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Eileen Griffin covers the biggest stories this week in the Heartland Daily News. Referenced stories: Wyoming Rancher Sues Biden Administration Claiming Racial Discrimination https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/06/wyoming-rancher-sues-biden-administration-claiming-racial-discrimination/ The Oregon Compromise of 2021 https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/06/the-oregon-compromise-of-2021/ How the People Can Fix California https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/06/how-the-people-can-fix-california/ Malkin: Family Sovereignty Under Siege https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/06/malkin-family-sovereignty-under-seige/

The Heartland Institute's Government Relations team hosted a webinar for state legislators on Thursday, June 10. The guest was Jason Bedrick, director of policy for EdChoice, to talk about the momentous 2021 legislative session. Learn about the education choice victories that have occurred in several states and what’s in store for next year. Learn more about Heartland's work on education here: https://www.heartland.org/Center-Education/index.html Read Heartland's School Reform News: https://heartlanddailynews.com/category/school-reform-news/ Visit the website of EdChoice: https://www.edchoice.org/

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Justin Haskins present episode 298 of the In the Tank Podcast. The ITT crew starts off the show talking about the recently released “Fauci emails” and what it reveals about the administrative state. After that, they discuss Biden’s ridiculous budget proposal and El Salvador’s decision to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. OPENING CHIT CHAT – FAUCI EMAILS Federalist – It’s Clear Now Anthony Fauci Isn’t A Fool, He’s A Villain https://thefederalist.com/2021/06/07/its-clear-now-anthony-fauci-isnt-a-fool-hes-a-villain/ (Video) Fauci says attacks on him are attacks on science https://twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1402717694135255049 BIDEN BUDGET Heartland – How Biden’s Bloated Budget Could Cause an Economic Collapse https://townhall.com/columnists/justinhaskins/2021/06/09/how-bidens-bloated-budget-could-cause-an-economic-collapse-n2590644 Cato – President Biden’s Proposed Budget https://www.cato.org/blog/president-bidens-proposed-budget EL SALVADOR ADOPTS BITCOIN CNBC – El Salvador becomes first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender after passing law https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/09/el-salvador-proposes-law-to-make-bitcoin-legal-tender.html Entrepreneur – The future of cryptocurrencies? 60% of central banks already work on their own digital currencies https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/373621

Kamala Harris continues to make nonsensical claims related to climate change. This time, she claims that climate change is leading to increased illegal immigration. Kamala states that food shortages are causing people to flee their native countries. Unfortunately for Kamala, food production is setting records year after year worldwide. Claiming people are starving when crop yields are higher than ever highlights the delusion behind climate alarmism. James Taylor and Myron Ebell join The Chris Salcedo Show on Newsmax to correct Kamala Harris and set the record straight. Subscribe to Newsmax TV on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NewsmaxtvLive

Congress is preparing to revamp health care with either a “public option” or a reduced age to qualify for Medicare. Melissa Davert shares why this move will be to the detriment of those with significant health care needs. Davert and her college-aged, twin children have osteogenesis imperfecta, a condition that makes bones fragile, causes heart and spine issues, and short stature. Her husband has cerebral palsy. Despite these health issues, every family member works or attends college. Due to their unique situation, the Daverts seeks reasonably priced health care through the private market, something they had before Obamacare took effect. Melissa discusses lifetime savings accounts, high-risk pools and “centers of excellence,” or a Medicare Advantage-type plan, as better ways to cover their needs than Medicaid. Due to government intrusion in health care, Medicaid seems to be one of the few choices her children have left. The family wants to work and save for the future, but under Medicaid, they are restricted from acquiring assets. The current system also makes their physicians go through hoops to get approval from insurance for treatment. Host AnneMarie Schieber met the Daverts in 2014 when Obamacare went into effect. At the time, the family had to scramble to find care for the insurance Obamacare nullified. That video can be seen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShDg7uUx_dY Melissa’s situation was also profiled in a report by the Republican Study Committee in 2019. www.heartland.org/news-opinion/new…health-care-plan

The government The Founding Fathers envisioned was a force for good. Its limited role was to protect life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. If alive today, they would balk at what our government has become. Rampant government intervention seen today skews markets and limits the freedom of the individual. H. Sterling Burnett joins the Great Talks With podcast to describe how The Heartland Institute discovers, develops, and promotes free-market solutions to social and economic problems; fighting back against big government. Find out how the free market has helped accelerate the economic development of western democracies in this podcast. Check out more of the podcast Great.com Talks With here: https://great.com/great-talks-with/

In our third in this series, streamed live on Thursday, June 3 at 4:00 p.m. ET, Heartland Institute Senior Fellow Anthony Watts, publisher of the Watts Up With That site, gave a sneak peek of his Las Vegas presentation. In this preview, Watts discussed the “Climate Emergency” presented by climate activists. Watts has investigated the evidence and will illustrate why there’s no need to fear the moderate warming we’ve seen in the last century, and why claims of worsening weather, drought, and hurricanes are overblown hype. Learn more and get your tickets for the 14th International Conference on Climate Change at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas October 15-17, 2021. https://climateconference.heartland.org/

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Nate Myers, are joined by Ed Hudgins in episode 297 of the In the Tank Podcast. Ed Hudgins, Heartland Fellow and Founder of the Human Achievement Alliance, joins the show to talk about the potential technological breakthroughs in the health care industry, the energy industry, and other aspects of our lives. HEALTH CARE TECH WSJ – CRISPR’s Next Frontier: Treating Common Conditions https://www.wsj.com/articles/crisprs-next-frontier-treating-common-conditions-11620226832 FreedomFest – Our Techno-Healthy Future https://forum.freedomfest.com/our-techno-healthy-future/ FUSION ENERGY Popular Mechanics – This Reactor May Have Finally Solved Nuclear Fusion’s Biggest Problem https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a36559078/nuclear-fusion-breakthrough-uk-reactor-experiment/ New Atlas – China claims new fusion record with its “artificial sun” nuclear reactor https://newatlas.com/energy/china-claims-fusion-record-artificial-sun-nuclear-reactor/ DOMESTIC Bloomberg – Apple Loses Multiple Top Managers From Self-Driving Car Division https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-02/apple-loses-several-top-managers-from-self-driving-car-division Market Watch – It’s time for Elon Musk to start telling the truth about autonomous driving https://www.marketwatch.com/story/its-time-for-elon-musk-to-start-telling-the-truth-about-autonomous-driving-11621958761 Independent – Elon Musk Says Mars-Bound Starship Will Launch From ‘Ocean Spaceport’ Next Year https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/elon-musk-starship-sn16-spaceport-b1856911.html Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at this link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/heartland-daily-podcast/id557620400?mt=2

Eileen Griffin covers the biggest stories this week in the Heartland Daily News. Referenced stories: AZ Election Auditors Claim Maricopa County Officials Deleted Databases from Voting Machines Before Handing Them Over https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/05/az-election-auditors-claim-maricopa-county-officials-deleted-databases-from-voting-machines-before-handing-them-over/ Why Are We Not Talking About California’s Pension Problems? https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/05/why-are-we-not-talking-about-californias-pension-problems/ Coalition Calls for Reversal of Exploding National Debt as Default Clock Approaches ‘Midnight’ https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/05/coalition-calls-for-reversal-of-exploding-national-debt-as-default-clock-approaches-midnight/ Publications - Policy Brief: How to Solve America's Debt Crisis in the Wake of the Coronavirus Pandemic https://www.heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/policy-brief-how-to-solve-americas-debt-crisis-in-the-wake-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought back its Climate Change Indicators platform last week under the new Biden administration. In the new web presentation, EPA has simply disappeared data that was inconvenient to the narrative that humans are causing dangerous climate change.

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Nate Myers, and Chris Talgo present episode 296 of the In the Tank Podcast. The ITT crew discusses John Cena’s recent embarrassing apology to the Chinese Communist Party and how this illustrates Hollywood’s loyalty to China. Later, they discuss Florida’s new tech censorship bill as well as Oregon counties’ recent vote to become part of Idaho OPENING CHIT CHAT (Video) John Cena's issues an embarrassing apology to China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zre2p7mg64g FLORIDA TECH CENSORSHIP BILL Heartland Institute - Florida’s New Tech Censorship Law: A Big Win for Freedom of Speech https://spectator.org/florida-tech-censorship-law-desantis/ Reason - Florida Legislators Exempt Their Favorite Companies From Social Media Bill https://reason.com/2021/05/05/florida-legislators-exempt-their-favorite-companies-from-social-media-bill/ OREGON TO JOIN IDAHO? OREGON LIVE - More Oregon counties vote to consider joining Idaho, part of rural effort to ‘gain political refuge from blue states’ https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2021/05/more-oregon-counties-vote-to-move-into-idaho-part-of-rural-effort-to-to-gain-political-refuge-from-blue-states.html

Cameron Sholty joins NTD News to discuss a new passed in Florida that prevents big tech companies from deplatforming individuals. Social media companies including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter frequently deplatform conservatives while leaving radical leftist voices unchecked. This law levels the playing field, protecting free speech for citizens across the aisle.