Libertarian Reporting for 2026-05-19
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 52 articles from 13 sites. We chose these from 1977 articles found on 37 sites.
Today's featured sites are:
C4SIF.org, Reason.com, John Locke Foundation, Cafe Hayek, The Libertarian Institute, Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute, Law & Liberty, International Liberty, Main Feed, Antiwar.com Blog, Mises Institute, The Libertarian Alliance, Free the People.
Lisa Ramsey, Trademarks and Free Speech
Related Kinsella, “Defamation as a Type of Intellectual Property,” in A Life in Liberty: Liber Amicorum in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe, edited by Jörg Guido Hülsmann & Stephan Kinsella (Houston, Texa...
C4SIF.org
May 18, 2026 - c4sif.org
Jared Polis' Controversial Commutation of Tina Peters' Prison Sentence Upholds Freedom of Speech
Colorado's governor agreed with a state appeals court that the former Mesa County clerk had been punished for her wacky beliefs about the 2020 election as well as her illegal conduct.
Reason.com
May 18, 2026 - reason.com
Biden officials mislead about immigration history
Editors at the Washington Examiner critique recent statements from members of the previous presidential administration. The Democratic Party wants voters to believe the border crisis created by Presid...
John Locke Foundation
May 18, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Some Links
TweetRichard Ebeling rightly applauds F.A. Hayek’s brilliant and as-relevant-now-as-ever 80-year-old paper, “The Meaning of Competition.” Two slices: The individual participant in the market process h...
Cafe Hayek
May 18, 2026 - cafehayek.com
The Smartphone Theory of Birth Rate Decline Doesn't Hold Up
Fertility rates started falling centuries before the iPhone was introduced.
Reason.com
May 18, 2026 - reason.com
Court Refuses to Order Pam Bondi to Delete Tweeted Booking Photos in Prosecution for Interference with ICE in Minneapolis
From Magistrate Judge Elsa Bullard (D. Minn.) Wednesday in U.S. v. Doyle: On January 26, 2026, the Government filed a… The post Court Refuses to Order Pam Bondi to Delete Tweeted Booking Photos in Pro...
Reason.com
May 18, 2026 - reason.com
Samurai vs. Squatters: On the Street With the Hired Swords Reclaiming California Property Owners' Stolen Homes
California has failed to protect private property from squatters. Desperate owners are turning to katana-wielding enforcers to reclaim their homes.
Reason.com
May 18, 2026 - reason.com
Thomas Massie's Moment Has Come
Plus: Ed Gallrein won't talk about his background, and Sen. Bill Cassidy bites the dust.
Reason.com
May 18, 2026 - reason.com
Our Own Cognitive Dissonance Is Concealing the Epstein Network
“I saw also that there was an ocean of darkness and death, but an infinite ocean of light and love, which flowed over the ocean of darkness.”- George Fox, Journal (1647) While war chaos and carnage in...
The Libertarian Institute
May 18, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Stamp Act revisited
Before the Edenton Tea Party’s 1774 protest against the tax on tea, before the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence on May 20, 1775 (it’s on the North Carolina flag!), and before the Halifax Resolv...
John Locke Foundation
May 18, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Thomas Massie Gives the ‘America First’ Leadership Trump Promised
When Donald Trump ran for president in 2024, he promised, among other things, no more U.S. regime change wars, no more of America sending its citizens’ dollars to fund foreign nations, and that he and...
The Libertarian Institute
May 18, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
The week in regulations: Date taxes and microreactors
It was nearly a 3,000-page week in the Federal Register, roughly double the usual pace. Year-over-year inflation jumped to 3.8 percent, the worst reading since the COVID inflation climbdown in 2023. K...
Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
May 18, 2026 - cei.org
8½-Year Sentence for American Who Fought for ISIS Is Too Lenient, Says Sixth Circuit
The district court had departed downward from the Sentencing Guidelines' recommended sentence of 30 to 50 years.
Reason.com
May 18, 2026 - reason.com
America 250 election year rightsizing: Time to get things undone
The new 2026 Ten Thousand Commandments survey of federal regulation and reform landed at an awkward moment. Election cycles tend to crowd out serious thinking about the structure and limits of governm...
Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
May 18, 2026 - cei.org
Vance, Rubio jockey for position in 2028
Tim O’Brien writes for PJMedia.com about the two major players in the Trump administration who could succeed the 47th president. People have asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio if he plans to run for...
John Locke Foundation
May 18, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Boomers vs. Doomers
Bad economic policy is demoralizing the young.
Law & Liberty
May 18, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Notre Dame Pro-Abortion-Rights Professor Ordered to Pay $200K in Fees in Failed Libel Lawsuit Against Student Newspaper
So Special Judge Steven David (Ind. Super. Ct. St. Joseph County) ruled Friday. There had been a dispute about the… The post Notre Dame Pro-Abortion-Rights Professor Ordered to Pay $200K in Fees in Fa...
Reason.com
May 18, 2026 - reason.com
The Kyle Anzalone Show: Will Trump’s Trip to China Change the Course of the Iran War? w/ Patrick Henningsen
Trump comes back from Beijing claiming he got a major concession from Xi on Iran, but what happens when the key details are private, unverifiable, and packaged for headlines? We walk through the publi...
The Libertarian Institute
May 18, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Why is the Court GVRing Cases In Light Of Callais That Did Not Turn On The Issues In Callais?
I think the Court is hoping these cases go away on the merits and they won't have to deal with them.
Reason.com
May 18, 2026 - reason.com
Taxes and Government Fees Make Up 25 Percent of Car Rental Fees
Travelers make easy targets for revenue-hungry officials.
Reason.com
May 18, 2026 - reason.com
This Tiny Toad Blocked a Green Energy Project. A New Federal Rule Will Cut 'Green' Tape.
A streamlined process for environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act gives the government broader discretion to approve projects.
Reason.com
May 18, 2026 - reason.com
Trump choices limit success in Iran war
Danielle Pletka assesses the impact of President Donald Trump’s decision when waging war against Iran. No, again, the war with Iran is not lost. It could be, but it ain’t over yet. As usual, all is in...
John Locke Foundation
May 18, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Should the United Nations Have Global Taxing Powers?
When I write about bad tax policy from international bureaucracies, that usually means I’m complaining about the International Monetary Fund or the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Developmen...
International Liberty
May 18, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Tariff Refunds Are Coming – But What About the Economy?
US companies could be receiving their tariff refunds soon. Since the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s levies imposed under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA...
Main Feed
May 18, 2026 - libertynation.com
Assessing the impact of the Jones Act waiver
Vincent Smith and Shantanu Kamat explore the impact of a significant federal regulatory waiver. The Jones Act, which restricts cargo shipments between US ports to US-flagged and owned vessels, has dis...
John Locke Foundation
May 18, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Fannie, Freddie, and the National Debt
Fannie and Freddie are part of the government and need to be included in its consolidated financial statements.
Law & Liberty
May 18, 2026 - lawliberty.org
The Second Amendment, Guns on Private Property, Guns in Parks, and "The Fifth Element"
From today's Second Circuit decision in Christian v. Keane, in an opinion by Judge Joseph Bianco, joined by Judge Eunice Lee… The post The Second Amendment, Guns on Private Property, Guns in Parks, an...
Reason.com
May 18, 2026 - reason.com
Plaintiff Can Sue Pseudonymously Because She's a Criminal Defense Lawyer with a Gambling Addiction
But reputational and professional harm is generally not a basis for allowing pseudonymity in most cases (since so many litigants face some such harm from the allegations in their cases being public). ...
Reason.com
May 18, 2026 - reason.com
Today in Supreme Court History: May 18, 1860
5/18/1860: Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination. The post Today in Supreme Court History: May 18, 1860 appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
May 18, 2026 - reason.com
The Kyle Anzalone Show: Will Trump’s Trip to China Change the Course of the Iran War? w/ Patrick Henningsen
Trump comes back from Beijing claiming he got a major concession from Xi on Iran, but what happens when the key details are private, unverifiable, and packaged for headlines? We walk through the publi...
Antiwar.com Blog
May 18, 2026 - antiwar.com
Escalation in Iran Would Be Madness
Seth Cropsey makes another deranged appeal for escalation against Iran: Mr. Trump’s objective shouldn’t be to bluff the Iranians out. Instead it should be to demonstrate that if push comes to shove, t...
Antiwar.com Blog
May 18, 2026 - antiwar.com
China Won't Solve America's Iran Problem
One conclusion can be made from President Donald Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping: China just wants oil.
Main Feed
May 18, 2026 - libertynation.com
Trump’s China Summit: More Isolation and Economic Erosion Ahead for Iran
China wants energy – not a healthy Iran.
Main Feed
May 18, 2026 - libertynation.com
Ron Paul on Trump, Outside Millions, and Massie: Will Voters Have the Final Say in Kentucky?
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: It is the highest spending US House race in history, with more than $10 million pouring into Thomas Massie’s House re-election bid from outside oligarchs. Massie ha...
Antiwar.com Blog
May 18, 2026 - antiwar.com
John Mearsheimer asks Will He or Won’t He?
Reprinted from John’s Substack: On 17 May 2026, I was on “Switzerland” talking with Tom Switzer about a number of different subjects including the state of the war in Ukraine, the results of Trump’s ...
Antiwar.com Blog
May 18, 2026 - antiwar.com
Is Deflation Bad for the Economy?
The standard line among most economists is that deflation is as bad or even worse than inflation. In reality, the economy needs deflation now more than ever.
Mises Institute
May 18, 2026 - mises.org
Legalization helps provide data about harm linked to cannabis
Naomi Schaefer Riley writes about disturbing new evidence of the harmful effect of cannabis. Advocates of cannabis legalization have used two major arguments to persuade the public in the past few dec...
John Locke Foundation
May 18, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Looking Beyond Net Zero: Reply to Neil Lock
Mr Lock has written a thoughtful reply to my original article, and I am grateful for it. Much discussion of energy policy now consists either of reciting climate catechisms or of muttering vaguely abo...
The Libertarian Alliance
May 18, 2026 - libertarianism.uk
Looking Beyond Net Zero: Reply to Bryan Mercadente
I think this essay misses a most important point. Using fossil fuels does not necessarily mean using imported fossil fuels. There are very large quantities of gas, and still a fair amount of oil, unde...
The Libertarian Alliance
May 18, 2026 - libertarianism.uk
Archives: The Best of Brian Doherty
The June 2026 issue's archives are dedicated to longtime Reason editor Brian Doherty, who died in March.
Reason.com
May 17, 2026 - reason.com
Ironies in Old Dominion
The Virginia Supreme Court’s strike down of the redistricting referendum was a quaking decision that muddied partisanship, ideology, and X discourse. The post Ironies in Old Dominion appeared first on...
Free the People
May 17, 2026 - freethepeople.org
The Nature, Properties, and Characteristics of Goods (Igloo Coolers case)
[From my Webnote series] Related Classificationism, Legislation, Copyright Federal Judges Aren’t Real Judges Another Problem with Legislation: James Carter v. the Field Codes The Non-Aggression Princi...
C4SIF.org
May 17, 2026 - c4sif.org
The Kyle Anzalone Show: Trump in China, Iran War on the Horizon?
Trump heads to China with a lineup of high-profile U.S. business leaders, but we can’t treat it like a normal trade trip. We dig into the uncomfortable reality underneath the photo ops: America’s depe...
The Libertarian Institute
May 17, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Report: Classified Intelligence Claims Cuba Acquiring Drones for Potential Conflict with the US
US officials speaking with Axios claimed classified intelligence shows that Cuba has 300 one-way drones to attack US warships and the Florida Keys. The leak of the classified intel comes as President ...
The Libertarian Institute
May 17, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Trade Taxes and the Laffer Curve
Trade taxes are bad for the economy (see here, here, and here). But that’s hardly a shocking revelation. That’s the nature of taxation (personal income taxes also are bad for the economy, as are corpo...
International Liberty
May 17, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Trump Says Iran Must Make a Deal Fast or ‘There Won’t Be Anything Left’
President Donald Trump threatened to wipe out Iran if Tehran did not agree to a deal with the US that ends the war and restricts the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. Trump has repeatedly threatened...
The Libertarian Institute
May 17, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Taiwan Urges Trump to Maintain Status Quo on Weapon Sales
After a meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te urged Washington to continue selling weapons to Taipei. During his summit with Trump, ...
The Libertarian Institute
May 17, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Trump: US Taking Over Cuba On the Way Back from Iran – Full Episode – LN Radio
On this edition of Liberty Nation Radio, the United Kingdom’s King Charles III visits the nation’s Capitol ahead of America’s 250th anniversary. The monarch gets a standing ovation from the NO KINGS p...
Main Feed
May 17, 2026 - libertynation.com
Today in Supreme Court History: May 17, 1954
5/17/1954: Brown v. Board of Education and Bolling v. Sharpe are decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: May 17, 1954 appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
May 17, 2026 - reason.com
Trade and National Security
TweetThis past Wednesday evening I talked with AIER’s Paul Mueller – a GMU Econ alum – about trade and national security. The post Trade and National Security appeared first on Cafe Hayek.
Cafe Hayek
May 17, 2026 - cafehayek.com
The Thucydides Trap Sprung by Default: Trump in Beijing and the Welcome Eclipse of a Malignant American Empire
I’ll defer to Bryan Mercadente and Sebastian Wang on the details. But you don’t need to be a student of classical history to recognize the irony when a Chinese leader invokes the Thucydides Trap befo...
The Libertarian Alliance
May 17, 2026 - libertarianism.uk
Trump Calls China Summit a Great Success
Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agree: Opening the Strait of Hormuz and keeping Iran nuke free is in the best interest of the US and China alike.