The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 424 of the In The Tank Podcast. With world leaders descending on San Francisco, city officials have taken care to clean up the streets, hiding from the world the poverty, grime, and homelessness. Critics have mocked California Governor Gavin Newsom for taking this action only when the eyes of the world are upon him. This situation highlights a larger issue in our country. Our cities seem to be devolving into dystopian hellscapes, overrun by crime and general lawlessness. What is causing this and what can be done to fix it? PRIMARY TOPIC - ARE AMERICAN CITIES DESCENDING INTO A DYSTOPIAN HELLSCAPE?    American Thinker - Misguided environmentalists have made our cities filthy https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/11/misguided_environmentalists_have_made_our_cities_filthy.html   Substack - All Eyes On What Gavin Newsom Will Do Next Now That Feds Cleaned Up San Francisco https://public.substack.com/p/all-eyes-on-what-gavin-newsom-will   The Federalist - Why Are People In Denial That Urban America Is A Dystopian Hellscape? https://thefederalist.com/2023/11/15/why-are-people-in-denial-that-urban-america-is-a-dystopian-hellscape/?utm_source=rss&utm;_medium=rss&utm;_campaign=why-are-people-in-denial-that-urban-america-is-a-dystopian-hellscape&utm;_term=2023-11-15   Fox Business - Democratic, 'big blue' cities seeing 'really distressing' economic trends: Stephen Moore https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6341052242112   American Thinker - Chicago's crime crisis and the 'progressives' https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/06/chicagos_crime_crisis_and_the_progressives.html     DAVOS WATCH - WEF DOESN'T BELIEVE IN FREE WILL

U.S. Cities Becoming A Dystopian Hellscape  - In The Tank #424

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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/

Cultural Marxists Take Over College Campuses - In The Tank #447

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

2024 State of Climate Alarmism - In The Tank #446

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/

2024 Election Mail-In Ballot Crisis & Election Interference - In The Tank #445

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/

Left vs. Right: We Are Living In Different Universes - In The Tank #444

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

U.S. Cities Becoming A Dystopian Hellscape - In The Tank #424

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