Libertarian Reporting for 2026-08-24
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 39 articles from 7 sites. We chose these from 1956 articles found on 35 sites.
Today's featured sites are:
Reason.com, International Liberty, LewRockwell, Main Feed, Cafe Hayek, Mises Institute, Tom Woods.
Post-9/11 Fear Grew the Surveillance State. 25 Years Later, It's Still Growing.
The U.S. government responded in ways that are so integrated into daily life that we no longer recognize them.
Reason.com
Aug 23, 2026 - reason.com
Ben & Jerry's Lawsuit Over "Social-Mission"-Related Contract Related to Its Earlier Sale
A summary from Reuters (Jonathan Stempel) Friday: A federal judge on Friday dismissed major portions of a Ben & Jerry's lawsuit… The post Ben & Jerry's Lawsuit Over "Social-Mission"-Related Contract ...
Reason.com
Aug 23, 2026 - reason.com
Reconciling Hayek and Mill's Divergent Defenses of Liberty
As Cass Sunstein points out, Hayek and Mill had widely divergent rationales for liberty. But the two can be reconciled.
Reason.com
Aug 23, 2026 - reason.com
Prospects for Economic Reform in Colombia
Two years ago, I wrote about Colombia’s bad fiscal policy and used that column as an opportunity to unveil another one of my theorems. The 20th Theorem specifically asserted that changes in the burden...
International Liberty
Aug 23, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Is Trump Offering Mustang ‘Beef’?
—– Writes Moon of Alabama: One wonders about the relation between these two news items … Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter (archived) – NY Times, Aug 20 2026 They once had run...
LewRockwell
Aug 23, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Canadian PM Carney Reveals What Trump Demanded From Canada for a Trade Deal
The post Canadian PM Carney Reveals What Trump Demanded From Canada for a Trade Deal appeared first on LewRockwell.
LewRockwell
Aug 23, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Today in Supreme Court History: August 23, 2007
8/23/2007: John Yates, aboard the Miss Katie boat, threw fish overboard to avoid an inspection. He was prosecuted for destroying… The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 23, 2007 appeared firs...
Reason.com
Aug 23, 2026 - reason.com
Win Some, Lose Some: Trump’s TPS and Visa Rulings a Mixed Bag
As the saying goes, you can’t win ‘em all.
Main Feed
Aug 23, 2026 - libertynation.com
Forbes Fires Anti-Trump Editor Over Secret $6 Million ‘Gift’
Bias and ethics and conflicts, oh my!
Main Feed
Aug 23, 2026 - libertynation.com
Heartlanders Put MAGA on Notice and Democrats Snub Their Black Base
Folks From the Back Forty seem to be losing faith in Trump.
Main Feed
Aug 23, 2026 - libertynation.com
Quotation of the Day…
Tweet… is from page 42 of James Ingram’s 1966 book, International Economic Problems [original emphasis]: Higher tariffs will tend to increase employment in import-competing industries, although this g...
Cafe Hayek
Aug 23, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Some Links
TweetThe Editorial Board of the Wall Street Journal draws important lessons from Trump’s tariff ‘policy.’ A slice: One of the (many) problems with tariffs is that they lead to countless and arbitrary ...
Cafe Hayek
Aug 22, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Why the French Revolution Was Not a Libertarian Revolution
This essay is adapted from a lecture presented at Mises University, July 25, 2026. A common misconception about the French Revolution is that it was some sort of classical liberal or libertarian revo...
LewRockwell
Aug 22, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Strait of Hormuz Is Repricing the Entire World Economy
The politicians continue to speak about the Strait of Hormuz as though this were merely a regional dispute between Iran and its neighbors. That is complete nonsense. The strait is one of the most impo...
LewRockwell
Aug 22, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Police AI Drones Take the Surveillance State Airborne
Police departments across the country are deploying autonomous drones that can launch from rooftops, fly beyond visual range, track vehicles, and transmit live video directly to police command centers...
LewRockwell
Aug 22, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
This Mamdani-Backed Bill Would Kill Jobs, Boost Unions, and Make Deliveries More Expensive
The misleadingly named "Delivery Protection Act" would require companies like Amazon and FedEx to directly hire employees for last-mile delivery, rather than contracting this service out to subcontrac...
Reason.com
Aug 22, 2026 - reason.com
RENOWNED HISTORIAN Alfred McCoy on the United States as an Empire in Decline and the Crucial Role CIA Protection of the Global Narcotics Trade Played in this Process
RENOWNED HISTORIAN Alfred McCoy said: “The United States is an empire in decline. Alfred McCoy is the Fred Harvey Harrington Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He specializ...
LewRockwell
Aug 22, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Some Shattering Illusions of Our Declining Empire
Now that the lofty 250th-anniversary rhetoric about the greatness of our country has faded, it is time to face the reality of our country’s actual behavior. The U.S. fashions itself as a generous and ...
LewRockwell
Aug 22, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Exclusive: How Trump Tried To Bribe the Head of the IRGC
Mafia, piracy, bribing, extortion: talk about a flexible Empire at work Empire of Chaos, Lies, Plunder, Piracy. And bribes. Mike Pompeo, former aspiring Tony Soprano, admitted: “We lie, we cheat, we s...
LewRockwell
Aug 22, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Can the World Survive Putin’s Well Intentioned Mistake?
Yesterday on Canadian Prepper Nate and I discussed the dangers in Putin’s patience with an ever-widening war and the puzzle that Putin prefers the risk of these dangers to quickly winning the war. The...
LewRockwell
Aug 22, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Check Out the National High School Law Review, Vol. II
It's a project of Studium; Studium's Constitutional Law Advisory Board includes Prof. and National Constitution Center CEO Jeffrey Rosen, Prof.… The post Check Out the National High School Law Review,...
Reason.com
Aug 22, 2026 - reason.com
Alan Greenspan’s Off-Key Legacy
I soon realized that there was a limit to how far I could rise in the music business, so I left the band and enrolled at New York University. — Alan Greenspan When asked why he robbed banks, Willie S...
LewRockwell
Aug 22, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
White House Ballroom Blitz: Supreme Court Okays Build – For Now
Trump’s far from the first president to work around Congress.
Main Feed
Aug 22, 2026 - libertynation.com
U.S. Tariffs are Paid Overwhelmingly by Americans
TweetHere’s a letter to the Wall Street Journal. Editor: Your lead on-line headline this morning reads “U.S. Imposes 50% Tariffs on Some Canadian Goods After Last-Ditch Talks Fail” (August 22). This w...
Cafe Hayek
Aug 22, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Today in Supreme Court History: August 22, 1998
8/22/1998: On August 22, 1998, Barry Black led a Ku Klux Klan rally in Carroll County, Virginia. The Supreme Court considered the… The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 22, 1998 appeared fir...
Reason.com
Aug 22, 2026 - reason.com
Canada-US Trade War Erupts, Setting New 50% Tariffs On Canadian Goods
—– Click here: Zero Hedge The post Canada-US Trade War Erupts, Setting New 50% Tariffs On Canadian Goods appeared first on LewRockwell.
LewRockwell
Aug 22, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
This Mass Acceptance of Tyrannical Evil Is Directly Related to the Intentional Dumbing Down of Americans
“Is there any point in public debate in a society where hardly anyone has been taught how to think, while millions have been taught what to think?” ~ Peter Hitchens One wonders how we got to where we ...
LewRockwell
Aug 22, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Thermonuclear Twilight
Prolegomenon to Annihilation: On the Mathematics of Human Obsolescence in Contemporary Strategic Doctrine Concrete wept at 47 West 47th Street. Not metaphorically—though metaphors would soon become ne...
LewRockwell
Aug 22, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
China Continues to Systematically Exploit Immigration Weak Spots
Deliberately lax legal strictures make dangerous illegality inevitable.
Main Feed
Aug 22, 2026 - libertynation.com
Fox News: Instrument of Death
The way that we let things get to where they are is simple enough. Power flows from producers adding value. Control adds value when customers buy value. People with weapons take a cut by seizing some ...
LewRockwell
Aug 22, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Penal Leviathan: What Wacquant and Rothbard Reveal About Modern Punishment
The modern way of dealing with criminal behavior has been mass incarceration, yet crime abounds. Murray Rothbard believed that restitution and other methods were superior to the present state-run syst...
Mises Institute
Aug 22, 2026 - mises.org
Ep. 2789 Why the Campaign Against JD Vance?
There are numerous reasons someone might oppose or be skeptical of JD Vance. None of them account for the neocon campaign against him. Dan McCarthy, Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought… Read ...
Tom Woods
Aug 22, 2026 - tomwoods.com
Applauding Ricky Gervais’ Marriage
I don’t have strong views on marriage other than my quirky libertarian view that government should not be involved. But today’s column is going to applaud the upcoming nuptials of Ricky Gervais and Ja...
International Liberty
Aug 22, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
Rough rides, U.S. attorney vacancies, and the 26th Amendment.
Reason.com
Aug 21, 2026 - reason.com
Damages Award Stemming from Project Veritas Project Set Aside by D.C. Circuit
From today's long decision in Democracy Partners, LLC v. O'Keefe by D.C. Circuit Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, joined by Judge… The post Damages Award Stemming from Project Veritas Project Set Aside ...
Reason.com
Aug 21, 2026 - reason.com
Trump Once Promised International Students Green Cards. Now The Government Might Charge Them $100,000 To Work.
The White House is formally reviewing a proposal to add a $100,000 fee to the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program, which allows international students to work in the U.S. for up to three years a...
Reason.com
Aug 21, 2026 - reason.com
Trump Administration Plans New Facility To House 3,000 Migrant Kids. Many of Them Lack Legal Representation.
Trump's mass immigration campaign is leaving migrant children alone to navigate a complicated immigration system that was once meant to protect them.
Reason.com
Aug 21, 2026 - reason.com
Harry and Meghan's Security Problem Is Really a Gun-Control Problem
Taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay for the royal family’s security, but British law prevents them from paying for armed security themselves.
Reason.com
Aug 21, 2026 - reason.com
Intern (Actually a Project Veritas Undercover Plant) in Political Organization Didn't Have "Fiduciary Duty" to Organization
An excerpt from today's long decision in Democracy Partners, LLC v. O'Keefe by D.C. Circuit Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, joined… The post Intern (Actually a Project Veritas Undercover Plant) in Poli...