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Michelle Obama organization teams up with climate group to mobilize young voters – The Hill

Michelle Obamas national voting initiative is teaming up with a climate group in an effort to mobilize young voters on the issue of climate change ahead of the midterms, The Hill has learned.

Obamas initiative, When We All Vote, is joining environmental organization Climate Power on the effort, which will total at least $1 million.

About $200,000 of that will be spent on voter registration, while the rest is expected to be spent on advertising.

The effort is anticipated to specifically home in on the Inflation Reduction Act, Democrats climate, tax and health care bill enacted last month.

With passage of the Inflation Reduction Acts historic investments in climate action, we have an unprecedented opportunity to motivate young people to turn out to the polls,Lori Lodes, Climate Powers executive director, said in a statement.

The voting effort will include a website that allows people to check their voter registration, find their polling place and pledge to vote this year.

Obama launched When We All Vote in 2018. The organization is a nonpartisan organization that aims to increase voter participation in elections, according to its website. Other co-chairs of the organization includeStephen Curry, Selena Gomez, Tom Hanks, Jennifer Lopez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Shonda Rhimes andKerry Washington.

Climate Power was founded by other climate and liberal groups: theCenter for American Progress Action Fund, League of Conservation Voters and the Sierra Club.

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"They will never reign over England": Meghan Markle Wants To Make "Barack and Michelle Obama-sized money" By Selling Royal Family…

Meghan McCain believes that Meghan Markle is attempting to take the crown by selling royal secrets. Its easy to pinpoint a lady, and it becomes a paid job if she is popular. The Duchess of Sussex seems to be heading into this category of being an easy target to spark controversies. And that is exactly what Meghan McCain seems to be attempting to express with her harsh and blunt views on Meghan Markle.

After the great tragedy of Princess Diana, the royals have kept themselves all the more secretive. Its next to impossible for a lady who left the title to hold any such information. Even if she aims for the crown, its because she has the potential to at least try. As an audience, we do not have that possibility. Therefore, views on topics of people with a much higher power are always to be taken with a grain of salt.

The royal author and biographer, Meghan McCain, recently revealed her thoughts about the Duchess of Sussex to the world. Within her latest piece for the Daily Mail, the author expressed how Meghan Markle has sparked her interest in the royal family. She wrote about how their relationship has created some strong thoughts about the situation they are in.

I never really held very strong thoughts about the Royals until Harry and Meghan splashed onto the scene. Since then, Ive recognized that there is much to appreciate especially the inspiring example set by the queen. But Ive also come to recognize something else: Meghan doesnt mind tearing the Royal family apart.

With that last sentence in mind, Meghan McCain starts to talk about Meghan Markle without the slightest hint of hesitation. The authors words are blunt and harsh as they clearly make an accusation of the Duchess of Sussex.

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Their recent Spotify deal about their podcast took their fame and success to a new height. It even managed to beat the top most successful podcaster on Spotify, The Joe Rogan Experience. The couples popularity can easily be argued to be similar to the Kardashians. As most of their fame originates from their interviews, podcasts, and even their upcoming Netflix documentary.

They want to be A-list celebrities in America. They want to make Barack and Michelle Obama-sized money off podcasts and streaming deals. And possibly most significantly, they do not want to play second fiddle to anyone.

The lifestyle that the couple has chosen has led them down the path of earning similar to celebrities, who often attend interviews and make deals with the entertainment industry. From having a royal status and privilege to having fame and success which connects them back to their past is definitely a valid point to be noted. As no matter how the couple puts it across, their wealth and fame linger on their history of being royal members themselves.

Also Read: No one actually told them they were uninvited: Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Reportedly Found Out They Were Not Invited To The Reception From The Press Amidst Falling Out From The Royal Family

To be blunt they want to be King Harry and Queen Meghan. No matter how many magazine covers Harry and Meghan grace, or interviews they give or bombshells they drop to Oprah, they will never reign over England.

Women are often accused of being home breakers, and the same has been the case with Meghan Markle. Back when she was a child, Markle wrote a letter to the then First lady, Hillary Clinton, addressing an advertisement that hurt her feelings when she was just 11 years old. The advertisement was about a dishwashing liquid that stated women all over America are fighting greasy pots and pans to which two boys from her class said, this is where women belong, in the kitchen. She wrote a letter to the dishwash company as well as Hillary Clinton and highlighted this reaction. Soon after a few months, the commercials tagline was changed to PEOPLE all over America are fighting greasy pots and pans.

This moment changed her life she says, but ever since she has set benchmarks. Be it a divorce or marriage into a royal family or again voicing over the wrongs in said royal family. The saying goes, behind every successful man there is a woman. However, in this case behind every successful woman, there is a progressive man just like her husband. Therefore, the author seems to be aiming at an easy target to spark flames where only smoke exists.

Also Read: Kate refused to even look at Meghan: Meghan Markle Becomes Desperate For Kate Middletons Attention, Body Language Expert Says Meghan Was performing For The Cameras In Recent Appearance

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What Is a Libertarian? | The Advocates for Self-Government

The political arena is often characterized by left wing and right wing, originally derived from discourse after the French Revolution between fans or foes of the monarch. Fans sat on the right side of the French Assembly and foes sat on the left side. Over the years various labels have been attributed to these sides, with conservatives, reactionaries, and fascists on the right and progressives, socialists, communists, and radicals on the left. In the libertarian view, they all represent high degrees of governmental control for varying purposes.

In American politics, the Republican Party is associated with the right wing and the Democratic Party with the left wing. Until the year 2000, the color red used to be associated with the left wing because of red flag symbolism of the Communist Party and the Red Guard. Then the color red was redefined by the media as associated with rural American states, rednecks, and Republican party politics. The color blue became associated with the Democrats.

The word liberal originated as a libertarian term advocating all forms of freedom, as it is still used in Europe today as classical liberal. But in the U.S., the word liberal came to be associated with the left wing in the 20th Century. As the term became unpopular with voters, the left wing abandoned it for the progressive, a term that took root in the early 20th Century under the Progressive Party of Sen. Robert LaFollett and President Theodore Roosevelt.

Libertarians are neither right nor left, though they might occasionally identify with either side on particular issues. For instance, the right wing sometimes, though not consistently, favors less government control over business and the economy with lower taxes and less commercial regulation. The left wing frequently favors more government control and taxes on business and commercial regulation.

On the other hand, the left wing sometimes, though not consistently, favors less government control over personal lifestyle decisions. Conversely, the right wing frequently favors the imposition of more government controls on personal lifestyle behavior such as sex, drugs, and gambling.

In the absence of principle to guide their behavior, right-wing and left-wing advocates can be found vacillating on important issues. For instance, in the 19th Century gun control was opposed by many on the left and favored by many on the right. Then in the 20th Century, their relative positions on gun control flipped. Libertarians are consistent on the issue of self-defense by applying the NAP.

The right wing and left wing have both favored aggressive military interventions abroad. Most American wars in the 20th Century have begun under Democratic administrations while Republicans have enthusiastically supported them. The reverse occurred in 2001 with recent wars in the Middle East. Libertarians tend to support only strictly defensive military action and prefer behavior that keeps the nation out of foreign affairs.

Peace,commerceand honestfriendshipwithallnations, entangling alliances with none.Thomas Jefferson

By subscribing to the nonaggression principle (NAP), libertarians remain consistent in championing all forms of personal freedom, at home and abroad, at any given time or with any particular issue.

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What is a Libertarian? – Libertarian Party of Georgia

Its one of the questions we get most often: What is a Libertarian?Someone who believes you own yourself. Someone who believes using violence against peaceful people is wrong, even if youve got a badge. Someone willing to stand up for your civil rights, because they are also his own.

Individuality is kind of our thing, and people have different priorities and values. Libertarians are often most passionate about the violence and damage caused by government actions, because theyve realized, deep down, that its just wrong.

A libertarian who has experienced the brutality of war, or buried a child in a flag-draped coffin, will tell you first that Libertarians are anti-war.

A libertarian whose civil rights were trampled will say Libertarians believe everyones civil liberties must be protected. All of them. Every time.

A libertarian who saw his family or community gutted by the racist, violent War on Drugs will tell you Libertarians believe peaceful people should be left alone. No victim? No crime.

A libertarian whose family business was destroyed by ever-higher taxes, licensing, and lobbyist regulations will tell you Libertarians oppose taxes, and government deciding what customers can buy.

A libertarian whose home was seized by the city and sold to a powerful developer will tell you Libertarians believe in property rights, and due process before search or seizure.

So what do libertarians really believe? To know what we all (mostly) agree on, you can check out our national party platform.

But libertarian policy positions are just practical extensions of our core philosophy.

Libertarians believe:

People own themselves. Its wrong to use violence against peaceful people. Human interactions should be voluntary: if consenting adults agree, its no one elses business. Moral government is limited to protecting people from force and fraud by others.

Most people, even people who dont think of themselves as libertarians, go about their daily lives treating other people well and staying out of other peoples business. But non-libertarians will draw a box around government police, politicians, regulators and assume that the force government uses must be different, and somehowokay.

A libertarian believes all people, even ones with badges, Senate seats, or powdered wigs, have the same responsibility to leave peaceful people alone.

Police abuse is increasingly caught on video. Unjust wars abroad drag on. Regulators and tax collectors, aided by lobbyists, find ever more ways to limit how Americans can use their own property and earn a living.

Libertarians believe that as more people notice the way power is abused, theyll stop drawing that box of moral exemption around government actors. A badge doesnt give you special rights, and it doesnt grant permission to violate someone elses rights. If you believe that, you might already be a libertarian.

Libertarians have some overlap with both the political left and the political right, and we are happy to work with allies of all stripes to defend our shared values. We are allies of the right when we oppose high taxes, advocate for school choice, and support the second amendment rights of each peaceful person to defend himself. We are allies of the left when we oppose war, defend everyones civil rights from abuse by government, and fight to decriminalize peaceful adult choices like sex work and drug use. Were not a centrist party, nor are we extremists. Were just honest about what we stand for, and were willing to stand alongside others who share some, if rarely all, of our core beliefs.

Libertarians are the party of peace, people, and principles. And if you believe in these principles too, wed love to count you no matter who you are among our ranks. Join us today?

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Libertarian Party of Wisconsin: Libertarians offer unity with them – WisPolitics.com

UBET, WIThe United States of America will never be unified by the Republican and Democratic parties, said Jake VandenPlas, the Libertarian Congressional candidate in Wisconsins 8thUS House District. If they could, they would have done it by now. VandenPlas has steadily gained voter support with his messages of more individual liberty and freedom and less government coercion via force in his challenge to unseat the Republican incumbent, Michael Gallagher of Green Bay.

With adherence to the Libertarian Party principles of non-aggression and consent, we can focus on unity and self-governance, continued VandenPlas in a statement released this week.

In that statement, VandenPlas, who also chairs the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin (LPWI), reflected on the unstable discord in the country around the intense, and useless, partisanship of the other two parties. That division has, in effect, produced no effective action to address an endless number of issues facing the country and Wisconsin, from domestic policy to foreign policy. Furthermore, the two-party partisanship has damaged essential rights to, and protections for, individual property, free speech, and personal choices, all rights which the LPWI wants to restore and strengthen.

Based on two guiding rules of conductfirst, do no harm to others; and then, do not steal from anyoneLibertarians in Wisconsin in a separate statement this week called on the public to unite with them to work peacefully for a prosperous future, and solve the dismay of division nation-wide, for a better future for all.

For more info on the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin, visitwww.lpwi.org.

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