Jim Lakely
VP @HeartlandInst, EP @InTheTankPod. GET GOV'T OFF OUR BACK! Love liberty, Pens, Steelers, & #H2P. Ex-DC Journo. Amateur baker, garage tinkerer.
Appears in 232 Episodes
We’re Winning! Climate Alarmism Is Losing Its Grip
Is the media’s nonstop climate panic finally losing steam?Major outlets are scaling back climate coverage. The Washington Post fired 13 Climate Desk reporters, NPR dis...
Housing Act Held Hostage Until Save America Is Passed — In the Tank Podcast #542
Trump is refusing to sign the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act unless lawmakers first pass the SAVE AMERICA Act, which Trump says is far more important. There is a lot...
Elon Musk, Trillionaire — In the Tank Podcast #541
One would think a major terror attack just occurred on U.S. soil, for all the reactions that Democrats and socialist friends are having to the news that Elon Musk's ne...
Godzilla El Niño is Coming! — The Climate Realism Show #205
Ocean temps are rising in the tropical Pacific Ocean, a natural and regular phenomenon called El Niño. Climate modelers say this year's could be one of the biggest eve...
Social Security Insolvency by 2032 — In the Tank Podcast #540
Social Security trustees predict the retirement trust fund is now projected to run dry a full year earlier than previously forecast, in just 2032. What got us here, an...
Europe Boils – The Climate Realism Show #204
Summer has arrived in Europe a little early this year and alarmists in the media say it’s unprecedented, dangerous, all because of climate change. But what if it is no...
Socialists Want to Take Over Artificial Intelligence — In the Tank Podcast #539
More and more, parents and government agencies are preventing kids from doing things like walking home from school on their own. It’s clear that this kind of helicopte...
What's Old Is New: Seize Property & Give People Free Stuff - In the Tank Episode #538
As the Justice Department's war on fraud continues, a new report by City Journal says that California is giving free appliances, including solar panels, to illegal imm...
They Want to Dim the Sun to Save the Earth – The Climate Realism Show #203
The world seems to not lack for climate alarmist Bond villains with wild schemes to “save the earth” by way of geo-engineering that ranges from the silly to the danger...
British Voters Dump the Greens – The Climate Realism Show #202
Voters in this month’s elections in Great Britain delivered a shocking win for Reform UK, and was a clear rebuke of the “green” Net Zero agenda of the political elite...
China, Mamdani’s Budget Tricks, and AOC’s Billionaire Meltdown — In the Tank Podcast #536
Trump went to Beijing this week to negotiate the path forward with China, as President Trump's administration has made multiple international moves to cut the CCP off...
Killing Net Zero with a Thousand Cuts – The Climate Realism Show #201
Upon taking office in 2025, Donald Trump immediately got busy reversing and defunding the previous administration’s radical climate and energy agenda. That sent a mess...
Innovation vs. Dystopia: In the Tank Podcast #535
AI is everywhere; from the silly videos you see on Facebook to the articles you read online, even within hospital systems and publishers. Where is the line? Where is A...
Raids, Charges, and Indictments — In the Tank Podcast #534
Federal agents raided more than 20 businesses this week in Minneapolis as the fight against fraud continues, and Governor Tim Walz is trying to take credit, but the pu...
It's ‘Weather’ Season … Again. What to Expect – The Climate Realism Show #200
Spring is here, which means it is Hurricane Season, Tornado Season, Allergy Season, all normal and natural aspects of life on Earth. Climate alarmists, however, will b...
Taking Back Earth Day – The Climate Realism Show #199
Earth Day 2026 came and went without the energy and attention of past years. There was less climate scolding and fewer denunciations of the “high-carbon lifestyle” tha...
DOJ Charges Southern Poverty Law Center — In the Tank Podcast #533
By just a hair, Virginia voters approved a gerrymandering plan that would eliminate five Republican districts, all in the name of "restoring fairness" to Virginia's el...
Conference Rattles Climate Activists – The Climate Realism Show #198
Last week, the 16th International Conference on Climate Change made international news. It also disheartened the environmental left and the media because it was clear ...
Freedom Works, Socialism Fails — In the Tank Podcast #530
Another point goes to capitalism in the long war of economics, as Poland has overcome its once-communist decay and rocketed into becoming one of the world's largest ec...
Blackrock Flinches on Energy — In the Tank Podcast #531
BlackRock and Larry Fink is continuing to blink on climate policy. The investment giant appears to be abandoning some of its climate-focused dogma in favor of protecti...
