Day 4410 - Attended my town’s Democratic caucus meeting.

Caucuses are underway.

We’re all hoping we won’t be needed and ICE won’t be dumb enough to try to nab people leaving but we’re all here anyway just in case.

We’re gonna offer to walk folks back to their cars afterwards because the parking lot is full and people walked a couple blocks in some cases.

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Tax Reforms Acts: Minority Caucus report overtaken by events – Reps Deputy Spokesperson

Tax Reforms Acts: Minority Caucus Report Overtaken by Events – Reps Deputy Spokesperson
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In a significant development regarding the legislative integrity of Nigeria’s fiscal policies, the Deputy Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Hon. Philip Agbese, has declared that the interim report issued by the Minority Caucus Ad-hoc Committee regarding alleged alterations in the Tax…

Tax Reforms Acts: Minority Caucus report overtaken by events – Reps Deputy Spokesperson

Six ex-PDP govs attend APC Caucus meeting in Villa

🚨 Breaking News: Six ex-PDP govs attend APC Caucus meeting in Villa
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ABUJA –SIX governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that recently defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, are among the governors and party leaders attending the ruling party’s caucus meeting at the State House Conference, Abuja.
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Creator Caucus launches in Congress with help from Patreon, YouTube

Representatives Yvette Clarke (D-NY) and Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) launched the bipartisan Congressional Creators Caucus on Thursday, which goals to help the creator economic system.
Although it as soon as appeared like a pipe dream to make a residing on the web, this trade has turn out to be a actuality — Oxford Economics estimates that YouTube’s ecosystem alone powered over 390,000 full-time equal…

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Bipartisan caucus criticizes proposed NASA science budget cuts

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WASHINGTON — The bipartisan co-chairs of a congressional caucus have criticized proposed cuts in NASA’s science programs, marking the first Republican opposition in Congress to the plans.
In an April 15 statement, the co-chairs of the…

Bipartisan caucus criticizes proposed NASA science budget cuts

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Pierre Poilievre and his caucus trolling Canadians with lies about their party….

Historiquement, le long processus des primaires américaines débute dans l'Etat de l'Iowa, qui dispose d'un système de scrutin atypique: les “caucus”, des assemblées traditionnelles d'électeurs. Cela donne une influence disproportionnée à ce petit Etat rural, à la population majoritairement blanche.

Les électeurs américains se préparent à voter

What are America’s Libertarians for?

“Donald trump should have seen it coming. He arrived on May 25th at the Libertarian Party’s national convention in Washington, DC, hoping to expand his support, but the crowd mostly responded with boos. Attendees lacked enthusiasm for a protectionist who added $8.4trn to America’s national debt. They also spent the weekend squabbling among themselves. After losing presidential races for more than half a century, the Libertarian Party is facing an identity crisis.

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The most intense divisions are about strategy. The hardline Mises Caucus (named after Ludwig von Mises, a pro-market Austrian economist) has dominated the party’s leadership since 2022 and adopted populist rhetoric. The group was responsible for inviting Mr Trump, as well as Robert F. Kennedy junior, an independent candidate, to speak at the convention. The debate about whether to invite the outside candidates at times seemed more heated than the Libertarians’ own presidential-nomination fight. On May 24th, the convention’s first day, one attendee yelled into the microphone, “I would like to propose that we go tell Donald Trump to go fuck himself!” The crowd cheered.

“I would rather us focus on the Libertarian candidates,” said Jim Fulner, from the Radical Caucus. “I’m fearful that come later this summer, when I’m working the county fair, someone will say, ‘Oh, Libertarians, you guys are the Donald Trump people.’” Nick Apostolopoulos, from California, welcomed the attention Mr Trump’s speech brought—and said his presence proved “this party matters, and that they have to try and appeal to this voting bloc.”

Few believed that Mr Trump won much support. He promised to appoint a Libertarian to his cabinet and commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht, who is serving life in prison after founding the dark-web equivalent of Amazon for illegal drugs. The crowd responded positively to Mr Trump’s nod to a Libertarian cause célèbre, but booed after he asked them to choose him as the Libertarian Party’s presidential nominee. Mr Trump hit back, “If you want to lose, don’t do that. Keep getting your 3% every four years.”

Mr Kennedy was more disciplined, tailoring his speech to the crowd by highlighting his opposition to covid lockdowns. Even so he received a cool reception. Libertarians want a candidate who will promise to abolish, not reform, government agencies.

The reality is that Libertarians are more interested in positions than personalities. The exception may be the broad admiration for Ron Paul, a retired Republican congressman whom many cite as their lodestar. But at 88 Mr Paul has achieved the difficult feat of being considered too old to plausibly run for president.

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But the party is far from unified. Given the choice between Mr Oliver and “none of the above”, more than a third of the delegates preferred no one. It remains uncertain whether the party’s candidate will appear on the ballot in all 50 states, as several previous nominees have. If the Libertarian candidate has any influence on the presidential election this year, it will be as a spoiler in a close-run swing state.

Mr Oliver’s victory marked a rare defeat for the Mises Caucus. But the re-election of Angela McArdle, a Mises Caucus member, as the national party chairperson is perhaps more important to the future of the movement. Ms McArdle faced criticism for her decision to invite outside candidates to speak. Controversy over the Mises Caucus had led several state delegations to split, and much of the convention’s floor time was eaten up over fights about whom to recognise. The rise of the Mises wing of the party has led more pragmatically minded members to largely give up on the project of advancing libertarian ideas by building a political party.

The party struggles on big stages, such as in presidential, gubernatorial or Senate contests. Yet it occasionally wins municipal elections, leaving some to wonder whether national activism is pointless or even counter-productive. Why would Libertarians invest time in a hopeless race for president when they could direct their energy to fighting a local sales tax or antiquated laws restricting alcohol sales?

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The party faithful believe that national and local activism are not mutually exclusive. Elijah Gizzarelli won fewer than 3,000 votes when he ran for governor of Rhode Island as a Libertarian two years ago, but he argues that the party has a long record of success—so long as the definition of success expands beyond winning elections. He says the party succeeds by shifting the “Overton window”, or the spectrum of political ideas that are generally considered acceptable.”

Trump Killed Not Just the Libertarian Party But Maybe the Libertarian Movement Too

Trump wins Nevada Caucus

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Trump Insists NBC and CNN Should Have Their Licenses ‘Pulled’ for Not Airing His Victory Speech

Trump Insists NBC and CNN Should Have Their Licenses ‘Pulled’ for Not Airing His Victory Speech