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• Arkansas Libertarian Party will be on the 2018 Arkansas ballot

  By dcdottie on July 14, 2017

  

  Little Rock, Ark.  – After receiving the required number of signatures, the Libertarian Party of Arkansas (LPAR) has received the green light to appear on the 2018 ballot in Arkansas. Monday, Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin declared the Libertarian… Read More ›

• Libertarian Party requests national security Briefings for Johnson/Weld

  By dcdottie on September 15, 2016

  

  Alexandria, VA – The Libertarian Party has formally requested that the General Services Administration (GSA) designate the 2016 Libertarian presidential nominees, Governor Gary Johnson and Governor William Weld, as “eligible candidates” under the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (PTA). The… Read More ›

• Republicans continue to jump ship from Trump and the GOP to Johnson and the LP

  By dcdottie on August 3, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  BOSTON, Mass — Yesterday, August 2, 2016, activists from across the country launched Republicans for Johnson-Weld, an effort independent of the Johnson-Weld campaign, designed to boost support for the ticket in view of the disastrous choices offered this year from… Read More ›

• Trump officially forgives $47m in loans and campaign has over $20m in cash

  By dcdottie on July 21, 2016

  

  CLEVELAND — Yesterday, July 20, 2016, it was revealed through a Federal Election Commission (FEC) report by the Donald Trump campaign that he had forgiven $47.5 million in loans he had made to his campaign. The filing also showed that… Read More ›

• Heroin deaths replace those of the formerly legal pain clinics

  By dcdottie on July 20, 2016

  

  Opioid abuse is a growing problem in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), overdose deaths involving prescription painkillers, heroin, and other opioids tripled between 2000 and 2014. Deaths in the U.S. due to… Read More ›

• Day one of Trump’s GOP convention is a mess

  By dcdottie on July 19, 2016

  

  CLEVELAND, OH — Yesterday, July 19, 2016, was the first day of the 2016 Republican National Convention, a convention steeped in confusion, manipulation and…plagiarism? From Steve Womack, acting as convention chair, denied what was clearly a majority of conservative delegates… Read More ›

• New results from poll on Americans encrypting their information so the government cannot access it

  By dcdottie on July 15, 2016

  

  Yesterday, July 14, 2016, YouGov.com released the results of a poll of 5,573 Americans’ opinions on encryption. Specifically, the question posed was, “Do you think it should be legal or illegal for people to use encryption services which prevent the… Read More ›

• New poll: Clinton 40%, Johnson 10%, Stein 5%, Trump 35%

  By dcdottie on July 14, 2016

  

  A new poll was out yesterday, July 13, 2016, by McClatchy-Marist showing some headwinds for both Democratic Party presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican Party presumptive nominee Donald Trump. Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party presumptive nominee Jill… Read More ›

• Bernie gives in to endorsing Hillary and her 1% capitalist cronies

  By dcdottie on July 13, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Portsmouth, NY – Yesterday, July 12, 2016, Bernie Sanders did what many thought impossible, he threw in the towel and endorsed Hillary Clinton for President of the United States. The two could not be more opposite, with Sanders coming from… Read More ›

• ‘No Field Test is Fail Safe’: Meet the Chemist Behind Houston’s Police Drug Kits

  By dcdottie on July 12, 2016

  

  by Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica In 1973, L.J. Scott, Jr., was a chemist at the recently created Drug Enforcement Agency, hard at work on a critical breakthrough: a chemical mixture that could identify the presence of cocaine. The trafficking and use… Read More ›