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Excerpt from a Sep. 18 Foxnews.com article: "It’s absurd when nanny-state bureaucrats want to regulate things we buy at mom-and-pop shops or second-hand stores," Wes Benedict, executive director of the Libertarian National Committee, told FOXNews.com. "Consumer product safety is best left to a free market where suppliers can compete based on reputation and track records.

Excerpt from the Brownsville Herald: Several other political parties exist, although most of them are single-issue groups like the Green Party, America First Party and the U.S. Marijuana Party. Some, however, do offer comprehensive philosophies that can be applied to all aspects of life and government.

From the Illinois LP: A recent in-depth investigation by the Chicago Tribune revealed that over 800 undergraduate admissions applications to the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana (”U of I”) received preferential treatment, as well as did dozens of graduate and law school applicants. The investigation also revealed that contacts of several politicians, generous donors and […]

From Doug Burlison, Libertarian city councilmember in Springfield, Missouri: On September 8, at my urging, our City Council (of which I am a member) repealed a local ordinance that prohibited homosexuals from "soliciting" each other. In other words, it was O.K. to put the "heterosexual moves" on a member of the opposite sex, but if […]

September 14, 2009 Dear Friend of Liberty, Several LP headquarters interns and staffers marched in the big 9/12 DC protest on Saturday. We carried a sign pointing out that Republicans are to blame for oversized government, not just Democrats. Take a look at our blog post.

Washington – Libertarian Party headquarters staff and interns joined the 9/12 Tea Party March on Washington.  After gathering at Freedom Plaza, just blocks from the White House, the march proceeded the 1.1 miles down Pennsylvania Avenue to the U.S. Capitol for a rally.

From the Free and Equal Elections Foundation: September 9th, 2009- The Board of Elections in Suffolk County New York has ruled that the Libertarian Party candidates for three county offices will not be on the ballot come November.  This action by the Board of Elections means that voters will only see one candidate on the […]

From the Libertarian Party of Texas: Texas Libertarians Tour Stateto Rally 2010 Candidates and Support County Affiliates AUSTIN, TEXAS – September 2, 2009  –   Libertarian Party of Texas (LPT) officials are planning a three-month, 24-city tour through Texas to recruit local candidates and support their county parties in the 2010 elections.  The public and the […]

September 7, 2009 Dear Friend of Liberty, First, I’d like to wish you a happy Labor Day. Second, I thought I’d share Plank 2.7 of the Libertarian Party Platform: "Labor Markets

August 31, 2009 Dear Friend of Liberty, Like you, most Americans are unhappy with the Republican and Democratic parties. Earlier this month, a Zogby poll found that 58% of people think the U.S. needs more than two major political parties.

August 28, 2009 Dear Friend of Liberty, If you look at the donation counter on our home page, you will see we recently surpassed our $200,900 goal for online donations for 2009. We’re at just over $210,000 at the time of writing this. That’s good news — but unfortunately, there’s bad news too. Our donations […]