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 thathttps://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 Youhttps://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-96986a44 Nature - Far-right gains in European elections: what they mean for climate goalshttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01742-w Politico - Inside von der Leyen’s secret climate crusadehttps://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyens-secret-climate-crusade/

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 conventionhttps://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 Slippinghttps://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 researchhttps://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 Pointshttps://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 Rulehttps://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 theoryhttps://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

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 FUTURERobert Bryce Substack - The EPA’s Emissions Rule Will Strangle AI In The Cribhttps://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 Crisishttps://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/05/28/big-tech-low-energy-n4929375Robert Bryce Substack - Shanghaied China's Stranglehold on Alt Energyhttps://robertbryce.substack.com/p/shanghaied-chinas-stranglehold-on-alt-energy The Atlantic - Nuclear Energy’s Bottom Linehttps://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 powerhttps://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/08/18/growing-share-of-americans-favor-more-nuclear-power/

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 2025https://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 Uphttps://stoppingsocialism.com/2023/01/klaus-schwabs-time-may-be-almost-up/ Reuters - Original Davos Man unveils half a succession planhttps://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 Acthttps://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 Texashttps://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 Acthttps://www.aba.com/advocacy/policy-analysis/support-ltr-hr5403 America's Credit Unions - House, Senate bills introduced to bar Fed from issuing CBDChttps://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 CBDCshttps://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 Congresshttps://www.fintechfutures.com/2024/03/us-federal-reserve-nowhere-near-cbdc-adoption-chairman-tells-congress/ Atlantic Council CBDC Trackerhttps://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 debateshttps://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 herselfhttps://nypost.com/2024/05/14/opinion/winston-marshall-i-didnt-have-to-expose-nancy-pelosi-she-did-it-herself/ WSJ - Notable & Quotable: Pelosi on Populismhttps://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 6/6https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFmjgbdNNgw (video) Politico - Obama: I'm the real populist, not Trumphttps://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

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 CHATMonmouth Poll - Younger adults express less urgency than in prior pollshttps://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 Eventhttps://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 progresshttps://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 Sayshttps://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 breakthroughhttps://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 itselfhttps://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 ithttps://www.cnn.com/2024/02/01/climate/nuclear-small-modular-reactors-us-russia-china-climate-solution-intl/index.html

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 Electionhttps://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 Themhttps://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 protestshttps://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 - analysishttps://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 Protestshttps://reason.com/2024/04/25/texas-public-colleges-crack-down-on-peaceful-anti-israel-protests/

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 changehttps://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 acthttps://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 changehttps://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 fighthttps://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 – videohttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2024/apr/09/only-the-beginning-thunberg-reacts-to-court-ruling-on-state-climate-inaction-video  Success? Energy Mixhttps://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix The Hill - Biden administration plans to tee up offshore wind across the nation’s coastlineshttps://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 dominatehttps://www.semafor.com/article/04/23/2024/tesla-q1-report-sees-first-revenue-decline-in-years-for-ev-giant

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 Electionhttps://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 Electionhttps://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2024/04/17/new-poll-nearly-three-in-10-voters-say-they-would-vote-illegally-in-2024-election-n2637874Newsmax - Rasmussen Poll: 28% Would Commit Voter Fraudhttps://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 Interferencehttps://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 Lawfarehttps://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 Verdicthttps://thefederalist.com/2024/03/15/dragging-trump-into-court-while-biden-campaigns-is-election-interference-regardless-of-verdict/

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 444 of the In The Tank Podcast. Depending on what news sites you look at, you might be told the economy is doing great or its falling apart. Or you might be told climate change is a crisis or not an issue to be concerned about. It seems like we can't even agree on facts anymore. How is it possible that we are this bifurcated as a society? What is causing this and is it sustainable?PRIMARY TOPIC - LIVING IN TWO DIFFERENT UNIVERSES economy CNN - With inflation back up, the long-predicted storm clouds in the economy may actually be forminghttps://www.cnn.com/2024/04/10/economy/economic-storm-clouds-as-inflation-stalls/index.html CBS News - Is the U.S. in a "vibecession"? Here's why Americans are gloomy even as the economy improves.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cpi-report-inflation-economy-vibecession-cbs-explains/ WSJ - What’s Wrong With the Economy? It’s You, Not the Datahttps://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/whats-wrong-with-the-economy-its-you-not-the-data-cfa911e6  climate change AP News - UN climate chief presses for faster action, says humans have 2 years left ‘to save the world’https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-finance-un-elections-stiell-0b176237b1e4a78d28d5dbcbbf7809f0 Daily Signal - ‘AVOID FALSE BALANCE’: AP Style Guide Aims to Silence Dissent From Climate Alarmist Narrativehttps://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/07/thumb-scale-ap-style-guide-tries-exclude-climate-wrongthink-journalism/  Why? The Free Press - I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust.https://www.thefp.com/p/npr-editor-how-npr-lost-americas-trust\ Washington Times - Survey finds Fox viewers better informed than CNN, MSNBC viewershttps://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/19/survey-fox-viewers-better-informed-cnn-msnbc-viewe/

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Chris Talgo, and Linnea Lueken present episode 443 of the In The Tank Podcast. Heartland's Socialism Research Center just released a new book, Socialism At A Glance. Socialism at a Glance attempts to fill that educational deficiency, providing a succinct summary of socialism's origins and rise in modern history while also giving detailed case studies of some of the most infamous socialist regimes that rose to power in the 20th century, including some that still exist to this day. Also, is the political rhetoric getting more polarized in America? Are the left and right getting further apart?OPENING CHIT CHAT - CLIMATE AT A GLANCEClimate At A Glance Apphttps://climateataglance.com/app/PRIMARY TOPIC - SOCIALISM AT A GLANCE BOOKNew Book - Socialism At A Glancehttps://a.co/d/awZWYKXTampa Bay Times - Florida lawmakers want communism lessons in all grades. The bill is headed to DeSantishttps://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2024/03/06/florida-lawmakers-want-communism-lessons-all-grades-bill-is-headed-desantis/YAF - New YAF Poll: What is Socialism? More Than Half of Students Can’t Accurately Define Ithttps://yaf.org/news/new-yaf-poll-what-is-socialism-more-than-half-of-students-cant-accurately-define-it/Axios - Exclusive poll: Young Americans are embracing socialismhttps://www.axios.com/2019/03/10/exclusive-poll-young-americans-embracing-socialismSECONDARY TOPIC - POLARIZATION IN AMERICANBC News - Here’s what’s driving America’s increasing political polarizationhttps://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/s-s-driving-americas-increasing-political-polarization-rcna89559ANES - THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIORhttps://electionstudies.org/data-tools/anes-guide/anes-guide.html?chart=affective_polarization_parties

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 442 of the In The Tank Podcast. This week, the In The Tank crew is discussing a number of different topics. The bridge collapse in Baltimore, Texas's divestment from BlackRock, and the media revolt against Ronna McDaniel all expose truths about some of the most important things going on in our country right now. Through their insightful commentary, Kendal, Lakely, and Talgo shed light on these pressing issues, offering valuable perspectives on the state of affairs in America.OPENING CHIT CHAT - BRIDGE COLLAPSENYT - What We Know About the Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse in Baltimorehttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/us/key-bridge-collapse-baltimore-what-to-know.htmlPRIMARY TOPIC(S)BlackRock and ESG DivestmentNYP - Texas yanks $8.5B from Larry Fink’s BlackRock in ‘massive blow against the scam of ESG’https://nypost.com/2024/03/19/business/texas-yanks-8-5b-from-larry-finks-blackrock-in-massive-blow-against-the-scam-of-esg/American Thinker - Texas tells BlackRock to kick rockshttps://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/03/texas_tells_blackrock_to_kick_rocks_.htmlFox Business - Mississippi hits BlackRock with cease and desist, threatens massive fine over ESG policieshttps://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/mississippi-hits-blackrock-with-cease-desist-threatens-massive-fine-over-esg-policiesNBC Ronna McDanielCNN - NBC cut ties with Ronna McDaniel after extraordinary pressure, but its problems aren’t overhttps://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/media/nbc-ronna-mcdaniel-problems-are-not-over/index.html

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 441 of the In The Tank Podcast. For many years now, we have heard about big tech censorship and the role government may have played. Thanks to investigations like "The Twitter Files," we have gotten some insight into the coercive pressure put upon social media platforms to remove certain content. Well now, the Supreme Court is hearing a case on this very matter. At what point is the government overstepping the protections of the First Amendment in an effort to curb "misinformation?" Can we count on the Supreme Court to safeguard free speech? Just how important will the results of this case be?OPENING CHIT CHAT - "BLOODBATH"NYT - Trump Defends His Warning of a ‘Blood Bath for the Country’https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/us/politics/trump-blood-bath-auto-industry.html PRIMARY TOPIC - GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP CASE REACHES THE SUPREME COURTWSJ - Government’s ‘Thinly Veiled’ Social-Media Censorshiphttps://www.wsj.com/articles/murthy-v-missouri-supreme-court-government-censorship-white-house-jen-psaki-9776eeb3The Federalist - Justice Jackson’s Comment About Free Speech ‘Hamstringing’ The Government Wasn’t Her Worsthttps://thefederalist.com/2024/03/20/justice-jacksons-comment-about-free-speech-hamstringing-the-government-wasnt-her-worst/NYP - Will federal censorship be the pandemic’s biggest legacy?https://nypost.com/2024/03/19/opinion/will-federal-censorship-be-the-pandemics-biggest-legacy/PowerLine Blog - THE RIGHT TO SHOUT “BS” DURING A PANDEMIChttps://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/03/the-right-to-shout-bs-during-a-pandemic.phpSECONDARY TOPIC - UN'S RED ALERT... AGAINWashington Post - Biden imposes strongest-ever climate change rules for carshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/03/20/biden-car-emissions-rules/Yahoo Finance - UN sounds 'Red Alert' as world smashes heat records in 2023https://finance.yahoo.com/news/un-sounds-red-alert-world-130000043.html

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 440 of the In The Tank Podcast. Debate is healthy. Conservatism is not a monolith of thought; disagreements are expected, especially on important topics. This week, we have gathers a few topics that should spark some debate amongst our panelists. These topics include: Millennials work ethic, the potential TikTok Ban, and the potential dangers posed by artificial intelligence. Join us as we discuss these issues and feel free to join in the conservation and voice your opinion.PRIMARY TOPIC - DEBATE! Millennials, TikTok Ban, and AI DangersMillennial Work Ethic?Yahoo - 'We Busted Our Behinds' — Boomer Whoopi Goldberg Bashes Millennial And Gen Z Work Ethics: 'I'm Sorry, If You Only Want To Work 4 Hours, It's Going To Be Harder For You To Get A House'https://finance.yahoo.com/news/busted-behinds-boomer-whoopi-goldberg-184517385.htmlFox Business - Gen Z attitude toward 9-to-5 job sparking debate about the difference in generational work ethicshttps://www.foxbusiness.com/media/gen-z-attitude-toward-9-5-job-sparking-debate-difference-generational-work-ethicsTikTok Ban?NYT - House Passes Bill to Force TikTok Sale From Chinese Owner or Ban the Apphttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/13/technology/tiktok-ban-house-vote.html NPR - Why the House voted to ban TikTok and what could come nexthttps://www.npr.org/2024/03/13/1237501725/house-vote-tiktok-banThe Hill - These Republicans voted against the Trump-opposed TikTok billhttps://thehill.com/policy/technology/4529220-these-republicans-voted-against-the-trump-opposed-tiktok-bill/A.I. Dangers? Time - Exclusive: U.S. Must Move ‘Decisively’ to Avert ‘Extinction-Level’ Threat From AI, Government-Commissioned Report Sayshttps://time.com/6898967/ai-extinction-national-security-risks-report/ CNN - AI could pose ‘extinction-level’ threat to humans and the US must intervene, State Dept.-commissioned report warnshttps://www.cnn.com/2024/03/12/business/artificial-intelligence-ai-report-extinction/index.html

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 439 of the In The Tank Podcast. The electric vehicle industry can not catch a break. There have been a number of stories coming out highlighting the "sluggish" sales of electric vehicles over the past few months. But now, a recent study is challenging the very idea that electric cars are better for the environment. Additionally, a massive Tesla plant in Germany was apparently the target of ecoterrorism.OPENING CHIT CHAT = SUPER TUESDAY ELECTIONS/HALEY IS OUTNYT - 5 Takeaways From Super Tuesday: Trump Wins and Haley Exitshttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/us/politics/super-tuesday-trump-biden-takeaways.html ABC News - Nikki Haley suspends 2024 campaign, doesn't endorse Donald Trumphttps://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=107842396  Primary Topic = Electric Vehicles Are Worse For The EnvironmentWSJ - Electric Cars Emit More Particulate Pollutionhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/electric-cars-emit-more-soot-california-ban-gas-powered-vehicles-521b29e3 Daily Mail - Electric cars release more toxic emissions than petrol-powered vehicles and are worse for the environmenthttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13156803/Electric-cars-release-toxic-emissions-petrol-powered-vehicles-worse-environment.html Emissions Analytics - Gaining traction, losing tread Pollution from tire wear now 1,850 times worse than exhaust emissionshttps://www.emissionsanalytics.com/news/gaining-traction-losing-tread Fox News - Stop Chinese EVs before they destroy our auto industryhttps://www.foxnews.com/opinion/stop-chinese-evs-before-they-destroy-our-auto-industry CNN - How EVs became such a massive disappointmenthttps://www.cnn.com/2024/02/25/cars/what-happened-with-electric-vehicle-sales-in-2023/index.html Fortune - Elon Musk’s German Tesla plant suffers close to $1 billion in damages after attack by the ‘dumbest ecoterrorists on earth’https://fortune.com/2024/03/06/elon-musk-tesla-germany-gigafactory-fire-volcano-group-damages/  Davos Watch = ESG Fails in Europe Forbes - Vote On EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Law Falls Short, March 15 Deadline Loomshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmcgowan/2024/02/28/vote-on-eu-corporate-sustainability-due-diligence-law-falls-short-march-15-deadline-looms/?sh=2cef033b7de9 Euro News - Euroviews. CSDDD: A tale of corporations hijacking the EU's democratic processhttps://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/03/05/csddd-a-tale-of-corporations-hijacking-the-eus-democratic-process

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 438 of the In The Tank Podcast. Every so often, the public gets a little more information about the role the intelligence community played in undermining Donald Trump at every turn. This week, we are going to attempt to organize as much of this information as possible to provide a sort of abridged history of the Trump vs. The Deep State saga. From spying on the campaign to the Mueller Report, we have a lot to cover.PRIMARY TOPIC - TRUMP vs. THE DEEP STATE#1 The “Five Eyes” CampaignSubstack - CIA Had Foreign Allies Spy On Trump Team, Triggering Russia Collusion Hoax, Sources Sayhttps://public.substack.com/p/cia-had-foreign-allies-spy-on-trump?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email NYP - CIA and foreign intelligence agencies illegally targeted 26 Trump associates before 2016 Russia collusion claims: reporthttps://nypost.com/2024/02/13/news/cia-and-foreign-intelligence-agencies-illegally-targeted-26-trump-associates-before-2016-russia-collusion-claims-report/#2 Steele Dossier/Fusion GPSAP - Trump dossier source shocked speculation portrayed as facthttps://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-donald-trump-presidential-elections-campaign-2016-41116202428688e1088829852505e144CNN - The Steele dossier: A reckoninghttps://www.cnn.com/2021/11/18/politics/steele-dossier-reckoning/index.html#3 Operation Crossfire Hurricane Fox News - FBI opened Trump-Russia probe despite Papadopoulos' denial that said collusion would be 'treason': Durhamhttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-opened-trump-russia-probe-despite-papadopoulos-denial-collusion-treason-durham#4 FISA WarrantsWSJ - How FISA Shields FBI Abuseshttps://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-surveillance-fisa-court-rudolph-contreras-a7f69cd6#5 “The Insurance Plan”Fox News -  Lisa Page transcripts reveal details of anti-Trump ‘insurance policy,’ concerns over full-blown probehttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/lisa-page-transcripts-reveal-details-of-anti-trump-insurance-policy-concerns-over-full-blown-probeCBS News - FBI agent Peter Strzok's texts with Lisa Page disparage Trump throughout campaignhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/peter-strzok-lisa-page-texts-trump-idiot/#6 Michael Flynn TakedownFox News - DOJ drops case against Michael Flynn, in wake of internal memo releasehttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/drops-doj-case-against-michael-flynn-in-wake-of-internal-memo-releaseGlenn Beck - CHALKBOARD: President Obama involved with ILLEGAL Trump, FBI investigation & Michael Flynn takedownhttps://www.glennbeck.com/chalkboard/chalkboard-president-obama-involved-with-illegal-trump-fbi-investigation-michael-flynn-takedown #7 Mueller InvestigationABA - Mueller finds no collusion with Russia, leaves obstruction question openhttps://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2019/03/mueller-concludes-investigation/The Hill - Mueller probe: A timeline from beginning to endhttps://thehill.com/policy/national-security/435547-mueller-probe-a-timeline-from-beginning-to-end/ #8 The Era Of LawfareNPR - How Trump's trials for 91 felony charges in 4 states could take over his campaignhttps://www.npr.org/2024/02/22/1233132273/how-trumps-trials-for-91-felony-charges-in-4-states-could-take-over-his-campaign

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Justin Haskins present episode 437 of the In The Tank Podcast. Left-wing billionaire George Soros is reportedly on the verge of taking a controlling interest of the second-largest radio broadcasting companies in America. This move is leaving many concerned that Soros is planning to exert substantial influence on important broadcast markets in the months before the 2024 election.OPENING CHIT CHAT - Don't Believe Your Eyes OpenAI - SORAhttps://openai.com/sora  PRIMARY TOPIC - GEORGE SOROS SEIZING CONTROL OVER RADIO NYP - George Soros fund poised to take control of nation’s second-largest chain of radio stations: ‘This is scary’https://nypost.com/2024/02/14/business/george-soros-poised-to-control-audacy/ Washington Examiner - Did George Soros’s recent purchase just doom Republican radio media?https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2857898/did-george-soross-purchase-doom-republican-radio-media/ Market Watch - George Soros’ fund set to become largest shareholder in radio giant Audacyhttps://www.marketwatch.com/story/george-soros-fund-set-to-become-largest-shareholder-in-radio-giant-audacy-0b4d6047

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 436 of the In The Tank Podcast. Last week, a report by Special Counsel Robert Hur raised a lot of eyebrows. And not because it essentially let President Biden off the hook for mishandling of classified documents, but because the report described him as an "elderly man with a poor memory." The administration's response to this characterization: let's have Biden do a press conference where Biden can prove the report correct. This entire situation has spurred a lot of speculation that the Democratic Party may be angling to sideline Biden before the general election in November.PRIMARY TOPIC - WILL BIDEN BE REPLACED IN 2024 ELECTION? The Federalist - The Reasons To Impeach Biden Keep Stacking Uphttps://thefederalist.com/2024/02/12/the-reasons-to-impeach-biden-keep-stacking-up/ The Federalist - 4 Lies Joe Biden Spouted Off In Angry Special Counsel Press Conferencehttps://thefederalist.com/2024/02/09/4-lies-joe-biden-spouted-off-in-angry-special-counsel-press-conference/ The Hill - Jill Biden asked why aides didn’t stop president’s press conference in 2022: Bookhttps://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4458057-jill-biden-asked-why-aides-didnt-stop-presidents-press-conference-in-2022-book/ Politico - Biden sits out Super Bowl interview for a second timehttps://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/03/biden-super-bowl-interview-00139473 Politico - Democrats Might Need a Plan B. Here’s What It Looks Like.https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/02/12/joe-biden-democrat-plan-b-nominee-00140790  SECONDARY TOPIC - CIA BEHIND RUSSIA COLLUSION HOAX? Substack - CIA Had Foreign Allies Spy On Trump Team, Triggering Russia Collusion Hoax, Sources Sayhttps://public.substack.com/p/cia-had-foreign-allies-spy-on-trump?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email NYP - CIA and foreign intelligence agencies illegally targeted 26 Trump associates before 2016 Russia collusion claims: reporthttps://nypost.com/2024/02/13/news/cia-and-foreign-intelligence-agencies-illegally-targeted-26-trump-associates-before-2016-russia-collusion-claims-report/

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and Jack McPherrin present episode 435 of the In The Tank Podcast. In December, we released the shocking results of a poll we conducted with Rasmussen showing a staggering 1 in 5 mail-in voters admitted to committing at least one form of voter fraud. The results exposed a massive problem in our current voting laws. But a question remained: how did that fraud effect the outcome of the election? Well, we just released a new report that analyzes the findings of the poll and factors them into various election scenarios to show who would have won the election if you could have eliminated the fraud. Brace yourselves, because these results will blow your mind.OPENING CHIT CHAT - MANN VS. STEYN  Heartland Institute - Mann vs. Steyn: Proxy Warshttps://heartland.org/opinion/mann-vs-steyn-proxy-wars/  PRIMARY TOPIC - WHO REALLY WON THE 2020 ELECTION? Heartland Institute - Who Really Won The 2020 Election?https://heartland.org/who-really-won-the-2020-election/ Heartland Institute - Report: Who Really Won The 2020 Election?https://heartland.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Feb-24-2020-Election-Analysis-vWeb_Final.pdf Heartland Institute - Poll Exposes Widespread Voter Fraud in the 2020 Electionhttps://heartland.org/opinion/media-coverage-of-heartlands-poll-on-fraud-in-the-2020-election/ The Epoch Times - A ‘Well-Funded Cabal’ Influenced the 2020 Election—What Lies Ahead in 2024?https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/after-2020-election-efforts-by-well-funded-cabal-a-look-ahead-at-2024-post-5575531?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=ZeroHedge&src_src=partner&src_cmp=ZeroHedge

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 434 of the In The Tank Podcast. Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was recently confronted outside her home by a number of Code Pink protesters accusing her of supporting genocide in Gaza. Pelosi, staying nice and level headed accused the protesters of being nothing more than paid shills for Communist China and Putin's Russia. After looking in to this accusation, it appears as though there is a well-established "global web of Chinese propaganda" that has infected media and liberal organizations around the world.PRIMARY TOPIC - CHINESE PROPAGANDA MACHINE  Time Magazine - Nancy Pelosi Suggests Foreign Influence Behind U.S. Pro-Palestinian Activism: What to Knowhttps://time.com/6589923/nancy-pelosi-pro-palestinian-protests-foreign-influence-russia-china/ NYT - A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a U.S. Tech Mogulhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/world/europe/neville-roy-singham-china-propaganda.html NYT - When Covid Hit, China Was Ready to Tell Its Version of the Storyhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/09/business/media/china-beijing-coronavirus-media.html IFJ - China: The Covid-19 Story: Unmasking China’s Global Strategyhttps://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/press-releases/article/china-the-covid-19-story-unmasking-chinas-global-strategy NYT - How Beijing Influences the Influencershttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/13/technology/china-propaganda-youtube-influencers.html Economist - Cat and mouse: How China makes sure its internet abides by the ruleshttps://www.economist.com/special-report/2013/04/06/cat-and-mouse