Libertarian Reporting for 2026-07-19
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 84 articles from 14 sites. We chose these from 1955 articles found on 36 sites.
Today's featured sites are:
Reason.com, LewRockwell, Notes On Liberty, Cafe Hayek, Antiwar.com Blog, Mises Institute, Main Feed, International Liberty, Americans for Limited Government, The Libertarian Institute, Law & Liberty, John Locke Foundation, Free the People, Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute.
Labor Unions Hate Robots—and It's Stopping Democrats From Delivering on Affordability
Labor unions almost always value union jobs over technologies that save time, money, and lives.
Reason.com
Jul 18, 2026 - reason.com
Election Integrity: Is Representative Democracy A Foolish Fantasy?
The US Constitution is perhaps the most significant historical and governmental document in a millennia. It established the modern conception of the western Republic, along with true representative go...
LewRockwell
Jul 18, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Global Economy’s Most Dangerous Decade Since 1945
For much of the past three decades, economic crises were generally viewed as isolated events. The Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s remained largely regional. The collapse of the dot-com bubble...
LewRockwell
Jul 18, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Hidden Problem With Democrats' $25 Minimum Wage Bill
The legislation would eliminate the tip credit for restaurant workers and other tipped employees—which has not worked out well in the past.
Reason.com
Jul 18, 2026 - reason.com
My Arctic Journey, Part 3: On Thin Ice (2009)
On Thin Ice: The Inuit, the State, and the Challenge of Arctic Sovereignty (2009) was conceived as part two of a three-part series on Arctic geopolitics, international relations (IR) theory, and Indig...
Notes On Liberty
Jul 18, 2026 - notesonliberty.com
Lindsey Graham Was Not a Patriot
De mortuis nihil nisi bonum, goes the adage of the ancient Romans that every schoolboy knows. Regrettably, in the case of the recently departed Senator Lindsey Graham finding laudatory words is a near...
LewRockwell
Jul 18, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Trump Caesarship
Trump has a disapproval rating of 61%, which indicates that many MAGA Americans have turned against him. Trump brought this rejection of his presidency on himself by renewing America’s 21st-century f...
LewRockwell
Jul 18, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Academia Embarrasses Itself…Again
Over at Twitchy, a publication that curates the news in funny yet insightful ways, a headline reads, “Head of Medical School Tells Congresswoman the Vast Majority of Pregnancies Occur in Women.” Sure...
LewRockwell
Jul 18, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Documents Washington Never Wanted Released
The White House has now released a series of declassified election-integrity documents that the administration says expose what it describes as the largest compromise of American voter data in history...
LewRockwell
Jul 18, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Some Links
TweetThe Wall Street Journal‘s Editorial Board decries the juvenile reactions of prominent Americans, on the left and right, to the Canadian wildfires. A slice: Allow us to clear the air: Canada has r...
Cafe Hayek
Jul 18, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Don’t Blame the Billionaires, Change the Incentives
If you read enough commentary you’ll find various versions of the idea that our ruination is the result of powerful private interests driving government decisions that benefit them at our expense. Si...
LewRockwell
Jul 18, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Trump Accounts and the Coming Raid on Retirement Savings
International Man: The government is now offering “Trump Accounts” for children, with a $1,000 federal contribution for eligible kids born from 2025 through 2028. Why do you think the government wants...
LewRockwell
Jul 18, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
What The US Senate Showed America About COVID-19 Vaccine Toxicity
One of the things which has always fascinated me about the world is how certain invisible laws govern the “spontaneous” events that occur around us (e.g., radioactive decay). For example, to quote one...
LewRockwell
Jul 18, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Inspired by Trump, Israel Advances Plan for Crocodile-Ringed Prison for Palestinians
The Israeli government this week stripped Nile crocodiles of their protected status in order to advance a proposal that National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said was inspired by the Trump admini...
Antiwar.com Blog
Jul 18, 2026 - antiwar.com
Sanctuary Cities: Leave Your Ambition and Entrepreneurial Skills at the Border
While many immigrants bring entrepreneurial skills, they often settle in US cities governed by leftists who are hostile to private enterprise.
Mises Institute
Jul 18, 2026 - mises.org
John Mearsheimer: Up the Eascalation Ladder
Reprinted from John’s Substack: On 16 July 2026, I was on Danny Haiphong’s popular podcast talking mainly about the Iran war but also the conflict in Ukraine. It is clear that the tit-for-tat strikes...
Antiwar.com Blog
Jul 18, 2026 - antiwar.com
Appeals Court Throws Out New Jersey Assault Weapons Ban
Gun rights advocates score another major victory.
Main Feed
Jul 18, 2026 - libertynation.com
Today in Supreme Court History: July 18, 1942
7/18/1942: Justice George Sutherland dies. The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 18, 1942 appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
Jul 18, 2026 - reason.com
For Shame: Trump’s Election Integrity Speech Almost Entirely Censored
That the mainstream media ignored such a crucial topic tells you everything you need to know.
Main Feed
Jul 18, 2026 - libertynation.com
Quotation of the Day…
Tweet… is from Reason magazine’s February 1974 interview of Milton Friedman: A high rate of monetary expansion would not be desirable but a free society can live with any rate of monetary expansion, p...
Cafe Hayek
Jul 18, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Mixing Class Warfare and and Keynesian Economics
When trying to educate the class-warfare crowd, the main challenge is helping them understand that the economy is not a fixed pie. More specifically, I try to show them that it’s possible for all grou...
International Liberty
Jul 18, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Israel Has Destroyed the American Constitution
While insouciant Americans sat on their butts sucking their thumbs or scrolling porn on their cell phones, they lost the protection of the US Constitution. Israel’s special pleading for criticism pro...
LewRockwell
Jul 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
My New Boston Globe Article on Trump's Bogus Election Fraud Claims
It explains why Trump is wrong and how federalism can help counter his efforts to subvert the 2026 midterm elections.
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
Financial surveillance, impaired contracts, and games of gotcha.
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
Election Vulnerability
Plus: measuring decline, tariffing Brazil, and more...
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
Court Affirms Rejection of Allegedly Anti-Zionist Professors' Claims That University Should Have Stopped Jewish Professors from Filing Religious Discrimination Complaints Against Them
From Lax v. CUNY, decided in 2024 by N.Y. trial court judge Gina Abadi, and just affirmed Wednesday in a… The post Court Affirms Rejection of Allegedly Anti-Zionist Professors' Claims That University ...
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
Tyler Robinson- Just Another Patsy
The preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, accused assassin of Charlie Kirk, is underway. It’s been action packed so far, with conservative apologists claiming that grainy video showing a figure alle...
LewRockwell
Jul 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Trump Threatens To Revoke ABC and NBC Licenses for Not Broadcasting His Election Speech
As someone should have explained to him by now, that's not how it works.
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
Video Shows Fort Worth Cop Ticketing a Preacher for 'Offensive' Speech at Pride Event
“The First Amendment does not allow government officials to shut down speech simply on account of it being ‘offensive,’” says a legal expert at FIRE.
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
Psycho-Planet
I awoke before the Sun,…thinking. The realizations of a lifetime crystallized into the summation of our pathetic situation on this once glorious planet. . As a child, life was all Jingle Bells and Ea...
LewRockwell
Jul 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
California's Local Governments Want State Taxpayers To Pay More, More, More
California local governments of every size are crying poor as they struggle with budget shortfalls.
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
NATO’s Flurry of Production Licenses for Kiev Regime – Escalation or Masked Betrayal?
Licensing only looks like a commitment to deepen “military aid”. In reality, it’s just an intricate pressure valve – symbolically promising “defense” sovereignty while quietly admitting that operation...
LewRockwell
Jul 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
ALG Urges Senate To Pass SAVE America Act To Remove Illegal Aliens From Voter Rolls
July 17, 2026, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement urging the Senate to follow the House’s lead in passing the SAVE Amer...
Americans for Limited Government
Jul 17, 2026 - getliberty.org
Site Linking to Abortion-Pill-Selling Websites Likely Protected by First Amendment, Even in States That Generally Ban Abortions
Mayday Health runs a website that provides various information about abortion pills. South Dakota law provides, in relevant part, No… The post Site Linking to Abortion-Pill-Selling Websites Likely Pro...
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
The Illusion of Victory: Standard World War II History Examined
A Review of Peter Hitchens. The Phoney Victory: The World War II Illusion. London and New York: I. B. Tauris, 2018. A few years back I drafted a review of a volume which attempted to revise or questio...
LewRockwell
Jul 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Liberals Have Relaxed About Trump Because They Trust Him To Keep the Wars Going
Have you noticed how the liberal establishment hasn’t been nearly as emotional and outraged about Trump’s second term as they were about his first? Now that he’s the president who bombed Iran, the ent...
LewRockwell
Jul 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
D.C. Circuit Upholds 5-Year Sentence for Leaker of Trump's and Others' Tax Returns
From U.S. v. Littlejohn, decided today by D.C. Circuit Judge Justin Walker, joined by Judges Neomi Rao and Judith Rogers:… The post D.C. Circuit Upholds 5-Year Sentence for Leaker of Trump's and Other...
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
My New Jotwell Review of Anna Law's Book "Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship"
The book is an important new account of the early constitutional and political history of American migration policy.
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
Journal of Free Speech Law: "A Cure Worse than the Disease: Why the EU's Proposal to Criminalize Hate Speech Violates Freedom of Expression—and Won't Reduce Intolerance or Extremism," by Jacob Mchangama & Natalie Alkiviadou
The article is here; the Introduction: In Germany, an artist and activist was arrested multiple times, once for wearing a… The post Journal of Free Speech Law: "A Cure Worse than the Disease: Why the ...
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
The Vendée: The French War for National Liberation
In his exhaustive study of the American Revolution, Conceived in Liberty, Murray Rothbard describes the American revolution as the first “successful war of national liberation” and “a people’s war, wa...
LewRockwell
Jul 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Joisey on the Ropes
This past spring, Blue America suffered yet another critical blow without much in the way of comment: Standard Oil of New Jersey fled the state for Texas. Of course, it’s not called Standard Oil anymo...
LewRockwell
Jul 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Emily Feng’s Seditious Material and the new West’s love of censorship
Hong Kong police have recently arrested book sellers for having copies of Emily Feng’s, Let Only Red Flowers Bloom. Freelance journalists and three others have been arrested related to the book and fo...
The Libertarian Institute
Jul 17, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Vance Exposing Epstein's Intelligence Links on Rogan? Not Quite.
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss Donald Trumps' nothing-burger primetime address.
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
"Are LLMs Stifling Political Speech? An Assessment of How AI Models Protect Free Expression"
A new report from Meta's Oversight Board.
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
Screwing in a Mirror While the World Smokes
We were screwing in a mirror when we realized our mistake. Since the handyman was unavailable, we had to do it ourselves. Certainly it was very pleasurable to know that we could, but we screwed-up. Lu...
LewRockwell
Jul 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Cicero’s Life in the Arena
Robert Harris's Cicero teaches remarkably salient lessons about the promise and peril of politics.
Law & Liberty
Jul 17, 2026 - lawliberty.org
This Biotech Company Has Spent Nearly 3 Years in FDA Limbo
The FDA says it can't license Regenative Lab's overseas sales today because it might change its regulations tomorrow. Now, the company is suing.
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
Judge Faults Federal Government Lawyer for Apparent AI Hallucination
From Judge Hala Jarbou (W.D. Mich.) yesterday in Daghra v. Hinkley: Petitioner, a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee,… The post Judge Faults Federal Government Lawyer for Appar...
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
Justice Kagan Says Don't Call It the "Shadow Docket"
Justice Kagan tells Congress she prefers to call it the "emergency docket."
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
Europe Requires Cameras in Cars To Monitor Drivers
The E.U. pulls ahead of the U.S. in the creepy international automobile surveillance race.
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
Is the Government Trying to Muzzle Americans Who Oppose Data Centers?
On July 18, Americans are expected to turn out for a nationwide protest against data centers. A group called Humans First is organizing the events. As this protest is being planned, the Environmental ...
LewRockwell
Jul 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Fetterman warns Dems not to drop support for Israel
Misty Severi writes for Just the News about a new warning from a leading Democratic US senator. Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman issued a warning to the Democratic Party on Wednesday, stati...
John Locke Foundation
Jul 17, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Fixing Argentina’s Punitive Tax System
Almost exactly one year ago, the Center for Freedom and Prosperity released this short video as part of a series on the additional reforms Javier Milei should implement to maximize Argentinian prosper...
International Liberty
Jul 17, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
A Pipeline Company Seized Their Land and Left Them With a $383,000 Bill. What Will the Supreme Court Say?
Leonard Hoffmann and his neighbors in North Dakota went to court to fight for fair market value—as the Constitution promises—after WBI Energy Transmission said it would take their land at a discount.
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
Pentagon Journalist Escort Requirement Can Continue Pending D.C. Circuit Decision
From yesterday's decision in N.Y. Times Co. v. U.S. Dep't of Defense, by Judges Karen LeCraft Henderson and Patricia Millett,… The post Pentagon Journalist Escort Requirement Can Continue Pending D.C....
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
Today in Supreme Court History: July 17, 1862
7/17/1862: Congress enacts the Confiscation Act, which empowers the government to seize the property of the rebels. The Supreme Court… The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 17, 1862 appeared ...
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
EU Taxpayers Pay for (Sanctioned) Chinese Drones Used for War in Ukraine
The European Union has for some time blamed China for allegedly supporting Russia in its war in Ukraine. However no evidence has been publicly presented for making such claims. China insists that it ...
LewRockwell
Jul 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
More problems for former first son Hunter Biden
Chuck Ross writes for the Washington Free Beacon about the latest woes for a wayward Biden. Hunter Biden’s victory lap after securing a $1.7 million defamation judgment against former Overstock CEO Pa...
John Locke Foundation
Jul 17, 2026 - johnlocke.org
A Patronizing Afterlife
Literature might help bring Americans together, but the latest novel by George Saunders fails at that mission.
Law & Liberty
Jul 17, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Broken Windows and Broken Ethanol: The Costs Consumers Never See
When Congress talks about affordability, Americans have every reason to pay attention. The post Broken Windows and Broken Ethanol: The Costs Consumers Never See appeared first on Free the People.
Free the People
Jul 17, 2026 - freethepeople.org
Helpful Judges
A footnote from today's D.C. Circuit opinion by Judge Justin Walker in U.S. v. Littlejohn; the underlying issue was whether… The post Helpful Judges appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
One Federal Agency's Unused Office Space Costs 'Hundreds of Millions of Dollars' Per Year
According to a new report, nearly 90 percent of the Department of Transportation's owned or leased buildings are more than half-empty.
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
Did Biden’s autopen write his new memoir?
M.D. Kittle of the Federalist has doubts about the authenticity of former President Joe Biden’s latest project. Son-of-a-gun. Turns out Joe Biden’s autopen can do more than pardon Covid villains and f...
John Locke Foundation
Jul 17, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Michigan candidate labeled ‘Platner 2.0’
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online highlights the latest questionable Democratic candidate for US Senate. After watching former Maine Senate nominee Graham Platner’s campaign go about as horribly ...
John Locke Foundation
Jul 17, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Natural Right on Horseback
Young Washington shows the circumstances that formed America's first president.
Law & Liberty
Jul 17, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Court Rejects Claim That Allowing Allegedly Biologically Male Student in Girls' Restroom Violates Equal Protection Clause and Title IX
From F.F. v. Valley View Comm. Unit School Dist. 365U, decided Monday by Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman (N.D. Ill.): Plaintiff… The post Court Rejects Claim That Allowing Allegedly Biologically Male Stu...
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
With The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan Earns His Place as Hollywood's Great Liberal Humanist
It's not woke. It's a rousing analog epic about cracks in the liberal order.
Reason.com
Jul 17, 2026 - reason.com
Stop the Presses! Congress Denies Netanyahu Something He Asked For!
“I want to stop American aid,” Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on June 30. “It’s like welfare; I don’t want it.” Usually, Netanyahu gets anything he demands from Uncle Sugar. But on Jul...
Antiwar.com Blog
Jul 17, 2026 - antiwar.com
President Trump Exposes America’s Election Integrity Disaster
In a prime-time address, the commander-in-chief announces the release of damning reports.
Main Feed
Jul 17, 2026 - libertynation.com
Climate Alarmists Already Blaming Wildfires on Global Warming
What's really behind these blazes?
Main Feed
Jul 17, 2026 - libertynation.com
Congressional Ratification of President Trump’s Corporatism
Mises Institute
Jul 17, 2026 - mises.org
RCP8.5: Dead and buried
On April 29, American Enterprise Institute scholar and Substack author Roger Pielke, Jr. announced that RCP8.5, the high-end emission scenario that dominated the climate change impacts literature over...
Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Jul 17, 2026 - cei.org
Congress Wants To Keep Funding a Pentagon That Won't Account for Its Spending
The only federal agency that has never passed an audit could soon get another $60 billion, even as it buries reports on the spiraling costs of its programs.
Reason.com
Jul 16, 2026 - reason.com
Sanctioning Russia Act: Tariffs won’t change Putin’s mind
When Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) passed away last week, he left behind a bill called the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026. Congress is considering passing the bill in his honor. It should find other ways...
Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Jul 16, 2026 - cei.org
Todd Blanche Describes the Huge, Unprecedented Favors Granted by Trump's IRS 'Settlement' as 'Typical'
During his confirmation hearing, the attorney general nominee repeatedly misrepresented the nature and scope of the sweeping immunity deal he approved.
Reason.com
Jul 16, 2026 - reason.com
Illinois Will Finally Stop Stripping People of Their Home Equity—3 Years After the Supreme Court Outlawed It
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill that promises property owners will receive the surplus proceeds when the government seizes their home to satisfy a tax debt.
Reason.com
Jul 16, 2026 - reason.com
US Strikes on Iran Intended to Create Options for Trump to Escalate Conflict
The US is striking targets in Iran in an effort to give President Donald Trump more military options to escalate the conflict. Three US officials explained to Reuters that the current strikes against...
The Libertarian Institute
Jul 16, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Second Amendment Roundup: Seventh Circuit Decides Barnett
After the Supreme Court grants cert on the identical issue, the circuit court offers a last hurrah
Reason.com
Jul 16, 2026 - reason.com
Abdul El-Sayed's Supporters Are Elites Too
Who would have guessed?
Reason.com
Jul 16, 2026 - reason.com
Journal of Free Speech Law: "Policing Expressive Governance: A Framework for Judicial Review of Executive Viewpoint Retaliation," by Simona Grossi
The article is here; here's the Introduction: The gravest contemporary threats to expressive freedom do not always take the form of… The post Journal of Free Speech Law: "Policing Expressive Governanc...
Reason.com
Jul 16, 2026 - reason.com
Trump Media's Lawsuit Against Wash. Post Over "Trust Linked to Porn-Friendly Bank Could Gain a Stake in Trump's Truth Social" Thrown Out
The court concluded that there wasn't enough evidence that the Post's statement (which the Post later retracted) was said with "actual malice," which is to say knowledge or recklessness about its fals...
Reason.com
Jul 16, 2026 - reason.com
Iran Vows ‘Decisive’ and ‘Crushing’ Response to US Strikes
Top officials said that the Iranian military would have a “decisive” response to US strikes. The ceasefire between the US and Iran broke down last week, and fighting has rapidly escalated. Iran’s top...
The Libertarian Institute
Jul 16, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
The ROAD to housing starts with more homes
America’s housing shortage did not develop overnight, and it will not be solved with a single piece of legislation. Decades of restrictive zoning, burdensome permitting requirements, environmental rev...
John Locke Foundation
Jul 16, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Government’s Footprint | Words & Numbers | Ep 515
What do population growth rates and movement among the states have to do with one another? More than you might think. The post Government’s Footprint | Words & Numbers | Ep 515 appeared first on Free ...