Evan McMahon is the 24th Chair of the Libertarian National Committee and presided over the first meeting of the newly elected LNC yesterday afternoon in Grand Rapids. Mr. McMahon also served as my campaign manager in the 2018 special election for Phoenix Mayor after Greg Stanton quit. I was 19th Chair of the Libertarian National Committee, serving from 2014-2020. The…
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ntrsopedSo21uc52ul38h60ah9i502c7776320714i24u7u47i5813h416h5 · Congratulations to Evan McMahon, who ran my 2018 campaign for Mayor of Phoenix, for leading the newly elected Libertarian National Committee to disaffiliate the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire, a group that has been dedicated to destroying the entire Libertarian Party since Jeremy Kauffman joined the Libertarian Party in 2021 and has controlled it’s direction ever since. This last…
Michael Lopez, Communications Director of the Classical Liberal Caucus,has addressed the LNC in an open letter: Open Letter to Mr. Evan McMahon , Ms. Amanda Griffiths, Mr. Doug Knebel , Mr. Jonathan McGee, other members of the Libertarian National Committee, and staff: Two years ago, in the lead up to the DC convention, the Classical Liberal Caucus created a series of…
Some of the acoustics are poor. I regularly explain Massachusetts ballot access law. There is weak recollection of my explanations. LNC Meeting of May 25, 2026 Meeting to order at 2:32. Attendance is called. Public comments: Various people speak up for at-large candidates. Harlos asks to be appointed as historical committee chair. Someone observes that the signage in the convention…
We are advised by Avens O’Brien: The newly elected LNC just voted to disaffiliate the LPNH.
I am not publishing vote totals because they are not being reported on YouTube. I would need an image I can capture, which is not occurring. At 9AM there is a youtube signal but a static glyph and no sound apparent. 9:05 Chair calls for delegates to come to the room and take their seats. Call to order. 9:07 Moellman…
A delegate was arrested at the National convention. There is a published image of the person, in handcuffs, being led along a corridor by two police officers. It is alleged that he assaulted another, female delegate. A person of the same name was decredentialed by vote of the national convention. A person allegedly of the same name and appearance was…
Something went wrong with the save/update command on the blog, such that I have lost large sections of text on at least one day. I will investigate further, but the loss is likely irreparable. We are here. The youtube broadcast hid itself. The Judicial Committee election results were announced: Avens O’Brien and Ken Moellman were elected to the Judicial Committee;…
The National Convention continues its lackadaisical advance through convention business. Both convention sessions started at well after the announced hour. In the morning, there was about an hour of convention business. A two hour lunch was followed by an extended keynote speech. There was modestly more business accomplished in the afternoon, but the total time devoted to convention business was…
On the End of an Era Hello Libertarians. This is the fifteenth and last of a series of opinion articles I have been privileged to write for you once per month on an “inside baseball” topic for the Libertarian Party. I encourage everyone who has an opinion on whatever we’re talking about this month to comment or send phillies@4liberty.net your…