Travis Irvine: Biggest Political Winners and Losers of 2016
Travis Irvine at Huffpo:As the wildest political year in recent memory comes to an end, it’s time for politicos across the spectrum to take stock of what worked... Read more.
Nicholas Sarwark: ‘No preferred flavor of statism’
Via email from LPHQ:
Dear Libertarian,
Some folks have asked me why the Libertarian Party is not participating in Jill Stein’s recount efforts.
My answer is... Read more.
New Year’s Greetings from the Freedom Socialist Party: Make 2017 a Class Act
Email from the Freedom Socialist Party:
Wow, what a year. Everybody sees 2016 as politically extraordinary – literally, out of the ordinary. In some ways that’s... Read more.
Ralph Nader: Tripwires for the Trumpsters
Ralph Nader at blog.nader.org:
The Trumpsters are coming to town—led by a failed gambling czar, corporate welfare king and major tax escapee—and they are hell... Read more.
Growth in Libertarian vote percentage in US federal races, 2004-2016
IPR reader Jim in comments on a prior post:
If one only looks at the races where voting for a libertarian was an option, the LP has taken a larger percentage of... Read more.
Darryl W. Perry: Church facing fine for hosting homeless
Darryl W. Perry at fpp.cc:I was preparing myself to write a recap of the year that is almost over and then a story came across my facebook feed that changed my... Read more.
National aggregate US House, Gubernatorial vote totals by party, 2016
Gubernatorial Totals by Party, 2016:
Here are national totals for gubernatorial races, by party, for the November 2016 election:
Republican 9,688,152
Democratic... Read more.
Libertarian Party national office year end message
Lauren Daugherty at LP.org:
Dear Libertarian,
As you consider your end-of-the-year charitable giving, please consider giving to the Libertarian Party.
2016 was a... Read more.
2016 year end message from Constitution Party national chairman
constitutionparty.com:
Dear Fellow Patriots:
The 2016 tumultuous and historic General Election is behind us and it has opened numerous doors of opportunity for the... Read more.
Brandy Baker, Mark Lause at the North Star: background info on, criticism of Stein’s involvement in 2016 Presidential recount efforts
Over at the North Star, two authors, Brandy Baker, (Author bio: “GREEN NATIONAL COMMITTEE DELEGATE FOR MARYLAND”; Article: Jill Stein sees Russia from... Read more.