The Unregulated Podcast

Links:
California Progressives Want 'Big Oil' To Fix an Insurance Crisis Created by the State's Price Controls - Source: Reason - https://reason.com/2026/04/17/california-progressives-want-big-oil-to-fix-an-insurance-crisis-created-by-the-states-price-controls/

IPCC Admits Apocalyptic Climate Scenarios Are “Implausible” – Meaning Most Media Scare Stories Over Last 15 Years Are Officially Junk - Source - The Daily Skeptic - https://dailysceptic.org/2026/05/05/ipcc-admits-apocalyptic-climate-scenarios-are-implausible-meaning-most-media-scare-stories-over-last-15-years-are-officially-junk/

The heartland’s revenge: how AI is reindustrializing the American interior - Source: Freight Waves - https://www.freightwaves.com/news

Some Claim Foreign 'Dark Money' Is Funding Anti-Data Center Sentiment Across U.S. - Source: Cowboy State Daily - https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/05/05/foreign-dark-money-claims-collide-with-anger-over-wyoming-data-centers/

College Decision Day in an Era of Uncertainty - Source: AEI - https://www.aei.org/education/college-decision-day-in-an-era-of-uncertainty/?utm_campaign=21086878-DIGITAL_NLR%20AEI%20Today&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--VM5GIYdD5ZMy-LFWXUVik8stfaQseXhsOOnwLuhYSd0MhsoBbk1SWy28PtJnKgcvZRqq6xocAhTb8w3eFD4II76-69w&_hsmi=417170714&utm_content=417170714&utm_source=hs_email

Links:

UAE leaves OPEC in major blow to global oil producers' group
Source: Reuters
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2026/04/28/uae-leaves-opec-global-oil-producers-group/89835181007/

GM Has Delayed Its Next-Gen Full-Size EV Trucks and SUVs
Source - Motortrend: https://www.motortrend.com/news/gm-full-size-ev-trucks-suvs-delayed

‘Crisis of historic magnitude': Mamdani says State should help with multi-billion budget gap
Source: NBC News New York
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/mamdani-state-help-new-york-city-multi-billion-budget-gap/6495407/

4 deadlines that could shape Trump’s next 5 weeksSource: Politico - https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/26/white-house-deadlines-calendar-fisa-iran-00889912?nname=playbook&nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&nrid=07cca3da-d15b-40f5-a5b3-82d8a7aaac74

#271: Dead Like Disco (4/22/26)

Guest: Lucian (Lou) Pugliaresi is President of the Energy Policy Research Foundation.
https://eprinc.org

Links:

Trump mulls extending waiver to ease U.S. oil shipments
Source: Axios
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/22/trump-oil-jones-act-waiver?utm_source=x&utm_medium=owned_social&utm_campaign=editorial

Phillips 66 and Kinder Morgan advance Western Gateway refined products pipeline project following successful open season
Source: Hydrocarbon Processing
https://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/phillips-66-and-kinder-morgan-advance-western-gateway-refined-products-pipeline-project-following-successful-open-season/

Why Develop the Social Cost of Blackouts?
Source: Energy Bad Boys
https://energybadboys.substack.com/p/the-price-of-darkness-a-first-look?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1664779&post_id=194442624&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=2sdhe&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

DOJ charges Southern Poverty Law Center with fraud for paying white supremacist groups $3M to ‘stoke racial hatred’
Source: New York Post
https://nypost.com/2026/04/21/us-news/doj-charges-southern-poverty-law-center-with-fraud-for-paying-white-supremacist-groups-3m-to-stoke-racial-hatred/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost

When the President of the AAUP Calls Colleagues “Clowns”
Source: AEI - Samuel Abrams and Steven McGuire
https://www.aei.org/society-and-culture/when-the-president-of-the-aaup-calls-colleagues-clowns/

#270: 72 Hours (4/20/26)

Links:

Trump, Pope Leo escalate feud over Iran war
Source: Washington Times
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/13/trump-pope-leo-escalate-feud-iran-war/

White House message to oil CEOs: Pump more oil
Source: Politico Pro
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/04/top-trump-officials-call-on-oil-ceos-as-prices-pinch-voters-00874147

AlphaGen Withdraws Retirement Notices for Gowanus & Narrows Generating Stations Following NYISO Reliability Determinations
Source: Press release from AlphaGen: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/alphagen-withdraws-retirement-notices-for-gowanus--narrows-generating-stations-following-nyiso-reliability-determinations-302743905.html

Ari Natter BGOV - US Rejects CenterPoint’s Bid to Close Indiana Coal Plant
https://www.bgov.com/news/TDLH0MKGIFSQ

Dems race to distance themselves from Swalwell amid allegations of rape, assault
Source: The Hill
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5831300-eric-swalwell-sexual-misconduct-allegations-democrats-metoo/

Cruz says Trump ‘spoke to me seriously’ about Supreme Court vacancies
Source: The Hill
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5834037-ted-cruz-trump-supreme-court/

Republicans might treat DHS reconciliation as ‘wish list’ opportunity: Sarah Bedford
Source: Washington Examiner
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/4532443/republicans-dhs-reconciliation-wish-list-sarah-bedford/

#269: Referendum (4/12/26)

Links:

US fuel exports hit record in March as Asia, Europe sought to replace Middle East supplies
Source: Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-fuel-exports-hit-record-march-asia-europe-sought-replace-middle-east-supplies-2026-04-01/

Disappearing Wind and Solar Cost Texans $766 Million Extra in 17 Hours
Source: Energy Bad Boys
https://energybadboys.substack.com/p/disappearing-wind-and-solar-cost

Maine's highest court strikes down ranked choice voting expansion
Source: The Center Squarehttps://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maines-highest-court-strikes-down-193800924.html

Trump endorses Steve Hilton in California governor's race
Source: Politico

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/06/trump-endorses-steve-hilton-in-california-governors-race-00859470?nname=playbook-pm&nid=0000015a-dd3e-d536-a37b-dd7fd8af0000&nrid=0000014e-f102-dd93-ad7f-f9072a680001

Trump administration has plan to privatize more TSA airport checkpoints
Source: Fox News
https://fox11online.com/news/nation-world/trump-administration-has-plan-to-privatize-more-tsa-security-checkpoints-airport-security-air-travel-homeland-security-screening-partnership-program-federal-workers-privatization

Gov. Healey's Energy Donuts: https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2041419466198688034?s=12&t=a-7C8pWh0d6aHfECQMnMDw