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Libertarian Party Gets New National Chair After Angela McArdle's Surprise Resignation

The Mises Caucus hold over the party cracks as its founder Michael Heise loses in a 9-6 vote to Steven Nekhaila.

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Libertarian Party Underperforms in Presidential Election

The 2016 and 2020 elections were the best in the party's history, but 2024 looks likely to fall far short.

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Maybe New Yorkers Don't Want Bowman Progressivism

Plus: Inside the failed takeover of the L.P., suspicious stats spread by the surgeon general, and more...

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How the Libertarian Party Lost Its Way

Two years post-takeover, some longtime activists and donors claim the Mises Caucus has driven the party into the ground.

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A Power Struggle Consumes the Libertarian Party

The Libertarian Party's controversial plan is to "stop Biden" and extract promises from Trump along the way.

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Plus: Piña coladas, doing business in Hong Kong, edibles at the LNC, and more...

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US Elections: Libertarian Party Chooses Chase Oliver As Presidential Candidate

Chase Oliver has been nominated as the Libertarian Party's presidential candidate for 2024 as he narrowly edged out the Mises Caucus after an intense eight-hour convention and also foiled Trump and Kennedy Jr.'s bids.

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Inside the Libertarian Party's Decision To Host a Trump Speech

A party in disarray squabbles over its future in the shadow of the former president.

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What Does the Mises Caucus Really Want? Live with Michael Heise, Nick Gillespie, and Zach Weissmueller

Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook on Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern for a discussion of "Project Decentralized REVOLution" with Mises Caucus founder Michael Heise.

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What's Next for Chase Oliver, the Libertarian Who Forced a Runoff in the Georgia Senate Race?

He wants election reforms in Georgia, different priorities for the national Libertarian Party, and plans to challenge Justin Amash—but maybe not how you'd expect.

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Maj Toure: Gun Control Is 'the Most Racist Practice in America'

The libertarian activist on gun rights, the new BLM ("Black Libertarian Movement"), and his support for the Mises Caucus.

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In Arizona, Libertarian Party Senate Candidate Polls at 15 Percent

Marc Victor is gaining ground with a “live and let live” message.

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Libertarian Party Faces State Rebellions

The Libertarian Party's state affiliates in New Mexico and Virginia have broken away amid ideological and procedural turmoil—and the Virginia branch may have dissolved entirely.

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Zach Weissmueller: Will the Mises Caucus Save or Kill the Libertarian Party?

The L.P. just held its most-momentous convention in years. Here's what is next for the third-largest political party in the country.

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Dave Smith: Comedian, Podcaster…Presidential Candidate?

”We stand for repealing the entire Progressive Era,” says Smith.

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Justin Amash's Vision for the Libertarian Party

The Libertarian former congressman on the Mises Caucus takeover, his embrace of "liberalism," and political strategy.

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'By Our Fruits, You'll Know Us': The Mises Caucus Mastermind

"[Libertarians] need to push forward our own culture, our own vision, our own language, our own narrative" and change "the way people think," says Mises Caucus founder Michael Heise.

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Inside the Mises Caucus Takeover of the Libertarian Party

Supporters say they want to "make the Libertarian Party libertarian again." Critics say they’re shitposting edgelords who will destroy the LP from within.

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Libertarian Party hijacked by MAGA

The change could "help consolidate the right-wing vote around the Republican Party"

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Can a Post-'Takeover' Libertarian Party Improve on Its Historical Run of 2012–20?

After winning its two highest-ever presidential vote percentages in 2016 and 2020, the Libertarian Party was taken over by activists embarrassed by those campaigns. Will they attract more votes?

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Delta-8 Cannabis Compound Is Legal, Says Federal Appeals Court

Plus: Libertarian Party changes abortion and bigotry planks, the FDA's weird rejection of fluvoxamine for treating COVID-19, and more...

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Mises Caucus Takes Control of Libertarian Party

Dominating the convention body by more than two-thirds, the Mises Caucus claims to offer an edgier, more libertarian organization. Foes accuse it of right-wing deviationism and racism.

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