The primaries in 2016 featured a high degree of disdain for the eventual nominees, with both Trump and Hillary having high unfavorables within their own party. But with all of the threats, with all of the fire and brimstone, it appears that right now, the rank and file members of the two main parties are…
A founding father of PayPal Inc., board member of Facebook, and libertarian champion who was once called “Ron Paul’s Billionaire,” Peter Thiel has apparently become a supporter of fellow elite Donald Trump. He is interestingly set to speak as a headliner at the RNC on Thursday night just before the Donald himself. What is Peter’s…
Trump Campaign, However, Claims Victory By: Elias J. Atienza A federal judge ruled partially in favor of a Virginia Republican delegate, blocking the enforcement of a Virginia law binding delegates to support the primary winner at the nominating convention. The delegate, Carroll Correll, argued that the law violated his 1st Amendment rights. Correll supported Sen….
Conservative radio host and political commentator Steve Deace told MSNBC that delegates are showing signs of open revolt. Deace says he has been contacted by many delegates expressing their hesitance or even unwillingness to nominate Donald Trump. “This thing is imploding and at this point I would be mildly surprised if [Trump] came out of…
Paul Tuma’s latest cartoon unveiling for TLR gets to the heart — or guts — of what seems to be each party’s primary motivation this election cycle: suicide. Of course, Tuma makes it a bit more colorful! And while the Dems and Repubs may be killing their parties in epic style, the Libertarian Party is…
Editor’s note: We were contacted by Drew Zahn, communications director for The FAMiLY LEADER, of which Bob Vander Plaats is president of, disputing some of the quotes used in this article and assuring us the Mr. Vander Plaats does not wish to oust Trump at the convention. Being as this is a piece run under…
By Juliegrace Brufke Despite Democratic presidential 2016 hopeful Hillary Clinton’s vow to be “tough on Wall Street,” the majority of Fortune 500 CEOs said they would vote for her over presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump. A poll recently released by Fortune found a whopping 58 percent prefer the Former secretary of State, while 42 percent…
By Blake Neff Mitt Romney has ruled out a third-party presidential bid and has stopped recruiting others to attempt their own, close advisers said Wednesday. The news suggests Romney has thrown in the towel on the #NeverTrump movement and resigned himself to the Republican Party’s nomination of Donald Trump, as much as he detests it. That…
There is still one way the Republican Party can stop Donald Trump from becoming the party’s presidential nominee; a nuclear option that would surely cause backlash from voters, possibly cementing the current split within the GOP. But for some, a party that would nominate Trump is not worth saving. Meet Curly Haugland, a North Dakotan…
After a slightly humorous April Fool’s Day joke where he claimed to be giving a ‘YUGE’ endorsement and then merely endorsed entropy, Senator Rand Paul seemed to be getting back into the swing of things regarding his mainstreaming of his principled libertarian views. Unfortunately, today we get news that Rand was apparently only half-kidding when…