Notices by Nicholas Sarwark (nsarwark@universeodon.com), page 4

The #SilentMajority is the Canadian girlfriend of politics.

“Why have so many Libertarians—be they small “l” or big “L”—been so resistant to Trump for so long? Former party chair Nicholas Sarwark sums it up when he says, “Donald Trump is not a Libertarian, because Donald Trump is an authoritarian.”

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/trumps-outreach-to-the-libertarians-was-an-absolute-trainwreck/

“Libertarianism is a universalist philosophy that believes in the equal dignity of all people. Everyone has the right to self determination. People who only value liberty for themselves, or their countrymen don’t actually believe in liberty.” -Peter Everett, MD

“Trump lies to everybody else,” said Nicholas Sarwark, a former LP chair who attended the convention as a commentator. In 2018, he’d urged Trump to consider clemency for Ulbricht, and got no response. “Why would you think he’s telling us the truth?”

https://www.semafor.com/article/05/25/2024/trump-promises-libertarians-a-cabinet-slot-and-clemency-for-drug-kingpin-ross-ulbricht

Will be on Morning Joe this morning around 9:00 am to talk about the Libertarian Party national convention and the implications for the upcoming presidential election.

The current leadership is breaking the rules and the law to give speaking slots to Trump and RFK, eliciting strong opposition.

Final dispatch before the Libertarian Party convention begins in Washington DC.

Reconstruction begins soon…

https://open.substack.com/pub/nsarwark/p/situation-report-one-day-away?r=15fsdm&utm_medium=ios

Are you a lawyer who believes in tempering justice with mercy?

This is an opportunity for you: https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/attorney-advisor-21

“When deciding who to associate with, one of the most critical questions is whether your morals line up with the morals of the people, groups, or organizations you associate with.”

“The simplest explanation for Trump’s interest in addressing libertarians is his growing anxiety about competition from anti-establishment movements, particularly independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign. Trump might be calculating that he can use the Libertarian Party convention to win over libertarians and other two-party–skeptical voters ahead of what’s likely to be yet another election decided by small margins in battleground states where independent candidates are polling unusually well. He also needs to find ways to shore up his weakness among more traditionally conservative Republicans and independents — and Trump might see third parties as a supplement to compensate for that softening support.”

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-libertarian-convention-rfk-jr-rcna150646

“All these unsettling developments in libertarian-land are likely to get fresh attention when Trump addresses the party convention in Washington. Maybe his speechwriters will even encourage him to give a shout-out to Ludwig von Mises.”

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/libertarians-maga-trump-adjacent.html

“After observing his initial performance in office, the Libertarian Party put out a statement in 2018 that said, “Whatever libertarian impulses Trump the candidate seemed to have, his actual performance as president stands in stark contrast. Donald Trump is the opposite of a Libertarian.” That sounds about right.”

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/libertarians-maga-trump-adjacent.html

“The Mises Caucus has demonstrated that they are a MAGA operation,” said Nicholas Sarwark, who led the national LP from 2014 through 2020. “It’s time to end their involvement in the Libertarian Party.”

https://www.semafor.com/article/05/01/2024/donald-trump-courts-an-increasingly-friendly-libertarian-party

@fu sadly, yes

It is legal in most jurisdictions for a person to kill their own dog.

It is also fatal to political aspirations in most jurisdictions.

People like dogs and don’t like people who are seen as cruel to dogs.

Kristi Noem will not win another general election.

It should go without saying, bringing back the war on drugs is antithetical to libertarian values.

@fu He grew up.

Most of us do.

“But facts and logic hold no sway over those on a mission to Make San Francisco Great Again, and the city’s oligarchs in waiting tell on themselves in numerous other ways, as well.”

https://newrepublic.com/article/178675/garry-tan-tech-san-francisco

‘‘‘Left’ and ‘right’ mean the same thing today that they’ve meant since the French Revolution. Ask someone, ‘What’s more important: property rights, or human rights?’ If they answer: ‘Property rights are human rights,’ they are on the right.’’

https://locusmag.com/2024/03/cory-doctorow-capitalists-hate-capitalism/

Yesterday's threads: The true post-cyberpunk hero is a noir forensic accountant; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112286530989814996

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“covering all sides as a journalist should”

https://open.substack.com/pub/steveinskeep/p/how-my-npr-colleague-failed-at-viewpoint?r=15fsdm&selection=3d7da67b-2733-4098-bb21-fa6166348871&utm_campaign=post-share-selection&utm_medium=web