Libertarian Reporting for 2026-08-30
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 69 articles from 13 sites. We chose these from 1965 articles found on 36 sites.
Today's featured sites are:
Reason.com, LewRockwell, Cafe Hayek, Main Feed, The Libertarian Alliance, John Locke Foundation, Free the People, The Libertarian Institute, Law & Liberty, Libertarian Christian Institute, International Liberty, Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute, Antiwar.com Blog.
9/11 Turbocharged America's Worst Foreign Policy Impulses—but Didn't Change Its Direction
The United States' shift toward aggressive interventionism was well underway before the 2001 attacks.
Reason.com
Aug 29, 2026 - reason.com
Why Not Just Admit It? The Welfare-Warfare State Has Failed.
Why not just admit the obvious: The welfare-warfare state that 20th-century Americans brought into existence and that 21st-century Americans have kept in existence has failed. Wouldn’t that be a lot b...
LewRockwell
Aug 29, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Lessons Buried in the Rubble: What Argentina’s 2001 Collapse Actually Teaches Us
Fernando de la Rúa left the Casa Rosada on December 20, 2001, through a side door, boarding a helicopter from the building’s roof. It was not symbolic. It was a literal escape from a capital in flames...
LewRockwell
Aug 29, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Some Links
TweetGMU Econ alum Dave Hebert documents Trump’s dishonest and erratic trade dealings with Canada. J.D. Tuccille offers sound advice to Canadians – advice, alas, that they’re unlikely to heed: “Canada...
Cafe Hayek
Aug 29, 2026 - cafehayek.com
‘Steer Clear of Permanent Alliances’
The Title is a direct quote from George Washington’s Farewell Address in 1796. He also said to “have as little political connection as possible”. Our government and the Parasitic Super-Rich Ruling Cla...
LewRockwell
Aug 29, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Russia Under Putin Is an Example of Self-Defeat
Since 2014, I have been puzzled by the absence of a Russian foreign policy strategy. The Kremlin had the carrot–diplomacy–but no stick, the absence of which made the diplomacy ineffective. If the di...
LewRockwell
Aug 29, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Your Enemy, The Deep State
Many people would like political solutions to their problems. In other words, they want the government to force others to do what they prefer. However, people with any moral sense recognize that can o...
LewRockwell
Aug 29, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Entire Financial System Is Chained to Government Debt
The Bank for International Settlements is warning that near-record public debt and the growing role of hedge funds and other nonbank financial institutions have created what it calls a “fiscal-financi...
LewRockwell
Aug 29, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Central Banking, the Scourge of Civilization
Apple builds and sells iPhones. I happen to own one of the older models, for the same reason I own a last-legs older model car. What if Apple could skip the build part and sell only the phone? The ...
LewRockwell
Aug 29, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Hoping for Smooth Sailing With the Sea Gulls and Thoreau
Here where I sit once again looking easterly to the vast sea, the wind and the waves and winding vistas along the north Atlantic coast drown out trivial thoughts. We are here for a few days to empty o...
LewRockwell
Aug 29, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Trump’s Trade People are Hopelessly Confused
TweetHere’s a letter to National Review. Editor: Jim Geraghty makes several excellent points in his critical assessment of Trump’s protectionist assault on Canada – which, of course, is also an assaul...
Cafe Hayek
Aug 29, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Lawmakers Want To Stop Kids From Nicknaming Their Pokémon
The Safer GAMING Act would silence minors in every online game by default—and violate the First Amendment.
Reason.com
Aug 29, 2026 - reason.com
Will First-Ever Republican Midterm Convention Be a Boom or Bust?
It’s supposed to boost congressional and gubernatorial candidates, but the GOP chairman calls it ‘Trumpapalooza’.
Main Feed
Aug 29, 2026 - libertynation.com
Washington Is Dismantling Its Own Empire One War at a Time — Robert Barnes and Larry Johnson
Former Trump Attorney and political commentator Robert Barnes joins former CIA analyst Larry Johnson to examine how the wars in Ukraine and Iran, the weaponization of the dollar and a succession of st...
LewRockwell
Aug 29, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Today in Supreme Court History: August 29, 1967
8/29/1967: Justice Neil Gorsuch's birthday. The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 29, 1967 appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
Aug 29, 2026 - reason.com
Is Russia Really Plotting To Test NATO’s Resolve?
It’s actually NATO that might soon test Russia’s resolve. Politico cited unnamed officials to report that CIA chief John Ratcliffe’s unannounced trip to Russia was primarily meant to warn it against t...
LewRockwell
Aug 29, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Arabic Word Behind the Bank Check: The VOC Company — From Its Arab and Italian Financial Origins to Its Rise and Fall
When tracing the origins of modern capitalism, historians instinctively point to Amsterdam in 1602. Watch this creative 3D animation for VOC company. While the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oos...
LewRockwell
Aug 29, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Michael Howard: Architect of the Police State, Victim of the BBC
The Law is not so small a world that everyone in it knows everyone else. It does, however, contain large networks of acquaintance, and reputations travel through them. I had heard of Michael Howard be...
The Libertarian Alliance
Aug 29, 2026 - libertarianism.uk
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
Fabricated identities, fictitious daycares, and made-up laws.
Reason.com
Aug 28, 2026 - reason.com
Will WAR Bankrupt the West?
War and sovereign debt are merging into a vicious spiral that will determine which nations survive the coming monetary crisis. Governments entered the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran, along with the esc...
LewRockwell
Aug 28, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Bunker State: The Government Will Survive, but Will the Constitution?
“Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government, owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.“—Theodore Roosevelt What began publicly as Donald Trump...
LewRockwell
Aug 28, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Trump Pushes for Another $5 Trillion Debt-ceiling Increase
Washington has a disastrous debt problem. And yet, President Donald Trump wants more room to borrow. According to The Hill, Trump is pushing to extend the federal debt ceiling through the end of his p...
LewRockwell
Aug 28, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Three Reasons why the French Revolution Was So Different from the American Revolution
From even the earliest days of written commentary on the French Revolution, it has been common for pundits and social critics and commentators to compare the American Revolution with the French Revolu...
LewRockwell
Aug 28, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Democrats Are Undoing California's Pension Reforms. Why Are Republicans Going Along With It?
Pension changes passed in 2011 have saved California taxpayers from a fiscal crisis, but public sector unions are now pushing to undo them.
Reason.com
Aug 28, 2026 - reason.com
Milo Yiannopoulos Wanted Millions Deported. He Didn't Mean Himself.
"I mean bad immigrants," Yiannopoulos said in a 2016 interview with Joe Rogan. "I don't mean handsome, charming, successful, blonde-haired British immigrants."
Reason.com
Aug 28, 2026 - reason.com
The CIA Is Making AI-Generated Reports for Local Police
The CIA has been using artificial intelligence to write “open source intelligence” analyses, which are being distributed to local police via DHS “fusion centers,” according to documents obtained by Re...
Reason.com
Aug 28, 2026 - reason.com
Elon Musk's X Loses First Amendment Challenge to New York's 'Stop Hiding Hate Act'
Musk's X Corp., along with other social media companies operating in the state, must disclose whether and how it defines hate speech and disinformation.
Reason.com
Aug 28, 2026 - reason.com
Haidt's Moment
Plus: The scourge of scromiting, blaming air traffic control, and more...
Reason.com
Aug 28, 2026 - reason.com
Canada Should Ignore Trump's Protectionism and Unilaterally Enact Free Trade
U.S. tariffs hurt Americans. Retaliatory tariffs will hurt Canadians.
Reason.com
Aug 28, 2026 - reason.com
Judge Says Trump's Clampdown on Anthropic Violates the First Amendment
A judge ruled the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation of Anthropic was an unlawful, “arbitrary,” and “capricious” decision made to punish Anthropic.
Reason.com
Aug 28, 2026 - reason.com
The Math on Trump's Haitian Deportation Flights Doesn't Add Up
The Trump administration created 330,000 new illegal immigrants by revoking TPS from Haitians. It plans to deport just 10,400 per year.
Reason.com
Aug 28, 2026 - reason.com
Can Trump Get an Exit Without Calling It an Exit?
Realpolitik? A serious misunderstanding? Or an exit without calling it an exit? This is what’s really happening inside the room – actually rooms: deeply privileged, confidential information coming fro...
LewRockwell
Aug 28, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Is Trump ready for economic war with Iran?
Editors at National Review Online ask whether President Trump is ready to “dig in” to the Iran conflict. After months of on-again, off-again military strikes and rhetoric ranging from dovish to apocal...
John Locke Foundation
Aug 28, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Election 2026: Looking for liberty? You Won’t Find It in Washington!
America is no longer a land of liberty. The post Election 2026: Looking for liberty? You Won’t Find It in Washington! appeared first on Free the People.
Free the People
Aug 28, 2026 - freethepeople.org
Federal Judge Concludes Then-Candidate Trump's Attempt to Remove N.Y. Hush Money Non-Reporting Prosecution to Federal Court Came Too Late
From the long opinion today by Judge Alvin Hellerstein (S.D.N.Y.) in People v. Trump: Defendant Donald J. Trump, President of… The post Federal Judge Concludes Then-Candidate Trump's Attempt to Remove...
Reason.com
Aug 28, 2026 - reason.com
The Fourth Amendment and Laws Requiring Video Recording Inside Stores
A new Ninth Circuit ruling raises a number of hard issues.
Reason.com
Aug 28, 2026 - reason.com
White House Planning to Reactivate Civil War-Era Court to Accelerate Theft of Iranian Oil
The US Justice Department is preparing to reactivate prize courts to “adjudicate the disposition of [Iranian] captured vessels and cargo.” Bloomberg reported speaking with an attorney working with the...
The Libertarian Institute
Aug 28, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
What the Twin Revolts Against Flock and Data Centers Tell Us About the Power and Risks of Populism
What the simultaneous revolts against Flock and data centers can tell us about the power and risks of populism
Reason.com
Aug 28, 2026 - reason.com
Kafka’s The Trial and the Jews
Kafka’s image of the metamorphosis of Justice captures the progression of antisemitism in the Internet age.
Law & Liberty
Aug 28, 2026 - lawliberty.org
The Evil and the Beast
“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heave...
Libertarian Christian Institute
Aug 28, 2026 - libertarianchristians.com
"This Case Begins with a Viral Video" (and Goes on to Involve "the Anti-Doxing League")
From today's decision by Judge Kyle Dudek (M.D. Fla.) in Noshirvan v. Couture (for a 2023 decision stemming from the… The post "This Case Begins with a Viral Video" (and Goes on to Involve "the Anti-D...
Reason.com
Aug 28, 2026 - reason.com
No, Marijuana Legalization Didn't Fill Emergency Rooms With Stoned Drivers
We dissected some of the deeply flawed studies favored by drug warriors.
Reason.com
Aug 28, 2026 - reason.com
Blame Churchill for World War 2. Not Hitler
Winston Churchill, for all his triumphs and successes, was probably the man most responsible for the early and rapid collapse of the British empire….What brought the British empire down as rapidly and...
LewRockwell
Aug 28, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
What Would F.A. Hayek Think About President Trump’s AI Governance Framework?
Friedrich August von Hayek would likely recognize immediately that artificial intelligence presents a legitimate public-policy challenge unlike any encountered during his lifetime. Autonomous AI syste...
LewRockwell
Aug 28, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
California’s Universities Cannot Compensate for the Failure of the Primary School System.
California’s political leaders often celebrate the state as a global engine of innovation, diversity, and progressive governance. Yet its public schools—despite record spending and one of the most lib...
LewRockwell
Aug 28, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Soros-backed fake news outlet called El-Sayed a veteran
Collin Anderson and Alana Goodman of the Washington Free Beacon expose a clear case of media malfeasance. A left-wing dark money network funded by the Democratic megadonor George Soros sent voters in ...
John Locke Foundation
Aug 28, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Can Chile Once Again Become the Latin Tiger?
In 2012, I wrote that pro-market reforms had turned Chile into the Latin Tiger. But two years later, in 2014, I wrote a column fretting that a recently elected left-leaning government was going to und...
International Liberty
Aug 28, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
AI Companies Are Destroying Books. That's Not Nearly as Scary as It Sounds.
Destructively scanning books is making information more accessible to the masses.
Reason.com
Aug 28, 2026 - reason.com
Cops vs Governor: A Blue State Civil War Over Immigration Enforcement
NY Sheriffs argue a new state law is unconstitutional.
Main Feed
Aug 28, 2026 - libertynation.com
Free the Economy podcast: The future of financial regulation with Thomas Hoenig
In this week’s episode we cover the status of occupational licensing in the 50 states, the coming crack-up over entitlement spending, and how to bring supersonic flights back to the US. Our interview ...
Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Aug 28, 2026 - cei.org
Secret Service officials suspended during leak probe
Susan Crabtree writes for Real Clear Politics about significant developments within the Secret Service. Three officials within the U.S. Secret Service’s communications office – including the agency’s ...
John Locke Foundation
Aug 28, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Dolly Parton’s American Life
She transcended music and teaches us something about our best selves.
Law & Liberty
Aug 28, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Synodalism Marches On: Martyrs Need Not Apply
Martyrs are now passé—for the Synodalist Church, that is. Martyrs spilled their blood for Truth come down from Heaven. For the Synodalist, there is no truth, only transactional process. Who would die ...
LewRockwell
Aug 28, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Minor Elite: The Class That Officially Does Not Exist
There is a difficulty in writing about the British ruling class which did not trouble anyone writing about it two hundred years ago. In 1826, the ruling class was happy and more than happy to admit th...
The Libertarian Alliance
Aug 28, 2026 - libertarianism.uk
Today in Supreme Court History: August 28, 1958
8/28/1958: Cooper v. Aaron is argued. The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 28, 1958 appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
Aug 28, 2026 - reason.com
Well This Is Very Awkward…
—– Writes Steve Watson: A street interview doing the rounds this week encapsulates the entire European open-borders agenda in under two minutes. Older Spaniards nod along when asked if they would welc...
LewRockwell
Aug 28, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Australia Risks Running Out of Missiles Due to Dependence on the US
—– Writes Ahmed Adel: Australia faces a serious risk of running short of critical missiles in any major Indo-Pacific conflict because of its heavy dependence on the United States for advanced munition...
LewRockwell
Aug 28, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Netanyahu Held Secret Talks with Hamas During 2014 War
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly held direct talks with a senior Hamas member during the deadly 2014 war in Gaza, according to Israeli media. The dialogue was said to have been arr...
The Libertarian Institute
Aug 28, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
US Military and the Microreactor Movement
President Trump wants nuclear-powered military installations, and he’s on his way to getting them.
Main Feed
Aug 28, 2026 - libertynation.com
Good news standing out amid the doom and gloom
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online highlights once huge problems that appear to have been resolved. They are big and consequential, and strike me as a better record for incumbent Republicans to to...
John Locke Foundation
Aug 28, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Idiocracy Predicted Our World, But Not in the Way You Think
Mike Judge's cult classic turns 20 and remains prescient about how we live today, especially outside of politics.
Reason.com
Aug 27, 2026 - reason.com
The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Larry Johnson on TRUMP’S IRAN WAR: “I’LL NEVER APOLOGIZE!”
Gas prices don’t rise in a vacuum. They rise when chokepoints tighten, reserves drain, and officials pretend the pain will stay contained. We sit down with Larry Johnson of Sonar21 to pressure-test th...
The Libertarian Institute
Aug 27, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Getting Rid of Flock Isn't Enough To Solve America's Surveillance Problem
Civil liberties advocates warn that Americans’ privacy and surveillance concerns won’t be solved without strong legal protections.
Reason.com
Aug 27, 2026 - reason.com
Gavin Newsom Admits He Might Keep Tariffs?
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss tariffs, tech moral panics, social media harms, video games, Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, AI-written journalism, and America’s $40 trillion debt.
Reason.com
Aug 27, 2026 - reason.com
No Anti-Stalking Order Against Rabbi Based on His Actions Opposing Anti-Israel Protest
From the long opinion in Rokhvand v. Herzfeld, decided by D.C. Court of Appeals Judge Roy McLeese, joined by Judges… The post No Anti-Stalking Order Against Rabbi Based on His Actions Opposing Anti-Is...
Reason.com
Aug 27, 2026 - reason.com
Video Games Are Not Making Men Miserable
Video games, pornography, and gambling: One of these things just doesn't belong!
Reason.com
Aug 27, 2026 - reason.com
Sports dominate prediction markets, but don’t bet on that being the whole story
Less than two years ago, the biggest controversy surrounding prediction markets was their enabling of speculation on elections. Then in early 2025, with both court rulings and an administration change...
Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Aug 27, 2026 - cei.org
John Mearsheimer says The World’s Rooting for Iran
Reprinted from John’s Substack: On 26 August 2026, I was on the “Deep Dive” with Lt. Col. (ret.) Danny Davis talking about the usual subjects — Iran, Ukraine, and President Trump’s foreign policy. As ...
Antiwar.com Blog
Aug 27, 2026 - antiwar.com
Prosecution for Forging Court Order, Purportedly from Chief Justice Roberts
Bloomberg News (Jordan Fischer) seems to have broken the story. Culver is also accused of impersonating an NSA agent, a… The post Prosecution for Forging Court Order, Purportedly from Chief Justice Ro...