Unspeakable horror struck on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah yesterday. Charlie Kirk, the founder of TurningPoint USA, was murdered by an assassin's rifle shot while he was speaking to a crowd of thousands. Charlie's talent, credibility, intelligence, authenticity, patience, and courage were on display for all to see to the very end of his life. He was a champion of liberty and a tireless patriot whose love of country was deep and heart-felt. More than that, Charlie was a devoted Christian and a loving father and husband. At the age of just 31, he left a legacy greater than many public figures twice his age.

The assassination of Charlie Kirk was an act of evil. It was also undoubtedly a political act spawned out of the dark heart of modern leftism. We live in a country in which prominent media outlets suggested Charlie brought his public slaying upon himself. In today's media and political environment, anyone who vigorously differs from leftist ideology and Democratic Party talking points is painted as a fascist, a threat to democracy, a domestic terrorist -- or, as President Biden once put it -- a threat to "the very soul of this nation." This is the political environment in which the killing of Charlie Kirk occurred.

In just the past 13 months, radicals have attempted two assassinations on President Trump and killed one of his most-prominent and successful advocates. Earlier than that, an avowed Marxist gunned down a health insurance CEO and was celebrated for it by many on the left. Radical leftists got very close to pulling off assassinations of Supreme Court justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. And let's not forget the radical left Bernie Bro who tried to murder a baseball field full of Republicans just a few years ago.

This must stop. And it starts with the Democratic Party putting an end to its eliminationist rhetoric, expelling from its party and offices anyone who encourages or excuses violence, and leading the march back to respectful debate. For a start, they can do away with the "both sides" lie. And they can also stop saying that every election and policy debate they lose is not the dawn of fascism.

On Episode #510 of The Heartland Institute's In the Tank Podcast, we will talk about the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk, mourn his loss together, and try to give each other hope that America's tolerance for this madness is soon coming to an end.

Chapters:
6:59 Jim's Beautiful Scripture commemorating the Life of Charlie Kirk

The Heartland Institute and Rasmussen recently collaborated on a poll asking voters under the age of 40 what kind of government they support. Shockingly, more than half said they would back socialist candidates for president — and even more favored nationalizing major industries. This reflects the same troubling trend seen across Europe in recent decades, where increasingly left-wing governments took hold, even with supposedly “conservative” politicians supporting leftist policies.

On UNHINGED, we examine the case of a British comedian arrested for making jokes on Twitter, the broader war on free speech (even at the pub!) in Britain, and the looming threat of digital IDs.

Join The Heartland Institute’s Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, S.T. Karnick, and Chris Talgo for Episode #509 of the In the Tank Podcast. Tune in LIVE at 1 p.m. ET and join us in the live chat!

Chapters:
00:36 Intro
02:01 Host and Guest Introduction
04:01 UNHINGED: Commedians Arrested for Jokes in the UK...Again!
21:12 Britain's War on Speech
27:42 Digital ID Coming to the Brits?
38:57 Main Topic: New Poll - The Youth Love Socialism?!

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!

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
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 new poll out of the United Kingdom shows that Brits who think the dangers of global warming are exaggerated and phony has soared by 50 percent compared to four years ago. So it is also not a surprise that the Labour Party’s “net zero” agenda is increasingly hated by the British public, too. Is it just a coincidence that Heartland UK/Europe is now on the ground there pushing back at climate alarmism? Perhaps. But it’s also a fact that climate realism is a big part of the Reform UK party agenda, which was highlighted at a party event last week.

On Episode #172 of The Climate Realism Show, we bring back the indefatigable Lois Perry, director of Heartland UK/Europe and host of her own new show — The Lois Perry Show: A Bird’s Eye View — to talk about all that and some of the crazy climate news of the week. Join The Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, and Jim Lakely LIVE at 1 p.m. ET on YouTube, Rumble, and X.

Chapters:
00:56 Intro
01:04 R.I.P Charlie Kirk & the connection between Heartland and Turning Point
12:44 Climate News of the Week
21:25 Leaves the Poles Alone?
28:55 Climate sweet tea emergency
35:35 Main Topic: Number of Brits skeptical of Global Warming soar by 50%
50:00 Support our Sponsor: Advisory Metal
51:56 Q&A

When five independent scientists dared to produce the first U.S. government report to reject the climate alarmist narrative, Big Climate vowed to strike back. And it has. This week, a group of 85 scientists released a rebuttal to the Department of Energy’s “Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate.” They condemned the report, writing that “no one should doubt human-caused climate change is real,” and attacked the work and motivations of the 2025 Climate Working Group authors: Judith Curry, John Christy, Steven Koonin, Ross McKitrick, and Roy Spencer. We will rebut their rebuttal on Episode 172 of The Climate Realism Show.

Join The Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, and Jim Lakely, along with special guest Steve Milloy, as they hit this topic, cover the Crazy Climate News of the Week, and answer your questions in the chat. Be there LIVE at 1 p.m. ET on YouTube, Rumble, and X.

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SHOW NOTES:

DAILY MAIL: Now even DOGS are being told to go vegan! Plant–based foods provide 'similar nutrients' to meat–based diets for pooches, vets claim
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15060639/DOGS-vegan-Plant-foods-nutrients-meat.html

THE FEDERALIST: D.C. Circuit Revokes ‘Abusive’ Injunction Barring Trump From Slashing EPA ‘Climate’ Grants
https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/02/d-c-circuit-revokes-abusive-injunction-barring-trump-from-slashing-epa-climate-grants/

DECISION: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.41951/gov.uscourts.cadc.41951.01208771608.0.pdf

WESTERN JOURNAL: LA Clippers Allegedly Skirted NBA Salary Cap with Help from 'Fraudulent Tree-Planting Company'
https://www.westernjournal.com/report-la-clippers-allegedly-skirted-nba-salary-cap-help-fraudulent-tree-planting-company/

NEW YORK TIMES: Scientists Denounce Trump Administration’s Climate Report
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/climate/climate-science-report-energy-department.html

REBUTTAL REPORT: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PwAR8I9YYmPhbQ6CRekHkroJGMbjbX7l/view

Their own Google page for the project: https://sites.google.com/tamu.edu/doeresponse/home

The DOE Climate Working Group Report: https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2025-07/DOE_Critical_Review_of_Impacts_of_GHG_Emissions_on_the_US_Climate_July_2025.pdf

Pull-Out vid of Judy talking about and defending her work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nLJ1C-MDFM&t

Chapters:
00:56 Intro
02:28 Panel introduction
05:15 Make Your Dog a VEGAN to avert Climate Change?!
12:22 Kawhi Leonard Scandal came from Climate Grifting?!
32:12 The Climate Deep State struck back?!
1:01:19 Advisory Metals
1:03:16 Q&A

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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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:06 Emergency changes before the episode
02:12 Panel Introduction
03:23 Show started: Cliamte Deniers Refuse to Die from Heat Waves!
24:25 Back to gas: EV buses can't be repaired
31:13 Climate Change isn't dooming your bananas
39:51 Main Topic: Nas-ty Fast-track
54:15 Visit Advisor Metals!
56:26 Q&A

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

Imagine walking into a classroom where students are being taught that socialism "just hasn't been done properly yet." Now imagine those same students growing up in an economy where buying a home feels impossible, starting a business requires navigating endless regulations, and the American Dream seems reserved for previous generations. This is the reality behind the most startling polling data we've released in years.

The Heartland Institute's GROUNDBREAKING NEW POLL reveals a generation that's not just frustrated - they're ready to abandon free market principles entirely. The numbers paint a troubling picture of where America is headed:

• 52% of young voters actively want a socialist presidential candidate in 2028
• 76% support nationalizing major industries including healthcare, energy, and big tech
• 35% of Trump voters from 2024 now embrace socialist candidates
• 40% of young Republicans agree with government takeover of major industries
• Housing costs identified as the #1 driver pushing youth toward socialism

But here's what makes this crisis even more alarming: these young Americans have never experienced a true free market economy. They've grown up in a world of government bailouts, regulatory capture, and crony capitalism - then been told this IS capitalism. When Obamacare made healthcare more expensive, when zoning laws prevented new housing construction, when endless regulations killed small businesses during COVID while big corporations thrived, young people didn't see government failure - they saw capitalism failing them.

The educational system compounds this problem. Former teachers reveal shocking stories of mentor educators promoting Marxist ideology, presenting the Russian Revolution's "other side," and whitewashing socialism's deadly history. Students graduate believing government control equals fairness, never learning that the problems they want socialism to solve were actually created by government intervention in the first place.

What's driving this massive shift? The polling reveals it's not abstract ideology - it's concrete economic pain. Young Americans face housing costs that have skyrocketed due to government regulations, job markets distorted by endless interventions, and an education system that saddles them with crushing debt while teaching them to blame the wrong culprit for their struggles.

The solution isn't more government control - it's showing these Americans what actual free market solutions look like. But time is running out. Every day we delay addressing the root causes of their economic frustration, more young Americans conclude that socialism is their only hope.

Are we witnessing the end of free market America? Can we reverse this trend before it's too late? The data suggests we have a narrow window to act before this generation's political preferences reshape our nation permanently.

Read the full poll results here:
https://heartland.org/opinion/heartland-rasmussen-poll-53-of-young-voters-want-a-socialist-to-win-the-2028-presidential-election-76-want-government-to-nationalize-major-u-s-industries/

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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