In The Tank

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 474 of the In The Tank Podcast. As the dust of the election settles, President-elect Donald J. Trump is busy constructing his cabinet. Elon Musk, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, Marco Rubio, and many others have been nominated by Trump to fill some of the most important positions in the upcoming administration. How is the ITT crew reacting to some of these picks? Also, Thanksgiving is next week. Will families unite over good food, or will arguments break out while we pass the mashed potatoes?

Legislative Conference

PFLN - Pro-Family Legislative Conference

https://profamily.com/conference/

Everything Has Changed

(video) Jon Jones Trump Dance

https://x.com/robbystarbuck/status/1858108282390343833

(video) Trump Dance montage

https://x.com/browneyegirl400/status/1858822652292395135

Trump's Cabinet: A Dream Team?

CBS News - See the list of Trump Cabinet picks and more White House appointments so far

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-might-be-in-donald-trump-cabinet/

The Federalist - Pete Hegseth Is The Perfect Candidate To Gut The Pentagon’s Bureaucratic Rot

https://thefederalist.com/2024/11/13/pete-hegseth-is-the-perfect-candidate-to-gut-the-pentagons-bureaucratic-rot/

Forbes - What We Know About Elon Musk’s ‘Department Of Government Efficiency’—As Musk Reveals Spending Targets

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2024/11/20/what-we-know-about-elon-musks-department-of-government-efficiency-as-musk-reveals-spending-targets/

The Federalist - John Bolton Asks Deep State To Deep-Six Trump Nominees Before They Fix Corrupt Intel Agencies

https://thefederalist.com/2024/11/14/john-bolton-asks-deep-state-to-deep-six-trump-nominees-before-they-fix-corrupt-intel-agencies/

Thanksgiving Conversations

HuffPost - My Husband And His Family Voted For Trump — So I'm Canceling Thanksgiving And Christmas

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-voter-family-marriage-holidays_n_67321c1ce4b0231a203b1b80

The Independent - Yale psychiatrist urges LGBTQ+ community to shun Trump-voting family members over the holidays

https://www.the-independent.com/tv/news/psychiatrist-amanda-calhoun-trump-msnbc-thanksgiving-b2644444.html

Fox News - 'Sounds like a cult:' Sociologist rips leftist calls to cut off Trump family members during the holidays

https://www.foxnews.com/media/sounds-like-cult-sociologist-rips-leftist-calls-cut-off-trump-family-members-during-holidays

Since Election Night, doesn’t everything feel different now? Not just our politics. but the whole mood of the country. Yes, some of our fellow Americans are in a very sad state. Clips of people filming their misery and sharing it with the world are everywhere. But for the majority of the country, is feels like a major societal and cultural shift has occurred. And there are a lot of people walking around with a new spring in their step.

Our media has changed, with the legacy media’s corruption being its undoing. Our pop culture feels about to change, too, moving away from leftist moralizing and back to producing entertainment with broad appeal. It just feels like the politicization of everything is over, and we’re waking up in a new era in which leftism is no longer going to be the dominant force in American life.

In a special Episode #473 of the In the Tank Podcast, guest host Jim Lakely welcomes The Heartland Institute’s Linnea Lueken and CFACT’s Chris Martz to discuss whether they share Jim's feeling that everything has changed. And if it has, what a more “normal” future will look like.

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SHOW NOTES

CNN 'will axe top stars in layoffs that'll see hundreds fired as ratings continue to tank'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...

“Fair & Balanced”: Trump 2.0 Era Brings New Los Angeles Times Editorial Board, Owner Promises With Fox News Motto Echo

https://deadline.com/2024/11/trump-la...

MSNBC and CNN Ratings Tank After Trump Steamrolls Kamala Harris

https://www.outkick.com/analysis/msnb...

MSNBC Ratings Crater As Viewers Tune Out Trump Victory Coverage

https://www.mediaite.com/news/just-in...

Hollywood Braces for a Woke Backlash in the Wake of Trump's Election

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news...

SEMAFOR: The old media grapples with its new limits

https://www.semafor.com/article/11/10...

The rejection of the ruling class was global.

https://x.com/jburnmurdoch/status/185...

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 472 of the In The Tank Podcast. Donald J. Trump has been elected as the 47th President of the United States. Trump's victory comes after a years long campaign by the media to paint the President-elect as a racist, sexist, fascist, second-coming of Hitler. The media's narrative failed as Trump looks to lock up the popular vote. The In The Tank crew talks about the evaporating influence of the mainstream media and speculates on what the first 100 days of the next administration will look like.

Election Outcome and Exit Polls

NYT - Election Live Updates

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/11/06/us/trump-election-harris-news

NBC News - Exit Polls

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/exit-polls

Reckoning of the Media's Influence

Business Insider - Trump's victory shows the flagging influence of mainstream media

https://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-victory-shows-the-flagging-influence-of-mainstream-media-2024-11

The Left's Narrative and Spin

The Atlantic - TRUMP WON. NOW WHAT?

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/trump-wins-second-term-presidency/680546/

Trump's First 100 Days

The Hill - GOP maps out agenda for Trump’s first 100 days

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4950270-republicans-agenda-trump-tax-cuts/

NPR - What Trump's first 100 days in office could look like

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/06/nx-s1-5181800/2024-election-trump-first-100-days-agenda

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Jack McPherrin present episode 471 of the In The Tank Podcast. The last vestiges of the media's credibility are going up in smoke. From ghastly journalistic blunders to headlines that twist and turn like characters in a Hitchcock thriller, we’ll break down how the media seems to be taking an axe to its own reputation—Jack Torrance-style. Polls show public trust in the media is as low as the depths of Crystal Lake, and even Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post, recently penned a chilling op-ed on Americans' growing distrust. Join us as we venture into the haunted house of today’s media landscape—where truth and fiction blur and shadows lurk behind every headline."

Trump on Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan Experience #2219 - Donald Trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBMoPUAeLnY

NYP - YouTube, Google accused of censorship as Joe Rogan’s Trump interview nearly impossible to find in search: ‘No sensible explanation’

https://nypost.com/2024/10/28/business/youtube-google-accused-of-censorship-as-joe-rogans-trump-interview-nearly-impossible-to-find/

Trump's MSG "Nazi Rally"

Fox News - Walz repeats Clinton attack that Trump Madison Square Garden event mirrored 1930s Nazi rally

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/walz-repeats-clinton-attack-trump-madison-square-garden-event-mirrored-1930s-nazi-rally

National Review - Know Who Else Rallied at Madison Square Garden? The Left Finally Stretches the ‘Nazi’ Charge to Its Breaking Point

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/know-who-else-rallied-at-madison-square-garden-the-left-finally-stretches-the-nazi-charge-to-its-breaking-point/

Bezos: "Americans Don't Trust the News Media"

Washington Post - The hard truth: Americans don’t trust the news media

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/28/jeff-bezos-washington-post-trust/

Gallup - Americans' Trust in Media Remains at Trend Low

https://news.gallup.com/poll/651977/americans-trust-media-remains-trend-low.aspx

4 Days Until Election

538 - Who Is Favored To Win The 2024 Presidential Election?

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2024-election-forecast/

Daily Beast - Joe Rogan Snubs Kamala Harris Podcast Request

https://www.thedailybeast.com/joe-rogan-snubs-kamala-harris-podcast-interview-request/

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 470 of the In The Tank Podcast. When Elon Musk expressed interest in purchasing Twitter and making it a bastion for free speech, he simultaneously put a target on his back for the political elites. In a recent development, leaked documents appear to show advisors to the Kamala Harris campaign have plans to "kill Musk's Twitter." Elon Musk's response? "This is war." Also, has the media completely lost it? President Donald Trump's recent campaign stunt at McDonalds has exposed what can only be described as lunacy of the mainstream media.

Trump's shift at McDonalds

NYT - How Media Outlets on the Left and Right Covered Trump’s Stop at McDonald’s

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/21/business/media/trump-mcdonalds-media-coverage.html

Newsweek - Was Donald Trump's McDonald's Shift 'Staged'?

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-mcdonalds-work-staged-fake-1972058

The Federalist - The Press Can’t Handle Trump’s Brilliant Display Of Retail Politics At McDonald’s Drive-Through

https://thefederalist.com/2024/10/21/the-press-cant-handle-trumps-brilliant-display-of-retail-politics-at-mcdonalds-drive-through/

Musk: "This is War"

Breitbart - This Is War:’ Elon Musk Furious at Center for Countering Hate Plan to ‘Kill Musk’s Twitter’

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2024/10/23/this-is-war-elon-musk-furious-at-center-for-countering-hate-plan-to-kill-musks-twitter/

SubStack - Election Exclusive: British Advisors to Kamala Harris Hope to "Kill Musk's Twitter"

https://disinformationchronicle.substack.com/p/election-exclusive-british-advisors

Propaganda Wars

Glenn Beck - Propaganda Wars: How the Global Elite Control What You See, Think, and Feel

https://www.amazon.com/Propaganda-Wars-Global-Elite-Control/dp/1637633890

11 Days Until the Election

538 - Who Is Favored To Win The 2024 Presidential Election?

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2024-election-forecast/

Politico - Trump set to go on Joe Rogan’s podcast

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/10/22/2024-elections-live-coverage-updates-analysis/trump-joe-rogan-podcast-00184894

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 469 of the In The Tank Podcast. Over this past week, we witnessed an engineering breakthrough from Elon Musk's SpaceX. The successful launch and recapture of the SpaceX Starship booster marks a pivotal moment in the future of space travel, showcasing advancements in reusability and cost efficiency. SpaceX is paving the way for a new era where space access becomes more routine and affordable, pushing the boundaries of what is possible beyond Earth's orbit. But remember, Elon Musk is frowned upon by the political elite. Instead of commemorating this occasion and encouraging this innovation, government bureaucrats have instead chosen to stifle Musk by denying his request for additional rocket launches. Also, we are another week closer to the election and it appears Kamala Harris is getting increasingly desperate.

Elon Musk's Starship Breakthough

Space - SpaceX plans to catch Starship upper stage with 'chopsticks' in early 2025, Elon Musk says

https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-upper-stage-chopstick-catch-elon-musk

Economist - Starship will change what is possible beyond the Earth

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/10/16/starship-will-change-what-is-possible-beyond-the-earth

Progressives vs. Progress

NYT - California Rejects Bid for More Frequent SpaceX Launches

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/12/us/spacex-launch-california.html

LA Times - SpaceX sues California regulators, alleging anti-Musk bias in rocket rejection

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-10-16/spacex-political-bias-coastal-commission-lawsuit

Kamala's Bret Baier Interview

Fox News - VP Harris to sit down hours from now with Bret Baier for first Fox News interview

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vp-harris-sit-down-hours-from-now-bret-baier-first-fox-news-interview

Kamala Is Getting Desperate

Reuters - Harris could join Joe Rogan podcast in hunt for male votes, sources say

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/kamala-harris-could-join-podcaster-joe-rogan-an-interview-sources-2024-10-15/

Yahoo - Harris-Trump polls tighten, but PredictIt and Polymarket tell a different story

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/harris-trump-polls-tighten-predictit-173916471.html

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Justin Haskins present episode 468 of the In The Tank Podcast. As the election approaches, it appears as though the mainstream media industry is desperate to paint Kamala Harris in the best light possible. For example, it appears as though 60 Minutes selectively edited their interview with VP and presidential candidate Kamala Harris to make her come off in as good a light as possible. Simultaneously, the White House Press Secretary accused correspondent Peter Doocy of spreading misinformation for simply asking a question about the Biden Administration's handling of the response to Hurricane Helene. The ITT crew talks about all this and more on this week's episode.

Kamala's 60 Mins Interview

NYP - Kamala Harris is unable to answer basic questions on ‘60 Minutes’

https://nypost.com/2024/10/08/opinion/kamala-harris-is-unable-to-answer-basic-questions-on-60-minutes/

The Federalist - Unlike Biden In 2020, Kamala Harris’ Radicalism Is Too Extreme To Hide

https://thefederalist.com/2024/10/09/unlike-biden-in-2020-kamala-harris-radicalism-is-too-extreme-to-hide/

Biden/Harris Rift?

AP News - Biden pledged to campaign hard for Harris. So far, he’s been mostly a no-show

https://apnews.com/article/biden-harris-lame-duck-joint-campaigning-79496a704736e8965010eea3bb6b6b5d

NYP - Biden praises ‘cooperative’ DeSantis one day after Harris moaned Fla. gov snubbed her post-Helene phone call

https://nypost.com/2024/10/08/us-news/biden-praises-cooperative-desantis-one-day-after-harris-moaned-florida-gov-snubbed-her-post-helene-phone-call/

Questioning Hurricane Response = Misinfo (KJP clip)

MSN - ‘Excuse Me?’: Doocy Pushes Back At KJP As She Accuses Him Of Spreading ‘Misinformation’

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/excuse-me-doocy-pushes-back-at-kjp-as-she-accuses-him-of-spreading-misinformation/ar-AA1rQKNy?ocid=bingnewssearch

NYP - Citing the Biden-Harris admin’s own FEMA facts isn’t misinformation, Karine Jean-Pierre

https://nypost.com/2024/10/08/opinion/citing-bidens-own-fema-facts-isnt-misinformation-karine-jean-pierre/

AI and Health Care

Fierce Health Care - Some doctors are using public AI chatbots like ChatGPT in clinical decisions. Is it safe?

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/special-reports/some-doctors-are-using-public-generative-ai-tools-chatgpt-clinical-decisions-it

Nature - Google AI has better bedside manner than human doctors--and makes better diagnoses

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00099-4

MedRXiv - Influence of a Large Language Model on Diagnostic Reasoning: A Randomized Clinical Vignette Study

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.12.24303785v1

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 467 of the In The Tank Podcast. The European Union has  The ITT crew talks about all this and more on this week's episode. The European Union recently approved a piece of radical legislation that is poised to overhaul the global economy, wreak havoc on the United States, undermine individual rights, and force thousands of American businesses to adopt left-wing values. Also looking to cripple the United States economy are the longshoreman who officially went on strike this week. The ITT crew talks about all this and more on this week's episode.

VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

The Federalist - How Does Tim Walz Explain His Stolen Valor Controversy? CBS Moderators Didn’t Bother Asking

https://thefederalist.com/2024/10/02/how-does-tim-walz-explain-his-stolen-valor-controversy-cbs-moderators-didnt-bother-asking/

CBS News - Who won the VP debate? Here's what debate watchers said in CBS News poll

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-vp-debate-poll-2024/

EU ESG

Heartland Institute - New European Union ESG Law Will Eliminate Economic Freedom, Individual Liberty, and U.S. Sovereignty

https://heartland.org/publications/new-european-union-esg-law-will-eliminate-economic-freedom-individual-liberty-and-u-s-sovereignty/

The Blaze - New European law would force US businesses to adopt woke rules

https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/new-european-law-would-force-us-businesses-to-adopt-woke-rules

LONGSHOREMAN STRIKE

The Hill - 5 things to know about the port strike

https://thehill.com/business/4909873-five-things-to-know-about-the-port-strike/

Market Watch - ‘I will cripple you’: Dockworkers union vows to shut down U.S. economy with strike

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/i-will-cripple-you-dockworkers-union-vows-to-shut-down-u-s-economy-with-strike-70780b57

JOHN KERRY AT WEF CONFERENCE

National Review - John Kerry against the First Amendment: Saying the Quiet Part Aloud

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/john-kerry-against-the-first-amendment-saying-the-quiet-part-aloud/

Real Clear Politics - John Kerry Tells WEF: Our First Amendment Stands As A Major Block Against Hammering Disinformation Out Of Existence

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/09/29/john_kerry_tells_wef_our_first_amendment_stands_as_a_major_block_against_hammering_disinformation_out_of_existence.html

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and H. Sterling Burnett present episode 466 of the In The Tank Podcast. Surprising news dropped earlier this week when Microsoft announced a partnership that would see the reopening of the 3-Mile Island Nuclear Plant. Despite the history of the plant suffering a partial nuclear meltdown back in 1979, Microsoft is so desperate for a source of reliable energy they are moving forward with this plan. What does this reveal about the state of big tech companies and their energy needs? What does this story show in regards to America's future energy composition? The ITT crew talks about all this and more on this week's episode.

Microsoft To Reopen 3-Mile Island 

Reuters - Microsoft may pay Constellation premium in Three Mile Island power agreement, Jefferies says (Sept 23)
https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/microsoft-may-pay-constellation-premium-three-mile-island-power-agreement-2024-09-23/

Bloomberg - Microsoft's Three Mile Island Deal Is Great News

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-09-24/microsoft-s-three-mile-island-nuclear-deal-is-great-news-for-climate-ai

Big Tech and the Need for Reliable Energy

Tom's Hardware - AI GPU bottleneck has eased, but now power will constrain AI growth warns Zuckerberg

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/ai-gpu-bottleneck-has-eased-but-now-power-will-constrain-ai-growth-warns-zuckerberg

NYP - OpenAI pitches Biden admin on need for massive data centers — that use as much power as a major city

https://nypost.com/2024/09/25/business/openai-pitches-biden-admin-on-need-to-build-massive-ai-data-centers/

Zero Hedge - Blackrock's Larry Fink Jumps On "Next AI Trade", Warning World Will Be "Short Power"

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/blackrocks-larry-fink-jumps-next-ai-trade-warning-world-will-be-short-power

America's Future Energy Composition

WIRED - The AI Boom Is Raising Hopes of a Nuclear Comeback

https://www.wired.com/story/the-ai-boom-is-raising-hopes-of-a-nuclear-comeback/

39 Days Until the Election

CNN - Young voter voices: This college student is skeptical of Harris being a change candidate on economy

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-harris-presidential-election-09-25-24/index.html

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 465 of the In The Tank Podcast. We are back after taking a week off while preparing for Heartland's 40th Anniversary Benefit Dinner and we have a lot of news to cover. In the time since our last episode, we have had a presidential debate, accusations of cheating during the debate, and yet another attempt on Donald Trump's life. The In The Tank crew dives into the absolute horrid state of our media industry before talking about the state of the race with only 46 days left before the 2024 presidential election.

TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT Part 2

NYT - Agents Delve Into Life of Apparent Would-Be Trump Assassin

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09/17/us/trump-assassination-attempt

The Blaze - Nearly 3 in 10 Democrats polled say it 'would be better if Trump had been killed'

https://www.theblaze.com/news/nearly-three-in-ten-democrats-polled-say-it-would-be-better-if-trump-had-been-killed

TRUMP HARRIS DEBATE

The Federalist - 25 Lies Kamala Harris Told In Her Debate Against Trump

https://thefederalist.com/2024/09/11/25-lies-kamala-harris-told-in-her-debate-against-trump/

ABC WHISTLEBLOWER

Washington Times - ABC News faces questions over handling of Trump, Harris debate

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/17/editorial-abc-news-faces-questions-over-handling-o/

Daily Mail - The bombshell claims of 'ABC whistleblower' who says Harris got help in debate

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13860379/ABC-whistleblower-Kamala-harris-questions-debate.html

46 DAYS LEFT TIL ELECTION 

Fox News - Polling guru Nate Silver predicts Trump has 64% chance of winning the Electoral College in latest forecast

https://www.foxnews.com/media/polling-guru-nate-silver-predicts-trump-has-64-chance-winning-electoral-college-latest-forecast

538 - Who Is Favored To Win The 2024 Presidential Election?

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2024-election-forecast/?cid=rrpromo