In The Tank The Heartland Institute

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 351 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about the current adminstration’s plan to destroy the reliable energy sector of this country. Also, they talk about the contradictions in everything Biden is doing as well as the likelihood that the Democratic establishment is gearing up to jettison Biden at the next opportunity. They talk about this and more in episode 351 of the In The Tank Podcast.

 

OPENING CHIT CHAT – DEMS CUTTING BIDEN LOOSE?

538 – Biden Approval Rating

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/

CNN - Ocasio-Cortez won't commit to backing Biden in 2024: 'We'll cross that bridge when we get to it'

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/12/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-biden-reelection-2024-cnntv/index.html

The Hill - Biden can’t escape questions on his age

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3532095-biden-can%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Bt-escape-questions-on-his-age/

 

THE PLANNED DESTRUCTION OF RELIABLE ENERGY

Climate Champions - ‘Race to Zero’ campaign updates criteria to raise the bar on net zero delivery

https://climatechampions.unfccc.int/criteria-consultation-3-0/

UN – Race to Zero Campaign

https://unfccc.int/climate-action/race-to-zero-campaign

 

BIDEN SUSPENDS FEDERAL GAS TAX

CNN - Biden will call for 3-month suspension of gas tax, though officials acknowledge it 'alone won't fix the problem'

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/22/politics/gas-tax-suspension-biden/index.html

Illinois Policy Institute - The Illinois Fuel & Retail Association has agreed to post signage notifying drivers of the delayed gas tax hike, and an explanation of why gas in Illinois is so expensive.

https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-gas-station-owners-fight-pritzker-mandate-with-gas-tax-signs/#:~:text=Pritzker's%20gasoline%20tax%20hikes,be%20two%20hikes%20in%202023.

Tax Foundation - How High are Gas Taxes in Your State?

https://taxfoundation.org/state-gas-tax-rates-2021/

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The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, and Linnea Lueken are joined by Isaac Orr from the Center of the American Experiment and Jason Hayes from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy for episode 350 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about all the excuses that are being spun to shield the Biden Administration and his energy policies from the rising prices for gas and energy. The ITT crew sets out to separate the facts from the fiction.

 

OPENING CHIT CHAT

WSJ - Climate-Change Censorship: Phase Two

https://www.wsj.com/articles/climate-censorship-phase-two-gina-mccarthy-social-media-biden-white-house-11655156191?st=0inyrmh1n3e5bb2&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter

 

GAS PRICE RISE NARRATIVE

Fox Business - Record high gas prices: West Virginia, Montana, Colorado see biggest weekly jumps

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/record-high-gas-prices-west-virginia-montana-colorado-see-biggest-weekly-jumps

Washington Post - Fossil fuel leasing program undercuts Biden's climate goals, report says

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/15/fossil-fuel-leasing-program-undercuts-biden-climate-goals-report-says/

AP News - Biden tells oil refiners: Produce more gas, fewer profits

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-covid-health-f73c882b0664a5d5dd62635a9a65364c

ExxonMobil – Response to Biden

https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/News/Newsroom/News-releases/2022/0615_ExxonMobil-statement-regarding-President-Biden-Letter-to-Oil-Industry

IER - Another U.S. Refinery Slated to Close

https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/fossil-fuels/gas-and-oil/another-u-s-refinery-slated-to-close/

 

ENERGY SHORTAGES

WSJ - Why Electricity Blackouts Are Coming to Michigan

https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-electricity-blackouts-are-coming-to-michigan-nuclear-power-plant-green-energy-renewable-climate-11653685521?mod=article_inline

Washington Post – A summer of blackouts

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/06/02/blackout-states-summer-heat/

WSJ - ‘That Could Never Happen in America,’ I Once Thought

https://www.wsj.com/articles/blackout-rolling-electricity-power-venezuela-america-11654185555 

Reuters - U.S. Midwest may have summer power shortages for years

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-midwest-may-have-summer-power-shortages-years-2022-06-10/#:~:text=On%20Friday%2C%20MISO%20released%20a,responses%20over%20the%20next%20year.&text=One%20gigawatt%20can%20power%20about,on%20a%20hot%20summer%20day

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The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 349 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about the upcoming January 6 hearings, the general state of the economy, and the Biden Administration’s doubling down on renewable energy. We talk about all this and more on episode 349 of the In the Tank Podcast.

 

AWAITING A FINANCIAL HURRICANE?

POTUS TWEET – “America has achieved the most robust recovery in modern history”

https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1533811782367727616

White House - Remarks by President Biden on the May Jobs Report

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/06/03/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-may-jobs-report-2/

CNBC - Jamie Dimon says ‘brace yourself’ for an economic hurricane caused by the Fed and Ukraine war

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/01/jamie-dimon-says-brace-yourself-for-an-economic-hurricane-caused-by-the-fed-and-ukraine-war.html

Fortune - Former U.S. Treasury head Larry Summers says a recession is ‘the most likely thing’

https://fortune.com/2022/04/14/larry-summers-recession-likely-interest-rates-unemployment/

Yahoo - Tesla: Musk’s Economy Warning Demands Attention, Says Morgan Stanley

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-musk-economy-warning-demands-221538694.html

Markets Insider – (Counterpoint: JPMorgan's chief economist says there's no reason to be worried about a US recession, with the private sector in 'remarkable' shape

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/us-recession-no-reason-worry-jpmorgan-economist-consumer-corporate-spending-2022-6

NPR - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says she was wrong about the risks of inflation

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/01/1102364460/yellen-inflation

(video) Janet Yellen ignores question about inflation and government spending

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzH2CpumOHE

 

DOUBLING DOWN ON UNRELIABLE ENERGY

Barron’s - Yellen Says New Biden Investments Can Counter Inflation

https://www.barrons.com/news/yellen-says-new-biden-investments-can-counter-inflation-01654618508?tesla=y

USA Today - Biden is using the Defense Production Act to make more solar panels, other clean-energy technology

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/06/06/biden-defense-production-act-solar-panels/7532045001/

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The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Chris Talgo, and Jim Lakely present episode 348 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about how Jim survived Covid! The gun grabbers are really ramping up their rhetoric, and Don’t worry folks, when it comes to inflation and rising gas prices, Biden has some solutions. We talk about all this and more on episode 348 of the In the Tank Podcast. 

 

OPENING CHIT CHAT

Jim survived COVID!

 

GUN CONTROL PROPOSALS

Fox News - Beto O'Rourke says AR-15 owners shouldn't 'be able to keep them'

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/beto-orourke-ar-15-owners-shouldnt-keep-them

Newsweek - Gun Debate Updates: Biden Supports Ban on Assault Weapons, White House Says

https://www.newsweek.com/gun-debate-live-updates-1711699

USA Today - Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau proposes ‘national freeze’ on handgun sales

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/05/31/justin-trudeau-gun-sales-canada/9999197002/

 

INFLATION AND GAS CONTINUE TO SPIRAL

Axios - U.S. gasoline prices hit new record on Memorial Day weekend

https://www.axios.com/2022/05/30/us-gas-prices-record-high

Forbes - Democrat Big Oil ‘Price-Gouging’ Bills Advance In Congress

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidblackmon/2022/05/17/democrat-big-oil-price-gouging-bills-advance-in-congress/?sh=60d6d207368a

The Hill - Biden lays out plan to fight inflation

https://thehill.com/news/administration/3506444-biden-lays-out-plan-to-fight-inflation/

National Review - GOP Governors Come Out against SEC Climate Rule

https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/05/gop-governors-come-out-against-sec-climate-rule/

CNN - Health and Human Services announces new office focused on the environmental risks to underserved communities

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/31/politics/hhs-office-of-environmental-justice-climate/index.html

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The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Chris Talgo, and Sam Karnick present episode 347 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about the ongoing World Economic Forum Davos 2022 meeting and their scheme to establish a global ESG system. Also, in the aftermath of another school shooting, the ITT asks “What is going on?”

 

TOPIC ONE – ANOTHER TRAGIC SCHOOL SHOOTING

Instead of talking about this from a that-policy-won’t-help perspective, I want to talk about this from a whats-going-on-culturally perspective. I think we can have a good discussion on what factors are occurring that results in horrific acts like this happening so frequently.

 

TOPIC TWO – DAVOS 2022 ENVISIONS GLOBAL ESG SCHEME

WEF - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2022

WEF - Turing Up the Heat on Greenwashing

https://www.weforum.org/videos/davos-annual-meeting-2022-turning-up-the-heat-on-greenwashing-original

New York Post - ESG’s Power Grows as Banker Is Canceled for Talking Sense on Climate Change

https://www.realclearenergy.org/2022/05/25/esgs_power_grows_as_banker_is_canceled_for_talking_sense_on_climate_change_834180.html

NYP - Biden praises high gas prices as part of ‘incredible transition’

https://nypost.com/2022/05/23/biden-praises-gas-prices-as-part-of-incredible-transition/

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The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and Linnea Lueken present episode 346 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about the Disinformation Governance Board being “paused,” gas and diesel prices hitting all time highs …. again, and parents struggling to find baby formula.

 

OPENING CHIT CHAT

National Review - Biden Administration Considers Shutting Down Disinformation Board amid Blistering Criticism: Report

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/biden-administration-considers-shutting-down-disinformation-board-amid-blistering-criticism-report/

 

GAS AND DIESEL HIT ALL TIME HIGHS … AGAIN

USA Today - The average gas price is above $4 in every state. How long will they continue to rise?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/05/17/why-gas-prices-continue-rise-record/9798086002/

Fox Business - Price of diesel hits all-time high, straining the trucking industry

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/price-of-diesel-hits-all-time-high-straining-the-trucking-industry

The Federalist - Diesel Prices Hit All-Time High, Meaning Soon So Will The Costs Of Everything You Buy

https://thefederalist.com/2022/05/09/diesel-prices-hit-all-time-high-meaning-soon-so-will-the-costs-of-everything-you-buy/

Washington Post - Yellen warns of global ‘stagflationary’ risk from gas, food prices

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/05/18/yellen-gas-prices-biden/

 

BABY FORMULA SHORTAGE

Heartland Daily News - How Government Created the Baby Formula Shortage

https://heartlanddailynews.com/2022/05/how-government-created-the-baby-formula-shortage/

The Federalist - The FDA Was Making It Difficult For Moms To Get Baby Formula Long Before The Supply Chain Imploded

https://thefederalist.com/2022/05/12/the-fda-was-making-it-difficult-for-moms-to-get-baby-formula-long-before-the-supply-chain-imploded/

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