Libertarian Reporting for 2026-04-21
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources.
Trump Signs Psychedelics Order
Plus: ship seizures, the best free bread in America, and more...
Reason.com
Apr 20, 2026 - reason.com
Some Links
TweetAlfredo Carrillo Obregon’s and Scott Lincicome’s letter in today’s Wall Street Journal is superb: Paul Rahe’s justifications for tariffs fail under scrutiny (“There’s a Case for Tariffs,” op-ed, ...
Cafe Hayek
Apr 20, 2026 - cafehayek.com
This Big Tech Firm Wants To Reinstate the Draft
A look at Palantir’s bootlicking new manifesto.
Reason.com
Apr 20, 2026 - reason.com
Don't Count on the 25th Amendment To Dethrone Donald Trump
Democrats can't muster the votes to impeach and remove Trump, or even to stop an illegal war. The 25th Amendment would be even more difficult.
Reason.com
Apr 20, 2026 - reason.com
Afroman on Becoming the 2028 Libertarian Presidential Nominee
Afroman discusses his free speech court victory, why he thinks he could unite America, and whether he feels pressure to always be high.
Reason.com
Apr 20, 2026 - reason.com
Report: High Taxes and Burdensome Regulations Are Killing California
California politicians’ policy choices are making the state unaffordable and unattractive.
Reason.com
Apr 20, 2026 - reason.com
Israel’s Expansion Means An Unraveling of Middle East Stability
The recent ceasefire between Israel and Iran may have paused the most intense phase of direct military confrontation, but it has done nothing to resolve the deeper questions about Middle Eastern stabi...
The Libertarian Institute
Apr 20, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Learning lessons from Hungary’s election
Charles Lane explores the lessons from a recent eastern European election. After 16 years in power, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has suffered a decisive election defeat, one so overwhelming a...
John Locke Foundation
Apr 20, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Troubling News for Jews from the Michigan Democratic Party
Weeks after a Hezbollah-linked terrorist tried to murder dozens of Jewish children, the party nominates a Hezbollah sympathizer over an incumbent targeted because he's Jewish
Reason.com
Apr 20, 2026 - reason.com
An Important Cert Petition Pending Before the Supreme Court on Section 230 Immunity
The briefing is completed on a cert petition presenting the urgent question of whether section 230 immunizes Twitter's knowing possession and distribution of child sex abuse materials.
Reason.com
Apr 20, 2026 - reason.com
Trump tariffs have ‘murky’ impact on American agricultural trade
Joseph Glauber offers a one-year progress report on President Trump’s tariffs on agricultural products. One year after Liberation Day, the trade outlook for US agriculture remains murky. By the end of...
John Locke Foundation
Apr 20, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Assessing Trump’s impact on GOP foreign policy
Michael Strain explores President Donald Trump’s long-term impact on Republicans’ approach toward foreign policy. Trump has not governed as an isolationist. But his assassination of Iranian commander ...
John Locke Foundation
Apr 20, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Archives: May 2026
Excerpts from Reason's vaults
Reason.com
Apr 20, 2026 - reason.com
The week in regulations: Drone settlements and gambling losses
The 2026 Federal Register topped 20,000 pages. President Trump got into a feud with the Pope. Agencies issued new regulations ranging from mail standards to remittance taxes. On to the data: Highligh...
Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Apr 20, 2026 - cei.org
An Egalitarian Faith?
Alexis de Tocqueville probes the relationship between Christianity, equality, and liberal democracy.
Law & Liberty
Apr 20, 2026 - lawliberty.org
North Korea Test Fires Tactical Ballistic Missile with Cluster Warhead
North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un attended the test firing of missiles with multiple reentry vehicles. “The purpose of the test-fire is to verify the characteristics and power of cluster bomb w...
The Libertarian Institute
Apr 20, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Protectionist Fallacies Pour Forth
TweetHere’s a letter to the Washington Examiner. (I thank Prof. Harold Black for alerting me to this piece by Chaffetz.) Editor: Former Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s defense of Trump’s tariffs is a mayhem of ...
Cafe Hayek
Apr 20, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Jack Goldsmith on the NYT and the Leaked Supreme Court "Shadow Papers"
A critique of the New York Times "unfortunately tendentious reporting about the memoranda."
Reason.com
Apr 20, 2026 - reason.com
Property tax levy limits aren’t budget cuts
A levy limit isn’t a budget cut. It doesn’t force local governments to reduce spending, nor does it require school funding to decrease. Instead, a levy limit caps the growth rate of annual property ta...
John Locke Foundation
Apr 20, 2026 - johnlocke.org
An Unusual GVR With Three Dissenting Votes
I've seen votes to grant instead of GVR, but I can't recall votes to deny instead of a GVR.
Reason.com
Apr 20, 2026 - reason.com
America's First Drafts
Before it was history, the Declaration of Independence was news. Not everyone got the story right.
Reason.com
Apr 20, 2026 - reason.com
"Through donations to NGOs and bribes, Bloomberg interferes in politics"
The Mexican newspaper El Universal has reported allegations that Bloomberg Philanthropies have used donations and bribes to influence policy. Bloomberg's pet policies are sugar taxes and e-cigarette f...
Velvet Glove, Iron Fist
Apr 20, 2026 - velvetgloveironfist.blogspot.com
"It Will Be Your Name and License on the Line, Not ChatGPT's"
A lawyer's duties "do not disappear solely because an attorney chooses to outsource his labor to AI."
Reason.com
Apr 20, 2026 - reason.com
"The Biggest Scandal Here Is In Fact the Leaks Themselves"
The leak of internal Supreme Court memos could affect how the Court operates.
Reason.com
Apr 20, 2026 - reason.com
3 Disasters That Legal Weed Didn't Unleash—Despite the Forecasts
From higher crime to teenage stoners, here are things that the weed debate got wrong.
Reason.com
Apr 20, 2026 - reason.com
Trump Returns to Las Vegas – Birthplace of His No Tax on Tips
President Donald Trump returned to the birthplace of one of his main 2024 election campaign ideas: no tax on tops. With several months to go until the midterm elections and one day after Tax Day, the ...
Main Feed
Apr 20, 2026 - libertynation.com
Forward guidance is not a crystal ball: A case for rules-based monetary policy
Throughout history, the urge to predict the future has been hard to resist. The Federal Reserve is not immune to such temptation. In recent years, the Fed has used forward guidance, an explicit commun...
Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Apr 20, 2026 - cei.org
Newsom PAC spent $1.5M to make his book a best-seller
Ashley DiMella writes for FoxNews.com about an inconvenient truth for California’s governor. Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s political action committee spent more than $1.5 million buying th...
John Locke Foundation
Apr 20, 2026 - johnlocke.org
"Once the [Rainbow Flag] Cat Is out of the Bag, the Ball Game Is Over"
No pseudonymity for teacher challenging removal of pride flags from classroom, because his identity had already been disclosed through public records requests.
Reason.com
Apr 20, 2026 - reason.com
Today in Supreme Court History: April 20, 2010
4/20/2010: United States v. Stevens decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: April 20, 2010 appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
Apr 20, 2026 - reason.com
Brickbat: Insult to Injury
A judge in England sentenced John Hamilton, a former Northumbria police detective constable, to 18 months in prison for sending… The post Brickbat: Insult to Injury appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
Apr 20, 2026 - reason.com
Ron Paul Liberty Report: Trump On Iran says ‘Lots of Bombs Will Go Off’ if No Agreement
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: President Trump has had a manic weekend, posting that Iran has agreed to all his demands only to have Iranian officials post that they have said no such thing. Tens...
Antiwar.com Blog
Apr 20, 2026 - antiwar.com
Israel Replicates Gaza Strategy By Creating ‘Yellow Line’ in Southern Lebanon
A senior Israeli official said the IDF has established a “yellow line” dividing southern Lebanon. In Gaza, the IDF kills Palestinians who cross the “yellow line.” The senior Israeli official told repo...
The Libertarian Institute
Apr 20, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Kentucky Legislature and Supreme Court Go to War
Kentucky’s legislature and state supreme court are facing off in an epic battle over the parameters of their respective authority. This separation-of-powers turf war centers on a legislative effort to...
Main Feed
Apr 20, 2026 - libertynation.com
Analyzing Thomas’ takedown of progressivism
Tyler O’Neil writes for the Daily Signal about a significant pronouncement from a leading voice of conservative judicial thought. This week, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas celebrated America’s ...
John Locke Foundation
Apr 20, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Mandatory Economics Classes for College Kids?
I have many columns featuring economics humor, but those tend to mock economic illiteracy. In the interests of fairness, I also periodically share satire about economists. I’ve written a four-part ser...
International Liberty
Apr 20, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Globalism: Weighed in the Balance and Found Wanting
Even as they realise it and try to struggle with its consequences, here is the truth that our rulers cannot afford to admit. Globalism was never a peace project, or a civilisation project, or even, in...
The Libertarian Alliance
Apr 20, 2026 - libertarianism.uk
One Thing Every Modern President Has in Common: They All Spent More Than the Last Guy
The vibe shift that really matters—a reduction in the size, scope, and spending of government—hasn't happened, and America is worse off for it.
Reason.com
Apr 19, 2026 - reason.com
Some Questions About The SCOTUS Leak On the Clean Power Plan Case
This story is only getting started.
Reason.com
Apr 19, 2026 - reason.com
The Chief Justice Behind The Curtains
Long-time readers may remember a series of posts I wrote circa 2020 about the conflicts between Chief Justice Roberts and… The post The Chief Justice Behind The Curtains appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
Apr 19, 2026 - reason.com
The Substance of the Clean Power Plan Memos
The Chief Justice reminds us why he was the best lawyer of his time.
Reason.com
Apr 19, 2026 - reason.com
Copying vs. Plagiarism: A Recent Illustration—Grau vs. Hernandez on Milei
Related Miguel Hernández, “Anatomy of a libertarian fraud” (April 16, 2026) (Permalink (April 19, 2026)) Hernández. tweet Grau tweet 1; tweet 2 Grau’s Grok plagiarism analysis Other Milei criticism: H...
C4SIF.org
Apr 19, 2026 - c4sif.org
Woodrow Wilson's War at Home
Silencing "Fighting Bob" details how the government targeted anti-war critics like Sen. Robert La Follette.
Reason.com
Apr 19, 2026 - reason.com
Government Likely Violated First Amendment in Getting Apple and Google to Block ICE Sightings Content, Court Holds
From yesterday's decision by Judge Jorge Alonso (N.D. Ill.) in Rosado v. Bondi: Plaintiff Kassandra Rosado runs a Facebook group… The post Government Likely Violated First Amendment in Getting Apple a...
Reason.com
Apr 19, 2026 - reason.com
The Kurdish Role in the Iran-Israel War is Larger Than We Think
The war with Iran may be shaped less by American and Israeli airstrikes and more by decisions made within Kurdish leadership circles across various Middle East countries. The post The Kurdish Role in ...
Free the People
Apr 19, 2026 - freethepeople.org
"Unserious Leaders Are Unsafe," Opines a Federal Judge About RFK, Jr.
That's the opening line from yesterday's Oregon v. Kennedy, by Judge Mustafa Kasubhai (D. Or.) (the only federal judge I've… The post "Unserious Leaders Are Unsafe," Opines a Federal Judge About RFK, ...
Reason.com
Apr 19, 2026 - reason.com
What Other Leaked Documents From Long-Ago Are Coming?
We've moved past the phase of leaking current SCOTUS documents. Now past records are in the wild.
Reason.com
Apr 19, 2026 - reason.com
February 9, 2016
A flashback to the grant of the emergency stay in the Clean Power Plan.
Reason.com
Apr 19, 2026 - reason.com
Upcoming Speaking Engagements in Spain and Italy
I will be giving multiple talks in these two countries in late April and May.
Reason.com
Apr 19, 2026 - reason.com
Conservatives Want the Government To Pay Americans To Get Married and Have Kids
A Heritage Foundation report proposes tax credits and family accounts to incentivize family formation.
Reason.com
Apr 19, 2026 - reason.com
Iran Warns Window for Diplomacy Is Rapidly Closing
A senior Iranian official said President Donald Trump’s maximalist demands and erratic behavior are harming the diplomatic process. “Our assessment is that Trump effectively lacks both a coherent pla...
The Libertarian Institute
Apr 19, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
USS Ford Aircraft Carrier Returns to the Middle East
The USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier strike group has returned to the Middle East. The world’s largest aircraft carrier spent the last month in port after a laundry fire caused significant damage. ...
The Libertarian Institute
Apr 19, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Today in Supreme Court History: April 19, 1920
4/19/1920: Missouri v. Holland decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: April 19, 1920 appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
Apr 19, 2026 - reason.com
Remembering the Catholic Bishop Behind Lebanon’s Resistance to Israel
Following President Donald Trump’s vicious attacks on Pope Leo XIV for refusing to back his “atrocious” war in Iran, the United States and Israel have finally achieved a 10-day ceasefire after holding...
Antiwar.com Blog
Apr 19, 2026 - antiwar.com
Trump: US Forces Attack, Seize Iranian Cargo Ship
President Donald Trump claimed an Iranian-flagged vessel attempted to break the US blockade. US forces attacked and boarded the cargo ship. “Today, an Iranian-flagged cargo ship named TOUSKA, nearly ...
The Libertarian Institute
Apr 19, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Liberty Lifestyle: Farmers Markets Are More Than a Place for Fresh Food
Farmers Markets are gaining in popularity, probably partially inspired by the MAGA movement that is promoting a healthier lifestyle. But these outdoor (and sometimes indoor) collections of food booths...
Main Feed
Apr 19, 2026 - libertynation.com
11 US Scientists Missing or Dead: What We Know and What We Don’t
It’s gotten to the point where President Donald Trump had to be briefed on it. Such is the mysterious case of the 11 missing or dead US science experts. What began as internet speculation has now reac...
Main Feed
Apr 19, 2026 - libertynation.com
Heartlanders Praise Trump and the US Navy
The things you may not know and might not want to hear about plagued heartlanders this week as fake food slimed its way into the political dialogue, Iran can’t seem to make up its mind on opening the ...
Main Feed
Apr 19, 2026 - libertynation.com
Costs, Balances, and the Iran War – LN Radio
On this week’s edition of Liberty Nation Radio, we tackle the latest CPI and inflation numbers, the blockade in Iran, and a whole lot more.
Main Feed
Apr 19, 2026 - libertynation.com
4/16/26 Trita Parsi on the Likeliest Outcome of the Iran Ceasefire
Download Audio. Scott interviews Trita Parsi about the ceasefire and negotiations between the Trump administration and the Iranians. Parsi believes, while this was a strategic defeat for the US, the c...