In The Tank

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 366 of the In The Tank Podcast. In response to OPEC's announcement that they were going to be lowering oil production, the Biden Administration said they were going to further release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The ITT crew discusses why the administration is doing this. Also, several months after Biden signed an executive order about Central Bank Digital Currency, the White House released a fact sheet about there plans to move forward with a CBDC.  PRIMARY TOPIC – STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVEForbes - White House Freaks Over OPEC Plan To Cut 2 Million Barrels Per Day https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2022/10/05/white-house-freaks-over-opec-plan-to-cut-2-million-barrels-per-day/?sh=3469900932ceNYT - Even as Oil Prices Ease, U.S. Keeps Tapping Strategic Reserve (Week old article) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/29/business/energy-environment/biden-oil-prices-reserve.htmlBloomberg - US Options for

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 365 of the In The Tank Podcast. There have been a couple stories that have popped up recently that might point to the fact that the climate cult is falling apart. From Al Gore calling out corporations for "greenwashing" to Rashida Tlaib lashing out at bankers for not cutting off fossil fuel financing, it seems like the "greenies" are turning on each other. Also, YouTube denied our attempt at monetizing our channel, claiming our content is "harmful." OPENING CHIT CHAT Google - Advertiser-friendly content guidelines https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6162278?hl=en#Shocking_content PRIMARY TOPIC – IS THE CLIMATE CULT COLLAPSING? (Video) Forbes - 'Absolutely Not': Bank CEO Jamie Dimon Rebuffs Rashida Tlaib Request To Divest From Oil And Gas https://youtu.be/V9gMPNUSZv8?t=142Fox Business - BlackRock not ESG enough for NYC, comptroller says https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/blackrock-not-esg-enough-nyc-comptrollerNYT - Al

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and Cameron Sholty present episode 364 of the In The Tank Podcast. In a huge win for free speech, a Circuit Court struck down a challenge of a Texas law that seeks to prevent big tech censorship. Heartland Government Relations Director Cameron Sholty joins the show to talk about this victory. Also, Biden says the pandemic is over. We say "duh," but many others are angry. OPENING CHIT CHATAxios - U.S. beer shortage looms with gap in carbon dioxide supply https://www.axios.com/2022/09/19/beer-shortage-co2-supply-issues PRIMARY TOPIC – BIG LOSS FOR BIG TECH CENSORSHIPHDN - Federal Court Upholds Texas Law Prohibiting Social Media “Viewpoint Censorship” https://heartlanddailynews.com/2022/09/social-media-censorship-federal-court-upholds-texas-law/Reason - Fifth Circuit Rejects First Amendment Challenge to Texas Social Media Common Carrier Law https://reason.com/volokh/2022/09/16/fifth-circuit-rejects-facial-challenge-to-texas-social-media-common-car

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 363 of the In The Tank Podcast. Despite continued high inflation numbers, stock market drops, and a shaky housing market, the Biden Administration thought is was a good time to celebrate the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. Also, major credit card companies have taken action that will essentially create a national gun registry. PRIMARY TOPIC – BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CELEBRATES 40-YEAR HIGH INFLATIONThe Federalist - The Biden Administration Isn’t Interested In Governing But In Criminalizing The Opposition https://thefederalist.com/2022/09/14/the-biden-administration-isnt-interested-in-governing-but-in-criminalizing-the-opposition/NYP - White House throws ‘inflation reduction’ party with James Taylor as stocks crash over dismal 8.3% rate https://nypost.com/2022/09/13/gop-slams-biden-for-out-of-touch-inflation-celebration/Washington Post - ‘This is your victory,’ Biden celebrates Inflation Reduction Act https://www.washingt

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 362 of the In The Tank Podcast. President Joe Biden is seemingly taking on a new "tough guy" persona. The ITT crew discusses whether this new "Dark Brandon" persona is going to lead to an increased push for agenda items during his next two years in office. Will Biden more aggressively push for climate action, or gun control measures, or health care policy? OPENING CHIT CHATBloomberg - A Text Alert May Have Saved California From Power Blackouts https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-07/a-text-alert-may-have-saved-california-from-power-blackouts PRIMARY TOPIC – BIDEN’S COMING POLICY PRIORITIESThe Hill - Biden shows support for unions, touts legislative victories at Wisconsin labor event https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3629963-biden-shows-support-for-unions-touts-legislative-victories-in-wisconsin-labor-event/Newsweek - Biden Has Failed to Keep His Most Important Promise | Opinion https://www

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 361 of the In The Tank Podcast. Following California's lead, several other states have signed on to a plan to ban the sale of gas-powered cars by 2035. Similar plans have been proposed in the U.K. and elsewhere. While the plan aims to replace these vehicles with an electric option, the ITT crew questions whether this is part of a larger plan to completely destroy the idea of a personal automobile. Also, in response to Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan, China has announced they are suspending cooperation the the world in the fight against climate change. OPENING CHIT CHATKarine Jean-Pierre – MAGA Republicans an “extreme threat to our democracy” https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1565055401099509764?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1565055401099509764%7Ctwgr%5E149d44a34aef988e4f08b7a15fbf02810c411ee8%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ace.mu.nu%2F PRIMARY TOPIC – DESTROYING THE PERSONAL AUTOMOBILETh

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 360 of the In The Tank Podcast. President Biden announced on Wednesday a massive round of student loan forgiveness. Is this fair? Will it exacerbate inflation? Also, Fauci is retiring. And to commemorate this momentous occasion, we collected some of Fauci’s greatest hits. The ITT crew talks about this and more on episode 360 of the In The Tank Podcast. PRIMARY TOPIC - STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESSFox News - Joe Biden expected to announce $10,000 student loan forgiveness program Wednesday: report https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bidens-anticipated-loan-forgiveness-projected-to-cost-american-taxpayers-300bThe Federalist - Studies Show Biden’s Illegal Student Debt Scheme Is Welfare For The Rich https://thefederalist.com/2022/08/24/studies-show-bidens-illegal-student-debt-scheme-is-welfare-for-the-rich/Forbes - Student Loan Forgiveness: Why The Supreme Court Could Reject Biden https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2022/07/06/stude

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 359 of the In The Tank Podcast. The Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law. Like the ITT crew discussed in previous episodes, it has nothing to do with inflation and everything to do with transitioning our country to unreliable energy. They ask the question “Why does the left reject Nuclear power?” Also, the World Economic Forum, the biggest advocates of The Great Reset, seem to be scared of us. The ITT crew speculates as to why that is. OPENING CHIT CHATThe Globe and Mail - How ‘own nothing and be happy’ sparked a misinformation campaign that targeted the World Economic Forum https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-world-economic-forum-misinformation/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_mediu

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 358 of the In The Tank Podcast. Donald Trump’s residence was raided by the FBI this week. We are still not exactly clear as to the reasoning behind the raid. Also, the Inflation Reduction Act looks like it is real close to becoming law, which along with raising taxes, pushing further down the path of unreliable energy, and doing absolutely nothing to reduce inflation, will increase the power of the IRS. OPENING CHIT CHATNYP - Biden, WH claims US has ‘zero inflation’ despite annual rate remaining 8.5% https://nypost.com/2022/08/10/biden-wh-claims-us-has-zero-inflation-despite-high-rate/ PRIMARY TOPIC – TRUMP RAIDED BY THE FBI(Video) – Chuck Schumer “Six Ways From Sunday” quote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nXGt6JnabcAP News - FBI’s search of Trump’s Florida estate: Why now? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-fbi-search-99097089194e736315c366a0e8fbafeeThe Hill - Justice Department should have

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Justin Haskins present episode 357 of the In The Tank Podcast. The Biden Administration is scrambling to get something accomplished before the midterms. Their latest attempt at a piece of comprehensive legislation is labeled the "Inflation Reduction Act." Despite the name of the bill, the legislation has far more to do with energy policy and increasing taxes. The ITT crew weighs in on this important topic. Also, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis seems to have joined the fight against ESG. PRIMARY TOPIC – HOW BAD IS THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT?Senate Democrats – Inflation Act One Page Summary https://www.democrats.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/inflation_reduction_act_one_page_summary.pdfNYP - White House admits Inflation Reduction Act, pushed by Manchin, Schumer, will barely impact inflation https://nypost.com/2022/08/01/white-house-admits-inflation-reduction-act-will-barely-impact-inflation/Cato - Inflation Reduction Act https://www.cato.org/blog/inflation-reduc

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 356 of the In The Tank Podcast. Why is it that all the climate change solutions coming from any one of consequence on the left are terrible? From over-reliance on wind and solar to destroying our agricultural sectors, they never seem to run out of terrible ideas. Also, a new report from the World Economic Forum seems to bolster the globalist claim that “in the future, you will own nothing.” The ITT crew talks about these topics and more. OPENING CHIT CHAT – REDEFINING TERMSWashington Times - Biden administration desperately tries to ‘reimagine’ definition of recession https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jul/27/biden-administration-desperately-tries-reimagine-d/ PRIMARY TOPIC – WORST CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONSCNN - US officials say 'biggest fear' has come true as Russia cuts gas supplies to Europe https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/26/politics/us-russia-europe-gas/index.htmlBloomberg - European Power Jumps as Low Wind Is Exacerba

The Heartland Institute's Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and S.T. Karnick talk about the growing possibility that President Biden will officially declare a "climate emergency," seizing broad powers to shove the Green New Deal down our throats.Biden's climate speech in Massachusetts on Wednesday was a mess, and didn't go that far, but what if he does? The In The Tank crew discuss on episode #355 of the podcast. We also cover the one-year anniversary of Biden assuring America that rising inflation was only "temporary," and how Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is glad gas prices are high, all the better to get people into electric vehicles. Speaking of those, a real-world test of an electric Ford F-150 towing a trailer went poorly ... as anyone with a brain would have suspected. OPENING CHIT CHATBiden said one year ago today: No serious economist sees runaway inflation. PRIMARY TOPIC – Biden to Declare ‘Climate Emergency’?White House - Biden’s Executive Actions on Climate to Address Extreme Heat and Boost Offsh

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 354 of the In The Tank Podcast. A new poll, recently conducted by Rasmussen Reports, shows some disturbing results about Democrats positions on the Supreme Court and the Constitution. The ITT crew breaks down the numbers and discusses what they mean for our country. Also, do we have to endure high gas and energy prices to protect democracy? That seems to be the message from the elites at the World Economic Forum. OPENING CHIT CHAT – BIDEN BAD POLL NUMBERSYahoo - Poll: Just 18% of Americans say Biden should run for reelection in 2024 — a new low https://news.yahoo.com/poll-just-18-of-americans-say-biden-should-run-for-reelection-in-2024-a-new-low-140538311.html PRIMARY TOPIC –DISTURBING POLL RESULTS ABOUT SCOTUS AND THE CONSTITUTIONHeartland Institute – Majority of Democrats Would Abolish Supreme Court, Call It “Racist” and “Sexist” https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/heartlandrasmussen-poll-majority-of-democrats-would

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo present episode 353 of the In The Tank Podcast. ESG standards and sustainability goals are reeking havoc in the agricultural sectors. Farmer protests are starting in countries around the world. And also, are we turning a corner in energy and education towards… sanity? The ITT crew talks about this and more on episode 353 of the In The Tank Podcast. OPENING CHIT CHATCost of a 4th of July Cookout 2021/2022 https://twitter.com/jlakely/status/1541540280452759553 PRIMARY TOPIC – ESG CRONYISM ALREADY WREAKING HAVOCEpoch Times - Uncovering the White House’s Secret Meetings With BlackRock https://www.theepochtimes.com/uncovering-the-white-houses-secret-meetings-with-blackrock_4550635.html  (Video) Dan Bongino Unfiltered discusses WH/Blackrock meetings https://www.fox.com/watch/6b5f2813d05784759eff9ef8074dd1fa/Reuters - Dutch gov't sets targets to cut nitrogen pollution, farmers to protest https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/dutch-govt-sets-targets-cut-

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and S.T. Karnick are joined by Steve Milloy, creator and publisher of JunkScience.com, for episode 352 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about the Supreme Court’s recent ruling against the EPA’s ability to regulate carbon dioxide emissions. Also, the left in response is having a collective meltdown. SCOTUS EPA DECISIONFox News - One more blockbuster Supreme Court decision could still be coming even after Friday's abortion ruling https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/one-more-blockbuster-supreme-court-decision-could-still-be-coming-after-fridays-abortion-rulingHeartland Institute - A Consequential Term at the Supreme Court About to End https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/a-consequential-term-at-the-supreme-court-about-to-endNYT - Republican Drive to Tilt Courts Against Climate Action Reaches a Crucial Moment https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/19/climate/supreme-court-climate-epa.html ANTI-SCOTUS RHETORIC INCREASINGCN

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 351 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about the current adminstration’s plan to destroy the reliable energy sector of this country. Also, they talk about the contradictions in everything Biden is doing as well as the likelihood that the Democratic establishment is gearing up to jettison Biden at the next opportunity. They talk about this and more in episode 351 of the In The Tank Podcast. OPENING CHIT CHAT – DEMS CUTTING BIDEN LOOSE?538 – Biden Approval Rating https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/CNN - Ocasio-Cortez won't commit to backing Biden in 2024: 'We'll cross that bridge when we get to it' https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/12/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-biden-reelection-2024-cnntv/index.htmlThe Hill - Biden can’t escape questions on his age https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3532095-biden-can%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Bt-escape-questions-on-his-age/ THE PLANNED DESTRU

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, and Linnea Lueken are joined by Isaac Orr from the Center of the American Experiment and Jason Hayes from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy for episode 350 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about all the excuses that are being spun to shield the Biden Administration and his energy policies from the rising prices for gas and energy. The ITT crew sets out to separate the facts from the fiction. OPENING CHIT CHATWSJ - Climate-Change Censorship: Phase Two https://www.wsj.com/articles/climate-censorship-phase-two-gina-mccarthy-social-media-biden-white-house-11655156191?st=0inyrmh1n3e5bb2&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter GAS PRICE RISE NARRATIVEFox Business - Record high gas prices: West Virginia, Montana, Colorado see biggest weekly jumps https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/record-high-gas-prices-west-virginia-montana-colorado-see-biggest-weekly-jumpsWashington Post - Fossil fuel leasing program undercuts Biden's climate goals, report sa

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 349 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about the upcoming January 6 hearings, the general state of the economy, and the Biden Administration’s doubling down on renewable energy. We talk about all this and more on episode 349 of the In the Tank Podcast. AWAITING A FINANCIAL HURRICANE?POTUS TWEET – “America has achieved the most robust recovery in modern history” https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1533811782367727616White House - Remarks by President Biden on the May Jobs Report https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/06/03/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-may-jobs-report-2/CNBC - Jamie Dimon says ‘brace yourself’ for an economic hurricane caused by the Fed and Ukraine war https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/01/jamie-dimon-says-brace-yourself-for-an-economic-hurricane-caused-by-the-fed-and-ukraine-war.htmlFortune - Former U.S. Treasury head Larry Summers says a recession is ‘the most