In The Tank

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 441 of the In The Tank Podcast. For many years now, we have heard about big tech censorship and the role government may have played. Thanks to investigations like "The Twitter Files," we have gotten some insight into the coercive pressure put upon social media platforms to remove certain content. Well now, the Supreme Court is hearing a case on this very matter. At what point is the government overstepping the protections of the First Amendment in an effort to curb "misinformation?" Can we count on the Supreme Court to safeguard free speech? Just how important will the results of this case be?


OPENING CHIT CHAT - "BLOODBATH"

NYT - Trump Defends His Warning of a ‘Blood Bath for the Country’
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/us/politics/trump-blood-bath-auto-industry.html

 
PRIMARY TOPIC - GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP CASE REACHES THE SUPREME COURT

WSJ - Government’s ‘Thinly Veiled’ Social-Media Censorship
https://www.wsj.com/articles/murthy-v-missouri-supreme-court-government-censorship-white-house-jen-psaki-9776eeb3

The Federalist - Justice Jackson’s Comment About Free Speech ‘Hamstringing’ The Government Wasn’t Her Worst
https://thefederalist.com/2024/03/20/justice-jacksons-comment-about-free-speech-hamstringing-the-government-wasnt-her-worst/

NYP - Will federal censorship be the pandemic’s biggest legacy?
https://nypost.com/2024/03/19/opinion/will-federal-censorship-be-the-pandemics-biggest-legacy/

PowerLine Blog - THE RIGHT TO SHOUT “BS” DURING A PANDEMIC
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/03/the-right-to-shout-bs-during-a-pandemic.php


SECONDARY TOPIC - UN'S RED ALERT... AGAIN

Washington Post - Biden imposes strongest-ever climate change rules for cars
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/03/20/biden-car-emissions-rules/

Yahoo Finance - UN sounds 'Red Alert' as world smashes heat records in 2023
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/un-sounds-red-alert-world-130000043.html

Creators & Guests

Host
Chris Talgo
Chris Talgo is the Editorial Director at The Heartland Institute and a research fellow for Heartland’s Socialism Research Center.
Host
Donald Kendal
Donald Kendal is a research fellow for The Heartland's Socialism Research Center, host of Heartland's In the Tank Podcast and Stopping Socialism TV, and a talented graphic designer.
Host
Jim Lakely
Jim Lakely is the Vice President and Director of Communications of The Heartland Institute.

What is In The Tank?

The weekly flagship podcast from The Heartland Institute features in-depth policy discussions connected to current news. Host Donald Kendal leads the discussion with the usual crew of Heartland Institute Vice President Jim Lakely, Socialism Research Center “Commissar” Justin Haskins, Editorial Director Chris Talgo, and others at this national free-market think tank. The entertaining and informative discussions often hit topics such as the environment, energy policy, Big Tech censorship, the troubling rise of socialism, globalism, health care, education, that state of freedom in America and around the world, and much more.

This podcast is also available as part of the Heartland Daily Podcast, the “firehose” of all the organization’s podcasts that take deep and entertaining dives into public policy.