In The Tank The Heartland Institute

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 458 of the In The Tank Podcast. Another wild news cycle has seen President Joe Biden bow out of the 2024 election. With an endorsement from Biden, it appears as though the candidacy is Vice President Kamala Harris's for the taking. The In The Tank crew talks about the latest news before breaking down the things you need to know about candidate Kamala Harris.
PRIMARY TOPIC - CANDIDATE KAMALA HARRIS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
 
The Federalist - Top 30 Reasons Kamala Harris Would Be A Terrible President
https://thefederalist.com/2024/07/23/top-30-reasons-kamala-harris-would-be-a-terrible-president/
 
Front Page - Who is Kamala Harris?
https://www.frontpagemag.com/who-is-kamala-harris/
 
The Spectator - Will the Real Kamala Harris Please Stand Up?https://thespectator.info/2020/10/07/will-the-real-kamala-harris-please-stand-up/
(video) Kamala Harris CNN Climate Townhall on Dietary Guidelineshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY0Ph-Z4QPI
(video) Universal Health Care for illegalshttps://x.com/NRSC/status/1815808480709599308
(video) Tulsi Gabbard ends Kamala Harris's primary campaign
https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1815155219623227888

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and S. T. Karnick present episode 457 of the In The Tank Podcast. Saturday July 13th, 2024 is a day that will go down in history. An attempted assassination of Donald Trump sent shock waves around the world. The In The Tank crew talks about the swirling news, trying to make sense of what is going on in this country. From the failure of the Secret Service to the reactions from the media and partisan commentators, there is no shortage of things to discuss. Also, the ITT crew speculates about Trump's upcoming speech he will be giving at the RNC.

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 456 of the In The Tank Podcast. We are now two weeks removed from what might go down in history as the worst performance in a presidential debate of all time, and the story continues to garner massive mainstream attention. President Biden's horrible performance on the debate stage has resulted in a tidal wave of criticism and calls to step aside by many of the most influential people on the left. This is unprecedented. How is this going to play out? Will Biden step aside? How will this impact the rapidly approaching presidential election?
PRIMARY TOPIC - WORST POLITICAL BLUNDER EVER!

Politico - New York Times editorial board urges public Democratic revolt against Biden
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/09/biden-new-york-times-00167028

CBS News - Here are the Democratic lawmakers calling for Biden to step aside in the 2024 race
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-2024-race-democrats-who-want-him-to-step-aside/

Independent - All the celebrities who have called for Joe Biden to step down, from George Clooney to Stephen King
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/biden-democrats-hollywood-george-clooney-netflix-disney-b2577461.html

National Review - President Biden Marches His Party Off a Cliff
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/president-biden-marches-his-party-off-a-cliff/

CBS News - What would happen if Biden stepped aside from the 2024 presidential race?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-happens-biden-steps-down-2024/

NYT - How Misleading Videos Are Trailing Biden as He Battles Age Doubts
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/us/politics/biden-age-videos.html

(video) "Sharp as a tack" montage
https://x.com/0rf/status/1807620571934478683?t=F7piCDariEoQfEGd15XIEg&s=19

ABC News - White House fires back at special counsel report, Harris calls descriptions 'politically motivated'
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-fires-back-special-counsel-report-harris/story?id=107112306

Media Matters - Study: Top newspapers fixate on Biden's age
https://www.mediamatters.org/washington-post/top-newspapers-fixate-bidens-age

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Chris Talgo, and S.T. Karnick present episode 455 of the In The Tank Podcast. The national debt is currently closing in on $35 trillion. Even more alarming, the cost of maintaining that debt is approaching $1 trillion annually - this is just the interest payment on the debt! Is this sustainable? Also, how long will the dollar remain the king currency when we pursue such reckless monetary and fiscal policy?


OPENING CHIT CHAT - TONIGHT IS DEBATE NIGHT

NPR - Biden and Trump will debate on Thursday. Here’s what you need to know
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/24/nx-s1-5013579/trump-biden-presidential-debate-when


PRIMARY TOPIC - Will Debt Sink the American Empire?

Money Wise - How much purchasing power will we have in the next 5 years?
https://moneywise.com/research/americans-purchasing-power-plummets-as-inflation-slashes-salaries

NPR - Home prices just hit a record high. Here are 4 things to know about housing
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/22/nx-s1-5015076/home-prices-housing-record-high-mortgage-rates-interest-rates

WSJ - Will Debt Sink the American Empire?
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/will-debt-sink-the-american-empire-8459096b

Atlantic Council - Dollar Dominance Monitor
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/programs/geoeconomics-center/dollar-dominance-monitor/

The Economist - The fight to dethrone the dollar
https://www.economist.com/special-report/2024/05/03/the-fight-to-dethrone-the-dollar

Reuters - US dollar's dominance secure, BRICS see no progress on de-dollarization -report
https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/us-dollars-dominance-secure-brics-see-no-progress-de-dollarization-report-2024-06-25/

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal and Justin Haskins present episode 454 of the In The Tank Podcast. The climate alarmist narrative is one underpinned by varying groups with specific special interests. There are the politicians who use climate alarm to justify enhanced powers, there are the businesses and firms that use climate alarm to pad their bottom lines, there are the activists that use climate alarm to gain clout, and there are the those that use climate alarm to justify an anti-humanist agenda. While all these groups help prop up the same climate narrative, they all are doing so for different reasons. On this week's episode, we are going to take a look at that last group on the list - the anti-humanists. 


PRIMARY TOPIC - CLIMATE ALARMISM & ANTI-HUMANISM

Anti-progress

Mackinac - The roots of environmental anti-humanism
https://www.mackinac.org/blog/2024/the-roots-of-environmental-anti-humanism

Mackinac - The growth of environmental anti-humanism
https://www.mackinac.org/blog/2024/the-growth-of-environmental-anti-humanism

DailyKos - The right wants us to sacrifice the planet for AI
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/17/2247069/-The-right-wants-us-to-sacrifice-the-planet-for-AI

Free Opp - Why Nuclear Power is the Path to Low-Carbon Energy: Part 1https://freopp.org/why-nuclear-power-not-renewables-is-the-path-to-low-carbon-energy-part-1-c0b66d4b9570

Alex Epstein (Twitter) - Paul Ehrlich quote
https://twitter.com/AlexEpstein/status/481861470930481152


Population control

(Report) Population Engineering and the Fight against Climate Change
https://www.jstor.org/stable/24870306

(letter) World Scientists' Warning of a Climate Emergency
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/70/1/8/5610806

AEI - Culling for Climate
https://www.aei.org/articles/culling-for-climate/


Limitations on Freedom

Slate - Fifteen Minutes of Blame
https://slate.com/business/2023/02/15-minute-city-oxford-conspiracy-theory-cars-lockdown-explained.html

C40 Cities – The Future of Urban Consumption in a 1.5C World
https://expose-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Arup-C40-The-Future-of-Urban-Consumption-in-a-1-5C-World.pdf

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haksins, and Chris Talgo present episode 453 of the In The Tank Podcast. The European Union recently passed a law that would essentially mandate many of the guidelines and metrics of the ESG scheme we have talked much about on this show. You might ask, "Who cares about Europe?" Unfortunately, the way this Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is written, it has the potential to fundamentally transform the way businesses around the world operate. It is imperative we get this message out to the public and to lawmakers to protect America from this dangerous law.
PRIMARY TOPIC - RADICAL NEW EU LAW WILL FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORM AMERICA
 
Fox News - Europe is hell bent on forcing US companies to go woke and it has a new law to do just that
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/europe-hell-bent-forcing-us-companies-woke-has-new-law-just
 
Western Journal - Europe Just Approved the Worst Communist Law Ever - How It Affects You
https://www.westernjournal.com/europe-just-approved-worst-communist-law-ever-affects/
 
 
SECONDARY TOPIC - EU ELECTIONS SHIFT TO RIGHT
 
WSJ - Europe’s Ascendant Right-Wing Parties Want to Remake the EU. They Can’t Agree on How.https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/europes-ascendant-right-wing-parties-want-to-remake-the-eu-they-cant-agree-how-96986a44
 
Nature - Far-right gains in European elections: what they mean for climate goals
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01742-w
 
Politico - Inside von der Leyen’s secret climate crusade
https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyens-secret-climate-crusade/