Constitution Party National Convention to Take Place in Cyberspace

Originally published at IPR

As Ballot Access News reports, the Constitution Party yesterday changed its National Convention from a meatspace affair to a cyberspace event.  This comes as the coronavirus pandemic forces closures around the world, with local governments shuttering nonessential businesses and advising or ordering residents to remain home.

Super Tuesday: American Samoa Democratic Presidential Caucus Results and Third Party Implications

Originally published at The Saturnalian, re-purposed for IPR

Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, an independent from 2007 until last year, won the American Samoa Democratic Presidential Caucus on Super Tuesday.  He received 175 votes or 49.9 percent of the total, entitling him to four of the territory’s six delegates to the Democratic National Convention.  The remaining two delegates went to the second place finisher, Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, who earned 103 votes or 29.3 percent of the total.

Grundmann for Congress Releases Radio Commercial

Originally published at IPR

Don Grundmann. Image: Anthony Plascencia

The campaign for Dr. Don Grundmann (website) of the Constitution Party released a radio commercial informing voters about his 2020 candidacy for California’s 15th Congressional District in the March 3 open primary.

Familiar Names Announced for 2020 Lesser-Known Presidential Candidates Forum

From IPR

I have received the names of the presidential candidates scheduled to participate in the 2020 Lesser-Known Presidential Candidates Forum this Tuesday at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire.  Participants include several candidates familiar to those of us who follow third party and independent politics, including former college football coach (and 2012 Constitution Party and Reform Party presidential candidate) Robby Wells, trans-humanist (and former 2020 Libertarian Party presidential candidate) Zoltan Istvan, and others.

‘I Guess the Libertarian Party Is Now the Party of Lincoln’

To quote Casual Observer at Ballot Access News: “I guess the Libertarian Party is now the party of Lincoln”

From IPR:

Today, at the National Press Club in Washington, former Republican Senator, Independent Governor, and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, formally announced he is seeking the Libertarian Party’s 2020 presidential nomination.

Radio host Don Imus dies aged 79

Wikinews originally published the following story here

Don Imus publicity photo
Image: Imus.com

Radio personality, television host, and philanthropist Don Imus, known to fans as the I-Man, died on Friday at the Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in College Station, Texas after being hospitalized since Christmas Eve, his family reported. Associated Press reported his cause of death as complications from lung disease. He was 79.

Imus’ syndicated radio show Imus in the Morning aired on various networks from 1968 until his retirement in 2018. The show was simulcast on MSNBC television from 1996 until a racial incident in 2007 and for several years up to 2015 on the Fox Business Network. He was once named one of Time’s 25 most influential Americans, and was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame.

Known as a shock jock who made controversial comments, Imus was dropped in 2007 by MSNBC and CBS Radio after he referred to the Rutgers University women’s basketball team as “nappy headed hos.” He later apologized for the comment.

Kokesh E-mail: #DebateANazi

Originally published on IPR:

2020 Libertarian Party presidential candidate Adam Kokesh sent out the following e-mail to readers about his recent appearance on Chris Cantwell‘s “Radical Agenda”, which is embedded in the text below:

Hillary Clinton Accuses Jill Stein of Being a Russian Asset

Jill Stein

During an appearance on the David Plouffe’s Campaign HQ podcast, former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, accused 2012 and 2016 Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein of being a Russian asset.  Clinton also accused the Russians of “grooming” a current Democratic presidential candidate, presumably Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, to be a 2020 third party candidate and spoil the election in favor of President Donald Trump.

Marianne Williamson Announces She Will Not Run as a Third Party or Independent Presidential Candidate

From IPR:

Image: Justin Higuchi

In the video linked below, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, spiritual leader Marianne Williamson, who ran for Congress in 2014 as an Independent, tells Fox News’ Martha MacCallum that she will support whoever wins the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, even if it’s not herself.  Williamson says she will not run as an Independent or for the nomination of a third party.

https://video.foxnews.com/v/6095721708001/

During the 2014 election, Williamson ran as a progressive Independent candidate for California’s 33rd congressional district.  She received endorsements from former Minnesota  governor Jesse Ventura, former Congressman and Cleveland mayor Dennis Kucinich, former Congressman Alan Grayson, and performer Alanis Morissette.  In the open primary, Williamson finished fourth with 13.2 percent of the vote.