Libertarian Reporting for 2026-10-10

Updated on October 9, 2026 at 7:10:24 PM GMT

Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 100 articles from 16 sites. We chose these from 1962 articles found on 36 sites.


Today's featured sites are:
Reason Magazine, Cafe Hayek, Law & Liberty, LewRockwell, John Locke Foundation, International Liberty, Free the People, Main Feed, Mises Institute, Antiwar.com Blog, Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute, The Libertarian Institute, Notes On Liberty, Tom Woods, Libertarian Party of North Carolina Latest News, The Advocates for Self-Government.

Article Keywords:  canad,  ice , administration, defense, enforcement, escalation, gop, immigration, maga, mamdani, mamdani::2, migration, republican, senate, tariff, tps, trade, trump

Livestreaming an Execution

Plus: Tariffs and Michigan, LGBT teens, Stewart Brand fanfare, and more...


Reason Magazine
Oct 9, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  ice ,  vance , administration, constitution, executive order, federal judge, feds, first amendment, gop, immigration, iran, maga, migration, national security, protest, protest, republican, trump, white house

Trump's 'Free Speech Agenda: Siccing the FBI on Critics, Barring Reporters, and Threatening Broadcasters

GOP's new mantra: "Free speech for me, but not for thee."


Reason Magazine
Oct 9, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, biden, conflict, crime, department of homeland security, enforcement, immigration, law enforcement, maga, migration, national security, riot, surveillance, trump, white house

Treasury Backs Down on Biden-Era Cryptocurrency Surveillance Proposal

It’s a small victory for financial privacy against escalating surveillance.


Reason Magazine
Oct 9, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, congress, debt, economy, election, federal budget, fiscal, maga, republican, scott bessent, supreme court, tariff, taxes, trump

The Federal Government Just Posted the Largest Annual Budget Deficit Since COVID

Tax revenue increased by about 3 percent last year, but spending increased twice as fast. And interest payments on the debt cost more than $1.1 trillion.


Reason Magazine
Oct 9, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  canad, administration, border, congress, debt, fiscal, gop, inflation, republican, tariff, taxes, trade, trump

Some Links

TweetThe Editorial Board of the Wall Street Journal explains that Trump’s tariffs punitive taxes on Americans’ – including American businesses’ – purchases of imports are harming the GOP politically. ...


Cafe Hayek
Oct 9, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Article Keywords:  ice , constitution, debt, immigration, migrant, migrants, migration, observer, protest, protest, riot, rule of law

The Most American Statue in Europe

A forgotten monument in Budapest reveals truths about immigration, assimilation, and civic gratitude.


Law & Liberty
Oct 9, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: conservative, constitution, federal reserve, foreign policy, inflation, observer, tariff, trade, trump, white house

The Small Country in the Shadow of the Empire

There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes with living in a small nation on the peripheral map of the American Empire. Living in Serbia, or any of the smaller sovereign nations scattered acro...


LewRockwell
Oct 9, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: border, china, communist, constitution, enforcement, foreign policy, immigration, invasion, mass incarceration, migration

Liberty Suicide

Modern-day Americans have engaged in what might be called “liberty suicide,” an act by which they have willingly killed their own freedom through their support of various liberty-destroying government...


LewRockwell
Oct 9, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, crisis, debt, economy, election, iran, republican, taxes, trump

What Could Shock the Markets Before Election Day

International Man: We’ve entered October, a month that has a history of producing surprise events that can change the course of an election. With the country already facing economic, political, and ge...


LewRockwell
Oct 9, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: biden, election, maga, midterms, migration, republican, senate, trump

The Midterm Winner Will Be Whichever Party Americans Hate Less

U.S. voters continue to be motivated more by whom they loathe than whom they like.


Reason Magazine
Oct 9, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: constitution, defense, election, murderer, republican, rfk, trump

It’s Time to Expose and Negate Anti-State and Anti-War Pretenders!

Note: This is a blast from the past article that I published 3 years ago in November of 2023. As Jon Bon Jovi so eloquently put it — “It’s all the same, only the names will change, everyday it seems w...


LewRockwell
Oct 9, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: chinese, congress, crisis, gaza, hollywood, republican, trump

Hoaxes ‘R’ Us: Flydubai and the Russian Plague

Sometimes I wish I’d never watched the movie The Truman Show. It really made me question the whole nature of our reality. 9/11. Sandy Hook. The Boston Bombing. So many events of the 21st century leave...


LewRockwell
Oct 9, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: biden, congress, election, judiciary, republican, senate, trump

Legacy media ignores Jack Smith’s attacks on free press

M.D. Kittle writes for the Federalist about another example of media malfeasance. In the left’s quest to stop Donald Trump from winning a second presidential term in 2024, the Biden Department of Just...


John Locke Foundation
Oct 9, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: congress, election, gas price, gop, iran, republican, senate

Paxton sounds like he’s making excuses

Jim Geraghty of National Review Online ponders discouraging words from Republicans’ US Senate candidate in Texas. It is not exactly surprising to hear that, according to an audio recording from an eve...


John Locke Foundation
Oct 9, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: congress, department of homeland security, dhs, fiscal, maga, republican

Review: These Talking Dogs Give Children the Wrong Idea About Government

Shmoo & Ozzie Go to Washington is supposed to be about bipartisanship, but it's really about wasteful spending.


Reason Magazine
Oct 9, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: congress, conservative, constitution, defense, inflation, iran

Iran War Exceeds $171 Billion in Military and Fuel Expenses

The Iran War has cost Americans over $170 billion, including hundreds of millions in military hardware accidentally destroyed by allies or intentionally blown up by the United States. Meanwhile, the e...


LewRockwell
Oct 9, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: china, communist, conservative, first amendment, iran, political candidates

American college students prefer socialism to capitalism

Eliana Johnson writes for the Washington Free Beacon about a disturbing trend on American college campuses. A nationwide survey of undergraduate students conducted by Yale University’s Buckley Institu...


John Locke Foundation
Oct 9, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: crisis, defense, maga, observer, riot, supreme court

Evangelizing a Post-Literate Society

It is still possible to tune out the endless broadcast.


Law & Liberty
Oct 9, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: border, debt, economy, fiscal, gas price, trade

High-Tax Nations Should Not Blame their Weak Economies on Low-Tax Nations

I’m a big advocate of lower tax rates on businesses, so this chart warms my heart. It’s evidence that tax competition in recent decades has forced greedy politicians to enact better tax policy. The ab...


International Liberty
Oct 9, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Article Keywords: debt, economy, rubio, trade, trump

What Rubio Missed in Athens

TweetHere’s a letter to the Wall Street Journal. Editor: Marco Rubio rightly defends western civilization and acknowledges debts owed to the ancient Athenians (“The Birth and Rebirth of Western Civili...


Cafe Hayek
Oct 9, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Article Keywords:  canad, crime, crisis, republican, taxes

Portland Re-Emerges as Woke Zombie HQ

Be warned: What happens in Portland does not stay in Portland. The post Portland Re-Emerges as Woke Zombie HQ appeared first on Free the People.


Free the People
Oct 9, 2026 - freethepeople.org
Article Keywords: administration, defense, enforcement, maga

The NIH Plan To Strengthen 'Replication and Reproducibility' Will Not Check Anything

The world’s largest research funder asked its grantees whether it should audit them. Guess what they said.


Reason Magazine
Oct 9, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: economy, jobs, migrant, migrants

Boxing Art

Form (not genre) is the key to understanding literature that opens cracks in conventional understanding. But exactly what form is is unknowable. Goethe said there was “an open mystery” to every form. ...


LewRockwell
Oct 9, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: congress, conservative, crime, maga

Macron Goes Full Orwell

French President Emmanuel Macron went full Orwell this week. While long the darling of Western media, Macron has been one of the most anti-free-speech leaders in the world. This week, he declared that...


LewRockwell
Oct 9, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: conservative, election, inflation, trump

South Americans are making better political choices these days

Editors at Issues and Insights ask what do South Americans know that US voters don’t. By all accounts, socialists and their brethren in the Democratic Party will sweep the upcoming midterm elections, ...


John Locke Foundation
Oct 9, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: enforcement, law enforcement, maga

Brickbat: …in All the Wrong Places

Indiana State Police arrested Hancock County sheriff's deputy James Heneghan and charged him with 220 counts each of official misconduct… The post Brickbat: …in All the Wrong Places appeared first on ...


Reason Magazine
Oct 9, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: asylum, conflict, election

‘Autism Spectrum Disorder’: An Obscurantist ‘Diagnosis’

Lately I’ve been thinking about the philosophical shallowness and mendacity of most of the literature on autism. Notable exceptions include the seminal 1998 Wakefield et al. paper “Ileal-lymphoid-nodu...


LewRockwell
Oct 9, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: tariff, trade, trump

America Is Still Importing Despite Trump's Tariffs

The US trade deficit has yet to balance out.


Main Feed
Oct 9, 2026 - libertynation.com
Article Keywords:  canad, economy, jobs

Canadian economy lost 68,000 jobs in September, marking second straight month of declines

In a small country like Canada, a 68K job loss is huge. The decline follows 42,000 job losses in August.


Mises Institute
Oct 9, 2026 - mises.org
Article Keywords: maga, supreme court

Today in Supreme Court History: October 9, 1954

10/9/1954: Justice Robert H. Jackson dies. The post Today in Supreme Court History: October 9, 1954 appeared first on Reason Magazine.


Reason Magazine
Oct 9, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: asylum, maga

Review: Magic Lantern Shows Were Cinema Before Movies

Some lanternists believed that film was a fad their medium would easily survive.


Reason Magazine
Oct 9, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: constitution, defense

Japan Is Being Pushed Towards Militarization

The entire world is currently engaged in the race to develop UAVs and actively enhancing its military-technical capabilities. However, while for most nations this is just a part of its defense strateg...


Antiwar.com Blog
Oct 9, 2026 - antiwar.com
Article Keywords: congress, inflation

New legislation seeks to shuffle the deck chairs on the sinking No Surprises Act

On October 8, Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) introduced the Lower Premiums, Faster Payments Act as a fix for the disastrous No Surprises Act (NSA). The new bill largely follows the approach he pushed in th...


Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Oct 9, 2026 - cei.org
Article Keywords: iran, trump

Iranian drone plot in England labeled ‘alarming’

Editors at National Review Online assess the recent Iranian scheme to wreak havoc with drones. The U.S. rushed to evacuate its fleet of B-1 bombers from England’s Royal Air Force Fairford base. Accord...


John Locke Foundation
Oct 9, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: tariff, trade

Quotation of the Day…

Tweet… is from page 10 of the “The Purpose of International Trade,” which is Chapter II of the 1932 report of a commission in the U.K., chaired by Sir William Beveridge; the title of the collection is...


Cafe Hayek
Oct 9, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Article Keywords:  canad,  ice , administration, biden, border, china, chinese, communist, congress, constitution, crime, debt, election, gaza, gerrymandering, immigration, jobs, lawyer, maga, migrant, migrants, migration, nuclear, observer, primaries, prison, republican, second amendment, senate, taxes, trump

The Democratic Socialists of America Platform

The DSA would abolish the police, open borders, socialize medicine, abolish the Department of War, and abolish the Senate.


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  canad, administration, border, china, conflict, congress, conservative, constitution, crime, debt, hollywood, immigration, invasion, maga, migrant, migrants, migration, protest, protest, riot, trump

The Founding Fathers Never Would Have Tolerated Multiculturalism

Multiculturalism as a subversive movement is the defining political schism of our time. Is is the fulcrum point for numerous civilization changing events and a direct trigger for the exponential decli...


LewRockwell
Oct 8, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: apartheid, biden, congress, election, executive order, gaza, gop, house minority leader, maga, mamdani, mamdani::2, medicare for all, national security, primaries, republican, senate, surveillance, trump

The Democrats' Socialist Moment

The DSA is set to grow its influence in government after the 2026 elections.


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  canad, administration, border, congress, economy, election, gop, iran, maga, midterms, republican, senate, supreme court, tariff, taxes, trade, trump

Republicans Are Getting Grilled Over Trump's Tariffs

From Maine to Michigan, voters are fed up with tariffs and trade wars.


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, china, chinese, conflict, gaza, invasion, iran, jobs, maga, national security, nuclear, republican, riot, surveillance, trade, trump

The Pentagon Is Eating Silicon Valley

An influx of military spending has been moving tech companies away from serving consumers and back toward chasing government contracts.


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: border, communist, conservative, crime, defense, enforcement, illegal migrant, immigration, law enforcement, migrant, migration, murderer, propaganda, protest, protest, riot

French Riots, Islamic Terrorism, and Civil War

The propaganda press continue to lie about the fiery riots spreading across France.  Both European and American outlets have described the violent insurrections as spontaneous gatherings of students w...


LewRockwell
Oct 8, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, biden, crime, election, feds, immigration, maga, migrant, migrants, migration, protest, protest, trade, trump, white house

I'm Italian American, but I Don't Celebrate Columbus Day

The holiday brings out many of the worst excesses of identity politics.


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, biden, congress, conservative, crime, debt, defense, maga, newsom, newsom::2, pam bondi, republican, taxes, trump

Kimberly Guilfoyle's Grift Is at Least as Offensive as Hunter Biden's

The ex-girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr. asked a Republican fundraiser to pay off her credit card debt.


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, border, constitution, enforcement, executive order, immigration, iran, jobs, kings, migration, prison, redaction, surveillance, trump, white house

AI Authoritarianism: A Government Without Constitutional Brakes

“United States AI companies must be free to innovate without cumbersome regulation.”—President Donald Trump, Executive Order 14365 The era of small government is over. Anyone who tells you differently...


LewRockwell
Oct 8, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, conservative, fiscal, foreign policy, gaza, gop, immigration, iran, migration, nuclear, propaganda, republican, trump

“National Conservatism” Turns Out to Be Just the Same Old Conservatism

“National conservatism” is the latest in a long line of re-branded conservative groups which attempts to explain to the world how they are oh-so-very different from the conservatives who came before t...


LewRockwell
Oct 8, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: congress, crisis, election, federal reserve, inflation, maga, prison, republican, senate, tps, trade, trump

Texas Looks Competitive

Plus: AI weirdness, Amazon algorithm data, bond markets, and more...


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, biden, congress, constitution, doj, judiciary, maga, republican, senate, trump, white house

Innocent Americans will pay in Jack Smith’s ‘goons’ don’t

Ben Weingarten writes for the Federalist about the need for accountability for rogue Biden-era prosecutors. In exposing Jack Smith’s lawless, corrupt, and tyrannical effort to criminalize the MAGA mov...


John Locke Foundation
Oct 8, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: climate, conservative, constitution, global warming, immigration, maga, migration, observer, protest, protest

Disparate Treatment of Anti-Israel Protestors?

A report from Amnesty International and the ACLU argues that if universities allowed misbehavior in the past, they must continue to do so.


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: congress, conservative, constitution, debt, election, enforcement, iran, law enforcement, national security, propaganda

Most People Learn They Are Being Conned Only When They Are Starving.

It is impossible to inform most people of the truth because most are ignorant and apathetic and the source of their information is the Media that refuses to tell the truth. The Media is owned or contr...


LewRockwell
Oct 8, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, conservative, defense, gaza, invasion, iran, nuclear, quagmire, senate, white house

Israeli Carnage in Lebanon Is Part Of a Pattern

Since March, Israeli attacks in Lebanon have displaced more than a million civilians and killed or wounded more than 17,000 people. Al Jazeera reported last month: “Israeli artillery shelling is still...


The Libertarian Institute
Oct 8, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: administration, china, conflict, defense, iran, maga, nuclear, surveillance, trump

How Drones Went From Tools of the Powerful to Weapons of the Masses

Two very different sorts of drone warfare


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: conservative, constitution, gun rights, maga, scotus, scotus::2, second amendment, supreme court

Alito's 'Practical Originalism' Doesn't Sound Very Originalist

The conservative justice seems to favor the kind of results-oriented judging that originalists are supposed to oppose.


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: conflict, escalation, foreign policy, inflation, iran, maga, nuclear, trade, trump

The Kyle Anzalone Show guest HARRISON BERGER: Did Trump Consult AI Before Going to War?

“Only because I wanted to go further.” That single line from Donald Trump’s Time magazine interview changes how you should read the entire Iran war timeline. I’m solo today, digging into the most rele...


The Libertarian Institute
Oct 8, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: administration, circuit court, enforcement, kings, maga, supreme court, taxes, trade

The NFL Chooses States, Not the CFTC, in Fight Over Prediction Market Regulation

The league's amicus brief warns about game integrity and underage betting, but the NFL has a financial stake in keeping prediction markets under state control.


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  vance , administration, immigration, maga, migration, republican, trump, white house

J.D. Vance Accidentally Comes Out as a Socialist

At a press conference, the vice president offered a strange new definition of the word. But his full remarks revealed a deeper irony.


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, defense, election, epstein::-3, executive order, foreign policy, iran, maga, national security, rfk, trump, voter id

The Real Reason Why MAHA Is Fracturing: It Betrayed Its Base and Attacked Its Champions

Why MAHA Is Fracturing It now seems clear that the Make America Healthy Again movement is fracturing because its leaders chose power over principle, and the people who built this coalition are now wat...


LewRockwell
Oct 8, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, border, conflict, defense, disarmament, election, escalation, iran

Things Fall Apart in Ethiopia…

Barely four years after the Pretoria Agreement formally ended one of the deadliest wars of the twenty-first century, large-scale fighting has returned to Ethiopia. In late September the principal anti...


The Libertarian Institute
Oct 8, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: administration, conflict, conservative, first amendment, inflation, kings, maga, trump

Some College Grades Need to Go Up

Campus free speech sees little improvement in FIRE’s annual report.


Law & Liberty
Oct 8, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: crisis, jobs, maga, protest, protest, surveillance, unemployment

D.C. Wants To Protect Ride-Share Jobs. Riders Could Pay the Price.

Unions rallied against a D.C. robotaxi bill that already favors them. Riders would pay for their win in higher fares and more dangerous roads.


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: appeals court, censoring, constitution, federal judge, first amendment, maga, supreme court

A Missouri School District Censored a Parent's Negative Facebook Emoji Because It Was 'Upsetting'

Annie Palmer was banned from the district's Facebook page for expressing her displeasure at the hiring of a new elementary school principal.


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: conservative, election, judiciary, maga, senate, supreme court, trump

My Review of Ted Cruz's Biography of Justice Thomas

"Senator Ted Cruz’s new biography about Justice Clarence Thomas, Going Further, is a must-read contribution to this third genre of Supreme Court books."


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, congress, fiscal, immigration, inflation, migration, taxes

Social Security Is Just a Transfer Payment from Workers to Retirees

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Social Security Administration now estimate that the Social Security’s retirement trust fund is projected to run out of reserves in 2032 under current law...


LewRockwell
Oct 8, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords:  ice , border, climate, climate justice, defense, nuclear, trade

The Climate Bomb, Part 2: Collapsing Towers of Ice and Stone Echo 9/11

As we reflect on the twenty-fifth anniversary of September 11, 2001, I find the comparison between the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers and the three geological collapses described in Part 1 both unse...


Notes On Liberty
Oct 8, 2026 - notesonliberty.com
Article Keywords: administration, border, congress, constitution, prison, republican, turning point

Douglass’s Two Constitutions

When Frederick Douglass began to appreciate the Constitution, it was a turning point in the drama of emancipation.


Law & Liberty
Oct 8, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: circuit court, conflict, constitution, first amendment, maga, supreme court

New York Is Fining Amish Schools Over Vaccines, So the Amish Are Asking the Supreme Court for Help

After $118,000 in fines for allowing unvaccinated students to attend Amish schools, the plaintiffs are pursuing a case that could reshape how the courts protect religious exercise.


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: congress, gop, maga, republican, trade, trump

Price Controls Don't Work. So Why Do So Many Democrats and Republicans Love Them?

Price controls are seductive because any benefits are highly and immediately visible, while their grave costs are often harder to spot.


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: constitution, first amendment, maga, supreme court, tpusa, turning point

Does Allowing Turning Point USA "Two Genders: One Truth" Event to Be Held and Promoted at Public School Violate Title IX?

An excerpt from a long opinion by Judge Jasmine Yoon (W.D. Va.) Monday in Doe v. Albemarle County School Bd.:… The post Does Allowing Turning Point USA "Two Genders: One Truth" Event to Be Held and Pr...


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: constitution, crime, lawyer, offender, prison, rule of law

The Prosecutor’s Dilemma

“That it is better 100 guilty persons should escape, than that one innocent person should suffer.” — Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) The hardest decision a government prosecutor may ever face is also on...


LewRockwell
Oct 8, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: conservative, debt, economy, fiscal, taxes, trade

Do-It-Yourself Budgeting from the Washington Post

When I’ve done online budget exercises, I’ve earned results such as “minimalist” and “classic conservative.” Now I’ve taken another do-it-yourself budget quiz and this time I’m supposedly a “disciplin...


International Liberty
Oct 8, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Article Keywords: conflict, first amendment, maga, protest, protest

Problems with the New US Civil Rights Commission Report on Antisemitism, Part III

Part I and Part II. Perhaps the most wrongheaded analysis in the Report is this: Because the government may not… The post Problems with the New US Civil Rights Commission Report on Antisemitism, Part ...


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, congress, federal judge, maga, trump

DOGE Shut Down This Agency. Now Its Employees Are Back on the Payroll With Nothing To Do.

Shutting down the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness is the right thing to do, but the Trump administration's approach allowed a dozen federal employees to collect paychecks for a year.


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: china, conflict, defense, iran, trump

Syria May Send Troops to Saudi Arabia Amid War with Ansar Allah

A US and Syrian official said Syria is considering sending troops to Saudi Arabia as the kingdom battles Ansar Allah in Yemen.  Reuters reported on Thursday that a US official and a Syrian defense off...


The Libertarian Institute
Oct 8, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: economy, election, iran, nuclear, trump

Trump Says US Will Not Attack Iran Until After Midterm Elections

President Donald Trump said the US will not launch attacks against Iran before the midterm elections in early November. The statement follows a report that Trump ordered the military to prepare for re...


The Libertarian Institute
Oct 8, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: climate, conservative, economy, supreme court, tariff

Free the Economy podcast: Competition and innovation with Jack Nicastro

In this week’s episode we cover the case of Suncor v. Boulder County at the Supreme Court, the problems with the Los Angeles mansion tax, new polling on tariffs, and the latest job-creation numbers. O...


Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Oct 8, 2026 - cei.org
Article Keywords: appeals court, constitution, first amendment, maga

North Carolina Woman Doesn't Have First Amendment Right to Publish Video of Cop Shooting Her Dogs, Court Rules

A North Carolina state trooper shot Lydia Nikac's two dogs, but an appeals court ruled she doesn't have a right to publish body camera footage of the shooting under the state's restrictive public reco...


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: conservative, lawyer, maga, supreme court

Justice Alito Calls Out Empty Reporting From "Court Watcher" Joan Biskupic

Biskupic no longer has any inside information so instead she is forced to make up reporting based on the Justice's apparent body language.


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: crisis, economy, taxes, trump

Dyed Diesel Regulations

Earlier this year, as the energy crisis sent gasoline prices soaring, Washington began waiving the very fuel regulations it had insisted were necessary. The government relaxed summer-blend requirement...


LewRockwell
Oct 8, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: election, iran, midterms, trump

Ron Paul on Out With A Bang? Trump May Attack Iran Before Midterms!

On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: After last week’s pow-wow at Camp David with his top advisors, President Trump is rumored to be seriously considering a quick but definitive attack on Iran before t...


Antiwar.com Blog
Oct 8, 2026 - antiwar.com
Article Keywords: debt, immigration, migration, tps

Ep. 2802 Was MLK, Jr., “Color Blind”?

A potpourri episode covering Martin Luther King, Jr., immigration and the Founding Fathers, the unknown history of states’ rights, and how to survive and prosper in a hostile world.  Sponsors… Read Mo...


Tom Woods
Oct 8, 2026 - tomwoods.com
Article Keywords: dhs, maga, taxes

Outlaw vs. In-Law Outlaw

From Outlaw v. Outlaw, decided in 2019 by Judge Katharine von Ter Stegge (Ore. Cir. Ct.) but just posted on Westlaw;… The post Outlaw vs. In-Law Outlaw appeared first on Reason Magazine.


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: first amendment, maga, supreme court

Can a Chatbot Prompt Be a Punishable Threat?

From Straight Arrow News (Devin Pavlou): One morning in late September, Carli Heller opened up an artificial intelligence chatbot and… The post Can a Chatbot Prompt Be a Punishable Threat? appeared fi...


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: climate, maga, supreme court

Adler v. Kochan on Suncor Energy v. Boulder County

A just released episode of the Blessings of Liberty podcast.


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: enforcement, law enforcement, maga

Brickbat: Bumper to Bumper

In Texas, the Galveston County Sheriff's Office fired Deputy Carlos Ramos after a video showed him tailgating a driver without… The post Brickbat: Bumper to Bumper appeared first on Reason Magazine.


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: iran, midterms, trump

Out With A Bang? Trump May Attack Iran BEFORE Midterms!

Watch today’s Liberty Report here. The post Out With A Bang? Trump May Attack Iran BEFORE Midterms! appeared first on LewRockwell.


LewRockwell
Oct 8, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords:  canad, conservative, trump

Who Is Brainwashed?

Everyone, you might say. But I don’t think so. Them? Us? A little of both, I’m sure. So what’s the point? If you can determine who is brainwashed, you know who to keep your mouth shut around. Complete...


LewRockwell
Oct 8, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, iran, trump

John Mearsheimer says Trump Can’t Bluff Iran into Surrender

From John Mearsheimer’s new YouTube channel: It seems clear that the Trump administration and its allies are working overtime to create the false impression that the United States is well on its way t...


Antiwar.com Blog
Oct 8, 2026 - antiwar.com
Article Keywords: debt, federal reserve, inflation

When Debt Math Breaks: The Fed, Inflation, and What Comes Next

Jonathan Newman joins Dennis Tubbergen to discuss Federal Reserve independence, the relationship between the Fed and U.S. Treasury, debt monetization, interest rates, Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), and...


Mises Institute
Oct 8, 2026 - mises.org
Article Keywords: maga, senate

Russian Plague, Superintelligence, and Tucker Carlson

Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi weigh in on the Russian plague, whether superintelligence is sentient, and Tucker Carlson's shaky grasp of history.


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: maga, supreme court

Today in Supreme Court History: October 8, 1888

10/8/1888: Chief Justice Melville Fuller takes the judicial oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: October 8, 1888 appeared first on Reason Magazine.


Reason Magazine
Oct 8, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: defense, economy

German Chancellor Merz Goes to Kiev With Nothing to Offer but His Own Political Survival

Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kiev on October 4 for an unannounced visit, accompanied by Economy Minister Katherina Reiche and a delegation of German defense and energy executives. Speaking fro...


LewRockwell
Oct 8, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: gop, republican

They/Them: Can It Work for Republicans Again?

The GOP is doubling down on a brilliant strategy – from 2024.


Main Feed
Oct 8, 2026 - libertynation.com
Article Keywords: iran, trump

Trump Critics Go Out on a Very Shaky Limb With a Crazy Iran Hoax

There’s out of context, and then there’s trans-dimensional out of context.


Main Feed
Oct 8, 2026 - libertynation.com
Article Keywords: economy, propaganda

Repeal the Jones Act

Contrary to propaganda from unions and the maritime industry, the Jones Act creates hardships and is helping to drag down the US economy. The only proper outcome is to repeal it immediately.


Mises Institute
Oct 8, 2026 - mises.org
Article Keywords: congress, republican

Touting prospects for federal permitting reform

Editors at National Review Online promote one good way to make the federal government better. For decades, the federal government’s byzantine and overlapping permitting regimes for infrastructure and ...


John Locke Foundation
Oct 8, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: climate, crime

David Friedman Returns! | Words & Numbers | Ep 527

David Friedman joins us once again to discuss differing legal systems (and Renaissance fairs). The post David Friedman Returns! | Words & Numbers | Ep 527 appeared first on Free the People.


Free the People
Oct 8, 2026 - freethepeople.org
Article Keywords: climate, debt, economy, election, fiscal, immigration, iran, migration, republican, senate, tariff, trade, voting rights

Bray and Dublin to Debate as Early Voting Opens

Bray and Dublin to Debate as Early Voting Opens; Cooper and Whatley Campaigns Never Responded to Invitations Libertarian and Green Party U.S. Senate candidates will take voter questions live on Facebo...


Libertarian Party of North Carolina Latest News
Oct 7, 2026 - lpnc.org
Article Keywords:  vance , administration, border, crime, enforcement, immigration, law enforcement, maga, migration, rule of law, trump, white house

A Survey of Crime Experts Deflates the 'Trump Effect' That Supposedly Reduced Homicides

The respondents did not think much of the policies that the president says produced "the largest drop in violent crime in American history."


Reason Magazine
Oct 7, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: congress, defense, election, enforcement, jobs, maga, minimum wage, taxes, unemployment

Ruben Gallego's Plan To Save America's Middle Class: Higher Taxes and More Unions

The senator wants to “triple union density by 2035” and pay for a host of social welfare programs with new taxes on data centers and AI companies.


Reason Magazine
Oct 7, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: border, convictions, debt, defense, economy, fiscal, inflation, trade

Who Really Controls Your Money?

Digital money can still leave someone else holding the keys. Paul Puey asks a more basic question: who can stop you from using your own money?


The Advocates for Self-Government
Oct 7, 2026 - theadvocates.org
Article Keywords: chinese, conflict, iran, nuclear, propaganda, taxes, trade, trump

Would You Personally Start a War?

Most people would never bomb a distant city or take a neighbor’s money by force. Put those acts behind a government seal, though, and the moral picture suddenly gets blurrier.


The Advocates for Self-Government
Oct 7, 2026 - theadvocates.org