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Kasey Helton on Why Democrats Must Return To Working Class Roots

Here’s Episode 111 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-15:36: Democrats Losing Working Class In the opening segment, Pat Johnston talks about how Democrats are losing the working class, and why it’s unconscionable since Trump & MAGA’s policies help only the rich, corporate donor class. Pat highlights how one progressive Michigan Democratic State House Representative won…

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Post-Election Fallout: America Chooses More Trump & More MAGA

#Election2024 #Politcs #Progressives #Michigan #Republicans #Democrats Here’s Episode 110 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast. Pat gives his insights into America choosing four more years of Donald Trump and MAGA politics, and Michiganders giving the state House majority to MAGA Republicans as well. Where do progressives and the Democratic Party go from here? Pat shares thoughts….

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Friday Short: Final EPIC-MRA Poll Shows Harris/Slotkin Leads

Here’s the Left of Lansing “Friday Short” for November 1, 2024. The final EPIC-MRA-Detroit Free Press poll shows Kamala Harris leading Trump by three-percentage points. Harris has seen improved numbers within the African American community, and with women voters, in general. Meanwhile, Democrat Elissa Slotkin has opened-up a 5% lead over MAGA Republican “Florida” Mike…

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Friday Short: Gen Z Men Are Getting Played By Trump/MAGA

Here’s the Left of Lansing “Friday Short” for October 25, 2024. As some polls suggest that Trump and MAGA Republicans are making some inroads with Generation Z men, Pat wonders what can be done to dissuade these young men from going down the White Christian Nationalist Dude-bro MAGA Republican path. Maybe it’s what Paul Waldman…

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Monday Musing: Don’t Be Fooled By Michigan MAGA’s Silence On Abortion Bans

Here’s the Left Of Lansing “Monday Musing” for October 21, 2024! Michigan MAGA Republican candidates are real quiet this year when it comes to abortion rights, or in their case, banning abortion rights. Despite spending years fighting to ban abortion care altogether, these same people are suddenly telling voters that abortion bans are not on…

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Friday Short: Trump’s Trashing of Detroit Is Working…For Kamala Harris

Here’s the Left of Lansing “Friday Short” for October 18, 2024! Dear Leader Trump doubled-down on trashing the City of Detroit this week, saying if Vice President Kamala Harris wins the election, the entire country will look like Detroit. And then there’s former New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie attacking our beloved Detroit Lions, especially…

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Monday Musing: Harris Offers Elder Care Plan; Media Yawns

Here’s the Left of Lansing “Monday Musing” on October 14, 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled a new plan where Medicare would cover the costs for in-home elder care, and also for people with disabilities. Nine in 10 Americans say they’re unable to cover the costs to care for a senior family member, which is…

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Friday Short: Jill Stein Wants More Trump, More MAGA

Here’s the Left of Lansing “Friday Short” for October 11, 2024. The “Abandon Harris” campaign this week officially endorsed Green Party presidential nominee, Jill Stein, in Dearborn, MI. But one of the co-founder’s of the campaign clearly explained the point of the movement: to hand the state of Michigan to Dear Leader Trump this November….

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Monday Musing: Harris’s Smart non-Traditional Media Strategy Is Brilliant

Here’s the Left of Lansing “Monday Musing” for October 7, 2024. Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign has been playing a bit prevent defense for my taste of late, but she seems to be getting back on the offense in a smart and calculated way. Along with making appearances on CBS’s “60 Minutes” this week, Harris is also…

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