
I’m Michael Rectenwald—a Ph.D., an author of 12 books, a public speaker, a columnist, and an entrepreneur.
I’m running for President of the United States as a Libertarian.
I can barely believe that I just wrote that. Several years ago, I was a professor at New York University and an avowed Marxist. Then, in the fall of 2016, I dared to speak up about the “social justice” madness on campuses across the U.S. and was promptly savaged by the woke mob, who tried to cancel me.
I’m running to wrest power from the corrupt, incompetent, and tyrannical federal government and to restore it to the people by:
Nullification
Promoting rigorous use of the 10th Amendment to nullify all unconstitutional federal laws by the states and localities. The states created the federal government; they are not owned by it.
COVID
Refusing all covid and other “emergency” mandates and investigating all agencies and corporations involved in formulating and executing the disastrous covid response measures.
Intelligence Agencies
Eliminating government and intelligence agency influence over the media and Big Tech.
Federal DEI
Ending the use of DEI criteria in federal hiring and promotions.
Foreign Policy
Keeping the peace by opposing all but defensive wars, ending U.S involvement in the war in Ukraine, ending the saber-rattling with China, and bringing U.S. troops home from the 800 bases around the world to secure our homeland.
Economy
Slashing government spending, taxes, and restoring a free-market system that allows young people a future and the elderly security by untangling the federal government from its corporate power brokers. This includes abolishing the income tax, ending corporate bailouts and subsidies, cutting red tape, and eliminating all foreign aid.
Inflation
Stopping inflation at the source by auditing and abolishing the federal reserve and allowing legal alternative currencies, like gold, silver, and Bitcoin.
Alphabet Agencies
Abolishing politicized and costly agencies and departments that do not have the interests of the average American at heart, including the IRS, the FBI, the CIA, the Department of Education, the ATF, and the TSA.