanwhile, the lying, projecting troll baby girl Nuna has posted another dozen pages of copypasted lies, projections, unhinged and unfounded allegations, etc that not even one person will read.
Jeff Bezos, who at least once donated to Reason, has apparently decided to turn the Washington Post opinion section into a libertarian mouthpiece and to muffle opposing viewpoints.
https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/1894757287052362088
I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning:
I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages.
We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others.
There was a time when a newspaper, especially one that was a local monopoly, might have seen it as a service to bring to the reader’s doorstep every morning a broad-based opinion section that sought to cover all views. Today, the internet does that job.
I am of America and for America, and proud to be so. Our country did not get here by being typical. And a big part of America’s success has been freedom in the economic realm and everywhere else. Freedom is ethical — it minimizes coercion — and practical — it drives creativity, invention, and prosperity.
I offered David Shipley, whom I greatly admire, the opportunity to lead this new chapter. I suggested to him that if the answer wasn’t “hell yes,” then it had to be “no.” After careful consideration, David decided to step away. This is a significant shift, it won’t be easy, and it will require 100% commitment — I respect his decision. We’ll be searching for a new Opinion Editor to own this new direction.
I’m confident that free markets and personal liberties are right for America. I also believe these viewpoints are underserved in the current market of ideas and news opinion. I’m excited for us together to fill that void.
“your IP address was flagged as associated with multiple instances of comment spam,”
“I always use a VPN […] it’s quite logical that spammers use them for reasons of their own, and that therefore I am on a spam moderation list”
“Posting the same message several times in rapid succession is how you were flagged as spam by the site’s security system the first time.”
‘Things that make you go Hmmm…’
I’m shocked – shocked, I tell you! – that the troll lazily spamming the same copy-pastas over and over again from behind a VPN then getting upset that they get flagged, still hasn’t learnt anything…
“please remove the comments baby girl Nuna makes which are copies of what she posted in another discussion or in the same discussion. She does this all the time”
And again the bandera nazi calls for censorship.
Despite having countless of its own identical comments placed and visible right now…
As I said before – in this very thread – my keyboard also has CTRL, C and V buttons.
So as long as you continue trolling, I will continue calling out your bait.
As long as you continue lying, I will continue debunking your lies.
As long as you continue attacking, I will continue defending.
As long as you continue spinning up sock puppets, I will continue exposing you
As long as you continue playing your stupid little games, I will continue letting you win stupid prizes.
As long as you continue fucking around, I will continue letting you find out.
And since you are so lazy as to just endlessly spam the same copy-pastas, I see no reason to put in any more effort in shining disinfectant sunlight on you.
“I only ask, once again, that they be applied equally.”
You don’t though. You ask that you be allowed to continue your bullshit, while I be silenced from shining a light on it.
I’m merely responding to your spam appropriately: calling out your trolling, debunking your lies, exposing your sock puppetry.
It’s not my fault that spamming is all you ever do. Not once have you made any attempt to contribute to any conversation. You only ever endlessly spam the same tired old copy-pasted trolling and lies and attacks, over and over again.
Countless instances of your lazy copy-pasted spam have been approved and are currently visible, yet here you are bitching and moaning and crying and whining about me also being allowed to speak.
Perhaps you shouldn’t have started out on IPR with spamming the same off-topic copy-pasta comparing me to an animal as you did on BAN – especially given your history of bestiality, which you were all to happy to “drunkenly” boast about on BAN when threatening me and my loved ones with rape and torture. But you did.
Perhaps you should have tried to even once genuinely add something to any thread on IPR, instead of using your every comment to attack and troll. But you STILL haven’t.
Perhaps given your “drunk” boasting on BAN of raping children – not to mention threatening to rape and torture myself and my family – you shouldn’t be doubling down on continuing to call me an infant right now. Yet you STILL do.
And now, despite having been allowed to do all of that again and again and again, here you are complaining that you haven’t been allowed to do so as much as you wanted…
If all the privilege you have been shown and are being shown in terms of two tier speech policing already, still isn’t enough for you, then just fuck off back to your master and father satan, banderovka, back to hell where you belong!
After all, your current sock puppet claims to not even be American or to know English. (Didn’t think that through very well when you chose this victim card, did you, Romashka?)
So what is your excuse for being here? Because it’s clearly not to contribute anything besides endless trolling, lying, attacking, insulting, demanding I not be allowed to call you out, and spamming the same copy-pastas time and time again.
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“I’m not going to force readers to be nice to each other (though I’ll always ask for it)”
I appreciate that, Jordan, I really do. I understand what an obnoxious major nuisance this must be for you, given that it’s already a persistent minor nuisance for readers who don’t have responsibility for IPR. My bleeding heart goes out to you; and I really do try to stick to my best understanding of IPR’s civility policy, so long as others do the same towards me. But, as I explained to X, I will not, should not, ought not, may not and cannot let a nazi and a satanist, a self-proclaimed pedophile and zoophile get away with stealing valor from my loved ones, and threatening to rape and torture those their “heroyam” have not killed or murdered.
Romashka isn’t a reader. He’s readily brags as much himself: “Of course, I did not read”. And for once I believe he is telling the truth, because if he did bother to read, then surely he would have adapted his misbehavior by now: he would have learnt to actually contribute something to discussions, he would have learnt not to get flagged as a spam bot, he would have learnt how to more successfully pull off a false identity, et cetera ad nauseam. But he hasn’t learnt anything, so clearly he is not a reader – he isn’t even a human being.
So you’ll approve it if I don’t post it at the same time? I can wait, but I’d like to post in every discussion where she makes her unfounded charges, to demonstrate ever more conclusively that no one agrees with her about those bizarre allegations, and most likely no one is even reading her non-stop lies and projections. She may act impervious to shame, but I think it’s just an act.
George Phillies reports on Third Party Watch that the National Party Judicial Committee voted 5-2 to sustain the Libertarian National Committee’s decision in Kosin v. LNC. For those in need of a refresher, here is a liveblog from the JC meeting held earlier this month.
According to the JC’s Michael Seebeck, opinions will be published in the future.
Hi, Habibi’s Mom. Please don’t do that. Posting the same message several times in rapid succession is how you were flagged as spam by the site’s security system the first time. That won’t change.
I’m not going to force readers to be nice to each other (though I’ll always ask for it), nor will I deny that others have posted the same content multiple times. However, the key difference is that they either did so within the context of a broader post or spaced the posts out, rather than posting the same things in quick succession.
Jordan, I am intentionally trying to post a message in different discussions to give readers who aren’t necessarily reading other discussions an opportunity to come forward, not be shy, and tell us whether they read baby girl Nuna’s overly long and repetitive comments, and if so , whether they agree with her unfounded accusations, and to explain what evidence causes them to do so.
If you’re not going to approve these because they are “duplicates,” please remove the comments baby girl Nuna makes which are copies of what she posted in another discussion or in the same discussion. She does this all the time.
My preference is that you approve all my messages, but whatever rules you make are fine – I only ask, once again, that they be applied equally.
Trump appoints FBI critic Dan Bongino as FBI deputy directory, now FBI director Kash Patel saddled with additional responsibility as acting chief of ATF
https://x.com/dbongino/status/1893839865864745168
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/02/23/bongino_to_join_patel_at_fbi_as_deputy_director_152411.html
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Thieving circus clowns outraged that Musk asked them ‘What exactly would you say that it is you do here?’, can’t even be bothered to make something up.
https://x.com/ElonAlertsX/status/1893507690858430783
https://x.com/MZHemingway/status/1893480254267637906
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1893507929493643451
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@Roman-wannabibi-Shukhevich, the valor stealing, banderite nazi; the boastfully self-proclaimed pedophile and zoophile; the idolizer and threatener of rape and torture; and the idolator who previously claimed to worship some false god called “Perun”, but now has decided to pretend – very unconvincingly – to be both a Arabic muslim woman and her son, yet who does not even know that “habibi” is in the masculine form…
Gr8 b8 m8 I r8 8/8
More squawking and screeching from baby girl Nuna that most likely not even one person will read. If anyone does read it, please speak up. And please let the rest of us know if or when she ever says anything new.
In the even less likely event that someone not only reads it but finds it convincing, please make sure to speak up, don’t be shy. Please explain in your own words, hopefully more concisely and using only standard English words and no cryptic codes, what the so called evidence is for her bizarre, delusional allegations.
“the real solution is one that requires Norway to get off its oily butt and actually contribute something to the cause of world peace besides empty words. There is a section of Antarctic coast formerly called New Swabia […] This is the ideal place to dump all the obstreperous Gazans and their death cult. […] Harsh? Perhaps, but what have the inhabitants of Gaza done to deserve better? Why should the peaceful Arabs of Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon be saddled with the duty of housing these genocidal nutbags? No, let us install them in a land where they can harm nobody but themselves, until such time as they decide to start acting like peaceful, productive human beings again.”
https://theothermccain.com/2025/02/19/the-future-of-gaza-is-neu-schwabenland/
Holy based, Batman!
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The most (only?) libertarian senator is DOGE-ing around good, per center-left news outlet Breitbart, echoes Dugin’s theory on “the necessary rotation of the elites”
On Trump appointments:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/20/i-was-wrong-withhold-rand-paul-praises-trump-and-cabinet-offers-admittedly-little-tardy-endorsement/
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2025/02/19/exclusive-sen-rand-paul-cannot-support-trump-nominee-lori-chavez-deremer-if-she-still-favors-pro-act/
On theft and waste:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/21/senate-reject-rand-pauls-amendment-to-cut-1-5-trillion/
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2025/02/21/exclusive-rand-paul-explains-what-must-be-done-to-make-doge-discoveries-stick/
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2025/02/21/exclusive-sen-rand-paul-on-federal-employee-cuts-were-moving-them-from-the-non-productive-sector-of-the-economy-to-the-productive-sector/
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Josh Hawley’s mask slips revealing the ugly dishonesty and banderophilia beneath:
https://x.com/DailyCaller/status/1892253171000529188
The Republican senator from Missouri whose name has been floated as one of the less repugnant possible 2028 presidential candidates, showed his dark side when approached by leftist news outlet Daily Caller, falsely stating that calling nazi dictator Zelensky “a dictator” goes too far and that president Putin “is the dictator”, despite having won free and fair election time and again and remaining extremely popular both at home and abroad.
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Pseudo-libertarian congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) and others praise Vance, Trump realpolitik regarding Christian Russia, nazi “ukraine”:
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2025/02/20/jd-vance-post-on-ukraine-n2185793
Vice-president JD Vance got into a dick measuring contest about who could shill the hardest for giving nazi “ukraine” a chance to rearm and prepare its next round of genocide, persecution and terrorism. Disappointingly – though not entirely suprisingly – Massie took this opportunity to laud the new administration’s pragmatism in putting America First, convenient ignoring the US’ role in propping up the nazi dictatorship and the enormous damages and reparations which the US consequently owes Russia.
@X
I always do. But when you get some pedophile, zoophile, nazi and satanist spinning up more sock-puppets to threaten and harass you, like big mouth-little brain Roman-wannabibi-Shukhevich here, then exposing it becomes a necessary public service, a civic duty and a moral obligation.
I appreciate that it’s a minor nuisance to everyone who is already aware of what they are, but unfortunately that is just the price this God damned piece of shit extorts from you.
It’s not going to stop of its own accord. Jordan might be able to stop it in theory, since it seems far too lazy and stupid to pull off a believable false identity, but that would be setting a poor precedent in terms of freedom of speech. And sunlight is the best disinfectant, so it must continue to have a sunlight shone on it.
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@Roman-wannabibi-Shukhevich, the valor stealing, banderite nazi; the boastfully self-proclaimed pedophile and zoophile; the idolizer and threatener of rape and torture; and the idolator who previously claimed to worship some false god called “Perun”, but now has decided to pretend – very unconvincingly – to be both a Arabic muslim woman and her son, yet who does not even know that “habibi” is in the masculine form…
“Of course, I did not read”
No, you never do. That is one of the reasons you put up such an unconvincing feigned ignorance.
“the overly long repetitive squawking”
You’re one to squawk U+1F602
“baby girl Nuna”
The self-professed child-rapist, who previously threatened to rape and torture me and my family, and who is now pretending that child-rape is part of its religion, is calling me a “baby girl”… How very telling.
“I doubt anyone else did either.”
Who cares what you pretend to doubt or not doubt, banderovich. As I said before, this isn’t about you. “Anyone else” has the option and possibility to do so thanks to me: something which you are very keen on not allowing them to have… U+1F60F
https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2024/12/libertarian-party-of-california-chair-responds-to-judicial-committee-ruling-on-convention-postponement/#comments
https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2025/01/lnc-chair-announces-inauguration-celebration-in-d-c/#comments
https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2025/01/prohibition-party-of-new-york-launches-alcohol-and-cancer-awareness-initiative/#comment-2743454
“You’re right, but she attacked my son. That’s what I couldn’t tolerate.”
You don’t have a son, Romashka, anymore than you have a daughter, or a wife name “Yuliya”, or friends in Luhansk who agree with your lies.
What you can’t tolerate, is your own laziness and incompetence regarding your sock-puppets that makes it so easy for me to expose you, call out your vile misbehavior, and debunk your lies.
“George Phillies kept first approving and then removing my comments.”
First Jordan and now Prof. Phillies. You sure do have a knack of picking targets for your ire while thrashing around in blind rage…
Okay then, let’s have Phillies weigh in on whether and, if so, why he allegedly approved and subsequently removed your filthy spam.
“I also don’t like how she tries constantly to shout down every other viewpoint with her shrill, hysterical, unhinged, know nothing “know it all” screeching, squawking, hissing, nipping at heels, and her vile file mouthed slurs which she dispenses in all directions all the time […] having such toxic waste products flung at them by baby girl Nuna in her pathetic attempt to monopolize attention and dominate a forum in lieu of having the respect she hasn’t earned or indeed anyone taking her seriously in the real world.”
My, my, my – that’s quite some projection yet again, coming from you, banderovka.
Why is it again that you still haven’t managed to ever contribute anything to any thread here, besides blatant trolling, these hilariously impotent attacks, insults, lies and projections, and now bitching, whining, moaning and crying about how I need to be silenced?
What is your excuse for being here again, since your current sock-puppet claims to not even be American or to know English?
U+1F60F
Foul, not file mouthed.
You’re right, but she attacked my son. That’s what I couldn’t tolerate. If you have children you understand. I was going to let it go, but then Stewart Flood claimed all posts are unmoderated here, and George Phillies kept first approving and then removing my comments.
I also don’t like how she tries constantly to shout down every other viewpoint with her shrill, hysterical, unhinged, know nothing “know it all” screeching, squawking, hissing, nipping at heels, and her vile file mouthed slurs which she dispenses in all directions all the time.
I’d be surprised if there aren’t other people who choose to say nothing rather than having such toxic waste products flung at them by baby girl Nuna in her pathetic attempt to monopolize attention and dominate a forum in lieu of having the respect she hasn’t earned or indeed anyone taking her seriously in the real world.
Consider not responding.
* which did not happen both of the prior times .
I’m not sure what happened. Some of the time it says they are awaiting moderation, so I assume you will see them. This happened in the thread where you finally did approve my third attempt to reply again both of the prior times , so I assumed you rejected my submissions.
At other times it simply reloaded the page without any indication that I submitted anything , so those times I submitted again with minor variations such as adding extra periods at the end and changing my “email address” until it would say awaiting moderation.
Interesting. I only saw one come through on our side, and it was one you submitted twice, likely because it didn’t post the first time (I assume). I did check the site’s spam folder, which is currently full of several duplicate posts from other users made in the last 24 hours, but none of them were yours.
It appears 1 of 2 were approved on this second round. ..
Of course, I did not read the overly long repetitive squawking by baby girl Nuna this time either. I doubt anyone else did either. But I did follow her links to attempt another reply in the two discussions she keeps linking as “proof,” where in fact she so also offered no evidence but just kept repeating the same delusional lies and projections over and over. My initial replies to her most recent comments in those two discussions were not approved.
Nora Dimitrova Clinton published two excellent articles this past week.
One about the history of nazi “palestine” – or rather the lack thereof:
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/02/the-myth-of-palestine-language-manipulation-and-historical-fabrication/
Another about national socialism, international socialism and global socialism:
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/02/choosing-america-first-and-saving-the-west-principled-patriotism-versus-totalitarian-socialism/
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How to start recouping the $370 billion missing tax dollars sunk into nazi “ukraine”:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/02/trump-and-ukraine-what-is-going-on.php
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Cleaning up Cascadia:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/movement-merge-parts-oregon-greater-idaho-just-took/
“anytime I mentioned that I think baby girl (Nuna) is mentally ill, crazy, delusional, hears voices, needs professional help etc. The comments would not show up. […] I’ve also noticed that comments where I mentioned that she hisses, screeches and squawks like an aggressive young female parrot were not approved either.”
Except that those comments, which only further serve to confirm your identity, banderovich, were repeatedly approved and have been placed and are currently still visible, as you can easily verify for yourself right now; so that clearly isn’t ignorance but just more dishonesty on your part.
“she now spams relentlessly to claim she has posted evidence of her unfounded and ridiculous claims”
The only one spamming is you, Roman-wannabibi-Shukhevich, the valor stealing, banderite nazi; the boastfully self-proclaimed pedophile and zoophile; the idolizer and threatener of rape and torture; and the idolator who previously claimed to worship some false god called “Perun”, but now has decided to pretend – very unconvincingly – to be both a Arabic muslim woman and her son, yet who does not even know that “habibi” is in the masculine form.
I’m merely responding to your spam appropriately: calling out your trolling, debunking your lies, exposing your sock puppetry.
It’s not my fault that spamming is all you ever do. Not once have you made any attempt to contribute to any conversation. You only ever endlessly spam the same tired old copy-pasted trolling and lies and attacks, over and over again. But guess what: endlessly telling the same lie doesn’t magically make it become true.
Though in all fairness to you, you have now finally managed to add to your worn-out routine incessant whining and moaning and bitching about how you should be allowed to spam and troll without limit or restriction, but I should be silenced from responding appropriately; so *golf clap* for you. U+1F60F
Perhaps you shouldn’t have started out on IPR with spamming the same off-topic copy-pasta comparing me to an animal as you did on BAN – especially given your history of bestiality, which you were all to happy to “drunkenly” boast about on BAN when threatening me and my loved ones with rape and torture. But you did.
Perhaps you should have tried to even once genuinely add something to any thread on IPR, instead of using your every comment to attack and troll. But you haven’t.
Perhaps given your “drunk” boasting on BAN of raping children and animals – not to mention threatening to rape and torture myself and my family – you shouldn’t be doubling down on continuing to call me both an animal and an infant right. Yet you do.
And now, despite having been allowed to do all of that repeatedly, here you are complaining that you haven’t been allowed to do so enough.
If all the privilege you have been shown in terms of two tier speech policing, isn’t enough for you, then just fuck off back to your master and father satan, banderovka, back to hell where you belong.
After all, your current sock puppet claims to not even be American or to know English. (Didn’t think that through very well when you chose this victim card, did you, Romashka?)
So what is your excuse for being here? Because it’s clearly not to contribute anything besides endless trolling, lying, attacking, insulting, demanding I not be allowed to call you out, and spamming the same copy-pastas time and time again.
Hi Jordan.
I don’t remember precisely the last time it happened, but I noticed a distinct pattern that anytime I mentioned that I think baby girl (Nuna) is mentally ill, crazy, delusional, hears voices, needs professional help etc. The comments would not show up. For example, this happened in my final replies in the two discussions links to which which she now spams relentlessly to claim she has posted evidence of her unfounded and ridiculous claims, when in fact she did no such thing there either, or that people agreed with her – something else there has never been any evidence of.
I’ve also noticed that comments where I mentioned that she hisses, screeches and squawks like an aggressive young female parrot were not approved either. This happened a number of times. I’ll take you at your word and see if this time and going forward things will be different.
And now, to get back on topic – in so far as the monthly open thread can be said to have one, at least – I believe the outline goes something like ‘sharing news articles relevant to IPR’s focus’.
JD Vance made all the right noises in Munich:
https://ace.mu.nu/archives/413676.php
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/jd-vance-exposed-european-elites-anti-democratic-hypocrisy-in-his-bombshell-munich-speech/
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/jd-vance-calls-out-crazy-british-arrests-of-pro-lifers-silently-praying-near-abortion-centers/
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/fact-checking-jd-vance-yes-the-scottish-govt-has-criminalized-praying-at-home/
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-lifer-arrested-in-uk-for-praying-thanks-jd-vance-for-exposing-corrupt-uk-authorities/
https://notthebee.com/article/watch-jd-vance-scorch-the-earth-at-the-munich-security-conference-blasting-european-countries-for-free-speech-violations
So naturally Nazi Germany and the rest of the European Union of Soviet Socialist Republics are having kittens about it.
Meanwhile Trump appears to be having a slap fight with the MSM, which is more than justified despite the silly pretext being used:
https://x.com/Taylor47/status/1890453490398326919
https://x.com/SteveGuest/status/1890462398294688213
That didn’t stop him from also giving a valentines gift to libertarians though – and honestly to everyone else as well:
https://notthebee.com/article/breaking-trump-orders-mass-firings-of-irs-agents-on-valentines-day
And even Jon Stewart is now following the Green Party onto the bandwagon of calling out to a limited extent the Democrats existential hypocrisy:
https://notthebee.com/article/jon-stewart-tells-jen-psaki-its-astounding-how-undemocratic-the-democratic-party-can-be
A bunch of schismatics, heretics and apostates pretending to be church leaders, are keen to virtue signal their commitment to ensuring the persecution and suffering of Christians continues:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/christian-leaders-in-the-holy-land-rebuke-trumps-plan-to-relocate-palestinians/
Meanwhile in more serious international relations, following Trump’s phone call with Putin:
– Hungarian foreign minister Peter Szijjarto praised Trump as the first western leader outside of Hungary who is interested in promoting peace in “ukraine” (per RIA Novosti). Seems awfully unfair to poor Robert Fico, if you ask me.
– President Lukashenko of Belarus has thanked Elon Musk for exposing how USAID financed both “left-liberal foreign insurgents” in Eastern Europe and “islamist terrorists” in the Middle-East (per Financial Times).
– Nazi TV-clown and drug-addict Zelensky made a spectacle of himself in Munich, showing all the signs of being under the influence of hallucinogens. He kept having bouts of spasms and losing control of his voice. He claimed Russia was a NATO member, and that thanks to Trump Putin now controls all of NATO. He also stated that the “ukrainian” people have no desire to hold elections and these are being forced on them by Putin and Trump. Expect more terror attacks such as the one on Chernobyl’s dome as long as he remains in power (per Tsargrad).
– Finland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia plan to launch naval invasion of Kaliningrad and drag NATO into open war with Russia, if US ends support for nazi “ukraine” (per Politico).
“I personally deleted some of your comments when you first began posting here after our spam checker flagged you for spam posting (assuming you were a bot).”
When was that? And what changed? Because Roman’s spammed copy-pastas repeated were placed and remain visible to this day.
E.g. https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2024/12/libertarian-party-of-california-chair-responds-to-judicial-committee-ruling-on-convention-postponement/#comments
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“The board is anti free speech, that’s for sure.”
The board consists of chair Whitney Bilyeu, vice-chair Mark Barfield, treasurer Zach Dumont, secretary Brett Bittner, George Phillies, Ford Fisher and Dusty Wilson.
Since engaging “in verbal attacks against the owner or administrative staff” carries significantly stronger penalties than failing to “maintain a civil tone and show respect toward each other while discussing topics” or “the use of abusive language, targeting individuals for their immutable characteristics, or resorting to name-calling”, I will refrain from opining on various board members’ track-records regarding free speech – pending their changes to current policy, at least.
However, I’m sure that those who recognize certain of the names of above – as well as those who don’t but are willing to do a bit of research – will come to the conclusion that Jordan’s relatively relaxed approach so far, will (have) be(en) more libertarian than anything likely to come out of this board’s policy review…
“When baby girl repeats her lies it doesn’t magically make them true.”
Indeed, Romashka. You are no baby – rather, by your own word for what little that is worth, you are a baby-fucker – and no girl, but you do endlessly and futilely repeat the same lies over and over and over again. And they aren’t going to magically become true just because you copy-paste them ad infinitum.
You already slipped up and gave yourself away several times. Your lies really are just an exercise in futility. But by all means keep digging your way into hell, you get there soon enough regardless U+1F60F
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“She still has no shred of evidence for her unfounded accusations.”
There’s one of those endlessly and futilely repeatedly lies right now. We’ve been over this time and time again, banderovich. There is nothing “unfounded”.
See for example:
https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2024/12/libertarian-party-of-california-chair-responds-to-judicial-committee-ruling-on-convention-postponement/#comments
and
https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2025/01/lnc-chair-announces-inauguration-celebration-in-d-c/#comments
If you didn’t want the filth you spewed, and threatened, and boasted about, to come back to bite you, then perhaps you shouldn’t have spewed it in the first place. Because unfortunately for you, actions have consequences.
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“Please either allow me to respond to her as freely as she is allowed to speak to me”
You already do, and much more freely. You have not once ever contributed anything other than trolling and lying and attacks to IPR. Not once! If I were to behave even a fraction as disgracefully and unconstructively as you do, my comments would never be approved, or if they somehow got through, would be taken down immediately.
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“retroactively apply the same civility standards to her comments after they are posted as are applied to mine before.”
And again the bandera nazi calls for censorship… I’m shocked – shocked I tell you!
I know for a fact which of my comments have not been approved and which have been deleted after being placed. And I know what was in them and how civil they were. Yet I have not seen any evidence of your vile filth not getting place or getting removed. Only your incessant whining and moaning and bitching, claiming so. And given your incessant lying and sock puppetry, by now your claims aren’t worth any more than your soul.
If all the privilege you have been shown in terms of two tier policing, isn’t enough for you, then just fuck off back to hell! U+1F60F After all, your current sockpuppet claims to not even be American or to know English. (Didn’t think that through very well, did you?) So what is your excuse for being here? It’s certainly not to contribute anything to any conversation, otherwise you would have seen fit to do so by now.
No, Roman-wannabe-Shukhevich the valor-stealing, banderite, pedophile, zoophile, rape and torture idolizing “Perun” idolator. Your New Year’s Eve spam immediately made it abundantly clear who you are and why you are here: https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2024/12/libertarian-party-of-california-chair-responds-to-judicial-committee-ruling-on-convention-postponement/#comments
And you haven’t stopped making it clear ever since then. U+1F60F
Perhaps, you should not have started out by spamming the same off-topic copy-pasta comparing me to an animal as you did on BAN – especially given your history of bestiality, which you were all to happy to “drunkenly” boast about on BAN when threatening me and my loved ones with rape and torture.
Perhaps you should not have committed to this stupid feigned ignorance bit, while constantly asking disingenuous questions in very obvious attempts at trolling – all you ever do on IPR is post bait which I consistently point out.
Perhaps you should have tried to even once genuinely add something to any conversation, instead of using your every post to attack and troll.
But instead, you chose to just keep doubling down on your stupid new Arabs who don’t know Arabic shtick. Just like on BAN you kept doubling down on your stupid old “veteran” from Luhansk who doesn’t know Russian shtick. It really is pathetic.
The board is anti free speech, that’s for sure.
Hi, Habibi’s Mom. I’m sorry, but I don’t have an answer for you. Do you recall when this last happened? I personally deleted some of your comments when you first began posting here after our spam checker flagged you for spam posting (assuming you were a bot). I’ve also removed obvious duplicate comments. Beyond that, I’m not sure what you mean. I don’t have anything associated with you in our deletion folder, and there are several older comments of yours from early January in our automatic spam filter, some of which appear to be duplicates.
Additionally, as a general housekeeping update for all readers, the OMF Board is aware of the situation and is reviewing the current policy. As I’ve mentioned before, this isn’t the first time they’ve been asked about IPR’s commenting policy by readers. I know they met this week and discussed it, but I don’t have much more information beyond that.
When baby girl repeats her lies it doesn’t magically make them true. She still has no shred of evidence for her unfounded accusations. My question to Jordan remains,
why are some of my comments never approved even retroactively, or taken down even after approval?
Please either allow me to respond to her as freely as she is allowed to speak to me, or else at least retroactively apply the same civility standards to her comments after they are posted as are applied to mine before.
Nice copy-pasta, Roman-wannabibi-Shukhevich, unfortunately for you, my keyboard also has CTRL, C and V buttons U+1F60F
There is nothing “unfounded”. We’ve been over this time and time again, banderovich.
See for example:
https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2024/12/libertarian-party-of-california-chair-responds-to-judicial-committee-ruling-on-convention-postponement/#comments
and
https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2025/01/lnc-chair-announces-inauguration-celebration-in-d-c/#comments
If you didn’t want the filth you spewed, and threatened, and boasted about, to come back to bite you, then perhaps you shouldn’t have spewed it in the first place. But you did.
Perhaps, you should not have started out by spamming the same off-topic copy-pasta comparing me to an animal as you did on BAN – especially given your history of bestiality, which you were all to happy to “drunkenly” boast about on BAN when threatening me and my loved ones with rape and torture. But you did.
Perhaps you should not have committed to this stupid feigned ignorance bit, while constantly asking disingenuous questions in very obvious attempts at trolling – all you ever do on IPR is post bait which I consistently point out. But you did.
Perhaps you should have tried to even once genuinely add something to any conversation, instead of using your every post to attack and troll. But you haven’t. And probably never will. Are you even capable of such discipline? It seems not.
No. Instead you just keep doubling down on your stupid new Arabs who don’t know Arabic shtick. Just like on BAN you kept doubling down on your stupid old “veteran” from Luhansk who doesn’t know Russian shtick. Pathetic!
I think I am not allowed to say why I suspect baby girl would think I or anyone else would read all of that, based on past experience with what is and isn’t approved here. If anyone does read it, however, please let me know if she said anything new. Otherwise, I assume it’s just more of her endless repetition of nonstop unfounded accusations, lies, projection, and vicious name calling.
“I submitted the following to third party watch. […] Subsequent to repeatedly removing and or not approving my comments for referencing IPR, you approve yet another comment by someone else which does the same.”
Ah. I’ve never posted on TPW, yet you’ve been also been trying on your pathetic little games there then? Nice to see Phillies apparently also has the measure of you and your trolling.
“It’s essential for me to do so because I live in a nation where freedom of speech is limited and regime change has happened, and may happen again.”
No, Roman-wannabibi-Shukhevich, the reason is because you are a banderite keyboard warrior hiding abroad, but you see which way the wind is blowing and you’re scared that you might eventually be held accountable for your crimes.
“There is no way to predict which public comments could lead to what consequences when, therefore my privacy is important and my comments can never be associated with an identifiable name, email address or IP address.”
Well hopefully the consequences will be that you and all your little buddies are extradited to Russia, either ordinarily or extraordinarily, to stand trial by a special tribunal. That is certainly my hope in collecting and forwarding as much information about you as I can to the appropriate siloviki.
“Is it because I am a woman? An Arab? A Muslimah?”
Immediately attempting to play all the victim cards you don’t have, Romashka? A woman who threatens and boasts about raping children and animals? An Arab who doesn’t know “habibi” is in the masculine form? A muslim who worships “Perun”? No, banderovich, you are just a nazi just as pathetic at playing victim as you are at every other shtick you’ve tried on. U+1F60F
“please also convey my hopes that they do not overreact by banning anyone or making moderation universal for everyone. I am not in favor of any of that, and I apologize for adding to your workload and or inadvertently creating any impression that I favor such overreaching resolutions”
Oh-ho-ho. Look at the disingenuous backpedaling and ingratiating, after I sincerely commended Jordan and Mr Winger on their commitment to free speech.
Save it, banderovka, you are only humiliating yourself still further. As I said before, Jordan is no fool – and that’s not insincere flattery but a statement of my conviction. Crawling and toadying won’t get you nor me nor anyone else here on IPR, anywhere with Jordan. So drop the slime.
“it’s quite logical that spammers use them for reasons of their own, and that therefore I am on a spam moderation list ”
‘Thou sayest it.’ Matthew 27:11 Mark 15:2 Luke 23:3 John 18:37
“3/3 no moderation. Is HM also using proton? The three countries that popped up for me were Poland, Romania, and Japan, all three of which were on her list. Coincidence?”
Definitely not coincidence, no. Nor is the fact that you had no issue with comments being placed straight away, but Roman did.
3 tests, not 3 years. How do I turn off Google automangle?
3/3 no moderation. Is HM also using proton? The three countries that popped up for me were Poland, Romania, and Japan, all three of which were on her list. Coincidence?
One last test from yet a third VPN IP, all three servers being in different countries. After this proton VPN says I need to wait 20 minutes before switching servers again, but 3 years should be sufficient. Will this comment be held up?
It appeared without delay. Testing again from a different server. What about this one?
I sometimes post using a vpn and sometimes not. My posts generally appear without delay either way. Testing VPN: will this comment be held for moderation?
Lastly for now, Jordan, if you are communicating about this issue with your board, please also convey my hopes that they do not overreact by banning anyone or making moderation universal for everyone. I am not in favor of any of that, and I apologize for adding to your workload and or inadvertently creating any impression that I favor such overreaching resolutions, or if my bringing the issue to question leads to them.
And lastly in case anyone reading does not understand how VPNs work, my comments are randomly assigned to any of their bank of IP Addresses, which can be from any of a number of countries – the ones I remember are Japan, the US, Netherlands, Poland, and Romania, none of which I have ever even visited. Those same exact IPs are assigned to anyone from anywhere in the world posting anything anywhere for any reason, so it’s quite logical that spammers use them for reasons of their own, and that therefore I am on a spam moderation list not because of anything I or anyone I know ever did but because of things people I don’t know and have never met in countries I’ve never been to have done using those same exact IP addresses through VPN network’s.
I submitted the following to third party watch. Past experience there has given me no confidence that it will be either approved there or left up if approved, so hopefully it will be approved here:
Subsequent to repeatedly removing and or not approving my comments for referencing IPR, you approve yet another comment by someone else which does the same. Why this double standards? I have no problem with rules or moderation. I have no problems with lack of moderation. What I have a problem with is a) double standards b) lack of clarity or explanation c) misinformation which is left up and not allowed to be corrected.
Jordan resolved my issue by explaining that my comments are moderated because I use a virtual privacy network. It’s essential for me to do so because I live in a nation where freedom of speech is limited and regime change has happened, and may happen again. There is no way to predict which public comments could lead to what consequences when, therefore my privacy is important and my comments can never be associated with an identifiable name, email address or IP address.
Please explain why you keep approving and then disapproving my comments (when you approve them at all). It can’t be because I mentioned IPR, since other people are talking about IPR. Is it because I am a woman? An Arab? A Muslimah? Not American? Some other reason? Please explain.
I think I am not allowed to say why I suspect baby girl would think I or anyone else would read all of that, based on past experience with what is and isn’t approved here. If anyone does read it, however, please let me know if she said anything new. Otherwise, I assume it’s just more of her endless repetition of nonstop unfounded accusations and vicious name calling.
Speaking of which, Jordan, I understand if the reason my comments are moderated is because I use a VPN, but why are some of my comments never approved even retroactively, or taken down even after approval? Please either allow me to respond to her as freely as she is allowed to speak to me, or else at least retroactively apply the same civility standards to her comments after they are posted as are applied to mine before.
Oh look who’s bitching and moaning again? It’s Roman-wannabibi-Shukhevich, the valor stealing, banderite nazi; the boastfully self-proclaimed pedophile and zoophile; the idolizer and threatener of rape and torture; and the idolator who previously claimed to worship some false god called “Perun”, but now has decided to pretend – very unconvincingly – to be both a Arabic muslim woman and her son, yet who does not even know that “habibi” is in the masculine form…
There is nothing “unfounded”. We’ve been over this time and time again, banderovich.
See for example:
https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2024/12/libertarian-party-of-california-chair-responds-to-judicial-committee-ruling-on-convention-postponement/#comments
and
https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2025/01/lnc-chair-announces-inauguration-celebration-in-d-c/#comments
If you didn’t want the filth you spewed, and threatened, and boasted about, to come back to bite you, then perhaps you shouldn’t have spewed it in the first place. But you did.
Perhaps, you should not have started out by spamming the same off-topic copy-pasta comparing me to an animal as you did on BAN – especially given your history of bestiality, which you were all to happy to “drunkenly” boast about on BAN when threatening me and my loved ones with rape and torture. But you did.
Perhaps you should not have committed to this stupid feigned ignorance bit, while constantly asking disingenuous questions in very obvious attempts at trolling – all you ever do on IPR is post bait which I consistently point out. But you did.
Perhaps you should have tried to even once genuinely add something to any conversation, instead of using your every post to attack and troll. But you haven’t. And probably never will. Are you even capable of such discipline? It seems not.
No. Instead you just keep doubling down on your stupid new Arabs who don’t know Arabic shtick. Just like on BAN you kept doubling down on your stupid old “veteran” from Luhansk who doesn’t know Russian shtick. Pathetic!
Jordan and I may deeply disagree about things, many things, perhaps even most thing – certainly including very fundamental things and very personal things – but Jordan is no fool.
Under Jordan’s watch, you are going to have to come up with something far better than this insincere sob story.
And, so long as Jordan is calling the shots, you probably won’t get away with it even then, without coming up new false identities which you meticulously isolate from your previous ones for a change. New E-mails. New IPs. No spamming of the same old copy-pastas. Etc.
Alternatively – and much more lazily and therefore more your style – you could just try and get to Professor Phillies or to Whitney Bilyeu instead, as Jordan (implicitly) suggests. Them, you might even convince to ban me in their very …special… (anti-)”libertarian” style.
So go for it: Cry more! You’re a veteran cry-bully after all – it’s the only kind of “veteran” you are. U+1F60F
But the end of the day, we will all stand before God’s Throne to face Justice. In the end, the Truth will always out. And never doubt that the Lord knows His own …and also those who are not of Him.
“With us is God, and God is with us.
Understand all ye nations and submit yourselves, for God is with us.
Hear ye, even unto the uttermost ends of the Earth: God is with us!
Submit yourselves, ye in places of power, for God is with us.
If again ye shall rise up in your power, again ye shall be struck down, for God is with us.
If any conspire against us, the Lord shall destroy them, for God is with us.
And the words which ye shall speak shall not abide in you, for God is with us.
As we fear not your reign of terror, and neither does it trouble us, for God is with us.
But to the Lord our God we shall ascribe holiness, and Him will we fear, for God is with us.
And if I put my trust in Him, He shall be my sanctification, for God is with us.
I will set my hope on Him, and through Him shall I be saved, for God is with us.
Lo, I and the family which God has granted me, for God is with us.
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light, for God is with us.
And they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined, for God is with us.
Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, for God is with us.
And the government shall be upon His shoulder, for God is with us.
And of His peace there shall be no end, for God is with us.
And His name shall be called Angel of Great Counsel, for God is with us.
Wonderful, Counselor, for God is with us.
The Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace, for God is with us.
The Sire of the World to come, for God is with us.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, for God is with us.
Both now and forever, unto the ages of ages. Amen, for God is with us.
With us is God, and God is with us.
Understand all ye nations and submit yourselves, for God is with us.”
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@Jordan
“your IP address was flagged as associated with multiple instances of comment spam,”
Gee, I wonder why… U+1F923
“Comments that contain direct threats or personally identifiable information that could pose a safety risk are deleted”
As are – or, at least, have been previously – (some) inconvenient truths that Solipsistic Dungfly pretends to feel threatened by.
Fortunately, Root’s Dental Fetishist does not appear to have been extended that same level of privilege …yet.
“While moderation team members can still exercise individual judgment, I personally refrain from doing so unless absolutely necessary.”
Something which has not gone unnoticed or unappreciated. Your commitment to free speech in the “third party and independent US politics”-blogosphere is second only to that of Mr Richard Winger. Something for which I commend you – and him – strongly.
“My hope has been that commenters would engage in good-faith discussions, and I address specific issues as they arise. […] I again ask all commenters to use their best judgment when engaging with others and to remember that we’re all here to presumably learn about the activities of third parties and independent movements.”
Jordan, you already know my position. But I will include it once again for the sake of completeness:
I am quite happy to stick to my best understanding of IPR’s civility policy, so long as others do the same.
But I am also quite content to stretch or break any reasonable interpretation thereof, when others – such as Romashka here – do the same towards me.
And I am particularly allergic to hypocrisy and double-standards, and so reserve the right to answer anyone in kind.
To quote Robert Heinlein, “I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.”
It is my belief that so far this has worked out to be – mostly(!) – mutually acceptable – certainly prior to Roman-wannabibi-Shukhevich deciding to start playing his little games here. Wouldn’t you agree?
Thank you. I always use a VPN. I would be fine with any level of moderation, including none, but only request a semblance of balance. I’ve had comments not approved, or approved and then removed, which – while not ideally polite – were far more polite than her usual modus operandi.
Hi, NewFederalist. Yes, the site prioritizes a user’s IP address over their email or username when checking comments. Since I’ve been here, I’ve seen numerous instances where users needed to be reapproved due to changes that I’ve assumed were from using a VPN client.
Does the use of a VPN confuse things regarding established posters getting put into a moderation que?
Hello Habibi’s Mom, I appreciate you bringing this up here. I recognize that IPR’s approach to comment moderation has been a point of contention for both current and past readers, and I understand your frustration. As a platform located in the United States covering individuals and organizations with strong and often conflicting opinions on specific topics, language, and culture, we’ve been accused of both over-moderating and under-moderating comments over the years. Finding a solution that satisfies everyone is challenging.
To provide some background, I’ve been an IPR contributor for about a decade (though in the past, I created content only about once per year). To my understanding, IPR has historically maintained a more hands-off approach to comment moderation, intervening primarily in cases of obvious spam. That said, there have been instances where individual users were banned, depending on the site owner at the time. I have to imagine that’s the atmosphere a lot of older users were accustomed throughout the site’s history.
When I joined the editorial team several years ago, all comments were then held for manual moderation, meaning whoever reviewed them first decided how to best approach them. Many readers expressed frustration over inconsistencies in what was deemed inappropriate, as well as the impact of the moderation delay on discussions. Around the time IPR began working with OMF, I raised these concerns, leading to an effort to establish a civility policy that could try to accommodate the wide range of opinions represented on this site while keeping conversation flowing.
Since I’m the primary presence here during the week, I’ve developed the habit of allowing comments from previously approved readers to post throughout the day so I can focus on other responsibilities with both IPR and OMF. My hope has been that commenters would engage in good-faith discussions, and I address specific issues as they arise. That said, the site IS actively moderated for security. Comments that contain direct threats or personally identifiable information that could pose a safety risk are deleted. Spam and fraudulent links are also removed, though the site’s internal security measures typically catch spam before the moderation team needs to address it. While moderation team members can still exercise individual judgment, I personally refrain from doing so unless absolutely necessary.
I will bring your concerns to the OMF board so they can discuss and find a more concrete answer. My primary role here is to implement site changes, research and produce content, and support the Foundation, so I can’t say what the outcome will be; however, you’re far from the first to request clarity. In the meantime, I again ask all commenters to use their best judgment when engaging with others and to remember that we’re all here to presumably learn about the activities of third parties and independent movements.
Regarding your specific situation, I previously informed you that your IP address was flagged as associated with multiple instances of comment spam, which led the site to throttle your posts automatically. Unlike regular comments held for moderation, flagged spam is placed in a separate folder without generating a notification. I have since removed your IP address from the spam list (I thought I previously had), so hopefully, this resolves that issue. I am also not aware of any of your comments being deleted after posting, but if that has happened, I apologize. I also want to mention that any comment submitted from a new IP address will always be held for moderation, even if it’s someone who has commented here before (And I know you didn’t specifically bring this up).
In case it was lost amidst a too long message most of which dealt with other topics and mostly not directed at you;
Jordan, how are unfounded charges of bestiality, Nazism, pedophilia, drug abuse, alleged secret identities, etc within your site’s civility policies, and why are my posts singled out for moderation when other people report that their comments are automatically posted – including apparently baby girl Nuna?
I have never used alcohol, opiates, or any type of intoxicant in my life, or had sex or any type of sexual contact with anyone except my husband, much less with other species. If my husband, or before I was married my father, were to discover me doing anything of any of those sorts, I would get a well deserved beating, for which I would be subsequently very grateful.
Baby girl Nuna’s posts are consistently far outside any possible notion of civility, and not only those directed at me. I came here because she lobbed all of this garbage at my son, when all he did was make lighthearted fun of her endless contentiousness. She directs vile and disgusting abuse of this sort habitually at many people, both those present and those who aren’t, yet her posts are apparently not moderated, and neither are other people’s, reportedly. Yet my posts are only sometimes approved, sometimes removed retroactively, and always held for moderation?
What have I ever posted or tried to post that was even remotely in the league of what she habitually lobs in all directions, which was what prompted my son to gently poke fun at her to begin with?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/02/trump-signs-executive-order-targeting-anti-christian-bias-in-federal-government/
Nice.
Recall when Wehrmacht jackboots made the Constitution Party’s presidential candidate out to be a Randall Terry-rist:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/leaked-us-army-briefing-slide-calls-pro-life-organizations-terrorist-groups/
https://x.com/samosaur/status/1811198101522391419
Apologies to everyone for the radio silence yesterday (and likely today). Outsider Media Foundation is tabling at LibertyCon International this week to spread awareness of Independent Political Report and what we’re all trying to do here. Thanks for bearing with us!
I certainly don’t know the full story, if there is one. But I suspect you are thinking of “the Copper State Austrians”?
I was given to believe that was just one of several aliases used by a rather puerile troll who calls themself “Harrison Wells” after some comic book character or other.
Twitter handles they use, or have used, allegedly include @thegreatHW @AustrianAZ @MisesAZ and possibly two or three others which I won’t list because, despite claims that they are the same person, I’m not confident that they are, since they have a markedly different style.
It seems to me like they may now have hijacked @AZMisesCaucus too – or, alternatively, that someone wants to give that impression:
https://x.com/AZMisesCaucus/status/1886561219643142401
https://x.com/AZMisesCaucus/status/1886558251556462923
If there’s more to it, Kathy and Bill Yeniscavich would likely know.
For our Libertarian readers, does anyone know the full story behind the Arizona Mises affiliate? IIRC, this isn’t the first time the group has bucked the national organization. However, I thought it had renamed itself something like the Copper State Libertarians when that happened.
Link: https://x.com/AZMisesCaucus/status/1886290525495709773
As was previously mentioned by IPR, the Constitution Party of West Virginia met in Parkersburg this past weekend for its rescheduled Winter Summit. According to local media, S. Wilson Marshall, who spoke at the summit, said the party intends to field candidates “up and down the ballot” in 2026 and that it would be open to working with sympathetic members of other parties who share the Constitution Party’s view of the role of government.
Happy February, everyone!
The Reform Party criticized the Trump administration’s recent 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico as “too high” and unnecessary for U.S. competitiveness in remarks on social media this weekend. Citing Ross Perot’s opposition to NAFTA, the party argued that a 5.25% tariff would be sufficient and warned that the higher tariffs could raise oil and lumber costs, worsening the housing shortage and delaying rebuilding efforts in California and the North Carolina mountains.