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  • RFK Jr. backs Rand Paul as next Senate Republican leader

    02/29/2024 7:52:49 AM PST · by hardspunned · 66 replies
    The Hill ^ | 2/29/24 | Tara Suter
    Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his support for Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) as the next Senate Republican leader. “Mitch McConnell, who has served in the Senate for almost 40 years, announced he’ll step down this November. Part of public service is about knowing when to usher in a new generation,” Kennedy said Wednesday in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, highlighted by Mediate.
  • RFK Jr will not be able to run as a Libertarian

    02/15/2024 10:44:16 PM PST · by RandFan · 22 replies
    My Inbox | Feb 15 | Politico Email
    The Mises Caucus — a more radical libertarian faction organized around the work of Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises — has been a power center within the party since its endorsed candidate, Angela McArdle, won the national committee chairmanship in a 2022 landslide victory with nearly 70 percent of the vote. It controls the majority of the delegates who will vote on the party’s presidential nominee at the national convention in May. While McArdle has suggested that the party may be open to a Kennedy bid, last weekend the Mises Caucus came out formally in opposition to his candidacy, making...
  • California Libertarian Party Convention to Include Independent Cornel West on Presidential Candidate Panel

    01/28/2024 5:12:42 PM PST · by Angelino97 · 15 replies
    Independent Political Report ^ | January 27, 2024 | Jordan Willow Evans
    Independent presidential candidate Dr. Cornel West will participate in a candidate’s panel sponsored by the Libertarian Party of California at its 2024 state convention. West will join fellow independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was announced earlier this month as a panelist and guest speaker for the event. “Dr. West will be participating in the second POTUS Candidate Panel taking place on Sunday evening alongside Libertarian Party candidate Mr. Jacob Hornberger. The Libertarian Party of California is proud to be the first state affiliate in the country to give Libertarian POTUS candidates the opportunity to engage in dialogue...
  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Address 2024 Libertarian Party of California Annual Convention

    01/09/2024 5:37:41 AM PST · by Angelino97 · 10 replies
    Independent Political Report ^ | January 8, 2024 | Jordan Willow Evans
    Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will speak to Libertarians attending the 2024 Libertarian Party of California Annual Convention scheduled for this coming February. Kennedy’s speaking slot will take place later in the afternoon as part of the lunch bloc, following a panel featuring two candidates seeking the Libertarian Party presidential nomination that Kennedy is also expected to attend. “Yes, it’s true. We’re excited to announce that @RobertKennedyJr is joining us as a special guest for the 2024 LPCA Annual Convention! Convention dates are February 23-25,” the Libertarian Party of California posted on X Sunday afternoon... While the specific...
  • Tucker Carlson Agrees that William F. Buckley Jr. Was ‘One of the Great Villains of the 20th Century

    11/30/2023 9:54:45 AM PST · by Miami Rebel · 105 replies
    Mediaite ^ | 11/30/2023 | isaac Schorr
    Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson agreed wholeheartedly with the assertion that National Review founding editor William F. Buckley Jr. was “one of the great villains of the 20th century” during a Wednesday interview with Dave Smith, a comedian and libertarian YouTube host. Smith launched the initial attack on Buckley, declaring “I’ll tell you this: Whatever this atrophy in like the intelligence of the American people, it’s, I think it’s accelerating. I mean it’s-. Look, and again, just like you said I’ll disclaimer as well: I’m talking about people who I don’t necessarily like. Like I view Bill Buckley as...
  • What American Conservatives Can Learn From Argentina's Javier Milei

    11/24/2023 11:22:48 AM PST · by TBP · 9 replies
    Reason ^ | 11.20.2023 | ERIC BOEHM
    Javier Milei, the self-described classical liberal and anarcho-capitalist who won Argentina's presidential election on Sunday, campaigned with a brash message of slashing government programs, cutting taxes, and privatizing state-owned enterprises. Can voters experiencing economic turmoil be persuaded that government is the problem, rather than the solution? Yes. Milei won more than 56 percent of the vote Look how The New York Times summarizes Milei's platform: "lowering taxes; slashing regulations; privatizing state industries; reducing the number of federal ministries to eight from 18; shifting public education to a voucher-based system and public health care to insurance-based; and cutting federal spending by...
  • BREAKING: Libertarian / conservative candidate Javier Milei assumed WINNER OF Argentinian presidential race by C5N (Argentinian TV)

    11/19/2023 2:34:53 PM PST · by RandFan · 33 replies
    Twitter/X/etc ^ | Nov 19 | RandFan
    This is all over twitter/X now that their TV stations considers Milei the winner. Betting markets are at prohibitive short odds. This is done. I'm happy enough
  • Argentines choose between polar opposites in run-off

    11/19/2023 7:24:20 AM PST · by BenLurkin · 18 replies
    bbc ^ | 11/19/2023 | Vanessa Buschschlüter
    Argentines will vote on Sunday in a run-off election to choose the man who will lead the South American country for the next four years. Opinion polls put the two candidates, left-wing economy minister Sergio Massa and far-right libertarian Javier Milei, neck and neck. Mr Massa won the first round with 36.7%, ahead of Mr Milei with 30%. But polls suggest Mr Milei, who has promised to "blow up" Argentina's political system, has made gains since. Polling gets under way at 08:00 local time (11:00 GMT) and closes at 18:00. With 40% of Argentines living in poverty, high prices and...
  • The 10 Best Libertarian Movies

    11/05/2023 8:08:03 AM PST · by DallasBiff · 27 replies
    CATO Institute ^ | 2/22/19 | David Boaz
    They’re not movies with John Galt speeches, and most of them aren’t really ideological at all. But the messages or the values are there. Amazing Grace (2007) John Newton was a slave trader who was converted to Christianity. He renounced his previous life and became an evangelical minister in the Church of England, an abolitionist, and the author of a beautiful hymn. “Was blind but now I see,” indeed. Among the people who heard his preaching was a young member of parliament, William Wilberforce, who was inspired to lead a long campaign for the abolition of slavery—from his maiden speech...
  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Flirts With the Libertarian Party

    09/23/2023 10:52:29 PM PDT · by RandFan · 52 replies
    dnyuz ^ | Sep 24 | dnyuz
    For months, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he plans to continue his long-shot challenge against President Biden in the Democratic primary rather than dropping out to launch a third-party bid. But lately Mr. Kennedy’s message has seemed to shift, including publicly telling a voter who asked about his plans that he was keeping his “options open.” If Mr. Kennedy does decide to leave the party of his famous father and uncles to run in the general election, one potential landing spot may be the Libertarian Party, which at the moment lacks a widely known candidate but has excelled at...
  • Poll: Javier Milei growing ahead of election, Sergio Massa on rise, Patricia Bullrich takes a dive

    09/19/2023 1:45:27 PM PDT · by Redmen4ever · 11 replies
    New Opina Argentina survey offers projections ahead of the general election; Libertarian frontrunner grows in polls but comeback looks difficult for Bullrich; Massa on track to finish second.
  • In Argentina, an electoral blowout for a libertarian shocks the left

    08/14/2023 8:23:02 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 21 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 08/14/2023 | Monica Showalter
    After bringing crime, corruption and 116% inflation, Argentina's ruling Peronist leftists held elections, beginning with yesterday's all-party primary. They didn't like what happened next. According to Reuters:BUENOS AIRES, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Argentine voters punished the country's two main political forces in a primary election on Sunday, pushing a rock-singing libertarian outsider candidate into first place in a huge shake-up in the race towards presidential elections in October.With some 90% of ballots counted, far-right libertarian economist Javier Milei had 30.5% of the vote, far higher than predicted, with the main conservative opposition bloc behind on 28% and the ruling Peronist...
  • Far-right populist emerges as biggest vote-getter in Argentina’s presidential primary voting [Javier Milei]

    08/13/2023 10:43:34 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 23 replies
    Associated Press ^ | August 14, 2023 | Daniel Politi
    Far-right populist Javier Milei rocked Argentina’s political establishment Sunday by emerging as the biggest vote-getter in primary elections to choose presidential candidates for the October general election in a nation battered by economic woes. Milei, an admirer of former U.S. President Donald Trump, says Argentina’s Central Bank should be abolished, thinks climate change is a lie, characterizes sex education as a ploy to destroy the family, believes the sale of human organs should be legal and wants to make it easier to own handguns. Votes were still being counted late Sunday, but analysts agreed that the upstart candidate who gained...
  • Lady Godiva - A Devout Christian Woman Fighting Ruinous Taxation With Nudity

    08/09/2023 6:40:50 PM PDT · by Ozguy1945 · 37 replies
    https://freedom-demokrasi-and-civilised-humanity.com/ ^ | 10th August, 2023 Australian time | Ozguy1945
    Lady Godiva and her hubby, Leofric, the Earl Of Mercia were both generous to Christian religious houses. He established a Benedictine monastery in Coventry. She gave gold and silver jewelry to monasteries. One necklace was hung on the neck of the Virgin Mary. The first known Rosary-like string of prayer beads was made by her. That's history. Different times. According to legend, LG was deeply troubled by oppressive taxation of the people by her husband and entreated him again and again to lower taxes but he refused. However she persisted and eventually he gave in on the condition that she...
  • The Most National Review Column Ever: What Happened to the Publication William F. Buckley Founded?

    07/26/2023 10:15:31 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 59 replies
    Townhall ^ | 07/26/2023 | Kurt Schlichter
    I took a pretty liberal girl on a date to see William F. Buckley back in college, which would probably scandalize the current senior staff of his National Review, but I bet it would have made WFB smile. Buckley was also a graduate of the Army's former Ft. Benning School for Boys, but since his death, the Officer Candidate School has become Ft. Moore School for Boys, Girls, and Non-Binary Two-Spirits. This change for the worse is emblematic of how NR's conservatism has failed to conserve much of anything. In Buckley's absence, NR has tried to stand athwart history yelling,...
  • Lawrence Jones stepping in for Tucker Carlson at Fox News next week

    04/29/2023 6:50:37 AM PDT · by PK1991 · 107 replies
    Page 6 ^ | April 28, 2023 | Emily Smith
    Lawrence Jones, who made history as the youngest black solo host of a program in cable news, is stepping in to fill ousted Tucker Carlson’s slot on Fox News next week. Jones, 30, who anchors “Lawrence Jones Cross Country” on Fox News on Saturday nights, will host in Carlson’s former 8 p.m. slot from Monday as the network continues with a rotating line-up of anchors. **** Jones, who worked in the Obama campaign when he was 15, reported live from Uvalde, Texas, after the mass shooting that killed 19 children and two adults, and has also covered the death of...
  • Joe Exotic the ‘Tiger King’ announces 2024 presidential bid

    03/15/2023 8:29:14 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 9 replies
    One America News ^ | 5:22 PM – Wednesday, March 15, 2023 | Brooke Mallory
    Joseph Maldonado-Passage, or “Joe Exotic the Tiger King,” as some may refer to him from his Netflix show, has decided to join the 2024 United States presidential race. Maldonado-Passage, 60, is currently serving a 21-year federal sentence after being convicted on numerous charges, but he claims that his incarceration time will not stop him from becoming the nation’s future 47th president. He is running as a Libertarian. Mr. Exotic urged fans to look past the fact that he is “incarcerated and gay” and to help him “take back the country.” …
  • George Mason economist has idea to create millions of blue-collar jobs for men

    01/20/2023 8:55:33 PM PST · by ChipMarne · 38 replies
    The College Fix ^ | January 20, 2023 | William Benson
    A college professor believes that he has a solution to put men without college degrees back to work in blue-collar jobs – particularly those who “feel out-of-place in the modern service economy.” Professor Bryan Caplan, a George Mason University economist, wants to see a deregulation of the building and construction industry, which he argues will boost job opportunities for men without college degrees without requiring massive government subsidies. He laid out his ideas in a Substack article and provided further commentary to The College Fix via email. Caplan regularly writes and talks on the problems in the housing industry and...
  • Details emerge in arrest of accused Idaho quadruple murderer (familial DNA from genealogy database used to identify him)

    12/31/2022 11:30:18 AM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 70 replies
    Just the News ^ | Updated: December 31, 2022 - 1:56pm | Just the News staff
    Details are continuing to emerge regarding the man accused of brutally stabbing four young Moscow, Idaho college students last month, with the suspect’s arrest this week leading to a flood of news reports on the alleged killer’s background.Bryan Kohberger was arrested at his parents’ house in Pennsylvania this week and charged with the murder of the four students, Kaylee Goncalves, Maddie Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin.News reports revealed that Kohberger, a criminology PhD student at the University of Washington, was allegedly linked to the crime scene via a DNA sample fed into a genetic genealogy database.Law enforcement reportedly tracked...
  • Idaho police say first crime lab results received after student murders

    12/01/2022 12:31:14 AM PST · by PghBaldy · 31 replies
    Fox News ^ | November 30 | Stephanie Pagones
    MOSCOW, Idaho — More than two weeks after four University of Idaho students were brutally murdered at an off-campus residence, investigators say they have begun receiving results from forensic testing at a crime lab. "...there have been results that have been returned and those go directly to the investigators..." Idaho State Police Communications Director Aaron Snell told Fox News Digital on Wednesday. Snell declined to comment on whether DNA that did not belong to the four victims or two surviving roommates had been found at the scene.