Another brand new episode of The Left of Lansing Podcast is posted! This week, Dave Wagner from the Indivisible Michigan joins the podcast. Indivisible Michigan is fighting to turn Michigan’s state legislature not only blue, but deep progressive blue as it highlights candidates with progressive spines. We talk about how Indivisible started, how it’s changing…
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The Right Wing Cries As Whitmer Fights Back
Another spot-on take by Susan Demas. For years, right-wing corporate media told me we had to cut, cut, and cut the budget some more. But when @GovWhitmer cut pork spending in northern, Republican districts, the same peeps are now crying & complaining. Irony is dead. https://t.co/X6HWfT8Acd — LeftOfLansing (@LeftOfLansing) October 12, 2019 It’s been both…
Left of Lansing Podcast: Episode 22–Pat Explains How Koch-Devos Have Failed Everyone
This week’s Left of Lansing Podcast has been posted! I go solo this week, and I use David Koch’s death to describe how Koch-Devos policies have failed everyone! The Koch Brothers and the Devos family have pressed for massive tax breaks for them and their ilk while hurting the rest of the country, and the…
Yes, Gas Taxes Suck, But What’s The Alternative?
As I stated in my weekly podcast, I’m not crazy about Governor Whitmer’s 45-cent tax increase either. Like my guest, Democratic state Rep. Laurie Pohutsky correctly described it, the proposed tax is regressive. The tax really won’t hurt rich Michiganders, but it will affect the rest of us in a negative way. Which is why…
