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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 [Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at this link.]

Kevin McGary of the Fredrick Douglas Foundation of California and Every Black Life Matters says liberals and progressives are wrong. The 2nd amendment is absolute and essential for African Americans. More, public schools and socialism are terrible for the black community in America. Individual initiative and free choice are critical to success. African American's should embrace gun ownership for self-protection and protection against tyranny; school choice; and a ban of teaching Critical Race Theory, which embraces the "virtues" of socialism in our public schools. The culture of dependency pushed by liberals is the biggest road block to black Americans' succeeding.

Myron Ebell, director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, says there are multiple factors contributing to current high energy prices. Saying that, Biden's energy and climate policies are easily the main factor. For Biden, the grand energy transformation he endorses is worthy of the pain Americans will suffer through. Regulations hampering the production and transportation of coal, oil, and natural gas along with ESG financial requirements and mandates have signaled to the fossil fuel industry that it may not have a future. The bankers who fund them have certainly gotten the message. Accordingly, many in the industry have decided to make hay while the sun shines. Rather than investing in new production, it is returning profits to shareholders. Biden's policies are not just bad for Americans. They’re horrific for the entire world.

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/ [Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at this link.]

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Daniel J. Mahoney, professor emeritus at Assumption University and a senior fellow with the RealClear Foundation, to discuss his new book, The Statesman as Thinker: Portraits of Greatness, Courage, and Moderation. They discuss a number of statesmen who struggled to preserve freedom in times of crisis, what qualities make a great statesman and what defines statesmanship, how the study of it has fallen on hard times, and how we can revive it. Get the book here:  https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/the-statesman-as-thinker/

Telehealth was allowed in the early days of COVID-19 under the emergency declaration. Josh Umbehr, M.D, a pioneer in free market health care delivery and founder of Atlas MD, believes telehealth is here to stay. He discusses some of the tough questions that may arise as the gates close on telehealth beyond the emergency declaration for the pandemic.  How do we protect patient privacy? How do we stop waste, fraud and abuse? Patients and health care professionals embraced telehealth during the pandemic. What steps must Congress take to make sure it stays and can be successful. Patient rights are under threat as the emergency declaration enacted during COVID-19 concludes as expected in mid-July. This theoretically leads to the end of telehealth. Josh Umbehr is the founder of Atlas MD, one of the first direct primary care practices (DPC) in the U.S. DPC has long been using telehealth to help patients faster and more affordably. Because DPC is independent and not reliant on third-party payers, it can bypass restrictions on telehealth. Umbehr also talks about tele-care, gathering patient data using high tech devices, sharing the data to help patients and deliver better care, and related privacy concerns. Additionally, he discusses the recent case where a telehealth company was red-flagged for writing an unusual number of prescriptions for a controlled substance. Dr. Josh Umbehr’s March 3 op-ed on telehealth is in RealClearHealth: https://www.realclearhealth.com/articles/2022/03/03/is_telehealth_here_to_stay_yes_but_only_if_we_stick_the_landing__111324.html Atlas MD:  https://atlas.md/wichita/about-us/our-team/josh-umbehr-md/

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Matthew Hennessey of the Wall Street Journal to discuss his new book, Visible Hand: A Wealth of Notions on the Miracle of the Market. They discuss why a new book explaining the beauty of the free market to people who normally blanche at all things economics was needed, detour into some Jersey inside baseball, and chat about a very valuable life lesson Hennessey learned in middle school from his science teacher. Get the book here:  https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/visible-hand/ Show Notes: Forbes: John Tamny – “Book Review: Matthew Hennessey’s Very Enjoyable ‘Visible Hand’” https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2022/03/02/book-review-matthew-hennesseys-very-enjoyable-visible-hand/?sh=71fbcf677048 Law & Liberty: Alexander William Salter – “Economics for Everyone” https://lawliberty.org/book-review/economics-for-everyone/ Wall Street Journal: Matthew Hennessey – “An Economics Lesson From a Science Teacher” https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-econ-lesson-from-a-science-teacher-choices-trade-offs-capitalism-economics-high-school-parenting-11650917230 Washington Free Beacon: Dominic Pino – “The Proof Is All Around Us” https://freebeacon.com/culture/the-proof-is-all-around-us/

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/ [Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at this link.]

As Spring turns into Summer, the climate alarmists come into full bloom. The Heartland Institute's Jim Lakely, H. Sterling Burnett, and Linnea Lueken talk about how the media hypes up allergy and tornado season every spring, and every summer brings "unprecedented" heat, droughts, and wildfires. And, of course, it's all the fault of humans. How ridiculous is that? We'll go over the facts. This podcast comes from Heartland’s weekly live show Climate Change Roundtable. Catch the live broadcast on YouTube every Friday at 12pm CT.

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Donald L. Drakeman, Distinguished Research Professor in the Program on Constitutional Studies at the University of Notre Dame, to discuss his new book, The Hollow Core of Constitutional Theory: Why We Need the Framers. They discuss how judges have historically tried to identify the will of the lawmaker in interpreting legal texts, how constitutional theory has drifted from this practice in both originalist and living constitutionalist interpretational theories, and why we need a return to the search for the Framers’ intentions. Get the book here:  https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/law/jurisprudence/hollow-core-constitutional-theory-why-we-need-framers?format=PB Show Notes: City Journal: Stone Washington – “The New Old Originalism?” https://www.city-journal.org/the-hollow-core-of-constitutional-theory-why-we-need-the-framers Claremont Review of Books: Hadley Arkes – “Originalism is Not Enough” https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/originalism-is-not-enough/ The Federalist Society: “Original Meaning or Framers' Intent? A New Book and an Age-Old Debate” (VIDEO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t21Jb3GwwZ0 Federalist Society Review: Stephen B. Presser – “Should the ‘Hollow Core’ of Constitutional Theory Be Filled with the Framers’ Intentions?” https://fedsoc.org/commentary/publications/should-the-hollow-core-of-constitutional-theory-be-filled-with-the-framers-intentions Law & Liberty: Adam J. MacLeod – “The Problem-Solving Framers” https://lawliberty.org/book-review/the-problem-solving-framers/ Law & Liberty: “Why the Framers’ Intentions Matter” (AUDIO) https://lawliberty.org/podcast/why-the-framers-intentions-matter/

At his award-winning website Climate Depot, Marc Morano shows that climate change is being blamed for everything. Examples include pandemics, forced elderly prostitution, polar bear incest, and more insanity climate change is apparently behind. Fortunately, global elites have a solution; policies which raise food and fuel prices and produce shortages. Why would elites want this? It’s so big government can step in, take more control, and "solve" the crisis. Fortunately, polls show people are increasingly waking up to the lies and true motives behind climate alarmism.

The Heartland Institute's latest Thursday episode of the flagship In the Tank Podcast covers the Biden administration dangerously encouraging illegal protests at the homes of conservative Supreme Court justices, how inflation and energy prices just keep going up, and the latest on the ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance) scores. Subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. SHOW NOTES: THREATS ON SCOTUS AND OTHER PROTESTS Fox News: Wisconsin anti-abortion group targeted in Molotov cocktail arson attack https://www.foxnews.com/us/wisconsin-anti-abortion-group-molotov-cocktail-arson-attack Jen Psaki still refused to condemn protests outside the HOMES of conservative SCOTUS judges, despite it being a federal crime “that is the president’s position.” VIDEO CLIP: https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1524102600349691905 It’s OK to incite violence on Twitter — as long as it’s against the right https://nypost.com/2022/05/10/its-ok-to-incite-violence-on-twitter-as-long-as-its-against-the-right/ Senate passes bill to expand protection for Supreme Court justices to their families https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2022/05/10/senate-passes-bill-to-expand-protection-for-supreme-court-justices-to-their-families-n468209 Reddit: Group called ‘Jane’s Revenge’ threatens more violence https://www.reddit.com/r/Anarchism/comments/umdjqw/communique_of_janes_revenge_group_claiming/ VIDEO CLIP: “Ruth Sent Us” invading a Catholic Church during Mass https://twitter.com/Romangod7/status/1523368533119234048?   INFLATION AND ENERGY COSTS STILL RISING Inflation barreled ahead at 8.3% in April from a year ago, remaining near 40-year highs https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/11/cpi-april-2022.html Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: Vast Majority of Voters Worried About Rising Energy Prices, Favor Increasing Drilling in the US https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/heartlandrasmussen-poll-vast-majority-of-voters-worried-about-rising-energy-prices-favor-increasing-drilling-in-the-us With Gas Prices Rising, Texas Oil and Gas Well Production Surges https://heartlanddailynews.com/2022/05/with-rising-gasoline-prices-texas-oil-and-gas-well-production-surges/   ESG - ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE McPherrin: ESG Ratings are Counterproductive, Hypocritical, and Anti-American https://the1818.com/2022/05/mcpherrin-esg-ratings-are-counterproductive-hypocritical-and-anti-american/

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Steven F. Hayward of UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies to discuss his new book, M. Stanton Evans: Conservative Wit, Apostle of Freedom. They discuss how Evans was an unsung hero and key figure in the modern conservative movement, indeed the “perfect conservative,” and talk about his unique, charming personality and his impressive life’s work as a journalist, thinker, and political activist. Get the book here:  https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/m-stanton-evans/ Show Notes: American Enterprise Institute: M. Stanton Evans, apostle of freedom: A book event with Steven F. Hayward (VIDEO) https://www.aei.org/events/m-stanton-evans-apostle-of-freedom-a-book-event-with-steven-f-hayward/ The Imaginative Conservative: Chuck Chalberg – “M. Stanton Evans: Conservative Wit, Apostle of Freedom” https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2022/04/m-stanton-evans-conservative-wit-apostle-freedom-steven-hayward-chuck-chalberg.html Law & Liberty: Richard M. Reinsch II – “The Forgotten Conservative” https://lawliberty.org/book-review/the-forgotten-conservative/ National Review: Lee Edwards – “Conservatism’s Unsung Hero” https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2022/04/04/conservatisms-unsung-hero/ Washington Free Beacon: Terry Eastland – “Right and Writer” https://freebeacon.com/politics/right-and-writer/

The big hospital healthcare systems have left the rural town of Newaygo, Michigan in the dust. Residents in this small, rural community have had to travel sometimes an hour to get basic primary health care service. In comes Christian Health Care Centers to the rescue. Newaygo community leaders ask the direct primary care practice (DPC) if it would consider opening a second facility in their town. Christian Health Care Centers is a facility-based DPC that opened in 2017 and has had remarkable success. The community and CHC worked together to make it happen and on May 10, 2022, they celebrated the grand opening of a new 8,150 square foot facility. Residents are thrilled they don’t have to travel for basic health care and they’ll save a bundle of money under the direct-pay, membership model. Websites: Christian Health Care Centers: https://www.chcenters.org Heartland articles featuring Mark Blocker: https://heartlanddailynews.com/?s=blocher

Research Fellow for the Center for Socialism Research Donald Kendal joined the Shaun Thompson Show to talk about new Rasmussen poll results that show an overwhelming majority of likely voters are very concerned about rising energy and gasoline prices. They discuss how these results represent a message of the importance of cheap, abundant energy that transcends the modern political dichotomy.