Independent Political Report
{{Short description|American digital newspaper}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Independent Political Report
| format = Digital
| owners = George Phillies
| founder = Thomas L. Knapp
| publisher = Outsider Media
| chiefeditor = Jordan Willow Evans
| website = {{URL|https://independentpoliticalreport.com}}
}}
The Independent Political Report (sometimes referred to as IPR) is an American political digital newspaper focusing on independent politicians and third parties in the United States. The website was founded by libertarian activist Thomas L. Knapp in 2008,{{Cite news |last=Weigel |first=David |author-link=David Weigel |date=2021-11-26 |title=Libertarian Party convention kicks off in Orlando |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/05/27/libertarian-party-convention-kicks-off-in-orlando/ |access-date=2024-08-21 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite web |title=Independent Political Report |url=https://muckrack.com/media-outlet/independentpoliticalreport |access-date=August 21, 2024 |website=Muck Rack}} and is administered by the Outsider Media Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on providing media coverage to third party politicians.{{Cite web |title=About Independent Political Report |url=https://independentpoliticalreport.com/about/ |website=Independent Political Report}}{{Cite web |title=Outsider Media Foundation |url=https://www.guidestar.org/Profile/88-3354086 |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=Guidestar}} It was described as a "starkly conservative-leaning website" in 2018 and was sued by the Las Vegas Review-Journal for copyright infringement during the 2010 election cycle.{{Cite book |last1=Hutchison |first1=Katrina |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VyJLDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Independent+Political+Report%22&pg=PA107 |title=Social Dimensions of Moral Responsibility |last2=Mackenzie |first2=Catriona |last3=Oshana |first3=Marina |date=2018 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-060961-0 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Steve |date=2010-07-08 |title=5 more websites face R-J copyright lawsuits |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jul/08/3-more-websites-face-r-j-copyright-lawsuits/ |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=Las Vegas Sun |language=en}}
Editorial team and staff
= Current editorial team =
- George Phillies, writer and retired physics professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute{{Cite web |title=George Phillies Buys IPR |url=https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2022/06/george-phillies-buys-ipr/ |website=Independent Political Report}}
- Jordan Willow Evans, former Republican Town Committee secretary in Charlton, Massachusetts{{Cite web |title=IPR Editorial Team |url=https://independentpoliticalreport.com/staff/ |website=Independent Political Report}}
- Joseph G. Buchman, Utah perennial candidate and policy analyst
= Former =
- Dan "Red" Phillips, journalist{{Cite book |last=Balleck |first=Barry J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UwPHEAAAQBAJ |title=Hate Groups and Extremist Organizations in America: An Encyclopedia |date=2019-07-08 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=979-8-216-09468-5 |language=en}}
- Thomas L. Knapp, founder of the website and Boston Tea Party vice-presidential candidate
- Peter Gemma, former member of the Sarasota, Florida GOP executive committee and white nationalist{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Zac |title=Alleged "white nationalist" Peter Gemma resigns from Sarasota GOP executive committee |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2018/10/01/alleged-white-nationalist-peter-gemma-resigns-from-sarasota-gop-executive-committee/9732609007/ |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Staff |date=2016-11-23 |title=Post Election Survey of Third Party Movement Leaders: Part One |url=https://www.lp.org/post-election-survey-of-third-party-movement-leaders-part-one/ |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=Libertarian Party |language=en-US}}
- Paulie Cannoli, co-founder of LPRadicals{{Cite journal |date=July 2008 |title=Burn Those Petitions! More Strangeness from Massachusetts |url=https://thirdpartywatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/200807.pdf |journal=Liberty for America; Journal of the Libertarian Political Movement |volume=1 |issue=2}}