Libertarian Reporting for 2026-07-06
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 38 articles from 8 sites. We chose these from 1946 articles found on 36 sites.
Today's featured sites are:
Reason.com, Cafe Hayek, Notes On Liberty, International Liberty, Main Feed, LewRockwell, Tom Woods, Free the People.
America Was Not Founded by 'Tariff Men,' Contrary to This Painting in Trump's White House
Free trade is "a direct affront to our Founding Fathers," President Donald Trump said during his first presidential campaign.
Reason.com
Jul 5, 2026 - reason.com
Some Links
TweetGeorge Will looks at America in 1876 looking at America through the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Two slices: The exhibition foretold the mechanization of agriculture, which produce...
Cafe Hayek
Jul 5, 2026 - cafehayek.com
My Realist Journey, Part 5: Our State of Recovery.
Volume 7 of the States of Mind project: State of Recovery. In my 2013 book (paperback in 2014), State of Recovery: The Quest to Restore American Security After 9/11, I present a retrospective reflecti...
Notes On Liberty
Jul 5, 2026 - notesonliberty.com
My Realist Journey, Part 4: Navigating the State of Chaos.
Volume 6 of the States of Mind project: State of Chaos (published as The Art of War in an Asymmetric World). Volume 4 of my treatise on Constructive Realism, State of Siege, spawned not just one seque...
Notes On Liberty
Jul 5, 2026 - notesonliberty.com
Trump's Embrace of Psychedelic Therapy Could 'Save a Lot of Lives'
Joe Rogan and military veterans advocating for suicide prevention apparently swayed the president.
Reason.com
Jul 5, 2026 - reason.com
No Shoes, No Service, Even if You Claim a Disability
From Wednesday's decision by Judge Rebecca Pennell in Niederquell v. Dosanjh Enterps.: The primary issue before the Court is whether… The post No Shoes, No Service, Even if You Claim a Disability appe...
Reason.com
Jul 5, 2026 - reason.com
Choose a Goal: Reducing Inequality or Boosting Prosperity
In both 2017 and 2024, I wrote columns documenting that partial economic liberalization in China led to two big results. Inequality rose. Poverty dropped. My message was very simple. It’s foolish to w...
International Liberty
Jul 5, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Today in Supreme Court History: July 5, 1867
7/5/1867: Justice James Wayne dies. The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 5, 1867 appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
Jul 5, 2026 - reason.com
Heartland College Trains China Defense Industry Execs – Liberty Road
Inside a shocking example of American universities’ close working ties with Red China
Main Feed
Jul 5, 2026 - libertynation.com
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
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
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.