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The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Nate Myers, and Chris Talgo present episode 296 of the In the Tank Podcast. The ITT crew discusses John Cena’s recent embarrassing apology to the Chinese Communist Party and how this illustrates Hollywood’s loyalty to China. Later, they discuss Florida’s new tech censorship bill as well as Oregon counties’ recent vote to become part of Idaho     OPENING CHIT CHAT (Video) John Cena's issues an embarrassing apology to China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zre2p7mg64g   FLORIDA TECH CENSORSHIP BILL Heartland Institute - Florida’s New Tech Censorship Law: A Big Win for Freedom of Speech https://spectator.org/florida-tech-censorship-law-desantis/ Reason - Florida Legislators Exempt Their Favorite Companies From Social Media Bill https://reason.com/2021/05/05/florida-legislators-exempt-their-favorite-companies-from-social-media-bill/   OREGON TO JOIN IDAHO? OREGON LIVE - More Oregon counties vote to consider joining Idaho, part of rural effort to ‘gain political refuge from blue states’ https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2021/05/more-oregon-counties-vote-to-move-into-idaho-part-of-rural-effort-to-to-gain-political-refuge-from-blue-states.html [Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at this link.]

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Justin Haskins, and Jim Lakely are joined by Issac Orr for episode 295 of the In the Tank Podcast. The ITT crew starts the show by discussing an article about China's use of slave labor to produce solar panels. After this, they talk about a new poll commissioned by The Heartland Institute and Rasmussen reports. The poll, by asking factual questions, shows how cable news networks distort the perceptions of reality of their viewers.   OPENING CHIT CHAT Shellenberger - China Made Solar Cheap Through Coal, Subsidies & Forced Labor, Not Efficiency https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2021/05/19/china-made-solar-cheap-through-coal-subsidies--forced-labor-not-efficiency/?sh=12c66d2771ec   HEARTLAND RASSMUSSEN POLL Heartland Rasmussen Poll – News Stories https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/rasmussenheartland-poll-news Heartland Rasmussen Poll – Climate Change https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/rasmussenheartland-poll-climate-change Heartland Rasmussen Poll – Police shootings https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/rasmussenheartland-poll-police-shootings [Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at this link.]

Be sure to subscribe to our podcast on Youtube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, iHeart, and wherever you get your podcasts. The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Nate Myers present episode 294 of the In the Tank Podcast, recorded live at noon CT on Thursday, May 13. The ITT crew talk about America suddenly facing one crisis after another, and talk about how they could (and should) have been prevented. They tackle the unemployment crisis, where (shocker) people getting “stimulus” checks and extended unemployment benefits find sitting at home a better option than returning to work. They talk about the inflation crisis, where (shocker) the government pouring trillions of “free money” into the economy has real-world ramifications. And they talk about the gas crisis, where (shocker) the Biden administration stopping fracking and canceling the Keystone XL pipeline — as well as the Russian hack that crippled the most-important pipeline on the east coast — has a real-world effect on gas prices. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast on Youtube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, iHeart, and wherever you get your podcasts.   SHOW NOTES:   UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS? WSJ - Millions Are Unemployed. Why Can't Companies Find Workers? https://www.wsj.com/articles/millions-are-unemployed-why-cant-companies-find-workers-11620302440 (Video) - Biden on people being paid to stay home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HchWtRL0Vw Reason - The Jobs Picture is More Complex Than It Seems https://reason.com/2021/05/10/the-jobs-picture-is-more-complex-than-it-seems/ NPR - Biden: Americans Will Lose Unemployment Benefits If They Turn Down Jobs https://www.npr.org/2021/05/10/995518597/americans-will-lose-unemployment-benefits-if-they-turn-down-jobs-biden-says   INFLATION CRISIS? CNBC - Inflation speeds up in April as consumer prices leap 4.2%, fastest since 2008 https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/12/consumer-price-index-april-2021.html The Blaze - Bank of America warns of HYPERINFLATION 'at the very LEAST' https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-glenn-beck-program/bank-of-america-hyperinflation?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1   GAS CRISIS? WaPo - Fuel shortages crop up in Southeast, gas prices climb after pipeline hack https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/05/11/gas-shortage-colonial-pipeline/ Bloomberg - Gasoline Prices Hit $3 as Shortages Grow on Pipeline Outage https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-11/gas-stations-run-dry-as-pipeline-hacking-will-take-days-to-fix

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Cameron Sholty, and Chris Talgo present episode 293 of the In the Tank Podcast. The ITT crew revisits the topic of anti-conservative censorship on social media in light of the recent news of Facebook’s decision to continue to ban President Donald Trump. Afterwards, they discuss the recently announced ban on menthol cigarettes and why the government is allowed to act as a “nanny state.”    ITTe245 - John Samples Interview https://youtu.be/LnmnlPn0p4M    SOCIAL MEDIA BIAS Facebook Oversight Board Upholds Trump Ban, Calls for Further ‘Reexamination’ to Determine Final Penalty https://www.nationalreview.com/news/facebook-upholds-trump-ban-calls-for-further-reexamination-to-determine-final-penalty/ FB Oversight Board – Case decision 2021-001-FB-FBR https://oversightboard.com/decision/FB-691QAMHJ/   MENTHOL BAN / NANNY STATE Heartland Institute – Policy Tip Sheet: Tobacco Harm Reduction 101: Menthol Bans https://www.heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/policy-tip-sheet-tobacco-harm-reduction-101-menthol-bans Cato – Are Prohibitionists About to Revisit the Law of Unintended Consequences - This Time With Tobacco? https://www.cato.org/blog/are-prohibitionists-about-revisit-law-unintended-consequences-time-tobacco FEE – Why Is the Nanny State so Popular? https://fee.org/articles/why-is-the-nanny-state-so-popular/ Gov.uk – New obesity strategy unveiled as country urged to lose weight to beat coronavirus and protect the NHS https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-obesity-strategy-unveiled-as-country-urged-to-lose-weight-to-beat-coronavirus-covid-19-and-protect-the-nhs [Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at this link.]

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Nate Myers are joined by Isaac Orr in episode 292 of the In the Tank Podcast. The climate alarmist activist group, the Extinction Rebellion, has been targeting the Biden Administration, arguing they are not taking climate change serious enough. The ITT crew discusses the XR as well as a new report from the Center of the American Experiment about the Vacant Land Myth and why Wind and Solar energy projects are doomed to fail.    EXTINCTION REBELLION Stopping Socialism TV – Climate Change Lunatics Won’t Stop Gluing Themselves to Things https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NxZN3E-Gxg&t=156s Daily Mail – Activists dump wheelbarrows full of MANURE outside the White House in protest that Biden’s climate plan is too little, too late https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9500175/Climate-activists-dump-wheelbarrow-cow-manure-outside-White-House-protest-climate-plan.html Extinction Rebellion is giving environmentalists a bad name https://ipolitics.ca/2021/04/27/extinction-rebellion-is-giving-environmentalists-a-bad-name/   CLIMATE CHANGE Powerline – Why Wind and Solar Energy are Doomed to Failure https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/04/why-wind-and-solar-energy-are-doomed-to-failure.php CotAE – Not in Our Backyard https://files.americanexperiment.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Not-in-Our-Backyard-Robert-Bryce.pdf [Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at this link.]

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Nate Myers present episode 291 of the In the Tank Podcast. Today's topics: Earth Day and COVID fears perpetuated by the media. Is Earth Day effective? Will the left eventually embrace population control? Will the “pause” of the J&J vaccine discourage people from getting vaccinated? The ITT crew discuss these questions and more.   EARTH DAY UN – Earth Day 2021 Is Set to Galvanize Climate Action https://unfccc.int/news/earth-day-2021-is-set-to-galvanize-climate-action GRIST – Earth Day Gets No Respect https://grist.org/article/2009-04-22-earth-day-gets-no/ The Guardian – Why Genghis Khan was good for the planet https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/jan/26/genghis-khan-eco-warrior Carnegie Science – War, Plague No Match For Deforestation In Driving CO2 Buildup https://carnegiescience.edu/news/war-plague-no-match-deforestation-driving-co2-buildup   FEAR & COVID-19 Reason – The FDA’s Decision To Pause J&J Vaccination Will Kill People https://reason.com/2021/04/13/the-fdas-decision-to-pause-jj-vaccination-will-kill-people/ NYT – Covid coverage by the U.S. national media is an outlier, a study finds https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/24/world/covid-coverage-by-the-us-national-media-is-an-outlier-a-study-finds.html (The referenced study) – Why Is All COVID-19 News Bad News? https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.dartmouth.edu/dist/4/2318/files/2021/03/Why-Is-All-Covid-News-Bad-News-3_22_21.pdf   [Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at this link.]

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins and the Center of the American Experiment's Isaac Orr present episode 290 of the In the Tank Podcast. The guys discuss the latest media expose on CNN by James O'Keefe of Project Veritas. After successfully taking down Trump and promoting COVID panic across America, CNN's next planned media panic will be on climate change. The ITT crew also give a primer on what climate realists actually believe, what climate alarmists claim is happening to the planet, and how it all ties into the Great Reset. All this, and more, will be addressed at Heartland's 14th International Conference on Climate Change in October. Want to attend? Details here: https://climateconference.heartland.org/   CLIMATE CHANGE Project Veritas – CNN Director Admits Network Engaged in Propaganda, Climate Change is Next https://twitter.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1382000630567469060 Heartland Institute – 14th International Conference on Climate Change https://climateconference.heartland.org/ American Experiment – Renewable Resistance / Interview with Robert Bryce https://www.americanexperiment.org/magazine/article/renewable-resistance Heartland Institute – Climate at a Glance https://climateataglance.com/ Stopping Socialism – Climate Change and the Great Reset https://stoppingsocialism.com/2020/12/great-reset-will-happen-john-kerry-joe-biden/ In The Tank (ep196) - Top 5: Facts You Should Know About Climate Alarmism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI3PYtsnYp0&list=PLgnnPnL9OL7F1f6JaU3wPa92dEmncs5dV&index=92 In The Tank (Ep250) – Apocalypse Never with Michael Shellenberger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG15on1PS9g   JOE BIDEN COURT PACKING NBC – Democrats to introduce bill to expand Supreme Court from 9 to 13 justices https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/democrats-introduce-bill-expand-supreme-court-9-13-justices-n1264132   [Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at this link.]

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Cameron Sholty, and Nate Myers present episode 289 of the In The Tank Podcast. In a recent example of big tech censorship, an episode of the In The Tank Podcast was removed by YouTube. The ITT crew discusses this specifically and big tech censorship in general. Later, they talk about an update to the COVID vaccine passport story covered in the previous episode.    OPENING CHIT CHAT In The Tank ep281 was taken off YouTube   BIG TECH CENSORSHIP Heartland Institute – Six Principles for State Legislators Seeking to Protect Free Speech on Social Media Platforms https://www.heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/six-principles-for-state-legislators-seeking-to-protect-free-speech-on-social-media-platforms Redstate – Section 230 Does Not Protect Big Tech From State Anti-Censorship Laws https://redstate.com/heartlandinstitute/2021/03/31/section-230-does-not-protect-big-tech-from-state-anti-censorship-laws-n353229 Heartland Institute – Testimony Before the Wyoming Joint Committee on Judiciary on SF 100, Prohibiting Viewpoint Discrimination by Interactive Social Media Websites and providing a Private Case of Action https://www.heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/testimony-before-the-wyoming-joint-committee-on-judiciary-on-sf-100-prohibiting-viewpoint-discrimination-by-interactive-social-media-websites-and-providing-a-private-cause-of-action   VACCINE PASSPORT UPDATE CNBC – Stop Saying Covid vaccine passport and learn from messaging missteps of the past https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/07/frank-luntz-and-brian-castrucci-op-ed-stop-saying-covid-vaccine-passport.html Washington Post – We tested the first state ‘vaccine passport.’ Here’s what worked – and didn’t https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/04/08/vaccine-passport-new-york-excelsior-pass/   [Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at this link.]

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Nate Myers present episode 288 of the In The Tank Podcast. New York has officially launched their “COVID passport” program, which grants permission to citizens who have received their vaccine to access sporting events and other public places. The ITT crew gives their take on this plan. Later, they talk explain how the proposed “infrastructure” bill is green new deal legislation in disguise.      VACCINE PASSPORTS   USA Today – New York launches nation’s first ‘vaccine passports.’ Others are working on similar ideas, but many details must be worked out https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/03/26/covid-vaccine-passports-new-york-first-vaccination-proof-system/6976009002/   The Epoch Times – New York Officially Launches COVID-19 Vaccine Passport https://www.theepochtimes.com/new-york-officially-launches-covid-19-vaccine-passport_3752045.html   Washington Free Beacon – COVID Tracking Apps Have Eerie Echoes of Chinese Surveillance System https://freebeacon.com/coronavirus/covid-tracking-apps-have-eerie-echoes-of-chinese-surveillance-system/     INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN   White House unveils $2 trillion infrastructure and climate plan, setting up giant battle over size and cost of government https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/03/31/biden-infrastructure-climate-plan/   Biden infrastructure plan includes massive spending and regulations to curb climate change https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/biden-infrastructure-plan-climate-change-investment   Tax Foundation - Evaluating Proposals to Increase the Corporate Tax Rate and Levy a Minimum Tax on Corporate Book Income https://taxfoundation.org/biden-corporate-income-tax-rate/   Biden Set To Unveil Expansive $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan https://www.npr.org/2021/03/31/982908847/biden-set-to-unveil-expansive-2-trillion-infrastructure-plan   [Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at this link.]

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Nate Myers are joined by Isaac Orr for episode 287 of the In The Tank Podcast. The Pentagon is set to release a report on June 1 about … wait for it… UFOs. The ITT crew gives their take on this topic, discussing a number of stories regarding UFOs that have come out in the past 12 months. Later, they talk about the rising gas prices and whether we can blame President Joe Biden for the increases.    UFO REPORT ON JUNE 1 (video) – John Ratcliffe on Maria Bariromo show  https://twitter.com/danielchaitin7/status/1373054999954087936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1373054999954087936%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Fnation-now%2F2021%2F03%2F22%2Fufo-sightings-made-public-new-report-former-intel-chief-says%2F4802595001%2F USA Today – Upcoming UFO report will be ‘difficult to explain,’ former national intelligence official says https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2021/03/22/ufo-sightings-made-public-new-report-former-intel-chief-says/4802595001/ (Video) Col. David Fravor recountinghis experience with a UFO in 2019 off the coast of San Fran (was interviewed by virtually everyone) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqdOXfuzDIw Washington Examiner – Former intelligence chief: ‘Quite a few more’ UFOs detected than public knows https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/former-intelligence-chief-quite-a-few-more-ufos-detected-than-public-knows NYT- No Longer in Shadows, Pentagon’s U.F.O. Unit Will Make Some Findings Public https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/us/politics/pentagon-ufo-harry-reid-navy.html Medium – The Disclosure of the Extraterrestial Truth Embargo: Timeline https://medium.com/we-are-not-alone-the-disclosure-lobby/the-disclosure-of-the-extraterrestial-truth-embargo-timeline-1f03075f53ad   BIDEN’S GAS CotAE – Don’t blame Biden for rising gas prices https://www.americanexperiment.org/dont-blame-biden-for-rising-gas-prices/ The Hill – As gas prices soar, Americans can blame Joe Biden https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/541833-as-gas-prices-soar-americans-can-blame-joe-biden [Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at this link.]

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Justin Haskins, and Jim Lakely present episode 286 of the In The Tank Podcast. The Great Reset is in motion, it is no longer theoretical. The ITT crew breaks down how The Great Reset is being enacted and how it is going to impact everyone. But it is not too late to fight back. There is some signs that show these international elites are scared of us everyday people.    THE GREAT RESET StoppingSocialism – The Great Reset https://stoppingsocialism.com/category/great-reset/ Yahoo Finance – The Great Reset: BlackRock Is Fueling A $120 Trillion Transformation On Wall St.\ https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/great-reset-blackrock-fueling-120-000000134.html Principles of Responsible Investment – About us https://www.unpri.org/pri/about-the-pri Yahoo Finance – Bank of America Announces Actions to Achieve Net Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions before 2050 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bank-america-announces-actions-achieve-141500511.html Stopping Socialism TV - Are Social Credit Scores Coming to America? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J78mVOHxHgs   WEF FLINCHING? (VIDEO) WEF – What is the Great Reset https://youtu.be/uPYx12xJFUQ?t=46 WEF – Special Annual Meeting in Singapore to Take Place in August 2021 https://www.weforum.org/press/2021/02/special-annual-meeting-in-singapore-to-take-place-in-august-2021   [Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at this link.]

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Nate Myers are joined by Isaac Orr in episode 285 of the In The Tank Podcast. After discussing the public’s reaction to the easing of COVID restrictions in Texas, the panel predicts whether companies will follow suit and end their mask mandates. Next, the crew gives their two cents on Biden’s perceived cognitive decline. Last, they talk about the latest stimulus bill that was just signed into law.   OPENING CHIT CHAT Donald’s flight to Dallas / Texas easing COVID restrictions and people losing their minds Fortune - Macy’s, Target, and Kohl’s are among the companies keeping their mask requirements in Texas and Mississippi https://fortune.com/2021/03/03/covid-texas-mask-mandate-retailers-macys-target-kohls-gm-toyota/   BIDEN’S COGNITIVE DECLINE? Biden not yet holding a formal news conference raises accountability questions https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-holding-formal-news-conference-raises-accountability-questions/story?id=76341787 Biden cut off after saying he’ll take questions https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1367266095061749760?s=20 33% of Americans say Biden isn't mentally sharp enough for the job, according to a new Insider poll https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-mental-fitness-insider-poll-2021-2 You Know, the thing! https://twitter.com/EddieZipperer/status/1234582741112573952 Biden Tries to Remember the Name of his Defense Secretary https://rumble.com/veghrv-biden-tries-to-remember-the-name-of-his-defense-secretaryit-goes-poorly.html “Private Economic Polling Initiatives” ? https://twitter.com/FogCityMidge/status/1368292670372683776 Biden cut off after saying he’ll take questions https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1367266095061749760?s=20 Biden is fine with being known as the president the ended cancer? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3NdeXdYVwA   STIMULUS BILL #3? #4? Heartland Institute (editor Chris Talgo) - Jen Psaki: American Rescue Plan ‘One of the Most Progressive Pieces of Legislation in American History’ https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2021/03/10/jen-psaki-american-rescue-plan-one-of-the-most-progressive-pieces-of-legislation-in-american-history-n2585983 Heritage Foundation - Biden’s COVID “Stimulus” Package a Disaster for Working Americans, U.S. Economy https://www.heritage.org/press/heritage-expert-bidens-covid-stimulus-package-disaster-working-americans-us-economy   [Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at this link.]

The Heartland Institute's Jim Lakely, AnneMarie Schieber, and Samantha Fillmore are joined by Isaac Orr on episode 284 of the In The Tank Podcast. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has decided to open up his state 100% and throw the mask mandate on the ash heap of history. The left, the media, and mask worshippers are losing their minds. Meanwhile, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in trouble after multiple allegations of sexually harassing younger female staffers -- which might have made it easier for the legislature to remove the dictatorial "emergency" powers he has wielded like an incompetent emperor for a year. The ITT crew also wonders why six Dr. Seuss books have to be canceled and destroyed, rather than just amended for more-sensitive modern audiences. Show notes: Texas gov. lifts mask mandate, opens businesses: https://news.yahoo.com/texas-gov-lifts-mask-mandate-011518262.html Are Mask Mandates Crumbling?: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/03/are-mask-mandates-crumbling.php Death rates from coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109011/coronavirus-covid19-death-rates-us-by-state/ Heart Disease Mortality by State: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/heart_disease_mortality/heart_disease.htm 6 Dr. Seuss books won't be published for racist images: https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/books-nix-books-dr-seuss-works-halted-racist-76198355? In Defense of Dr. Seuss: https://spectator.org/dr-seuss-books-canceled/   Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Nate Myers present episode 283 of the In The Tank Podcast. Between the continuing COVID lockdowns, the continued censorship of conservative voices, and the ongoing cancel culture, the ITT crew is left wondering how far this will all go. Will cancel culture continue to run amok indefinitely? Will government restrictions disappear once the COVID pandemic is under control? They discuss these topics and more.    Stopping Socialism – Ben Shapiro: The Authoritarian Left Is on the March https://stoppingsocialism.com/2021/02/the-authoritarian-left-is-on-the-march/   (Video) Bill Gates on Fox News discussing social media bans https://youtu.be/MljLnxyQz30?t=658   National Center for Public Policy Research – Apple Won’t Reverse Parler Purge https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/2021/02/23/apple-wont-reverse-parler-purge/   Heartland Institute – Cancel Culture Limits COVID-19 Information https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/02/cancel-culture-limits-covid-19-information/   Naomi Wolf – COVID-19 Policies are a War on Humanity https://drnaomiwolf.com/covid-war-on-humanity/   (Video) Tucker Carlson is joined by Naomi Wolf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VxD1fd4FUQ   [Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at this link.]

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal and Jim Lakely are joined by Isaac Orr and Brent Bennett in episode 282 of the In The Tank Podcast. Brent Bennett, a policy director at the Texas Public Policy Foundation joins the show to talk about the recent snowstorm, cold weather, and the resulting blackouts that recently occurred in Texas. Just how much of this problem can be attributed to renewable energy penetration in the Lone Star State? TPPF - Here’s How the Texas Energy Grid Fell Short https://www.texaspolicy.com/heres-how-the-texas-energy-grid-fell-short/ TPPF - Correcting the Record: Why Texas’ Blackouts Occurred https://www.texaspolicy.com/correcting-the-record-why-texas-blackouts-occurred/ Austin American-Statesman – Frozen wind turbines hamper Texas power output, state’s electric grid operator says\ https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/02/14/historic-winter-storm-freezes-texas-wind-turbines-hampering-electric-generation/4483230001/ Austin American-Statesman - Texas power grid operators start rotating blackouts as state sets record high power demand https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/02/14/texas-weather-rolling-blackouts-power-outage-winter-storm/4485015001/ Forbes (Robert Bryce) - This Blizzard Exposes The Perils Of Attempting To ‘Electrify Everything’ https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertbryce/2021/02/15/this-blizzard-exposes-the-perils-of-attempting-to-electrify-everything/?sh=6b3211327e15 Reason - Renewable Energy Is Not the Chief Cause of Texas' Power Outages https://reason.com/2021/02/16/renewable-energy-is-not-the-chief-cause-of-texas-power-outages/ [Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at this link.]