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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

The result of Hitler's project, far from "successfully eradicating communism," was half of Germany under the complete control of the Soviet Union for forty years. This line of so-called "thought" is not only repugnant but also irrational.

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

In 1800, there were no US laws regulating immigration at all. It was unlimited and legal. The first US immigration restriction was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. In 1924, "free white persons" from Europe were subjected to strict quotas - the first "limited legal" system.

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Socialists (pointing to capitalist social democracies) "that's what we want!" (pointing to socialist dictatorships) "and that's how we're going to get it!"

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Libertarian Party @libertariancdn.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

The same is true in Canada except, instead of Republicans and Democrats, it’s Liberals, Conservatives, New Democrats and even People’s Partiers.

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Democrats will literally go on Twitter and brag about how they intend to use the law to subvert democracy instead of going to therapy

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

"I pledge allegiance to... liberty and justice for all." Fixed this for you, Bellamy #PledgeOfAllegianceDay #ForLoveOfLiberty

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Since everyone's talking about immigration again, here's a primer on various ideological positions on immigration. Which one do you align with?

ANARCHIST - Borders, like governments, shouldn't even exist.

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FASCIST - Build a wall. If anyone tries to get in or out, shoot them. Invade Poland. Blame it on Poland.

PROGRESSIVE - Accept refugees and grant asylum to the tired, poor huddled masses. A brown paper bag test can be used to determine who to allow in.

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CONSERVATIVE - Accept only the right immigrants, to secure the existence of our people. A brown paper bag test can be used to determine who to allow in.

CORPORATIST - Increase the supply of workers in specific trades and occupations to increase the labor market power of employers.

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TRADE UNIONIST - Decrease the supply of workers in specific trades and occupations to increase the labor market power of employees.

LIBERAL - Let individuals and the market decide who, and how many, will come, and don't restrict anyone's ability to find work through employment or entrepreneurship.

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COMMUNIST - Strict controls on immigration, adjusted by wise central planners deep within the state bureaucracy, carefully balanced with welfare subsidy calculations, scheduled housing unit construction, and mandatory work requirements, to meet the Five and Ten Year Plans and serve the Soviet Union.

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Republicans and Democrats begin the #immigration debate on how many immigrants the government's central planners should allow. Libertarians begin the immigration debate by rejecting the idea that the government should have central planners.

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

"If soldiers are not to cross international boundaries, goods must do so." Otto T. Mallery, "Economic Union and Durable Peace," 1943

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

“The argument for liberty is not an argument against organization, which is one of the most powerful tools human reason can employ, but an argument against all exclusive, privileged, monopolistic organization, against the use of coercion to prevent others from doing better.” - Friedrich Hayek

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

"The purpose of a system is what it does. There is after all, no point in claiming that is to do what it consistently fails to do." - Anthony Stafford Beer

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

"To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker." - Frederick Douglass

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

"A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box." - Frederick Douglass

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." - Benjamin Franklin

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

The suspension of Caryn Ann Harlos is unsupported by evidence and violates due process. It reflects systemic issues within the LNC, as corroborated by donor sentiment data, rather than misconduct by Ms. Harlos.

Amici Brief in Support of the Appeal of Caryn Ann Harlos
Introduction
This amici brief supports Caryn Ann Harlos’ appeal against her suspension by the Libertarian National Committee (LNC). The LNC alleges that Ms. Harlos disrupted the Party's “tranquility” by ensuring ballot access for Chase Oliver in Colorado. However, evidence from our donor sentiment data demonstrates that dissatisfaction with the LNC predates and overshadows Ms. Harlos’ actions. The suspension reflects deeper issues within the LNC and is inconsistent with Party principles, due process, and its stated governance standards.

The Chair’s Assertion
The LNC claims that Ms. Harlos’ actions, including her fulfillment of routine duties such as assisting in ballot access efforts, caused discord within the Party. However, her appeal highlights that these claims lack evidentiary support and fail to meet the removal standards outlined in the Party’s governing documents. The burden of proving “gross malfeasance” or failure to perform duties, as required by LNC policy, has not been met.
Evidence from Donor Sentiment Polls
On March 26, 2024, we conducted Twitter polls targeting individuals likely connected to the Libertarian Party, particularly followers of the Classical Liberal Caucus. While open to the public, the polls were focused on Libertarian donors and included a “show results” option for self-selection. The findings reinforce concerns raised in Ms. Harlos’ appeal about LNC governance issues and their impact on Party tranquility.

Key Findings:
Widespread Dissatisfaction with the LNC
86% of respondents (133 donors) reduced contributions due to the LNC’s personal and professional conduct.
Only seven donors increased contributions due to LNC actions, while 14 remained unaffected.
Specific Grievances
Handling of the Michigan lawsuits: 67% dissatisfied.
Chair’s partner’s salary: 82% dissatisfied.
Social media messaging: 76% dissatisfied.
Ballot access efforts: 59% dissatisfied.
Treatment of staff: 68% dissatisfied.
Affiliate and candidate support: 70% dissatisfied.
Outreach Failures
Of 109 former donors, the LNC contacted only 18 (13%) and asked just 9 (7%) why they stopped donating.
Potential for Renewal
Among former donors, 52% would resume contributions if LNC policies were changed, demonstrating that addressing systemic issues could restore donor confidence.

Broader Implications
The poll data refute claims that Ms. Harlos’ actions disrupted the Party’s tranquility. Instead, they highlight pre-existing dissatisfaction with LNC governance as the primary source of member and donor discontent. The LNC’s actions undermine principles of fairness, accountability, and transparency. By penalizing Ms. Harlos for actions aligned with Party values, the LNC risks alienating members and donors, further exacerbating the Party’s challenges.
Conclusion
The suspension of Caryn Ann Harlos is unsupported by evidence and violates due process. It reflects systemic issues within the LNC, as corroborated by donor sentiment data, rather than misconduct by Ms. Harlos. The Classical Liberal Caucus urges the Judicial Committee to void her suspension, reinforcing the Party’s commitment to integrity, fairness, and democratic governance.

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

What if we measured Libertarian Party success over the last 50 years in terms of libertarianism's impact on public policy? - Since 2015, government officials have been forbidden to discriminate against same-sex marriages

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

"Liberals do not sit anywhere along the conventional one-dimensional left-right spectrum of governmental coercion." - Deirdre McCloskey

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

"The more the state 'plans' the more difficult planning becomes for the individual." - Friedrich Hayek

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Prohibiting treatments commonly available in other countries protects Big Pharma, not consumers. While the wealthy can simply take medical vacations, the poor are left without treatment. #ForLoveOfLiberty

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

The purpose of cash bail is to ensure that the defendant returns to court. Setting high bail values to prevent release puts a cash price on freedom. If someone is too dangerous to be released, bail should instead be denied entirely. #ForLoveOfLiberty

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Plurality, or first-past-the-post, voting systems inevitably lead to the creation of two-party systems. Alternative voting methods, such as ranked choice, approval, or STAR voting produce more representative results. #ForLoveOfLiberty

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

“Protectionism teaches us to do to ourselves in times of peace what our enemies seek to do to us in times of war.” - Henry George #USSteel

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Our justice system should focus on restoring victims whenever possible, reserving incarceration for the most egregious cases where there is no other way to dissuade someone from harming another. Property crimes, in particular, should focus on restitution. #ForLoveOfLiberty

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Support individual liberty and free markets. Healthcare autonomy is a basic right, and government intervention infringes on that right. #ForLoveOfLiberty

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Your property rights don't end just because your neighbors want to mandate or prohibit the kinds of plants you can grow in your yard. #ForLoveOfLiberty

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Libertarian Party @libertariancdn.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

If you support income taxes and central banks stealing the fruit of their labour and de-valuing the purchasing power of the pittance not stolen outright, you don’t support workers. You support governments working day and night to exploit them. Big difference. #cdnpoli

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Borders, like Constitutions, limit governments, not people. A "Constitution-free zone" at the US border makes a mockery of the Rule of Law. #ForLoveOfLiberty

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Student loan forgiveness may relieve debt for a few, but it does nothing to solve the problem of tuition inflation. Stop guaranteeing federal money to universities and watch as institutions quickly restructure their prices. #ForLoveOfLiberty

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Reposted from our tweet last year: x.com/LP_CLC/statu... Henry #Kissinger, a notorious war criminal wanted in Argentina, Chile, France, and Spain, is dead. Here is a partial recounting of just some of his many crimes against the people of the world.

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

"The Federal Reserve‘s push for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is a step toward a social credit system that crushes individualism and makes you merely the means for others’ ends. We need a wall of separation between money and state." -Justin Amash #ForLoveOfLiberty

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Zoning laws in most of America require every home to have a kitchen while simultaneously prohibiting residents from selling the food they prepare in their kitchens. #ForLoveOfLiberty

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

What are you doing to advance liberty when you're offline?

Imagine they delete Facebook & Instagram and boom! you're not an activist anymore

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

"The fact that a small handful of libertarians or quasi-libertarians have gotten middle-level jobs in the administration means nothing except that a different cast of characters is fattening at the public trough..." - Murray Rothbard reason.com/1981/06/01/v...

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Viewpoint: The Reagan Fraud

In 1960 and again in 1968, several friends of mine who were highly placed in the Nixon campaign told me, "Believe me, Dick Nixon is a libertarian." (Some

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Presidents are often blamed for gasoline price increases, but there are few ways for them to impact the price at the pump directly. But there are a few. One very effective way would be a blanket 25% tariff on everything crossing the Canadian border.

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

We must end the War on Drugs, which is the primary cause of drug deaths. This includes abolishing laws that prohibit supervised injection sites, which reduce overdose deaths. #ForLoveOfLiberty

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

In many states, the government enforces monopolies by giving existing businesses the power to veto their competition. This anti-competitive practice drives up healthcare costs and reduces innovation. #ForLoveOfLiberty

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Laws that restrict human charity are morally repugnant. You don't need the government's permission to help other people. #ForLoveOfLiberty

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Eliminating these rights-infringing laws will help ease the housing crisis by enabling multi-family homes, increasing supply, and lowering costs. Your property rights are not subject to government veto. #ForLoveOfLiberty

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Peaceful foreign policy opposes foreign wars and entanglements, and supports pursuing diplomatic solutions wherever possible.

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The well-meaning #JonesAct is a prime example of Bastiat's lesson of the Seen and the Unseen. Instead of achieving its goal of strengthening American maritime shipping, it has done the exact opposite. Scrapping the Jones Act would benefit all Americans. #ForLoveOfLiberty

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

#Groompublicans John Jessup took his youngest daughter to Las Vegas to celebrate her 21st birthday, a family tradition. He bought her drinks and encouraged her to keep up with him until she passed out. Then he assaulted her.

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Libertarian Party of Louisiana @lplouisiana.org · 20/11/2024

Libertarians defend each person’s right to engage in any activity that is peaceful and honest, and welcome the diversity that freedom brings.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

ICYMI: the Bureau of Prisons is consistently cruel to families whose loved ones die behind bars. One woman, after spending all night calling a prison, found out her husband was dead because the BOP updated his status to 'deceased.' reason.com/2024/11/19/t...

For example, Kesha Jackson's husband, John Jackson, died at low-security federal prison in Arkansas in 2019. On that day Kesha Jackson received a call from John's sister, who said she needed to call the prison right away; something had happened and they wouldn't tell the sister anything.

"I did not get through," Jackson said in a video produced by FAMM. "The phone just rang and rang."

The Bureau of Prisons did not have the time to call Jackson or even answer the phone, but it did have time to update its website.

"John's other cellmate, who had gone home, called and said, 'Kesh, look at the federal inmate locator,'" Jackson recalled, "and they had updated it to say 'deceased.'" A chaplain would call her several hours later to break the news she'd already learned.

Another inmate told Jackson her husband had been slipping in and out of consciousness in his cell. Other inmates banged on their doors to try and alert someone, but correctional officers wouldn't come. When the guards finally opened Jackson's door and dragged him out, he was already dead. His cause of death was listed as MRSA, a severe but treatable staph infection.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

A Trump supporting, anti-trans, anti-gay Republican was elected commissioner of the county where I grew up. He won despite being in jail on election night for a sexual assault in Vegas. It’s now come out that the woman he assaulted was his daughter. fox59.com/news/indycri...

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Politician pleads guilty in sexual assault case after being elected to Hancock County Council

HANCOCK COUNTY, Ind. — A current central Indiana county commissioner has pleaded guilty in a Nevada sexual assault case, days after being elected to his local County Council. John D. Jessup – a cur…

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Just to be clear, voters *knew* he’d been charged with sexual assault. Here’s an article from June in the local paper. He still won. Easily. Only the part about the victim being his daughter is new. www.greenfieldreporter.com/2024/06/18/i...

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Investigation of Jessup began in January - The Daily Reporter - Greenfield Indiana

SHIRLEY — Officials with the Shirley Police Department (SPD) tell the Daily Reporter they received word from Las Vegas police department in April that Hancock County Commissioner John Jessup was under...

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Economic freedom allows individuals to hire, buy, sell, and trade, without hindrance.

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Classical Liberal Caucus @lp-clc.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Freedom of international movement and trade allows peaceful persons and goods to cross borders.

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