The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 374 of the In The Tank Podcast. The ITT crew starts off talking about a new analysis from the Socialism Research Center showing how 90% of candidates endorsed by various socialists groups won election in the 2022 midterms. Then they discuss the ongoing protests that are boiling over in China due, in large part, to the country’s strict zero-COVID policies. Also, why is Apple threatening Twitter while seemingly providing cover the Chinese Communist Party?

OPENING CHIT CHAT

Socialism Watch: 2022 Midterms
https://www.heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/an-analysis-of-socialist-candidates-in-the-2022-midterm-election

MAIN TOPIC – CHINA PROTESTS WHILE ELITES PROVIDE COVER

BBC – China plans ‘crackdown’ after Covid protests
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-63796135

WSJ – China’s Failed Covid Vaccine Nationalism
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-failed-vaccine-nationalism-sinovac-sinopharm-zero-covid-pfizer-moderna-xi-jinping-11669759952

NYT – ‘Breach of the Big Silence’: Protests Stretch China’s Censorship to Its Limits
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/business/china-protests-censorship-video.html

NYT – China’s Dramatic Dissent
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/briefing/china-protests-covid.html

The Hill – Biden treads lightly in response to COVID protests in China
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3755371-biden-treads-lightly-in-response-to-covid-protests-in-china/

CNBC – Apple limited a crucial AirDrop function in China just weeks before protests
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/30/apple-limited-a-crucial-airdrop-function-in-china-just-weeks-before-protests.html

CNBC – Elon Musk claims Apple has threatened to remove the Twitter app
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/28/elon-musk-claims-apple-has-threatened-to-remove-the-twitter-app-.html

Michael Tracey – Twitter Policy in 2015
https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1597392181341589504

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