January 30, 2025 Here’s Episode 118 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-14:16: Peters Not Running/MAGA Misinformation Machine Pat starts out of the gate lamenting about Michigan Democrats joining MAGA Republicans on watering-down minimum wage and paid sick leave in the state. He next turns his attention to Michigan Democrats in Congress, like Congresswoman Kristin McDonald-Rivet…
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Michigan Democratic State Rep. Betsy Coffia Refuses To Capitulate
January 22, 2025 Here’s Episode 117 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-15:29: Pat’s Mom’s Passing & Influence In the first segment, Pat Johnston talks about his Mom passing away last week, and the major influence she played in his political and news upbringing. Like Pat, his Mom wore her politics and values on her sleeve,…
Final 2024 Episode: Which Path Will Democrats Take In 2025?
Here’s Episode 115 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-26:52: Where Will Democrats Go In 2025? Pat begins his final monologue of 2024 wondering what, or if, the Democratic Party in Michigan, and across the country, has learned anything after its deflating defeat to MAGA Republicanism in the election. Judging from how the D.C. Democratic leadership…
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….
This Election Is Freedom vs. Fascism, and Normalcy vs. More MAGA Insanity
Here’s Episode 109 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-21:06: Democracy vs. Fascism We’re just a few days away from the biggest and most consequential election since Abraham Lincoln’s victory in 1860. It’s amazing how the United States is close to installing a true fascist movement into the White House. But Pat gives some optimism and…
Voting To Save Michigan’s and America’s Future w/ Sam Inglot of Progress Michigan
Here’s Episode 108 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-19:07: Trump’s Fascism/Rick Snyder’s Sad Pat Johnston begins the episode talking about how Dear Leader Trump’s former Chief Of Staff, John Kelly, called his former boss a fascist. And even though Trump has praised Hitler, the MAGA Republican Party continue to rush to his defense. That’s why…
Harris Leads Trump In Michigan; EV Cars; Slotkin-Rogers Debate; And Why Dirt Road Dems Are Vital
Here’s Episode 106 of Michigan’s premier progressive podcast. 00:00-30:45: Harris Leads Trump in MI/Slotkin-Rogers Senate Debate Pat’s got lots to say this week about the presidential race in Michigan, and why Harris is now leading Trump in the Michigan polls. He talks about Trump-Vance’s anti-EV Car stance, which is also another anti-union stance. But it’s…
Episode 104: MAGA “Policies” Will Hurt Michigan’s Economy, and The Smearing Of Rashida Tlaib
Here’s Episode 104 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-19:15: MAGA Plans To Destroy Economy & Women’s Freedoms The award-winning Pat Johnston highlights Project 2025’s goals to destroy unions if Dear Leader Trump gets back into office. He also stresses the importance of the Michigan Supreme Court races, and to vote for Kyra Harris Bolden and…
Episode 103: Dr. Josh Cowen on Billionaire School Voucher Scheme
Here’s Episode 103 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-14:28: Huckabee-Sanders Weirdness/Abortion & IVF/Yard Signs We begin this week criticizing Arkansas MAGA Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee-Sanders’s attack on Vice President Kamala Harris for not having biological kids while attending a Dear Leader Trump rally in Flint, MI. Pat then exposes the hypocrisy of the White Christian…
Monday Musing: Monday Musing: Weird MAGA Will Run Republicans Even After Trump
Here’s the Left of Lansing Monday Musing for September 16, 2024! There’s a belief that the weird, warped, right-wing MAGA will disappear after Dear Leader is defeated and gone. Nothing could be further from the truth. Just look at the absurd lengths many in MAGA World will go to protect Dear Leader Trump now. That…
