Conservatives often point at socialism and more or less leave the argument at "these guys are crazy!" -- But the DSA do point to some real problems, like the cost of medical care, how big companies can run roughshod over ordinary Americans, and that public infrastructure is failing in our cities as well as rural communities. But socialist solutions from Medicare for All to eating the rich will only exacerbate those problems, not solve them. We talk about actual solutions, and why socialism fails.

Meanwhile, inflation is falling, which is good, but how long can it last? What should the government do (if anything) to keep inflation down?

On UNHINGED: DSA leadership really does hate America, from its very foundation.

And for America @ 250, we look at how the London newspapers reacted to the Declaration, and we'll see that politically-driven fake news is not a modern phenomenon.

The Heartland Institute's Linnea Lueken, Chris Talgo, and S.T. Karnick, will talk about all of this and more on Episode #548 of the In The Tank Podcast.

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Anthony Fauci was recently hauled before the Senate to explain his role in the COVID 19 pandemic, and the multitude of lies he told as head of the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and advisor to the president. He pleaded the fifth more than 100 times during the hearing, refusing to answer pointed questions. Next steps are as unclear as his tenure, his reasoning for seeming to protect China has been left unstated, and the scale of his corruption is hard to quantify.

Meanwhile, the FCC has delivered a blow to China's AI and robotics industry by BANNING Chinese-made advanced robotics.

On UNHINGED: Mamdani suggests that cash reparations might be doled out over slavery. Somehow.

And for America @ 250, with all the drama surrounding Fauci, we're going to take a look at disease and epidemiology during the Revolution.

The Heartland Institute's Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo will talk about all of this and more on Episode #546 of the In The Tank Podcast.

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SHOW NOTES:

1. UNHINGED: Cash Money
https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/2082247674049233001

2. FCC Bans ChinaBots
https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/fcc-bans-foreign-humanoid-robots-power-inverters-amid-china-concerns-6068750?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1

3. Fauci Files
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/anthony-fauci-invokes-fifth-amendment-refuses-to-answer-questions-6068736?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1
https://x.com/tomselliott/status/2081844686956740787
(I am sure there may be more links we will want to pull tomorrow AM but these are the main 2 — if anyone has a suggestion, let me know)

4. USA @250: Colonial Quarantine
https://academic.oup.com/milmed/article/190/9-10/216/7829120?login=false

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
4:30 UNHINGED: NYC Slavery Reparations
15:25 Advisor Metals Segue
18:05 FCC Bans China Bots
32:13 The Fauci Files
1:20:42 USA @250: Colonial Quarantine

President Trump revealed that China has been interfering with our elections, especially the fraught 2020 election, in a speech that the mainstream media attempted to debunk before they even had the details. Trump brought receipts, and then as if to re-emphasize his point about election integrity, another bombshell dropped: illegals have been voting in New Jersey elections. The panel will discuss how to prevent these egregious problems with our election system, how to harden it against attacks, and how deep this all may go.

On UNHINGED: Representative Jasmine Crockett says the reason people were rooting for Spain in the World Cup... was racism.

And for USA @250 - In 1776, the first draft of the Pennsylvania constitution quickly highlighted why too much Democracy can be a bad thing.

The Heartland Institute's Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, and S.T. Karnick will talk about all of this and more on Episode #546 of the In The Tank Podcast.

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SHOW NOTES

Who Really won the 2020 Election:
https://heartland.org/publications/who-really-won-the-2020-election-measuring-the-effect-of-mail-in-ballot-fraud-in-the-trump-biden-race-for-the-white-house/

1. UNHINGED: Rep. Crockett Says Supporting Spain is racist. I don't know.
https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2079622426850185638

2. Noncitizens are already voting
https://thepostmillennial.com/doj-investigates-new-jersey-over-error-that-registered-6600-noncitizens-to-vote
https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/07/22/non-citizen-voting-scandal-gets-worse-software-giant-blames-election-officials-ca-gets-dragged-in-n2204615
https://spectator.org/mail-in-voting-appeals-court-hands-trump-big-win/

3. CHY-NAH
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/officials-sought-to-downplay-chinas-link-to-2020-election-6063683?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1
https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/07/17/trump-vindicated-herridge-reveals-ccp-stole-220m-voter-records-while-intel-officials-buried-the-truth-n2204426
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2026/07/19/media-narrative-control-was-on-full-display-with-the-treatment-of-president-trumps-address-n2204496

4. USA @250: PA's First VERY Democratic Constitution
https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/pennsylvania-constitution/

The Democratic Socialists in America have one of the most extreme platforms of any rising political group. They identify some real problems, but their solutions would be catastrophic. The team breaks down the most dangerous elements of the DSA's stated goals, and presents what would ACTUALLY help the poor and working classes in America.

Also discussed is the unexpected positive consequences of investment in AI: natural gas and other major energy infrastructure is being improved in anticipation of the need for stable power, it may even spur on an energy revolution.

On UNHINGED: A crazy Canadian lady attacked a girl for wearing MAGA gear... and was promptly detained by ICE.

And for our America @ 250 segment, As the Declaration was distributed through the colonies and the danger of British forces loomed, frontier life hundreds of miles away was even more wild and dangerous.

The Heartland Institute's Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and S.T. Karnick will talk about all of this and more on Episode #545 of the In The Tank Podcast.

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Last week, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt went on Fox and suggested that Gen-Z is attracted to socialism because they are lazy and entitled as well as being brainwashed by the education system. The latter is certainly partially true, the American education system skews extremely far left, but what about the other charges? This kind of rhetoric seems unlikely to win anyone over, we discuss what a better strategy may look like.

Also, Health Secretary RFK Jr. has decided to end the emergency liability protections for the COVID vaccines, terminating the forever-pandemic narrative set by his predecessor.

On UNHINGED: The Smithsonian is apparently still woke, and is misusing taxpayer funding.

And for America @ 250, we'll discuss how the Declaration was received as New York prepared for invasion.

The Heartland Institute's Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, and S.T. Karnick will talk about all of this and more on Episode #544 of the In The Tank Podcast.

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California may be only one state, but are its climate regulations effectively becoming national policy?

In Episode #212 of The Climate Realism Show, host Andy Singer is joined by Linnea Lueken, Anthony Watts, and H. Sterling Burnett to break down how California’s climate and environmental regulations can affect consumers, businesses, and supply chains far beyond the state’s borders.

The main story examines California rules targeting ships docked at the state’s massive ports, along with vehicle and equipment regulations that critics argue function as a “hidden climate tax” on Americans nationwide. With California ports handling a huge share of U.S. imports and the state’s enormous market influencing what manufacturers produce, how much power should one state have to shape the national economy?

The panel also digs into several other major climate and energy stories:

🍔 Drive-Thru Climate Ban: Culver City is considering restrictions on new drive-through restaurants, with greenhouse-gas emissions, vehicle idling, air quality, and pedestrian-oriented development among the reasons cited. Is blocking new drive-throughs meaningful climate policy, or regulatory overreach?

⚖️ Climate Chapter Pulled: The National Academies of Sciences temporarily removed a climate-science chapter from the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence while reviewing concerns about how the chapter was developed and potential conflicts involving people connected to climate litigation.

🔥 Solar Fire Surge: UK fire-service data show incidents involving solar-panel systems increased sharply between 2022 and 2025, significantly faster than the growth in installations. Are subsidies and aggressive deployment targets outpacing installation quality, inspections, and fire-safety standards?

🚢 California’s National Reach: From cargo ships and port infrastructure to cars, engines, and equipment, the panel examines whether California is simply exercising authority granted under federal law or using its economic power to impose de facto national regulations without a national vote.

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There is no let-up in the culture’s attempt to scare our kids about climate change. The latest development is a segment on Sesame Street to teach kids not to be scared of extreme weather. The producers deny it’s a political climate message, but even The New York Times doesn’t buy that.

On Episode 211 of The Climate Realism Show the Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, Sterling Burnett, Jim Lakely … will also cover some other Crazy Climate News of the Week. Will the “gold bars” thrown off the Titanic as Biden’s EPA staffers were leaving end up in the hands of grifters after all? Speaking of well-connected climate activist nonprofit groups, many are raking in millions in foreign funds every year. And a prominent UK newspaper says it’s time for Britain to abandon Net Zero. Is this a tipping point for that ruinous policy?

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SHOW NOTES

1. EPA ‘GOLD BARS’ RESURFACE
NYTIMES: Appeals Court Says E.P.A. Cannot Block Billions in Climate Grants
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/climate/epa-climate-grants-appeals-court.html

2. FOLLOW THE FOREIGN MONEY
FOX NEWS: Watchdog unleashes database to expose 'loopholes' as $5B in foreign cash floods US nonprofits
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/watchdog-unleashes-database-expose-loopholes-5b-foreign-cash-floods-nonprofits

3. MUPPETS MOUTH CLIMATE PROPAGANDA
NYTIMES: Extreme Weather Brings Fierce Winds, and Gentle Hugs, to Sesame Street
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/climate/sesame-street-storm-climate-change.html

4. NET ZERO IS LOST IN UK?
THE TELEGRAPH UK: We’ve lost the war against climate change. Time to scrap net zero. – The lanyard class should have known better than to believe it could re-engineer the world from Whitehall.
https://www.climatedepot.com/2026/07/30/uk-telegraph-editor-throws-in-the-climate-towel-weve-lost-the-war-against-climate-change-time-to-scrap-net-zero/

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
12:26 EPA 'Gold Bars' Resurface
26:05 Follow the Foreign Money
39:10 Muppets Mouth Climate Propaganda
49:35 Net Zero Losing in the UK?
1:05:57 Advisor Metals
1:08:42 Q&A

One of Denmark’s most internationally recognized climate researchers, Dr. Henrik Svensmark, was just sacked from his long-time position at the Technical University of Denmark. Unlike many climate scientists, Svensmark conducted actual science experiments, and his work on the effects cosmic rays and clouds have on the climate was leading edge. He was fired after years of moves that look like they were purposely trying to push him out. What happened? Is it because his work didn’t support the alarmist climate narrative? We will have Dr. Svensmark on the program to get the story directly from him.

On Episode 210 of The Climate Realism Show the Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, Sterling Burnett, Jim Lakely and Henrik Svensmark will also cover some of the Crazy Climate News of the Week. Is climate change ruining summers for kids? Can wind farms help real farms? Is the best way to fight Net Zero through comedy?

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SHOW NOTES:

1. WHY WAS SVENSMARK FIRED?
WUWT: Henrik Svensmark Fired by his University
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/07/21/henrik-svensmark-fired-by-his-university/

2. NO MORE SUMMER FUN
NPR: Climate change is now threatening a pillar of childhood: summer break
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/26/nx-s1-5900911/wildfire-smoke-fires-camp-minnesota

3. WIND FARMS HELPING REAL FARMS?
THE PULSE: Farmers placed a wind turbine in a cornfield and discovered it was changing the crops by unexpectedly drying dew
https://www.ecoportal.net/en/farmers-placed-a-wind-turbine-cornfield/30378/

4. BEATING NET ZERO WITH COMEDY
X: ARTIFICIAL IDIOTS
https://x.com/MorEdge_Insight/status/2081771044201717796/video/1

Wildfires in Canada have become a major story in the US because the smoke from those fires have traveled a very long way, covering the skies of cities in the Upper Midwest as far south as Chicago, over nearly all of Michigan, and to major population centers in the Northeast. Much media coverage blames the fires on human-caused climate change. But what does the actual data say?

On Episode 209 of The Climate Realism Show the Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, Sterling Burnett, Jim Lakely Heartland UK/Europe’s Lois Perry will debunk some myths about the fire and also talk about other Crazy Climate News of the Week. The UK is poised to turn off people’s heat pumps right when they need them in the cold of winter. Are rolling blackouts coming to the US because of over-reliance on so-called “green” energy? And we’ll look at how much typhoons hate solar power.

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SHOW NOTES:

1. CANADA WILDFIRE ANALYSIS
AMERICAN THINKER: Smokey skies does not mean global warming
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/smokey-skies-does-not-mean-global-warming/

An interactive map from NASA showing the status of the fires as of right now.
https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/usfs/map/#d:24hrs;@-93.2,54.3,5.1z

2. NO-HEAT PUMPS IN UK
THE TELEGRAPH (via WUWT): Heat pump households face winter rationing threat: Energy suppliers could remotely turn down heating in people’s homes under Labour plans
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/07/21/heat-pump-use-to-be-rationed/

3. ROLLING BLACKOUTS COMING?
REUTERS: Grid operator in US central states warns of potential rolling blackouts
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/grid-operator-us-central-states-warns-potential-rolling-blackouts-2026-07-21/

MANHATTAN CONTRARIAN: Rolling Blackouts Hit New York
https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2026-7-18-rolling-blackouts-hit-new-york

4. TYPHOONS HATE SOLAR POWER
JO NOVA: Typhoon Bavi strikes solar parks in China giving a new meaning to “distributed energy”
https://joannenova.com.au/2026/07/typhoon-bavi-strikes-solar-parks-in-china-giving-a-new-meaning-to-distributed-energy/

Linnea discusses geothermal energy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6ifqeu020Q&t

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
3:18 Ann Widdecombe Murder
10:25 Canada Wildfire Analysis
31:30 No-heat Pumps in the UK
42:58 Rolling Blackouts Coming in US?
1:02:17 Typhoons Hate Solar Power
1:17:15 Advisor Metals (our sponsor)
1:19:49 Q&A

How many Bond villain schemes can climate alarmists come up with? Apparently one every month or so. The latest scheme to “save the planet” and help make solar installations viable at night is to put giant mirrors in space to reflect sunlight down on earth during the night. And the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, amazingly, just gave that idea the go-ahead.

On Episode 207 of The Climate Realism Show the Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, Sterling Burnett, and Jim Lakely will talk about that Crazy Climate News of the Week. We will also cover the huge conflict of interest Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan has for an important upcoming climate case, the “climate score scam” that harms the value of your home, and will the political success of socialists in the United States put the Green New Deal back on the table?

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At the World Prosperity Forum in Zurich—held alongside the World Economic Forum in Davos—climate scientist Anika Sweetland delivers a provocative and deeply personal address that challenges the foundations of modern climate orthodoxy.

Drawing on her own education and professional experience, Sweetland recounts how climate science training fostered fear, despair, and unquestioned consensus rather than open scientific inquiry. She argues that generations of students have been indoctrinated with alarmist narratives that distort climate history, suppress debate, and justify sweeping political and economic control.

In this speech, Sweetland examines:

- The psychological impact of climate alarmism on children and students

- Media-driven climate narratives and shifting doomsday predictions

- Historical climate cycles, ocean dynamics, and orbital forces

- The role of international institutions and the concentration of power

- Why carbon dioxide is portrayed as a villain—and why she disputes that claim

- How climate policy, finance, and governance have become tightly intertwined

Presented as a counterpoint to the centralized, collectivist worldview promoted at Davos, this talk embodies the mission of the World Prosperity Forum: to challenge prevailing narratives, defend sovereignty, and restore open debate on climate, energy, and economic policy.

Whether you agree or disagree, this is a speech designed to provoke critical thinking and question what is taught, what is funded, and who benefits from the dominant climate narrative.

As the World Economic Forum convened in Davos, an alternative vision was taking shape just miles away in Zurich.

On Day 5 of the World Prosperity Forum, James Taylor, President of The Heartland Institute, delivered a data-driven challenge to the centralized, alarmist energy narratives dominating global policy discussions. His message was clear: prosperity depends on energy that is affordable, reliable, and genuinely clean—not politically favored, top-down mandates.

Drawing from Heartland’s landmark policy brief, Affordable, Reliable, and Clean: An Objective Scorecard to Assess Competing Energy Sources, Taylor presents a full-system comparison of coal, natural gas, nuclear, hydro, wind, solar, and biomass—factoring in real-world costs policymakers often ignore.

In this keynote, Taylor explains:
-- Why electricity demand is surging—and why blackouts are becoming inevitable under current policies

-- How wind and solar’s hidden costs drive higher prices, grid instability, and land destruction

-- Why natural gas remains the gold standard for affordability, reliability, and environmental stewardship

-- How rare earth mineral dependence and foreign supply chains create national security risks

-- Why voters are already punishing leaders who ignore energy affordability

This is not a theoretical debate. Rising electricity prices, grid fragility, and declining living standards are reshaping politics across the U.S. and Europe right now.

If you care about economic growth, energy realism, and policies grounded in evidence—not ideology—this presentation lays out the scorecard Davos won’t show you.

Watch. Share. Decide for yourself.

Ofcom called her "dangerous" because she was laughing at the net zero agenda—and the British people started laughing with her.

Lois Perry, Director of The Heartland Institute UK/EU and founder of CAR26, speaks at the World Prosperity Forum in Zurich to discuss the seismic political shift happening in Britain.

From being chased out of COP26 by security guards (and doing a live TV interview from a disabled toilet) to helping reshape the UK's political landscape, Lois shares how a "loud blonde Essex girl" took on the climate establishment—and won.

In this conversation:

🇬🇧 Why British citizens have "had enough" of net zero policies

🗳️ The rise of Reform UK and what it means for freedom

🤝 How Heartland UK is building bridges across party lines

📺 The media's failed attempts to silence climate skeptics

💡 How "follow the science" fatigue from COVID opened the door to questioning net zero

The World Prosperity Forum brings together leaders committed to freedom and prosperity as an alternative voice to the World Economic Forum in Davos.

For years, the World Economic Forum and its allies pushed the “Great Reset” as an inevitable future: lockdowns, net-zero mandates, ESG controls, digital currencies, food restrictions, and top-down global governance.

That future is now unraveling.

Speaking on Day 1 of The Heartland Institute’s World Prosperity Forum in Zurich, held alongside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Marc Morano delivers a sweeping, data-driven takedown of the Great Reset agenda, explaining why its momentum has collapsed in real time.

Morano walks through how COVID lockdowns became the blueprint for climate authoritarianism, why ESG and net-zero banking are imploding, how energy reality and AI power demands shattered green orthodoxy, and why even longtime climate activists, corporations, and governments are quietly backing away.

This presentation covers:
• The rise and fall of the Great Reset narrative
• How COVID destroyed elite “appeal to authority”
• Why ESG, net-zero, and climate finance are collapsing
• The energy reality confronting AI, tech giants, and governments
• Why public resistance is stronger than ever
• The ongoing danger of climate being merged into public health

The World Prosperity Forum exists to challenge the centralized, collectivist, and alarmist worldview promoted in Davos. This talk captures that counter-argument in full.

In this World Prosperity Forum speech, Linnea Lueken, Research Fellow at The Heartland Institute, examines the growing gap between mainstream climate alarmism and what measured climate data actually shows.

The World Prosperity Forum exists to provide counter-arguments to the World Economic Forum’s overly centralized, socialist collectivist, and alarmist worldview, bringing data, realism, and open debate back into global policy discussions.

Lueken contrasts headlines warning of “unprecedented,” “rapid,” and “dangerous” warming with observed trends that, in her view, do not support an emergency narrative. She explains the difference between climate model projections and real-world measurements, and why rapid single-event attribution claims are often treated as settled science before the evidence warrants it.

Topics covered include:

- Observed warming rates compared to hotter climate model projections, and why the “hot model” problem matters

- U.S. temperature trends and how measurement location and station siting can skew record claims

- Historical climate context using proxy records

- Drought and precipitation trends, including what the IPCC reports about Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes

- Wildfires, including global burned-area trends and European examples using European Space Agency and Copernicus satellite data

- Hurricanes, including frequency and intensity metrics such as accumulated cyclone energy

- “Billion-dollar disasters” and why rising costs do not necessarily indicate worsening weather trends

- A critique of rapid event-attribution studies and how outlets like CNN, BBC, and the Associated Press often frame them

- The human impact of alarmism, including fear, climate anxiety, and the case for energy resilience

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