Here’s this week’s LoL Friday Short. Michigan Democrats are hoping to make the new and popular free public school breakfast and lunch program a permanent fixture in the education budget. But that’s making the right wing furious, not because of their daily abject cruelty, but because they know the program is a big hit with…
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Episode 67: Kasey Helton and the Michigan “Dirt Road Democrats”
Here’s the 67th, and the final episode for 2023, on Michigan’s premier progressive podcast! Livingston County progressive activist Kasey Helton returns to the podcast this week as we discuss how “dirt road” Democrats are trying to move the political needle towards the progressive side in rural Michigan. And we’ve seen some of that hard work…
Friday Short: Michigan Energy “Regulators” Give Big Energy Another Win Over The People
Listen to this week’s Left of Lansing “Friday Short.” Right after its inexplicable decision to build a tunnel around the Line 5 oil pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac, the Michigan Public Service Commission granted DTE Energy’s rate hike request totalling over $360 million. Despite DTE being part of the reason why Michigan has the…
Episode 66: Pushing The Overton Window w/ Democratic State Rep. Emily Dievendorf
It’s Episode 66 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! This week, I can’t hold back my disdain for the Michigan Public Service Commission’s decision to green-light an expensive, and short-sighted, tunnel project for the stretch of the 70-year old Line 5 oil pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac. Despite studies showing why the pipeline must stop…
Episode 65: Long Overdue (and imperfect) Clean Energy Future Is Michigan Law
Here’s episode 65 of Michigan’s premier progressive podcast! Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed some long overdue, albeit imperfect, clean energy legislation into law this week. I’ve covered the path The Clean Energy and Jobs Act had to take in Lansing throughout the year on the podcast. And while I believe Democrats missed an opportunity to…
Left Of Lansing Friday Short: MI Dems’ Clean Energy Bills Imperfect, But an Important Step
Listen to my LoL “Friday Short” on while the Michigan Democrats’ clean energy bills are indeed imperfect, they mark an important step towards much-needed changes in the state’s energy and economic future. Yes, the bills fall short in many areas, like considering natural gas “clean energy,” and ignoring environmental justice provisions to help those in…
Left of Lansing Friday Short: Could Michigan Become a Death with Dignity State?
The Left of Lansing Friday Short this week applauds a trio of state Senate Democrats (Mary Cavenagh of Redford Twp., Kevin Hertel of St. Clair Shores, and Veronica Klinefelt of Eastpoint) for introducing the Death with Dignity Act. If passed, Michigan would become the 11th state to grant terminally ill patients the power to make…
Episode 62: MAGA Keeps Losing On Abortion Rights, and My Defense of Rashida Tlaib
It’s episode 62 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! MAGA Republicans suffered another beatdown at the polls this past Election Day, and once again, abortion rights proved to be the key reason. Abortion rights scored a major victory in Ohio, and played a major role in Democrats retaining the Virginia state legislature. Yet, MAGA is doubling-down…
Left of Lansing “Monday Musing.” MAGA Fights For Statues, But Not Books
In this week’s “Monday Musing,” I discuss an amendment introduced by Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor-Green would block the removal of monuments. MTG and her MAGA allies are outraged Charlottesville, Virginia decided to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. That statue was the focus of what led to the killing of a protester…
Episode 61: UAW Win; Michigan Dems Strengthen Abortion Rights; Arab Americans Leaving Biden
Welcome to Episode 61 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Politics! This week, I breakdown how the right wing Republican Party has always worked on behalf of the elite class to eliminate government assistance for working Americans. They’ve done it by whittling-down the New Deal and Great Society programs through the years, and they’ve done it using…
