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…
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Episode 99: Dedicated to Fight For The Next Yooper Generation w/ Christiana Reynolds
Here’s Episode 99 of Michigan’s premier progressive podcast! 00:00-14:24: Trump Visits Howell Pat opens the show talking about the first couple of days of the Democratic Party Convention in Chicago. He also shows how beloved Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is within the party. Then, he covers Dear Leader Trump’s sham of a “non-political event” this…
Episode 98: MAGA Promises Gutting of Min Wage; Austin Marsman On Bringing Gen Z Change To Lansing
Here’s Episode 98 of Michigan’s premier progressive podcast with Pat Johnston! 00:00-7:38: Weird MAGAS JV Vance/Matt Hall Pat talks about J.D. Vance (or J.V., as Pat calls him) visited Michigan again to unload another uninspired, dark, and untrue version of America that he and Dear Leader Trump envision. Pat then highlights weird MAGA Michigan Republican…
Episode 93: Democratic Rep. Carrie Rheingans On Keeping Michigan Trifecta Blue
Here’s Episode 93 of Michigan’s premier progressive podcast! 00:00-17:10: Pat’s talks about the debate within Michigan’s Democratic Party on whether or not President Joe Biden should step aside in the 2024 campaign. He repeats his take that Biden should step aside for the good of democracy. If he doesn’t, he hopes Joe proves him wrong!…
Friday Short: Republicans Believe Starving Kids Makes America Great
Here’s the Left of Lansing “Friday Short” for May 24, 2024. Congressional Republicans are trying to pass a new funding scheme that cuts the food stamps program by $30 billion in the next decade. And the unreal part about all of this is that a significant portion of rural Americans rely on the program! Michigan…
Rebalancing The Scales w/ Democratic Congressional Candidate Dr. Bob Lorinser
Here’s episode 87 of Michigan’s premier progressive podcast! Dr. Bob Lorinser is running to become the Democratic candidate for Michigan’s 1st congressional district, comprising of northern Michigan, and the entire U.P. He is trying to challenge Republican Congressman Jack Bergman for the second straight time after losing to Bergman in ’22. But Dr. Lorinser believes…
Going After Every Vote w/ Michigan Democratic Party Rural Caucus Chair Mark Ludwig
Here’s Episode 86 of Michigan’s premier progressive podcast! Pat’s got much to say about the shenanigans happening in Delta County this week! Just after three MAGA Delta County commissioners suffered humiliating recall election losses, two right-wing Board of Canvassers there refused to certify the elections! It’s a pattern we’ve been seeing when it comes to…
Building a Blue Foundation in the Upper Peninsula w/ Kelli van Ginhoven
Here’s Episode 84 of Michigan’s premier progressive podcast! One reason I started this venture is that I wanted to help show the importance of local and state politics. For sure, progressives have made some outstanding strides in terms of state politics with Democrats taking the state trifecta last year for the first time in four…
Left of Lansing Podcast–Episode 45: A New-New Deal Democrat with State Rep. Betsy Coffia
Here’s the 45th installment of Michigan’s premier progressive podcast! Democratic State Rep. Betsy Coffia from the 103rd District joins me this week. Rep. Coffia’s district contains Leelanau, Grand Traverse, and Benzie Counties. She’s been a journalist, a social worker, and a Grand Traverse County commissioner. And now, she’s in Lansing trying to make a difference…
Michigan GOP Hoping People Forget How We Got Here
State Republicans are trying their best to paint Governor Whitmer as a big-city-loving lawmaker who despises those of us who live in rural areas. The playbook has been used for years by Republicans, including the 2016 election. But as Rick Haglund writes in Michigan Advance, it’s kind of rich for Michigan Republicans to play this…
