In the short time since Justin Amash announced his exploratory committee for his Presidential run, he’s had no problem getting coverage from major news outlets. They’ve asked him about current issues like COVID-19 and government’s response to it, about Trump and Biden, and about the likely effect of him running as the Libertarian Party standard…
Cliff Maloney is the president of one of the foremost student groups fighting for liberty –Young Americans for Liberty (YAL). At CPAC 2020, I caught up with him to discuss his background, YAL’s student activism, political campaigning, the conservative movement, and how YAL students are going to save this country in the next 10 years….
After the Sanders big primary win in Nevada last week, Democrats are deeply split on a nominee and again, may not be willing to accept the candidate voters select. Billionaires are promising to spend whatever money needed to defeat President Trump. President Trump insists on inflicting political wounds on himself. Millions of people are moving…
Libertarians and other political third-parties will soon find out if fairness in federal courts extends to political third-parties, or is fairness confined to major party candidates. The answer will establish the degree of loyalty each branch of government has to political parties over the Constitution. On the week of February 10, 2020 the U.S. Court…
This article isn’t intended as a criticism of the people in the Libertarian Party (LP) who are working hard every day to advance the cause of liberty. These “get those petitions signed in the rain” Libertarians are the kind of salt of the earth people needed to build a successful liberty movement. I do take…
We are in the year of the next presidential election. The Democratic Party is currently at its breaking point of deciding the direction of the party by choosing between candidates such as Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren. These candidates each have their own path by which the Left may have to…
Of all the arguments against a strong autocratic ruling system Thomas Paine makes in his seminal pamphlet “Common Sense”, none have resonated more with me than his appeal to the Old Testament. In the work, Paine references both Gideon, one of the judges of Israel, and Samuel, a prophet for the Israelites. Gideon was a…
Mary Margaret Olohan The Republican National Committee heads into the 2020 election year with more than seven times as much cash on hand as the Democratic National Committee, the parties’ FEC filings show. FEC filings from both parties show the RNC has $63 million in cash on hand compared to the DNC’s $8.3 million, Bloomberg reported….
Mary Margaret Olohan Democrats expressed concerns that voters might be affected by GOP anti-impeachment ads over Thanksgiving break, lawmakers and aides said. Groups supporting the GOP purchased almost $8 million in television ads targeting pivotal districts, Politico reported. Most of these ads will focus on criticizing Democrats about impeachment, and Democrats expressed concerns to party leaders that voters…
Shelby Talcott Democrats took control of the Virginia state legislature Tuesday for the first time in decades, flipping both the state Senate and House. All 140 seats were on the ballot for Tuesday’s election, and the Virginia vote was one of a few under scrutiny. Democrats fought to flip the state Senate and House, ultimately flipping…