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…
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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…
Friday Short: Teamsters Damage Own Brand By Not Backing Harris
Here’s the Left of Lansing Friday Short for September 20, 2024. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is in danger of damaging itself into perpetuity because of its fear of the possibility of either another Dear Leader Trump administration, or that the next President of the United States will be a black woman. Or both. The…
Episode 102: Harris Destroys and Embarrasses Dear Leader In Debate
Here’s Episode 102 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-23:27: Harris-Trump Debate Reaction In the first segment, Pat begs the Elissa Slotkin campaign to help push her candidacy for the U.S. Senate by sending-out yard signs to rural Democrats across the state. It’s a crucial race, and we progressives want to help her defeat “Florida” Mike…
Friday Short: How Harris Can Put Trump On Defense On Immigration
Here’s the Left of Lansing “Friday Short” for August 30, 2024. Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign has done a stellar job at keeping Dear Leader Trump and the Republicans on the defensive since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee. One area where Harris and her campaign could improve, and really put Dear Leader on the defensive,…
Episode 100: Building A Better Way w/ Democrat Clint St. Mosley for Michigan’s 9th!
Here’s Episode 100 of Michigan’s premier progressive podcast! And what a show we have in-store for your on this monumental episode! 00:00-9:35: Michigan Reading Scores/Corp. Price-Gouging The episode opens-up by sharing the news that third-grade reading efficiency is at a 10-year low in Michigan. That’s not good news at all, and of course, MAGA Michigan…
Friday Short: Kamala Harris Reclaims Patriotism And The Future For Democrats
Here’s the Left of Lansing “Friday Short” for August 23, 2024. Vice President Kamala Harris gave her acceptance speech as the Democratic Party’s nominee for President last night at her party’s convention in Chicago, Illinois. While parts of her speech were questionable, on the whole, Harris delivered and memorable and effective speech. Most importantly, Harris…
Monday Musing: It’s Pro-Worker Harris Vs. Corporate Stooge Trump
Here’s the Left of Lansing “Monday Short” for August 19, 2024. Vice President Kamala Harris introduced a rather solid populist, progressive, common sense, and popular economic agenda last week. Tax breaks to build three-million homes, $25k to help first-time homeowners with a down payment, $6k if a low-income and middle class family has a baby,…
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…
Friday Short: Another Week of MAGA’s Fake Populism On Display!
Here’s the Left of Lansing Friday Short for August 2, 2024. It’s another week where MAGA Republicans’ fake populism stance stood exposed once again. Michigan MAGA Republicans are outraged over a State Supreme Court ruling that Republicans acted unconstitutionally in blocking and watering-down minimum wage increase and earned paid sick leave ballot proposals in 2018….