Adam Kokesh on his March on Washington

Until his arrest last week in Philadelphia (apparently just for speaking at a decriminalization rally) and subsequent release after being detained for several days, DC libertarians were all taking positions for and against the wisdom of a proposed July 4th March On Washington led by Adam Kokesh.

Here he explains his case:

America's Future Foundation Gala tonight

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America’s Future Foundation 2013 Gala featuring; John Allison, President and CEO, Cato Institute Don’t miss AFF’s signature annual event in a new venue, featuring remarks from Cato’s John Allison, named by the Harvard Business Review as one of the top 100 most successful CEOs over the last decade. Enjoy a great night of networking with new and old friends along with classy food and drinks during this event to celebrate liberty together. Contact Dawn Heuer with any questions at dawn@americasfuture.org

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Liberty Circle: Press release for Adam Kokesh and N.A. Poe

Liberty Circle: Press release for Adam Kokesh and N.A. Poe: (This has been distributed by George Donnelly , who has been working with Kokesh and Poe. To our knowledge we are the first site to pu...

Obama’s Scandals Reveal the True Face of Government

Obama’s Scandals Reveal the True Face of Government

Tea Party Flash Mob!

Tea Party Flash Mob!

Tea Party activists spend lunch hour protesting at the IRS

In Washington, D.C., Tea Party activists spend lunch hour protesting at the IRS | WashingtonExaminer.com

BREAKING: Nationwide TEA PARTY PROTESTS Set for Tuesday at IRS Offices (Pass It On!)

BREAKING: Nationwide TEA PARTY PROTESTS Set for Tuesday at IRS Offices (Pass It On!)

Abolish the IRS

News Release May 17, 2013   Libertarian Party: Don't waste time investigating IRS,  abolish it NOW along with income tax Return to 1992 spending level would allow balanced  budget, end to income tax   The presidential administrations of Franklin Roosevelt, John F.  Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, and, now, Barack Obama have all been caught using the Internal  Revenue Service (IRS) to target political enemies.  As long as we have the IRS — and the income tax — we should  expect more presidents to use their power to silence and intimidate  free voices. No IRS investigation or firing of a few scapegoats  will change that.  "We must abolish the IRS and end any need for a regulatory  agency that snoops into people's private lives," said Libertarian  Party Executive Director Carla Howell. "We must draw back total  federal spending to the level of 1992, which is more than enough  to fulfill the government's constitutional duties to protect our life,  liberty, and property. This will allow us to balance the budget  immediately, end the federal income tax completely, and give  back an average of more than $12,000 to every family in  America."  "We don't need an income tax, and we certainly don't need the  IRS," Howell said.  The Libertarian Party is the only political party in America  calling for both dismantling the IRS altogether and dramatically and immediately downsizing Big Government. "The Libertarian Party is running candidates to dramatically downsize the federal government," Howell said. "We can cut federal spending by 50 percent, or even 90 percent, and Americans will be better for it. We can end the personal income tax, the corporate income tax, the death tax, and all federal payroll taxes. There will be no need for the IRS, nor any substitute agency." "Ending the income tax, abolishing the IRS, and cutting federal spending to the level of 1992 means no more deficit spending," Howell said. "This will stop inflation and stabilize prices. Even more importantly, it will transfer wealth out of the wasteful, dysfunctional and destructive government sector and into the productive private sector, resulting in a bounty of new jobs and prosperity for Americans." "We will make living in America and doing business in America much better," Howell said. "Individuals, businesses, and political organizations will all be safe from government interrogation and free to express their political views. It will dramatically increase the wealth of the private sector and inspire hundreds of billions of dollars in investment in small businesses and American jobs." Another benefit of abolishing the IRS is that it would become far more difficult to fund massive interventionist military presence and warfare around the globe. "It will also require our massive military budgets to go down, which currently encourage overseas meddling and war," Howell said. "We get rid of the IRS, we get rid of the income tax, we dramatically downsize federal spending and taxation, and America and the world will be better for it." Please donate to the Libertarian Party, working to advance peace, individual rights, and American prosperity. Paid for by the Libertarian National Committee 2600 Virginia Ave, N.W. Suite 200, Washington D.C. 20037 Content not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee.

Save Über DC

Petitioning Vincent Gray 

DC Mayor Gray: Keep Uber Rolling in DC

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With regulations passed last week, UberTaxi will disappear on June 1. 
Additionally, the next set of regulations, just 3 weeks from passage, 
will ban fuel efficient vehicles from UberBlack, require Uber to hand 
over massive amount of ridership data, and require Uber’s app to go 
through a yearly approval process just to exist. These regulations are 
unprecedented and far more restrictive than Uber has seen in any of the
 30 cities that we operate in.

- Tell Mayor Gray to keep UberTAXI on the road!

- Tell Mayor Gray there will be no snooping on Uber’s trip data!

- Tell Mayor Gray to stop burdening DC tech startups with 
anti-consumer, anti-innovation regulations!

Here are the details:

December 2012’s legislation, unanimously passed by the DC Council 
and signed by the Mayor, put specific limits on the power of the 
DCTC in order to ensure that an unelected regulator could not shut 
down innovative technologies like Uber.

Unfortunately, it seems that the DCTC has chosen to ignore both the letter and the spirit of the law with their latest set of regulations. Of course, some of the new rules are a step forward, but Mayor Gray’s DCTC appointee has also included and passed certain regulations that do the District’s transportation options significant harm.

So what do these regulations do?

- Block DC residents from making digital payments for DC taxis using services like Uber as of June 1. This will affect several hundred of DC’s Uber Taxi drivers whoeach stand to lose more than $500 a week in additional income.

- Require Uber to hand over data about every ride you take on UberBLACK to the DC Taxicab Commission.

- Ban the Toyota Prius and other fuel-efficient vehicles from UberBLACK.

- Require yearly DCTC approval of the Uber iPhone app, where the DCTC can unilaterally prevent the Uber app from operating in the District.

The Uber team worked hard to prevent having to post this. We participated in public hearings and authored multiple rounds of public comments. We clearly voiced our concerns. But in the end regulations were passed last week that will eliminate our popular TAXI product with many more damaging sedan regulations on the way.

Take Action:

Uber faithful, it’s time to make your voices heard and show your #UberDCLove. Tell the Mayor that you want DC to be a technology capital, and that you want and deserve seamless taxi payments, fuel efficient sedan vehicles, and trip privacy. Tell the Mayor that in order to make DC a tech capital he has to stop anti-consumer, anti-innovation regulations that are unparalleled anywhere in the country.

Thanks for your support and let’s keep the #UberDCLove alive.

To:
Vincent Gray, Mayor 

Keep Uber rolling in DC!
- Keep UberTAXI on the road
- There will be no snooping on Uber’s trip data
- Stop burdening DC tech startups with anti-consumer, anti-innovation regulations

December 2012’s legislation, unanimously passed by the DC Council and signed by you, put specific limits on the power of the DCTC in order to ensure that an unelected regulator could not shut down innovative...

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D.C. City Council considering marijuana decriminalization

May 17, 2013
Did you know that possession of any amount of  marijuana in D.C. — even as little as a single gram  — is punishable by up to six months in jail and a  fine of up to $1,000? This, despite the fact that  most District voters think marijuana ought to just  be legal. Fortunately, that may be about to change. Ask your councilmembers to support  marijuana decriminalization! Yesterday, Councilmember Tommy Wells  announced he plans to file legislation that  would remove criminal penalties for possession  of limited amounts of marijuana. Instead of  being arrested, hauled to court, and threatened  with criminal penalties, police would simply  issue a citation, and violators would pay a small  fine. While we would prefer to see marijuana  taxed and regulated like alcohol, this is a step in  the right direction. We’ve got work to do, though. Some  councilmembers expressed uncertainty about  the idea, including  council chairman Phil Mendelson, who said, “I  just don’t think it’s the right time.” Contact your councilmembers and let them know there’s never  a wrong time to enact sensible marijuana policy  reforms. Then, forward this to friends and ask  them to do the same. Sincerely, Dan Riffle Deputy Director of Government Relations	Help fund MPP's projects MPP hopes that each of the 125,000 subscribers on our national email list will make at least one financial donation to MPP's work in 2013. Please click here to donate now. MPP depends on the support of you and our other allies to fund our work. Together we will change marijuana laws. About the Marijuana Policy Project

Virginia Libertarian Candidates' Forum - Election 2013

Gubernatorial candidate Robert Sarvis, and state delegate candidates Patrick Haggerty (Loudon County), Laura Delhomme (Arlington), Lindsey Delhomme (Crystal City), and Anthony Tellez (Fairfax) answered questions from a room full of local libertarians.

My take, shared by others, was that it was fantastic that the northern Virginia area in particular had done a great job in recruiting so many candidates (the are around a dozen in the whole state with more declaring), and that these candidates - tax attorneys, economists, IT people, with degrees from Georgetown, Harvard, Cambridge, NYU, George Mason - are great candidates, but that they need to learn more about state law (they are all well informe on federal and national issues) and learn how to answer questions with short punchy answers.  They were here speaking to wonkish libertarian cognoscenti, but I'd like to see them practice answers for the public and 30 second TV and radio spots .

Delaware Libertarian Party convention

Saturday Noon
Kent County Theatre Guild
140 East Roosevelt
Dover, Delaware

Delaware NORML will be there. Dr. Vince Schaller, owner of Hockessin Walk-in Medical Care, will tell us exactly how the State Insurance Commissioner is playing crony capitalism with big insurance companies to drive local operations out of business. Gwendolyn Jones from the Sussex LP will be talking about alternative energy sources. The Fully Informed Jury Association of Delaware will be represented. Plus much more!

Virginia Libertarian candidates forum

It's at the Hard Times Cafe, but no, no Obama regime representatives will be there.

3028 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA
7:00 pm

Fellow Libertarians, I am pleased to announce that for our May meetup, LPNOVA will be hosting a Libertarian Candidate Forum. Northern Virginia will have several Libertarians on the ballot this November, and this candidate forum will provide you the opportunity to meet your candidate, hear what issues are at the heart of their respective campaigns, and ask the candidates questions about what is most important to you this election season. This will also be a wonderful opportunity to volunteer your time and efforts in a local Libertarian campaign. Bring your friends, meet your candidate, and support your fellow Libertarians who are taking action for smaller government and more personal freedom. See you there!