Libertarian Reporting for 2026-09-28
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 33 articles from 7 sites. We chose these from 1965 articles found on 36 sites.
Today's featured sites are:
Reason Magazine, Cafe Hayek, International Liberty, Antiwar.com Blog, Free the People, Main Feed, LewRockwell.
No, Private Equity Isn't Ruining Your Sandwiches, Your Apartment, or Grandma's Nursing Home
Much of the hatred directed at private equity is just a familiar form of opposition to free markets.
Reason Magazine
Sep 27, 2026 - reason.com
'I Would Be the Greatest Communist in History'
President Donald Trump's joking tone belies his very real moves to take government ownership of private companies.
Reason Magazine
Sep 27, 2026 - reason.com
An Open Letter to J.D. Vance
TweetMr. Vance: On Thursday, over X, you declared that “Our message to corporate America is simple: We’re not going to let you lay off American workers so you can replace them with cheap foreign labor...
Cafe Hayek
Sep 27, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Police in Texas Totaled an Innocent Woman's Car. Why Did Houston Deny Her Claim for Compensation?
Law enforcement shot bystander Abigail Trujillo's vehicle dozens of times. Her struggle to get help is part of a larger pattern.
Reason Magazine
Sep 27, 2026 - reason.com
A Few More Thoughts On The Missouri Ruling
When electoral chaos is on the horizon, nothing else matters.
Reason Magazine
Sep 27, 2026 - reason.com
Some Links
TweetGMU Econ alum David Hebert explains that “tariff exemptions are big business for big business.” A slice: What Apple and scores of other companies make clear is that extra profits from excluding f...
Cafe Hayek
Sep 27, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Capitalism or Free Enterprise?
I’ve addressed this issue in 2016 and 2021, so let’s continue this once-every-five-years tradition and ask whether supporters of economic liberty should stop advocating for “capitalism.” Instead, they...
International Liberty
Sep 27, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
John Mearsheimer on Flying Blind Against Iran
Reprinted from John’s Substack: On 18 September 2026, I was on the “Deep Dive” with Lt. Col. (ret.) Danny Davis talking about the futility of the various strategies the Trump administration is employ...
Antiwar.com Blog
Sep 27, 2026 - antiwar.com
Assassination Politics: Friedman Edition
Critics of this idea might scoff, believing this proposal indecent, but “indecent” compared to what? The post Assassination Politics: Friedman Edition appeared first on Free the People.
Free the People
Sep 27, 2026 - freethepeople.org
Today in Supreme Court History: September 27, 1787
9/27/1787: First Anti-Federalist letter by "Cato" is published. The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 27, 1787 appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason Magazine
Sep 27, 2026 - reason.com
The Republicans Betting Against Trump’s Coattails
A new midterm strategy.
Main Feed
Sep 27, 2026 - libertynation.com
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
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
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
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
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.