By Richard Pollock A little known Swedish-Canadian oil and mining conglomerate human rights groups have repeatedly charged produces “blood minerals” is among the Clinton Foundation’s biggest donors, thanks to a $100 million pledge in 2007, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation has found. “Blood minerals” are related to “blood diamonds,” which are allegedly mined in war zones or…
By Michael Bastasch The Obama administration has taken $500 million appropriated by Congress to fight the Zika virus to fund the United Nations Green Climate Fund, which gives foreign countries money for green energy projects. “The threat to adults from Zika is relatively small, but the threat to pre-born children is very high,” Oklahoma Republican…
By Russ Read Iranian state media makes a constant point to push Sen. Bernie Sanders to the masses, but Iranians are quite worried about the possibility of a Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump presidency. No prior U.S. election has infatuated Iran as much as the 2016 U.S. presidential race, according to Nasser Karimi, an Associated Press journalist based…
New LP Membership Survey Encourages Us To Dig Deeper by Avens O’Brien A new poll was released today, by Hammer of Truth. This poll was actually sent out to Libertarian Party membership, which sets it apart from online polls where anyone can answer. This survey was conducted between May 17-20th, and was answered by 1,563…
By Bruce Cohen I don’t agree with Gary Johnson on much anymore. I disagreed with his choice of VP in his 2012 campaign so much, I could not support or participate in the LP Presidential campaign, for the first time in my political life. Since 1980, I’ve been involved in every Libertarian presidential campaign one way or another. Growing…
By Mary Matalin After a considered review of the 2016 candidates’ philosophies and positions, I am proud to endorse Austin Petersen for the Libertarian Party nomination for President of the United States. Petersen has had a distinguished and dedicated career in advocacy for the principles upon which this unique country was founded and under which…
Once Latin America’s richest country, present-day Venezuela has reached such low points in its economic and social development that it is not out of the question to consider it a failed state at this juncture. Lurid imagery of soldiers stealing goats, citizens turning to vigilante justice, public hospitals lacking supplies, and long lines to get…
When statist hypocrites such as Debbie Wasserman Schultz claim “violence and intimidation” are unacceptable and should be “unequivocally condemned,” they should be reminded of the violent crux upon which government operates. by Joey Clark The outbursts of violence at political events across the nation this election cycle—whether the several incidents at Donald Trump rallies or…
By JP Carroll The embattled socialist government of Venezuela has sent out troops to fight anti-government protesters and justified it by claiming the U.S. could invade the country soon. Venezuela has been dealing with widespread protests since Wednesday, a response to Socialist President Nicolas Maduro’s rejection of 1.85 million signatures submitted by the conservative opposition to start the recall…
By Rachel Stoltzfoos While attempting to argue it’s “bad for women” to ban abortions on the basis of sex, pro-choice Professor Carol Sanger actually ends up explaining why it’s logically inconsistent for feminists to oppose the bans. Legislators in eight states have already banned abortions on the basis of the unborn child’s sex, and a number of other…