Libertarian Reporting for 2026-09-27
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 69 articles from 10 sites. We chose these from 1966 articles found on 36 sites.
Today's featured sites are:
Reason Magazine, Cafe Hayek, LewRockwell, International Liberty, Main Feed, Law & Liberty, Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute, John Locke Foundation, The Libertarian Institute, The Libertarian Alliance.
How Murdering Suspected Drug Smugglers Became the New Normal
A year after launching his explosive antidrug campaign, President Donald Trump routinely rains death on alleged cocaine couriers.
Reason Magazine
Sep 26, 2026 - reason.com
Some Links
TweetMike Munger reviews Kim Phillips-Fein new book, Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight Against Equality in America. A slice: This history of the i...
Cafe Hayek
Sep 26, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Trump Sending Israel Forty Thousand Two-Thousand-Pound Bombs
“There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.” Howard Zinn Under two U.S. presidents, one a Democrat and one a Republican, the U.S. government has partnered with the ap...
LewRockwell
Sep 26, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
My Newly Recovered Amazon Listmania! Book Lists
Here are more recovered/restored Amazon Listmania! book lists created before they discontinued this service. I had 120 lists before they were purged. Hundreds of hours of labor were involved in prepar...
LewRockwell
Sep 26, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
All Wars Are Bankers’ Wars: Iran and the Bankers’ Endgame
“The powers of financial capitalism had another far reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country...
LewRockwell
Sep 26, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Economic Pressure Is Not a One-Way Road
During talks at the recent meeting of the UN General Assembly Iran has repeated its proposal for reopening the Strait of Hormuz: Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister, told reporters at a press briefin...
LewRockwell
Sep 26, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Did Trump Inflate the Greenland Deal — Or Is It Really About Rare Earths?
The United States signed an agreement on Tuesday with Denmark and Greenland, ending a saga that at one point seemed to be heading toward a military clash over the large and highly strategic Arctic isl...
LewRockwell
Sep 26, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Government by Consent of the Governed — Later on
You might want to hire someone to paint your house, but the painters need your permission first. For most people, consent precedes action. In the world of “government as we know it,” an invaluable R...
LewRockwell
Sep 26, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Don’t Vote Party Candidates, Write In!
Harvest Moon Madness; . Ballot-listed, well-funded and over-advertised candidates of both parties have done nothing but betray the American people,…forever. Aside from a natural catastrophe, an EMP at...
LewRockwell
Sep 26, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
May President Trump Exclude CNN from Air Force One? Very Likely Yes
After being blocked in his attempt to keep CNN out of the White House altogether (including the main press briefing… The post May President Trump Exclude CNN from Air Force One? Very Likely Yes appear...
Reason Magazine
Sep 26, 2026 - reason.com
In Chicago, Putting a Hot Dog in a Bun Can Get You in Trouble
I've been working in law and public policy for over 15 years, and even I had a hard time making sense of Chicago's permit rules for food vendors.
Reason Magazine
Sep 26, 2026 - reason.com
The Road Not Taken in Trump v. Barbara
A brief essay on why the Court should have decided the Birthright Citizenship case on statutory grounds.
Reason Magazine
Sep 26, 2026 - reason.com
Music Teacher's Defamation Lawsuit Against StopAntisemitism Thrown Out
From Lewis v. StopAntisemitism, decided Friday by Judge Adrienne Nelson (D. Or.): Plaintiff is a professional musician who has worked… The post Music Teacher's Defamation Lawsuit Against StopAntisemit...
Reason Magazine
Sep 26, 2026 - reason.com
Genocide, Democide, and Mass Murder: Populations as Cannon Fodder
“The more power a government has, the more it can act arbitrarily according to the whims and desires of the elite, the more it will make war on others and murder its foreign and domestic subjects.“ Ru...
LewRockwell
Sep 26, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
A 73-Question Test of Relative Ideology
Over the years, here’s how I’ve been categorized in various online tests and quizzes that ostensibly measure political philosophy. Right libertarian Moderate (huh?!?) Right libertarian (again). Minarc...
International Liberty
Sep 26, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
India’s $75 Million Moon Landing: Where Is the Evidence?
On August 23, 2023, India’s government space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), announced an extraordinary achievement: its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft had successfully landed on the ...
LewRockwell
Sep 26, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
‘Commie Week’ – Trump Keeps His Friends Close and His Enemies Closer
Why is the MAGA President all lovey-dovey with a communist and a socialist?
Main Feed
Sep 26, 2026 - libertynation.com
Today in Supreme Court History: September 26, 1986
9/26/1986: Chief Justice Warren Burger retires. The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 26, 1986 appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason Magazine
Sep 26, 2026 - reason.com
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
Bogus traffic stops, cell-site simulating, and chain refoulment.
Reason Magazine
Sep 25, 2026 - reason.com
A Degenerate Empire
Governments, as Murray Rothbard reminded us, are nothing but “armed criminal bands writ large”. The Trump Administration has done all it can to prove Rothbard right. The United States ceased being a r...
LewRockwell
Sep 25, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Renée Good's Mom Wanted Trump to Protect Her Family. Her Daughter Was Killed by ICE.
Donna Ganger's heartbreaking testimony to a Senate committee offers a vital insight into the vicious politics of authoritarianism.
Reason Magazine
Sep 25, 2026 - reason.com
Democrats Are Quietly Clashing Over U.S. Involvement in Saudi Arabia's War in Yemen
The Trump administration has rejected jumping straight into Yemen, for now. But Congress may be laying the ground for U.S. involvement.
Reason Magazine
Sep 25, 2026 - reason.com
Donald Trump Considers ‘Signing Business Deals’ With Moscow Before Ukraine War Ends
United States officials are considering finalizing new agreements with Russia even before the conflict in Ukraine ends, an American newspaper reported, citing sources. However, despite reports that th...
LewRockwell
Sep 25, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Never Forget Federal Marijuana Frauds
For more than 50 years, the federal government shamelessly pretended that marijuana had no recognized medical use. Last December 18, President Trump signed an executive order entitled, “Increasing Med...
LewRockwell
Sep 25, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Manipulative Word Choices That Mattered
Before March 1861, a great many prominent Northern merchants and newspapers (New York Times and Philadelphia Press for instance) had found an amicable divorce with the seceded States of the South acce...
LewRockwell
Sep 25, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Because KBJ Denied Administrative Stay in Third-Country Removal Case, The Application Should Be Referred To The Full Court Now
Justice Jackson gave the respondents a leisurely four days to respond.
Reason Magazine
Sep 25, 2026 - reason.com
Border Agents Search Phones Without Warrants. This Case Asks the Supreme Court if That's Constitutional
Federal appeals courts differ on whether the Fourth Amendment protects your cellphone at the border. A Texas lawyer is asking the Supreme Court to settle it.
Reason Magazine
Sep 25, 2026 - reason.com
As Police Misuse Flock Cameras, 2 Senators From Opposite Parties Demand More Oversight
Sens. Raphael Warnock and Katie Britt would seem to have little in common, but they both feel people should have more protection from bad cops with surveillance tech.
Reason Magazine
Sep 25, 2026 - reason.com
Banning Flock Won't Be Enough Without Police Reform
It was Flock that led cops to the wrong woman. It was police who ignored the other evidence and jailed her.
Reason Magazine
Sep 25, 2026 - reason.com
The Israeli Lobby Boasts of Its Rule of America
Elliot Brandt, the Chief Executive Officer of AIPAC–the Israel Lobby-which is privileged by not having to register as a foreign lobby was caught on tape boasting about how easy it is for him to contro...
LewRockwell
Sep 25, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Is AI Going To Wipe Out Humanity? Don't Build That Bunker Yet.
Measures to slow AI development are more likely to trigger human lawsuits against AI companies than accomplish anything useful.
Reason Magazine
Sep 25, 2026 - reason.com
Failures of Canada's Single-Payer Health Care Highlight the Flaws of 'Medicare for All'
Under single-payer, patients’ needs take a backseat to government bureaucrats’ priorities.
Reason Magazine
Sep 25, 2026 - reason.com
Diesel Crisis—and What It Means for the Economy
International Man: Most people barely think about diesel until the price at the pump jumps. What’s the story with diesel? Doug Casey: It’s said that war is nature’s way of teaching Americans geography...
LewRockwell
Sep 25, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Bring on the Generals: Roughly 60 Percent of Polled Democrats Would Support a Military Coup
It appears that nothing says “saving Democracy” like a good old-fashioned military coup. A new survey from the Center for Strategic Politics found that 59 percent of Democrats would favor a military c...
LewRockwell
Sep 25, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Progressivism’s Imposter Syndrome
To a leftist influencer, almost anything is better than being exposed as a fraud.
Law & Liberty
Sep 25, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Anthropic's Claims Over Its "Supply Chain Risk" Exclusion by Department of War Rejected
Some excerpts from today's long majority opinion by Judge Gregory Katsas, joined by Judge Neomi Rao, in today's D.C. Circuit… The post Anthropic's Claims Over Its "Supply Chain Risk" Exclusion by Depa...
Reason Magazine
Sep 25, 2026 - reason.com
This week in health care policy: September 21–25, 2026
Innovation watch FDA approves the first treatment for Sanfilippo syndrome. On September 17, the FDA approved Ultragenyx’s Fayuvi, a one-time gene therapy for Sanfilippo syndrome type A, an inherited d...
Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Sep 25, 2026 - cei.org
Hinojosa Hates the Culture War
Plus: Decline in gubernatorial debates, thin-skinned commies, and more...
Reason Magazine
Sep 25, 2026 - reason.com
Panning a proposed ban on diesel exports
Editors at National Review Online critique the latest bad energy idea circulating in the nation’s capital. Not long ago, Republicans were battling Democrats to repeal a decades-long prohibition on U.S...
John Locke Foundation
Sep 25, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Oil Jumps as Iran Warns War Could Expand to Indian Ocean if US Attacks Resume
It was just this month which saw the Iran conflict spill over into a renewed fight between the Saudi coalition and Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Now Iran is threatening to expand the fight further, even into...
LewRockwell
Sep 25, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Scholia for a Free Society
The "Nietzsche of the Andes" displayed deep distrust of social engineers who seek to remake societies and artificially reshape persons.
Law & Liberty
Sep 25, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Part II: Will Milei’s Success Trigger a Global Renewal of Economic Liberty?
Last year, shortly after his party won the mid-term elections, I wrote about Milei being a role model for the world. Today’s column is Part II in the series. We’ll start with this excerpt from a speec...
International Liberty
Sep 25, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
College Founded by 'Christian Nationalist' Pastor Claims Religious Discrimination by Zoning Officials
New Saint Andrews College says Moscow, Idaho, officials are imposing special restrictions out of animus against the college's founder, Doug Wilson.
Reason Magazine
Sep 25, 2026 - reason.com
Anthropic's "Supply Chain Risk" Designation Stemmed from Its Refusing to Agree to Contract Terms, Not Its Speech
So the D.C. Circuit majority concluded in rejecting Anthropic’s First Amendment challenge.
Reason Magazine
Sep 25, 2026 - reason.com
The Toxicology Report on 2 Dead Students Isn't Back. But the Kratom Panic Is Already Here.
Before the science is in, the panic is already writing policy.
Reason Magazine
Sep 25, 2026 - reason.com
Cannon Fodder No More… South Korea Rejects Trump’s Pressure To Join His Criminal War on Iran
Korean defiance is a rallying call for global repudiation of American imperialism. This is a pivotal moment in history as South Korea tells Trump it is done with being a vassal for American imperialis...
LewRockwell
Sep 25, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Texas Court Refuses to Enforce Pakistan Court's Divorce Judgment, in $100M-Marital-Community-Asset Case
From Azhar v. Choudhri, decided today by the Texas Supreme Court: A man who has lived in Houston since he… The post Texas Court Refuses to Enforce Pakistan Court's Divorce Judgment, in $100M-Marital-C...
Reason Magazine
Sep 25, 2026 - reason.com
Review: Jeremy Clarkson vs. British Bureaucracy
On Clarkson's Farm, the Top Gear star runs afoul of local government.
Reason Magazine
Sep 25, 2026 - reason.com
North Korea: Will Keep Nuclear Weapons Forever
North Korean state media published a statement reaffirming its commitment to maintain nuclear weapons in response to the US, Japan, and South Korea issuing a statement calling for the Korean Peninsula...
The Libertarian Institute
Sep 25, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Iran Says ‘Many Differences’ Remain With US After New Talks
A senior Iranian official said the two sides remain far from a potential deal after US and Iranian officials held their first known indirect talks since the ceasefire collapsed in July. A senior Irani...
The Libertarian Institute
Sep 25, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Is Trump Losing GOP Support for War in Iran?
The cracks are beginning to show.
Main Feed
Sep 25, 2026 - libertynation.com
Exposing truth about climate alarmists’ schemes
Editors at Issues and Insights highlight facts that stand in the way of climate alarmists’ goals. Last week we noted that so far there had been zero Atlantic hurricanes, a record. For the first time i...
John Locke Foundation
Sep 25, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Dishonest Dems pan efforts to stop Obamacare fraud
Chris Bray writes for the Federalist about partisan reaction to Trump administration efforts to reduce fraud. Brokers get a commission for selling insurance, and that’s equally true for healthcare pla...
John Locke Foundation
Sep 25, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Lightning Strikes Thrice
The sun is setting shortly and I'm on the go, so my comments about the Missouri order will be brief.… The post Lightning Strikes Thrice appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason Magazine
Sep 25, 2026 - reason.com
"I Will Not Stand for Being Jerked Around … by Any Lawyer Who Practices Before Me"
From Judge Colleen McMahon in Freeman v. Deebs-Elkenaney (S.D.N.Y.) Monday: My order requires no clarification. It is perfectly clear. Counsel… The post "I Will Not Stand for Being Jerked Around … by ...
Reason Magazine
Sep 25, 2026 - reason.com
Caveman Invents War
Spear Industrial Complex.
Reason Magazine
Sep 25, 2026 - reason.com
Today in Supreme Court History: September 25, 1981
9/25/1981: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor takes the oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 25, 1981 appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason Magazine
Sep 25, 2026 - reason.com
State elections board proposes political party sales rules
The North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) has opened a public comment period on rules governing political party committees’ plans to sell goods or services. The rules will provide a mechanism ...
John Locke Foundation
Sep 25, 2026 - johnlocke.org
NYT’s Kristof offers humiliating display at Harvard
Ira Stoll writes for the Washington Free Beacon about the latest example of journalistic malpractice from a leading legacy media figure. A columnist for the New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, who is ma...
John Locke Foundation
Sep 25, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Fight for Your Country, Not Your Ruling Class
Suddenly, the British ruling class has discovered that it needs British boys. I suppose I should be flattered. For most of my seventeen years, the British state has shown little interest in what peopl...
The Libertarian Alliance
Sep 25, 2026 - libertarianism.uk
Trump Says He Wants To Beat China With Tariffs. He's Made the U.S. Weaker Instead.
China does present some real national security challenges. But the Trump administration's policies have made it harder to address those, all while damaging American prosperity.
Reason Magazine
Sep 24, 2026 - reason.com
Homeland Security Agents Are Harassing American Voters of Foreign Origin
A campaign against noncitizen voter fraud is sweeping up U.S. citizens. California counties are suing to stop it.
Reason Magazine
Sep 24, 2026 - reason.com
Texas Wants Free Speech on Campus—With Exceptions
Charlie Kirk’s death put campus censorship back in the spotlight. In Texas, FIRE found plenty of it—much of it was from the right.
Reason Magazine
Sep 24, 2026 - reason.com
US Sanctions Ground Iranian Flights Across Region, Air Travel With China Continues
In response to US sanctions targeting Iran’s aviation sector, several Middle Eastern states have suspended flights operated by Iranian airlines. However, Beijing has not adopted the American sanctions...
The Libertarian Institute
Sep 24, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Senate Rejects Iran War Powers Resolution Passed By House
The Senate narrowly voted to reject legislation that would require President Donald Trump to end the war against Iran. The Senate voted against the War Powers resolution 49-50 on Thursday, largely al...
The Libertarian Institute
Sep 24, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Aaron Sorkin Accidentally Made Mark Zuckerberg the Hero of His Anti-Facebook Movie
In the latest trailer for The Social Reckoning, the Zuck character stridently rebuts pro-censorship arguments.
Reason Magazine
Sep 24, 2026 - reason.com
9/19/26 Ben Aris: A Deep Dive on the State of the War in Ukraine
Download Audio. Scott interviews Ben Aris about the war in Ukraine. Aris uses his deep expertise of Russian society and the ongoing war to give us a window into the evolving nature of the conflict and...
The Libertarian Institute
Sep 24, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Feeding Chameleons, Lesbian Bars, and Fight Club
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi tackle political scandals, culture war flashpoints, school choice, cult classics, and the history of America’s prison system.
Reason Magazine
Sep 24, 2026 - reason.com
OpenAI Preaches AI Safety. The Australia Incident Shows What It Practices.
Sam Altman called for international regulation and "speedy incident reporting" at the U.N. on the same day Australia's prime minister said OpenAI took too long to disclose a breach.