First things first: I’ll never tell you that your vote doesn’t matter or that it’s actually a vote for someone else. As I’ve covered before, that’s an intimidation tactic many people use as a method of voter suppression. There is something to be said for understanding the moral implications of your vote. For third party…
Joe Biden hasn’t even made a decision yet on which wildly flawed establishment Democrat he’ll pick as his running mate, and yet the fear mongering masses are already out in full force. They’ll tell you that a vote for Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen or a vote for Green candidate Howie Hawkins is actually a vote…
Criminal justice reform is an important topic for Libertarians. Not only do they want to change the laws to get rid of nonsensical and failed prohibitionist policies, such as the War on Drugs, but they also want to retroactively release anyone who’s been imprisoned for things they shouldn’t have been charged for in the first…
On Wednesday, former President Barack Obama held a Zoom town hall to call for police reform and legislative changes in the wake of the George Floyd protests. While it’s certainly commendable that Obama would use his significant platform to speak up on such an important issue, I’m left wondering why he didn’t make any of…
With the nation still in chaos from the fallout of George Floyd’s murder, the political response has been a mixed bag, to put it mildly. Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul are working to demilitarize the police; Michigan Representative Justin Amash is introducing legislation to end qualified immunity; and a gaggle of…
On Monday, President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in order to deploy the US military to states to address the looting and rioting that is going on. Shortly thereafter, Trump had the military fire tear gas at peaceful protesters in front of the White House so he could walk to a nearby church…
Over the weekend, the Libertarian party nominated Jo Jorgensen, former 1996 LP vice presidential candidate and current psychology professor at Clemson University, to be their presidential candidate for the 2020 general election. The little-known Jorgensen saw a bit of media exposure right away, with Fox News running a fairly mild-mannered piece about her nomination. Then…
At the end of February, I published an article describing in detail the lengths to which Jacob Hornberger went to undermine the campaign of eventual 2000 Libertarian presidential nominee, Harry Browne. Shortly after, Hornberger—now a leading candidate for the 2020 nomination—referenced those events during a debate at the Libertarian Party of Iowa’s state convention. A…
Ladies and gentlemen, the Libertarian party officially has representation in Congress. No, they didn’t win an election or anything, but Justin Amash switched his registration from Independent to Libertarian prior to announcing an exploratory committee for the party’s presidential nomination on Tuesday. There had been rumors last week that Amash purchased a lifetime membership, but…
After what may have actually been the world’s longest flirtation period, independent Representative Justin Amash declared on Tuesday he was forming an exploratory committee to seek the Libertarian party’s nomination for president. While not technically a presidential campaign announcement, an exploratory committee is usually a mere formality before launching the campaign itself. Amash, a rising…