The Unregulated Podcast

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss President Trump's visit to China, new personalities on Capitol Hill, the state of the American electorate, and more.

Links:

Trump China Trip:
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/13/world/trump-xi-summit-china

Fetterman: The New Manchin https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/05/07/sen-john-fetterman-im-not-leaving-democratic-party/

Has George Will Lost it? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/05/13/doug-ducey-presidential-announcement-imagined-by-george-will/

Many Americans think Trump assassination attempts were fake, survey finds Source: Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/05/11/trump-assassinations-staged-conspiracy/

Dems picked a real winner in Maine (The Man With the Nazi Tattoo): Graham Platner targets fuel tax, Big Oil in energy plan https://www.eenews.net/articles/graham-platner-targets-fuel-tax-big-oil-in-energy-plan/

Tweet of the week: https://x.com/KeithNHumphreys/status/2053846950051787127

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/