Libertarian Reporting for 2026-09-06
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 73 articles from 13 sites. We chose these from 1964 articles found on 36 sites.
Today's featured sites are:
Cafe Hayek, LewRockwell, Reason Magazine, International Liberty, The Libertarian Institute, Mises Institute, Blog - Students For Liberty, John Locke Foundation, Notes On Liberty, Law & Liberty, Antiwar.com Blog, Free the People, Main Feed.
Some Links
TweetGeorge Mason University Econ grad students are generous – as recounted at Facebook by Ilya Somin: Some studies indicate that economists are more selfish than people in other fields (e.g. – they a...
Cafe Hayek
Sep 5, 2026 - cafehayek.com
America Last: H-1B, DEI, and Wealth Disparity
When you look at present day America 2.0, you almost have to marvel at the depth of the unfairness, injustice, and criminality all around us. As I’ve said so many times, there is nothing accidental ab...
LewRockwell
Sep 5, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Sanctioning a Ghost: Europe’s Empty Gesture Against Iran
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced today that the European Union has “officially joined” the American sanctions campaign against Iran — Operation Economic Outcast — and framed Tehran’s choi...
LewRockwell
Sep 5, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Nearly Half of US Citizens Say Washington’s Post-9/11 Wars ‘Worth the Cost’
Nearly half of US citizens believe the wars waged by Washington in Afghanistan, Iraq, and beyond after the 11 September 2001 attacks have been “worth it,” a YouGov poll published on 2 August shows. Th...
LewRockwell
Sep 5, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Iraq War Cheerleaders Were Wrong. They're Wrong About Iran Too.
Hawkish pundits predicted both wars would be swift and successful. That's not how it turned out.
Reason Magazine
Sep 5, 2026 - reason.com
Can Americans Learn, or Is It Too Much of a Challenge for Them?
Reading the comments on the Unz Review of my latest article there, “The True Story of World War II,” I wonder about the point of my efforts in truth’s behalf. I have long wondered about the utility of...
LewRockwell
Sep 5, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Economic Illiteracy of Tariff Man, Part II
At the start of this video, I explain why I don’t worry about my trade deficit with the local grocery store. For today’s column, I decided to create a very simple visual. Here’s a depiction of what I ...
International Liberty
Sep 5, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Freedom Is Much More Important Than Democracy
Democracy invites despotism. When understood as majority rule, democracy means that fifty-one of every hundred citizens can have their way with the other forty-nine. “But I want to keep my possession...
LewRockwell
Sep 5, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
From Clancy, to Benoit, to Fisher and Gaza…children are innocent
One of the current trending intrigues asks how a mother, Lindsay Clancy, should be handled. She has admitted to the murder of her three children. Despite the usual cavalcade of conspiracy theorists an...
The Libertarian Institute
Sep 5, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
The Fallacy of Stable Prices
Though Herbert Hoover was a pioneer among presidents in getting the government to “do something” about a depression, he was no maverick. He had the support of distinguished court economists who promo...
LewRockwell
Sep 5, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
NYC Law Could Force Uber and Lyft to Keep Dangerous Drivers on the Road
A federal judge temporarily blocked it from taking effect. But the legal fight is ongoing.
Reason Magazine
Sep 5, 2026 - reason.com
Anti-Conspiracy Fanatics: Psychologically Brainwashed Wards of the State
“People conspire, that’s not a theory.” ~ Michael Palmero Never has such an asinine term had such an impact against truth as the use of the thought-destroying phrase “conspiracy theory.” While bought ...
LewRockwell
Sep 5, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Authoritarianism Rises as Governments Fear Losing Power
All Republics eventually turn against their citizens when they begin to see their power slipping away through their fingers. Today in Europe, free speech has vanished. In the US, you see “See Somethin...
LewRockwell
Sep 5, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
When the Pumps Run Dry: The First Signs of Fuel Scarcity
The driver pulls off Interstate 80 at exit 234, expecting the routine of a familiar truck stop. The digital price display is dark. A single sheet of printer paper hangs behind the glass, taped at the ...
LewRockwell
Sep 5, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
We’re Living in a Tragicomic Parody
It’s hard to take a joke when our entire economy and financial system is the joke. We’re blessed/cursed to be living in a very peculiar era in which parodies are taken with the utmost seriousness, an ...
LewRockwell
Sep 5, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
How Would You Have Applied Massachusetts Law in the Lindsay Clancy Trial?
[A.] I know lots of people have opinions about the Lindsay Clancy trial, and I wanted to pass along the… The post How Would You Have Applied Massachusetts Law in the Lindsay Clancy Trial? appeared fir...
Reason Magazine
Sep 5, 2026 - reason.com
Today in Supreme Court History: September 5, 1922
9/5/1922: Justice George Sutherland takes the oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 5, 1922 appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason Magazine
Sep 5, 2026 - reason.com
Market Theater, Gold, and the AI Bubble
Mark Thornton argues Washington is trying to manage bond yields, suppress gold’s warning signal, and sell AI as an inflation cure—even as debt and malinvestment pile up.
Mises Institute
Sep 5, 2026 - mises.org
Mario Spoltore Wins Our 2026 Impact of the Year Award
The Impact of the Year is European Students For Liberty’s only peer nominated award, for which our students nominate other volunteers, whose work in their opinion made the greatest impact toward a fre...
Blog - Students For Liberty
Sep 5, 2026 - studentsforliberty.org
The Hamiltonian Mirage
“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.”— Thomas Jefferson When the Trump administration—and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in particular—began...
LewRockwell
Sep 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
A Federal Indictment Charges an ICE Officer With Lying About a Shooting That DHS Eagerly Defended
The habitually dishonest department uncritically accepted a story that was immediately contradicted by video footage and physical evidence.
Reason Magazine
Sep 4, 2026 - reason.com
Trump Is Expanding Executive Power. Democrats Are Already Eyeing the New Tools.
Some Democrats are licking their chops over other economic powers that Trump has claimed for the presidency.
Reason Magazine
Sep 4, 2026 - reason.com
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
Fancy timepieces, traitors, and lengthy footnotes.
Reason Magazine
Sep 4, 2026 - reason.com
OpenAI Agents Gone Rogue
Plus: Mail-in ballots, mortgage rates reach new high, arcade.gov is a new low, and more...
Reason Magazine
Sep 4, 2026 - reason.com
In the White House's Retro Arcade Games, the Trump Administration Always Loses
In MAGAfied versions of Tapper and Tetris, the seed oils will eventually get through and the border wall will be breached.
Reason Magazine
Sep 4, 2026 - reason.com
America’s Fading Hegemony and the New World Order
International Man: For decades, the US has been the world’s dominant military, financial, and political power. Where is the American empire today? Are we witnessing a temporary period of weakness—or s...
LewRockwell
Sep 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Americans Think Their Government Is Corrupt Than in Just About Any Other Country
The percent of Americans who believe that their Government is corrupt is now the 4th-highest ever recorded for any country: 89%. Only Lebanon in 2024 (92%), Peru in 2025 (92%), Ghana in 2024 (90%), an...
LewRockwell
Sep 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Right to Trial is Vanishing. Could Bolder Juries Save It?
A new campaign by the Cato Institute aims to educate jurors on their right to vote their conscience against unjust laws and sentences.
Reason Magazine
Sep 4, 2026 - reason.com
The Root Causes of the Wars in Iran and Ukraine
If we are ever to get our country back on the right track, it is imperative that we never forget that the U.S. national-security state and its foreign policy of interventionism are responsible for the...
LewRockwell
Sep 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Multiculturalism, Diversity and the Destruction of Western Civilization
Multiculturalism’s advocates present their agenda in terms of enhancing diversity. By diversity they mean more variety, not what the DEI advocates mean by the word–replacement of merit by some defini...
LewRockwell
Sep 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
A Nation of Technoserfs
I cannot, indeed, understand the way you live, and your house is strange to me. You give me a bath such as the Emperor himself might envy, but no one attends me to it; a bed softer than sleep itself, ...
LewRockwell
Sep 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
DOJ to monitor upcoming elections
M.D. Kittle writes for the Federalist about the Justice Department’s plans for keeping tabs on upcoming elections. Last month, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon ...
John Locke Foundation
Sep 4, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Democratic electoral wins would lead to ‘inevitable’ Trump impeachment
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online predicts one likely consequence of a Democratic congressional election victory this fall. Democrats are licking their lips at their prospects in the 2026 midterm...
John Locke Foundation
Sep 4, 2026 - johnlocke.org
The Rebel Realist: My Arctic and Realist Journeys Converge
For decades, the high priests of the Arctic establishment—the tenured mandarins, the deep-state bureaucrats, and the military-industrial gatekeepers—have policed the intellectual boundaries of the Far...
Notes On Liberty
Sep 4, 2026 - notesonliberty.com
Eleventh Circuit Holds Qui Tam Relators Are Not "Officers of the United States." What Happens Next?
[This post is co-authored with Professor Seth Barrett Tillman.] Over the past decade, many legal challenges have turned on whether… The post Eleventh Circuit Holds Qui Tam Relators Are Not "Officers o...
Reason Magazine
Sep 4, 2026 - reason.com
Jordan says FBI undermined congressional oversight authority
Steven Richards writes for Just the News about one leading congressman’s critique of FBI actions under past administrations. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Wednesday said that the de...
John Locke Foundation
Sep 4, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Reagan and Gorbachev on the Brink
At Reykjavik, Reagan paired principle with strategy and hard-nosed negotiations.
Law & Liberty
Sep 4, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Texas Labeling Islamic Group a Terrorist Organization Infringes on Campus Free Speech
By labeling this group a terrorist organization, the state is chilling more than Muslims' freedom of expression.
Reason Magazine
Sep 4, 2026 - reason.com
Maryland Synagogue Challenges Restrictive Gun Law
Montgomery County officials want to prevent houses of worship from making security decisions.
Reason Magazine
Sep 4, 2026 - reason.com
Curtis Yarvin Comes Out in Support of Flock Cameras
For some strange reason, there is a certain minority of libertarians out there who think that Curtis Yarvin is some sort of libertarian—or at least some kind of pro-freedom intellectual. Much of this ...
LewRockwell
Sep 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Government Regulations Now Add $132,000 to the Average New Home
Somewhere in America there’s a local ordinance that tells you which way your garage has to face. Another one dictates what your fence can be made of, and a third sets how many square feet of window yo...
LewRockwell
Sep 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
A Primer on Government Spending and Red Ink, Part III
Part I of this series explained that government spending is the problem. Part II of this series explained that red ink is a symptom of that problem, but it is also a symptom can turn into a problem. T...
International Liberty
Sep 4, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Kiev Regime Kills Human Shields; Western Media Blame Russia
Zelensky’s talk about “negligence” and “holding to account” is cynical pap that the Western media lend credibility to. A Russian drone strike on an ammunition depot near Kiev last week resulted in 38 ...
LewRockwell
Sep 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Iceland Defeats Great Britain, Again and Again
Iceland successfully defended its territorial waters and defeated the British Royal Navy through non-military tactics across three (some say four) major conflicts known as the Cod Wars between 1958 an...
The Libertarian Institute
Sep 4, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Panning plans for Trump coin
Editors at National Review Online criticize the Trump administration’s latest bad idea. The United States has a long history of declining to put living people on its currency. This history dates back ...
John Locke Foundation
Sep 4, 2026 - johnlocke.org
The 2026 Group of the Year Is Team Georgia
European Students For Liberty operated in 42 different countries last year. Our volunteers around the continent hosted events and conferences, wrote articles, and ran campaigns with real-world impact....
Blog - Students For Liberty
Sep 4, 2026 - studentsforliberty.org
Sean Combs (P. Diddy)'s Defamation Suit Can Go Forward (Including Against NewsNation)
From Judge John Cronan (S.D.N.Y.) today in Combs v. Mitchell: Plaintiff Sean Combs is a well-known musician who uses the… The post Sean Combs (P. Diddy)'s Defamation Suit Can Go Forward (Including Aga...
Reason Magazine
Sep 4, 2026 - reason.com
The Lindsay Clancy Trial Was Never Going To Answer the Question Everyone Was Asking
In the court of public opinion, there is little room for ambiguity here. But those who watched the trial know that reality is far less satisfying.
Reason Magazine
Sep 4, 2026 - reason.com
DOJ Says Barring AI Training on Copyrighted Material Could 'Severely Hamper' Tech Progress
Training a model on copyrighted work is the same transformative use exception that protects The New York Times' journalism.
Reason Magazine
Sep 4, 2026 - reason.com
Ground Troops Needed to Defeat Iran. U.S. Army 1M Short…
—– Writes R. Cort Kirkwood: As expected, boosters for the war against Iran now admit what everyone knew when President Trump scrapped the Constitution and attacked the country on behalf of Israel. An ...
LewRockwell
Sep 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos & Connor Echols Video: All-Out War on Vance Allies in the Admin Right Now
The Departure of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll from the Pentagon this week has touched off another wave of speculation over the rivalries in the Trump administration and whether the “Rubio faction” is b...
Antiwar.com Blog
Sep 4, 2026 - antiwar.com
The Benefits of Bad Publicity
It can help us find like-minded people who are quietly reclaiming our culture.
Law & Liberty
Sep 4, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Distracted on Data Centers
Who’s really fighting the power—figurative and literal—here? The post Distracted on Data Centers appeared first on Free the People.
Free the People
Sep 4, 2026 - freethepeople.org
Lawyers' Responsibility for Hallucinations in Briefs That They Sign
An interesting perspective from D.C. Court of Appeals Judge Stephen Glickman concurring in Douglas v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co.… The post Lawyers' Responsibility for Hallucinations in Briefs That ...
Reason Magazine
Sep 4, 2026 - reason.com
Review: What To Burn, What To Carry Tells the Stories of People Confronted With Disaster
This podcast appeals to both history dads and true-crime girlies.
Reason Magazine
Sep 4, 2026 - reason.com
Still Waiting for D-Day
On 31 August 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking about Iran and Ukraine. I made the case that despite all the hype in the West about how well Ukraine is doing in its war with Russia, the fact is ...
LewRockwell
Sep 4, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
"Incredulity" That "Competent Law Firm Representing One of the Largest Financial Institution[s] in the World" Filed Brief with AI Hallucinations
D.C.’s highest court strikes Deutsche Bank’s appellate brief as a sanction.
Reason Magazine
Sep 4, 2026 - reason.com
Today in Supreme Court History: September 4, 1851
9/4/1851: Justice Levi Woodbury dies. The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 4, 1851 appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason Magazine
Sep 4, 2026 - reason.com
Review: Outsider Art on Display at a New York City Museum
The American Folk Art Museum curates works by self-taught artists.
Reason Magazine
Sep 4, 2026 - reason.com
Trump’s Iran Options on the Table
It’s more about what he does than what he doesn’t.
Main Feed
Sep 4, 2026 - libertynation.com
Economic Coercion and the Limits of Liberty: US Sanctions and Cuba’s Tourism Sector
The US had tried unsuccessfully for more than 60 years to bring down Cuba’s regime, it being done at a huge cost to the Cuban people. The Trump administration’s latest embargo expansion is only making...
Mises Institute
Sep 4, 2026 - mises.org
Will the King of Spain go to Ceuta?
" All eyes are on the anticipated visit of King Felipe VI to Ceuta. This visit comes as the Spanish government seeks to promote calm and contain the fallout from the migration crisis and recent tensio...
Mises Institute
Sep 4, 2026 - mises.org
Congress Is Trying (Again) To Ban Boycotting Israel
The bipartisan bill, which passed the House, takes aim at university boycotts of any “major strategic partner.”
Reason Magazine
Sep 3, 2026 - reason.com
Trump's Beef Tariff Cut Accidentally Makes the Case for Free Trade
As the president liberalized the market for beef, he also imposed new 50 percent tariffs on some $20 billion worth of Canadian goods. Americans will suffer.
Reason Magazine
Sep 3, 2026 - reason.com
This U.S. Citizen Is Suing ICE for Arresting Him 3 Times. His Lawsuit Is Moving Forward.
Despite carrying a REAL ID, Leo Garcia Venegas has been repeatedly detained by immigration agents. Now he’s suing to block immigration raids targeting Latinos on private construction sites.
Reason Magazine
Sep 3, 2026 - reason.com
Disinteresting Rates | Words & Numbers | Ep 522
What's the deal with bonds and interest rates? The post Disinteresting Rates | Words & Numbers | Ep 522 appeared first on Free the People.
Free the People
Sep 3, 2026 - freethepeople.org
Trump Says He Will Request Europe Pay for Weapons Sent to Ukraine Under Biden
President Donald Trump is asking Europe to pay the US billions of dollars for military aid sent to Ukraine under the Joe Biden administration. “Also, please let it be known, that the Biden Administra...
The Libertarian Institute
Sep 3, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
This Wired Article About AI Detection Software Was Really Mean
Pangram founder Max Spero urged social media not to pile on too much though.
Reason Magazine
Sep 3, 2026 - reason.com
State Film Subsidies Lose Money. Trump Wants To Try the Idea Nationally.
There's “no reason to think a federal incentive would work any differently from state incentives,” says one expert.
Reason Magazine
Sep 3, 2026 - reason.com
Norway Seizes Russian Ship, Will Give Funds to Ukraine
Norway seized a Russian ship in the Arctic after a court ruled that it should be used to compensate Ukraine. The ship was departing a Russian port in the Svalbard archipelago when authorities seized ...
The Libertarian Institute
Sep 3, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Lindsay Clancy, Heehaw the Donkey, and New Magneto Origins
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss the stalled jury deliberations in Lindsay Clancy’s case and the police killing of Heehaw.
Reason Magazine
Sep 3, 2026 - reason.com
If You Replace the 13 Arrows on the U.S. Great Seal with a Modern Rifle, Make Sure You Depict a 50-Round Magazine
Plus Mozambique.
Reason Magazine
Sep 3, 2026 - reason.com
Trump Says Reports of US Missile Shortages Are ‘Treasonous’
President Donald Trump is attacking the US media for reporting that the US military is concerned about the depletion of resources during the war against Iran. “The people and Media Outlets that keep ...