THANK YOU to subscribing contributor JS, whose $10 monthly payment over the weekend brings our annual fundraiser total to (as of 5am Monday) $1,093.50!
We’re about 1/3 of the way through the fundraising period, and about 40% of the way to our goal. Ever so slightly “ahead of the curve,” but we’ve also been coasting a bit — and the more quickly we get where we’re going, the more quickly I can stop running my yap about money.
Once we’ve raised $2,751.50, supporter GL will “match funds” to get us across the $5,503 finish line. The latter can’t happen until the former does, so please help out:
Have a great day!
Yours in liberty,
Tom Knapp
Publisher
Rational Review News Digest / Freedom News Daily
Source: Investing.com
“Iran has proposed reopening the Strait of Hormuz within two days if Washington meets its conditions, offering a breakthrough in talks to end the war as both sides warn that renewed fighting could spread regionally. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Qatari mediators had helped shorten Tehran’s seven-day reopening proposal. Under the revised sequence, the U.S. would take steps on the first day, and shipping would resume on the second. Meanwhile, Iranian negotiators reportedly held a third consecutive day of talks with Qatari mediators on Sunday to advance a deal to end the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, according to a Reuters News report.” (11/01/26)
https://www.investing.com/news/economy-news/iran-offers-48hour-hormuz-reopening-plan-as-trump-signals-progress-in-talks-4989413
Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L. Knapp
“I’d like to say ‘don’t panic,’ and that’s exactly what I will say — not because I’m convinced nothing bizarre is about to happen, but because ‘prepping’ is always good advice anyway. These news cycle indicators may or may not be predictive in the near term, but laying in some shelf-stable food and bottled water can’t hurt and will stand you in good stead for even the smaller ‘disasters’ that have always been part of life (blizzards, hurricanes, etc.). IS something big coming? I haven’t the faintest. I don’t move in circles of power where I’d pick up that kind of thing before you. That said, we live in a time of multiple escalating crises.” (11/01/26)
https://thegarrisoncenter.org/archives/20962
Source: Unattended Baggage
“It’s election day … again … maybe.” (10/31/26)
https://unattendedbaggage.substack.com/p/episode-361-its-election-dayagainmaybe
Source: The Hill
“A federal judge on Sunday dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit in Alaska that sought to block certification if the second Dan Sullivan running for Senate causes voter confusion and leads Democrats to flip the seat. U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason ruled the administration hadn’t shown how she could rectify their concerns, as ballots are already prepared and Election Day is on Tuesday. … The administration can now try to appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.” (11/01/26)
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6186982-judge-dismisses-trump-alaska-lawsuit
Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton
“How involved should lovers of liberty (minarchists and especially anarchists) be involved in issues of government? Closely tied to that question, how involved should christians and libertarians be in issues that relate to human (‘civil’) government? Should they vote in elections, write government representatives, support candidates, and speak out about political issues relating to liberty, morality, responsibility, family, and freedom (not just but especially religious freedom)? For christians, what about the separation of church and state? For libertarians in general, what about separation of school and state?” (10/31/26)
https://thepriceofliberty.org/2026/10/31/should-lovers-of-liberty-and-christians-vote/
Source: International Business Times [UK]
“The Palestine Action ban faces a Supreme Court challenge this week after Saturday’s protest outside the US embassy in London. The Metropolitan Police confirmed on Sunday that officers had arrested 325 people. The group was proscribed under the Terrorism Act on 5 July 2025. Its co-founder subsequently secured permission to appeal against the ban, after conflicting judgements in the lower courts left the legality of the measure contested. Of those detained, 320 were arrested on suspicion of ‘expressing support for a proscribed organisation under the Terrorism Act’, the Met stated.” (11/02/26)
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/palestine-action-ban-supreme-court-challenge-london-arrests-1829515
Source: Reason
by Nick Gillespie
“There is rarely anyone worth voting for who might actually win in most races. That’s got to change.” (10/31/26)
https://reason.com/2026/10/31/for-libertarians-election-day-is-the-cruelest-day-of-the-year/
Source: Deutsche Welle [German state media]
“The Kremlin is getting closer to opening its ‘new eye’ on Europe. Construction of a towering radar complex is almost complete in Russia’s highly militarized exclave of Kaliningrad, according to reports. From above, the three radiating arms of the sprawling facility, each more than 500 meters (1,640 feet) long, look like some sort of alien lifeform has left its mark on an otherwise undisturbed stretch of forested nature reserve. You could actually compare it to a landing platform or launch pad for Moscow’s massive intelligence-gathering network. While Russia has not confirmed it is building the structure, security expert Vaidotas Malinionis said the radar will be so big, it will be able to see beyond the earth’s curvature.” (11/01/26)
https://www.dw.com/en/russias-giant-new-radar-in-kaliningrad-raises-alarm-in-nato/a-79797815
Source: The Dispatch
by Kevin D Williamson
“Counterfactuals are of limited use, but it does not seem likely that the Democratic nominee in Alaska, Mary Peltola, needed to engage in ballot shenanigans to win. She has been consistently ahead in the polls, including in head-to-head polls in which the third candidate is a non-factor, and some polls, including those from the New York Times/Siena and other credible sources, have had her at or above 50 percent. All of the media attention to the ballot-stacking story has probably done very little other than to dirty up her name, blunt the Democrats’ natural advantage vis-à-vis Donald Trump’s Republicans on the issue of corruption and democratic probity, and—not least—remind Alaskans what the name of their not particularly impressive Class II incumbent senator is.” (10/30/26)
https://thedispatch.com/article/alaska-caper-democrats-midterms-dan-sullivan/
