Libertarian Reporting for 2026-09-01
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 57 articles from 12 sites. We chose these from 1963 articles found on 36 sites.
Today's featured sites are:
Reason.com, LewRockwell, The Libertarian Institute, John Locke Foundation, Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute, Cafe Hayek, Law & Liberty, Antiwar.com Blog, Main Feed, International Liberty, Mises Institute, Notes On Liberty.
What Craigslist and Backpage Can Tell Us About the Meta Settlement
It doesn't matter if you're right. If you don't cave, the government might stop at nothing to destroy you.
Reason.com
Aug 31, 2026 - reason.com
The CIA’s John Ratcliffe Goes to Moscow
Last Monday the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director (DCI) John Ratcliffe and his retinue boarded a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster transport plane at Joint Base Andrews airfield in Maryland, stop...
LewRockwell
Aug 31, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Testosterone: Sex, Gender, and Death
“You kill people and break things for a living.”- Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in Quantico, Virginia on September 30, 2025 The primary male sex hormone, testosterone, has been in the news of late. St...
The Libertarian Institute
Aug 31, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Rebuke or Punishment
Plus: Gustavo Gordillo's lies, measles among the Amish, Milo Yiannopoulos deported, and more...
Reason.com
Aug 31, 2026 - reason.com
Trump's Trade War With Canada Is Costly, Absurd, and Unfunny
American consumers and businesses are being taken advantage of by Canadians who are…offering to sell us aluminum, oil, and wood? How?
Reason.com
Aug 31, 2026 - reason.com
Living in a World of Ongoing Shortages
The fluorescent hum of a grocery store at 6 AM carries a different pitch now. You can hear it if you listen—the way the ballasts vibrate against half-empty shelving units, creating an acoustic signatu...
LewRockwell
Aug 31, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Dear Old Don, King of Thieves
On the heels of the Leah File’s expose of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s major skill-set, this time targeting us, we find a new 25-year “US government agreement” to take ownership of 65% of Venezu...
LewRockwell
Aug 31, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Trump Puffs Up Engagement With North Korea, But Can We Trust Him?
At the White House on August 19, President Donald Trump said he anticipates a face-to-face session with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before December. Pressed on whether it would happen, he answered...
The Libertarian Institute
Aug 31, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Lawsuit Over Outing of Gay Saudi Residents by Lufthansa in Saudi Arabia Can Proceed
[1.] First, the facts from an earlier decision in Doe v. Deutsche Lufthansa AG: John Doe and Robert Roe are… The post Lawsuit Over Outing of Gay Saudi Residents by Lufthansa in Saudi Arabia Can Procee...
Reason.com
Aug 31, 2026 - reason.com
Anthropic Win Reaffirms Private Sector's Right To Put Conditions on Government Dealings
Trump administration officials didn’t try to hide that they were punishing the company for its views.
Reason.com
Aug 31, 2026 - reason.com
The Belated Backlash Against Flock Cameras
Americans are starting to recognize the dangers of pervasive surveillance by automated license plate readers.
Reason.com
Aug 31, 2026 - reason.com
Data Centers in Space: NASA Backs Big Tech’s Orbital AI Push
America’s data center backlash may have produced an irresistible solution for the government and tech tycoons pushing the buildout. If communities do not want the giant facilities next door, put them ...
LewRockwell
Aug 31, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Coalition shift points to problems for Democrats
Matthew Continetti explores significant shifts in the Democratic Party’s coalition since Barack Obama roamed the White House. At first glance, it seems as if the same groups that powered Mr. Obama’s r...
John Locke Foundation
Aug 31, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Americans Hate Flock Cameras!
There is a growing national outcry to ban Flock cameras. We do not give up our constitutional rights when we get into our vehicles, and we do not want authoritarian control freaks watching us, monitor...
LewRockwell
Aug 31, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Is the Muslim World Rising?
Recently, there have been striking new developments that imply major changes in the correlation of forces. These developments have largely gone unacknowledged and their implications unexamined. I ma...
LewRockwell
Aug 31, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The week in regulations: Voting by mail and $100,000 visas
The number of new final regulations in 2026 topped the 2,000 mark. President Trump escalated his trade war against Canada and issued an executive order to rename Lake Ontario. Dolly Parton and Tim Cur...
Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Aug 31, 2026 - cei.org
The Information State: Progressives’ Road to Dystopia
[The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control, Jacob Siegel, March 24, 2026, Henry Holt and Co., 336 pages.] Jacob Siegel visualizes that, in an information-state form of government, a ...
LewRockwell
Aug 31, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The regulatory costs we still aren’t counting
Several years ago, I assembled a “Costberg” working paper surveying the largely impenetrable and undisclosed costs of regulation. The project grew out of several simple observations: Office of Managem...
Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Aug 31, 2026 - cei.org
Some Links
TweetBob Higgs remembers his former student, Charlotte Twight. A slice: Charlotte’s work was marked by careful attention to detail and documentation of evidence. Here her legal training continued to s...
Cafe Hayek
Aug 31, 2026 - cafehayek.com
The US Proxy War in Russia Is Escalating & Imperiling the World
In spring of 2008, I was living in Vienna, Austria and carefully followed the reporting on the NATO Bucharest Summit from April 2-4. For readers who don’t remember this momentous occasion: it was duri...
LewRockwell
Aug 31, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Funny Media Speculations About CIA Ratcliffe’s Russia Visit
On Wednesday CIA Director John Ratcliffe landed in Moscow for a few hours of talk with Russian security officials. The trip was no secret as the planes transporting Ratcliffe and his entourage were re...
LewRockwell
Aug 31, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Feedstock Is Not Fuel: Why Venezuelan Crude Cannot Fix the Diesel and Jet Shortage
My friend, Karl Miller, is out with a great piece that exposes Trump’s claims about Venezuelan oil as a massive case of gaslighting. I am summarizing his piece, which is titled,“Venezuela Oil: The Phy...
LewRockwell
Aug 31, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Cops in Polk County, Georgia, Fatally Shoot Petting Zoo Donkey
The donkey's owner says officers wandered onto her property without permission and shot the small donkey because they felt threatened.
Reason.com
Aug 31, 2026 - reason.com
Anti-SLAPP Law Doesn't Apply to Foreign Speech by Foreigners
The case is a decision by Judge Susan Illston (N.D. Cal.) Friday in Doe v. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (see also… The post Anti-SLAPP Law Doesn't Apply to Foreign Speech by Foreigners appeared first on Reas...
Reason.com
Aug 31, 2026 - reason.com
Griffith Rutherford: Man of action
Griffith Rutherford was a civic and military leader from the North Carolina frontier who was involved in all aspects of the colony’s Revolutionary struggle. He lived just southwest of Salisbury in Row...
John Locke Foundation
Aug 31, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Assessing higher education reform efforts
Frederick Hess ponders recent efforts to counter left-wing bias in American universities. Conservatives’ trust in higher education has plummeted since 2015, and for good reason. A deluge of canceled s...
John Locke Foundation
Aug 31, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Documenting key piece of ‘Mohammunist Manifesto’
Milli Sands writes for the American Thinker about a common trait of communism and Islamism. Classical Islamic law treats leaving the faith as a capital offense with no statute of limitations. The doct...
John Locke Foundation
Aug 31, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Hume Contains Multitudes
Hume's philosophic project unfolded over decades, but it was rooted in his view of human nature.
Law & Liberty
Aug 31, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Godless and Providential?
The American Constitution is not as “godless” as postliberal critics say—but the people must sustain spiritual capital for it to work.
Law & Liberty
Aug 31, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Let’s End Military Integration, Support for US Foreign Policy
Reprinted from Yves Engler’s website. The world is better off for Carney walking away from the Trump trade negotiations. But we must demand far more from Ottawa in terms of distancing the country from...
Antiwar.com Blog
Aug 31, 2026 - antiwar.com
Praise for the White House’s science strategy
Chris Miller assesses the potential impact of the Trump administration’s approach toward science. The Trump administration has a contentious relationship with America’s scientists, strong-arming unive...
John Locke Foundation
Aug 31, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Today in Supreme Court History: August 31, 1995
8/31/1995: Students at Santa Fe Independent School District voted to allow a student to say a prayer at football games.… The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 31, 1995 appeared first on Reas...
Reason.com
Aug 31, 2026 - reason.com
Are China and Venezuela at the Heart of US-Canada Trade Strife?
Chinese electric cars and Venezuelan crude oil.
Main Feed
Aug 31, 2026 - libertynation.com
Numbers suggest wide variations in unemployment fraud
Matt Weidinger explains the significance of recent federal government unemployment data. Federal lawmakers created major temporary unemployment benefit programs during the pandemic, which collectively...
John Locke Foundation
Aug 31, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Part II: Is Milei Winning Hearts and Minds?
Four days ago, I wrote that “I am very emotionally invested in Javier Milei’s success” because “Argentina is a modern-day role model of how to deal with an economic crisis and how to reverse economic ...
International Liberty
Aug 31, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Startpage Search Engine Output Omitting Certain Search Results?
Startpage is a search engine that promotes itself as protecting user privacy; it gathers results via Google and Bing, but:… The post Startpage Search Engine Output Omitting Certain Search Results? app...
Reason.com
Aug 31, 2026 - reason.com
DHP Ep. 253 Reissue: Academia is a Racket
The centerpiece of this episode is DHP Episode 253: Academia is a Racket, which CJ produced back in late-February 2023, only about 6 months after he walked away from academia, after spending 22 years ...
The Libertarian Institute
Aug 31, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Yet Another Trump Referendum?
A lot riding on the midterms.
Main Feed
Aug 31, 2026 - libertynation.com
GOP Fighting Hard to Lose – C5 TV
Will MAGA take off the rose-colored glasses long enough to see through the bull to the strategy?
Main Feed
Aug 31, 2026 - libertynation.com
Credit Out of “Thin Air” Brings Wealth Destruction
Federal Reserve policy has been to expand credit out of nothing without regard for the real damage it does to the economy.
Mises Institute
Aug 31, 2026 - mises.org
The Fallacy of Stable Prices
The Federal Reserve’s fixation with “stable prices” has led to an unstable economy for the past century.
Mises Institute
Aug 31, 2026 - mises.org
Quotation of the Day…
Tweet… is from page 3 of Thomas Sowell’s 2012 monograph, “Trickle Down” Theory and “Tax Cuts for the Rich” (original emphasis): What actually followed the cuts in tax rates in the 1920s were rising ou...
Cafe Hayek
Aug 31, 2026 - cafehayek.com
The Sovereign Sea, Part 4: A Coalition of the Whaling
12. Why America Should Embrace Marine Mammal Diplomacy United States can help secure its strategic future in the Arctic by lifting its import bans on marine mammal products like seal pelts and whale m...
Notes On Liberty
Aug 30, 2026 - notesonliberty.com
Inside Venezuela's El Helicoide Prison: How Dissident Jesús Armas Endured Torture and Outlasted Maduro
For helping prove that Maduro lost the 2024 election, Jesús Armas spent more than a year in Venezuela’s most-feared prison. He’s lucky it wasn’t more.
Reason.com
Aug 30, 2026 - reason.com
New York Times Recycles Same Old Story About Northern District of Texas
Yet the article inexplicably makes no mention of judge shopping in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Reason.com
Aug 30, 2026 - reason.com
US Strikes Iran for the First Time in Weeks
US forces attacked suspected Iranian military sites in the Strait of Hormuz. The US strikes are the first in several weeks as Washington attempts to destroy the Iranian economy. US officials told the...
The Libertarian Institute
Aug 30, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
What J.D. Vance Gets Wrong About Hamilton (and Markets and Milton Friedman)
The Vice President's argument for more governmental intervention in the economy is based upon a morass of misunderstandings.
Reason.com
Aug 30, 2026 - reason.com
An Actual SCOTUS Nightmare
Recently, Justice Jackson warned about a "Kafkaesque nightmare" at the Supreme Court. Well, I had my own.
Reason.com
Aug 30, 2026 - reason.com
Trump Says Venezuelan Oil Will Be Used to Fill US Strategic Reserve
President Donald Trump claimed that the US had secured majority control over Venezuelan oil reserves that will be used to refill the Strategic Reserve. “The United States of America has just entered ...
The Libertarian Institute
Aug 30, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
To Presume That Trump’s Goal Is Free Trade Is Preposterous
TweetHere’s a note to a commenter at my Facebook page. Ms. Rachel Mills Ms. Mills: To my Facebook post ridiculing Trump’s latest punitive taxes – a.k.a. tariffs – on Americans’ purchases of goods from...
Cafe Hayek
Aug 30, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Re: “Steer Clear of Permanent Alliances”
—– Writes Bill Madden: Andrew Wallace’s article makes a strong case for, once again, making the Constitution the supreme law of the land. . The Constitution was created by prescient American leaders ...
LewRockwell
Aug 30, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Trump Must Not Let Washington’s Korea Hawks Intimidate Him Again
—– Writes Ted Galen Carpenter: One of the great foreign policy disappointments of Donald Trump’s first term was the failure to advance his initial promising initiative to begin normalizing relations w...
LewRockwell
Aug 30, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Trying to Make the Unseen Seen
TweetHere’s a response to a different commenter at my Facebook page. Mr. Martin: In response to my Facebook post critical of Trump’s protectionism, you write that Trump’s policies create great harm fo...
Cafe Hayek
Aug 30, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Today in Supreme Court History: August 30, 1967
8/30/1967: Justice Thurgood Marshall takes the oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 30, 1967 appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
Aug 30, 2026 - reason.com
KSM’s 9/11 Confession is Inadmissible
Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times reported that a military judge ruled that confessions made in 2007 to FBI agents by Khalid Sheikh Muhammad (KSM), the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, were...
LewRockwell
Aug 30, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
First Amendment Broadly Protects Against Speech-Based Deportation of Noncitizens, Court Rules
Some short excerpts from the >35K-word decision by Judge Noël Wise (N.D. Cal.) in Stanford Daily Pub. Corp. v. Rubio:… The post First Amendment Broadly Protects Against Speech-Based Deportation of Non...
Reason.com
Aug 29, 2026 - reason.com
Federal Court Rules Speech-Based Deportations Violate the First Amendment
The decision goes further than other similar recent rulings.