by Josh Guckert On Wednesday, Gary Johnson interviewed with USA Today Opinion Editor Bill Sternberg. Partway through, the interviewer began to pepper the Libertarian nominee over the “wasted vote” fallacy. The way in which Johnson responded may be his most devastating takedown of the campaign thus far—and followed by a broad, confident grin. USA Today: So some…
Johnson Has Raised More Money Than Ever By: Elias J. Atienza Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson raised more money in a single month than any other Libertarian candidate since at least 1996. Johnson raised $4.97 million in August, which outpaced his his July numbers. According to opensecrets.org, he has over $2.4 million cash on hand. In…
By Wayne Pac By now, most libertarians are familiar with the phrase “taxation is theft.” Every single libertarian would agree that forced taxation is theft, but what about voluntary taxation? Voluntary taxation runs off of the principle that government budgets could operate like a charity, rather than a mafia syndicate. It doesn’t say “hey you owe me…
by Kevin Daley Black men may have a legitimate reason to flee Boston police during investigatory or “Terry” stops, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Tuesday. The court found that systemic racism in the Boston Police Department may be considered in conjunction with a suspect’s decision to flee from police during a stop. A Terry stop,…
by Amber Randall San Francisco State University is planning to create “Afro themed” dorm rooms after its Black Student Union demanded a safe space for black students. University officials say the dorm rooms are in the early stages of planning, reports CBS Local. The new dorm room would focus on race and culture. Though specifically…
Johnson Leads Among Officers, Navy, and Air Force By: Elias J. Atienza Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson may not be making headway toward the 15 percent he needs to be in the presidential debates, but among active duty military, he is in a statistical dead-heat with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. A poll conducted by Military Times and…
by Blake Neff Anthony Weiner carried on a months-long online sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl, according to text messages and photos produced by The Daily Mail. “I would bust that tight pussy so hard and so often that you would leak and limp for a week,” Weiner allegedly messaged to the girl via the…
by Eric July With the recent fatal shootings of Keith Lamont Scott and Terence Crutcher, another round of conversations about race and policing is among us. Usually the gripes and rebuttals go on for a few weeks and then it dies out until the next fatal shooting of a black person by law enforcement. However,…
by Richard Pollock A frustrated federal judge ordered the State Department to begin producing within five days hundreds of documents on whether required or recommended security training, briefings or courses were completed by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her top aides. Judge Richard Leon ruled Tuesday in favor of The Daily Caller News…
by Julie Borowski Recently, The Libertarian Republic (TLR) published an article by Aya Katz titled, “Top 5 Reasons Not to Buy From An Animal Rescue.” I read it and became triggered. Luckily, unlike the modern American university, TLR allows for dissenting opinions. So, here it goes: 1. You Will Be Saving a Life According to…