In The Tank

The Heartland Institute
In The Tank

The weekly flagship podcast from The Heartland Institute features in-depth policy discussions connected to current news. Host Donald Kendal leads the discussion with the usual crew of Heartland Institute Vice President Jim Lakely, Socialism Research Center “Commissar” Justin Haskins, Editorial Director Chris Talgo, and others at this national free-market think tank. The entertaining and informative discussions often hit topics such as the environment, energy policy, Big Tech censorship, the troubling rise of socialism, globalism, health care, education, that state of freedom in America and around the world, and much more. This podcast is also available as part of the Heartland Daily Podcast, the “firehose” of all the organization’s podcasts that take deep and entertaining dives into public policy.

  1. Trump’s YUUUGE First 10 Days - In The Tank #481

    JAN 30

    Trump’s YUUUGE First 10 Days - In The Tank #481

    It’s an understatement to say that Donald Trump hit the ground running to start his interrupted second term. The speed and precision with which he has canceled nearly every achievement of the Biden nothing this country has ever seen before. It is simply breathtaking, and happening at such a frenetic pace it is difficult to keep up. The Heartland Institute’s Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo will do their best, though. Trump has issued hundreds of executive orders on all sorts of policy areas. On immigration, he closed the border, sent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) across America to round up and deport criminal illegal aliens, and even suggested he’ll use Gitmo to house them until flights back to their country of origin can be arranged. And he also declared that the federal government will no longer put up with “sanctuary” cities and states harboring illegals. Trump froze all federal grants to assess whether they are worth continuing or canceling because they are wasteful or harmful to America. He demanded the federal workforce actually show up in the office again, or be fired or resign with severance. He’s frozen all foreign aid to determine its wisdom. Trump has allowed America’s energy sector to go full ahead again, and even fired the alarmist scientific advisory board at the EPA. What have we left out? Who can keep up? We will talk about what is nothing less than the most-transformative first 10 days a president has had in American history.

    1h 18m
  2. A New Golden Age For America - In The Tank #480

    JAN 24

    A New Golden Age For America - In The Tank #480

    The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 480 of the In The Tank Podcast. At the beginning of his inaugural address, President Donald Trump declared "The golden age of America begins right now." And within hours of this statement, Donald Trump began signing a series of executive orders, taking the first steps toward fulfilling this promise. On this week's episode, the ITT crew is taking a look at these executive orders and the promises made by Trump to help determine if we are back on track to once again achieve greatness in the United States of America. SHOW NOTES: TRUMP'S INAUGURATION  White House - The Inaugural Address https://www.whitehouse.gov/remarks/2025/01/the-inaugural-address/ DAY 1 EXECUTIVE ORDERS NYT - Trump's Executive Orders: Reversing Biden's Policies and Attacking the 'Deep State' https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-executive-orders-list.html NYT - Trump Signs Orders to Promote Fossil Fuels and End Climate Policies https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/climate/trump-emergency-oil-gas.html A TIME OF UNITY OR DIVISION? NBC News - Trump says his inaugural will be about unity. It might be a tough sellhttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-inaugural-will-unity-going-tough-sell-rcna183484 PROJECT STARGATE The Federalist - Trump Announces $500B AI Infrastructure Plan That Could Help Cure Cancer https://thefederalist.com/2025/01/22/trump-announces-500b-ai-infrastructure-plan-that-could-help-cure-cancer/ OpenAI - Announcing The Stargate Project https://openai.com/index/announcing-the-stargate-project/

    1h 20m
  3. Biden Trying to Sabotage the Trump Admin? - In The Tank #476

    12/12/2024

    Biden Trying to Sabotage the Trump Admin? - In The Tank #476

    The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 476 of the In The Tank Podcast. As Donald Trump prepares to take office in 2025, President Joe Biden is riding out his last days in the Oval Office. But instead of just focusing on the orderly transfer of power, Biden seems like he may be trying to sabotage Trump's upcoming term before it can even start. Peculiar foreign policy decisions and increased spending that is contributing to increasing inflation rates is making us wonder if Biden is striving to make life under Trump as hard as possible. Also, the ITT crew talks about Biden's creepy misinformation programs and more. Is Biden Trying to Sabotage Trump? Fox News - Biden admin extends $10B Iran sanctions waiver 2 days after Trump election winhttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-extends-10b-iran-sanctions-waiver-2-days-after-trump-election-win Reuters - US Treasury transfers $20 billion in Ukraine loan funds to World Bank facilityhttps://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-treasury-disburses-20-billion-ukraine-loan-funds-world-bank-facility-2024-12-10/ AP News - Biden authorizes Ukraine to use US-supplied longer range missiles for deeper strikes inside Russiahttps://apnews.com/article/biden-ukraine-long-range-weapons-russia-52d424158182de2044ecc8bfcf011f9c    Inflation is Up Again CNBC - Annual inflation rate accelerates to 2.7% in November, as expectedhttps://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/11/cpi-inflation-november-2024-annual-inflation-rate-accelerates-to-2point7percent-in-november-as-expected.html Forbes - Rise In November Consumer Inflation Is Not Going To Stop Fed Rate Cutshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonschenker/2024/12/11/rise-in-november-consumer-inflation-is-not-going-to-stop-fed-rate-cuts/    Biden's Creepy Misinformation Programs Open The Books - Taxpayer Funded Censorship: How Government is Using Your Tax Dollars to Silence Your Voicehttps://openthebooks.substack.com/p/taxpayer-funded-censorship-how-government Fox News - Biden spent millions on ‘misinformation’ research. The details are even more disturbing than you thinkhttps://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-white-house-spent-267-million-misinformation-research-details-even-more-disturbing Zero Hedge - State Department Scrambles To Scuttle $100M Censorship Network Before Trump Takes Officehttps://www.zerohedge.com/political/state-department-scrambles-scuttle-100m-censorship-network-trump-takes-office

    1h 19m
  4. More Biden Blanket Pardons? - In The Tank #475

    12/05/2024

    More Biden Blanket Pardons? - In The Tank #475

    The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 475 of the In The Tank Podcast. There is a lot to talk about this week! Joe Biden pardoned Hunter, President-elect Trump continues to fill his cabinet, and a new analysis of the 2024 election shows that socialist candidates won a vast majority of their races. The ITT crew talks about these topics, the current state of socialism, and speculates whether the Democratic Party will lurch toward "democratic" socialism in the upcoming election cycles. Hunter Biden Pardon National Review - Judge on Hunter Biden Tax Case Slams President over Pardon, Says Selective-Prosecution Claim ‘Rewrites History’https://www.nationalreview.com/news/judge-on-hunter-biden-tax-case-slams-president-over-pardon-says-selective-prosecution-claim-rewrites-history/ POLITICO - Biden White House Is Discussing Preemptive Pardons for Those in Trump’s Crosshairshttps://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/04/biden-white-house-pardons-00192610 NYT - Broad Pardon for Hunter Biden Troubles Expertshttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/us/politics/hunter-biden-pardon-president.html Washington Post - The extraordinary breadth of Hunter Biden's pardonhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/02/hunter-biden-presidential-pardon-comparisons/  Trump Cabinet Kash's In The Federalist - Media Meltdowns Over Trump’s FBI Pick Prove Kash Patel Is The Perfect Man For The Jobhttps://thefederalist.com/2024/12/03/media-meltdowns-over-trumps-fbi-pick-prove-kash-patel-is-the-perfect-man-for-the-job/AP News - Trump’s FBI pick has plans to reshape the bureau. This is what Kash Patel has said he wants to dohttps://apnews.com/article/fbi-trump-patel-fisa-russia-2d215ded96ad8a08689b6f7f0b2d49ec Socialism Watch 2024 Report Heartland - PRESS RELEASE: Nearly Every Openly Socialist Candidate Won in 2024https://heartland.org/opinion/press-release-nearly-every-openly-socialist-candidate-won-in-2024/American Thinker - How did socialists perform in the 2024 election?https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/11/how_did_socialists_perform_in_the_2024_election.html A Resurgence of "Democratic" Socialism? The Hill - Cenk Uygur signals optimism after Trump win: MAGA ‘not my mortal enemy’https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5015727-cenk-uygur-donald-trump-optimism-2024-election/NYT - Would Bernie Have Won?https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-faiz-shakir.html

    1h 15m
4.8
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47 Ratings

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The weekly flagship podcast from The Heartland Institute features in-depth policy discussions connected to current news. Host Donald Kendal leads the discussion with the usual crew of Heartland Institute Vice President Jim Lakely, Socialism Research Center “Commissar” Justin Haskins, Editorial Director Chris Talgo, and others at this national free-market think tank. The entertaining and informative discussions often hit topics such as the environment, energy policy, Big Tech censorship, the troubling rise of socialism, globalism, health care, education, that state of freedom in America and around the world, and much more. This podcast is also available as part of the Heartland Daily Podcast, the “firehose” of all the organization’s podcasts that take deep and entertaining dives into public policy.

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