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Former NY Liberal Party boss faces charges of pay-to-play

By Kimberly Wilder on April 15, 2009 8:18 AM

In her extensive daily political round-up at the NY Daily News, Elizabeth Benjamin notes on April 15, 2009: “Former Liberal Party boss Ray Harding will surrender today to face charges in the pay-to-play state pension fund scheme for which David Loglisci and Hank Morris were already indicted”

The Liberal Party was a ballot-qualified political party in New York State, which ran Governor candidates from the 1940’s until 2002, when their candidate for Governor was Andrew Cuomo (now NY Attorney General), who declined to run all out when he lost the Democratic nomination.…

News From Outright Libertarians

By IPR Contributor on April 14, 2009 11:59 PM

Emailed to [email protected]:

Outright’s Eight Point Guide To Why The Complete Repeal Of Prop 8 Is The Way Forward

SACRAMENTO — In its ongoing efforts to educate the public, Outright Libertarians and its partners released the following eight point guide to why complete Proposition 8 repeal is the right path forward for California and for Libertarians — and why the Domestic Partnership Initiative (DPI) is a path backwards for California and for Libertarians.…

Applicants Sought For LNC Vacancy

By wredlich on April 14, 2009 7:09 PM

Forwarded message:

We have vacancy on the LNC. Lee Wrights effectively resigned by not maintaining his Sustaining Membership in the LP, which Article 8, Section 4 of our Bylaws require as a necessary condition of LNC service.…

Homeland Security ‘fusion centers’ targeted Cynthia McKinney as a potential threat, as well as supporters of Ron Paul, Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin

By on April 14, 2009 6:42 PM

Posted in The Jawa Report:

ACLU complaint about the DHS, through the use of “fusion centers”, monitoring the activities of the Left (and Right):

* A May 7, 2008 report entitled “Universal Adversary Dynamic Threat Assessment” authored by a private contractor that labeled environmental organizations like the Sierra Club, the Humane Society and the Audubon Society as “mainstream organizations with known or possible links to eco-terrorism”;

* A potential abuse of authority by DHS officials who improperly monitored and disseminated the communications of peace activists affiliated with the DC Anti-War Network (DAWN);

* A report produced on February 19, 2009 by the North Central Texas Fusion System entitled “Prevention Awareness Bulletin” which described a purported conspiracy between Muslim civil rights organizations, lobbying groups, the anti-war movement, the U.S.

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