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 FUTURE

Robert Bryce Substack - The EPA’s Emissions Rule Will Strangle AI In The Crib

https://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 Crisis

https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/05/28/big-tech-low-energy-n4929375

Robert Bryce Substack - Shanghaied China's Stranglehold on Alt Energy

https://robertbryce.substack.com/p/shanghaied-chinas-stranglehold-on-alt-energy

The Atlantic - Nuclear Energy’s Bottom Line

https://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 power

https://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 2025

https://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 Up

https://stoppingsocialism.com/2023/01/klaus-schwabs-time-may-be-almost-up/

Reuters - Original Davos Man unveils half a succession plan

https://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 Act

https://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 Texas

https://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 Act

https://www.aba.com/advocacy/policy-analysis/support-ltr-hr5403

America's Credit Unions - House, Senate bills introduced to bar Fed from issuing CBDC

https://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 CBDCs

https://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 Congress
https://www.fintechfutures.com/2024/03/us-federal-reserve-nowhere-near-cbdc-adoption-chairman-tells-congress/

Atlantic Council CBDC Tracker
https://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 debates

https://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 herself

https://nypost.com/2024/05/14/opinion/winston-marshall-i-didnt-have-to-expose-nancy-pelosi-she-did-it-herself/

WSJ - Notable & Quotable: Pelosi on Populism

https://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 6/6

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

(video) Politico - Obama: I'm the real populist, not Trump

https://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 CHAT

Monmouth Poll - Younger adults express less urgency than in prior polls

https://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 Event

https://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 progress

https://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 Says

https://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 breakthrough

https://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 itself

https://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 it

https://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 Election

https://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 Them

https://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 protests

https://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 - analysis

https://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 Protests

https://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 change

https://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 act

https://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 change

https://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 fight

https://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 – video

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2024/apr/09/only-the-beginning-thunberg-reacts-to-court-ruling-on-state-climate-inaction-video

Success?

Energy Mix

https://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix

The Hill - Biden administration plans to tee up offshore wind across the nation’s coastlines

https://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 dominate

https://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 Election

https://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 Election

https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2024/04/17/new-poll-nearly-three-in-10-voters-say-they-would-vote-illegally-in-2024-election-n2637874

Newsmax - Rasmussen Poll: 28% Would Commit Voter Fraud

https://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 Interference

https://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 Lawfare

https://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 Verdict

https://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 forming

https://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 Data

https://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 Narrative

https://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 viewers

https://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 GLANCE

Climate At A Glance App

https://climateataglance.com/app/

PRIMARY TOPIC - SOCIALISM AT A GLANCE BOOK

New Book - Socialism At A Glance

https://a.co/d/awZWYKX

Tampa Bay Times - Florida lawmakers want communism lessons in all grades. The bill is headed to DeSantis

https://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 It

https://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 socialism

https://www.axios.com/2019/03/10/exclusive-poll-young-americans-embracing-socialism

SECONDARY TOPIC - POLARIZATION IN AMERICA

NBC News - Here’s what’s driving America’s increasing political polarization

https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/s-s-driving-americas-increasing-political-polarization-rcna89559

ANES - THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR

https://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 COLLAPSE

NYT - What We Know About the Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse in Baltimore

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/us/key-bridge-collapse-baltimore-what-to-know.html

PRIMARY TOPIC(S)

BlackRock and ESG Divestment

NYP - 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 rocks

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/03/texas_tells_blackrock_to_kick_rocks_.html

Fox Business - Mississippi hits BlackRock with cease and desist, threatens massive fine over ESG policies

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/mississippi-hits-blackrock-with-cease-desist-threatens-massive-fine-over-esg-policies

NBC Ronna McDaniel

CNN - NBC cut ties with Ronna McDaniel after extraordinary pressure, but its problems aren’t over

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/media/nbc-ronna-mcdaniel-problems-are-not-over/index.html