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The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 464 of the In The Tank Podcast. This week, the ITT crew is discussing a handful of stories that revolve around some of the world's most authoritarian socialist rulers. From Brazilian President Lula going after Elon Musk and Twitter to North Korean Dictator Kim Jung Un purging government officials, it seems we are at a time when the world's socialists are desperately clinging to power. What common links can be found between these stories? And what do these events tell us about socialism in general?
PRIMARY TOPIC - World's Socialists Desperately Clinging to Power
Fox News - Venezuelan dictator deploys bizarre distraction as country remains in turmoil after election
https://www.foxnews.com/world/venezuelan-dictator-deploys-bizarre-distraction-country-remains-turmoil-election
The Blaze - Elon Musk torches Democrats after former DNC leader praises suppression of free speech in Brazil
https://www.theblaze.com/news/ellison-free-speech-brazil-musk
The Blaze - Globalists push to have Elon Musk arrested as global assault on free speech kicks into overdrive
https://www.theblaze.com/return/globalists-push-to-have-elon-musk-arrested-as-global-assault-on-free-speech-kicks-into-overdrive
Daily Wire - Brazil’s Crackdown On X Should Be Warning Sign For All Americans, Legal Group Warns
https://www.dailywire.com/news/brazils-crackdown-on-x-should-be-warning-sign-for-all-americans-legal-group-warns
Fox News - North Korea’s Kim Jong Un reportedly ordered dozens of officials executed after deadly floods
https://www.foxnews.com/world/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-reportedly-ordered-dozens-officials-executed-after-deadly-floods
Daily Mail - Kamala Harris goes to 'debate camp': Insiders reveal where VP's preparation is already going 'sideways' as she gets ready for primetime Trump showdown
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13812237/kamala-harris-debate-donald-trump-prepare.html
WaPo - Harris to hold final days of debate prep in Pennsylvania
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/09/03/2024-election-campaign-updates-harris-trump/
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The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 463 of the In The Tank Podcast. Despite being the official Democratic Presidential candidate for several weeks, the campaign has been slow to reveal her official positions on many important issues. And lately, there have been statements on behalf of Vice President Harris suggesting she is no longer in favor of mandates for electric vehicles and that she is no longer in favor of banning hydraulic fracturing. With the lack of official policy platforms, how are voters supposed to know who is the real Kamala Harris?
OPENING CHIT CHAT
Newsweek - Mark Zuckerberg Just Blew the Whistle on Biden's Contempt for Free Speech | Opinion
https://www.newsweek.com/mark-zuckerberg-just-blew-whistle-bidens-contempt-free-speech-opinion-1945010
Politico - Zuckerberg’s new Washington game
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/27/zuckerbergs-new-washington-game-00176527
PRIMARY TOPIC - Will The Real Kamala Harris Please Stand Up?
Daily Caller - Harris Campaign Says It’s A ‘Lie’ That Kamala Backs EV Mandates, But Her Record Tells A Different Story
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/27/harris-campaign-says-lie-kamala-backs-ev-mandates-record-different-story/
Fox Business - Harris campaign says Dem nominee 'does not support' electric vehicle mandate in attempt to flip the script
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/harris-campaign-says-dem-nominee-does-not-support-electric-vehicle-mandate-attempt-flip-script
Politico - Harris campaign pledges she won’t ban fracking
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/28/harris-campaign-trump-fracking-ban-00171537
The Hill - Voters deserve answers on Kamala Harris’s true energy policy
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/4844038-harris-fracking-energy-policies/
CBS News - Harris has yet to outline her plan for climate change. Here's what the Democratic Party platform says.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democratic-party-platform-climate-environment/
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The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 462 of the In The Tank Podcast. Over the past few weeks, Vice President and presidential candidate Kamala Harris has outlined a number of economic policy proposals her potential administration would enact. Some of these policies include price controls, subsidies for first-time-homebuyers, increases to the corporate income tax, and increases to the capital gains tax. How would these economic policies affect the economy? What do these proposals reveal about the Democratic presidential candidate?
PRIMARY TOPIC - COMMIE-LA'S BASKET OF DEPLORABLE ECONOMIC POLICIES
ATR - $5 Trillion List of Tax Hikes Kamala Harris Just Endorsed
https://www.atr.org/5-trillion-list-of-tax-hikes-kamala-harris-just-endorsed/
The Federalist - How Kamala’s Economic Plans Would Send ‘Bidenflation’ Into Overdrive
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/21/how-kamalas-economic-plans-would-send-bidenflation-into-overdrive/
Fox Business - Harris proposes $25,000 down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers — is it a good idea?
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/harris-proposes-25000-down-payment-assistance-first-time-homebuyers
National Review - Yes, Harris Is Proposing Price Controls
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/yes-harris-is-proposing-price-controls/
USA Today - Trump’s ‘Comrade Kamala’ insult is a bit much, but price controls really are an awful idea
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/08/21/harris-economy-price-controls-trump/74870938007/
WSJ - Kamala Harris Backs 28% Corporate Tax Rate
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/dnc-election-2024-harris-walz/card/kamala-harris-backs-28-corporate-tax-rate-lLbAz4jYYGYb7WJnieCp
WSJ - Harris Calls for No Taxes on Tips, Borrowing a Trump Idea
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/harris-calls-for-no-taxes-on-tips-borrowing-a-trump-idea-5e969efc
ATR - Biden-Harris IRS Targeted Tipped Workers with Heightened Scrutiny
https://www.atr.org/biden-harris-irs-targeted-tipped-workers-with-heightened-scrutiny/
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The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and S. T. Karnick present episode 461 of the In The Tank Podcast. The concept of free speech is once again under assault. The Europe Union's Digital Commissioner Thierry Breton wrote an open letter to X CEO Elon Musk warning him to stop the "amplification of harmful content." Meanwhile, authorities in the UK have been cracking down on so-called "hate speech" on social media, even going as far as threatening American citizens of extradition over supposed incitement of violence. Are any of these restrictions justifiable? Should free speech be absolute? The In The Tank crew discusses these topics and more.
PRIMARY TOPIC - FREE SPEECH UNDER ASSAULT
CNBC - EU warns Elon Musk ahead of Trump interview to keep hate speech off X
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/12/eu-warns-elon-musk-ahead-of-trump-interview-to-keep-hate-speech-off-of-x-.html
Politico - EU’s Breton warns Musk on hate speech ahead of Trump interview; receives profane response
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-warns-elon-musk-hate-speech-donald-trump-interview-breton-x/
The Guardian - Two men jailed for social media posts that stirred up far-right violence
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/09/two-men-jailed-for-social-media-posts-that-stirred-up-far-right-violence
NYP - UK police commissioner threatens to extradite, jail US citizens over online posts: ‘We’ll come after you’
https://nypost.com/2024/08/10/media/uk-police-commissioner-threatens-to-extradite-jail-us-citizens-over-online-posts-well-come-after-you/
Reason - VP Candidate Tim Walz on "There's No Guarantee to Free Speech on Misinformation or Hate Speech, and Especially Around Our Democracy"
https://reason.com/volokh/2024/08/08/vp-candidate-tim-walz-on-theres-no-guarantee-to-free-speech-on-misinformation-or-hate-speech-and-especially-around-our-democracy/
The Conversation - Americans love free speech, survey finds − until they realize everyone else has it, too
https://theconversation.com/americans-love-free-speech-survey-finds-until-they-realize-everyone-else-has-it-too-234884
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The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 460 of the In The Tank Podcast. Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic candidate, has selected her running mate - Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Nancy Pelosi and others in the media are trying to portray Walz as a moderate "heartland democrat," but is this really the case? The In The Tank Crew looks into Walz's record and policy agenda to show just how far-left he really is.
PRIMARY TOPIC - HARRIS/WALZ: A FAR-LEFT DEMOCRATIC TICKET
(video) Nancy Pelosi claiming Walz is moderate
https://x.com/WritingLeeman/status/1820831428390641893
(video) Nancy Pelosi asked Walz to “tone down” views on abortion
https://x.com/KristanHawkins/status/1820874901009658007
CotAE - What America needs to know about Tim Walz of Minnesota
https://www.americanexperiment.org/what-america-needs-to-know-about-tim-walz-of-minnesota/
CotAE - The High Cost of 100 Percent Carbon-Free Electricity by 2040
https://www.americanexperiment.org/reports/the-high-cost-of-100-percent-carbon-free-electricity-by-2040
Energy Bad Boys – Green New Walz
https://energybadboys.substack.com/p/green-new-walzNational Review - Tim Walz Progressive Agenda Included Giving Driver’s Licenses, Free Tuition to Illegal Immigrants
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/tim-walz-progressive-agenda-included-giving-drivers-licenses-free-tuition-to-illegal-immigrants/
NYP - Gov. Tim Walz accused of ‘massive overreach’ as VP pick’s COVID record slammed by critics: ‘Complete and utter failure’
https://nypost.com/2024/08/06/us-news/vp-pick-tim-walzs-covid-record-a-complete-and-utter-failure-critics-say/
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The Heartland Institute’s Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, Justin Haskins, and S.T. Karnick present episode 459 of the In the Tank Podcast. Heartland recently commissioned some polls with our friends at Rasmussen Reports – together, among the only organizations doing serious polling research on election fraud. Our latest finding: No less than 62% of likely voters are concerned that cheating will affect the outcome of the 2024 election in November. And why might that be? Maybe because nearly 20% of those same voters said they received multiple ballots in the mail in 2020. Committing voter fraud has never been easier in America. It’s a national crisis few are brave enough to talk about, and fewer with the power to fix our elections are lifting a finger to stop.
PRIMARY TOPIC – WORRIED ABOUT ELECTION CHEATING
New Poll Shows Americans Are Very Worried about Election Integrity
https://heartland.org/opinion/new-poll-shows-americans-are-very-worried-about-election-integrity/
Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: Large Majority of Voters (62%) Are Concerned Cheating Will Impact 2024 Election
https://heartland.org/opinion/heartland-rasmussen-poll-large-majority-of-voters-62-are-concerned-cheating-will-impact-2024-election/
Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: One-in-Five Mail-In Voters Admit to Committing at Least One Kind of Voter Fraud During 2020 Election
https://heartland.org/opinion/heartland-rasmussen-poll-one-in-five-mail-in-voters-admit-to-committing-at-least-one-kind-of-voter-fraud-during-2020-election/
Heartland Institute Poll Shows Nearly Three in 10 Voters Would Vote Illegally in 2024 Presidential Election
https://heartland.org/opinion/heartland-institute-poll-shows-nearly-three-in-10-voters-would-vote-illegally-in-2024-presidential-election/
Exclusive: 2024 Georgia Election Poised To Explode Thanks To Secretary Of State’s Inaction
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/01/exclusive-2024-georgia-election-poised-to-explode-thanks-to-secretary-of-states-inaction/?
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The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 458 of the In The Tank Podcast. Another wild news cycle has seen President Joe Biden bow out of the 2024 election. With an endorsement from Biden, it appears as though the candidacy is Vice President Kamala Harris's for the taking. The In The Tank crew talks about the latest news before breaking down the things you need to know about candidate Kamala Harris.
PRIMARY TOPIC - CANDIDATE KAMALA HARRIS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOWThe Federalist - Top 30 Reasons Kamala Harris Would Be A Terrible President
https://thefederalist.com/2024/07/23/top-30-reasons-kamala-harris-would-be-a-terrible-president/
Front Page - Who is Kamala Harris?
https://www.frontpagemag.com/who-is-kamala-harris/
The Spectator - Will the Real Kamala Harris Please Stand Up?
https://thespectator.info/2020/10/07/will-the-real-kamala-harris-please-stand-up/(video) Kamala Harris CNN Climate Townhall on Dietary Guidelines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY0Ph-Z4QPI(video) Universal Health Care for illegals
https://x.com/NRSC/status/1815808480709599308(video) Tulsi Gabbard ends Kamala Harris's primary campaign
https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1815155219623227888
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The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and S. T. Karnick present episode 457 of the In The Tank Podcast. Saturday July 13th, 2024 is a day that will go down in history. An attempted assassination of Donald Trump sent shock waves around the world. The In The Tank crew talks about the swirling news, trying to make sense of what is going on in this country. From the failure of the Secret Service to the reactions from the media and partisan commentators, there is no shortage of things to discuss. Also, the ITT crew speculates about Trump's upcoming speech he will be giving at the RNC.
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The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 456 of the In The Tank Podcast. We are now two weeks removed from what might go down in history as the worst performance in a presidential debate of all time, and the story continues to garner massive mainstream attention. President Biden's horrible performance on the debate stage has resulted in a tidal wave of criticism and calls to step aside by many of the most influential people on the left. This is unprecedented. How is this going to play out? Will Biden step aside? How will this impact the rapidly approaching presidential election?
PRIMARY TOPIC - WORST POLITICAL BLUNDER EVER!Politico - New York Times editorial board urges public Democratic revolt against Biden
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/09/biden-new-york-times-00167028
CBS News - Here are the Democratic lawmakers calling for Biden to step aside in the 2024 race
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-2024-race-democrats-who-want-him-to-step-aside/
Independent - All the celebrities who have called for Joe Biden to step down, from George Clooney to Stephen King
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/biden-democrats-hollywood-george-clooney-netflix-disney-b2577461.html
National Review - President Biden Marches His Party Off a Cliff
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/president-biden-marches-his-party-off-a-cliff/
CBS News - What would happen if Biden stepped aside from the 2024 presidential race?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-happens-biden-steps-down-2024/
NYT - How Misleading Videos Are Trailing Biden as He Battles Age Doubts
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/us/politics/biden-age-videos.html
(video) "Sharp as a tack" montage
https://x.com/0rf/status/1807620571934478683?t=F7piCDariEoQfEGd15XIEg&s=19
ABC News - White House fires back at special counsel report, Harris calls descriptions 'politically motivated'
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-fires-back-special-counsel-report-harris/story?id=107112306
Media Matters - Study: Top newspapers fixate on Biden's age
https://www.mediamatters.org/washington-post/top-newspapers-fixate-bidens-age
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The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Chris Talgo, and S.T. Karnick present episode 455 of the In The Tank Podcast. The national debt is currently closing in on $35 trillion. Even more alarming, the cost of maintaining that debt is approaching $1 trillion annually - this is just the interest payment on the debt! Is this sustainable? Also, how long will the dollar remain the king currency when we pursue such reckless monetary and fiscal policy?
OPENING CHIT CHAT - TONIGHT IS DEBATE NIGHT
NPR - Biden and Trump will debate on Thursday. Here’s what you need to know
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/24/nx-s1-5013579/trump-biden-presidential-debate-when
PRIMARY TOPIC - Will Debt Sink the American Empire?
Money Wise - How much purchasing power will we have in the next 5 years?
https://moneywise.com/research/americans-purchasing-power-plummets-as-inflation-slashes-salaries
NPR - Home prices just hit a record high. Here are 4 things to know about housing
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/22/nx-s1-5015076/home-prices-housing-record-high-mortgage-rates-interest-rates
WSJ - Will Debt Sink the American Empire?
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/will-debt-sink-the-american-empire-8459096b
Atlantic Council - Dollar Dominance Monitor
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/programs/geoeconomics-center/dollar-dominance-monitor/
The Economist - The fight to dethrone the dollar
https://www.economist.com/special-report/2024/05/03/the-fight-to-dethrone-the-dollar
Reuters - US dollar's dominance secure, BRICS see no progress on de-dollarization -report
https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/us-dollars-dominance-secure-brics-see-no-progress-de-dollarization-report-2024-06-25/
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The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal and Justin Haskins present episode 454 of the In The Tank Podcast. The climate alarmist narrative is one underpinned by varying groups with specific special interests. There are the politicians who use climate alarm to justify enhanced powers, there are the businesses and firms that use climate alarm to pad their bottom lines, there are the activists that use climate alarm to gain clout, and there are the those that use climate alarm to justify an anti-humanist agenda. While all these groups help prop up the same climate narrative, they all are doing so for different reasons. On this week's episode, we are going to take a look at that last group on the list - the anti-humanists.
PRIMARY TOPIC - CLIMATE ALARMISM & ANTI-HUMANISM
Anti-progress
Mackinac - The roots of environmental anti-humanism
https://www.mackinac.org/blog/2024/the-roots-of-environmental-anti-humanism
Mackinac - The growth of environmental anti-humanism
https://www.mackinac.org/blog/2024/the-growth-of-environmental-anti-humanism
DailyKos - The right wants us to sacrifice the planet for AI
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/17/2247069/-The-right-wants-us-to-sacrifice-the-planet-for-AI
Free Opp - Why Nuclear Power is the Path to Low-Carbon Energy: Part 1
https://freopp.org/why-nuclear-power-not-renewables-is-the-path-to-low-carbon-energy-part-1-c0b66d4b9570Alex Epstein (Twitter) - Paul Ehrlich quote
https://twitter.com/AlexEpstein/status/481861470930481152
Population control
(Report) Population Engineering and the Fight against Climate Change
https://www.jstor.org/stable/24870306
(letter) World Scientists' Warning of a Climate Emergency
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/70/1/8/5610806
AEI - Culling for Climate
https://www.aei.org/articles/culling-for-climate/
Limitations on Freedom
Slate - Fifteen Minutes of Blame
https://slate.com/business/2023/02/15-minute-city-oxford-conspiracy-theory-cars-lockdown-explained.html
C40 Cities – The Future of Urban Consumption in a 1.5C World
https://expose-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Arup-C40-The-Future-of-Urban-Consumption-in-a-1-5C-World.pdf
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The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haksins, and Chris Talgo present episode 453 of the In The Tank Podcast. The European Union recently passed a law that would essentially mandate many of the guidelines and metrics of the ESG scheme we have talked much about on this show. You might ask, "Who cares about Europe?" Unfortunately, the way this Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is written, it has the potential to fundamentally transform the way businesses around the world operate. It is imperative we get this message out to the public and to lawmakers to protect America from this dangerous law.
PRIMARY TOPIC - RADICAL NEW EU LAW WILL FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORM AMERICA
Fox News - Europe is hell bent on forcing US companies to go woke and it has a new law to do just that
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/europe-hell-bent-forcing-us-companies-woke-has-new-law-just
Western Journal - Europe Just Approved the Worst Communist Law Ever - How It Affects You
https://www.westernjournal.com/europe-just-approved-worst-communist-law-ever-affects/
SECONDARY TOPIC - EU ELECTIONS SHIFT TO RIGHT
WSJ - Europe’s Ascendant Right-Wing Parties Want to Remake the EU. They Can’t Agree on How.
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/europes-ascendant-right-wing-parties-want-to-remake-the-eu-they-cant-agree-how-96986a44Nature - Far-right gains in European elections: what they mean for climate goals
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01742-w
Politico - Inside von der Leyen’s secret climate crusade
https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyens-secret-climate-crusade/
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The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 452 of the In The Tank Podcast. In the hours after our show ended last week, the verdicts began rolling in for former President Donald Trump's "hush money" case - 34 convictions. We are truly in unprecedented territory. What does this mean for Trump? What does this mean for the election? And most importantly, what does this mean for America? Also, a new report was released that shines even more light on the Covid lab leak theory and the role the United States played in funding that research.
PRIMARY TOPIC - TRUMP FACES 20-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE!?
The Washington Post - Trump’s New York trial is over. What’s next with his other criminal cases?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/06/02/trump-trials-next-cases-after-verdict/
The Hill - Trump to be sentenced just 4 days before GOP convention
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4694696-trump-to-be-sentenced-just-four-days-before-gop-convention/
DNYUZ - The G.O.P. Push for Post-Verdict Payback: ‘Fight Fire With Fire’
https://dnyuz.com/2024/06/05/the-g-o-p-push-for-post-verdict-payback-fight-fire-with-fire/
WSJ - Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/behind-closed-doors-biden-shows-signs-of-slipping/ar-BB1nDMKT
SECONDARY TOPIC - LAB LEAK REPORT EXPOSES US FUNDING
NYP - Damning new report finds China lab leak most likely source of COVID-19 — and blames US for pumping millions into the dangerous research
https://nypost.com/2024/06/03/us-news/us-funded-covid-lab-leak-in-china-damning-report-finds/
NYT - Why the Pandemic Probably Started in a Lab, in 5 Key Points
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/06/03/opinion/covid-lab-leak.html
The Federalist - Fauci Admits There Was No Scientific Evidence For Six-Foot Social Distancing Rule
https://thefederalist.com/2024/06/04/fauci-admits-there-was-no-scientific-evidence-for-six-foot-social-distancing-rule/
Fox News - Dr. Deborah Birx admits there was an effort to squash COVID lab leak theory
https://www.foxnews.com/media/dr-deborah-birx-admits-effort-squash-covid-lab-leak-theory
(video) Chris Cuomo debate "find the clips"
https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/1796694488632467710
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The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo are joined by energy expert Robert Bryce to present episode 451 of the In The Tank Podcast. The technologies and innovations of the future require cheap, reliable, and abundant energy. Climate alarmism hamstrings our society by restricting our use of fossil fuels, only allowing the use of expensive and unreliable energy sources like wind and solar. We talk with Robert Bryce to explore the future of energy in the United States.
PRIMARY TOPIC - CLIMATE ALARMISM UNDERMINES THE FUTURE
Robert Bryce Substack - The EPA’s Emissions Rule Will Strangle AI In The Crib
https://robertbryce.substack.com/p/epa-emissions-rule-will-strangle-ai-in-the-crib
PJ Media - How Big Tech Helped Bring on America's New Energy Crisis
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/05/28/big-tech-low-energy-n4929375
Robert Bryce Substack - Shanghaied China's Stranglehold on Alt Energy
https://robertbryce.substack.com/p/shanghaied-chinas-stranglehold-on-alt-energy
The Atlantic - Nuclear Energy’s Bottom Line
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/05/nuclear-power-climate-change/678483/
Reuters - Exclusive: White House to support new nuclear power plants in the U.S.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-support-new-nuclear-power-plants-us-2024-05-29/
Pew Research - Growing share of Americans favor more nuclear power
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/08/18/growing-share-of-americans-favor-more-nuclear-power/
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The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 450 of the In The Tank Podcast. World Economic Forum's CEO Klaus Schwab just announced he will be stepping down from his role as "Davos Man." What does this mean for the organization? Who is likely to take over control of the WEF? Also, an anti-CBDC bill is gaining traction in Congress. Will this potential legislation possibly put an end to the quest to establish a central bank digital currency in the United States?
OPENING CHIT CHAT - KLAUS SCHWAB IS OUT
Bloomberg - World Economic Forum Founder Klaus Schwab Stepping Down by 2025
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-21/world-economic-forum-founder-klaus-schwab-stepping-down-semafor
Stopping Socialism - Klaus Schwab’s Time May Be Almost Up
https://stoppingsocialism.com/2023/01/klaus-schwabs-time-may-be-almost-up/
Reuters - Original Davos Man unveils half a succession plan
https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/original-davos-man-unveils-half-succession-plan-2024-05-22/
PRIMARY TOPIC - ANTI-CBDC BILL GAINS TRACTION IN CONGRESS
Heritage Action - CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act
https://heritageaction.com/scorecard/cosponsorships/hr5403-118
Ted Cruz - Sen. Cruz Introduces Legislation Prohibiting Unilateral Fed Control of a U.S. Digital Currency | U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas
https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sen-cruz-introduces-legislation-prohibiting-unilateral-fed-control-of-a-us-digital-currency
American Bankers Association - ABA Letter of Support to H.R. 5403 – the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act
https://www.aba.com/advocacy/policy-analysis/support-ltr-hr5403
America's Credit Unions - House, Senate bills introduced to bar Fed from issuing CBDC
https://www.americascreditunions.org/news/house-senate-bills-introduced-to-bar-fed-from-issuing-cbdc/
Atlantic Council - Don’t let the US become the only country to ban CBDCs
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/dont-let-the-us-become-the-only-country-to-ban-cbdcs/
FinTech Futures - US Federal Reserve “nowhere near recommending, let alone adopting” a CBDC, chairman tells Congress
https://www.fintechfutures.com/2024/03/us-federal-reserve-nowhere-near-cbdc-adoption-chairman-tells-congress/Atlantic Council CBDC Tracker
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/cbdctracker/ -
The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 449 of the In The Tank Podcast. Is Populism a threat to Democracy? U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi believes so. Pelosi recently took part in an Oxford Union debate on this very subject where she made the case that populism has become synonymous with ethnonationalism and right-wing extremism. Arguing against this position was Winston Marshall, a former member of the musical group, Mumford & Sons. What role does Populism play in American politics? Is it something that should be embraced or rejected by pro-liberty advocates?
OPENING CHIT CHAT - BIDEN V. TRUMP DEBATES SET
Politico - It’s on (for now): Biden and Trump agree to 2 debates
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/15/biden-proposes-2-debates-with-trump-ditching-bipartisan-commission-00158082
PRIMARY TOPIC - DEFENDING POPULISM TO DEFEAT THE ELITES?
NYP - Winston Marshall: I didn’t have to expose Nancy Pelosi — she did it herself
https://nypost.com/2024/05/14/opinion/winston-marshall-i-didnt-have-to-expose-nancy-pelosi-she-did-it-herself/
WSJ - Notable & Quotable: Pelosi on Populism
https://www.wsj.com/articles/notable-quotable-pelosi-on-populism-threat-democracy-culture-war-909afce8
(video) Oxford Union - Winston Marshall argues that populism is not a threat democracy, but rather is democracy itself 6/6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFmjgbdNNgw
(video) Politico - Obama: I'm the real populist, not Trump
https://www.politico.com/video/2016/06/obama-im-the-real-populist-not-trump-059801
(video) Tucker Carlson - About one in five mail-in ballots in the last election was fraudulent ...
https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1783979370811724167
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The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and Linnea Lueken present episode 448 of the In The Tank Podcast. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink was featured at a recent World Economic Forum event where he spoke on the subject of future investments. Toward the end of the panel, Fink trashed wind and solar as viable options to meet our economy's growing appetite for cheap, reliable energy. Are these statements by Fink just an anomaly in the larger climate alarmist movement or do they signal a potential shift in global energy trends?
OPENING CHIT CHAT
Monmouth Poll - Younger adults express less urgency than in prior polls
https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_us_050624/
PRIMARY TOPIC - BLACKROCK CEO BURIES WIND AND SOLAR AT WEF EVENT?
(video) Larry Link at WEF Event
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoRVYFHNc6k&t=2787s
(Time stamp: 46:27 - 47:54)
(video) Zuckerberg: Energy, not compute, will be the #1 bottleneck to AI progress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-o5YbNfmh0
(Time stamp: 0:00 - 1:00ish)
Bloomberg - Data Centers Now Need a Reactor's World of Power, Dominion Says
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-02/data-centers-now-need-a-reactor-s-worth-of-power-dominion-says?leadSource=reddit_wall
Reuters - OpenAI CEO Altman says at Davos future AI depends on energy breakthrough
https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-ceo-altman-says-davos-future-ai-depends-energy-breakthrough-2024-01-16/
NBC News - The AI industry is pushing a nuclear power revival — partly to fuel itself
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/nuclear-power-oklo-sam-altman-ai-energy-rcna139094
CNN - New-wave reactor technology could kick-start a nuclear renaissance — and the US is banking on it
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/01/climate/nuclear-small-modular-reactors-us-russia-china-climate-solution-intl/index.html
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The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 447 of the In The Tank Podcast. Over the past week, student-led protest groups have essentially taken over college campuses across the United States, demonstrating on behalf of the pro-Palestine movement. The radical rhetoric, the disruption of classes, and the crack down by police has stirred up a lot of attention on this matter, but many important aspects are being ignored. Who is funding this movement? What are the true intentions of the protests? And how are these factors effected by the upcoming Presidential election?
OPENING CHIT CHAT
Reason - “Disinformation Czar” Jankowicz Returns as Head of New Project Before Election
https://reason.com/2024/04/25/nina-jankowicz-disinformation-czar-is-back-in-action/
PRIMARY TOPIC - Cultural Marxists Take Over College Campuses
The Federalist - Campus Radicals Go Bananas At The Colleges That Created Them
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/30/campus-radicals-go-bananas-at-the-colleges-that-created-them/
New York Post - George Soros is paying student radicals who are fueling nationwide explosion of Israel-hating protests
https://nypost.com/2024/04/26/us-news/george-soros-maoist-fund-columbias-anti-israel-tent-city/
The Jerusalem Post - Pro-Palestine protests are generously funded by donors promoting radical Islam studies - analysis
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/pro-palestine-protests-are-generously-funded-by-donors-promoting-radical-islam-studies-analysis-799154
Reason - Texas Public Colleges Crack Down on Peaceful Anti-Israel Protests
https://reason.com/2024/04/25/texas-public-colleges-crack-down-on-peaceful-anti-israel-protests/
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The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and Linnea Lueken present episode 446 of the In The Tank Podcast. In honor of Earth Day (Week? Month?), we are taking a look at the State of the Climate Alarmism agenda. How is climate change currently resonating with the general public? How successful are its advocates in getting climate action done? And what does the future look like for the climate alarmist movement?
PRIMARY TOPIC - 2024 STATE OF CLIMATE ALARMISM
Public perception
CBS News - CBS News poll finds big majority of Americans support U.S. taking steps to reduce climate change
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-reduce-climate-change-extreme-weather-04-21-2024/
IR Magazine - Earth Day poll finds waning global interest in climate change, but most still want businesses to act
https://www.irmagazine.com/esg/earth-day-poll-finds-waning-global-interest-climate-change-most-still-want-businesses-act
Pew Research - What the data says about Americans’ views of climate change
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/08/09/what-the-data-says-about-americans-views-of-climate-change/
Public outreach
Fox News - Climate activists have new target in mind for major summer protest: 'Make their lives miserable'
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/climate-activists-new-target-mind-major-summer-protest-make-lives-miserable
Washington Post - What John Kerry’s exit means for the global climate fight
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/03/04/john-kerry-climate-change-china/
The Guardian - 'Only the beginning': Greta Thunberg reacts to court ruling on Swiss climate inaction – video
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2024/apr/09/only-the-beginning-thunberg-reacts-to-court-ruling-on-state-climate-inaction-video
Success?
Energy Mix
https://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix
The Hill - Biden administration plans to tee up offshore wind across the nation’s coastlines
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4616379-biden-administration-plans-to-tee-up-offshore-wind-across-the-nations-coastlines/
Tesla reports 55 % drop in profit as Chinese competitors dominate
https://www.semafor.com/article/04/23/2024/tesla-q1-report-sees-first-revenue-decline-in-years-for-ev-giant
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The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 445 of the In The Tank Podcast. The Heartland Institute commissioned a new poll with Rasmussen Reports that once again highlights major election integrity issues that will effect the 2024 election. We asked likely voters if they would cheat to help their favored candidate win the presidency. The results are shocking. Also, are developments in Trump's court cases tantamount to election interference?
PRIMARY TOPIC - 2024 Mail-In Ballot Crisis and Election Interference
Heartland Institute - Heartland Institute Poll Shows Nearly Three in 10 Voters Would Vote Illegally in 2024 Presidential Election
https://heartland.org/opinion/heartland-institute-poll-shows-nearly-three-in-10-voters-would-vote-illegally-in-2024-presidential-election/
Townhall - New Poll: Nearly Three in 10 Voters Say They Would Vote Illegally in 2024 Election
https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2024/04/17/new-poll-nearly-three-in-10-voters-say-they-would-vote-illegally-in-2024-election-n2637874
Newsmax - Rasmussen Poll: 28% Would Commit Voter Fraud
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/rasmussen-voters-fraud/2024/04/17/id/1161353/
The Federalist - Majority Of Voters Recognize Democrat Lawfare Against Trump Is Political Election Interference
https://thefederalist.com/2024/02/27/majority-of-voters-recognize-democrat-lawfare-against-trump-is-political-election-interference/
The Federalist - Trump Will Be In Court Instead Of Campaigning For 8 Weeks Thanks To Democrats’ New York Lawfare
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/16/trump-will-be-in-court-instead-of-campaigning-for-8-weeks-thanks-to-democrats-new-york-lawfare/
The Federalist - Dragging Trump Into Court While Biden Campaigns Is Election Interference, Regardless Of Verdict
https://thefederalist.com/2024/03/15/dragging-trump-into-court-while-biden-campaigns-is-election-interference-regardless-of-verdict/
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