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Scott PowersJanuary 18, 2016

Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Augustus Sol Invictus — the Orlando lawyer who admitted sacrificing a goat and drinking its blood as part of a Pagan ritual — is now promising to release two years of “LSD journals.” Invictus posted a tweet on Twitter Monday stating, “I am pleased to announce that I will be publishing two years’ worth of LSD […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 13, 2015

A strong month of fundraising in October pushed HD 18 incumbent Travis Cummings up to $121,300 in his campaign account. Cummings has spent $30,000, giving him more than $90,000 cash on hand. Three companies associated with the late Jim Moran maxed out for Cummings, as did a lot of Jacksonville power brokers, such as the […]

Jim RosicaOctober 16, 2015

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Augustus Sol Invictus, the Libertarian candidate for the U.S. Senate from Florida, participated in an “Ask Me Anything” session Thursday night on the Reddit news and social networking website. The 32-year-old Invictus recently made headlines when he told the Associated Press he was a pagan who once killed and drank a goat’s blood. But he is also a working […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 13, 2015

September was a good month for HD 18 Republican Travis Cummings, as big dollar donors ponied up a total of $12,500, pushing his total up to $103,350. This was his biggest fundraising month since March, suggesting that Cummings’ money machine has shaken off the summer doldrums and found autumnal momentum. Of his 17 donations this […]

Jim RosicaOctober 7, 2015

Augustus Sol Invictus, a Libertarian candidate for the U.S. Senate from Florida, has been called a fascist and is a pagan who once killed and drank a goat’s blood. He’s also a lawyer licensed to practice in four states and federal court, a small-business owner, and is genially known as “Auggie Sunshine” to his law […]

Guest AuthorOctober 5, 2015

I’ve always had a pet theory about when the long-awaited “libertarian moment” would happen. There would be a tipping point of sorts. Governmental debt, the logical victory of civil liberties arguments and a general realization that the American prison-industrial complex was too bloated, inefficient, and corrupt would converge to bring about some common sense solutions […]

Frank TorresOctober 5, 2015

College professor Steve Edmonds told FloridaPolitics.com Monday afternoon he is leaving the Libertarian Party of Florida and will run under No Party Affiliation in House District 28. “I’ve notified the County Supervisor of Elections of my intentions to switch from Libertarian to No Party of Affiliation” said Edmonds. “I’ve come to the conclusion that the […]

Frank TorresOctober 5, 2015

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The Libertarian Party of Seminole County has announced that they have cut ties with the state Party, in the middle of a statewide controversy that recently caused it’s state chair to resign. According to a brief statement on social media: “Effective immediately, the Libertarian Party of Seminole County affiliate to the Libertarian Party of Florida has […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 5, 2015

I’ve always had a pet theory about when the long-awaited “libertarian moment” would happen. There would be a tipping point of sorts. Governmental debt, the logical victory of civil liberties arguments. and a general realization that the American prison-industrial complex was too bloated, inefficient, and corrupt would converge to bring about some common sense solutions […]

Brendan FarringtonOctober 2, 2015

Two years ago, Augustus Sol Invictus walked from central Florida to the Mojave Desert and spent a week fasting and praying, at times thinking he wouldn’t survive. In a pagan ritual to give thanks when he returned home, he killed a goat and drank its blood. Now that he’s a candidate for U.S. Senate, the […]

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Libertarian Augustus Invictus promises to publish “LSD journals”

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Augustus Sol Invictus takes his campaign to Reddit

HD 18 Travis Cummings hits 6 figures in fundraising

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A.G. Gancarski: So much for the libertarian moment

Steve Edmonds to leave Libertarian Party and run NPA in HD 28

Seminole Libertarians cut ties with state Party

So much for the libertarian moment

Goat sacrifice, talk of civil war upset Florida Libertarians