October 2017 - Lnc-business - Moellman Enterprises Email

A short reminder regarding decorum
by Nicholas Sarwark 29 Oct '19

29 Oct '19

Dear All, I expect that members of the Libertarian National Committee will disagree with each other with respect. I expect that after the Libertarian National Committee comes to a decision on an issue, be it the purchase of an office or the choice to make a goal a certain number of candidates running for public office, that every member of the committee will either support the goal or at least stop trying to publicly fight against it after they've lost. I expect that every member of the Libertarian National Committee will be polite and respectful to the rest of the members and to the national office staff. If anyone is unwilling or unable to meet these expectations, I will happily accept your resignation from the Libertarian National Committee and wish you the best of luck in whatever future endeavors you choose. Yours in liberty, Nicholas J. Sarwark Chair, Libertarian National Committee

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August LNC meeting
by Sam Goldstein 27 Jan '18

27 Jan '18

Dear LNC members, Many of us are in the midst of planning our summers and I think it is time that we take up the issue of where to have our meeting scheduled for August 19-20, 2017. I'm in favor of moving west for this one. Let's get the ball rolling with suggestions of locations and sites so we can narrow it down over the next couple weeks and perhaps have a decision done by our April meeting. Thanks and Live Free, Sam Goldstein Libertarian National Committee Member at Large 8925 N Meridian St, Ste 101 Indianapolis IN 46260 317-850-0726 Phone 317-582-1773 Fax

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Budget meeting
by Joshua Katz 05 Dec '17

05 Dec '17

It appears (I just noticed last night; I thought our next meeting was in April) that we have a budget meeting in December. Ahead of that, I wanted to ask if the EC had a timeline for the proposed budget. Last term, we held one or two teleconferences after we had the proposed budget. I found those helpful, and would encourage us to do that again. I don't know that they resolved much, but at least we knew going in where the flashpoints were. In any case, I'd appreciate knowing when we can expect the proposed budget so I can plan my time accordingly. Joshua A. Katz

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Email Ballot 2017-16: Joe Buchman Donation
by Alicia Mattson 18 Nov '17

18 Nov '17

We have an electronic mail ballot. *Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by July 25, 2017 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time.* *Co-Sponsors:* Harlos, Bilyeu, Demarest, Starchild *Motion:* for the LNC to contribute $5,000 to support the Congressional campaign of Joe Buchman (Utah) -Alicia

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Libertarians doing great things in Florida
by Wes Benedict 09 Nov '17

09 Nov '17

The amount of great things happening with Libertarians is too long to list here. Just this afternoon the Vice Chair from Florida dropped by after having attended the OAI event yesterday. I was also very pleased to see former national chair, and one of our newest elected Libertarians, Jim T. attend the OAI event and visit the office. One of our newest staff members has been doing a fantastic job--Jess from Florida. I could sit here all day and write about 50 different exciting things happening in Florida, but obviously I don't want to take the time to do that right now. Spending lots of time focusing on a few bad things just gives oxygen to the bad elements. It's better not to even mention them. I'm also sometimes concerned that attacking some people teetering between libertarianism and other ideologies, may have the effect of alienating them and pushing them further away from embracing that which is good, and rejecting that which is bad. I was once a pro-war, pro-surveillance, pro-police state, anti-immigration, bad guy. Early in my transition to becoming a libertarian, had I interacted with more mean nitpicking purist libertarian activists (not all purists are mean nitpickers by the way), or had I interacted with more mean nitpicking moderate libertarian activists (not all moderates are mean nitpickers by the way) I might have backed away from the Libertarian Party and re-embraced the Republican Party along with all of its bad policies--I'm often a team player. Let's be nice to each other. When one of our activists falls short, let's not rush to pile on. Let our first instinct be to rally around them and support them. Let our second instinct be to rally around them and support them again. Let our third instinct be to rally around them and support them again. And let our fourth instinct be to ignore them. There was once a guy seeking the Libertarian nomination for a high office in Texas. He would have been incredibly embarrassing and damaging to our brand if he had gotten a lot of publicity. I never publicized the person. Almost nobody ever found out about him. I treated his application for nomination equally to others--it was accepted as was supposed to be and processed. He didn't show up to the convention. He didn't get nominated. His name never reached the news or the email groups. I did not go on a bunch of email groups and start writing about how this guy was going to embarrass us if others found out about him. I shall not say his name here either. Be advised I'm not always the best example of what I'd like to see more of. -- Wes Benedict, Executive Director Libertarian National Committee, Inc. 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314 (202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict(a)lp.org facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership

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Email Ballot 2017-19 : Yemen Resolution
by Alicia Mattson 02 Nov '17

02 Nov '17

We have an electronic mail ballot. *Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by October 31, 2017 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time. Trick or Treat!!* *Co-Sponsor:* Sarwark *Motion:* That the LNC adopt the following resolution: --------------------Resolution Text-------------------- A Call to End the U.S. War in Yemen and Support House Concurrent Resolution 81 Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Republic of Yemen. Resolved by the Libertarian National Committee (LNC) SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FROM HOSTILITIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF YEMEN THAT HAVE NOT BEEN AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS. (a) Findings ––The Libertarian National Committee agrees with Congress and finds the following: (1) Whereas, Congress has the sole power to declare war under article I, section 8, of the Constitution. (2) Whereas, a state of war has not been declared to exist with respect to the conflict between forces led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates against the Houthi-Saleh alliance in the Republic of Yemen. (3) Whereas, United States Armed Forces have been involved in hostilities between Saudi-led forces and the Houthi-Saleh alliance, including through assisting Saudi and United Arab Emirates warplanes conducting aerial bombings in Yemen with selecting targets and by providing midair refueling services to such warplanes, amounting to millions of pounds of jet fuel delivered during thousands of Saudi and United Arab Emirates airstrikes. (4) Whereas, according to the Department of State’s Country Reports on Terrorism 2016, the conflict between Saudi-led forces and the Houthi-Saleh alliance is counterproductive to ongoing efforts by the United States to pursue Al Qaeda and its associated forces under the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (Public Law 107–40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note). (5) Whereas, no authorization for the use of United States Armed Forces with respect to the conflict between Saudi-led forces and the Houthi-Saleh alliance in Yemen has been enacted, and no provision of law authorizes the provision of midair refueling services to warplanes of Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates that are engaged in such conflict. (6) Whereas, the conflict between Saudi-led forces and the Houthi-Saleh alliance in Yemen constitutes, within the meaning of section 4(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1543(a)(1)), either hostilities or a situation where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances into which United States Armed Forces have been introduced. Therefore, be it resolved, the LNC supports H.Con.Res. 81 in accordance with section 3.3 of the Libertarian Party Platform, but advises complete removal of U.S. Armed Forces from the Republic of Yemen: (b) Removal Of Armed Forces.—Pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1544(c)), Congress hereby directs the President to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen, except United States Armed Forces engaged in operations directed at Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula or associated forces, by not later than the date that is 30 days after the date of the adoption of this concurrent resolution (unless the President requests and the Congress authorizes a later date), and unless and until a declaration of war or specific authorization for such use of United States Armed Forces has been enacted. -----------------End of Resolution Text----------------- -Alicia

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Halloween costumes
by Joshua Katz 31 Oct '17

31 Oct '17

Joshua A. Katz

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candidate recruiting specialist selected
by Wes Benedict 31 Oct '17

31 Oct '17

Dear LNC: The Chair and I have signed a contract with an individual to serve in the staff role of candidate recruiting specialist. Any LNC member wanting to know the individual's name should contact me or Nick privately, but should not release the name until we release it publicly. I expect we'll release the name in an announcement sometime this week. We want to do a nice write-up about it to accompany the announcement but I wanted to let you all know about it before hand. Thanks, -- Wes Benedict, Executive Director Libertarian National Committee, Inc. 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314 (202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict(a)lp.org facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership

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From Dr. Buchman
by Caryn Ann Harlos 28 Oct '17

28 Oct '17

===I was first on Doug's show on June 9. This was my fifth appearance since then. He had some kind things to say. Thanks again to the LNC for the financial help. $1,000.00 of that went into advertising on Doug's show. https://www.ksl.com/?nid=1388&a=16445&showid=2016&n=The+Doug+Wright+Show#=== -- *In Liberty,* *Caryn Ann Harlos* Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann. Harlos(a)LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos(a)LP.org> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado <http://www.lpcolorado.org> Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee A haiku to the Statement of Principles: *We defend your rights* *And oppose the use of force* *Taxation is theft*

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Fwd: [Lnc-votes] Resignation From LPF
by Joshua Katz 28 Oct '17

28 Oct '17

Thank you to both Steven, Paul Frankel, and Tom Knapp for inserting much-needed facts into this discussion. In light of these facts, I think vigilance is called for, but do not think it is appropriate, at this time, to make a relevant motion. I will note, without getting into the weeds, that while I won't quibble with facts alleged about Florida, I would disagree with some of the statements made about certain national groups, or in other ways about the dangerous movement we face. I think they are more dangerous than they've been described here, and while in the past I considered them individually dangerous, I now consider them to be an organizational threat - and a threat to the modern world which made freedom possible. (Murray Rothbard pointed out, in 1965, that freedom was made possible by the overthrow of the Ancien Regime, and I think the pre-modern thinking on the right, and the post-modern thinking on the left, are both creating an environment where it can return.) I consider them, at the moment, the most immediate threat to freedom in our culture, since they have organized and gone beyond being individual cranks - they now are making moves on the world of ideas, which controls the rest. And remember that far too many people associate us with them. The Charlottesville morons (if it brings them any comfort, I think I speak on behalf of all Jews when I say that none of us desire to be mouth-breathing bigots carrying tiki torches, so their fears about us replacing them are misplaced) used a banner which was based on the Albany Plan of Union banner - and one of the snake pieces was labeled L. In any event, as concerns Florida, I think the analysis is pretty straightforward, although the determinations are not. Is there a problem? I am convinced there is, and I am convinced we should not ignore it and blind ourselves to it. Another party tried that approach, as well as "well, we'll bring them along for their votes on the things we agree about," and now is largely unable to get candidates who actually favor its basic ideas through primaries. The next question, the crucial question, is - can the affiliate fix it? (A related, but somewhat different question, is whether it wants to.) I think the answer to that is yes. There is, of course, a tipping point - a point where rather than try to fix the problem, good people simply leave, and the ability to fix the problem goes away. And good people are, it seems clear to me, leaving. I still do not think the tipping point has been reached, though. Joshua A. Katz At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <travellingcircus(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 12:21 PM Subject: Re: [Lnc-votes] [Lnc-business] Resignation From LPF To: "Caryn.Ann.Harlos(a)LP.org" <caryn.ann.harlos(a)lp.org>, Independent Political Report <independent-political-report(a)googlegroups.com>, " iprtwo(a)googlegroups.com" <iprtwo(a)googlegroups.com>, erin.adams(a)lp.org, Whitney Bilyeu <whitneycb76(a)gmail.com>, Joshua Katz <joshua.katz(a)lp.org>, David Demarest <David.Demarest(a)lp.org>, Daniel Hayes <daniel.hayes(a)lp.org>, Ed Marsh <ednmax(a)yahoo.com>, Steven Nekhaila <Steven.Nekhaila(a)gmail.com>, Starchild <sfdreamer(a)earthlink.net>, Paul Stanton <paul(a)stanton.name> I'm writing to LNC members who commented in this thread plus Whitney as my rep, IPR teamCCed for background, and Paul Stanton CCed. If any of the LNC members copied feel it's worth sharing with the rest of LNC please do so. If not, my feelings won't be hurt either. I'm not going to comment on what if anything LNC should do, just lay out the facts as I know them, Just before Paul Stanton resigned from LPF exec comm he submitted the following to that body (see links embedded in original): https://groups.google.com/forum/embed/#!topic/lpfec/7Ii6WazfTGo ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------- Greetings, Tonight's motion 520 is mainly regarding threats and advocacy of violence against me and others, including a current US Senate candidate and former rules chair of the Libertarian Party of Miami-Dade. Additionally, he is a leader in a white supremacist group, the American Guard <http://adl.org/blog/behind-the-american-guard-hardcore-white-supremacists>, a spin-off group of the violent anti-immigrant Sons of Odin - founded by Brien James <https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/brien-ja…> (who also founded the Vinlanders - a Neo-Nazi group responsible for dozens of murders). The crossed cleavers in their shield is a reference to 19th century anti-immigrant gang leader, Bill the Butcher <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Poole> - an advocacy of violence against immigrants. Ryan Ramsey himself covers white nationalist "Rock Against Communism <https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Rock_Against_Communism>" bands like S <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skrewdriver>crewdriver <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skrewdriver>, and advocates for Operation Werewolf <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werwolf>. He has called the LNC Chair Nick Sarwark "Nazi Nick," citing Nick's Jewish religion, then blaming people "disingenuous political leaders like Nick Sarwark" for the rise of the Nazi Party and ultimately the Holocaust. <http://archive.is/EMZPY> Here are some links which I will be referencing tonight at the meeting: https://www.facebook.com/libertarianheathen/photos/a.1959795 147587414.1073741828.1954915414742054/2002228056677456/ <https://www.facebook.com/libertarianheathen/photos/a.1959795147587414.10737…> https://www.adl.org/blog/behind-the-american-guard-hardcore- white-supremacists http://libertarianheathen.com http://archive.is/t5jC7 Bottom line, I am sick of seeing threats of violence against good Libertarians, and others disassociating in disgust over the intimidation tactics, dehumanization, and white supremacist rhetoric being employed by leaders within our party. If we allow one of our leaders to threaten our membership while having the ability to stop it, voters and donors have no reason to take our party seriously, as we clearly do not. The delegates very clearly gave us the ability to remove people from the EC for violation of the non-aggression pledge. Tonight we must decide if we will take that task seriously or not. In liberty, Paul Stanton Folowup message: Info about the 1930s German Nazi history book that Ryan Ramsey took his meme from: http://spartacus-educational.com/Jewish_Children.htm ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------- Frankel: I can also attest to the threats coming from Ramsey, his former close associate Augustus Invictus and others in their circle. Back in April of this year, on a tip from IPR site owner Warren Redlich, I published http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2017/04/poli ce-report-augustus-invictus-accused-of-domestic-violence- sexual-assault-kidnapping/ detailing that Mr. Invictus' ex-fiancee made these very serious allegations against him. I confirmed with the police department in question that the referenced report had in fact been filed. I made no comment in the article about the truth or falsehood of the allegations. Any comments of opinions I made in the comment section on the same basis as any of our other readers and clearly marked as opinion. Notably, the complaintant and associate of hers also reported death threats at the time from Invictus and Ramsey, who have since then (very recently) had a falling out. Witness tampering was also one of the allegations. I also *republished* http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2017/04/ libertarians-united-against-fascism-to-the-cowardly- collaborators-of-the-libertarian-party-of-florida-and-a- call-to-action-against-them/ <http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2017/04/libertarians-united-against-f…> (note that the original and its website were taken down so the images no longer appear; scroll down to see the section about Ryan Ramsey as the last part of the article). As a response, 1) Augustus Invictus wrote me and Warren Redlich, insinuating possible legal action and hinting at other forms of retaliation; he later wrote another former associate of his, Raquel Okyay, which was later forwarded to me, naming me as one of the people he plans to take some form of unspecified revenge on. 2) Ryan Ramsey published two articles filled with outright lies and slanderous fictions about me, Redlich, and others alleging some grand conspiracy . You can find them at libertarianheathen.com with a search for Frankel. Ramsey and his associates continually spread this crap on FB and probably elsewhere. https://libertarianheathen.com/?s=frankel The slanderous lies from Ramsey were tit for tat retaliation – he said so himself, and offered a reciprocal unpublishing – because I reported the news that his then buddy Augustus Invictus, one of the Charlottesville organizers, had been accused of a pattern of domestic violence, kidnapping and rape by his ex-fiancee. I was simply reporting the news, not taking a stance, except in the comments; and even there I was careful to separate what I knew to be fact from my opinion and what others alleged. Furthermore, I reposted accurate reporting about Ryan Ramsey and his associates previously published elsewhere. His response was to 1) Publish lies about me, Warren Redlich and IPR, linked above 2) Offer to take them down if we took down our own reporting 3) Threaten to sic law enforcement on me for supposedly being a terrorist and threatening his wife, none of which is even remotely true. Specifically, he said he had contacted the Florida Department of Law Enforcement electronic crimes division and was planning to meet with the FBI and tell them that I am a terrorist (a preposterous lie) and that I threatened his then pregnant wife (another absurd fiction). 4) His pal Invictus broached the possibility of suing us (but said he wasn’t doing that, at least at that time) 5) Invictus later issued a non-specific threat against me and a few other people saying we will “get what is coming to us.” Among many other people he and his associates have threatened. Ryan Ramsey’s article is in fact full of attacks, slander and lies. Looking at just the headline alone: I am not editor in chief at IPR and in fact there is no such position. I am not a terrorist, and that is a slanderous claim. Moving beyond the headline I address numerous inaccurate statements, slanders, libel and downright lies in Ramsey’s article in a series of comments starting at http://independentpoliticalrep ort.com/2017/04/libertarians-united-against-fascism-write-op en-letter-to-lnc-starchild-responds/#comment-1581189 and continuing over a couple of dozen comments. To take one egregious example, Ramsey continually asserts that I had something to do with killing a dog. I did not, and while he is not the first person to spread this lie it is nevertheless a lie and he is not repeating it as a statement by someone else but rather as something he knows to be true, unlike the statements about him by others that I have published. There are many similar falsehoods throughout the article which I addressed in IPR comments. Others who have been threatened by Invictus, Ramsey and friends include *Tom Knapp * http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2017/07/paul-stanton-p erhaps-working-with-white-nationalists-is-not-the-best-appro ach/#comment-1636145 *"To date, twice when the AI combination pity party / threat machine got cranked up and I was involved in direct back and forth, I escalated from Condition Yellow to Condition Orange. This involves, among other things, making my family aware of a possible threat, ensuring that at least one person in the household in addition to myself has a loaded firearm near to hand at all times, and paying special attention to street traffic in my neighborhood (which is very low traffic so anything unusual stands out, and I have a nearby neighbor who knows to call if anything looks suspicious as well). "* Frankel again) The email I was forwarded from Invictus says in part *"Stanton, Tesky, Wyllie, Marchetti, and Frankel are all directly responsible for that, because the babysitter called the police based off the bullshit criminal allegations being pushed by those five. It was the ‘news’ story that caused the babysitter to call the police. Fourth and final: It never crossed my mind that Joe (Wendt) had anything to do with that, but if I find out that he was involved with Stanton or Tesky or Marchetti in pushing those criminal allegations, I will hang him with my own fucking hands. That entire situation is something so outrageous that I am not even discussing it. Each and every person who was involved or had knowledge of it will get what is coming to them."* And in fact, all of the people named, myself included, are among many others who have reported being threatened by Invictus, Ramsey and their circle of associates. Ramsey is still neck deep in it even now that Invictus has become a Republican. Ramsey is allegedly gloating about Stanton's resignation in these facebook groups, among others: Kekistan The Right Way: No Cucks, Only Kek Republic of Kekistan @The Deplorables and Basement Dwellers for Trump Anti-SJW Anti-SJW Pinochet's Beach Party The ex-fiancee of Invictus, Ms. Rice, and her friend Ms. Brown along with others they knew also reported being threatened and intimidated by Invictus, Ramsey et al. http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2017/08/joe-wendt-for- us-senate-new-lp-of-florida-chair-undermines-libertarian-pri nciples-in-favor-of-white-nationalists/ .... *Libertarian Party Candidate for U.S. Senate, Joe Wendt, condemns LPF Chair, Marcos Miralles, for pursuing a policy that promotes white nationalists within the Libertarian Party of Florida. “Mr. Miralles has appointed known white nationalists to leadership positions.”* *...* *“I have been threatened with physical violence by white nationalist supporters of Miralles,” said Wendt. “* <http://goog_1698321734> http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2017/07/paul-stanton-p erhaps-working-with-white-nationalists-is-not-the-best-approach/ see embedded links in original" *We are losing good members, and the trust of the public, due to the elevation of leaders in extremist hate groups to our party leadership. We need a new approach. Local libertarian-leaning politicians and voters associate us with far-right extremists. As of yesterday, my county no longer has a full slate of candidates for the Florida House. One of the Libertarian candidates I drafted will now unfortunately be running NPA. Yesterday, we also lost our incoming Rules Committee chair. Previously, both our former gubernatorial nominee and our senatorial nominee (prior to me) have resigned their LPF memberships, among countless other Libertarian activists and volunteers. A member of my 2016 Senate campaign ended her participation with the party, because her employer forbids associations with members of extremist hate groups advocating for violence. A single friend (who ceased her participation after receiving death threats) has reported that no fewer than 30 of her acquaintances have withdrawn from Libertarian Party activism due to risks to themselves and their reputations.* *During my US Senate campaign, I never expected the situation that unfolded. I expected the personal attacks, but I never expected racist fantasies about my mother, posting of personal information about members of my family, or the violent threats and sexual harassment targeting my supporters and members of my campaign. Last month, after I introduced a motion (which was killed) to remove Florida’s member of the Libertarian Party Platform Committee for his racist statements <http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Anti-racist_is_a_code_word_for_anti-white#.22T…>, I was accused of wanting to kill all white people, in a “white genocide <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_genocide_conspiracy_theory>” conspiracy theory. And now today, there have been threats that the militant <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldiers_of_Odin> hate <http://www.theindychannel.com/longform/who-are-the-american-guard-patriotic…> group <https://godsandradicals.org/2017/03/18/heathen-know-nothings-the-american-g…> the <http://forward.com/fast-forward/368055/white-supremacists-and-skinheads-joi…> American Guard <https://www.adl.org/blog/behind-the-american-guard-hardcore-white-supremaci…>may be waiting for me in the parking lot, or harassing county party meetings. We must have higher standards for our party leadership!* *Sadly, these are common intimidation tactics among white nationalists, and there are several other victims throughout Florida. This behavior cannot be accepted. We cannot continue to elevate these people. Libertarianism stands for maximum freedom for everyone, universally. We dishonor ourselves and our party by enabling liars with wildly divergent philosophies, who stand immediately adjacent to neo-Nazis <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Movement_(United_States)>, white nationalists <https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/vinlanders-so…>, fascists <https://johnmhudak.com/2017/07/16/rise-of-the-anarcho-statists-part-iii-aug…>,organized criminal syndicates <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlaws_Motorcycle_Club>, and domestic terrorists <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Front>.* >From the comments: 1. Starchild <http://www.openborders.info/>*July 22, 2017 at 09:26* <http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2017/07/paul-stanton-perhaps-working-…> *Joe, do you know which individuals were shouting “white power” at the state convention? Is there video evidence of this? I would hope those individuals are identified and ostracized, and that other Libertarians will make clear to them that there is no room for such racism in the LP. That is not what we are about. If individuals who seek to act in such a manner leave the party, that is not a loss for us but a gain.* 2. 3. Joe Wendt*July 22, 2017 at 12:10* <http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2017/07/paul-stanton-perhaps-working-…> *Starchild,* *The individuals in question are supports of the current LPF Chair. Although Augustus Invictus, the most prominent of the White Nationalists, has left the party, unfortunately other less prominent White Nationalists are not [only -p] remaining active in the LPF, the Chair is actually giving them positions of authority.* *Screenshot of Ramsey threatening to knock Wendt’s teeth out and saying he may have an “accident”* http://independentpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/received_ 10159060778305274.png paulie <https://www.facebook.com/paulie.cannoli>July 23, 2017 at 12:04 <http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2017/07/paul-stanton-perhaps-working-…> Again, it’s not about Joe.* Yes Ramsey threatened Joe, but he also threatened many other people, as has Invictus and their other buddies. There are numerous sources for that, including me. *Yes, Ramsey has spread bullshit about me. I think he is still doing it although I haven’t checked lately. Did he know it to be false or did he just repeat what other people said? Well, he couldn’t have known it to be true since it was not true and he did not say “so and so says” he just repeated things as if they were facts and added new ones such as the bullshit about me being a terrorist and member of a terrorist groups and the bullshit about me making threats against his wife. And again, *these are just examples just as the other examples in Stanton’s article are only examples.* *The real issue is that there is an ongoing pattern as reported by many different people of Invictus, Ramsey and their circle of friends issuing threats, spreading lies .. to and about many different people .. and maintaining ongoing close associations with multiple white supremacist groups and violent groups and individuals.* .... *Ramsey says “You were awful meek last night punk. Ill see you soon though and well see how mouthy you are”* which is clearly physical intimidation. Joe is talking shit on the internet but Ramsey says he will not do it in person. Why not? Clearly due to threat of physical violence. Ramsey follows this up with *“Id be more concerned with the teeth in your mouth at this point joe. Your dental plan good?” *which in the context of his earlier statement is not exactly a very veiled threat. If he was genuinely concerned about Joe slipping and falling due to being drunk, which is laughable in the context of the conversation, he would not have made the threat so specific. And the larger context of course is that there have been many other threats, to many other people, myself as well as this publication (IPR) included. Joe WendtJuly 23, 2017 at 13:55 <http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2017/07/paul-stanton-perhaps-working-…> *To Andy,* *I have contacted the police. Since it has not progressed beyond Facebook, they told me to block him and contact them again if he continues the harassing and threatening behavior. They will be called if he threatens me again.* paulie <https://www.facebook.com/paulie.cannoli>July 23, 2017 at 14:19 <http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2017/07/paul-stanton-perhaps-working-…> Also, if all of these if all of these violent threats have been made, why hasn’t anyone gone to jail? Has anyone even gotten a restraining order? Don’t be naive. Threats are not always made in a verifiable, provable form. I’ve received plenty of threats over the years, including death threats, and I have never felt the urge to go to the cops about it. What the fuck are they going to do? While they conduct their half assed investigation I may get killed or injured or whatever else. Or someone else around me. And one of the people that has been threatened by Invictus, Ramsey and friends made a good point. This person said that Ramsey has known contacts in law enforcement and that there are known ties between many members of law enforcement and white supremacist groups such as the ones Ramsey and Invictus have a lot of ties to. So reporting anything to law enforcement may actually be cutting your own throat if you get threatened by these assholes. FL: Augustus Invictus campaigns in front of white nationalist skinhead music banner <http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2015/12/fl-augustus-invictus-campaign…> http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2015/12/fl- augustus-invictus-campaigns-in-front-of-white-nationalist- skinhead-music-banner/ <http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2015/12/fl-augustus-invictus-campaign…> Note: Ramsey also frequently associates with that same banner to this day. "Rock Against Communism" may sound like something that libertarians would agree with, but in reality it's a well-known neo-nazi front organization that no "former" white supremacist (as Ramsey claims to be) would have any association with. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Against_Communism *The Rock Against Communism movement originated in the United Kingdom <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom> in late 1978 with far right <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_right> activists associated with the National Front <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_National_Front> (NF).[4] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Against_Communism#cite_note-soundtrack-4> It was intended to counter the Rock Against Racism <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Against_Racism> organisation.[4] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Against_Communism#cite_note-soundtrack-4> The first RAC concert was in Leeds <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds>, England <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England> in 1978, featuring the Nazi punk <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_punk> bands The Dentists and The Ventz.[5] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Against_Communism#cite_note-5> RAC held one concert in 1979 and another in spring 1983, which was headlined by Skrewdriver <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skrewdriver>, a white power rock <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_power_rock> band led by Ian Stuart Donaldson <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Stuart_Donaldson>. After that, RAC concerts were held more often. They were often headlined by Skrewdriver and featured other white power bands, such as Skullhead <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skullhead> and No Remorse <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Remorse_(band)>. In the mid-1980s, summer concerts were often held at the Suffolk <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk> home of Edgar Griffin <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Griffin>, a Conservative Party <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)> activist[6] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Against_Communism#cite_note-6> and father of Nick Griffin <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Griffin>, an NF organiser who later became the national chair of the British National Party <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_National_Party>. By the late 1980s, the RAC name had given way to the White Noise Club (another NF-based group), and later Blood and Honour <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_and_Honour>, which was set up by Donaldson <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donaldson> when they fell out with the NF leadership.[4] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Against_Communism#cite_note-soundtrack-4> As hardcore punk <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_punk> music became more popular in the 1990s and 2000s, many white power bands took on a more hardcore-influenced sound.* Note that Ryan Ramsey continues to proudly wave the "Rock against communism" banner. Chuck Moulton: ‘LP conventions, avoid alt-right / white supremacist event speakers’ <http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2017/05/chuck-moulton-lp-conventions-…> http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2017/05/chuck- moulton-lp-conventions-avoid-alt-right-white-supremacist-event-speakers/ More background: http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2017/04/alexandria- brown-response-to-ryan-ramsey-and-timeline-of-events/ http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2017/04/update-on- rape-assault-kidnapping-and-witness-tampering-allegations-ag ainst-augustus-invictus/ http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2017/04/update-on-augu stus-invictus-criminal-allegations-and-retraction-of-censure -from-florida-lp-possible-disaffiliation-by-lnc-floated/ http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2017/04/david-colborne-augustus-sol- invictus-is-not-welcome-in-my-state/ http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2017/04/knppster-were- going-to-shut-it-down/ http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2017/04/knapp-replace- lp-of-florida-exec-comm-and-bylaws/ http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2017/08/paul-stanton- lp-florida-chair-marcos-miralles-must-resign/ : *Marcos Miralles began his race for Chair of the LPF with the support of Augustus Sol Invictus <https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/augustus…>and Ryan Ramsey, both leaders in white supremacist groups, including the American Guard <https://www.adl.org/blog/behind-the-american-guard-hardcore-white-supremaci…>. (The American Guard was one of the groups present in Charlottesville last weekend. <http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/indianapolis/indiana-american…>) Invictus was also a featured speaker at the Charlottesville white supremacist rally. <http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-pulse/os-augustus-in…> The support has not been one-sided. Last year, Marcos Miralles provided a town hall for Invictus <http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/election/article9752434…> (as part of a campaign to stir up drama during the primary), the pictures from which are still used by the Miami Herald to associate our party with Invictus <http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article167083427.html>. Additionally, he proudly displayed Ryan Ramsey’s endorsement on his website and appointed Ryan Ramsey <https://docs.lpf.org/meeting/july-16th-2017/> to our Legislative Review Committee. There is no place for white supremacy in the Libertarian Party of Florida.* *Thankfully, there was a recent press release <https://lpf.org/2017/08/libertarian-party-florida-first-strongest-voice-hat…> condemning the events in Charlottesville. Unfortunately, Marcos Miralles has refused to condemn the white supremacists within our party, or recant his previous support. Instead, he insists that he will “work with everybody” and has dismissed worries about white supremacists using our party to support their platform as “non sense,” despite the support of the previously-mentioned Libertarians, and despite the Libertarian Party of Florida’s representative to the Libertarian Party platform committee, Frank Caprio. Caprio regularly makes very racist comments, including quotes white supremacist Bob Whitaker <https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/06/07/bob-whitaker-author-racist-m…>. I physically cringed when I read Marcos write: “The Libertarian Party of Florida will forever remain the safest home for all of those that fight for civil rights.” As one of the Libertarian victims of violent threats and harassment (a Muslim mother of biracial children) stated, “The Libertarian Party was not a safe haven for me and many others like me. It should be, by principle. […] But that’s not the present day reality.” Sadly, she ended her participation with the party after concerns with the safety of her family. When she reached out to Miralles, she was ignored and blocked on social media.* http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2017/05/knapp-dickey-c over-2017-libertarian-party-of-florida-convention/ http://in dependentpoliticalreport.com/2017/05/knapp-dickey-cover- 2017-libertarian-party-of-florida-convention/ There were people yelling white power. Larry Sharpe went on an alt-right vlog by Ryan Ramsey called the Mad American Network. That group was with Invictus in Harrisburg, PA and at least one member, Dave Martel, was seen sieg heiling there. Invictus chased someone out of a courtesy suite with threats of violence. Invictus was then pushing Paul Stanton trying to pick a fight. There was loud applause of his speech where he hijacked our convention for five minutes, then just bragged about it… …our gubernatorial candidate denied Stanton a mic for a privileged motion, so that he could procedurally kill a pro-immigration platform plank without letting it be read. Thomas Knapp lost an ad hoc election to the LP platform committee to a “constitutional conservative” who once told me, “anti-racist is code for anti-white,” Frank Caprio. He’s from the LP of Orange County (Orlando area, same as Invictus -p). Oh, and by the way – no pretend antifa protesters showed up, of course. http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2017/09/paul-frankel- why-libertarians-need-to-denounce-the-alt-right-and- white-nationalists-and-dont-need-to-worry-about-libertarian-socialists-and- antifa/ http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2017/08/lsla-2017-phys ically-removed-so-to-speak-making-the-lp-inhospitable-to- the-alt-right-and-other-nazis/ I'm sure that's more than enough for now, but there's plenty more. Feel free to email or call 205-534-1622 <(205)%20534-1622> to discuss, and forward wherever or whenever you wish. Paul Frankel On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 8:39 AM, <lnc-votes(a)hq.lp.org> wrote: > I also agree with Ed. > > > > Caryn Ann, just to make it perfectly clear, I will support an > investigative motion only if requested by someone in the Florida affiliate. > > > > In the meantime, I will continue to disregard political correctness, speak > out against mindless bigotry at every opportunity and encourage economic > and social ostracism to cope with both supremacist violence and the moral > wrong of non-violent ‘bake the cake’ intolerance. State-sponsored > retaliatory violence is not the answer to intolerance and just leaves the > door open for state-initiated repression that we Libertarians are supposed > to be fighting against. > > > > There is no place for bigotry in the LP and the Libertarianism movement, > regardless of whether or not specific intolerant acts violate the > Non-Aggression Principle. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > ~David Pratt > > > > *May 25-27 2018 Omaha Roads to Freedom Un-Convention* > > > > *Freedom, Nothing More, Nothing Less* > > > > ~David Pratt Demarest > > Roads to Freedom Foundation, Founder > > LNC Region 6 Representative (IA, IL, MN, MO, ND, NE, WI) > > LSLA Vice-Chair > > LPNE State Central Committee, Secretary > > LPRC Board Member, Nebraska State Coordinator > > David.Demarest(a)LP.org > > Secretary(a)LPNE.org > > DPDemarest(a)centurylink.net > > DPrattDemarest(a)gmail.com > > Cell: 402-981-6469 <(402)%20981-6469> > > Home: 402-493-0873 <(402)%20493-0873> > > > > *From:* Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org] *On Behalf > Of *Caryn Ann Harlos > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 24, 2017 1:17 AM > *To:* ednmax(a)yahoo.com > *Cc:* lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org; lnc-business <lnc-business(a)lp.org> > *Subject:* Re: [Lnc-business] Resignation From LPF > > > > Thank you Ed. I really appreciate your thoughts. > > > > -Caryn Ann > > > > On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 12:07 AM, Ed Marsh <ednmax(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > I talk with the leadership (officers) of the LPF on a regular basis. > > Not one regular member or member of the Exc. Com has asked me to > > have the LNC involved in this matter. > > At this time unless something changes let the Florida Libertarian Party > > take care of its own internal business. > > > > > > Ed Marsh > > Region 2 Rep (Florida,Georgia,Tennessee) > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android> > > > > On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 11:25 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos > > <carynannharlos(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > _______________________________________________ > Lnc-business mailing list > Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org > http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org > > > > > > -- > > *In Liberty,* > > *Caryn Ann Harlos* > > Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, > Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann. > Harlos(a)LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos(a)LP.org> > > Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado > <http://www.lpcolorado.org> > > Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee > > > > A haiku to the Statement of Principles: > > *We defend your rights* > > *And oppose the use of force* > > *Taxation is theft* > > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "lncvotes" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to lncvotes+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > _______________________________________________ > Lnc-business mailing list > Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org > http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "lncvotes" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to lncvotes+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > _______________________________________________ > Lnc-votes mailing list > Lnc-votes(a)hq.lp.org > http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-votes_hq.lp.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "lncvotes" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to lncvotes+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >

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