Labor Day has long been claimed by socialists in the United States who pretend to be champions of the working class — but history shows they’ve never truly stood with America’s workers. In fact, socialist policies hurt the middle class and working poor more than anything else, and leftist “soft on crime” agendas only make matters worse.

This week, we’re reclaiming the holiday as an America First Labor Day. Plus, we’ll talk about Cracker Barrel’s embarrassing backpedal on their woke redesign after massive customer and social media backlash. And we’ll cover how Trump’s energy policies are driving gas prices back down to sane levels, making this one of the most affordable Labor Day weekends in years.

Join The Heartland Institute’s Linnea Lueken, S.T. Karnick, and AnneMarie Schieber for Episode #508 of the In The Tank Podcast. Tune in LIVE at 1 p.m. ET and join us in the live chat!

Chapters:
03:22 Justice for Cracker Barrel's uncle Hershcel
16:05 America First Energy Drives Gas Prices Low
25:13 How Not To Help American Workers
45:30 Help American Workers By Reducing Crime

Just because a war is abroad—and between countries other than your own—doesn’t mean it won’t have impacts at home. In the USA, history shows that U.S. intervention in foreign wars increases federal intervention in our everyday lives; constant involvement in wars has led to much of the creeping expansion of our government over time. The whole world seems to be watching as Trump attempts to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. We’ll talk about why it’s good for domestic freedom that Trump is resisting getting the U.S. directly into the war.

On UNHINGED, Loudoun County schools are once again in the news—this time for suspending boys who complained about a girl in their locker room. Also, bank executives are beginning to point the finger at the Obama and Biden administrations for debanking conservatives, and some college students have apparently been exaggerating their progressive bona fides to keep attention off themselves in school.

The Heartland Institute’s Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, and S.T. Karnick will discuss all of this and more on Episode #507 of the In The Tank Podcast. Join us LIVE at 1 p.m. ET every Friday on YouTube and Rumble and jump into the live chat!

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We are only six months into the Trump Administration 2.0, and The Age of Trump is already in full swing. National Review hails his presidency as “truly historic,” outlining a laundry list of accomplishments he has already achieved. The left and right clash over what Trump’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., really means. Is this a bold reset of a broken city or a dangerous power grab?

Also, California Governor Gavin Newsom is threatening a political counterstrike over Texas’ redistricting push, setting the stage for another coast-to-coast political showdown.

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and S.T. Karnick will discuss all of this and more on Episode #506 of the In The Tank Podcast. Join us LIVE at 1 p.m. ET and sound off in the live chat!

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
5:01 Sam Altman's AI Nightmare Coming True?
20:37 The Age of Trump
46:30 The Federalization of Washington, DC
58:28 Texas Redistricting and Gavin Newsom

A recent and highly disturbing New York Times article promoting the idea that doctors should expand the definition of death in order to harvest more organs is stirring up disgust and debate about utilitarianism and the role of doctors or so-called “bioethicists” in shaping medical policy. What is the current state of the organ donation industry and what kind of policy actually makes sense. How far is too far when it comes to medical care?

Along similar lines, in this week’s UNHINGED segment, we spotlight another disturbing case: ex-CNN reporter Jim Acosta conducted a ghoulish interview with an AI simulacrum of a teenager killed during the Parkland school shooting—all for the purpose of pushing gun control.

Finally, the Swedish Prime Minister is facing criticism for “consulting” AI language models for opinions on how to govern the country.

The Heartland Institute’s Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, S.T. Karnick, (possibly Justin Haskins), and AnneMarie Schieber, along with special guest Dr. Heidi Klessig, will dive into all of this and more on Episode #505 of the In The Tank Podcast. Join us LIVE at 1 p.m. ET and sound off in the live chat!

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Over just the last seven months, Trump’s administration has landed one blow after another on the administrative state and “deep state.” Most recently, Trump’s EPA and Department of Energy teamed up to announce a pending repeal of the greenhouse gas Endangerment Finding, which has allowed the government to regulate nearly every aspect of our lives since its passage in 2009.

Democrats still try their best to “resist” the Trump administration—either petulantly, like Cory Booker’s grandstanding, or through activist judges. All of it began with the Russia Hoax, which we are still unraveling.

Meanwhile, on the culture war front: Leftists are losing it over an ad series put out by American Eagle featuring Sydney Sweeney and a pun involving “great jeans.” They claim this is literal fascism, and we wonder if it’s another sign that “woke” is falling out of favor in media.

The Heartland Institute’s Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, and S.T. Karnick will discuss all of this and more on Episode #504 of the In The Tank Podcast. Join us LIVE at 1 p.m. ET and sound off in the live chat!

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
6:43 Sydney Sweeney's Jeans
22:43 Endangerment Finding Trashed
39:40 Cory Booker Goes Bonkers
1:00:48 RussiaGate Update

The climate establishment is in full panic mode as the EPA moves to rescind its bogus 2009 “endangerment” finding on CO₂. The National Academy of Sciences is rushing activist scientists like Michael Mann to the barricades, and the attacks are getting nasty.

In this episode:
• NAS fast-tracks climate activists to counter EPA’s CO₂ rollback
• Michael Mann, Zeke Hausfather lead the charge with desperate attacks
• Media cheerleaders like AP’s Seth Borenstein join the propaganda blitz
• School district ditches failing electric buses for reliable gas vehicles
• Climate “deniers” refuse to die from heat waves as predicted
• Why climate change isn’t dooming your bananas

HIGHLIGHTS:
🔥 The panic behind the NAS’s rushed response to EPA
🔥 Why activist scientists are desperate to keep CO₂ labeled as “pollution”
🔥 Real-world failures exposing the green energy scam

Featured Experts:
Anthony Watts – Senior Fellow, The Heartland Institute
H. Sterling Burnett – Director, Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy
Linnea Lueken – Research Fellow, The Heartland Institute
Chris Martz – Meteorologist & writer, profiled by the New York Post as the “Anti-Greta” for debunking climate myths and skewering alarmist scientists

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During COVID, power‑mad government officials around the globe shut down society to protect us from a contagious virus that killed a small percentage of those who got it. Restaurants, parks, and beaches were closed. Gatherings larger than what could fit in a phone booth were canceled. They even told us not to celebrate Thanksgiving with our loved ones for “the greater good.”

Today, power‑grabbers in Canada are banning hikers from the woods in the Maritimes and imposing enormous fines on those who dare set foot in their own public forests. Why? Because of the Canadian wildfires. And this kind of madness is just the beginning.

Join The Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, and Jim Lakely — along with special guest Matthew Wielicki — to discuss the coming Climate Lockdowns. We will also cover some of the crazy climate news of the week, including rap music being used to raise climate awareness among the illiterate in Pakistan, the continued blackballing of non‑alarmist climate scientists, and how the road to Hell is being paved with green intentions.

Be there LIVE at 1 p.m. ET on YouTube, Rumble, and X. We’ll hit all these topics — and more — and answer your questions in the live chat.

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Chapters:
04:24 Crazy Climate News of the Week
15:01 Yo Climate Alarmist Rap
20:50 Blackballing Climate Realists Continues
30:16 Green Intentions = Road to Hell
39:00 MAIN TOPIC: Climate Lock Downs are Coming!
55:07 Advisory Metals
56:49 Q&A

A “1,000-year flood.” The hottest temperatures ever recorded! Wildfires “everywhere.” The legacy media and social platforms can’t stop peddling sensational “climate p0rn” — fear-based stories designed to shock, not inform. But behind the dramatic headlines lies a far different reality. This week, we pull back the curtain and show you the hard facts the alarmists leave out.

The Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, and special guest Chris Martz of CFACT will also dive into Crazy Climate News of the Week:
🌍 New evidence revealing just how high atmospheric CO₂ was during the age of dinosaurs
🌲 Are claims that climate change is making trees more flammable actually true?
⚠️ How the Climate Alarmist Industrial Complex works to crush science and common sense in public policy

Join us LIVE at 1 p.m. ET every Friday on YouTube, Rumble, and X as we tackle these stories, bust myths, and answer your questions in the live chat.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
04:21 NASA Out of the Climate Business
14:05 When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
19:08 Trees Getting More Flammable?
23:49 Climate Alarmists Go to Court
38:22 Countering Climate P0rn
1:00:40 Q&A

The two most important members of the Trump administration reversing years of climate alarmism and junk science in public policy have been crushing it in media appearances. Alarmist outlets like CNN are on the defensive, left with little to say after EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and Energy Secretary Chris Wright finish with them. Never before have both public policy and public messaging been this coordinated and effective at pushing back against the alarmist narrative. We’ll break it all down.

The Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, and special guest Steve Milloy of JunkScience.com will also cover some of the Crazy Climate News of the Week: Greta Thunberg’s Sweden is backing away from its climate-fighting commitments (with other European countries soon to follow), global warming supposedly makes kids dumber, the carbon footprint of heart surgery is now a “big concern,” and the National Academy of Sciences is throwing a Hail Mary to save the Endangerment Finding for greenhouse gases.

Join us LIVE at 1 p.m. ET on YouTube, Rumble, and X, and drop your questions in the chat for our panel to answer.

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CThis is a historic week—historically catastrophic for climate alarmists who have bullied their way through every institution in the United States and around the world. Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency formally announced, at long last, that it will repeal the so-called “Endangerment Finding” for carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The EPA has determined that GHGs are not pollution and that their emissions from human activity do not pose a threat to human health. On the same day, Trump’s Department of Energy released a “critical review of impacts of GHG emissions on the U.S. climate.” This marks the first time ever that a climate report from the federal government can withstand scientific scrutiny, as it is based on actual science and data rather than politics or any particular agenda.

The Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, and Jim Lakely will be joined by Dr. Judith Curry, president of Climate Forecast Applications Network (CFAN). Dr. Curry is one of America's most prominent climate scientists and a co-author of the Department of Energy’s critical review.

We will also cover some of the Crazy Climate News of the Week from around the world. Join us LIVE at 1 p.m. ET on YouTube, Rumble, and X, and we will answer your questions in the live chat.

IMPORTANT LINKS:
Here is a link to the report by Judith Curry, et. al:
https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2025-07/DOE_Critical_Review_of_Impacts_of_GHG_Emissions_on_the_US_Climate_July_2025.pdf

And here is where you can leave comments on the report in the DOE Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/DOE-HQ-2025-0207-0001

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
4:26 Climate Planet Returns
10:29 Trump Blows Wind Away
19:59 Ticks Make You Not Eat Meat
27:22 Judith Curry & the New 'Official' Climate Report
1:01:50 Death Blow to Climate Alarmism
1:10:13 Audience Q&A

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What happens when independent scientists are given free rein to examine climate data without political pressure? The Climate Working Group's new DOE report has ignited fierce debate in the scientific community, with some claiming misrepresentation while others defend rigorous data analysis. Are we witnessing a long-overdue shift toward evidence-based climate science?

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• SHOCKING REVELATIONS: Five independent climate scientists commissioned by Secretary of Energy Chris Wright have published findings that directly challenge mainstream climate narratives through rigorous observational data analysis

• KEY SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS: The Climate Working Group presents peer-reviewed evidence suggesting warming trends may be significantly weaker than computer models predict, with extreme weather attribution claims lacking proper statistical foundation

• FIERCE ACADEMIC BACKLASH: Critics from leading climate institutions are launching coordinated responses, claiming data misrepresentation, while supporters argue this represents long-overdue scientific transparency and evidence-based methodology

• OBSERVATIONAL VS. MODEL-BASED SCIENCE: The report prioritizes real-world temperature, precipitation, and atmospheric measurements over computer simulations, revealing substantial uncertainties in current climate projections and policy recommendations

• UNPRECEDENTED TRANSPARENCY: Secretary Wright specifically assembled this diverse team of experts to encourage open scientific debate rather than consensus enforcement, with the report now undergoing rigorous public review through official DOE channels

• STATISTICAL ANALYSIS BREAKTHROUGH: Advanced statistical methods reveal significant flaws in current attribution studies, particularly regarding extreme weather events and their connection to greenhouse gas emissions

Heartland Institute President James Taylor electrifies CPAC Poland with a rallying cry for faith, family, and freedom. Speaking in Jasionka on May 27, 2025, Taylor salutes Poland’s centuries-long defiance of tyranny and urges conservatives across Europe to “stand tall for freedom” in the face of mounting EU pressure to adopt Net-Zero policies. He reminds the crowd that for most of recorded history the climate has been warmer than today, yet humanity thrived, and he warns that “totalitarian socialists” in Brussels threaten both prosperity and national sovereignty. Taylor lays out a blueprint for economic revival built on abundant coal, natural gas, and nuclear power, echoing the energy boom unleashed in the United States under President Trump. Finally, he calls on every Pole—and every European—to raise their flag high and join a growing international movement for liberty and independent nation-states.

Learn more about The Heartland Institute, a 40-year-old freedom-centric think tank, here: https://www.heartland.org/index.html

In this eye-opening clip from The Climate Realism Show by The Heartland Institute, we dive into the alarming rise of climate anxiety among young people, fueled by media hype and unscientific narratives. A recent study from Nature Medicine reveals how climate-related fears are driving depression, hopelessness, and even suicidal thoughts in some, particularly among the younger generation.

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In this gripping segment from The Heartland Institute's In the Tank Podcast, we dive into the shocking firebombing of PA Governor Josh Shapiro’s residence by a radical leftist, Cody Balmer. We explore the attacker’s anarchist motives, the media’s biased spin, and the broader trend of leftist violence in American politics—from the Weathermen to the BLM/Antifa riots.

Subscribe and share your thoughts in the comments! And join us on this channel every Thursday at 1 p.m. ET for the live-stream of this podcast from The Heartland Institute, a 40-year-old national free-market think tank. The pod is hosted by Linnea Lueken and features Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, S.T. Karnick, and special guests.

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