Supreme Brings His Zaniness to the Libertarian Party by Greg Jent As if things weren’t strange enough this political season, activist, performance artist and perennial political candidate Vermin Love Supreme announced on his Facebook page that he was leaving the Democratic Party to seek the nomination of the Libertarian Party. He posted: Today, in a calculated fashion,…
Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) wrote an open letter to Donald Trump supporters on his Facebook page yesterday, declaring that he cannot support the current Republican front runner. Sasse did sympathize with Trump supporters, saying he understands “their frustrations” and that they have a right to be angry. Sasse writes: Please understand: I’m not an establishment…
John McAfee, Libertarian Party candidate and cybersecurity guru, penned an op-ed in Business Insider to the FBI and to the public, offering to decrypt the San Bernadino phone for free using social engineering. In the op-ed he blasted the U.S government for using the All Writs Act of 1789 to order Apple to place a backdoor into…
Why “If you hate the government, please give up X” is a stupid argument [dropcap size=small]T[/dropcap]here probably isn’t a libertarian out there who hasn’t had a leftist ask them, “If you hate the government, why are you using roads, social security, police, etc…”? Granted, there are many more reasons than those listed here demonstrating why this…
Connor D. Wolf A lawsuit filed Friday accuses Indiana-based union officials of allegedly storming a church-owned construction site to brutally assault nonunion construction workers. Iron Workers Local 395 officials were adamantly opposed to Dyer Baptist Church using nonunion construction workers. Local 395 Business Agent Thomas Williamson Sr. demanded the project be turned over to…
Guy Bentley Utah vapers could be hit with an 86.5 percent tax on e-cigarettes if a bill proposed Friday passes the state legislature. State Rep. Paul Ray introduced the bill HB333, which would tax e-cigarettes at the same rate as other non-cigarette tobacco products, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. E-cigarettes “are not taxed now because they are…
Paul Urges Liberty-Minded Voters to Go Third Party by Josh Guckert Following the suspension of Rand Paul‘s presidential campaign, libertarians have been left in disarray. With very much invested into the 2016 race, most now wonder who should be the next option for liberty-minded voters. According to Ron Paul, that candidate is not competing in…
8 Libertarian Musicians You Should be Listening To [dropcap size=big]A[/dropcap]re you tired of the left-wing dominating the music and arts? Struggling to find any messages of liberty in a predominantly liberal field? Well, you’re not alone. Thankfully, we at The Libertarian Republic have compiled a list of 8 libertarian artists of all genres for you to…
Micah J. Fleck As if we didn’t have any more reason to become more and more anti-government, Washington D.C. has now committed a horrible offense toward the good will of its citizens in the wake of the horrific blizzard the entire east coast just suffered through. By towing nearly 700 cars that were lost in…
by Micah J. Fleck [dropcap size=small]I[/dropcap] came across an interesting video recently, produced by the website The Book of Life, titled “Misemployment.” In the video, a lot of postulations are made about the state of things, what priorities we should put within the job market, and what constitutes being truly for the good of…