Libertarian Reporting for 2026-08-14

Updated on August 13, 2026 at 7:10:29 PM GMT

Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 99 articles from 17 sites. We chose these from 1948 articles found on 35 sites.


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

Article Keywords:  canad,  vance , administration, border, congress, crime, crisis, economy, election, immigration, jobs, mamdani, mamdani::2, migrant, migration, trade, trump

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TweetPhil Magness is no fan of J.D. Vance’s new book. Two slices of Magness’s review: JD Vance’s disdain for economists has become a pronounced and recurring theme of his political career. In his new ...


Cafe Hayek
Aug 13, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Article Keywords: administration, biden, china, chinese, communist, congress, defense, jobs, observer, propaganda, republican, senate, trump, white house

U.S. Now Claims Both Tibet and Taiwan from China.

Formally, the U.S. Government committed itself, in the 28 February 1972 Shanghai Communiqué, to the statement that “Taiwan is a part of China”, but the U.S. Government continued arming Taiwan and prop...


LewRockwell
Aug 13, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: border, china, chinese, communist, conflict, constitution, economy, election, immigration, judiciary, lawyer, migration, observer

Why China Works and India Does Not

Suppose a piece of equipment malfunctions and you take it to a technician in India. He will probably tell you to return a few days later. When you do, you can be reasonably certain that it will not ha...


LewRockwell
Aug 13, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: congress, crisis, debt, federal reserve, fiscal, global order, income inequality, inflation, kings, republican, riot, taxes, trade

The Subsidiary Superpower—How Britain Lost Its Crown to America

“Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws.” — attributed to Mayer Amschel Rothschild There is a narrative circulating today—let us call it the Promethean...


LewRockwell
Aug 13, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords:  ice , congress, crime, enforcement, immigration, law enforcement, lawyer, maga, migration, prison, surveillance

She Spent 7 Months in Legal Hell After Cops Used Flock Surveillance To Identify the Wrong Car

From wrongful arrests to officers stalking exes, license plate cameras keep exposing police failures.


Reason.com
Aug 13, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, china, economy, jobs, maga, national security, republican, tariff, trade, trump, white house

America Suspended the Jones Act. Americans Were the Winners.

In under five months, waiving the protectionist law opened up whole trade routes and sent fuel to areas that needed it. Why go back?


Reason.com
Aug 13, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, biden, communist, conflict, conservative, debt, inflation, protest, protest, trump

The Burrito Debate

Two years ago, “conservative” pundits rightly ridiculed the Biden Administration for suggesting inflation was fine while blaming its poor approval ratings on Americans’ ignorance of how little they we...


LewRockwell
Aug 13, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, conflict, crisis, disarmament, gaza, iran, migration, national security, trump, unemployment

Gaza’s Board of Pieces

There is no ceasefire in Gaza. There is no functioning “Board of Peace.” There is no roadmap to ending the genocide or mechanism to creation of a Palestinian state. Israel has refused to implement or ...


LewRockwell
Aug 13, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: election, maga, midterms, primaries, republican, senate, tps, trump, white house

Pollsters Do Their Autopsy

Plus: Eggs on ice, Chicago's teachers unions, and more...


Reason.com
Aug 13, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: constitution, disarmament, enforcement, first amendment, gun violence, law enforcement, maga, trade, unfair trade

Connecticut Court Rejects Requested $7.7M Civil Penalty for Florida Company's Marketing "Ghost Gun" Parts on Its Web Site

From Connecticut Superior Court Judge Daniel Klau's long opinion last week in State v. Indie Guns LLC: The principal question… The post Connecticut Court Rejects Requested $7.7M Civil Penalty for Flor...


Reason.com
Aug 13, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: biden, congress, crime, crisis, foreign policy, gaza, invasion, iran, trump

Anti-War Blog – Admit to a war crime, now what?

Dave DeCamp from Antiwar.com reported in a recent piece that the Pentagon admitted in its annual report to having committed two large-scale massacres against civilians in Yemen. The Pentagon acknowled...


The Libertarian Institute
Aug 13, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: china, chinese, climate, gas price, invasion, iran, nuclear, trump

Orange Glow?

Well, what’s next? Trump has lost his stupid, evil war against Iran – which he launched on behalf of the state of Israel, whose indicted war-criminal leader egged him on to start it. Iran says it will...


LewRockwell
Aug 13, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: defense, doj, federal reserve, indictment, lawyer, supreme court, trump, white house

DOJ turns into Department of Trump vendettas

Jim Geraghty of National Review Online critiques the Department of Justice’s recent priorities. Nearly one year ago, on August 15, Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, sent ...


John Locke Foundation
Aug 13, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: biden, congress, constitution, explosive, maga, second amendment, taxes

Second Amendment Roundup: The Militia of the Sea

The Marque and Reprisal Clause as Textual Proof of Private Heavy-Arms Ownership at the Founding


Reason.com
Aug 13, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: congress, constitution, crime, prison, propaganda, supreme court, surveillance

There Are no Such Things as Constitutional Rights

Note: This is an article that I published on April 19th, 2020, over 6 years ago, at the onset of the criminal and fake ‘covid’ scam. I constantly here the phrase “Constitutional Rights,“ and heard thi...


LewRockwell
Aug 13, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: congress, constitution, crisis, lawyer, rule of law, taxes, trump

E Unum, Unum?

Nationalist readings of the Declaration miss the mark.


Law & Liberty
Aug 13, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: mamdani, mamdani::2, republican, taxes, trump

Trump takes on NYC mayor’s bad tax idea

Catherine Salgado writes for PJMedia.com about the latest clash between the president and the mayor of his former home city. The late, great Margaret Thatcher once observed, “The trouble with socialis...


John Locke Foundation
Aug 13, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: conflict, congress, constitution, debt, republican, supreme court

Originalism’s Better Meaning

The Constitution’s meaning does not run out merely because the evidence is contested.


Law & Liberty
Aug 13, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: administration, constitution, first amendment, maga, trump

Trump Media Is Selling Early Access to the President's Truth Social Posts for $100,000 a Month

Press groups are suing Trump Media over the scheme, calling it “profoundly corrupt.”


Reason.com
Aug 13, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: constitution, kings, maga, supreme court, trade

Puerto Rico Stole Roberto Clemente's Trademark. The Supreme Court Should Make It Pay.

Property rights are no less worthy of protection just because intangible property is at stake.


Reason.com
Aug 13, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, congress, executive order, maga, trump

Donald Trump's Unsustainable Presidential Administration

The second Trump Administration insists on acting unilaterally, and that will make many of its policy changes unsustainable over time.


Reason.com
Aug 13, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: conservative, constitution, election, federal reserve, republican

Good Thoughts for Political Survival

—– Writes Bill Madden: Andrew Wallace’s most recent article.  The Constitution restricts our super-rich rulers from abusing the masses via their control of our central government by chaining down the ...


LewRockwell
Aug 13, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: election, maga, republican, voting rights

Fifth Circuit Allows 2021 Texas Election Integrity Law To Finally Go Into Effect

"In short, we have been playing an exhausting game of Whac-A-Mole to correct the district court’s mishandling of this case."


Reason.com
Aug 13, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: defense, judiciary, lawyer, maga

Court Faults Self-Represented Plaintiff for Including Hidden "Prompt Injection" in Court Filing

An excerpt from Connecticut Superior Court Judge Walter M. Spader, Jr. last week in Elliott v. N.Y. Bariatric Group, LLC:… The post Court Faults Self-Represented Plaintiff for Including Hidden "Prompt...


Reason.com
Aug 13, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  canad, tariff, trade, trump

Canadian Trade Officials Threaten to Leave USMCA Trade Talks if Trump Triggers 50 Percent Tariffs

—– Click Here: The Last Refuge   The post Canadian Trade Officials Threaten to Leave USMCA Trade Talks if Trump Triggers 50 Percent Tariffs appeared first on LewRockwell.


LewRockwell
Aug 13, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: constitution, crime, enforcement, surveillance

The Right To Be Left Alone

“The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness. … They conferred against the Government the right to be let alone — most comprehensive of rights a...


LewRockwell
Aug 13, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: economy, jobs, trump, unemployment

How Sound Is the American Economy?

I am as tired as readers might be of reporting on Washington’s subservience to Israel, the declining rights and prospects for white ethnicities, and the generalized collapse of Western civilization.  ...


LewRockwell
Aug 13, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: border, conflict, crisis, trump

Washington Can Only Make Mali’s Crisis Worse

Mali remains in chaos. Al-Qaeda-linked militants and Tuareg separatists have recently demonstrated an ability to coordinate attacks against the Malian military, while the country’s Russian-backed junt...


The Libertarian Institute
Aug 13, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: hollywood, jobs, migrant, migrants

Blame social justice ‘scam’ for Arday and others like him

Eddie Scarry writes for the Federalist about a recent controversy involving one of the world’s most prestigious universities. If there’s anything about the Jason Arday saga that scandalized you, then ...


John Locke Foundation
Aug 13, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: border, china, debt, trade

Quotation of the Day…

Tweet… is from page 7 of Menzie Chinn’s and Douglas Irwin’s excellent 2025 textbook, International Economics: Moreover, one of the defining features of the recent period is record levels of cross-bord...


Cafe Hayek
Aug 13, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Article Keywords: economy, elon musk, rule of law, trade

Capitalism Is A Great Way of Getting Rid of Poor People (by Lifting Them Out of Poverty)

Notwithstanding my efforts (see here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here), not everyone supports capitalism. Based on hundreds of conversations over the past five decades, I think the top ob...


International Liberty
Aug 13, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Article Keywords: congress, enforcement, maga

Court Dismisses Government's Title VI Anti-Semitism Lawsuit Against Harvard

The decision turns on the particulars of the scheme for federal enforcement of Title VI.


Reason.com
Aug 13, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: border, debt, taxes

The Tax Collector Now Gets a Cut of What He Finds

Arguably the most famous man on the planet throughout the 1700s was the famed writer François-Marie Arouet, known to history as Voltaire. He wasn’t just a celebrity writer and philosopher, however; Vo...


LewRockwell
Aug 13, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: maga, supreme court

Today in Supreme Court History: August 13, 1788

8/13/1788: Federalist No. 85 is published by Alexander Hamilton. The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 13, 1788 appeared first on Reason.com.


Reason.com
Aug 13, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: congress, constitution

Fauci, CDC, and Surgeon General Knew the Covid Jab Caused Miscarriages. They Pushed It Anyway

On February 1, 2021, USA Today published an article titled, “Should pregnant women get the COVID-19 vaccine? Dr. Anthony Fauci sees ‘no red flags’ in safety data.” Three days later, Fox News ran somet...


LewRockwell
Aug 13, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: prison, supreme court

Supreme Court Announces November Arguments on Religious Liberty

Plus cases on eminent domain and the legality of a federal prisoner’s lawsuit.


Main Feed
Aug 13, 2026 - libertynation.com
Article Keywords: debt, tps

Ep. 2786 Jason Arday and Our Embarrassing Academic Elite

The Jason Arday plagiarism and all-around weirdo and liar scandal told us something not only about the University of Cambridge but also about the whole higher-education racket: a great many… Read More...


Tom Woods
Aug 13, 2026 - tomwoods.com
Article Keywords:  ice , administration, asylum, constitution, department of homeland security, dhs, enforcement, escalation, immigration, lawyer, maga, migrant, migrant rights, migrants, migration, trump, white house

Airports Are ICE's Latest Target, Raising 4th Amendment Concerns From Airlines

An apparent surge of ICE arrests in airport terminals has created viral videos and questions over ICE's authority to board planes without judicial warrants.


Reason.com
Aug 12, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, china, conflict, congress, defense, economy, election, escalation, fiscal, foreign policy, inflation, invasion, iran, nuclear, riot, trade, trump

The Silver Lining: The Donald’s Impending Defeat in Iran May Finally Bring the Empire Home

It is damn obvious that Washington has lost Donald Trump’s idiotic war on Iran. After all, it is now five months since the opening salvos of Operation Epic Fury on February 28, which was advertised to...


LewRockwell
Aug 12, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: anti-american, border, china, conflict, constitution, debt, defense, economy, escalation, federal budget, fiscal, foreign policy, inflation, invasion, national security, taxes, trade

NATO? Just Say No!

Why does the United States station approximately 70,000 troops in Europe? It is not because the Europeans love us. Germans overwhelmingly cite France (46%) as their country’s most essential foreign po...


The Libertarian Institute
Aug 12, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords:  canad, administration, border, crime, economy, enforcement, immigration, iran, jobs, maga, migrant, migration, tariff, trade, trump, white house

Border Patrol Saves America From Canadian Trucker Delivering Goods in New Mexico

What kind of country would America be if people were freely allowed to peacefully deliver goods that had been consensually bought and sold?


Reason.com
Aug 12, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: constitution, crime, department of homeland security, election, first amendment, jobs, lawyer, maga, migrant, observer, prison, protest, protest, senate, surveillance, trafficking

What You Need to Know About the Social Media 'Addiction' Trial Starting This Week

Meta is on trial for fomenting "FOMO," among other things. It sounds silly, but the playbook used here could work against religious groups, fast food, and much more.


Reason.com
Aug 12, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, appeals court, china, congress, constitution, doj, federal judge, judiciary, maga, national security, supreme court, trump, white house

Trump's Ballroom Fight Could Make Courts Rethink 'National Security' Deference

Appealing to national security is not a "get-out-of-law-free card," a federal court ruled last week.


Reason.com
Aug 12, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, biden, circuit court, congress, constitution, election, maga, republican, riot, supreme court, trump, white house

Trump Administration Claims Executive Privilege Over White House Conversations With Private Advisers 

Transparency advocates say it's the latest attempt to hide more of the executive branch's business from the public and congressional investigations.


Reason.com
Aug 12, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  ice , congress, election, inflation, iran, jobs, maga, medicare for all, primaries, prison, republican, trump

Hong's Swan Song

Plus: Rebecca Cooke wins, possible Houthi attack, inflation rises, and more...


Reason.com
Aug 12, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  vance , conservative, election, gop, iran, maga, observer, republican, riot, rubio, trump

Will Tucker Carlson Run for President? Don't Bet on It.

Third-party bids are much more fun to talk about than do. Plus, there's reason to suspect it's all a bid to boost J.D. Vance.


Reason.com
Aug 12, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, congress, constitution, crime, federal judge, gun rights, maga, second amendment, supreme court, taxes, trump

A Gun Ruling Highlights the Tricks Congress Uses To Evade Limits on Its Power

During the last century, the Commerce Clause has replaced the Taxing Clause as an excuse for federal legislation.


Reason.com
Aug 12, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, climate, defense, first amendment, jobs, lawyer, maga, republican, supreme court

Journal of Free Speech Law: "Milton, Mill, and (Maybe) Aristotle on Why Hearing Horrible Speech Makes You a Better Person," by Andrew Koppelman

The article is here; here's the part of the Introduction that summarizes the core of the argument: How do you… The post Journal of Free Speech Law: "Milton, Mill, and (Maybe) Aristotle on Why Hearing ...


Reason.com
Aug 12, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: congress, constitution, federal judge, first amendment, newsom, newsom::2, propaganda, senate

Medical Boards Banned From Punishing Doctors Who Reject Gov’t COVID Narrative

A California judge has forbidden medical boards from investigating, prosecuting, accusing, or sanctioning doctors “based on the viewpoint of the information, recommendations, or advice they give a pat...


LewRockwell
Aug 12, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, constitution, first amendment, immigration, kings, maga, migration, trump

Trump Promised To End Foreign Aid. Now He's Giving Christian Groups Nearly $2 Billion.

The administration says faith-based organizations deliver aid more efficiently, but offers no data to support that claim—and its preference for religious providers raises constitutional questions.


Reason.com
Aug 12, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, conflict, crisis, gas price, gouging, iran, maga, trump

The Trump Administration's Hormuz Oil Numbers Don't Add Up

Energy Secretary Chris Wright claims that more oil left the Middle East in a day than before the war. But the industry isn’t buying it—and gas prices are still high.


Reason.com
Aug 12, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: conflict, conservative, crisis, defense, jobs, prison, propaganda, trade

Liberal Arts and the Quest to Think for Myself

A liberal arts education was never meant to train workers. It was meant to cultivate free minds. Drawing on Adam Smith, Thoreau, Mill, and Taoist philosophy, this essay argues that genuine self-govern...


The Advocates for Self-Government
Aug 12, 2026 - theadvocates.org
Article Keywords: administration, crime, invasion, lawyer, migrant, migrants, republican, supreme court

Hume’s Perplexing Priorities

David Hume valued strong property laws, but considered character and "delicacy of taste" just as important.


Law & Liberty
Aug 12, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: administration, chinese, communist, executive order, invasion, maga, trump

Government Regulations Are Keeping Drone Delivery Grounded

To fly a drone out of sight, you must get airline-level certification, which requires a lengthy approval process from the Federal Aviation Administration.


Reason.com
Aug 12, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: doj, hollywood, jobs, maga, newsom, newsom::2

Rob Bonta's Paramount Crusade Could Make California's Hollywood Exodus Even Worse

California's attorney general is fighting a merger that 65 countries and the DOJ already cleared. Now, the state may lose thousands of jobs.


Reason.com
Aug 12, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: constitution, executive order, maga, migrant, migrants, supreme court, trump

First Legal Challenges to Trump's New Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

They were filed by plaintiffs in two cases challenging his earlier order, which was struck down by the Supreme Court.


Reason.com
Aug 12, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, executive order, invasion, maga, supreme court, tps, trump

NH Federal Court Provisionally Certifies Class Of Pregnant ISIS Brides Seeking Birthright Citizenship For Their Children

No, that didn't actually happen, but it is ripe for the Babylon Bee. In reality, the ACLU has filed a… The post NH Federal Court Provisionally Certifies Class Of Pregnant ISIS Brides Seeking Birthrigh...


Reason.com
Aug 12, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  canad, conflict, crisis, executive order, iran, riot, taxes

Energy Crisis Hurts the US

It appears that the energy crisis stemming from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict is already having an impact even within the US. In a recent move, the Indiana state government suspended fuel taxes ...


LewRockwell
Aug 12, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, congress, organizers, protest, protest, senate, trump

Hip-Hopping to Regime Change? USAID Efforts in Cuba

With Cuba seemingly becoming the next focus for the Trump administration, it is worth looking into previous efforts by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the country. To...


The Libertarian Institute
Aug 12, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: conservative, economy, federal reserve, gop, inflation, republican, unemployment

GOP can win affordability contest

Editors at National Review Online explain how Republicans can win the political contest over “affordability.” “Affordability” may be today’s political buzzword, but the truth is that it is always a to...


John Locke Foundation
Aug 12, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: administration, congress, crisis, inflation, republican, transitioning, trump

The Trump Administration’s Progress on Food Stamps

Yesterday’s column criticized Trump for his socialist policy of having government take partial ownership of various companies. Today’s column is going to praise him for cutting back on excessive redis...


International Liberty
Aug 12, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Article Keywords: congress, constitution, maga, second amendment, supreme court, trafficking

No Second Amendment Right to Export Guns (Including to Haiti)

"John Adams, Oliver Ellsworth, Rufus King, Albert Gallatin, Robert Morris, James Monroe, Joseph Story, Jonathan Trumbull, James Madison, Henry Clay, [and] John Quincy Adams ... knew a thing or two abo...


Reason.com
Aug 12, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: constitution, convictions, crime, maga, murderer, prison

Why Do Americans Support the Death Penalty, Despite Wrongful Convictions?

Reformers need to take into account people’s fear of crime and human predators.


Reason.com
Aug 12, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  ice , mamdani, mamdani::2, supreme court, tax the rich

Controversial new Mamdani tax paused because of lawsuit

The New York Post reports a stumbling block for one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s many bad ideas. The reign of pied-à-terror is on pause. Big Apple homeowners fighting the controversial pied-à-terre tax n...


John Locke Foundation
Aug 12, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: congress, constitution, federal reserve, senate, trade, trump

Dispatching Humphrey’s Executor

Charles Thach’s forgotten presidential history could have strengthened the case.


Law & Liberty
Aug 12, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: gaza, iran, nuclear, trump, white house

The Kyle Anzalone Show: Trump EXPLODES Amid Iran War Debacle | Fauci’s Diary

Missiles in the air, oil markets on edge, and a White House that still can’t answer the simplest question: what’s the plan? We start with reporting from foreign correspondent Trey Yingst on US forces ...


The Libertarian Institute
Aug 12, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: defense, economy, election, jobs, taxes

In Defense of Billionaires: Value, Virtue, and the Zero-Sum Fallacy

Most people hate billionaires. But Nobel laureate William Nordhaus found innovators capture just 2.2% of the value they create. The other 97.8% flows to consumers through lower prices … to workers thr...


Learn Liberty
Aug 12, 2026 - learnliberty.org
Article Keywords: constitution, lawyer, maga, supreme court

Justice Clarence Thomas Talking About Thomas Sowell with My Hoover Colleague Peter Robinson

In this episode of The Sowell Legacy, Justice Clarence Thomas joins Peter Robinson for a wide-ranging conversation about the thinker… The post Justice Clarence Thomas Talking About Thomas Sowell with ...


Reason.com
Aug 12, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: defense, iran, riot, trump

Zelensky: Russia Attacked Ukraine with North Korean Missiles

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that seven Ukrainians were killed by a Russian attack that used North Korean missiles.  “Emergency response efforts have been ongoing since last night to deal with th...


The Libertarian Institute
Aug 12, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: constitution, nuclear, senate, tps

The 17th Amendment Broke the Founders Kill Switch

1913 was a really bad year. And one of the biggest changes came from the 17th Amendment. It didn’t just alter the way federal senators are chosen, it actually broke a process the framers built into th...


Tenth Amendment Center
Aug 12, 2026 - blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com
Article Keywords: administration, biden, republican, trump

Fauci helped cover up concerns about COVID vaccine and miscarriages

M.D. Kittle writes for the Federalist about new revelations involving Dr. Anthony Fauci and the federal government’s COVID coverups. Dr. Anthony Fauci privately raised concerns early on about the rapi...


John Locke Foundation
Aug 12, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: constitution, crime, supreme court, surveillance

The Third-Party Doctrine Is Dying. Government Surveillance Is Not.

The third-party doctrine may be weakening, but the surveillance state is adapting. As governments increasingly rely on data collected by private companies, protecting privacy requires more than strong...


The Advocates for Self-Government
Aug 12, 2026 - theadvocates.org
Article Keywords: maga, supreme court, transitioning

Do Colleges Owe Partial Refunds for Online-Only COVID Transition?

The Second Circuit asks New York's highest court to indicate what New York law says on this.


Reason.com
Aug 12, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: congress, constitution, crime, epstein::-3, maga, redaction, trafficking

Court Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's Constitutional Challenge to Epstein Files Transparency Act

From Judge Loretta Preska (S.D.N.Y.) in yesterday's Giuffre v. Maxwell: On March 18, 2016, the late Judge Sweet issued a… The post Court Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's Constitutional Challenge to Epstein...


Reason.com
Aug 12, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: constitution, first amendment, maga

Libel Lawsuit Over Highly Publicized L.A. Landlord-Tenant Dispute Thrown Out

The court is unmoved by plaintiff's claims that defendants' coverage of the underlying dispute led to people threatening her.


Reason.com
Aug 12, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: communist, economy, trade

Substance Beats Labels in Fighting Marxism

In a recent controversy over ideological indoctrination at the Smithsonian museum, one member of staff mockingly said, “I didn’t realize all my colleagues were Marxists.” The implication is that their...


LewRockwell
Aug 12, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: gaza, iran, trump

Trump Says ‘I Think We Will Keep’ Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump said that the US is in total control of the Strait of Hormuz and that the US will keep the strategic waterway.  “The U.S.A. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. I THINK ...


The Libertarian Institute
Aug 12, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: crisis, debt, fiscal

"The ingredients are coming together for a US financial crisis"

"Trying to defer America’s fiscal reckoning by monkeying with debt instruments is the trick used by broken hegemons through the ages. It is a Faustian pact."


Mises Institute
Aug 12, 2026 - mises.org
Article Keywords: congress, election, republican

Hong sponsored loony ‘feast of the feminine’

Collin Anderson of the Washington Free Beacon highlights one bizarre event in a Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate’s past. It was a true period piece. One year before Wisconsin gubernatorial hopeful Fr...


John Locke Foundation
Aug 12, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: inflation, maga, taxes

The Seduction of Homeschooling Families

As homeschooling grew into a thriving educational alternative, government agencies began offering "free" curriculum, funding, teachers, and extracurricular activities. Chris Cardiff argues these incen...


The Advocates for Self-Government
Aug 12, 2026 - theadvocates.org
Article Keywords: economy, iran, trade

Buy Metals for the Boom

During the past year, Bryan Mercadente and Yours Truly have been preaching the same sermon about the future of the world economy. It is in serious trouble. Western governments are bankrupt. The intern...


The Libertarian Alliance
Aug 12, 2026 - libertarianism.uk
Article Keywords: climate, maga

How Much Does New York Actually Recycle? The N.Y. Comptroller Says the State Doesn't Really Know.

A comptroller audit says New York State's recycling data are unreliable.


Reason.com
Aug 12, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: maga, supreme court

Today in Supreme Court History: August 12, 1795

8/12/1795: Chief Justice John Rutledge takes judicial oath.   The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 12, 1795 appeared first on Reason.com.


Reason.com
Aug 12, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: immigration, migration

British Police Unit Flags Over 100 Social Media Posts for Arrest Amid Immigration Backlash

—– Click Here: American Greatness   The post British Police Unit Flags Over 100 Social Media Posts for Arrest Amid Immigration Backlash appeared first on LewRockwell.


LewRockwell
Aug 12, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: economy, iran

Iran Rejects US Pressure, Enters ‘Survival Economy’ As Mediators Cite ‘Absolutely No Progress’

—— Click Here: Zero Hedge   The post Iran Rejects US Pressure, Enters ‘Survival Economy’ As Mediators Cite ‘Absolutely No Progress’ appeared first on LewRockwell.


LewRockwell
Aug 12, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: constitution, trump

‘On Call’: Dr. Fauci’s Memoir

I went back and reviewed an essay I wrote in Feb. 2024 about Anthony Fauci’s forthcoming memoir, On Call: A Doctor’s Service, which was published by Viking a few months later to rave reviews such as t...


LewRockwell
Aug 12, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: iran, trump

John Mearsheimer: Iran Has Trump Over a Barrel

From John Mearsheimer’s new YouTube channel: The aim of this video is to compare the terms of the new deal to end the Iran war, which key Iranian spokesmen have just described, with those of the June ...


Antiwar.com Blog
Aug 12, 2026 - antiwar.com
Article Keywords: iran, trump

Ron Paul on Trump saying ‘We Control the Strait of Hormuz!’

On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: In a Wednesday social media post, President Trump has declared that the US controls the Strait of Hormuz and that the US would likely “keep it.” He repeated his pre...


Antiwar.com Blog
Aug 12, 2026 - antiwar.com
Article Keywords: economy, elon musk

Will Money Matter in an Economy That Is Significantly More Productive?

In a recent interview with The Economist, Elon Musk boldly contended that “money won’t matter in 2036.” He doesn’t understand money’s role.


Mises Institute
Aug 12, 2026 - mises.org
Article Keywords: economy, republican

The Return of Economic Gaslighting

Democrats learned the hard way that voters don’t like being told the economy is great when they’re struggling to afford everyday life. Now Republicans have chosen the same strategy.


Mises Institute
Aug 12, 2026 - mises.org
Article Keywords: protest, protest

Australia Embraced Tyranny During Lockdowns | Guest: Topher Field | Ep 399

Matt Kibbe is joined by Topher Field, who documented how the Australian government cracked down on speech, assembly, and the right to protest in the city of Melbourne. The post Australia Embraced Tyra...


Free the People
Aug 12, 2026 - freethepeople.org
Article Keywords: border, kings

The Most Political Theme in the Gospels

One of the major objectives in my forthcoming book Politics, Economics, and New Testament Interpretation is to offer a political and economic reading of the New Testament that is in dialogue with the ...


Libertarian Christian Institute
Aug 12, 2026 - libertarianchristians.com
Article Keywords: congress, constitution, crisis, enforcement, jobs, law enforcement, maga, supreme court

The War on Drugs Has Come to the Maternity Ward

Doctors are drug testing pregnant women without their consent, then handing their results over to the state.


Reason.com
Aug 11, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: election, enforcement, first amendment, law enforcement, maga

"In Its 870 Paragraphs, 269 Pages, and 63 Causes of Action," the Complaint

"is just too damned long"—no, actually, it "includes the kind of extraordinary level of extraneous detail that necessitates repleader."


Reason.com
Aug 11, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: invasion, prison, trump

Trump Announces Release of American Held By Russia

President Donald Trump said that Russia agreed to release Robert Gilman without a prisoner exchange.  “I am proud to announce that American Citizen Robert Gilman, a former United States Marine, is com...


The Libertarian Institute
Aug 11, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: gaza, iran, trump

Shipping Monitor: Just 6 Ships Transit the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday

Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains at a minimum as President Donald Trump claims the crucial waterway is open.  The tracking agency Kpler reported on Tuesday that 32 ships transited...


The Libertarian Institute
Aug 11, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: maga, surveillance

How Flock Camera Defenders Are Missing the Point

Robby Soave and Amber Duke attack The Free Press' latest attempt to defend Flock cameras.


Reason.com
Aug 11, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  canad, crime

Canadian Military Celebrates Occupation of Haiti

Reprinted from Yves Engler’s website. Sunday was National Peacekeepers’ Day and the Canadian Forces had the temerity to celebrate the UN occupation of Haiti. Through UN missions Ottawa has contributed...


Antiwar.com Blog
Aug 11, 2026 - antiwar.com
Article Keywords: economy, iran

The State of America w/J Burden

J and I discuss the Iran war, the collapsing economy, economic hardship, true grievance, and some UFC.


The Libertarian Institute
Aug 11, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org