273. Climate Alarmists are Coming for Your Christmas Lights

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Justin Haskins, and Jim Lakely are joined by Isaac Orr in episode 273 of the In The Tank Podcast. Christmas time is coming; it’s a time full of family, togetherness, decorations, food, and joy. To counter all this good cheer, we are also subjected to calls from environmentalists to curb our celebrations and limit our energy consumption. Its just a matter of time before their complaints become government mandates. 

OPENING CHIT CHAT - CHRISTMAS LIGHTS? HOW DARE YOU?

WEF - 4 Ways to Make the Holiday Season More Sustainable

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/12/christmas-sustainability-trees-gifts-travel/

CommonDreams - The Climate Emergency Needs No Holidays

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/12/21/climate-emergency-needs-no-holidays

St. Anthony resident receives anonymous letter chastising them for their Christmas light display

https://twitter.com/AndrewLeeTCNT/status/1336085165567774723

PRIMARY TOPIC - DIGITAL NEW DEAL

Politico – YouTube to remove videos claiming mass fraud changed election results

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/09/youtube-videos-mass-fraud-election-results-443925

WSJ – The U.S. vs. Facebook: Why Is the FTC Filing an Antitrust Lawsuit Now?

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-u-s-vs-facebook-why-is-the-ftc-filing-an-antitrust-lawsuit-now-11607607238

German Marshall Fund - GMF Launches 'Digital New Deal' Initiative to Create an Internet that Supports Democracy

https://www.gmfus.org/press-releases/german-marshall-fund-launches-digital-new-deal-initiative-create-internet-supports

German Marshall Fund - Safeguarding Digital Democracy

https://www.gmfus.org/sites/default/files/Safeguarding%20Democracy%20against%20Disinformation_v7.pdf

Washington Post - The Technology 202: Facebook removes some pages appearing to coordinate to push health misinformation

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/09/technology-202-facebook-removes-some-pages-appearing-coordinate-push-health-misinformation/ 

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