Libertarian Reporting for 2026-10-20
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 62 articles from 13 sites. We chose these from 1967 articles found on 36 sites.
Today's featured sites are:
Reason Magazine, LewRockwell, The Libertarian Institute, John Locke Foundation, Law & Liberty, Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute, Cafe Hayek, International Liberty, Antiwar.com Blog, Main Feed, Mises Institute, The Libertarian Alliance, Free the People.
Trump Slashing Deportation Protections Shows Why Temporary Status Shouldn't Depend on Who's President
President Donald Trump revoked temporary protected status for about 1 million people living in the U.S.
Reason Magazine
Oct 19, 2026 - reason.com
Matt Gaetz Lawsuit Shows How Twisted the Term 'Sex Trafficking' Has Become
Two women are suing Gaetz in federal court for alleged sex trafficking. But they claim no force, fraud, or underage victims, just an "exploitative power imbalance."
Reason Magazine
Oct 19, 2026 - reason.com
Fuelling Moscow’s War Machine? U.S. and Europe Are Buying Record Levels of Russian Energy Exports
The war in Ukraine has always been about fomenting a proxy war to defeat Russia. The contradictions are absurd but instructive of the criminal proxy war that the U.S. and European powers have perpetra...
LewRockwell
Oct 19, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Origin of All Problems Was the Coup of 1913
Although the wealthy have been trying to take over our government since its founding on July 4, 1776, it took Lincoln’s Civil War and the Coup of 1913 to actually bring it to fruition. The Coup of 191...
LewRockwell
Oct 19, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Be Prepared for Elizabeth Warren's Reign of Economic Error
The progressive Democrat, whose party may take control of the Senate, is sounding alarms over consolidation in the hot sauce business.
Reason Magazine
Oct 19, 2026 - reason.com
Trump Suspends New Russia Sanctions Under Lindsey Graham Law
President Donald Trump has waived new sanctions against Russia that Congress passed into law last month. Congress approved the sanctions as a tribute to the late Senator Lindsey Graham. In September,...
The Libertarian Institute
Oct 19, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Damage from GOP Senate losses would extend beyond Trump term
Matthew Continetti explores the potential long-term impact of Republican losses in this year’s US Senate races. Impeachment may be the least of Mr. Trump’s worries. After all, he’s been through it twi...
John Locke Foundation
Oct 19, 2026 - johnlocke.org
France Burns
Plus: Property-tax rebellion, Paxton loses suburban women, Jewish life in the UAE, and more...
Reason Magazine
Oct 19, 2026 - reason.com
Israel Rules America
Oscar winning Israeli film-makers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor have produced a documentary supported by The Guardian in the UK in which 26 Israeli soldiers and intelligence officials expose the propa...
LewRockwell
Oct 19, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Trump’s Economy Is a Fantasy
Peter recently joined Danny on the CapitalCosm podcast to discuss the state of American politics and the economy heading into the midterms. He takes aim at Trump’s self-mythologizing rhetoric, the bip...
LewRockwell
Oct 19, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
US ‘Project Meridian’ — A Symptom of American Decline, Not a Solution
The creation of “Project Meridian” is not a path to US military superiority but an admission of its own weakness, rooted in a financialized system rather than a technology gap. US Secretary of Defense...
LewRockwell
Oct 19, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
How the Republicans Seized Control of Voting Rights from the States
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 are often seen by progressives as important legal weapons with which the Supreme Court can dismantle “systemic discrimination.” To that e...
LewRockwell
Oct 19, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Risks of AI
Artificial intelligence does very quickly what takes us a long time. Its impact is that of the robotization of intellectual processes. While computers have revolutionized the world of work for blue-co...
LewRockwell
Oct 19, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Modernist Case for Originalism
Originalism is, intentionally or not, a highly modernist theory of law.
Law & Liberty
Oct 19, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Quietly, China Has Established A Military Footprint in Laos
On September 29, China and Laos opened the China-Laos Joint Support and Training Center and the China-Laos Friendship Aviation Academy at Ban Keun Airport, roughly thirty-one miles north of Vientiane....
The Libertarian Institute
Oct 19, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Weak Institutions and the AI Scare
Institutions help us make sense of change; without them the AI revolution could be especially disruptive.
Law & Liberty
Oct 19, 2026 - lawliberty.org
3 Reasons to Cancel This Year's 3.6 Percent Social Security Boost
Or at least change how the cost-of-living adjustment is calculated.
Reason Magazine
Oct 19, 2026 - reason.com
Civilians Using Guns to Defend Against Multiple Shootings
There were apparently at least a dozen such uses in the U.S. in 2025.
Reason Magazine
Oct 19, 2026 - reason.com
Hero Oregon Dad Showed the Importance of Defying Restrictive Gun Laws
Laws against guns on school grounds don’t deter murderers and shouldn’t threaten good Samaritans.
Reason Magazine
Oct 19, 2026 - reason.com
California forces rideshare drivers into a union
A reported 50,000 rideshare drivers for Lyft and Uber in California have recently signed cards to join the existing California Gig Workers Union (CGWU). The union’s growth isn’t the result of strong g...
Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Oct 19, 2026 - cei.org
Addressing the dangerous Russia-China alliance
Angela Stent and Daniel Hamilton scrutinize the American response to two dangerous enemies. When Chinese President Xi Jinping enjoyed an elaborate state dinner at the White House in September, one of ...
John Locke Foundation
Oct 19, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Left unleashes its canned ‘lifelong Republican’ campaign
Tim O’Brien writes for PJMedia.com about the latest shenanigans of the political left. If you think you’ve been seeing the term “lifelong Republican” bandied about in some of your social media and leg...
John Locke Foundation
Oct 19, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Four Justices Recuse From Petition By Publishing Companies And Court Grants New Case on Disparate Impact
Many lawyers billed a lot of hours to have a judge affirmed due to a lack of a quorum.
Reason Magazine
Oct 19, 2026 - reason.com
Has Trump Stopped Sharing Intelligence with Ukraine?
On October 9, as Ukraine’s negotiating team was meeting with American envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in Miami, President Donald Trump announced a deal with Russia that would see the United Sta...
The Libertarian Institute
Oct 19, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Connor Echols: Trump Turns on Zelensky as Iran War Threat Grows
Trump is turning up the heat on Ukraine and Zelensky, and the timing is impossible to ignore: voters feel foreign policy in their wallets through gas prices and diesel prices. Kyle sits down with Conn...
The Libertarian Institute
Oct 19, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Zelensky Says US Sent Ukraine a Message by Restricting Starlink, Suspending Intel
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Trump administration sent Kiev a message by temporarily restricting access to Starlink and suspending military intelligence sharing. The Ukrainian leade...
The Libertarian Institute
Oct 19, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Nine Civilians, Including Five Children, Reportedly Killed in Saudi Airstrike in Yemen
Ansar Allah said a Saudi airstrike in Yemen killed nine civilians, including children. The US is providing support for Saudi Arabia’s war against Ansar Allah. Ansar Allah spokesperson Anees al-Asbahi...
The Libertarian Institute
Oct 19, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
The fight for tomorrow: Assessing conflicting visions for North Carolina’s future, Part 4
This article is Part 4 of a series that examines the policy prescriptions coming from the left-wing group Carolina Forward. With North Carolina at a crossroads, it’s a good time to evaluate the sort o...
John Locke Foundation
Oct 19, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Trump has no path to peace in Ukraine
Hal Brands ponders President Donald Trump’s recent actions involving Russia and Ukraine. President Donald Trump’s deal to purchase diesel fuel from Russia is a moral outrage: It rewards an aggressor t...
John Locke Foundation
Oct 19, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Some Links
TweetZachary Karabell warns of the dangers of AI fear-mongering. A slice: The point isn’t that AI is without its existential risks. It is that the future here is, as futures are, unknown, and the deci...
Cafe Hayek
Oct 19, 2026 - cafehayek.com
"The AI Data Will Provide an Unrivaled View into the Mind of a Defendant …"
"whose [mental state] is itself the measure of Plaintiff’s [punitive] damages."
Reason Magazine
Oct 19, 2026 - reason.com
The Use and Misuse of Science
In the same week that Elon Musk demonstrates his latest innovation -– a flying car — Jeffrey Tucker examines Dr. Anthony Fauci’s diary entries. These entries cover the period December 2021 to May 2023...
LewRockwell
Oct 19, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Oracle on First Street
Before he marched on Persia in 547 B.C., Croesus of Lydia sent gold to Delphi and asked the oracle whether he should make war on Persia. The answer came back as a riddle: If he crossed the river Halys...
LewRockwell
Oct 19, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Egypt Pledges ‘All Forms of Support’ for Saudi Arabia Amid War with Ansar Allah
The Egyptian National Defense Council pledged to provide “all possible forms of support” to Saudi Arabia as the kingdom battles Ansar Allah, or the Houthis, in Yemen. Egypt is “extending all necessary...
The Libertarian Institute
Oct 19, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Rubio Warns Ukraine War Could Escalate Into Conflict With NATO
Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Marco Rubio warned that the war in Ukraine could spread to other countries through sabotage operations or accidental drone incursions. Multiple NATO st...
The Libertarian Institute
Oct 19, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Part VIII of the Western World’s Entitlement Crisis: Will the U.S.A. Be the First Domino?
Having examined the bad-to-awful fiscal policies of France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, Greece, and Japan, let’s now turn our attention to the United States. As I’ve done with every nation in t...
International Liberty
Oct 19, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Supreme Court Will Hear Necessary and Proper Clause Case on Federal Law Banning Home Distilleries
The case is likely to be the most important Necessary and Proper Clause case since 2012.
Reason Magazine
Oct 19, 2026 - reason.com
The Anti-Church—Come and Be Credentialed
“And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” — 2 Corinthians 11:14 I have always been packed full of curiosity, and I have always prayed that God would answer my many ques...
LewRockwell
Oct 19, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Take Action October 20 To Get US To End the Illegal US-Israeli War on Iran
President Donald Trump has been less than coy about possibly ramping up his illegal war of aggression against Iran after the mid-term elections, and now states the United States would not use a nuclea...
Antiwar.com Blog
Oct 19, 2026 - antiwar.com
Kremlin: Trump, Putin and Xi May Meet Next Month
President Donald Trump may meet with his Russian and Chinese counterparts, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in China next month, accordin...
The Libertarian Institute
Oct 19, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Pain at the Pump and Pentagon? GOP Threatens DOD Funds Over Russia
Trump may find Congress a bit less friendly no matter who wins the midterms.
Main Feed
Oct 19, 2026 - libertynation.com
Locking in long-term reforms for American defense
Mackenzie Eaglen assesses the need for long-term action on Pentagon reform. The Pentagon bureaucracy has historically proved resistant to sustained change despite repeated reform efforts. Institutiona...
John Locke Foundation
Oct 19, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Ron Paul on Trump to Bibi: ‘Finish the Job’ in Iran
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: In his endorsement of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for re-election over the weekend, President Trump urged Israel to “finish the job” against Iran. He ...
Antiwar.com Blog
Oct 19, 2026 - antiwar.com
Today in Supreme Court History: October 19, 1789
10/19/1789: Chief Justice John Jay takes oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: October 19, 1789 appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason Magazine
Oct 19, 2026 - reason.com
Meta Is Gifting AI Glasses to Blind Veterans: 'I Got My Independence Back'
Meta's AI glasses carry privacy risks, but for blind veterans, they fill a gap that the government has failed to address.
Reason Magazine
Oct 19, 2026 - reason.com
Don’t Let the Fed Steal Your Kids’ Future
The Federal Reserve’s inflation machine not only disrupts our lives now, but it also is making life even for difficult for those facing an uncertain future.
Mises Institute
Oct 19, 2026 - mises.org
The Next Ten Years, Without the Conservatives
It occurred to me last week that none of us at the Libertarian Alliance has written anything about the Conservative Party for months. I did not watch any of its conference in Birmingham. I did not rea...
The Libertarian Alliance
Oct 19, 2026 - libertarianism.uk
The American Establishment and The Deep State
The American Establishment The concept of the Establishment was first used in England referring to the established (or official) state church, the Anglican Church or Church of England, created by the ...
LewRockwell
Oct 18, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Should We Tax Goods Imported from the Past?
TweetHere’s another letter to my long-time protectionist foe. Mr. McKinney: You’re unhappy with my Facebook criticism of Trump’s ridiculous assertion that the so-called ‘U.S. trade deficit’ with Canad...
Cafe Hayek
Oct 18, 2026 - cafehayek.com
A Response to Michael Brendan Dougherty
TweetHere’s a letter to National Review. Editor: Michael Brendan Dougherty accuses me of dancing around his core defense of tariffs (“On the Origin of Straw Men,” October 18). He protests that all he ...
Cafe Hayek
Oct 18, 2026 - cafehayek.com
He Campaigned for the East Cleveland Mayor's Opponent. Then Police Came for His Truck.
A federal court recently revived William Fambrough's lawsuit, which alleges city officials—including then-Mayor Brandon King—retaliated against him for his speech.
Reason Magazine
Oct 18, 2026 - reason.com
Trump's War With Iran Pushed Him To Waive a Century-Old Shipping Law. Commerce Boomed.
The Jones Act requires all goods moved between American ports to be carried on American-built, American-crewed ships.
Reason Magazine
Oct 18, 2026 - reason.com
Male, Female… a rant
Men are killing, raping and beating women, still. The media is reporting on it, with eagerness. The subject is scary, there is a panic. With any panic, there is a need for scapegoats. The spread of bl...
The Libertarian Institute
Oct 18, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Preview: The Best Halloween Costume Ideas of 2026
Push the envelope! Own the libs! Freak the normies! Inspire cardiac arrest! The post Preview: The Best Halloween Costume Ideas of 2026 appeared first on Free the People.
Free the People
Oct 18, 2026 - freethepeople.org
"The Supreme Court Should Not Have to Keep Trimming the Same Poison Ivy One Tiny Branch at a Time"
A nice line from Ninth Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke.
Reason Magazine
Oct 18, 2026 - reason.com
Economics Humor
My series on the upcoming global economic crisis is so depressing that I’m going to take a one-day break and share some laughs about economics. Our first item is basically a version of the philoso-rap...
International Liberty
Oct 18, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Today in Supreme Court History: October 18, 1960
10/18/1960: Gomillion v. Lightfoot argued. The post Today in Supreme Court History: October 18, 1960 appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason Magazine
Oct 18, 2026 - reason.com
Now That Robert Barnes and Scott Horton Have Reconciled their Differences over the Israeli Regime, They Need to Get Together for a Marathon Secession/Encounter over the Hidden History of the Deep State
Now that Robert Barnes and Scott Horton have reconciled their differences over the Israeli regime, they need to get together for a marathon secession/encounter over the hidden history of the deep stat...
LewRockwell
Oct 18, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Libertarianism and Democracy Revisited - A Rejoinder to Matt Zwolinski
We agree on many key points, but have a few notable differences.
Reason Magazine
Oct 17, 2026 - reason.com
DHP Ep. 292: Fµ©!≤ “Sunshine Protection!”: DST as a Revolt Against Nature
The midterms are fast approaching, as is the “fall back” to Standard Time: that blissful-but-all-too-brief 4-month period in which our clocks & schedules align in a healthy way with our natural circad...
The Libertarian Institute
Oct 17, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
$65K Settlements with EEOC Over Failure to Accommodate Muslim and Christian Employees' Religious Days Off
From a press release last month, just posted on Westlaw: N.C. Detective Agency, a Durham-based security company, will pay $65,231 in… The post $65K Settlements with EEOC Over Failure to Accommodate Mu...
Reason Magazine
Oct 17, 2026 - reason.com
$6M Verdict in #TheyLied Defamation Lawsuit Brought Over Sexual Harassment Allegations
So reports the N.Y. Times (Mark Arsenault) yesterday, discussing former MIT cellular biology professor David Sabatini's victory on the defamation… The post $6M Verdict in #TheyLied Defamation Lawsuit ...