Libertarian Reporting for 2026-07-12
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 69 articles from 14 sites. We chose these from 1949 articles found on 36 sites.
Today's featured sites are:
Reason.com, Cafe Hayek, LewRockwell, International Liberty, Mises Institute, Libertarian Christian Institute, The Libertarian Institute, Free the People, John Locke Foundation, Main Feed, Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute, Law & Liberty, Notes On Liberty, Antiwar.com Blog.
John Fetterman Says He's 'Very Libertarian in a Lot of Ways'
The Pennsylvania senator discusses drugs, the state of the Democratic Party, and his past support for Bernie Sanders.
Reason.com
Jul 11, 2026 - reason.com
Some Links
TweetColin Grabow describes and decries the return of mercantilism. Two slices: America’s maritime industry offers a useful lesson in the limits of economic nationalism. The United States is the world...
Cafe Hayek
Jul 11, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Florida Politician (Anthony F. Sabatini) Faulted for AI Hallucinations in Briefs
"It is rare to see the kind of blatant and repeated misconduct that Sabatini [acting as plaintifs' lawyer] has committed in this case."
Reason.com
Jul 11, 2026 - reason.com
China Dumps US Treasuries and Buys Gold as America’s Debt Explodes
An alert observer from the “World of Statistics” posted this warning shot on X, recently. It seems as if the Chinese have dumped $448 billion of their US Treasury holdings in recent years, and have be...
LewRockwell
Jul 11, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Strengthening America’s Thread of Liberty
There is an eighty-five minute documentary that you should watch. It is called The Thread of Liberty: Keeping Our Republic. It comes from Ned Ryun, the author and American Majority CEO who wrote a v...
LewRockwell
Jul 11, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
No Paine, no Declaration
On July 4, 2026 Americans celebrated various people for their role in founding this country. We can start with Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Madison, Franklin, Henry, and continue debating into the n...
LewRockwell
Jul 11, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Men Who Own the War Now Run It
There was a time when the arms dealer waited in the corridor. He financed the campaign, endowed the think tank, took the general to dinner, and hoped the man inside the office would remember him when ...
LewRockwell
Jul 11, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Trump & NATO Kiss and Make Up as Europeans Pledge To Buy More U.S. Weapons
For nearly the entire duration of his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump has incessantly griped about NATO and its leaders. But he emerged from this week’s summit in Ankara, Turkey, with renewed...
LewRockwell
Jul 11, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
NATO Vassals Buy Trump ‘Unity’ With $160 Billion Bribe
One can only imagine the scenes of obsequiousness and utter debasement as European politicians lined up to kiss Trump’s ring. What a turnaround. The NATO summit this week was heading for an almighty c...
LewRockwell
Jul 11, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
President Trump and NATO Have Declared War on Russia and Putin Is Oblivious
John Helmer believes that Putin’s strategy of being toady to Trump and relying on Trump to solve the Ukraine conflict for him has failed and that Putin will have to abandon his naïveté for realism or ...
LewRockwell
Jul 11, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
How Khamenei’s Last Act Is Defeating NATOstan
We interrupt this program to announce that the MoU cat has left its coma – and has virtually flatlined. That was entirely predictable. Baboon of Barbaria and his minions broke their pledge to waive oi...
LewRockwell
Jul 11, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Economic Burden of Protectionism, Part V
As an economist, I don’t like protectionism because higher taxes on trade make an economy less efficient, which means less growth and prosperity (as described in the first four columns – here, here, h...
International Liberty
Jul 11, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Emergency! and the Legalization of Paramedic Services
News of the death of Randolph Mantooth, who played paramedic Johnny Gage on Emergency! reminded me of my UCLA colleague… The post Emergency! and the Legalization of Paramedic Services appeared ...
Reason.com
Jul 11, 2026 - reason.com
Nuclear Power: Entrepreneurial System Design for the Win
Electric lighting became a solution when General Electric created a complete system, providing power generation, power distribution, and lights. Express mail became a solution when Federal Express cre...
LewRockwell
Jul 11, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Today in Supreme Court History: July 11, 1921
7/11/1921: Chief Justice William Howard Taft takes oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 11, 1921 appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
Jul 11, 2026 - reason.com
Truth vs. Brainwashing
—– Writes Bill Madden: . We keep hearing that Iran has hated us for 47 years when they took over the American Embassy. Actually, they have hated us for 73 years and took over the Embassy because of o...
LewRockwell
Jul 11, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
War or Peace. Who Are the Bad Guys? Russia?
Video debate featuring Michel Chossudovsky and Drago Bosnic published in English (original) The complex history of Contemporary Russia and its “Relationship with The West”. During the Cold War it wa...
LewRockwell
Jul 11, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Seventeen Minutes That Exposed the Fragile Foundations of Modern Civilization
By the time the first official statement reached the public, the statement itself no longer mattered. Television networks were already off the air across much of the continent, mobile networks had fra...
LewRockwell
Jul 11, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Dupes of War: Mises on Statism, Propaganda, and Foreign Conflict
Mark Thornton warns that war propaganda turns citizens into dupes. Ludwig von Mises’s critique of statism explains why foreign conflicts keep returning.
Mises Institute
Jul 11, 2026 - mises.org
MAGA’s Failed Culture War on Bad Bunny and the Future of Decolonialization of Puerto Rico
As Bad Bunny is selling out concerts all around the world, its worth remembering the outrage over his Superbowl performance which was hilarious to say the least. Members of the US House of Representa...
LewRockwell
Jul 10, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
Armed canvassers, extrajudicial killings, and guns on the metro.
Reason.com
Jul 10, 2026 - reason.com
Why Have Central Bankers Gone Radio Silent on the Digital Currency Agenda?
This article was written by Brandon Smith and originally published at Birch Gold Group During the 2020 pandemic hysteria there was a mad rush by globalist institutions like the WEF, IMF, BIS and numer...
LewRockwell
Jul 10, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Graham Platner Dropped Out, but His Shadow Lingers Over Democrats and U.S. Politics
Democrats passed over the opportunity to be the sane party in favor of bad people and worse ideas.
Reason.com
Jul 10, 2026 - reason.com
Trump Finally Decides Satisfying Israel Is Less Important Than Conquering Russia.
International relations are the most complex topic in human relations. The international arms traffic is near the pinnacle of it. Turkey and Israel are at least nominal enemies of each other; and, so,...
LewRockwell
Jul 10, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Why Are Political Independents Less Patriotic Than Ever?
For the same reason their ranks have grown to record highs: They dislike the federal government.
Reason.com
Jul 10, 2026 - reason.com
How Do We Feel About Women's Work?
Plus: Rampant illiteracy, teen-suicide rates and screens, and more...
Reason.com
Jul 10, 2026 - reason.com
Iran War 3 Is Here, and This Sequel Is Going To Be the Most Dramatic of Them All
Massive explosions are being reported all over Iran as the U.S. conducts airstrikes in Iranian territory for a second night in a row. This isn’t exactly a surprise, because just hours ago President Tr...
LewRockwell
Jul 10, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Dear American: No One in Government Represents You
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Thomas Massie, Tucker Carlson, Candice Owens, and a few others who have access to media exposure, including myself, agree that Washington does not represent the American peopl...
LewRockwell
Jul 10, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
America’s 250th Anniversary: Liberty, Gratitude, and the Founding Principles
Despite all our present problems and challenges, aggravated by so many daunting divisions, how awed, thrilled, and grateful our Founding Fathers would be to see just how extraordinarily well our repub...
Libertarian Christian Institute
Jul 10, 2026 - libertarianchristians.com
She Came to the U.S. at 4 Months Old. She Had To Self-Deport—Because She Came Here Legally.
"Documented Dreamers" arrived in America lawfully as children. A hole in the law leaves them vulnerable to expulsion.
Reason.com
Jul 10, 2026 - reason.com
Florida Police Officer Used Mass Surveillance Network to Stalk Romantic Interest
Newly published dashcam footage shows a sheriff’s deputy driving recklessly to pull over an actress he’d met while working on the set of the TV show Bad Monkey.
Reason.com
Jul 10, 2026 - reason.com
Empire Managers Invent Fake Threats So We Won’t Fight The Real Monsters
Western politics is mostly just empire managers making up fake problems to fight so they don’t have to address the real problems. Can’t stop waging wars or the western empire will collapse. So they ma...
LewRockwell
Jul 10, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Dispatch From COGE: A Bureaucratic Meeting About Cutting Bureaucratic Bloat
Don't expect much from Zohran Mamdani’s Commission on Government Efficiency.
Reason.com
Jul 10, 2026 - reason.com
Before the NSA Honored Historian David Kahn, the FBI Investigated Him
Newly declassified files reveal that J. Edgar Hoover wanted to prosecute the NSA’s future scholar in residence for collecting cryptography manuals.
Reason.com
Jul 10, 2026 - reason.com
Musk v. USAID: The Complicated Legacy of America’s Aid Agency
In 2026, the world’s first trillionaire—following the recent stock debut of SpaceX—Elon Musk has remained one of the most influential figures in American politics. After campaigning for Donald Trump i...
The Libertarian Institute
Jul 10, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Germany Needs Milei-ism but Is Getting Romney-ism
In the past year, I’ve written about Germany’s fiscal deterioration and its costly fixation on net-zero environmentalism. As illustrated by the chart, these policies have contributed to malaise and ec...
International Liberty
Jul 10, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Is Trump a Liar or a Cheat? Critics Can’t Make Up Their Minds
Author and political commentator Michael Malice is fond of pointing out that most people do not use a true/false filter to evaluate claims, but rather an us/them filter. The post Is Trump a Liar or a ...
Free the People
Jul 10, 2026 - freethepeople.org
Sen. Mitch McConnell's Hospitalization Proves Again That Gerontocracy Sucks
McConnell is no outlier: The U.S. Senate is the oldest directly elected upper legislative chamber in the world.
Reason.com
Jul 10, 2026 - reason.com
Why Are US Special Forces Deployed in Taiwan?
We’re already used to the fact that various Western powers are meddling in the internal affairs of virtually every other country on the planet, including global superpowers such as Russia and China. T...
LewRockwell
Jul 10, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
States Will Soon Face Huge Penalties for Their Food Stamp Mistakes
More than $1 of every $10 in SNAP benefits went to people who didn't qualify in 2025.
Reason.com
Jul 10, 2026 - reason.com
Salvation Army Has First Amendment Right to Ban Methodone Use by People in Its Adult Rehabilitation Centers
From Tassinari v. Salvation Army, decided Monday by Judge Leo Sorokin (D. Mass.); I'd love to hear what list members… The post Salvation Army Has First Amendment Right to Ban Methodone Use by People i...
Reason.com
Jul 10, 2026 - reason.com
Why Uranium Has Enormous Upside Potential
International Man: What makes uranium attractive as a speculation? Doug Casey: First of all, consider simple physical reality. Uranium is the cleanest, cheapest, and safest form of mass power generati...
LewRockwell
Jul 10, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Trump Declares MoU With Iran Is Dead
StraitOfHormuzChartCloseUp The drama over the Strait of Hormuz escalated on Wednesday with Donald Trump declaring the MoU with Iran is dead and vowed more attacks on Iran. Trump continues to insist th...
LewRockwell
Jul 10, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
National spotlight could mean bad news for Newsom
David Strom writes for HotAir.com about potential bad news for California’s governor. California may have the fourth-largest economy in the world, but even within that state, rising through the politi...
John Locke Foundation
Jul 10, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Democrats suffer from the MeToo standard they created
Eddie Scarry writes for the Federalist about a political standard that’s proving inconvenient for Democrats. Democrats have once again been forced to confront their least favorite dilemma: Either live...
John Locke Foundation
Jul 10, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Falling Cheers in America
A spectre is haunting America — the spectre of abstinence! The post Falling Cheers in America appeared first on Free the People.
Free the People
Jul 10, 2026 - freethepeople.org
Lawyer Shows "Complete Disregard for His Ethical Obligations to Make Accurate Representations to the Court," Magistrate Judge Says
"He has been sanctioned repeatedly for his reliance on AI without verifying the quotations and citations .... Worse still, while he represented to a court last year that he understands words 'must nev...
Reason.com
Jul 10, 2026 - reason.com
If You Get Drunk and Brandish a Fake Gun in a Waymo, Don't Blame the Cameras
Firing a toy gun out of a camera-covered robotaxi while underage drinking was never going to end well.
Reason.com
Jul 10, 2026 - reason.com
Nominal Damages Aren't Enough When There's Evidence of Emotional Distress in Defamation Per Se Case
From Sullivan v. Schiman, decided Tuesday by the Illinois Appellate Court (Justice John Anderson, joined by Justices Linda Davenport and… The post Nominal Damages Aren't Enough When There's Evidence o...
Reason.com
Jul 10, 2026 - reason.com
What Happened to End Citizens United PAC v. FEC?
The D.C. Circuit reheard the case en banc over sixteen months ago, but there's still no opinion.
Reason.com
Jul 10, 2026 - reason.com
Today in Supreme Court History: July 10, 1832
7/10/1832: President Jackson vetoes the bill to recharter the Second Bank of the United States. He wrote that the bill… The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 10, 1832 appeared first on Reason....
Reason.com
Jul 10, 2026 - reason.com
Without Subsidies, AI Is Unaffordable
Let’s pull all this into an undeniable conclusion: AI is based on massively subsidizing users’ costs. What’s already abundantly clear but verboten to say as it would pop the bubble of AI valuations an...
LewRockwell
Jul 10, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Crisis of Masculinity Is Really a Crisis of Friendship
By now, it’s no secret that men today are struggling. Not only are they outnumbered by women in the workforce and college, but fewer of them are marrying and forming families. To make matters worse, a...
LewRockwell
Jul 10, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Multiple 2028 Dem contenders touted Platner
Andrew Stiles of the Washington Free Beacon highlights Democratic presidential hopefuls who back Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner before his ignominious fall. Graham Platner easily won the Democr...
John Locke Foundation
Jul 10, 2026 - johnlocke.org
US Midwestern College Trains China State, Defense Industry Execs
An interview with Isaac Stone Fish, CEO and founder of Strategy Risks.
Main Feed
Jul 10, 2026 - libertynation.com
GOP Lawmaker Brings Birthright Citizenship to Congress
Can a simple change of venue accomplish what executive action could not?
Main Feed
Jul 10, 2026 - libertynation.com
Is NATO Rising to Trump’s Challenge?
It’s been a long time coming, but NATO appears on the brink of greater investment in Europe’s defense
Main Feed
Jul 10, 2026 - libertynation.com
Time’s up: Why housing permits need a shot clock
Governments routinely impose deadlines on businesses and individuals. Miss a tax filing deadline or fail to renew a license on time, and you face the consequences. Yet when governments review housing ...
Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Jul 10, 2026 - cei.org
Platner’s departure presents challenges for Maine Democrats
Brittany Bernstein writes for National Review Online about an important development in a critical US Senate race. Graham Platner officially ended his Maine Senate campaign on Wednesday, just days afte...
John Locke Foundation
Jul 10, 2026 - johnlocke.org
An Irreverent Defense of the Classics
Mary Beard meditates on her own life and some of her favorite tales or artifacts from the ancient world to justify an irreverent approach to the classics.
Law & Liberty
Jul 10, 2026 - lawliberty.org
'Scrap It and Start All Over': Ex-Bush and Obama Officials Say the War on Terror's Powers Have Gone Too Far
In a rare display of candor, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and former Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson reflected on torture, Guantanamo Bay, and the 2001 Authorization for Use of Militar...
Reason.com
Jul 9, 2026 - reason.com
Juan Perón: Not the Worst Leader of the 20th Century, but Very, Very Bad
There were some utterly reprehensible heads of state in the 20th century, with Stalin, Mao, Hitler. and Pol Pot surely being among the worst of the worst. But what if we remove mass-murdering dictator...
International Liberty
Jul 9, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.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 9, 2026 - notesonliberty.com
Formalizing Control Over the Strait of Hormuz Is Iran’s Top Priority
Formalizing its control over the Strait of Hormuz has become Iran’s top priority in negotiations with the US. Tehran says it will not discuss the nuclear issue with Washington until control over the S...
The Libertarian Institute
Jul 9, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Birthright Citizenship | Words & Numbers | Ep 514
Is birth enough to determine who should be a citizen? We (and the Supreme Court) weigh in. The post Birthright Citizenship | Words & Numbers | Ep 514 appeared first on Free the People.
Free the People
Jul 9, 2026 - freethepeople.org
Pronatalists Want To Boost Fertility With Blue Laws and Government-Enlisted Fertility Influencers
The Institute for Family Studies wants to increase America's birth rate. Some of its ideas are a little far out.
Reason.com
Jul 9, 2026 - reason.com
Ukrainian Official: Impossible to Say How Long It Will Take to Produce Patriot Missiles
An official said it was possible to make Patriot interceptors inside Ukraine, but the timeline was unclear. The statement came after President Donald Trump told Volodymyr Zelensky that the US would gr...
The Libertarian Institute
Jul 9, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Trump Says the Ceasefire Is Over. The Law Says – Twice – the Iran War Is Over.
“The United States and Iran exchanged fire for a second consecutive night on Thursday [July 9],” the New York Times reports, “extending a pattern of hostilities that has all but collapsed their fragil...
Antiwar.com Blog
Jul 9, 2026 - antiwar.com
Free the Economy podcast: Educating for liberty with Richard Lorenc
Our guest for this week’s episode is Richard Lorenc, formerly of the Foundation for Economic Education and Iron Light and now President & CEO of Lexandria, a digital education company focused on reign...