Libertarian Reporting for 2026-10-22

Updated on October 21, 2026 at 7:08:43 PM GMT

Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 100 articles from 13 sites. We chose these from 1962 articles found on 35 sites.


Today's featured sites are:
Reason Magazine, Cafe Hayek, LewRockwell, Learn Liberty, The Libertarian Institute, John Locke Foundation, Libertarian Party, Law & Liberty, International Liberty, Antiwar.com Blog, Mises Institute, Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute, Main Feed.

Article Keywords: climate, congress, crime, crisis, economy, election, federal reserve, indictment, inflation, kings, lawyer, maga, midterms, republican, senate, supreme court, trade, trump, unemployment, wealth inequality

Are Prediction Markets Just Gambling? Kalshi CEO Responds

Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour discusses the fight to regulate prediction markets, why ordinary people can outperform Wall Street, and the future of American capitalism.


Reason Magazine
Oct 21, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, border, constitution, crime, department of homeland security, detainees, dhs, enforcement, feds, law enforcement, lawyer, maga, national security, prison, protest, protest, trump

Homeland Security Lied About Child Porn To Search Activist's Phone

The feds are charging Samuel Tunick for destroying his phone at the border. Court documents show that they refused him a lawyer and lied about why he was searched.


Reason Magazine
Oct 21, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  canad, administration, constitution, defense, economy, immigration, inflation, iran, jobs, migration, republican, senate, tariff, taxes, trade, trump

Some Links

TweetIlya Somin, a GMU colleague over in the Scalia School of Law, explains that Trump’s Section 338 tariffs punitive taxes on Americans’ purchases of imports “are illegal for multiple different reaso...


Cafe Hayek
Oct 21, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Article Keywords: biden, congress, constitution, crime, election, maga, primaries, protest, protest, republican, riot, senate, trump, white house

Atlanta's Former Mayor Is Running for Georgia Governor. The 2020 Protests Could Cost Her the Race.

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is running for the office against businessman Rick Jackson, who has attacked her for the violence that took place during the summer of COVID.


Reason Magazine
Oct 21, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, appeals court, constitution, convictions, department of homeland security, enforcement, law enforcement, lawyer, maga, prison, surveillance, tps

Arizona Man Awarded $67,500 on Behalf of Aborted Embryo

The ex-husband of an Arizona woman who voluntarily took abortion pills in 2018 has won a civil lawsuit against the clinic that prescribed them.


Reason Magazine
Oct 21, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: congress, crime, crisis, debt, election, iran, migrant, protest, protest, republican, trump

The French Protests Are Being Misunderstood

The French protests that are spreading over Europe are not receiving proper attention.  The explanation that students all over France, with the disturbances spreading into Italy and Belgium, are burni...


LewRockwell
Oct 21, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords:  ice , biden, border, climate, crisis, global warming, inflation, maga, nuclear, propaganda, trump

The Climate Panic Is Over. Now What?

In 1968, a bestselling book predicted that hundreds of millions of people would starve in the 1970s. 📖 They didn’t. Food production outpaced population growth. 🌾 In 2009, we were told there were 96 mo...


Learn Liberty
Oct 21, 2026 - learnliberty.org
Article Keywords:  canad, congress, conservative, constitution, economy, election, fiscal, maga, trade, trump

Update on Canada's Two Secession Movements

Alberta secessionists lost a referendum by a large margin. Quebec secessionists are in better shape, but still facing an uphill struggle.


Reason Magazine
Oct 21, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, china, conflict, debt, inflation, iran, recession, recession, trade, trump

Higher Oil Prices Are Like To Stay

Last months the Trump administration was loudly claiming that Iran had lost control of the Strait of Hormuz. Some ‘experts’ even claimed that the flow of oil was back at a pre-war level. Both of those...


LewRockwell
Oct 21, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: china, conflict, crisis, escalation, inflation, iran, nuclear, rubio, sanctuary, trump

The ‘War of Grand Design’ Transforms to More Narrowly Bolster US Hegemony

The paradigm shifts. The networked supra-national stratum that long has pursued its global ‘grand design’ through manufacturing public consent for wars of imposed compliance has, at last, run up again...


LewRockwell
Oct 21, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: asylum, border, crisis, economy, enforcement, immigration, migration, trade, unemployment, universal healthcare

The Replacement Ledger: Who Pays for Europe’s Migration Machine

On a January morning off the island of El Hierro, a wooden boat comes in under tow. It sits low and packed, passengers pressed shoulder to shoulder, almost all of them men in their twenties and thirti...


LewRockwell
Oct 21, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: china, conservative, defense, invasion, iran, maga, national security, nuclear, rubio, trump

A Western Civ Speech Only A Neocon Could Love

When one of my acquaintances expressed his enthusiasm for Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s October 7 speech from the Acropolis in Athens, Greece—seeing it as the de facto launching of a presidential c...


The Libertarian Institute
Oct 21, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: communist, conflict, congress, economy, election, gas price, impeachment, midterms, republican, white house

Placing midterms in long-term context of America’s future

Victor Davis Hanson writes for American Greatness about the significance of this year’s elections. There are two ways of looking at the midterms, now less than three weeks away. One is as a simple ref...


John Locke Foundation
Oct 21, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: congress, constitution, crime, department of homeland security, dhs, enforcement, feds, lawyer, maga

The Feds Took $460,000 From This Arizona Convenience Store Owner and Never Explained Why

Mario Ayala is seeking the return of his property, which federal agents seized more than a year and a half ago for reasons that remain mysterious.


Reason Magazine
Oct 21, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, executive order, gas price, inflation, iran, maga, riot, tariff, trump

Why I Can't Go Back to Virginia Until It's Named Americaginia

Trump’s quest to rename places may not make us more prosperous. But it’s certainly making America more American in Name Only.


Reason Magazine
Oct 21, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, enforcement, gas price, iran, law enforcement, maga, midterms, republican, trump

New Lows

Plus: Stamping out fraud, a visit to Anthropic's headquarters, and more...


Reason Magazine
Oct 21, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: biden, border, crime, election, gaza, iran, nuclear, trump, white house

If Trump Was Serious…

Hello Mr. lame-duck Zelenskyy. The Peace President here. I want to remind you of The Golden Rule — “He who has the gold makes the rules.” The gold is still the US dollar and we’ve been providing you w...


LewRockwell
Oct 21, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, biden, first amendment, gop, maga, republican, supreme court, trump

X Bans Former Libertarian Party Affiliate—After the State Requests It

Gov. Kelly Ayotte urged X to kick out the Libertarian Party's former New Hampshire affiliate. The next day, the account was suspended.


Reason Magazine
Oct 21, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: congress, crime, defense, first amendment, maga, prison, second amendment, supreme court

Body Armor Ban Struck Down by N.Y. Federal Court

From today's decision by Judge John Sinatra (W.D.N.Y.) in Heeter v. James: New York enacted a first-of-its-kind law prohibiting law-abiding residents-who… The post Body Armor Ban Struck Down by N.Y. F...


Reason Magazine
Oct 21, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: conflict, constitution, election, federal judge, first amendment, kings, republican, tps

European Regimes Renew Their Attacks on Free Speech

I recent weeks, German and French politicians have denounced free speech, and especially the concept of “freedom of speech” as long envisioned in the libertarian tradition of natural rights. French Pr...


LewRockwell
Oct 21, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: china, climate, fossil fuels, maga, nuclear, republican, senate

Nuclear Power Now Has Bipartisan Support

Majorities of both major parties now recognize its potential as a more clean and stable energy source.


Reason Magazine
Oct 21, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: border, border security, china, immigration, iran, migration, trade

What’s Really Happening at the Iran-Pakistan Border

There’s no way to fight the Empire without bypassing its control of the international financial system. All hell is already breaking loose when it comes to probing what is exactly taking place related...


LewRockwell
Oct 21, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: biden, congress, crime, election, gop, republican, trump

Man bites dog? Key NY races offer hope to GOP

Ira Stoll writes for the Washington Free Beacon about an unusual development in New York politics. New York state, of all places, is emerging as a potential bright spot for Republicans in the midterm ...


John Locke Foundation
Oct 21, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: anti-american, congress, election, inflation, lawyer, republican, senate

Why It’s Important to Vote Libertarian

There are plenty of good arguments against voting, and they are all wrong. Go vote for Libertarian candidates. The post Why It’s Important to Vote Libertarian appeared first on Libertarian Party.


Libertarian Party
Oct 21, 2026 - lp.org
Article Keywords: conservative, maga, prison, supreme court, transitioning, trump

Skrmetti, Mahmoud, and B.P.J, v. Bostock and Kingdom

The Court seems concerned enough about transitioning children but not adult (prisoners).


Reason Magazine
Oct 21, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: conflict, crisis, defense, economy, jobs, riot

Ukraine: ‘No New Soldiers in the Battlefield’

The Ukrainian regime’s desperation for new soldiers is so great that the country is willing to risk even its most critical sectors to ensure a continued supply of manpower for its army. As Ukrainian r...


LewRockwell
Oct 21, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: election, election law, kings, senate, supreme court, voting rights

North Carolina is middling on election integrity assessment

With the 2026 election underway, it is a good time to assess North Carolina’s election integrity standards and how we can improve them. One way to do that is to see how North Carolina stands compared ...


John Locke Foundation
Oct 21, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: crime, doj, election, enforcement, feds, law enforcement

Feds make Lesley Stahl look silly on noncitizen voting

Brianna Lyman writes for the Federalist about the latest case of a clueless legacy media star. CBS News’ Leslie [sic] Stahl questioned “the purpose” of prosecuting noncitizen voting because “very, ver...


John Locke Foundation
Oct 21, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: constitution, lawyer, maga, protest, protest

Rezoning Request for Catholic Shrine May Have Been Denied Because of Shrine's "Pro-Life Message"

From Judge Stephanos Bibas, joined by Judge Tamika Montgomery-Reeves, in Monday's Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church v. Township of Collier:… The post Rezoning Request for Catholic Shrine May Have...


Reason Magazine
Oct 21, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  vance , constitution, fiscal, maga, taxes

Grassroots Revolt Targets Unpopular Property Taxes

Annual tax bills make many homeowners feel more like eternal renters.


Reason Magazine
Oct 21, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: appeals court, constitution, crime, maga, supreme court

2 Recent Cases Illustrate the Limits of a Doctrine That Often Blocks Civil Rights Claims

Federal appeals courts rejected qualified immunity for cops and a judge who flouted longstanding constitutional principles.


Reason Magazine
Oct 21, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: crime, foreign policy, iran, republican, trump

Everybody’s Hitler!

Piers Morgan recently said on his program of Russian President Vladimir Putin, “I do think he’s the nearest thing to a modern day Hitler…” Libertarian Institute Director Scott Horton had something to ...


The Libertarian Institute
Oct 21, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: constitution, first amendment, organizers, riot, senate

Best Practices for a Last Best Hope

After ten years, what are some of the tried and tested methods of civic-center success?


Law & Liberty
Oct 21, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: crisis, debt, fiscal, inflation, taxes

Part X of the Western World’s Entitlement Crisis: Will Belgium Be the First Domino?

I originally thought I would devote a week to this series on the looming fiscal crisis, but there are so many nations with terrible fiscal policy that we’re now midway through the second week. Today, ...


International Liberty
Oct 21, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Article Keywords: china, chinese, immigration, migration

They’re Back: The Rogue AIs Will Continue Until Regulation Improves

Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the web – the Rogue AI agents are back, those cheeky little scamps, and getting up to their old tricks. That’s according to OpenAI, anyway, and why woul...


LewRockwell
Oct 21, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: border, economy, epstein::-3, jobs, national security, tariff, taxes, trade

No Economic Case for Tariffs

TweetHere’s a letter to a new correspondent. Mr. Burr: Thanks for your email. You write: I am not an economist.  It seems intuitive that tariffs would raise taxes.  Simply stated, tariffs limit compet...


Cafe Hayek
Oct 21, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Article Keywords: enforcement, maga, prison

Texas School Police Referred Tens of Thousands of Children to Prosecutors for Minor Misbehavior

A media investigation found criminal referrals of schoolchildren age 10 to 13 grew as the number of school resource officers in Texas likewise ballooned.


Reason Magazine
Oct 21, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: crime, income inequality, riot

French rioters destroy ‘what Nazis never could’

Jim Geraghty of National Review Online assesses the damage done by today’s French riots. It’s not just another case of rioters committing arson. In Limoges, the angry young thugs destroyed a piece of ...


John Locke Foundation
Oct 21, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: tariff, trade, trump

Should Government Tariff Young and Elderly Americans’ Trade with Middle-Aged Americans?

TweetHere’s a letter to a long-time correspondent. Mr. Estes: Thanks for your email in response to my blog post this morning on tariffs. You’re skeptical of my claim that commerce among people with di...


Cafe Hayek
Oct 21, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Article Keywords: maga, supreme court

Today in Supreme Court History: October 21, 1919

10/21/1919: Abrams v. United States argued. The post Today in Supreme Court History: October 21, 1919 appeared first on Reason Magazine.


Reason Magazine
Oct 21, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: conflict, constitution

Bypassing Politically Active Elites

In Out of Touch: The Elite One Percent and the Battle for America’s Soul, Scott W. Rasmussen, has studied voters who hold postgraduate degrees, live in zip codes with at least 10,000 people per square...


LewRockwell
Oct 21, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: defense, riot

French turn toward revolutionary politics

Jeffrey Blehar writes for National Review Online about disturbing developments overseas. Yes, readers, as terrible as things look in America right now, there’s always our ever-more-deeply doomed Europ...


John Locke Foundation
Oct 21, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: kings, rule of law

Quotation of the Day…

Tweet… is from page 43 of my GMU Econ colleague David Levy’s splendid 2001 book, How the Dismal Science Got Its Name: One attraction so many “cultural critics of capitalism” feel for [Thomas] Carlyle’...


Cafe Hayek
Oct 21, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Article Keywords: riot, trade

Why Truth Is Not Enough

A liberal arts education should pursue truth in a way that expands freedom and flourishing.


Law & Liberty
Oct 21, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: administration, crime, elon musk, enforcement, gas price, gop, gun violence, immigration, inflation, iran, maga, mamdani, mamdani::2, migration, prison, protest, protest, republican, senate, supreme court, tariff, taxes, trump

Will Ohio Voters Buy Republicans' Pitch?

Plus: Gun laws in Oregon, Mamdani's free-daycare expansion, vibrators and selfishness, and more...


Reason Magazine
Oct 20, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  vance , administration, biden, communist, conflict, congress, conservative, economy, election, epstein::-3, gas price, gop, inflation, iran, midterms, nuclear, propaganda, republican, senate, surveillance, trump, young voter

The Republican’s Pathetic Midterm Pitch

Well, it’s election season, and the routine embrace of mindless partisanship has commenced. We are again being told by Republican politicians that we must ignore monetary inflation, the disastrous war...


The Libertarian Institute
Oct 20, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: chinese, communist, conflict, conservative, constitution, crisis, election, maga, national security, organizers, prison, protest, protest, republican, riot, rule of law, senate, white house

A Humane American Conservatism

Michael Lucchese discusses Russell Kirk, America, and conservatism on the Law & Liberty Podcast.


Law & Liberty
Oct 20, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: administration, congress, conservative, constitution, debt, economy, federal reserve, fiscal, gas price, inflation, iran, republican, scott bessent, tariff, taxes, trump

The US Government’s Really Big Debt Problem

Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), recently warned about the danger from the United States government’s high debt level. She also criticized some governm...


LewRockwell
Oct 20, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, congress, conservative, constitution, judiciary, maga, prison, protest, protest, scotus, scotus::2, supreme court, taxes, trump

Trump Administration Urges SCOTUS To Uphold Federal Ban on Distilling Liquor at Home

The justices will decide the case later this term.


Reason Magazine
Oct 20, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, biden, constitution, crime, invasion, jobs, lawyer, maga, propaganda, protest, protest, trump

The European Union Wants To Punish People for Their Speech—Without Even a Trial

Authorities are claiming draconian powers against Hüseyin Doğru, a German journalist accused of spreading Russian propaganda.


Reason Magazine
Oct 20, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: communist, debt, demonstrator, immigration, inflation, migrant, migrants, migration, protest, protest, riot, tps

The Camp of the Saints

“Your universe has no meaning to them. They will not try to understand. They will make a fire with your beautiful oak door…” – The Camp of the Saints In 732, Charles Martel repelled the Moors at the B...


LewRockwell
Oct 20, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords:  canad, administration, conflict, congress, constitution, maga, supreme court, tariff, taxes, trade, trump

Trump's 50% Tariffs on Canadian Goods Illegally Rely on a Superseded Statute, a Lawsuit Argues

The import taxes fit a pattern of dubious legal rationales for the president's protectionist policies.


Reason Magazine
Oct 20, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: anti-ice, congress, conservative, enforcement, first amendment, immigration, migration, protest, protest, trump, white house

Property Rights, Federalism, and the First Amendment

Do the First Amendment protections of freedom of speech and freedom of assembly mean that a group of people can assemble in your living room without your permission and speak their mind? I don’t know ...


LewRockwell
Oct 20, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords:  vance , administration, conflict, debt, election, foreign policy, gaza, iran, republican, senate, trump

Vice President J.D. Vance’s Deceptive ‘Antiwar’ Campaign Speech

J.D. Vance is approaching the halfway point of his term as vice president in an administration that has committed the United States to wars in locations from Ukraine to Venezuela to Somalia to Iran an...


LewRockwell
Oct 20, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords:  canad, administration, constitution, enforcement, maga, supreme court, tariff, trade, trump

Liberty Justice Center Files First Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Section 338 Tariffs Against Canadian Imports

The tariffs are illegal for multiple different reasons.


Reason Magazine
Oct 20, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: circuit court, constitution, election, maga, scotus, scotus::2, supreme court

Supreme Court Takes Up Accusations of Race-Based Middle School Admissions

Maryland parents say admissions rules tied to school poverty levels put Asian-American students at a disadvantage.


Reason Magazine
Oct 20, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, enforcement, fiscal, maga, mamdani, mamdani::2, republican

New Yorkers Don't Compost. Will They Be Fined Into Compliance?

The city mandates composting, but New Yorkers don’t like to be told what to do with their garbage—and don't seem all that clear on the rules in the first place.


Reason Magazine
Oct 20, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: china, chinese, crime, explosive, foreign policy, propaganda, trade, trafficking

Get The Real Dope on Drugs (Parts One and Two)

Get The Real Dope on Drugs (Part One) Your Government and Drugs The CIA and Drugs How The U.S. Government Created America’s Drug Problem (Amazon book list) CIA, NATO and the Great Heroin Coup: How Mia...


LewRockwell
Oct 20, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: china, conflict, congress, crisis, defense, economy, iran, nuclear

The Fall of Saudi Arabia?

Prior to the disruptions of the current Iran War, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) had spent more than a half-century as the world’s leading oil exporter. That crucial economic role and the vast gush...


LewRockwell
Oct 20, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: border, communist, congress, defense, invasion, midterms, supreme court, trump

Much Ado About Russia

Right-wing and left-wing interventionists and interventionist mainstream-press commentators are up in arms over President Trump’s decision to ease economic sanctions against Russia in connection with ...


LewRockwell
Oct 20, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: border, defense, escalation, iran, protest, protest, riot, trump

Europe’s Diesel Winter Is Coming, and Washington Is About To Make It Worse

Saudi Arabia went looking for allies against Ansar Allah, and so far it has gotten statements of support. Egypt has declared its readiness to back the Kingdom, but its statement does not commit to any...


LewRockwell
Oct 20, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: biden, constitution, election, federal judge, proof of citizenship, republican, senate, voter id

Voters in 11 states tackle key piece of SAVE America Act

Fred Lucas writes for the Daily Signal about significant ballot measures across the country linked to election integrity. Senate Republicans were unable to pass the SAVE America Act this year, but vot...


John Locke Foundation
Oct 20, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords:  vance , election, midterms, republican, rubio, senate, trump, white house

Vance drops hint that he might not run in 2028

Matt Vespa writes for Townhall.com about a potentially significant development in the upcoming race to follow President Donald Trump in the White House. A top contender might not run after all. We’re ...


John Locke Foundation
Oct 20, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords:  ice , china, communist, invasion, migrant, migrants, propaganda, riot

Pratt labels the enemy Communislam

Catherine Salgado writes for PJMedia.com about one high-profile California political figure’s reaction to recent unrest around the world. A combination of radical commies and Muslim migrants is showin...


John Locke Foundation
Oct 20, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: biden, communist, election, immigration, migration, protest, protest, supreme court

Marxists, Islamists unite in ‘unholy marriage’

M.D. Kittle writes for the Federalist about a dangerous trend in American politics. As France burns, a Washington, D.C.-based government watchdog is sending out an Election Day warning about the desig...


John Locke Foundation
Oct 20, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: administration, fiscal, iran, maga, tariff, taxes, trump

Trump's $8 Billion Diesel Bailout Pays Farmers for a Problem He Created

The new Harvest Fuel Relief program is the latest payment to farmers squeezed by the president’s own war and tariffs.


Reason Magazine
Oct 20, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: congress, constitution, lawyer, maga, scotus, scotus::2

New in SCOTUSBlog: "The separation and expansion of powers between Congress and the president"

Our final installment to track the changes in constitutional law.


Reason Magazine
Oct 20, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: election, gas price, inflation, iran, nuclear, republican, trump

Report: Iran Delaying Negotiations to Hurt Trump in Midterm Elections

Reuters reported on Tuesday, speaking with multiple senior Iranian officials who explained that Tehran is deliberately delaying negoations with the US to hurt President Donald Trump’s Republican Party...


The Libertarian Institute
Oct 20, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: conflict, conservative, defense, economy, prison, tps

Parousiatic Atheism

While “parousiatic atheism” is not a standard, mainstream term in academic philosophy or theology, its meaning can be clearly deduced by combining its two root concepts: Parousia (the theological conc...


LewRockwell
Oct 20, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: maga, newsom, newsom::2, taxes

California's 'Wealth Tax' Could Cost the State $39 Billion

New study finds that 85 percent of "plausible scenarios" result in negative revenue for the state as wealthy residents flee.


Reason Magazine
Oct 20, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: election, maga, protest, protest, trade

You Can Trade Contracts on Elections, but Not on Onions. These College Students Want To Fix That.

Students at the University of Chicago are rallying to repeal the 1958 Onion Futures Act to give onion producers a tool that corn and wheat growers already have.


Reason Magazine
Oct 20, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, maga, protest, protest, trump

Fans Don't Want a 24-Team College Football Playoff. The NCAA Thinks You'll Watch Anyway.

Plus: NBA restricts problematic bets without needing regulation; the real plan for Trump to profit from East Potomac Golf Course renovation


Reason Magazine
Oct 20, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, congress, enforcement, feds, maga

The DEA Wants To Turn 7-OH Consumers Into Criminals

Where's the science?


Reason Magazine
Oct 20, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: china, conflict, crisis, fiscal, maga

After the International 'Liberal Order'

A new book imagines a new global system. How plausible are its ideas?


Reason Magazine
Oct 20, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: crime, defense, maga, murderer, second amendment

Second Amendment Roundup: Saving Lives at Silver Rail Elementary

After School District bans licensed pistols, license holder saves children.


Reason Magazine
Oct 20, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: debt, economy, federal reserve, inflation, taxes

The Housing Market Is Not Returning to 2020

Fannie Mae has sharply raised its mortgage rate forecast for 2027, and the revision should put an end to the fantasy that Americans can simply wait another year for cheap money to return. Economists n...


LewRockwell
Oct 20, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: border, defense, escalation, nuclear, trump

South Korea Vows ‘Decisive Retaliation’ If North Korea Deploys Tactical Strike Weapons to Border

South Korea said it would retaliate against North Korea if it continues its provocations. The statement followed Pyongyang threatening to deploy tactical strike weapons to its southern border.  “Now t...


The Libertarian Institute
Oct 20, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: china, conflict, debt, foreign policy, tps

10/16/26 Joseph Solis-Mullen on the Concerning Collapse of Ethiopia

Download Audio. Scott interviews Libertarian Institute Fellow Joseph Solis-Mullen about what’s happening in Ethiopia. Solis-Mullen gives us the historical context of the escalating conflict, the broad...


The Libertarian Institute
Oct 20, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: congress, conservative, crisis, election, midterms

Is It ‘Rational’ To Vote In the Midterms?

There has been a good deal of discussion recently among libertarians and conservatives over whether to vote in the upcoming midterms. Those among us (I confess to being one) who had hopes that what pa...


The Libertarian Institute
Oct 20, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords:  canad, crisis, debt, fiscal, riot

Part IX of the Global Entitlement Crisis: Will Spain Be the First Domino?

Since 3/4ths of readers are from the United States, I suspect yesterday’s column will garner the most attention in this series. Though maybe the riots and disarray in France will cause the column abou...


International Liberty
Oct 20, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Article Keywords: conflict, maga, protest, protest

ADU Nihilism

Definitions of different housing types are arbitrary. Every productive housing reform produces conflict.


Reason Magazine
Oct 20, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: constitution, defense, doj, rfk

RFK Jr. Blames Measles Outbreak on Missed Vaccinations After Years of Warning About MMR Risks

For years, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. championed families whose children were injured by the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. He challenged federal health agencies and Big Pharma, popularized cen...


LewRockwell
Oct 20, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: conflict, gaza, iran, trump

John Mearsheimer on No End to Trump’s Troubles

Reprinted from John’s Substack:  On 13 October 2026, I was on Judging Freedom, talking with the Judge about recent developments in the wars in Ukraine and Iran, the Gaza genocide, and the Saudi-Houthi...


Antiwar.com Blog
Oct 20, 2026 - antiwar.com
Article Keywords: foreign policy, iran, nuclear, tps

10/16/26 Larry Johnson on Iran, Lebanon and Yemen

Download Audio. Scott brings Larry Johnson back on the show to talk about all the Middle East news they couldn’t get to last week. They discuss the Iran war and the status of Iran’s nuclear program, I...


The Libertarian Institute
Oct 20, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: conflict, election, iran, trump

Hegseth Meets Netanyahu in Unannounced Visit to Israel

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth traveled to an Israeli air base housing US warplanes and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The meeting occurred eight days before Israel’s election.  Two source...


The Libertarian Institute
Oct 20, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: crime, defense, maga

Did Oregon Man Who Shot the School Shooter Violate Oregon Law in Carrying Gun onto School Property?

I've seen some say yes as to that—as an objection to gun control laws, not as an objection to the… The post Did Oregon Man Who Shot the School Shooter Violate Oregon Law in Carrying Gun onto School Pr...


Reason Magazine
Oct 20, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: crime, invasion, riot

The Camp of the Saints After 53 Years

When most people think of dystopian visions of the future, they think of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four or Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Both excellent choices. Some readers have other volume...


LewRockwell
Oct 20, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: debt, inflation, riot

France's riots highlight a growing risk for its battered bond market

" French government bonds, known as OATs, have been among the hardest hit in a global bond selloff fueled by inflation fears, higher interest-rate expectations, and concerns about government debt."


Mises Institute
Oct 20, 2026 - mises.org
Article Keywords: constitution, election, riot

CEI’s lawsuit to stop Wisconsin’s disenfranchisement of prediction market participants

The Competitive Enterprise Institute has just filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a grave threat to democracy from a state that touts itself as progressive. In July, the Wisconsin Elections Commission...


Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Oct 20, 2026 - cei.org
Article Keywords: communist, defense, trade

Conquest, Commerce, and Development

Development policy needs a sturdier foundation than GDP growth.


Law & Liberty
Oct 20, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: constitution, maga

Children May Proceed Pseudonymously; May Their Parents?

From L.R. v. Bd. of Ed. of Jennings School Dist., decided Wednesday by Judge Joshua Divine (E.D. Mo.): L.R. and… The post Children May Proceed Pseudonymously; May Their Parents? appeared first on Reas...


Reason Magazine
Oct 20, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: maga, supreme court

Today in Supreme Court History: October 20, 1973

10/20/1973: The Saturday Night Massacre occurs. The post Today in Supreme Court History: October 20, 1973 appeared first on Reason Magazine.


Reason Magazine
Oct 20, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: gop, trump

GOP Senators Freak Out As Trump Eases Russia Sanctions!

Watch today’s Liberty Report here. The post GOP Senators Freak Out As Trump Eases Russia Sanctions! appeared first on LewRockwell.


LewRockwell
Oct 20, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: foreign policy, tps

10/16/26 Robert Wright on the Threats Posed by AI

Download Audio. Scott interviews Robert Wright, author of the book The God Test, about how AI will impact our future. They discuss the threats AI poses to our safety and our economies. And they talk a...


The Libertarian Institute
Oct 20, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: doj, trump

DOJ Moves Against Racist College Admins – Liberty Road: The Podcast

Berkley busted by Trump.


Main Feed
Oct 20, 2026 - libertynation.com
Article Keywords: election, republican

Lessons From Political Violence in the 1876 Presidential Election

While historians blame much of the post-Civil War racial violence on white southern Democrats, there also was Republican-led violence against blacks who voted for Democratic Party candidates.


Mises Institute
Oct 20, 2026 - mises.org
Article Keywords: conservative, economy, fiscal, gop, immigration, maga, migration, protest, protest, republican, riot, tariff, trump, white house

France's Welfare State Is Finally Imploding

Plus: Trump's tariffs lose support among his own voters, a five-day White House press secretary, and Elizabeth Warren's crusade against corporate mergers


Reason Magazine
Oct 19, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, biden, conflict, congress, executive order, fiscal, iran, migrant, migrants, nuclear, trump, white house

The week in regulations: Salt substitutes and spiny lobster management

The new White House Press Secretary lasted five days before resigning. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is upset that one company makes two brands of hot sauce. Agencies issued new regulations ranging from credi...


Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Oct 19, 2026 - cei.org
Article Keywords: administration, chinese, conservative, constitution, crime, maga, migrant, migrants, of color, supreme court, trump

Supreme Court Will Hear Case on "Facially Neutral" Discrimination Against Asian Students in Admissions to Public Magnet Schools

The case arises as both right and left favor various forms of anti-Asian discrimination.


Reason Magazine
Oct 19, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, crisis, jobs, maga, mamdani, mamdani::2, protest, protest

A Months-Old Anti-Robotaxi Group Is Steering Transportation Policy From Albany to D.C.

Even though its claims about job loss and safety don't hold up, the group has convinced the likely next mayor of D.C. to slow Waymo's development.


Reason Magazine
Oct 19, 2026 - reason.com