Libertarian Reporting for 2026-07-05
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 83 articles from 14 sites. We chose these from 1946 articles found on 36 sites.
Today's featured sites are:
Reason.com, LewRockwell, Notes On Liberty, International Liberty, Tom Woods, Cafe Hayek, Law & Liberty, The Libertarian Institute, John Locke Foundation, Mises Institute, Free the People, Main Feed, Blog - Students For Liberty, Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute.
Judge's Conclusions About Risks of Identification for ICE Officers
From U.S. v. Virginia, decided yesterday by Judge Robert Payne (E.D. Va.); these conclusions played a role in the court's… The post Judge's Conclusions About Risks of Identification for ICE Officers a...
Reason.com
Jul 4, 2026 - reason.com
Virginia Law Banning Law Enforcement Officer Masks Blocked as to ICE
From U.S. v. Virginia, decided yesterday by Judge Robert Payne (E.D. Va.): On May 20, 2026, citing concerns that federal… The post Virginia Law Banning Law Enforcement Officer Masks Blocked as to ICE ...
Reason.com
Jul 4, 2026 - reason.com
Trump’s Plan To Send Troops To Disarm Hezbollah
On June 29, General Joseph Aoun, the president of Lebanon, met with Admiral Brad Cooper, Commander of the US Central Command at the Baabda Palace overlooking Beirut. “During the meeting, discussions w...
LewRockwell
Jul 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The American System Rejects Europe’s Economic Suicide
What makes a nation wealthy? It’s not just arable lands surrounded by other lands filled with water, timber, coal, gas, oil, metals, and minerals. It’s the farmer who knows best how to cultivate tho...
LewRockwell
Jul 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
On America's 250th Birthday, the United States Arms the World's Tyrannies
On a Fourth of July, John Quincy Adams warned against the foreign policy that his successors would later adopt.
Reason.com
Jul 4, 2026 - reason.com
The Way We Were
It must be owned that Mr Locke, and other theoretical writers, have held, that “there remains still inherent in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative, when they find the legisl...
LewRockwell
Jul 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Writings on the Declaration of Independence and the Meaning of the American Revolution
Links to some of my previous writings on these topics, which remain relevant on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration.
Reason.com
Jul 4, 2026 - reason.com
1776 All-Stars: George Washington Was a Model of Restraint
America's first president helped establish the tradition of military submission to civilian authority.
Reason.com
Jul 4, 2026 - reason.com
My Realist Journey, Part 3: Strategy After Hiroshima (State of Doom).
As I updated and expanded my States of Mind series in the 2000s and 2010s, I found the need for a fourth, then a fifth, then a sixth, and finally a seventh volume to complete my treatise. What became ...
Notes On Liberty
Jul 4, 2026 - notesonliberty.com
People with Past Mental Hospital Commitments May Regain Second Amendment Rights
From Thursday's Seventh Circuit decision in U.S. v. Rose, written by Judge Frank Easterbook and joined by Judges Thomas Kirsch… The post People with Past Mental Hospital Commitments May Regain Second ...
Reason.com
Jul 4, 2026 - reason.com
China vs. United States: Two Historic Anniversaries, Two Different Destinations
Today, 1st of July 2026, is the 105th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC). This coming Saturday, 4th of July, is the 250th anniversary of the United States Independence. Two historic anni...
LewRockwell
Jul 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Brickbats: July 2026
News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world
Reason.com
Jul 4, 2026 - reason.com
Mourning in America
This weekend Americans mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Most of them mistakenly call its adoption their “nation’s birthday”. But as we’ve explained before, no “nation” wa...
LewRockwell
Jul 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Three SHTF Scenarios That Could Change the World Faster Than Anyone Expects!
For decades, the greatest threats to global stability were often imagined as distant possibilities—events reserved for history books, military simulations or the darkest years of the Cold War. Today, ...
LewRockwell
Jul 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Review: This Iconic Musical Reminds Us That Open Debate Still Matters
1776 is a musical about John Adams' pursuit of American independence.
Reason.com
Jul 4, 2026 - reason.com
On Eating and Overeating
There are meals meant to fill; there are meals meant to nourish. Going hungry is okay. Not being full after every meal is okay. Not being full after many meals is okay, even ideal. You have life to li...
LewRockwell
Jul 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Partisan Press Conference (Episode 4)
Republican and Democratic coaches take questions from the press
Reason.com
Jul 4, 2026 - reason.com
Court Rejects Professor's Claim That Discontinuation of University DEI Offices and Programs Violated Professor's Rights
From Judge Matthew McFarland (S.D. Ohio) Thursday in Rice v. Schell; the analysis seems basically correct to me: [T]he Advance… The post Court Rejects Professor's Claim That Discontinuation of Univers...
Reason.com
Jul 4, 2026 - reason.com
Congressman Mcfadden’s 6/10/1932 Federal Reserve Speech
—– Writes Bill Madden: This link takes you to a speech concerning our unconstitutional Federal Reserve Bank by Congressman Louis McFadden, Chairman of the House Banking Committee. Most of the world’s...
LewRockwell
Jul 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Private Equity Takeover Nobody Is Talking About
International Man: Private equity firms used to be associated with big corporate deals, but now they’re buying up plumbing companies, HVAC businesses, roofers, dental practices, veterinary clinics, ca...
LewRockwell
Jul 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Medical Purgatory
Read Part I here. I left you last with my having been rushed from my room in the famous and historic orthopedic hospital on the East Side of Manhattan, by a team of men and women in pale blue scrubs, ...
LewRockwell
Jul 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Happy Libertarian Independence Day!
In writing 4th-of-July-themed columns about patriotism and the United States (see 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025), I shared a video from K...
International Liberty
Jul 4, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Today in Supreme Court History: July 4, 1776
7/4/1776: Declaration of Independence is signed. The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 4, 1776 appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
Jul 4, 2026 - reason.com
Pride in America
—– Writes Bill Madden: I love the country as I have had many opportunities, normally a fair chance to compete and an interesting 90 years. . I hate the whore politicians and bureaucrats who are managi...
LewRockwell
Jul 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Why China’s Open Source AI Will Crush the U.S. Industry and Collapse the Semiconductor Bubble
I am an accomplished AI platform developer. I’ve used all the popular models, and I run a 48-workstation mini data center with various GPUs, running open source models for a variety of tasks. I’m here...
LewRockwell
Jul 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Metropolitan Opera, Country Singer Roy Clark, and the Suicide of America
Recently, as I clicked through offerings on Youtube (a refuge from network television these days) I came across a snippet of country music legend Roy Clark singing—or should I say, crooning—a traditio...
LewRockwell
Jul 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Ep. 2775 Dominic Frisby on the Treason of the Elites and Britain’s Lost Decade
Dominic Frisby discusses the resignation of Keir Starmer, the persistence of the left in the UK (with some good signs nevertheless), why and how Brexit was not fully implemented, and… Read More The po...
Tom Woods
Jul 4, 2026 - tomwoods.com
FBI Boss Robert Mueller Conned America To Ravage Our Rights
When former FBI director Robert Mueller died in March, the New York Times eulogized him as a “button-down, lockjawed, rock-ribbed exemplar of a vanishing caste.” Media tributes poured in as if Mueller...
LewRockwell
Jul 3, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Some Links
TweetHans Eicholz reviews two books on the Declaration of Independence. Two slices: Among the best ways to gain perspective on any topic is to read different treatments in tandem. In observance of the...
Cafe Hayek
Jul 3, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Birthright Blunders
Trump v. Barbara was a hard case, so it’s not a surprise that all sides got something wrong.
Law & Liberty
Jul 3, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
Soccer hooligans, sticky fingers at the FBI, and juries for the HHS.
Reason.com
Jul 3, 2026 - reason.com
The Birthright Citizenship Ruling Will Create More Conflict Over Immigration
The US Supreme Court ruled this week that the twentieth-century interpretation of so-called “birthright citizenship”—i.e., the idea that virtually anyone born inside the territory of the United States...
LewRockwell
Jul 3, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
What Makes Someone American? It's Neither Creed Nor Bloodline—It's a Spirit
After 250 years, Americans are still considering this basic question.
Reason.com
Jul 3, 2026 - reason.com
Some Thoughts on the Court's Opinion(s) in the Birthright Citizenship Case
Did any of the other Justices happen to notice Justice Kavanaugh's argument that the entire matter could have been disposed of on statutory grounds?
Reason.com
Jul 3, 2026 - reason.com
The Mirror of 1776
Unfortunately, the Declaration of Independence does not unite us today. It indicts us.
Law & Liberty
Jul 3, 2026 - lawliberty.org
A Mid-Year Assessment of the Tepid Trump Economy
Even though I’m a lovable guy, my Democratic friends were constantly upset with me a few years ago because I pointed out how Biden’s policies were producing mediocre economic results. More recently, m...
International Liberty
Jul 3, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Americans Will Never Shut Up or Do As We're Told
Two distinctly American traits that powered the Revolution: We don't like being told what to do by our supposed betters, and we really don't like being told to shut up.
Reason.com
Jul 3, 2026 - reason.com
They Fearmonger About ‘Communism’ Because They Can’t Oppose Real Problems
As self-styled “democratic socialists” make some advancements in blue states, Republicans have launched a renewed fearmongering campaign about the urgent threat of “communism” — an ideology with no me...
LewRockwell
Jul 3, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
My Realist Journey: Looking Back Upon 2,500 Years of Realist Theory as America Turns 250
Part 1: An American State of Mind It’s amazing how fast 250 years can go by! Celebrating America’s 250th anniversary since its momentous Declaration of Independence certainly makes a quarter millenniu...
Notes On Liberty
Jul 3, 2026 - notesonliberty.com
A New Kind of State
Fledgling America sought to escape the Westphalian conception of the state and instill a new understanding of liberal republican government.
Law & Liberty
Jul 3, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Washington and His Men Knew How To Party
America was founded by drinkers, distillers, and maltmen whose consumption would be labeled problematic by today's public health authorities.
Reason.com
Jul 3, 2026 - reason.com
Europe Is Already Preparing for War
People keep asking when World War III will begin. They are asking the wrong question. Europe is already behaving as though it is at war. I have warned for years that the politicians in Brussels would ...
LewRockwell
Jul 3, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
America’s 250th Celebration Belongs To You, Not DC
Americans reading this are lucky enough to be alive on the 250th anniversary of their country’s declaration of independence. How independent the United States actually is these days or how much the co...
The Libertarian Institute
Jul 3, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
National Review laments ‘injustice’ toward Barrett
Editors at National Review Online pan over-the-top criticism of one of the US Supreme Court’s best justices. Criticism comes, rightly, with the territory of being a Supreme Court justice. Hysteria sho...
John Locke Foundation
Jul 3, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Original Intent of the Declaration
Though the Declaration has become familiar to us, the real meaning behind it is all too obscured.
Law & Liberty
Jul 3, 2026 - lawliberty.org
My Realist Journey, Part 2: Our Enduring Realist Tradition; 2500+ Years of Constructive Realism.
In my four-volume The Realist Tradition in International Relations: The Foundations of Western Order, I unpack 2,500+ years of strategic history. To me, “constructive realism” is not a tragic acceptan...
Notes On Liberty
Jul 3, 2026 - notesonliberty.com
UNC Non-Tenure-Track Professor's Nonrenewal Upheld
"[Students] reported that the course content did not align with its description in the course catalog; that the course was poorly organized and 'essentially was a stream of consciousness conversation'...
Reason.com
Jul 3, 2026 - reason.com
The Balance of Coercive Leverage
On 30 June 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with the Judge about the West’s foolish policy of helping Ukraine to “accelerate” its drone and missile attacks on the Russian homeland. And this in...
LewRockwell
Jul 3, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Former CIA director sues Trump administration for vindictive prosecution
Peter Pinedo writes for FoxNews.com about an interesting legal action against the Trump administration. Former Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan is suing the Trump administration and d...
John Locke Foundation
Jul 3, 2026 - johnlocke.org
When Medical Examiners Fail To Do their Job
One of the primary mechanisms for concealing the harms of COVID-19 vaccines has been the willingness of coroners and medical examiners to turn a blind eye to the indications that these products have c...
LewRockwell
Jul 3, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The World’s Gold Is Quietly Leaving London and New York
In December 1916, with German and Austro-Hungarian armies closing in on Bucharest, the Romanian government made a decision that must have felt entirely sensible at the time. Romania had gambled its wa...
LewRockwell
Jul 3, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Birthright Citizenship and the Supreme Court
Automatic citizenship for the children of foreign nationals on US soil will only further politicize immigration and increase calls for more limits on migrants in the US.
Mises Institute
Jul 3, 2026 - mises.org
FCC chair promises crackdown on anti-conservative media
M.D. Kittle writes for the Federalist about an interesting promise from the head of the Federal Communications Commission. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has a message for the...
John Locke Foundation
Jul 3, 2026 - johnlocke.org
On America's 250th Birthday, Celebrate Liberty
Most Americans still appreciate the freedom the country was founded upon.
Reason.com
Jul 3, 2026 - reason.com
The Six Stages of America’s Collapse After the Day the Lights Never Came Back
For generations, electricity became so deeply woven into everyday life that most people stopped noticing it altogether. It was no longer viewed as technology but as something permanent, almost as reli...
LewRockwell
Jul 3, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Happy 250th, America!
America is turning 250 tomorrow, and I've noticed how easy it is for some to take this country for granted. The post Happy 250th, America! appeared first on Free the People.
Free the People
Jul 3, 2026 - freethepeople.org
HHS Video That Depicted HHS Group Director Wearing Allegedly Anti-Israel Symbols Wasn't Actionable Workplace Harassment
An excerpt from Openden v. Kennedy, decided Tuesday by Judge Adam Abelson (D. Md.): In June 2024, the Centers for… The post HHS Video That Depicted HHS Group Director Wearing Allegedly Anti-Israel Sym...
Reason.com
Jul 3, 2026 - reason.com
After 250 Years, Are America's Best Days Still Ahead?
We should heed Alexis de Tocqueville's warning: "A man's admiration for absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him."
Reason.com
Jul 3, 2026 - reason.com
DHP Ep. 289: A Dangerous Dozen: 12 H.L. Mencken Quotes for the DHP’s 12th Anniversary
Believe it or not, CJ has been doing the Dangerous History Podcast for 12 years now! Despite many trials & tribulations that have caused him to be slowed down or even knocked down, he has always stagg...
The Libertarian Institute
Jul 3, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
NPR mistake highlights need for a reporter’s retirement
Jim Geraghty writes for National Review Online about one person associated with the US Supreme Court who ought to retire. [A]t the court, the decision that I found most surprising was the one by NPR l...
John Locke Foundation
Jul 3, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Today in Supreme Court History: July 3, 1941
7/3/1941: Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone takes oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 3, 1941 appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
Jul 3, 2026 - reason.com
Review: Gore Vidal's Burr Is the Anti-Hamilton
America's Founding through the eyes of the least popular Founding Father
Reason.com
Jul 3, 2026 - reason.com
Brickbat: Not Playing
After a deadly school shooting in Tacloban, Philippines, the government has temporarily banned the video game Gorebox because one of the… The post Brickbat: Not Playing appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
Jul 3, 2026 - reason.com
Independence
July the 4th is a strange holiday. People who aren’t free to be left in peace are celebrating what, exactly? That the state only takes a fourth to a third of every dollar they earn? Well, that’s certa...
LewRockwell
Jul 3, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Court Hands Democrats Another Win Against Trump on Vote by Mail
Want election security? The check’s in the mail – and so are the ballots.
Main Feed
Jul 3, 2026 - libertynation.com
Trump Not Renewing USMCA – Liberty Road
The US-Canada-Mexico trade agreement adds a fresh layer of trade uncertainty.
Main Feed
Jul 3, 2026 - libertynation.com
Why Are Americans Less Patriotic Than Ever?
As the United States celebrates its semiquincentennial, all age groups are less likely to love America than in the past.
Reason.com
Jul 2, 2026 - reason.com
Responding to the "Birth Tourism" Objection to Birthright Citizenship
Not only is the problem overblown. It isn't really a problem at all. It's also irrelevant to the constitutional question addressed by the Supreme Court.
Reason.com
Jul 2, 2026 - reason.com
Will Trump v. Barbara End the Birthright Citizenship Debate? (UPDATED)
The Court may have ruled on birthright citizenship, but the debate over birthright citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment is likely to continue.
Reason.com
Jul 2, 2026 - reason.com
J.D. Vance Hates Milton Friedman
Socialism is ascendant within both political parties.
Reason.com
Jul 2, 2026 - reason.com
IBM and Prison Fellowship Veteran Will Riddle Is SFL’s New COO. Here’s Why He Chose Us.
Students For Liberty has a new COO: Will Riddle. He spent the last decade at Prison Fellowship, where he rose from Director of Field Operations to SVP of Strategic Initiatives. He oversaw 280,000 cons...
Blog - Students For Liberty
Jul 2, 2026 - studentsforliberty.org
Failure: A Great Place to Start
“Why do you trust the government?” I’ve never heard a straight answer to this counter-question. The post Failure: A Great Place to Start appeared first on Free the People.
Free the People
Jul 2, 2026 - freethepeople.org
Zohran Mamdani Goes Full Commie on Air Conditioning
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss NYC's air conditioning wars, birthright citizenship, 2010s comedy, and more!
Reason.com
Jul 2, 2026 - reason.com
Why Balogun's World Cup Red Card Was Incorrect
A lawyer's—and former trial judge's—perspective.
Reason.com
Jul 2, 2026 - reason.com
Reason Earns 7 Southern California Journalism Awards
First-place wins include work on America's gerontocracy, an interview with anti–death penalty activist Helen Prejean, and some Star Wars comedy.
Reason.com
Jul 2, 2026 - reason.com
The 5th Circuit Says a Houston Cop Reasonably Killed 2 Innocent People Falsely Accused of Selling Heroin
The officer's avowed reasons for killing Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas were contradicted by the physical evidence.
Reason.com
Jul 2, 2026 - reason.com
Trump Requested Military Operations for an Attack on Iran
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth presented Donald Trump with plans for an all-out attack on Iran at the President’s request. Trump was convinced by his advisers to allow negotiations to continue. On Tue...
The Libertarian Institute
Jul 2, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Israeli Envoy Claims Lebanese Army Preparing to Confront Hezbollah
The Israeli Ambassador to the US asserted that the Lebanese Army was sidelining members of the military who are unwilling to fight Hezbollah in preparation for conflict with the group. He added that T...
The Libertarian Institute
Jul 2, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Trump Media Group Loses Lawsuit Against Washington Post, Over Allegations Related to SEC Disclosures
Today's order by Judge Thomas Barber (M.D. Fla.) in Trump Media & Tech. Group Corp. v. WP Co. LLC grants… The post Trump Media Group Loses Lawsuit Against Washington Post, Over Allegations Related to ...
Reason.com
Jul 2, 2026 - reason.com
Zyn Is Safer Than Smoking. The FDA Will Finally Let It Say So.
The decision is a major win for public health.
Reason.com
Jul 2, 2026 - reason.com
Lawyer Argues He Missed Deadlines Because He's in Piedmont, Italy, and His Internet Service Has Been out for a Month
Judge Kymberly Evanson (W.D. Wash.), in yesterday's G.P. v. Arevalo, is largely unmoved by the argument, though she's also hesitant… The post Lawyer Argues He Missed Deadlines Because He's in Piedmont...
Reason.com
Jul 2, 2026 - reason.com
Iran Threatens Forceful Response to Ships Using Unapproved Routes in Strait of Hormuz
An Iranian official said that the IRGC would attack ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz without Tehran’s approval. “Any failure to comply, deviation from the designated route, or disregard for the ...
The Libertarian Institute
Jul 2, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Free the Economy podcast: George Washington, entrepreneur with John Berlau
In this week’s episode we cover terrible advice on poverty from the United Nations, reforming the way we regulate banks, and possible new policy directions at the Federal Reserve. Our guest this week ...