June 12, 2026
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On 19 November 2021 IPR covered an appeal made to the Judicial Committee by Dr. George Phillies regarding the exact nature of the bylaws-required process to be followed by the LNC for the election of a new chair (or vice-chair, should the bylaws indeed require automatic ascension of the vice-chair).…
A 07 Dec 2021 Media Release from the Center for Competitive Democracy (CDC) states:
“Nearly five years after the 2016 presidential election — the FEC notified Dr.…
Legendary TV host and interviewer Larry King has died today at the age of 87. A cause of death has not been announced, although King was reported to have been battling COVID-19 earlier this month.…
I was pleased to share yesterday that, as of a couple days ago, I am taking over as the new owner and publisher of Independent Political Report.…
Greetings! My name is Austin Cassidy and I am the new owner of Independent Political Report.
A few of you may remember me as the guy who founded a blog called Third Party Watch back in 2005 and who subsequently sold that site several years later.…
The Life and Liberty Party has nominated its first ever presidential ticket. At its national convention held on June 27, 2020, J.R. Myers and Tiara Lusk were nominated as the Life and Liberty Party Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees, respectively.…
FYI, I received a notice regarding hacked passwords. There’s no indication that IPR has been hacked, but it was an alert that I felt was worth responding to.…
Just to let everyone know, there may have been some glitches on IPR in the past two days. I moved the site to a new hosting setup.…
There have been a number of complaints recently about comments on IPR.
The biggest issue that bothers me is the claim that people are posting under the names of others, making it look like one person is saying something else.…
