Libertarian Reporting for 2026-10-27
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 47 articles from 12 sites. We chose these from 1950 articles found on 35 sites.
Today's featured sites are:
Cafe Hayek, Reason Magazine, The Libertarian Institute, LewRockwell, Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute, John Locke Foundation, Blog - Students For Liberty, Law & Liberty, International Liberty, Antiwar.com Blog, Free the People, Liberty Nation.
Some Links
TweetMegan McArdle writes insightfully about California’s pending proposal to soak the rich. Three slices: These days, legislators generally don’t enact tax hikes so confiscatory that they trigger an ...
Cafe Hayek
Oct 26, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Bob Woodward Reveals He Spoke With Justices Stewart, Powell, White, Blackmun, and Rehnquist for "The Brethren"
Steven Goldberg, one of Brennan's clerks, provided Woodward with the 75-page case history of U.S.v. Nixon.
Reason Magazine
Oct 26, 2026 - reason.com
New Book Says Jared Kushner Funneled Money to Middle East Mercenaries. Kushner Denies It.
Princes and Thieves makes explosive claims about the Trump family’s role in Middle Eastern intrigue.
Reason Magazine
Oct 26, 2026 - reason.com
Government Always Has A Death Penalty (Like It Or Not)
People have been debating what to do with murderers for thousands of years. Plato discussed the contentious matter in his dialogues, and it is likely that disagreement about the proper course of actio...
The Libertarian Institute
Oct 26, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Trump's Tariffs Are Politically Toxic
Voters hate the tariffs—and elected Republicans aren't even trying to defend the president's signature policy anymore.
Reason Magazine
Oct 26, 2026 - reason.com
Justice Department Targets Alaska Senate Election
The Trump administration says the state should not certify the election if the incumbent loses too narrowly.
Reason Magazine
Oct 26, 2026 - reason.com
AIPAC’s New Strategy: Less Visibility, Same Ambitions
AIPAC has become such a liability for politicians, and those aspiring to politics, that the pro-Israel lobby is tweaking how it funnels money to candidates. AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs C...
LewRockwell
Oct 26, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
A Latin American NATO? It May Be Necessary
Before dawn on January 3, 2026, American warplanes pounded military targets across Venezuela while U.S. Special Forces kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in Caracas. The ra...
The Libertarian Institute
Oct 26, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Court Declines to Dismiss Threat Indictment Based on "I'm Going to Shoot up a Synagogue" Post
From Judge Virginia Kendall (N.D. Ill.) in U.S. v. Holmes: After the Government filed a Criminal Complaint against Holmes on… The post Court Declines to Dismiss Threat Indictment Based on "I'm Going t...
Reason Magazine
Oct 26, 2026 - reason.com
Abdul El-Sayed Would Freeze the Bill of Rights in the 18th Century
The Second Amendment is not confined to 1780s technology.
Reason Magazine
Oct 26, 2026 - reason.com
Federal Income Tax makes Constitutional Republic Impossible.
To understand anything about our Constitutional Republic, you must know that the Sovereign States established the Federal Government to perform only a few specified functions. The present reality is t...
LewRockwell
Oct 26, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
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...
LewRockwell
Oct 26, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The week in regulations: Mailing live animals and crash test dummy comments
A Trump administration envoy to Russia called Vladimir Putin a humanitarian. The Justice Department announced it will sue if the Republican Senate candidate in Alaska loses by a close margin. Agencies...
Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Oct 26, 2026 - cei.org
The Anti-Church—Machinery of Control
“And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark…” — Revelation 13:17 The Anti-Church isn’t a building or a denomination. It isn’t a government or an institution. It’s a subconscious patt...
LewRockwell
Oct 26, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
America Is Spending Billions To Fight the War on Terror in Africa. The Terrorists Are Winning.
Terrorism fatalities in Africa rose more than 100,000 percent between 2002 and 2022, according to the federal government.
Reason Magazine
Oct 26, 2026 - reason.com
Will the Wealth Tax Fail?
Plus: Brazilian presidential elections, passing by Cuba, Taiwanese families who hate Arizona's schools, and more...
Reason Magazine
Oct 26, 2026 - reason.com
Harassment Restraining Order Based Largely on Speech Critical of Zoo Veterinarian,
vacated on First Amendment grounds by a Massachusetts appellate court.
Reason Magazine
Oct 26, 2026 - reason.com
Trump has done little to address inflation concerns
Michael Strain explores President Donald Trump’s approach toward reducing inflation. On Wednesday, data for September showed that US headline CPI inflation increased by 3.7 per cent over the year—fast...
John Locke Foundation
Oct 26, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Asking legitimate questions about Omar’s past
Daniel Foster writes for National Review Online about lingering questions surrounding the history of one of Congress’ worst members. The long-standing accusations against Ilhan Omar — if that is her r...
John Locke Foundation
Oct 26, 2026 - johnlocke.org
The Equal Presumption of Liberty to Travel and Exchange
Image citation: Greg Rosenke’s Earth picture, licenced under Unsplash Are rights inherent, and thus, do they constitute a presumption of how others should treat individuals, or are rights mere permiss...
Blog - Students For Liberty
Oct 26, 2026 - studentsforliberty.org
How Party Politics Fueled the Militarization of Race Relations
According to the non-aggression principle, aggressive violence is never justified. But stating the principle is the easy part. Identifying the aggressor is more difficult when the facts are contested ...
LewRockwell
Oct 26, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Americans Are Borrowing To Survive
Americans are increasingly financing the basic necessities of life because their paychecks are no longer stretching far enough. Buy-now-pay-later financing has exploded into a $160 billion industry, a...
LewRockwell
Oct 26, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
America250 and the Oath against democratic socialism
Not every ideology seeking power is equally compatible with a faithful commitment to preserve the constitutional order. Turn on cable news or browse conservative commentary, and “democratic socialism”...
Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Oct 26, 2026 - cei.org
From 1215 to 2026
The principles of the Declaration are rooted in a heritage much older than 250 years.
Law & Liberty
Oct 26, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Nathan Fielder Made a Dishonest Movie
His Elizabeth Holmes documentary, You Can See Everything, is a deeply unethical piece of filmmaking.
Reason Magazine
Oct 26, 2026 - reason.com
Fake Pollsters and Those Who Loved Them
n a series of disclosures, four polling outfits have recently been exposed as utter frauds, fabricating data and sharing fraudulent reports. These fake polls have appeared in media election surveys, w...
LewRockwell
Oct 26, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Informal Rules for Americans in the U.S. Empire
There are informal rules for American citizens about living in the U.S. Empire. Mind you, most of them are not codified into law. They are not found in an imperially published citizen’s manual. But Am...
LewRockwell
Oct 26, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
He’s At It Again
Trump’s trick – and it worked really well for a really long time – was to make vague, appealing-sounding promises such as Make America Great Again. Who would argue with that? Exactly the point. It bri...
LewRockwell
Oct 26, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Is Starlink/Starshield Key to Peace in Ukraine?
After Musk and Trump already demonstrated that Ukraine’s use of Starlink/Starshield can be throttled in an instant, therefore risking the collapse of the entire front line if taken to the extreme of a...
LewRockwell
Oct 26, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
10-26 election data dump: Republicans eat into Democrat’s strong early lead
It is 8 days until election day on November 3. Here are some relevant upcoming dates from the North Carolina State Board of Elections: Republicans claw back some of Democrats’ early lead but are still...
John Locke Foundation
Oct 26, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Honest Men Turned Knaves
The force of partisan strife in modern politics should make us appreciate the need for checks and balances.
Law & Liberty
Oct 26, 2026 - lawliberty.org
The 2026 Version of the ITCI: Estonia at the Top, France at the Bottom
Since I want all nations to follow the recipe for growth, I think economic rankings can be very instructive. This is why I try to write every year about the Tax Foundation’s International Tax Competit...
International Liberty
Oct 26, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Today in Supreme Court History: October 26, 1774
10/26/1774: First Continental Congress ends its first session in Philadelphia. The post Today in Supreme Court History: October 26, 1774 appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason Magazine
Oct 26, 2026 - reason.com
Burning up France for no good reason
Thomas Chatterton Williams explores the current unrest in a major European nation. The “internal decay” besetting France, as my friend the writer Pascal Bruckner phrased it, piggybacks on other, more ...
John Locke Foundation
Oct 26, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Ron Paul: Obama Comes Out Swinging on Iran
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Former President Barack Obama blasted President Trump’s Iran was in a campaign stop over the weekend, ridiculing the “Mission Accomplished” moment and claiming that...
Antiwar.com Blog
Oct 26, 2026 - antiwar.com
Loophole allows gambling to cover Medicaid work requirement
Kevin Corinth highlights a harmful loophole to new Medicaid work requirements. Medicaid is getting a justified makeover on Jan. 1, when most states will begin implementing a work requirement as a cond...
John Locke Foundation
Oct 26, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Trump Exempts Some Canadian Products From Section 338 Tariffs—But His Illegal Trade War Continues
Courts should still strike down the Section 338 tariffs and import bans that remain in place.
Reason Magazine
Oct 25, 2026 - reason.com
Police Destroyed Their Homes and Businesses. The Supreme Court Won't Say Who Should Pay.
Are innocent people entitled to compensation when their property is ruined by police? That will continue to be an "open question."
Reason Magazine
Oct 25, 2026 - reason.com
Vinay Prasad on Anthony Fauci, COVID-19 Restrictions, and RFK Jr.
"Fauci was wrong about almost every single pandemic policy he advanced," the former FDA insider tells Reason.
Reason Magazine
Oct 25, 2026 - reason.com
Pamela Colloff on America's Biggest Jailhouse Snitch, Wrongful Convictions, and Criminal Justice
"I am obsessed with this idea that the system is built to compound its own errors," the author of the best-selling book Catch the Devil tells Reason's Billy Binion.
Reason Magazine
Oct 25, 2026 - reason.com
Income taxes, constitutional amendments and doomsayers: Haven’t we been here before?
Imposing an arbitrary income tax rate cap in the North Carolina Constitution could fundamentally compromise our state’s ability to fund our schools, ensure the educational preparation of young childre...
John Locke Foundation
Oct 25, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Return of the Cack
If you think it can't get any dumber, you don't have a clue! The post Return of the Cack appeared first on Free the People.
Free the People
Oct 25, 2026 - freethepeople.org
Evil Heaton 'Fixes' Gerrymandering
A congressional guide to staying in power.
Reason Magazine
Oct 25, 2026 - reason.com
Today in Supreme Court History: October 25, 1795
10/25/1795: Justice John Blair resigns from the Supreme Court. The post Today in Supreme Court History: October 25, 1795 appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason Magazine
Oct 25, 2026 - reason.com
John Mearsheimer: Hamas on the Streets of Paris
Reprinted from John’s Substack: On 20 October 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with the Judge about a wide range of issues, including the causes of the ongoing civil unrest in France, Secreta...
Antiwar.com Blog
Oct 25, 2026 - antiwar.com
Trump Lands Behind Bars in Iran and the NFL Gets Bird Flu
Folks from the Back Forty were in for a weird one this week.
Liberty Nation
Oct 25, 2026 - libertynation.com
When Moochers Outnumber Producers, Can a Nation Be Salvaged?
I periodically share data on the age-dependency ratio in various nations. That’s very important data. It helps to explain why young-to-old redistribution programs in many nations are becoming a recipe...