Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 100 articles from 15 sites. We chose these from 1966 articles found on 36 sites.
Plus: The economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, inflation is outpacing wage growth, Trump is still mad about birthright citizenship, and more...
“In a sense, blowback is simply another way of saying that a nation reaps what it sows.” — Chalmers Johnson What goes around comes around. That is the terrible law of blowback. When the United States ...
It is an interesting coincidence that only a few months after the US government doubles down on its alliance with Morocco, that Spanish cities bordering Morocco face a coordinated effort to flood Span...
Some weeks it is difficult to pick out the most shocking stories symptomatic of decline and fall of American governmental integrity both in Washington and often at state levels. The White House and Co...
Trump put Venezuelan revenues in a secretive bank account overseen by the U.S. government. It's a display of the Treasury's unaccountable power.
While less sweeping than the one invalidated by the Supreme Court in Trump v. Barbara, it still denies birthright citizenship to many people protected by the earlier Supreme Court decision.
The great disparity in America lies between the professional managerial elites in government, academia, media, and business versus the middle/working classes in their fundamental attitudes, values, li...
Last month, the Trump administration invoked Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to impose new 50 percent tariffs against Canada. A White House fact sheet states that the duties will cover “products...
TweetDavid Henderson warns of “the deadly focus on income and wealth inequality.” Three slices: You might think that the focus on wealth inequality has come about because of the huge growth in wealth ...
A viral video showed immigration officers uncuffing Fernando Vasquez and then dumping his papers onto the ground before driving off.
German energy company RWE decided "there is no path forward to permit these projects in the U.S. for the foreseeable future."
From Jane Bambauer's and my brief in Patterson v. Meta Platforms, Inc., pending now before New York's highest court (for… The post Amicus Brief in Lawsuit Against Meta Over Buffalo Supermarket Shootin...
What will Justice Barrett do?
Presbyterians played a large role in teaching North America the value of political independence.
The ban would gut a growing industry, but the Trump administration’s position isn’t a principled stand against prohibition.
From Judge Carlos Mendoza (M.D. Fla.) in U.S. v. Joudeh: Defendant is charged with one count of transmission of an… The post Posting "I Wish Someone Would In Alive Him" About Federal Judge Isn't Punis...
Only in a capitalist world can we live free and prosperous lives, even if it means that we're expected to show up to work on time.
Armed people at the scene of the crime fired on the attacker and drove him away.
Twenty-six years ago in 2000 Prima Publishing published a book I wrote with my colleague, Lawrence M. Stratton. We had wanted to title the book, “How the Law Was Lost,” but we only managed to get our ...
An American company is building war robots, and the justification for pursuing this risky technology is the same one we hear from people who want to drop a data center in every nook and cranny of the ...
Sean Davis focuses attention on the dangers surrounding the American sanctuary movement. On July 1, 2015, 32-year-old Kathryn “Kate” Steinle was killed while sightseeing in San Francisco with her fath...
Justice Rao writes a powerful dissent that is likely to find a receptive audience at One First Street.
Could Congress hold someone in contempt and then order the Capitol Police to arrest and detain that person? The answer is yes. The more revealing question is why it has almost never done so in modern ...
Citizens who vote for “Israel Firsters” in Congress are committing suicide, and “Israel Firsters“ in Congress are guilty of treason for selling out the People. Most citizens would not knowingly commit...
The Founder-statesman was the greatest character of his age—and hopefully his example can still guide America.
Remember the oil shock? When the fighting closed the Strait of Hormuz this spring, the predictions were apocalyptic. Thirteen thousand flights canceled. Britain, we were told, was days from its last s...
In Part I of this series, I took snippets from a recent speech to explain that government spending is the disease and red ink is the symptom of the disease. For today’s column, let’s share more excerp...
From today's Report and Recommendations by Magistrate Judge Elizabeth A. Staffordt (E.D. Mich.) in yesterday's Evans v. Robertson: Plaintiff Sybrena… The post Defendant's Refusal to Identify Herself L...
While medicine has produced remarkable and life-changing results for a variety of challenging conditions, the present reality of our medical system is that: • Large amounts of research dollars are col...
The AIs are breaking free, that’s the story. It started two weeks ago, when OpenAI reported one of their “agents” had escaped its testing area and got loose on the internet to launch an “unprecedented...
Ira Stoll writes for the Washington Free Beacon about another bad idea from New York City’s socialist mayor. A new 13-minute video released by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani backs the idea that pr...
In The Purge: but for Sex, everyone takes a crackdown on sexual freedom for granted.
In Defense of Western Civilization A Walk in Prague: Contemplating West’s Achievement Majestic Monuments Built to the Grandeur and Glory of God Over the course of the past three millennia, Western Civ...
Brianna Lyman of the Federalist highlights a lesson from this week’s US Senate election in Michigan. Socialist Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated Rep. Haley Stevens by roughly a point with nearly all vo...
Every technological revolution produces its own chorus of professional mourners. The steam engine threatened artisans. Electricity transformed whole industries. The motor car ruined the horse trade. T...
From Ali v. Osman, decided yesterday by the N.D. Supreme Court, in an opinion by Chief Justice Lisa Fair McEvers… The post North Dakota Court Upholds Rejection of Sudanese Triple-Talaq Divorce appeare...
8/7/2010: Justice Elena Kagan takes oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 7, 2010 appeared first on Reason.com.
In HBO's Neighbors docuseries, nearly every dispute is recorded and shared.
Some years ago Paul Robinson, a Canadian scholar of Russian history, wrote about two different views of international political rules: I pointed out that both Russia and the West claimed to be in favo...
Tweet… is from page 39 Lawrence W. Reed’s soon-to-be-published book, Born of Ideas [link added]: So much of sound economics reduces to what Pelatiah Webster would likely regard as common sense: Don’t ...
In the comprehensive presentation above, Tucker Carlson perceptively outlines the reasons and rationale for this new trans-partisan political realignment for addressing the fundamental needs and conce...
Federal ownership of private companies has become routine. And it is happening on the right, even as conservatives point fingers at the left for its socialism.
Americans are angry because everyday goods are much more expensive, and politicians think they should “stop whining.”
When Congress eliminated taxes on suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns, it also eliminated the constitutional justification for regulating them.
Homeownership helped build the American Dream, but easy credit is undoing it. A new executive order promises
Her concurrence in Trump v. Barbara tries to undermine the colorblind Constitution.
Plus: right-wing burrito wars, a star scholar resigns, Fauci's pandemic phone, and more...
If the Trojan War were being fought today, the Greeks would not need to hide inside of a big, wooden horse and hope to be dragged inside Troy’s city gates. They’d simply disseminate all kinds of lies...
In the year 711, a Berber commander named Tar-iq ibn Ziyad crossed from North Africa with a reported 7,000 men and landed at the base of the mountain that still carries his name: Jabal Tar-iq (Tar-iq’...
The “father of the Constitution” worried about federal and state overreach.
Netanyahu, the Israel Lobby, and warmongers like Mark Levin have put Republicans in danger of losing control of Congress. On August 3, the Drudge Report carried a story that said GOP Senate candidates...
The war in Iran is unlawful and unconstitutional, but in post-World War II America, it is normal. Here is the backstory. When President Donald Trump decided to begin bombing Iran last June, he did not...
President Trump said late Tuesday that talks with Iran are “moving along very nicely” – in a highly fluid and ambiguous situation where it appears the two sides are only interacting indirectly at best...
Six years after the COVID pandemic and nearly two years after he was pardoned for any and all crimes he may have committed since 2014 relating to his role at Health and Human Services (HHS), Anthony F...
Want to distill spirits at home? Congress says you can’t. This ban from the Reconstruction era was not instated for health or public safety reasons. Rather, the prohibition arose from the inability to...
Steven Richards writes for Just the News about the impact of Spain’s border crisis. The Spanish immigration crisis has exposed cracks in the European Union and an opportunity for right-wing leaders he...
Misconduct and misrepresentations by Justice Department lawyers have led some federal judges to question the traditional benefit of the doubt they give to the government.
“We are standing at the precipice of something we cannot comprehend, and the silence from those who know is deafening. The mechanisms are already in motion, the chess pieces positioned with mathematic...
The DOGE project was the second Trump administration's best idea. Unfortunately, it was terribly executed.
The Senate Commerce committee advanced four bills related to online and AI safety in the name of protecting children.
A new Hawaii law reclassifies corporate political speech as a "power" the state can revoke at will.
OT 2026 leads off with climate litigation.
"Plaintiff should be treated like any other employee in his position, not that he should be favored based on his identity."
President Donald Trump claimed that American weapons stockpiles were full and said he would arrest leakers who have been sources for multiple reports that the military’s arsenal is running low. “The ...
Yemen’s ruling Ansar Allah said it conducted a large-scale attack on several Saudi military sites in Yemen. “Our armed forces have detected large-scale Saudi military mobilizations in their final sta...
Adam Smith understood two centuries ago that commerce was no guarantee of peace.
This week Ant and James seem not to have much of a point, but that's never stopped them before, and it sure didn't stop them this week. The post Potluck | Words & Numbers | Ep 518 appeared first on Fr...
It's not clear if the agency even has the legal authority to make the change. But if it goes through, there's little to worry about.
Rodríguez-Cotto v. González-Colón, decided Tuesday by First Circuit Judges Gustavo Gelpí and Seth Aframe and Seventh Circuit Judge David Hamilton,… The post First Circuit Strikes Down Puerto Rico Ban ...
Jay Town writes for the Federalist about potential consequences of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s refusal to answer questions from Congress. Dr. Anthony Fauci’s appearance before the Senate Homeland Security and...
Hint: It's mandatory national service.
Each person has a different makeup, a different history, different information, and different understandings. In short, each person lives a different life than other people live and, as a result, know...
In spite of the GOP's feigned dismay over Morocco's weaponization of migrants against Spanish exclaves in North Africa, US policy supports Moroccan expansionism in the region.
In this week’s episode we cover the effect of tariffs on car prices, trends in electricity supply and demand, and the future of the trucking workforce. Our interview is with Marc Wheat, General Counse...
Patrick Reilly writes for the New York Post about one of the New York City mayor’s many bad ideas. Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s universal childcare plan will cost 50% more than he advertised, according to a...
Charles Hilu writes for National Review Online about a significant development on Capitol Hill. Senator John Cornyn of Texas said Tuesday that he does not support doing away with the filibuster, in a ...
Seventeen years ago, the Center for Freedom and Prosperity released a video explaining that America’s fiscal problem is excessive spending rather than red ink. Here’s the 2026 version of that presenta...
Dissent: "We judges can write all we want, but this public voted with its eyeballs."
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According to her, Zelensky is either incompetent or a criminal himself – and his personal enrichment from the conflict is evidence that he is engaged in corruption. Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensk...
A former high school baseball player, with a successful businessman as a father and, a promising young man with a ‘bright future’ ahead of him avoided prison for the rape, strangulation, and violent a...
From perjury trap to contempt of Congress – from frying pan to fire?
By convincing Congress to permit the government to take equity positions in private firms, Donald Trump has completed the transition of the economy from free markets to political capitalism.
From O.A. v. Devita, decided June 25 by L.A. Superior Court Judge Dean Kitchens, but just recently posted to Westlaw:… The post #TheyLied Defamation Suit Over Sexual Assault Claims Involving High Scho...
An analysis of the use of subjective language in scientific papers.
8/6/1792: Justice Thomas Johnson takes judicial oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 6, 1792 appeared first on Reason.com.
Among the commentariat, America’s problem with “forever wars” is usually discussed as a failure of grand strategy. In this telling, presidents misjudge threats; generals overestimate what military pow...
Memos released by the White House reveal an agency weaponized against a president.
Peace in Gaza has been vexingly elusive, but now there is a glimmer of hope.
Prediction markets have become an increasingly prominent tool for forecasting elections, economic indicators, geopolitical developments, and other uncertain events. Their growing popularity has also f...
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Denaturalization isn't new, but it has been used sparingly in modern history, in part because it is extremely costly and time-consuming.
An idea that's wildly out of tune at a time when Americans are trumpeting their worries about affordability.
From today's decision in U.S. v. Romain by Eleventh Circuit Chief Judge William Pryor, joined by Judges Jill Pryor and Andrew… The post Court Upholds African People's Socialist Party Convictions for B...
El-Sayed is pushing a mendacious claim: that people would be wealthier if they endured yet another massive transfer of money and power to a vast federal health bureaucracy.
Reuters and the U.N. accuse an operator with extensive U.S. government links of helping a Sudanese rebel group.
In preparation for a potential military or regime change operation, the US is sending more intelligence assets to Cuba. A source told Politico that the White House had recently sent additional spies ...
This past June marked the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s FSC v. Paxton decision. The Court held that states may require age verification to access online adult content without violating t...
Ukraine’s capital city was slammed with Russian missiles, killing 17 people and injuring dozens. “As of now, 44 people have been reported injured in the massive Russian strike on Kyiv and the Kyiv re...