Libertarian Reporting for 2026-10-04
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 80 articles from 14 sites. We chose these from 1966 articles found on 36 sites.
Today's featured sites are:
Reason Magazine, LewRockwell, Cafe Hayek, Main Feed, Tom Woods, Free the People, Law & Liberty, Notes On Liberty, John Locke Foundation, International Liberty, The Libertarian Institute, Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute, Mises Institute, C4SIF.org.
Minneapolis Activists Used Encrypted Group Chats To Outmaneuver ICE. Now the Feds Want To Prosecute Them.
"I think courts are going to be very suspicious of how broad this is," one Minnesota lawyer tells Reason.
Reason Magazine
Oct 3, 2026 - reason.com
The U.S. Is Sending a Third Aircraft Carrier and a Second Marine Division to the Middle East
The months ahead are shaping up to be a time of war, economic problems, food shortages and global chaos. There is no end in sight for the war in the Middle East or the war with Russia. Meanwhile, glob...
LewRockwell
Oct 3, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Some Links
TweetAmerica’s founding generation was remarkable, but also human. David Henderson reflects on the great John Adams. My former Mercatus Center colleague Patrick McLaughlin, now at the Hoover Instituti...
Cafe Hayek
Oct 3, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Two More Weeks – Let the Prosecutions Begin!
My X feed is filled with Republicucks breathlessly announcing that some Deep State Villain is about to get his/her/they/their comeuppance. Trumpenstein and his loyal team, FBI Director Kash Patel and ...
LewRockwell
Oct 3, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Judge Temporarily Blocks Dep't of Education Release of Names of Individual Foreign Donors to U.S. Colleges
From Judge Tanya Chutkan (D.D.C.) Thursday evening in Ass'n of Am. Univ. v. U.S. Dep't of Ed.: Section 117 of… The post Judge Temporarily Blocks Dep't of Education Release of Names of Individual Forei...
Reason Magazine
Oct 3, 2026 - reason.com
Mamdani Promised To Freeze the Rent. Now His Rent Freeze Is in Court.
A lawsuit alleges New York City's Rent Guidelines Board broke the law by arbitrarily predetermining the outcome.
Reason Magazine
Oct 3, 2026 - reason.com
How Hospitals Turned on Their Patients During COVID
The ruling elite typically aims to accumulate an immense amount of wealth, which often can only be obtained by extracting it from a large number of people, hence requiring each of those people sacrifi...
LewRockwell
Oct 3, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Irresistible Appeal of Anarchism
It is sometimes helpful to preface an essay with a strong quote or two to give the reader direction in what follows. In this case, I found many quotes worthy of that task, so I cite the following and...
LewRockwell
Oct 3, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
How the Fed’s Printing Press Created Today’s Wall Street Casino
Black Monday’s 23% collapse of the stock market came on October 19, 1987. We happen to recall this event vividly because when the market was experiencing its sizzling morning plunge on that day, we we...
LewRockwell
Oct 3, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The State as an Extension of Self: Psychological Evil
“Alas, when the freedom of the individual is defined and woven into the freedom of an imaginary whole, the individual ceases to have any freedom uniquely their own. It is no longer your freedom, but o...
LewRockwell
Oct 3, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Florida Sues Pfizer, Accusing It of Covid Vaccine Deception and Profiteering
More than five years after the Covid vaccine rollout, some states, thankfully, are still unwilling to close the books on what happened during the pandemic. Florida is opening another front. On Thursda...
LewRockwell
Oct 3, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
More on J.D. Vance’s Economic Cluelessness
TweetHere’s a letter to National Review Online. Editor: Michael Brendan Dougherty completely misses the point of Dan Foster’s excellent response to J.D. Vance’s express desire to “undo” 40 years of gl...
Cafe Hayek
Oct 3, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Iran Has Published a Naive Letter to the American People
The letter is truthful, a point made early in the letter: “As the first casualty of the endless wars waged by the US government has without exception been the truth, with the American people perpetual...
LewRockwell
Oct 3, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Today in Supreme Court History: October 3, 1990
10/3/1990: Justice David Souter takes the oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: October 3, 1990 appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason Magazine
Oct 3, 2026 - reason.com
Artificial Intelligence and the Debt Market – Full Episode – LN Radio
On this edition of Liberty Nation Radio we examine two growing aspects of American culture and economy – will they end in boom or bust?
Main Feed
Oct 3, 2026 - libertynation.com
Ep. 2801 The GOP’s Young People Problem, and What Should Be Done
Independent Pollster Rich Baris discusses his new book Burn It Down: What the Polls Say Young Americans Really Want. Sponsors Getting clobbered by your competitors? Invisible in the search engines?… R...
Tom Woods
Oct 3, 2026 - tomwoods.com
First Them, Then Us: America’s Shift from Police State to Prison State
“If Trump can disappear them, he can disappear you.”—Robert Reich America, you got fooled. Again. For starters, the war on illegal immigration was never just about illegal immigration. If you fell for...
LewRockwell
Oct 2, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
2 Lawsuits Cast Further Doubt on the Claim That ICE Agent Jonathan Ross Killed Renée Good in Self-Defense
According to complaints filed by Good's family, Ross was not in any danger when he fired three shots into her car.
Reason Magazine
Oct 2, 2026 - reason.com
Trump Plays God Again
Power always thinks…that it is doing God’s service when it is violating all his laws. John Adams When President Donald Trump stood before the U.N. General Assembly last week and told world leaders tha...
LewRockwell
Oct 2, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Lawmakers Call for Destruction of ATF’s Illegal Gun Registry
A national gun registry is illegal in the United States, yet the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has one, according to lawmakers who are calling for the destruction of more t...
LewRockwell
Oct 2, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Justice Gorsuch on Abuse of Emergency Powers
In a recent talk, he decried a situation where "everything is an emergency."
Reason Magazine
Oct 2, 2026 - reason.com
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
Water rights absurdities, ponderous parking ordinances, and fast trains.
Reason Magazine
Oct 2, 2026 - reason.com
Todd Butler's Problematic Publications
He consistently attacks Justice Scalia, as advancing his "own political agenda."
Reason Magazine
Oct 2, 2026 - reason.com
A Better and Brighter ’28 Shortlist
Don’t settle for the tasteless tripe served from Washington under a comfortable byline. The post A Better and Brighter ’28 Shortlist appeared first on Free the People.
Free the People
Oct 2, 2026 - freethepeople.org
America’s National Security Scam Rolls On
Once upon a time the United States of America was confident that it, shielded by broad oceans to the East and West and having friendly countries that it dominated economically and militarily to the No...
LewRockwell
Oct 2, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Myth of the Radical Right
Right-wing elites are considerably more radical than their base.
Law & Liberty
Oct 2, 2026 - lawliberty.org
I Asked the White House's New AI Chatbot About Tariffs. It Told the Truth.
America.gov says that tariffs "can raise the price buyers pay. Domestic goods that compete with those imports can also become more expensive."
Reason Magazine
Oct 2, 2026 - reason.com
California Lawmakers Passed a Pension Bomb. Newsom Was Right To Veto It.
Newsom echoes former Gov. Jerry Brown and acts like Sacramento's last adult.
Reason Magazine
Oct 2, 2026 - reason.com
Trump Criticizes Fox News for Daring To Show Clips of Democrats
The president sees even straight news coverage as an act of betrayal.
Reason Magazine
Oct 2, 2026 - reason.com
Todd Butler Compared Street Preacher In Supreme Court Case To "Domestic Terrorism"
The case was a dry dispute about jurisdiction. There was no reason to impugn the preacher's faith.
Reason Magazine
Oct 2, 2026 - reason.com
Washington Loses Up to Half a Trillion Dollars Every Year to Fraud
The Government Accountability Office estimates that the federal government loses between $233 BILLION and $521 BILLION every year to fraud. We are not talking about total government waste, unnecessary...
LewRockwell
Oct 2, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
American Soul-Searching After the Iraq Withdrawal
In March 2003, the U.S. Empire invaded and occupied Iraq under the rubric of “Operation Iraqi Freedom.” Today, twenty-three years later, the last U.S. troops have been withdrawn from Iraq. I think alm...
LewRockwell
Oct 2, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Want To Stop the Iran War? Don't Pay the Bill
Congress can stop Trump's Iran war by failing to fund it.
Reason Magazine
Oct 2, 2026 - reason.com
The Trilateral Triumph: As Nuuk Out-Negotiates Its Suitors, the Real Win is for Arctic Exceptionalism
On September 22, 2026, on the sidelines of the 81st UN General Assembly in New York, U.S. President Donald J. Trump, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, and Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Freder...
Notes On Liberty
Oct 2, 2026 - notesonliberty.com
Complaint filed against Jack Smith for lawfare
Shawn Fleetwood writes for the Federalist about one Republican senator’s complaint against a roque federal government official. Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., filed a bar complaint against former Special...
John Locke Foundation
Oct 2, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Anthropic vs. the Pope
Plus: The rape case and porn, cornrow canceling, and more...
Reason Magazine
Oct 2, 2026 - reason.com
How Would A Judge Butler Actually Affect The Fifth Circuit?
I would prefer Judge Southwick to have one vote rather than two votes.
Reason Magazine
Oct 2, 2026 - reason.com
SCOTUS faces tricky choices in climate suits
John Puri writes for National Review Online about the US Supreme Court’s approach to recent suits involving climate change. This week, we learned from the Supreme Court that Justice Samuel Alito is re...
John Locke Foundation
Oct 2, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Rand Paul Was Right To Block the Senate's Attempt To Censor the Internet
The bill’s “duty of care” could pressure platforms to suppress lawful speech in the name of protecting children.
Reason Magazine
Oct 2, 2026 - reason.com
A Court Rules That San Francisco's Empty Home Tax Is Illegal
San Francisco's tax on vacant homes is bad policy. Now it's also bad law.
Reason Magazine
Oct 2, 2026 - reason.com
Red Mass Explosive Man Asked S. Ct. to "Remove Arizona from the United States" and "Declare It a 'Foreign Enemy'"
From a Justice Department press release Monday: Louis Geri, 42, of Vineland, New Jersey, was sentenced today in U.S. District… The post Red Mass Explosive Man Asked S. Ct. to "Remove Arizona from the ...
Reason Magazine
Oct 2, 2026 - reason.com
The Economic Consequences of Different Ways of Propping Up Social Security
My Ph.D. dissertation last century was about Australia’s system of personal retirement accounts, so I have a long-time interest in how to fix America’s Social Security system. Which leads me to a good...
International Liberty
Oct 2, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Jews and Discrimination Based on Religion or Based on Ethnicity?
The Civil Rights of Act of 1866 (42 U.S.C. § 1981) was interpreted in the late 1960s as prohibiting discrimination… The post Jews and Discrimination Based on Religion or Based on Ethnicity? appeared f...
Reason Magazine
Oct 2, 2026 - reason.com
Who’ll Dress for Success?
“The clothes make the man,” was taught as a theme of Elizabethan literature in my high school English class. I learned that the sentiment isn’t necessarily out of date in a watering hole 20 years ago....
LewRockwell
Oct 2, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Effective Altruism: Who Really Benefits From ‘Doing Good’?
International Man: Doug, “effective altruism” sounds like a noble idea. Who are the effective altruists, and what makes them think they can calculate the best way to help humanity? Doug Casey: It migh...
LewRockwell
Oct 2, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
In the USA the Criminal Justice System (sic) Commits More Crimes Than Criminals
Reports I have read have me inclined to believe that there have been far more wrongful arrests from AI facial recognition and flock cameras than correct arrests. In a recent wrongful arrest US Marshal...
LewRockwell
Oct 2, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
US Threatens Diesel Export Ban to Germany, France If They Don’t Draw Down Domestic Reserves
The White House is threatening NATO allies Germany and France for refusing to release diesel fuel from their emergency inventories. “US officials said France and Germany could be cut off from future U...
The Libertarian Institute
Oct 2, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Trump Sending Third Aircraft Carrier Strike Group to Middle East
A US official said Washington plans to send a third aircraft carrier and an additional Marine division to the Middle East. Last month, The Atlantic reported the USS Theodore Roosevelt was preparing to...
The Libertarian Institute
Oct 2, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Another Open Letter to J.D. Vance
TweetMr. Vance: Yesterday, you boasted to Jack Posobiec that the Trump administration is “trying to undo 40 years of bad policy, of globalization, of shipping American jobs overseas.” How curious. Ple...
Cafe Hayek
Oct 2, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Women Are Better Armed Than Ever
The technology of self-defense is more widely distributed than in the past.
Reason Magazine
Oct 2, 2026 - reason.com
Review: RFK Jr.'s YouTube Cooking Show Is Both Informative and Unsettling
The Real Food Show features chefs making dishes alongside the health and human services secretary.
Reason Magazine
Oct 2, 2026 - reason.com
Will the Traditional South Survive?
Let me recount some personal history: growing up in mostly-rural North Carolina, most of my friends and especially their parents could go on a bit about their family backgrounds, about their familial ...
LewRockwell
Oct 2, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Is a tax revolt brewing?
Property taxes have been a hot topic at the North Carolina General Assembly. Responding to growing concerns from voters, in June 2026, the General Assembly approved legislation to enact a one-year mor...
John Locke Foundation
Oct 2, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Hegseth sends message in ‘state of the force’ address
Matt Vespa writes for Townhall.com about the latest commentary from America’s top military official. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivered his state of the force address at Quantico today, where he ...
John Locke Foundation
Oct 2, 2026 - johnlocke.org
El-Sayed overstates his record in healthcare
Benjamin Ryan writes for the Washington Free Beacon about dubious claims from Michigan’s Democratic US Senate candidate. “$700 MILLION MEDICAL DEBT ERASED.” So boasted the first major TV ad for Abdul ...
John Locke Foundation
Oct 2, 2026 - johnlocke.org
The Parthenon of the Republic
Independence Hall is one of the great historic buildings because of what happened inside its walls.
Law & Liberty
Oct 2, 2026 - lawliberty.org
A New Form of Political Theater
By reading her own political narratives into opera, Martha Nussbaum asks too much of it, but also too little.
Law & Liberty
Oct 2, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Letitia James Has Already Suggested the Cornell 7 Are Guilty
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed a special prosecutor who has already implied that she sides with Jane Doe.
Reason Magazine
Oct 2, 2026 - reason.com
Tom Cruise's New Climate Disaster Movie, Digger, Is a Disaster
A high-concept misfire deliberately designed to test the patience of viewers.
Reason Magazine
Oct 2, 2026 - reason.com
Salman Rushdie Attempted Murder Case: Court Upholds Jury Verdict …
finding defendant was acting under direction of Hezbollah.
Reason Magazine
Oct 2, 2026 - reason.com
Netanyahu Says Israel Warned UK About Iranian-Sponsored Terror Plot Before RAF Fairford Incident
UPDATE: UK police said on Thursday that a 27-year-old British-Iranian man was arrested in connection to the incident at RAF Fairford. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel warned the UK t...
The Libertarian Institute
Oct 2, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
This week in health care policy: September 28 – October 2, 2026
Drug pricing CMS finalizes GLOBE pilot. On September 30, CMS finalized the Global Benchmark for Efficient Drug Pricing model, a program that ties Part B drug rebates to prices paid in 19 countries. It...
Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Oct 2, 2026 - cei.org
Defamation by Retroactive Scrubbing of Coach from Roster?
From Monday's decision by Judge Samantha Elliott (D.N.H.) in Wood v. Dartmouth College: Plaintiff Justin Wood was Dartmouth University's Men's… The post Defamation by Retroactive Scrubbing of Coach fr...
Reason Magazine
Oct 2, 2026 - reason.com
Today in Supreme Court History: October 2, 1967
10/2/1967: Justice Thurgood Marshall takes the oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: October 2, 1967 appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason Magazine
Oct 2, 2026 - reason.com
Brickbat: Rain, Snow, or Laziness
A U.S. postal worker in Utah has been charged with throwing about 300 mail-in ballots into a parking lot dumpster just… The post Brickbat: Rain, Snow, or Laziness appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason Magazine
Oct 2, 2026 - reason.com
Early Voting in America: Election Day Is Just the Deadline
The midterms aren’t ‘coming soon’ – they’re already here.
Main Feed
Oct 2, 2026 - libertynation.com
Conservatives: Was Ronald Reagan a Coward and Traitor?
If we’ve been at war with Iran for 47 years, Ronald Reagan was a coward and a traitor. To be consistent, mainstream national conservatives using such language about Iran ought to condemn one of their ...
Mises Institute
Oct 2, 2026 - mises.org
When Judges Pick Their Law Clerks As Replacements
Judge Southwick announces he will take senior status, and two days later President Trump nominates Southwick's former clerk.
Reason Magazine
Oct 1, 2026 - reason.com
C4IP and C-IP2: For IP, not Innovation
Related Economic Freedom of the World Rankings and Intellectual Property: The United States’ Bad Ranking is Even Worse Than Reported USPTO/Commerce Dept. Distortions: “IP Contributes $5 Trillion and ...
C4SIF.org
Oct 1, 2026 - c4sif.org
Justin Wolfers Recognizes His "Libertarian Friends Were Right" About Government Power
Wolfers is the latest of several prominent left-liberals to make similar admissions.
Reason Magazine
Oct 1, 2026 - reason.com
Mamdani's Plan To Fight Antisemitism Will Fuel the NYC Nonprofit Complex
Mamdani wants to spend millions of dollars fighting "hate." Where does the money go?
Reason Magazine
Oct 1, 2026 - reason.com
Buschbacher: Did Prof. Adler File His Amicus Brief for the Wrong Side in Suncor?
A guest post responding to my amicus brief in Suncor Energy v. Boulder County.
Reason Magazine
Oct 1, 2026 - reason.com
U.S. Troops Finally Leave Iraq. When Are They Leaving the Rest of the Middle East?
Ending over 20 years of intervention is a step in the right direction, but tens of thousands of soldiers remain in the war-torn region.
Reason Magazine
Oct 1, 2026 - reason.com
Federal Contractors Responsible for 'Biased' Alcohol Study Should Be Punished, Oversight Committee Says
Rep. James Comer is asking the HHS to consider disciplinary action against anti-alcohol activists empowered by the Biden administration.
Reason Magazine
Oct 1, 2026 - reason.com
Second Federal Court Rules Against Trump's $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee
The court ruled that the imposition of the fee violates the Administrative Procedure Act.
Reason Magazine
Oct 1, 2026 - reason.com
Somehow the N.Y. Times Made Me Sympathetic To Chief Justice Roberts
Jodi Kantor's latest expose tells us nothing about the Court's decision but does destroy John Roberts's last refuge from scoundrels like me.
Reason Magazine
Oct 1, 2026 - reason.com
Nature Has a Normative Standard? | Words & Numbers | Ep 526
Then let's figure out what it is. The post Nature Has a Normative Standard? | Words & Numbers | Ep 526 appeared first on Free the People.
Free the People
Oct 1, 2026 - freethepeople.org
Woman Who Served ~20 Years for Killing 3-Year-Old Daughter Can't Get Conviction Sealed and Anonymized
Julie Herrnkind, argued that she should proceed anonymously to avoid "suffer[ing] further mental harm."
Reason Magazine
Oct 1, 2026 - reason.com
The Cornell Rape Lawsuit Is Fueling a Deranged Social Media Mob
Crazy internet sleuths are doxing, threatening, and harassing the accused fraternity brothers—and also totally unrelated people.
Reason Magazine
Oct 1, 2026 - reason.com
Cornell Lawsuit, Data After Dark, Botched Execution
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss the Cornell rape lawsuit, D.C.'s pro–data center party, an attempted hijacking, and Tennessee's failed attempt at capital punishment