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‘Taking over the government’: Libertarian presidential candidate Austin Petersen wants to ‘leave everyone alone’
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‘Taking over the government’: Libertarian presidential candidate Austin Petersen wants to ‘leave everyone alone’

Founder of The Libertarian Republic and Stonegate LLC Austin Petersen is running for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination. Wikimedia Commons | Courtesy Austin Petersen is a Libertarian presidential candidate from Missouri. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic and Stonegate LLC, a photo and video services company that specializes in consulting for brands and...

Tim Walberg shares coffee and conversation with constituents
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Tim Walberg shares coffee and conversation with constituents

U.S. Congressman Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) continued his three-month streak of participating in coffee hours when he met with locals at Jilly Beans Coffee House for an hour Tuesday morning, speaking about issues he’s working on in Congress and answering questions. According to his communications director Dan Kotman, Rep. Walberg has done 20 coffee hours over...

Gary Johnson speaks during Fox News' Libertarian Debate (youtube.com)
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YAL holds watch party for first-ever aired Libertarian forum

Fox Business Network aired the first-ever televised Libertarian forum April 1, and Hillsdale College students showed strong support for Austin Petersen in a straw poll. Young Americans for Liberty hosted a viewing party  in the Grewcock Student Union for the first half of the pre-recorded debate, and polled those in attendance regarding who they thought...

Trump not a winner at Hillsdale
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Trump not a winner at Hillsdale

While 58 percent of Hillsdale students believe that GOP front-runner Donald Trump will be selected as the 2016 Republican presidential nominee, only 35 percent say they plan to vote for him in the November general elections. Out of more than 300 students who participated in a Collegian poll conducted this week, 25 percent plan to...

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Let’s get this party started

The Grand Old Party is very nearly the Grand Dead Party. This presidential primary has revealed deep rifts in a polarized Republican party that appear every bit as extreme as those dividing the nation. The lack of leadership and the disconnect between the party’s establishment and an enormous faction of its base now mobilized for...