Virginia’s voter purge. Will liberals and libertarians be King (or Queen) makers?

Episode 43: Virginia’s voter purge. Will liberals and libertarians be King (or Queen) makers? The team looked at the Supreme Court’s support of Governor Youngkin’s Virginia voter purge and the broader meaning of this effort. Then, they reviewed some recent perspective from Shikha Dalmia on Libertarian-MAGA alignment, how some small “L” libertarians are looking at the 2024 election, the possible disrupting effect of Chase Oliver, and the potential impact of third-party voters on the election. In closing, they discussed the complexities of the 2024 US Presidential election, the Democratic party's strategy and messaging, and the importance of local elections and initiatives.   Relevant links from this episode include: Preliminary Injunction Entered in Justice Department Suit to Stop Virginia’s Systematic Removal of Voters from Registration Rolls Virginia GOP calls on U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate Youngkin’s voter purge order Supreme Court’s conservative justices allow Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations Fox News offers fact-check of Trump’s 2020 election claims Faced With Trump, Libertarianism Shrugged. The libertarian movement should have been one of the first lines of defense against this aspiring autocrat. It folded instead. How Are Reason Staffers Voting in 2024? A survey of electoral hopes and regrets Libertarian candidate emerges as wild card in key swing states   Other items in the news: How ranked-choice voting could change the way democracy works. Detractors say it confuses voters. Supporters say it better represents the will of the people. Opinion: The hard truth: Americans don’t trust the news media Christian hard-liners are fired up for Trump On Elon Musk’s X, Republicans go viral as Democrats disappear Massachusetts Voters Could Legalize Anyone Growing ‘Bedroom-Sized’ Amounts of Shrooms   Learn more! Classical Liberal Party of Virginia Open markets. Open minds. Free people. https://clpvirginia.org Liberal Party USA: ⁠https://www.liberalpartyusa.org⁠ Join Us: ⁠https://clpvirginia.org/join⁠ Facebook: Classical Liberal Party of Virginia Instagram: classicalliberalpartyva X, formerly Twitter: @clpvirginia Chris on Bluesky: @frashure.bsky.social Andy on Threads: @andy_jabbour Andy’s Substack: America’s Awesome