Libertarian Reporting for 2026-07-31

Updated on July 30, 2026 at 7:09:16 PM GMT

Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 100 articles from 15 sites. We chose these from 1962 articles found on 36 sites.


Today's featured sites are:
LewRockwell, Reason.com, Cafe Hayek, The Libertarian Institute, John Locke Foundation, Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute, Law & Liberty, Antiwar.com Blog, Tom Woods, Main Feed, Tenth Amendment Center, Free the People, The Advocates for Self-Government, International Liberty, Mises Institute.

Article Keywords:  ice , administration, biden, conservative, crime, economy, first amendment, global warming, immigration, maga, migration, murderer, nuclear, propaganda, trump, white house

Corporate Journalists Have Earned Our Mockery

On Friday, President Trump attended the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner after an uninvited gunman brought the original April gala to a premature conclusion.  Even though the...


LewRockwell
Jul 30, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: biden, doj, election, enforcement, federal judge, first amendment, law enforcement, maga, national security, republican, senate, supreme court, surveillance, trump, white house

Trump's New Director of National Intelligence Is a Menace to Liberty

As U.S. attorney, Jay Clayton subpoenaed journalists for reporting embarrassing information about the president's new plane.


Reason.com
Jul 30, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: border, congress, defense, department of homeland security, dhs, enforcement, immigration, maga, migrant, migrants, migration, protest, protest, surveillance, trump

Homeland Security Is Spending $1 Billion on 'Autonomous' Border Surveillance Towers

The department plans to triple the number of surveillance towers along the U.S.-Mexico border over the next decade.


Reason.com
Jul 30, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  vance , administration, antitrust enforcement, biden, chinese, congress, debt, defense, economy, election, enforcement, inflation, maga, trump, white house

Some Links

TweetMatt Ridley is right: An eternal battle is between those people who understand the reality of spontaneous order and those people who have difficulty believing that order can arise and be maintain...


Cafe Hayek
Jul 30, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Article Keywords: administration, border, conflict, congress, constitution, immigration, invasion, iran, maga, migrant, migrants, migration, trump

Updated Version of My Article "Immigration is Not Invasion"

It is now available on SSRN. This revision adds additional points, and takes account of various recent events.


Reason.com
Jul 30, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, border, china, crisis, defense, enforcement, escalation, law enforcement, maga, rubio, senate, trafficking, trump

Trump's Boat Strikes Killed 221 People, but Didn't Win the War on Drugs

Operation Southern Spear has struck 67 small fishing boats without denting the fentanyl or cocaine supply.


Reason.com
Jul 30, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, biden, election, federal judge, jobs, judiciary, lawyer, maga, republican, senate, taxes, trump

Todd Blanche's Nomination Is in Trouble. It Should Have Been Doomed From the Beginning.

By haggling over the details of Trump's flagrantly corrupt IRS "settlement," dissenting Republican senators give a pass to Blanche's unethical and illegal approval of it.


Reason.com
Jul 30, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, china, economy, immigration, jobs, maga, migrant, migrants, migration, rule of law, trump

The Real Cost of Turning Away Foreign Talent

Researchers estimate that discouraging just one-third of international STEM graduates could leave the American economy 0.7 percent to 1.3 percent smaller—equivalent to losing the entire economy of Uta...


Reason.com
Jul 30, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: conflict, constitution, doj, enforcement, feds, law enforcement, lawyer, rule of law, senate, trafficking, trump

Why the Blanche Nomination Should Be Rejected

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is not qualified to be the attorney general of the United States because he has demonstrated a hopeless conflict between the rule of law — which he has taken an oa...


LewRockwell
Jul 30, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: defense, economy, federal reserve, inflation, iran, maga, mamdani, mamdani::2

Drones Over Egypt

Plus: City Without Children, Reihan Salam victorious, Kevin Warsh's new strategy, and more...


Reason.com
Jul 30, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  canad, administration, biden, china, chinese, communist, dhs, election, trump

Project Reigns: Timeline of Treason 1999-2024

In the wake of the Government’s admissions about our cooked elections and the release of official documents showing that executives from the NSA, CIA, DHS and FBI engaged in election malfeasance, peop...


LewRockwell
Jul 30, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, border, china, climate, conflict, congress, crisis, surveillance, trafficking

Making Sense Of the Sahel When Washington Can’t

For nearly twenty-five years, Washington has quietly expanded America’s Global War on Terror across Africa. Today, U.S. military activities stretch from the Horn of Africa through the Sahel to the Atl...


The Libertarian Institute
Jul 30, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: china, chinese, communist, maga, national security, senate, surveillance, tariff

A Bill To Crack Down on Chinese Cars Could Shut Mercedes-Benz Out of American Markets

A new bipartisan bill would ban manufacturers from selling cars in the U.S. if more than 15 percent of shares are Chinese-owned.


Reason.com
Jul 30, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: congress, debt, economy, federal reserve, inflation, maga, tariff, unemployment

The Bond Market Is Unhappy With the Federal Reserve's Unwillingness To Fight Inflation

The 30-year U.S. Treasury bond just hit its highest yield level since 2007.


Reason.com
Jul 30, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: border, conflict, crisis, escalation, invasion, iran, national security, trade

Why NATO-run Kiev regime’s Terrorism Now Targets Both Iran and Iraq?

The only logical conclusion is that the political West seeks to ensure transregional (if not global) escalation. Iran certainly cannot ignore such well-coordinated terrorist activity, particularly as ...


LewRockwell
Jul 30, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, biden, constitution, crime, defense, explosive, propaganda, senate

Fauci Documented His Own Celebrity — and the Coverup

When he retired, “America’s doctor” Anthony Fauci probably wanted to disappear into a quiet existence and never be held accountable for his role in creating one of the nation’s darkest eras. But one l...


LewRockwell
Jul 30, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, border, chinese, congress, crisis, defense, nuclear, white house

They Built Cities Beneath Your Feet

This article is based on declassified U.S. government documents, testimonies from former federal employees with top-level security clearances, and investigative journalism spanning over two years. The...


LewRockwell
Jul 30, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, climate, environmental justice, executive order, of color, republican, trump

DEI by Any Other Name Is Still Just as Sinister

As the New York Times finally begins to question whether progressives went “too far” with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), it is worth reiterating that DEI policies are based on false and destr...


LewRockwell
Jul 30, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: china, chinese, crisis, defense, economy, epstein::-3, escalation, iran, riot, surveillance, trade

The Deaf, Dumb and Blind Empire of Piracy

Imperial deafness, dumbness and blindness is set to worsen. The ways Iran is dismantling the entire American military ecosystem across West Asia with an extremely disciplined strategy are something to...


LewRockwell
Jul 30, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: border, china, invasion, iran, propaganda, protest, protest

How To Be an Empire Propagandist

If you want to help the western empire administer war propaganda, one of the best ways to do this is to pretend the violence of empire-targeted governments happens in a vacuum, completely divorced fro...


LewRockwell
Jul 30, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: biden, china, congress, crime, defense, indictment, prison

Fauci Rats on Himself

I have not written about the Fauci Diaries.  Really no need to as so many have. See here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. From the Fauci Diaries emerges a person so egotistical that he leaves ...


LewRockwell
Jul 30, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, debt, federal reserve, republican, scott bessent, trump, white house

Digitization and Tokenization: The Great Taking of ‘All’ Private Assets

“I do believe that we’re just at the beginning of the tokenization of all assets,, from real estate, to equity, to bonds..” Larry Fink, CEO Blackrock This is a subject that I have discussed on many oc...


LewRockwell
Jul 30, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: border, defense, escalation, invasion, riot, trump, white house

Ukraine’s Deep Drone Strikes Bring Danger

On July 29, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met Donald Trump in the White House. Their relationship was “much better,” Zelensky said, because of the turning tide in the Russian-Ukrainian war. Z...


The Libertarian Institute
Jul 30, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: debt, economy, election, midterms, republican, tariff, trump

Did Trump ‘sabotage’ economy just before midterms?

Jim Geraghty of National Review Online pans President Donald Trump’s latest action on tariffs. By obsessively hiking tariffs at every opportunity, President Trump has put every Republican running for ...


John Locke Foundation
Jul 30, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: constitution, maga, mamdani, mamdani::2, senate

Mamdani Hides the Truth About Democratic Socialism

Robby Soave and Amber Duke examine whether democratic socialists want to reform the American government or radically remake it. There is no real consensus.


Reason.com
Jul 30, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: conservative, constitution, lawyer, maga, supreme court

The Fauci Diaries and the Cult of Judicial Celebrity

Like Dr. Fauci, (liberal) judges nominated to the Supreme Court are immediately elevated to the ranks of AAA celebrity.


Reason.com
Jul 30, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: conflict, first amendment, jobs, maga, supreme court

Rebekah Jones, Claimed 2020 Florida Health Department COVID-19 Whistle-Blower, Loses Lawsuit Over Firing

From Jones v. Florida Dep't of Health, decided by Florida Court of Appeal Judges Joseph Lewis, Ross Bilbrey, and Thomas… The post Rebekah Jones, Claimed 2020 Florida Health Department COVID-19 Whistle...


Reason.com
Jul 30, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: congress, crisis, election, senate, trump

Fauci’s lasting legacy will be the damage he did to science and government

Anthony Fauci isn’t faring well in the court of public opinion. His recently divulged “diary” and subsequent July 29 appearance before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee d...


Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Jul 30, 2026 - cei.org
Article Keywords: congress, crisis, fiscal, republican, taxes

Nearly half of Americans don’t expect to get Social Security

Terry Jones writes for Issues and Insights about disturbing new poll results. Is there a serious crisis of confidence in the Social Security system? It certainly looks that way, based on the latest na...


John Locke Foundation
Jul 30, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: china, chinese, communist, election, national security

Legacy media ‘took favors’ from Chinese communists

Ward Clark writes for RedState.com about disturbing evidence of media malfeasance. This just in: China is not a friend of the United States. They may be a trading partner, but they are not our friends...


John Locke Foundation
Jul 30, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords:  canad, crisis, economy, inflation, medicare for all

The Truth About Universal Coverage

Europe shows the risks of expanding government control over health care.


Law & Liberty
Jul 30, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: constitution, maga, supreme court, trade

Some More Or Less Tentative Thoughts on Substack

I appreciate the emails from readers about my Substack post. I do not read the comments, so if you left… The post Some More Or Less Tentative Thoughts on Substack appeared first on Reason.com.


Reason.com
Jul 30, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: congress, constitution, maga, supreme court

Today in Supreme Court History: July 30, 1956

7/30/1956: Congress enacted a resolution, declaring that the motto of the United States is "In God we Trust." The Supreme… The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 30, 1956 appeared first on Reas...


Reason.com
Jul 30, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: convictions, crime, federal judge, mass incarceration

Futile Drug-War Murders

The title of an article in the Washington Post says it all: “Deadly U.S. Boat Strikes Have Failed to Curb Cocaine Supply, Pentagon and DEA Officials Say.” Imagine that. Shocking! Who would have ever t...


LewRockwell
Jul 30, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: escalation, foreign policy, iran, tps

7/24/26 Larry Johnson on Why He’s Worried About Escalation in Iran

Download Audio. Scott brings Larry Johnson back on the show to discuss where things stand between the US and Iran. Johnson explains why he’s convinced things are ultimately headed towards escalation. ...


The Libertarian Institute
Jul 30, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: defense, foreign policy, tps, trump

7/22/26 Nick Cleveland-Stout on Israel’s Increasingly Desperate Effort to Win Back the American People

Download Audio. Scott interviews Nick Cleveland-Stout from Responsible Statecraft about his reporting on the Israel lobby’s multifaceted attempt to influence the American public. Discussed on the show...


The Libertarian Institute
Jul 30, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: china, constitution, economy, trade

The Pocket Adam Smith

Leonidas Montes has spent a whole career thinking about what the eighteenth century Scotsman was trying to say.


Law & Liberty
Jul 30, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: constitution, lawyer, maga

Lawyer Challenges Suspension for Being Too Phishable; No Dice, Says Appellate Court

Take that training seriously, folks.


Reason.com
Jul 30, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: crime, crisis, migrant

Germany’s Migrant Crime Crisis Explodes

—– Click Here: Modernity News   The post Germany’s Migrant Crime Crisis Explodes appeared first on LewRockwell.


LewRockwell
Jul 30, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: crisis, defense, gaza

Two More Israeli Soldiers Kill Themselves Amid Crisis Driven by Horrors of Genocide

Two more Israeli soldiers killed themselves over the past two days, bringing renewed scrutiny to what experts say is a worsening mental health emergency inside the Israel Defense Forces during 33 mont...


Antiwar.com Blog
Jul 30, 2026 - antiwar.com
Article Keywords: newsom, newsom::2

Not just Fauci, but ‘thousands of Faucis’ to blame

Chris Bray writes for the Federalist about the legacy of government-endorsed COVID-19 misinformation. Imagine if we could read all of their pandemic diaries. Imagine if we could compare all of their p...


John Locke Foundation
Jul 30, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: communist, constitution, election

Nicaragua becomes family dictatorship

Elliott Abrams writes for National Review Online about a disturbing Latin American development. Even the most repressive dictatorships hold some kind of elections — the tribute vice pays to virtue, as...


John Locke Foundation
Jul 30, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: debt, iran, tps

Ep. 2782 Surprise: Iran Another Neocon Disaster, with Dave Smith

The great Dave Smith talks about the Iran war, the problems, and what 2028 might look like. Sponsors In case you’re thinking now might be a good time to start… Read More The post Ep. 2782 Surprise: Ir...


Tom Woods
Jul 30, 2026 - tomwoods.com
Article Keywords: iran, trump

Trump’s CENTCOM Chief: ‘Give Me Two (More) Weeks To Win The Iran War!’

Watch today’s Liberty Report here. The post Trump’s CENTCOM Chief: ‘Give Me Two (More) Weeks To Win The Iran War!’ appeared first on LewRockwell.


LewRockwell
Jul 30, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: iran, trump

US Launches New Airstrikes On Iran After Trump Warned “They’re Going To Get A Beating”

—– Click Here: Zero Hedge   The post US Launches New Airstrikes On Iran After Trump Warned “They’re Going To Get A Beating” appeared first on LewRockwell.


LewRockwell
Jul 30, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: iran, trump

Ron Paul on Trump’s CENTCOM Chief saying: ‘Give Me Two (More) Weeks To Win the Iran War!’

On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Five months of on and off US bombing of Iran has left the US in a worse position than when the war began. Iran now controls the Strait of Hormuz. Most if not all US...


Antiwar.com Blog
Jul 30, 2026 - antiwar.com
Article Keywords: supreme court, trump

President Trump’s USPS Mail-In Rules Head to US Supreme Court

Midterm voting integrity embroiled in panicked lawfare.


Main Feed
Jul 30, 2026 - libertynation.com
Article Keywords: economy, jobs

How government “economic incentive” programs push us toward central planning

As the late Nobel prize-winning economist Friedrich A. Hayek once wrote, all economies are planned. Buying, selling, saving, investing, and all other activities are the result of someone’s plan. As su...


John Locke Foundation
Jul 30, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: defense, economy

Quotation of the Day…

Tweet… is from Samuel Gregg’s brilliant July 2024 paper, “A Free, Prosperous and Secure America”: A dynamic, competitive, and open economy is more likely to spark ongoing bottom-up entrepreneurship an...


Cafe Hayek
Jul 30, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Article Keywords: administration, asylum, asylum seekers, congress, conservative, department of homeland security, election, house minority leader, immigration, judiciary, maga, mamdani, mamdani::2, migrant, migration, primaries, tps, trump

Straight to Deportation, Don't Pass 'Go'

Plus: Bodega lawsuit, Ross Douthat escapes, Anthropic book destruction, and more...


Reason.com
Jul 29, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, china, chinese, crisis, defense, executive order, explosive, foreign policy, iran, national security, nuclear, propaganda, protest, protest, republican, riot, trump, white house

Cuba Crisis: Assessing the Claims Against Havana

When President Donald Trump declared Cuba an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to U.S. national security in a January 2026 Executive Order, the designation was accompanied by a series of sweeping cla...


The Libertarian Institute
Jul 29, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: biden, constitution, crime, defense, doj, enforcement, first amendment, indictment, law enforcement, lawyer, maga, pam bondi, prison, supreme court, surveillance, trump

Records Show the Government Illegally Surveilled James Comey and Confirm the Absurdity of Its Case Against Him

The Secret Service asserted a nonexistent "emergency" to track Comey's cellphone, and the FBI's evidence falls far short of proving his seashell picture was a crime.


Reason.com
Jul 29, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: border, chinese, climate, conservative, crime, debt, defense, economy, election, lawyer, maga, murderer, prison, protest, protest, white house

Clarence Darrow’s Tawdry Finale

The famed attorney for the damned came out of retirement in 1932 to defend a racist lynch mob.


Law & Liberty
Jul 29, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: administration, conflict, congress, constitution, debt, defense, enforcement, escalation, fiscal, immigration, inflation, iran, law enforcement, migration, trump

The Buck Stops Nowhere

Having burned through billions of dollars and depleted critical munitions stockpiles, the Pentagon is running out of money. Our money. According to the Washington Post, the Pentagon is facing an urgen...


Tenth Amendment Center
Jul 29, 2026 - blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com
Article Keywords: border, circuit court, constitution, enforcement, feds, law enforcement, lawyer, maga, national security, prison, protest, protest, trump

Border Agents Can Lie To Search Your Phone, but Wiping Your Own Data Could Land You in Prison

The government is charging Samuel Tunick for telling them a code that would erase all the data on his phone—after they tried to take it on false pretenses.


Reason.com
Jul 29, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, constitution, election, federal judge, immigration, invasion, jobs, judiciary, maga, migration, senate, supreme court

Judge James C. Ho's Speech On "Judicial Courage" and Judicial Selection

"Nobody actually reads what people have said and written. And that’s why mistakes are made. Because if nobody reads, then it’s not about who would do the job best. It’s about who wants the job most...


Reason.com
Jul 29, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, china, chinese, conflict, congress, defense, hollywood, indictment, iran, propaganda, riot, trump

US Resumed Aggression Against Iran Only To Demonstrate Its Woeful Incompetence

American aggression against Iran has not only failed to truly degrade Tehran’s capabilities (key missile bases and stockpiles remain largely intact after months of fighting), but also exposed how frag...


LewRockwell
Jul 29, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, congress, constitution, maga, offender, scott bessent, supreme court, tariff, taxes, trade, trump

Trump Keeps Pushing Legally Dubious Tariffs

The president's latest round of broad import taxes, like the previous two, treats his statutory authority as an afterthought.


Reason.com
Jul 29, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: china, communist, conflict, economy, invasion, prison, propaganda, riot, tariff, taxes, trade

The Dupes of War

I’m not predicting WWIII; I am certainly not calling for WWIII; I’m doing everything in my power to prevent WWIII and illuminate the causes, risks, and general results of future war. We are in a quasi...


LewRockwell
Jul 29, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, communist, constitution, crime, defense, enforcement, first amendment, law enforcement, maga, trump

Pentagon Contractor's Libel Claim Over Hidden Date Recording by O'Keefe Media Group Can Go Forward

From today's decision by Judge Amit Mehta (D.D.C.) in Mannina v. O'Keefe Media Group: In January 2025, Plaintiff Jamie Mannina,… The post Pentagon Contractor's Libel Claim Over Hidden Date Recording b...


Reason.com
Jul 29, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: climate, congress, conservative, constitution, defense, doj, election, federal judge, maga, trump

Court Rejects Lawsuit Alleging Religious Liberty Commission Isn't "Fairly Balanced"

From Interfaith Alliance v. Trump, decided Monday by Judge John Cronan (S.D.N.Y.): [A.] [T]he Federal Advisory Committee Act ("FACA") …… The post Court Rejects Lawsuit Alleging Religious Liberty Commi...


Reason.com
Jul 29, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: china, conflict, defense, escalation, foreign policy, invasion, iran, nuclear, trump

The Kyle Anzalone Show: Tucker Blasts Trump as ‘Weak’ for Allowing Netanyahu to Drag Him to War

Trump’s posture on Iran is getting judged from an unexpected angle, and we dig into why. We react to Tucker Carlson calling Trump “weak” not for avoiding intervention, but for failing to stand up to a...


The Libertarian Institute
Jul 29, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: crisis, debt, defense, economy, federal reserve, inflation, iran, recession, recession

Are American Consumers Actually “Resilient?”

A common label gets placed upon American buyers: resilient. The post Are American Consumers Actually “Resilient?” appeared first on Free the People.


Free the People
Jul 29, 2026 - freethepeople.org
Article Keywords: administration, constitution, defense, enforcement, first amendment, maga, supreme court, trump

Pentagon Contractor's Fraudulent Misrepresentation Claim Over Hidden Date Recording by O'Keefe Media Group Can Go Forward

From today's decision by Judge Amit Mehta (D.D.C.) in Mannina v. O'Keefe Media Group: In January 2025, Plaintiff Jamie Mannina,… The post Pentagon Contractor's Fraudulent Misrepresentation Claim Over ...


Reason.com
Jul 29, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: biden, china, chinese, congress, maga, protest, protest, senate

At Senate Hearing, Fauci Takes the Fifth To Avoid Accounting for Inconsistent Statements About a Lab Leak

Diary entries show the former public health official acknowledged that U.S.-supported researchers were conducting gain-of-function research in Wuhan that could have caused the pandemic.


Reason.com
Jul 29, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: china, conservative, debt, economy, election, fiscal, migration, taxes

Why Are Millionaires Leaving the UK?

Why are wealthy entrepreneurs leaving Britain? Mani Basharzad argues that rising taxes, expanding government direction, and declining confidence in economic policy are driving investment elsewhere.


The Advocates for Self-Government
Jul 29, 2026 - theadvocates.org
Article Keywords: constitution, defense, first amendment, maga, newsom, newsom::2

Viewpoint and Race Discrimination Claim in COVID Relief Grants Can Go Forward

A short excerpt from the long opinion today in African People's Ed. & Defense Fund, Inc. v. Pinellas County, written… The post Viewpoint and Race Discrimination Claim in COVID Relief Grants Can Go For...


Reason.com
Jul 29, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, defense, first amendment, maga, reproductive rights, riot, trump

No Pseudonymity for the Pretend Date in Pentagon Contractor's Suit Over Hidden Date Recording by O'Keefe Media Group

First, a quick summary from today's decision by Judge Amit Mehta (D.D.C.) in Mannina v. O'Keefe Media Group: In January… The post No Pseudonymity for the Pretend Date in Pentagon Contractor's Suit Ove...


Reason.com
Jul 29, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: convictions, crime, enforcement, law enforcement, maga, prison, trade

How Jailhouse Snitches Send Innocent People to Death Row

Pamela Colloff discusses the dangers of incentivized testimony, the difficulty of overturning wrongful convictions, and how the justice system compounds its own errors.


Reason.com
Jul 29, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: chinese, crime, prison, propaganda, protest, protest, taxes

The Anarchist I Was Afraid Of

Anarchism once seemed synonymous with violence and disorder. A closer look at Lao Tzu, Emma Goldman, and Robert LeFevre reveals a philosophy centered not on destroying order, but on locating legitimat...


The Advocates for Self-Government
Jul 29, 2026 - theadvocates.org
Article Keywords: administration, constitution, defense, first amendment, maga, trump

A Bit on Pentagon Contractor's Wiretapping Claim Over Hidden Date Recording by O'Keefe Media Group

First, a quick summary from today's decision by Judge Amit Mehta (D.D.C.) in Mannina v. O'Keefe Media Group: In January… The post A Bit on Pentagon Contractor's Wiretapping Claim Over Hidden Date Reco...


Reason.com
Jul 29, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: china, conflict, economy, enforcement, iran, trump

The War’s Back Is Broken

The U.S. ultimately will have to capitulate, with the result that Iran becomes a regional power. Trump ordered the U.S. military not to carry out new strikes on Iran Friday night, despite approving ea...


LewRockwell
Jul 29, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: conflict, constitution, defense, sanctuary, surveillance, trump

They Geofenced the Pews

The state has discovered that the most efficient way to manage what you believe is to reach you before you know you are being reached. Consider a man walking into a church in Prescott, Arizona on a Su...


The Libertarian Institute
Jul 29, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: administration, biden, national security, tariff, trade, trump

The self-defeating trade policy affecting memory chips

Affordability is a major concern for many Americans. Whether you’re checking out at the grocery store, filling up at the gas station, or paying your bills, high prices have become a frustrating facet ...


Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Jul 29, 2026 - cei.org
Article Keywords: congress, constitution, first amendment, maga, supreme court

Cert Denied, Cert Delayed, Cert Granted

In at least four cases, the Court denied cert over three dissentals, and then resolved the same issue a year or more later.


Reason.com
Jul 29, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, maga, tps, trafficking, trump

Beyond the Panic: Study Finds That Most Teens Use Social Media Moderately

A new survey finds most teens use social media moderately, though class divides persist.


Reason.com
Jul 29, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: congress, conservative, debt, observer, trump

Donald Trump’s “Friendly Fascism”

In his excellent book, As We Go Marching, the great conservative observer John T. Flynn analyzed the “good fascism” of Franklyn Roosevelt’s New Deal, comparing and contrasting it with the “bad fascism...


LewRockwell
Jul 29, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: china, chinese, communist, crime, indictment

Karl Marx and Marxism: References and Resources to Save

Karl Marx, The Man Behind the Communist Revolution — Richard M. Ebeling article. Excellent concise biography of the man whose evil ideas were responsible for the deaths of over 100 million persons by ...


LewRockwell
Jul 29, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, conflict, iran, nuclear, trump

Is the Department of War Covering Up the True Extent of US Casualties?

Last Wednesday all the signs were pointing to a desperate action by the Trump administration to launch a ground operation inside Iran ostensibly to seize enriched nuclear material from an Iranian nucl...


LewRockwell
Jul 29, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: conflict, congress, iran, riot, trump

The Military Used Over 60% of Patriot Missiles During the Iran War

The alarming news about America’s stockpile of advanced interceptors continues to mount as sources confirm the US has nearly two-thirds of its Patriot missile stockpile.  On Monday, the Center for Str...


The Libertarian Institute
Jul 29, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: crime, enforcement, gaza, law enforcement, republican

Nearly Half of Americans Support Arresting Netanyahu

Just under half of Americans said they support US law enforcement arresting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes committed ...


The Libertarian Institute
Jul 29, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: climate, congress, fossil fuels, national security, nuclear

Anti-nuke group funds CNN’s nuclear threats reporter

Ira Stoll writes for the Washington Free Beacon about another case of media malfeasance. A charity that opposes nuclear weapons is paying for the CNN reporter who covers nuclear issues. The Outrider F...


John Locke Foundation
Jul 29, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: jobs, maga, tariff, trump

Economic Development Subsidies Create a Lot of Jobs—Mostly for Lobbyists

According to a newly published study, states that issued "extraordinarily large" economic development subsidies saw more lobbyists located in the state capital.


Reason.com
Jul 29, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: constitution, crisis, kings, maga

New Article on "The State Constitutional Case Against Exclusionary Zoning"

It is the first comprehensive analysis of how to use state constitutional law to combat exclusionary zoning. Coauthored with Josh Braver.


Reason.com
Jul 29, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: iran, mamdani, mamdani::2

Mamdani publishes ‘enemies of the people’ tax list

Editors at the New York Post lament the latest action from the city’s socialist mayor. Mayor Zohran Mamdani has doubled down on his “Eat the rich” campaign by publishing a list of hundreds of thousand...


John Locke Foundation
Jul 29, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: debt, economy, taxes, trade

Economists Have to Keep Teaching the Same Lessons

Rising prices, sluggish growth, and mounting debt aren't new problems. James Harrigan and Antony Davies discuss why economists must keep teaching timeless lessons about markets, incentives, trade, and...


The Advocates for Self-Government
Jul 29, 2026 - theadvocates.org
Article Keywords:  ice , defense, enforcement, epstein::-3, law enforcement, maga, surveillance

Magistrate Judge Recommends Massive Sanctions on Rabbi Shmuley Boteach for Violating Court Order in Anti-Semitism Lawsuit

The recommendation includes entry of a default judgment against Boteach in a defamation lawsuit brought against him by a Florida hotel.


Reason.com
Jul 29, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: enforcement, first amendment, maga

A Free-Exercise Challenge to NY's Medically Assisted-Suicide Law

A group of Catholic healthcare providers has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to enjoin enforcement of New York's new Medical… The post A Free-Exercise Challenge to NY's Medically Assisted-Suicide Law ...


Reason.com
Jul 29, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: iran, trump, white house

Trump, Netanyahu Meet at White House for High-Stakes Talks

The two world leaders faced with shifting strategies to deal with Iran.


Main Feed
Jul 29, 2026 - libertynation.com
Article Keywords: mamdani, mamdani::2

Mamdani Makes Big Promises on City Grocery Stores

The New York City mayor has an ambitious and unrealistic plan.


Main Feed
Jul 29, 2026 - libertynation.com
Article Keywords: constitution, defense, tps

President or King? It’s not the TITLE. It’s the POWER.

For the founders, an elective monarchy was just as bad as an hereditary one - because the core issue was the power of discretion. On this episode, it’s 6 of the most dangerous powers of a king as the ...


Tenth Amendment Center
Jul 29, 2026 - blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com
Article Keywords: chinese, maga, senate

Fauci diaries deemed ‘damning’

Editors at National Review Online ponder new information about the federal government’s top COVID scold. When Anthony Fauci appears before Senator Rand Paul and the Senate Committee on Homeland Securi...


John Locke Foundation
Jul 29, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: constitution, republican, supreme court

Democracy and the Founders’ Constitution

State-level majorities can and must rule, limited only by a partly undefined set of rights.


Law & Liberty
Jul 29, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: conservative, economy, jobs

Part II: Is It Good or Bad to Have More Rich People?

Five days ago, I wrote about a big increase in U.S. millionaires. That column was the economic version of a Rorschach test. But instead of reacting to an inkblot, the goal was to elicit instinctive re...


International Liberty
Jul 29, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Article Keywords: congress, maga

Anthony Fauci Refuses to Answer Rand Paul's Questions After Diary Disclosures Go Viral

Robby Soave and Amber Duke talk about Fauci's appearance before Congress, where he pleaded the Fifth rather than address COVID's origin.


Reason.com
Jul 29, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: lawyer, maga

Federal Court Slaps Down Rhode Island Town's Surprise Seizure of Family's Land

A district court ruled that Johnston, Rhode Island, can't use its own bespoke eminent domain process to block an affordable housing development.


Reason.com
Jul 29, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: maga, supreme court

Today in Supreme Court History: July 29, 1942

7/29/1942: Supreme Court hears oral argument in Ex Parte Quirin. The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 29, 1942 appeared first on Reason.com.


Reason.com
Jul 29, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: maga, national security

Brickbat: We'll Know It When We Read It

Hong Kong Secretary of Security Chris Tang warned booksellers to make sure the books they sell do not harm national… The post Brickbat: We'll Know It When We Read It appeared first on Reason.com.


Reason.com
Jul 29, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: iran, trump

John Mearsheimer on The Disaster That Keeps on Giving

Reprinted from John’s Substack: On 28 July 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with Judge Napolitano about the multi-dimensional war in Iran. We talked about the weak hand Prime Minister Netanyah...


Antiwar.com Blog
Jul 29, 2026 - antiwar.com
Article Keywords: trade, trump

It turns out Trump blew up all those boats in the Caribbean for nothing.

The claim that the US attacks on "drug runners" in the Caribbean has not affected the drug trade at all.


Mises Institute
Jul 29, 2026 - mises.org