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The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 343 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about Elon Musk buying Twitter, his promise to adhere to free speech, and the left’s collective meltdown. Also, they revisit the Section 230 debate. OPENING CHIT CHAT MSN - Done Deal: Twitter Agrees to Sell Itself to Elon Musk https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/done-deal-twitter-agrees-to-sell-itself-to-elon-musk/ar-AAWA5DD?OCID=ansmsnnews11 PRIMARY TOPIC – MUSK BUYING TWITTER A CULTURAL INFLECTION POINT? (video) Elon On what he thinks Twitter should be and do: https://youtu.be/cdZZpaB2kDM?t=746 And Musk’s tweet explaining more his views on free speech. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1519036983137509376 (video) MSNBC’s Projection is Out Of Control https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOJc9zNsfUU SECONDARY TOPIC – SECTION 230 REVISITED The Federalist - Democrats Waging A War On Twitter Don’t Want ‘Transparency,’ They Want Power https://thefederalist.com/2022/04/27/democrats-waging-a-war-on-twitter-dont-want-transparency-they-want-power/ National Review - Psaki Says Biden ‘Concerned’ about Social-Media Platforms’ Power after Elon Musk Acquires Twitter https://www.nationalreview.com/news/psaki-says-biden-concerned-about-social-media-platforms-power-after-elon-musk-acquires-twitter/

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo are joined by the Center of the American Experiment’s Isaac Orr for episode 342 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about the end of mask mandates. Jim responds to Twitter trolls. And the big question of the day: Is the Biden Administration returning to energy sanity? OPENING CHIT CHAT Jim Promotes a Tweet on Twitter https://twitter.com/HeartlandInst/status/1514717380433391618 TOPIC ONE – MASK MANDATES NYP - Judge’s decision to void mask mandate prompts mid-flight cheers among fliers https://nypost.com/2022/04/19/judges-decision-to-void-mask-mandate-prompts-mid-flight-cheers-among-fliers/ AP News - Feds will appeal mask ruling only if mandate still needed https://apnews.com/article/judge-strikes-down-mask-mandates-1fccaa750b6d42b6b609ef75d3c14c26 Paul Krugman Makes a Ridiculous Prediction https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1516424571439792146 TOPIC TWO – ENERGY SANITY? ABC News - Infuriating climate activists, Biden expands oil drilling on public land https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/infuriating-climate-activists-biden-expands-oil-drilling-public/story?id=84148098 The Hill - Biden announces $6B to bail out nuclear plants at risk of closure https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3273536-biden-announces-6b-to-bail-out-nuclear-plants-at-risk-of-closure/ Watts Up With That - ‘We’re all in trouble’ – Wind turbine makers selling at a loss https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/04/14/were-all-in-trouble-wind-turbine-makers-selling-at-a-loss/ The Blaze - The cost of lithium — a metal used to make electric car batteries — is up nearly 500% since last year: 'Supply is simply nowhere near enough to feed this demand surge' https://www.theblaze.com/news/lithium-cost-skyrockets-amid-electric-vehicle-demand Reuters - Special Report: U.S. solar expansion stalled by rural land-use protests https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-solar-expansion-stalled-by-rural-land-use-protests-2022-04-07/ Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heartland-daily-podcast/id557620400?mt=2

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and Sam Karnick present episode 341 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about how Inflation is accelerating. Remember when they called It transitory? Well, now they have a bunch of different explanations and worse than that… they have a whole host of solutions to the problem. They also discuss a new report analyzes how states fared the pandemic – what policies worked and which policies made problems worse. OPENING CHIT CHAT USA Today - Mask mandates are returning to Philadelphia amid rising COVID cases. Should we be worried? https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/04/12/covid-philadelphia-bring-back-mask-mandates-should-we-worried/7274121001/ INFLATION ACCELERATES NYT – Inflation’s 40-Year High https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/13/briefing/inflation-forty-year-high-gas-prices.html StoppingSocialism - Ben Shapiro: Yes, It’s Biden’s Inflation https://stoppingsocialism.com/2022/04/ben-shapiro-yes-its-bidens-inflation/ WSJ - Here Come the Price Controls https://www.wsj.com/articles/here-come-the-price-controls-oil-reserves-rent-consumers-joe-biden-inflation-drugs-11648998374 HDN – Windfall Profits Tax Redux https://heartlanddailynews.com/2022/04/windfall-profits-tax-redux/ Fortune - Biden wants to let people buy blended gasoline to lower prices. There’s just one big problem https://fortune.com/2022/04/12/biden-authorizes-blended-ethanol-gasoline-sale-lower-prices/ Reuters - U.S. corn-based ethanol worse for the climate than gasoline, study finds https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/us-corn-based-ethanol-worse-climate-than-gasoline-study-finds-2022-02-14/ PANDEMIC POST-MORTEM WSJ – States of COVID performance https://www.wsj.com/articles/states-of-covid-performance-economic-schools-study-working-paper-lockdowns-11649621806?mod=hp_trending_now_opn_pos4

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 340 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about state lawmakers across the country waking up to the threat of the Great Reset and the actions they are taking. Also, they discuss the narrative being promoted by the corporate media that the economy is “booming.” Is that really the case? OPENING CHIT CHAT NBC News - Elon Musk’s joining Twitter’s board of directors should sound alarm bells (originally titled “Elon Musk gave us disturbing hints of what he’d do on Twitter’s board”) https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/elon-musk-gave-us-disturbing-hints-d-twitters-board-rcna23120 PRIMARY TOPIC – ANTI-ESG LEGISLATION GOES VIRAL National Review - Elon Musk: ‘Increasingly Convinced’ That ESG ‘Is the Devil Incarnate’ https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/esg-more-reviews-devil-mentioned/ Fox Business - Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen mock ESG investing https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/musk-andreessen-esg-investment Heartland Institute – Latest ESG Map https://www.heartland.org/ESG/esg Heartland Institute – ESG is NOT Part of a “Free-Market” Economy. It’s The Result of Corruption, Cronyism, and Big Government https://www.heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/esg-is-not-part-of-a-free-market-economy-its-the-result-of-corruption-cronyism-and-big-government SECONDARY TOPIC – IS THE ECONOMY REALLY “BOOMING”? NYT - The U.S. Economy Is Booming. So Why Are Economists Worrying About a Recession? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/05/business/economy/recession-economy.html NPR - The student loan pause has been extended until the end of the summer https://www.npr.org/2022/04/06/1091018301/student-loan-pause-extended If the economy is “booming,” why are they once again delaying student loan payments? CNN - Deutsche Bank is the first big bank to forecast a US recession https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/05/business/recession-inflation-economy/index.html

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and Nate Meyers present episode 338 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about the idea that the democratic establishment is ready to send Biden and Kamala Harris packing. Also, in light of the brewing energy crisis, rising gas prices, and prolonged supply chain disruptions, it appears as though the ruling class in more interested in preparing us to live with less as opposed to increasing our standard of living. OPENING CHIT CHAT (Video) Biden talks “New World Order” during speech at Business Roundtable meeting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z5VtVARMag (Video) Kamala Harris Fixated on the “Passage of Time.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS0yBgZrVas Heartland Daily News - Biden’s Handlers Are Preparing to Eject Him (and Kamala) https://heartlanddailynews.com/2022/03/bidens-handlers-are-preparing-to-eject-him-and-kamala/ LEARN TO LIVE WITH LESS IEA – A 10-Point Plan to Cut Oil Use https://www.iea.org/reports/a-10-point-plan-to-cut-oil-use NYT – A Scary Energy Winter Is Coming. Don’t Blame the Greens https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/opinion/energy-climate-iran-nuclear.html Boston Review - To Save the Climate, Give Up the Demand for Constant Electricity https://bostonreview.net/science-nature/david-mcdermott-hughes-save-climate-give-demand-constant-electricity Bloomberg – America Should Become a Nation of Renters https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-17/america-should-become-a-nation-of-renters WEF – Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has never been better https://web.archive.org/web/20200919081413/https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/11/shopping-i-can-t-really-remember-what-that-is?utm_content=buffer60978&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer The Telegraph – GPs to see patients in groups of 15 https://web.archive.org/web/20181006000303/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/05/gps-see-patients-groups-15/ Newsweek - Kamala Harris Urges Americans to Reduce Red Meat to Help Save the Earth, Despite Saying 'I Love Cheeseburgers' https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-urges-americans-reduce-red-meat-help-save-earth-despite-saying-i-love-1457770 Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at this link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/heartland-daily-podcast/id557620400?mt=2

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Linnea Lueken, and JunkScience.com’s Steve Milloy present episode 337 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew discusses the question “is the climate change agenda dead?” In light of rising gas and energy prices, it looks as though the climate change agenda is being put on the back burner. OPENING CHIT CHAT Reuters - U.S. Senate Approves Bill to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-approves-bill-that-would-make-daylight-savings-time-permanent-2023-2022-03-15/ IS THE CLIMATE AGENDA DEAD? NYT - Can Germany Break Up With Russian Gas? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/opinion/germany-russia-ukraine-gas.html?smid=tw-share Joe Manchin - "Let's make America truly energy independent" https://grabien.com/getmedia.php?id=1478463&key=deb9caae9e2777ea138e8c0c0ef59177&userid=17147 BBC - Energy Boss: US Gas Exports Can 'Easily' Replace Russian https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60729898 WSJ - Why U.S. Oil and Gas Producers Aren't Solving the Energy Crisis https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-american-producers-arent-solving-energy-crisis-price-hike-rise-oil-gas-wells-fracking-shale-lng-climate-change-green-russia-11647354744?mod=opinion_lead_pos6 Daily Signal - Democrats, Green Activists Pressure Big Tech to Censor More Climate 'Misinformation' https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/03/11/democrats-green-activists-pressure-big-tech-to-censor-more-climate-misinformation/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell&mkt_tok=ODI0LU1IVC0zMDQAAAGDLNaDyLdUFYMoxdtJIElNuk6Y42-eITa-YFBN-b_8fYy-B9KkjjXFM2gy0m8lYvbh24XIJ6j7VLnlUlW2rCAjM2lE5KLwUAllH5KwLkf78nlt5g

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and AnneMarie Schieber present episode 333 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about the anti-vaccine-mandate protests that have been going on in Canada, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s crackdown on said protests, the “weaponization” of “freedom,” and much more. TRUDEAU’S TRUCKER TROUBLES NYT - Canada Protests: Ottawa Police Chief Resigns After Trudeau Declares National Emergency to End Protests https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/02/15/world/canada-protests-news The Federalist - Trudeau Does Not Want To End The Protests Peacefully. He Wants Violence https://thefederalist.com/2022/02/17/trudeau-does-not-want-to-end-the-protests-peacefully-he-wants-violence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trudeau-does-not-want-to-end-the-protests-peacefully-he-wants-violence Transom - Justin Trudeau Brings Breck Girl Authoritarianism To America's Hat https://thetransom.substack.com/p/justin-trudeau-brings-breck-girl?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNjI4ODk4MSwicG9zdF9pZCI6NDg4MDY4ODUsIl8iOiJKbisrWSIsImlhdCI6MTY0NTAyNzIwNywiZXhwIjoxNjQ1MDMwODA3LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNTAwNDkyIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.HXsuQXe3TREy-CPrQYlNtELNeV_Q2c3KzrbvPQsncX4&r=fngph CBC - Why the word 'freedom' is such a useful rallying cry for protesters https://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup/what-s-your-reaction-to-the-ottawa-standoff-and-the-border-blockades-1.6349636/why-the-word-freedom-is-such-a-useful-rallying-cry-for-protesters-1.6349865 The Global and Mail - How truck convoy supporters like Pierre Poilievre have weaponized ‘freedom’ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-alt-right-has-weaponized-freedom-to-undermine-democracy/ National Review - The Ugly Vilification of ‘Freedom’ https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/02/the-ugly-vilification-of-freedom/

Tune in LIVE at noon CT today to hear and participate in a discussion about infuriating COVID gaslighting by elected officials, bureaucrats, and the media. Featuring The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and AnneMarie Schieber. Show notes: USA Today - 'I cry every day': Olympic athletes slam food, COVID tests and conditions in Beijing quarantine hotels https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/beijing/2022/02/07/beijing-athletes-rip-covid-quarantine-hotels-food/6687367001/ COVID-19 PANDEMIC NARRATIVE IS CRUMBLING The Federalist - Science on Covid And Kids Hasn’t Changed, Only The Politics Has https://thefederalist.com/2022/02/09/science-on-covid-and-kids-hasnt-changed-only-the-politics-has/ (video) – Dr. Leana Wen on CNN argues against mask mandates https://twitter.com/AC360/status/1490863954700210178?s=20&t=p6K0479siSmsmndeGzzzIw Axios - Fauci: U.S. heading out of "full-blown pandemic phase" https://www.axios.com/fauci-covid-pandemic-restrictions-vaccines-15d1c1fb-5532-43f6-8b6c-bb6bfb3911b1.html NBC Chicago - Gov. Pritzker Announces Planned End Date for Illinois Mask Mandate https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/pritzker-aims-to-lift-illinois-mask-mandate-by-feb-28-he-announces/2753922/ The Hill - Paul promises investigation of Fauci if Republicans take Senate https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/592761-paul-promises-investigation-of-fauci-if-republicans-take-senate

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, Chris Talgo, and Samantha Fillmore present episode 331 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about how our previous episode was removed from YouTube, Big Tech censorship, and the chilling effect that type of censorship has for speech and expression. OPENING CHIT CHAT Heartland – In The Tank (BANNED EPISODE) The COVID Narrative is Collapsing https://rumble.com/vtcvsn-in-the-tank-live-ep330-the-covid-narrative-continues-to-collapse.html JOE ROGAN AND SPOTIFY Breitbart – White House Recommends Spotify Do More to Censor Joe Rogan https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2022/02/01/white-house-recommends-spotify-do-more-to-censor-joe-rogan/ THE CHILLING EFFECT EFF - Right or Left, You Should Be Worried About Big Tech Censorship https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/07/right-or-left-you-should-be-worried-about-big-tech-censorship Liberties - How Big Tech Censorship Is Harming Free Speech https://www.liberties.eu/en/stories/big-tech-censorship/43511

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 330 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about the soon to be vacant Supreme Court seat, how the COVID Narrative is continuing to collapse, and a new report showing just how dangerous it is becoming to be a police officer in America. OPENING CHIT CHAT Townall - Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Retiring https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2022/01/26/justice-breyer-retiring-n2602392 COVID NARRATIVE COLLAPSE USA Today - Biden scraps vaccine requirement for businesses, weighs options after Supreme Court defeat https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/01/25/biden-supreme-court-vaccine-test-mandate/9212064002/ Time - Omicron Could Be the Beginning of the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic https://time.com/6141679/omicron-end-covid-19/ NYP - ‘I’m done with COVID’: Bari Weiss on Bill Maher sparks controversy https://nypost.com/2022/01/24/im-done-with-covid-bari-weiss-on-bill-maher-sparks-uproar/ NEW REPORT: KILLING OF POLICE UP BIG Fox News - Criminals are targeting cops at historic levels following calls to defund the police https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/democrats-defunding-police-officers-crime Heartland Report – Felonious Killings of Law Enforcement Officers in 2021 https://www.heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/policy-brief-felonious-killings-of-law-enforcement-officers-in-2021