Diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer 7 years ago and given 6% survival rate. 5 years ago today I had my last cancer treatment. It's official, I'm CURED!
Many libertarians talk about ending government agencies. Today I did it.
County agency started to manage internet fiber for city government use. Mission creep to corporate use. Then talked about making internet a public utility.
Voted to end it today.
I want to be clear about something that happened last night: 37% of the delegates voted to end the party's entire future because their candidate lost. 1/5
Looks like this is one of the planks targeted for deletion in 2024. Folks, you can't have free markets without the free flow of goods and people. If you want to be a protectionist, the two old parties are there for all your statist views.
It has been my honor to serve the members of the Libertarian Party as your Political Infrastructure Strategist for the past 5 years. I want to also extend my gratitude to my co-workers still remaining at LPHQ and those also let go today.
When the topic of toxic masculinity comes up this is EXACTLY what it means - trying to shame or belittle men into being a caricature of a "real man." Forcing them, through ridicule, to hide emotions - thats what is toxic. It's ok to cry, my dudes. It's ok to show you're a human
Left: take away everyone's 2a rights
Right: all transgender persons are mentally ill
Seriously? This BS is what we're told we have to choose between? Nah, you can miss me with that.
If I had to pick the core concept of
#Libertarian
philosophy, it would be
#consent
Not implied. Not coerced.
Informed, affirmative consent.
How 'bout you?
Folks, I'm a big tent
#Libertarian
. But my tent isn't big enough for pedophiles and those advocate for allowing pedophilia. Some people in our movement talk a big game about woodchippers and then associate with convicted pedophiles and those who support it. Put up, or shut up.
The Democratic Party in Minnesota believes so strongly in fair elections they introduced a bill to *checks notes* DOUBLE the needed votes for a political party to become a major party. This is a perfect example of how people in power use their power to maintain their power.
Libertarianism isn't extreme. Its practical, ethical, & effective. Recognizes & works w/human nature because it isn't based on force or violence. It's mainstream. We've been sold a lie that peaceful, consensual, & mutually beneficial interactions are extreme or radical.
Unforced error.
Libertarians oppose conscription and drafts. Period.
By singling out Ukraine instead of saying "Ukraine and Russia" the conversation turns to U vs R instead of voluntary vs conscription
There was an attempt today to DOUBLE the requirements for ballot access in Minnesota. We organized and allied with 4 other parties and the bill was postponed on zero notice. This was a blast to organize! Thank you to everyone who pitched in.
If you are a party officer who cannot support the nominee, the ethical and legal thing to do is step down from your position. You are welcome in the party, but officers have duties THEY AGREED TO when they accepted the position.
@gaughen
Then I'm vain. I've lived through decades of people thinking they own my vote and trying to shame me into doing something against my ethics. To try to make their voice louder by demanding my silence.
You're just the latest in a long line.
For the Libertarians who sold out, crapped all over their fellow members, did every dirty trick they could think of to support RFKjr instead of our own candidate - how'd that work out for you?
1. It was a tobacco store.
2. He was carded.
3. The product was labeled D9 and CONTAINS THC with a warning symbol on it.
4. It was 20x the cost of candy.
This sounds like a lie dude made up because he acted like an idiot and got caught.
Let me get this straight...
@LPNational
invited a 2x convicted pedophile to speak at a rally. Then uninvited him yesterday. Then put him back on the speaker list today.
W
T
F
This is our Comms Director. He can certainly say what he likes on his personal social media, but this reflects poorly on our party. This is not who I am - as a person or a Libertarian. I reject bigotry and stand with our GSM members and our members who have GSM family.
This is what we're up against. People who call themselves Libertarians who post videos which say nazis and gay people are the same thing. But hey ... she sure got a whole lotta attention on her feed! Don't retweet that hateful crap. Don't comment on it. Shun her.
Been concerned for a number of years that the LP didn't have a Political Director. Seemed crazy to me. How can you have a political party and not have a political director guiding strategy? But now we don't have a single employee or contractor in the political division. None.
News Flash:
#Libertarians
are not Right or Left. We are not Conservatives or Liberals. We are not centrists.
We are the Party of full and true Liberation.
Mutually beneficial, voluntary interactions with informed, explicit consent.
Peace, not force or coercion.
If
@LPNational
wants to increase $ & members:
1. Listen deeply to donors & power activists on why they left & what's needed for return
2. Chair steps down, VC steps up
3. Embrace OUR pres ticket
4. Stop the MI lawsuit
5. Welcome members instead of hostility
6. Professional staff
The
#Libertarian
Party is made up of people who vote for Libertarian candidates. That's it. If you are voting for a Libertarian in November or have in the recent past, WELCOME TO THE PARTY! We're so happy you are here. :)
Thank you to the MC who broke ranks and were decent human beings. Please rethink the leadership in your organization and reflect on how close to unrecoverable disaster we came because of their temper tantrum.
5/5
Let me get this straight. The BIG PLAN is to give up on that whole electoral politics thing because
1. So much effort
2. Republicans are better right now.
3. So let's be the JV team for them and maybe run a few muni candidates using R organization resources.
F that noise.
This is on the LP website and was sent out to media by the LP. The Chair selected & approved the quote to use. Excited about Trump and "our goal" of defeating Biden. I can't possibly think how people have the idea we are endorsing Trump. It's simply a mystery.
The LP isn't the government. We are an organization with freedom of association. Bigotry is Collectivism, which is not a Libertarian ethic. It really is ok to say "we do not welcome bigots in our party"
Unless, of course, you DO want collectivist bigots in the party.
Literally yes. That’s what libertarianism is. You have a right to be a bigot and all of us pre judge constantly, including you. Are there ugly forms of prejudice? Absolutely. Some are codified into law (DEI). But libertarians should be standing up for people against governments
If a vote to not have ANY candidate for president on the ballot, because your preferred candidate didnt win, had been successful - generations of work to achieve ballot assess in states would have been wiped out.
2/5
Nothing says Libertarian quite like a weapons pat down for all attendees, threatening to boot a candidate for presidential nod for campaigning, going after your photographer for taking photos and...oh yeah, erecting a metal barrier to keep the plebs away from the ruling class
@JoshEakle
Biden is one of the fathers of the war on drugs. He's not even a lesser of 2 evils. He's really damn evil. The sheer and lasting misery he has accomplished for decades with millions of lives destroyed? He's not a lesser evil.
I can't ever remember caring what someone else wore to the gym because
A. I'm focused on my own workout
B. I'm a Libertarian and if you aren't harming others I don't care what you wear. Or don't wear. Exercise naked for all I care. Just wipe the damn machine when you're done.
We're a Political Party. Because of how political parties are set up, & the extreme restrictions on them, they aren't vehicles for anything other than electing people to office. If you want to accomplish other goals, find an organization model better suited.
The Chase campaign is seeing a flood of volunteers in every state. And the states are seeing a flood of interest from potential new members. Most can't even keep up, there are so many inquiries - those are states embracing the Chase nomination.
I don't ever want to hear that MC leadership, and those 300 people, care about campaigns, candidates, or the party. They demonstrated in the clearest way possible they do not.
4/5
LP members, Lifetime members, candidates, and electeds are being blocked by the
@LPNational
account. This is an extreme change in policy and I respectfully ask this to be reviewed and reversed.
Can you even imagine being an LNC Officer for
@LPNational
and making the argument "we bankrupted the party and now have no other option than to money launder donations for a rival presidential candidate to try to stay afloat" and thinking you are showing good leadership.
Oh my, look at that?
The LNC paying for an ad for an opposing candidate who kinda dropped out to support Trump, but also still asking for grift money.
The Vichy LNC is the worst LNC.
At the rally yesterday in MN a LPMN board member was talking about "regime Libertarians" in Minnesota. Dude, I hate to be the one to break it to you, but YOU'RE the regime now.
When randos say Chase is a "nobody" and can't get the Libertarian message out to the mainstream.
We know what you really mean - he doesn't have a podcast.
This man is on the
@LPNational
National Committee. He's engaged in a discussion about party business with party members. Is this OK? Is this what LP members want in Party leadership? I dont.
So why has the LP had a "bigotry is irrational & repugnant" almost since founding?
Because bigotry is Collectivism. And *that form* of Collectivism is used by governments, including ours, as justification for democide.
That's the history of that plank.
At the senate hearing and one senator asked about concerns of organized crime in the Cannabis industry. Ummm.....I'm sitting in the middle of organized crimelords so ....
Strategically, aligning the LP with one of the 2 old parties is a bad move. The media likes a "horse race" story for clicks so even if races aren't that close they say they are & it scares voters back to old parties. We need to grow our base, not position as JV team.
LNC Chair (Angela) asked LPCO to not put a gun grabbing, eco terrorist candidate of opposing party on their ballot line. LPCO laughed in her face & is gonna do it.
The kicker: Chair of LPCO was Angela's VC pick on the LNC.
Are we functional & not embarrassing yet?
I just didn't understand the whole "look at how many followers I have and how few you have" thing on personal accounts. Until my husband said "when you got a small dick you gotta measure something else" and I haven't stopped laughing since.
For future reference for
@LPNational
political strategy:
Selling out to the Right, who already have an established party that they support, and alienating everyone else is bad for membership and donations.
I wish we'd stop doing that every 20 years and busting the party.
Congratulations to Libertarian Party of Alaska and to their candidate, Chris Bye, for advancing to the general election for US Congress. This was a Top 4 jungle primary.
One thing I love about
@ChaseForLiberty
is you never have to worry about an "open mic" moment where he shows his ass - because he says the same things in public and private. You can trust his words are authentic
#Libertarian
Party should have higher aspirations than to be a smaller version of the Republican Paty. If that's the direction, then we become what our critics slur us with - Republicans who smoke weed.
"Woke" finally has a legal definition!
"The belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them."
Turns out I'm woke AF along with the rest of the Libertarian Party!
When you host an event you know media will be at, or you want to good photos to use later in PR, be sure to control the background. This can be done with event security, having volunteers fill the space, or using a fabric backdrop.
Registered Libertarians in the US from 2020 to the most recent audit published by Ballotpedia shows that we have dropped 92,757 members (from 652,261 to 559,504).
Serious ideas, please: what should state affiliates do to reverse this trend?
So if Russia preemptively nukes the US or some other country, are we still supposed to attend the I Love Putin rally put on by the LP and some tankies? Or can we have an actual peace rally instead? Just asking questions.
Appointed to serve on county board, representing cancer patients who aren't receiving pain management because prescriptions are so restricted. Advising county on what they should do with the projected $16.5 million in
#opioid
settlement funds. Today is our first meeting.
#Libertarian
candidates: one of the demos most open to voting for LP (but not presently doing so) are liberal women under 40. What's holding them back? We aren't articulating enviro policies. There are better Libertarian solutions than R denial & D disaster.
It appears JRKjr just announced the death of the
@LPNational
as Political Party "functioning as a libertarian political entity separate and distinct from all other political parties or movements"
Has the LNC disbanded the LP as a party and reformed as nonpartisan?
Something I'm thankful for, but also excited/nervous. In 5 days I pick up keys to retail store space I rented. I'm selling natural wellness products like medicinal teas, mushroom tinctures, CBD, & D9/D8/DO. Because taking charge of your health is a very Libertarian thing to do.