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Here&#39;s Episode 100 of Michigan&#39;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 (https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/08/28/reading-scores-at-10-year-low-f...
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Here&#39;s this week&#39;s Left of Lansing &quot;Monday Musing&quot; for August 26, 2024.

&quot;Florida&quot; Mike Rogers is hoping to become Michigan&#39;s next U.S. Senator after leaving our state for years to rake-in loads of cash in defense contractor lobbying.

Meanwhile, Democratic candidate, Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin who worked in military intelligence and then joined Congress to help improve the lives of Michigand...
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163: Friday Short: Kamala Harris Reclaims Patriotism And The Future For Democrats
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Here&#39;s the Left of Lansing &quot;Friday Short&quot; for August 23, 2024.

Vice President Kamala Harris gave her acceptance speech as the Democratic Party&#39;s nominee for President last night at her party&#39;s convention in Chicago, Illinois.

On the whole, Harris delivered and memorable and effective speech.

Most importantly, Harris has Trump and MAGA on the run because her campaign is playing Offense, somet...
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Here&#39;s Episode 99 of Michigan&#39;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&#39;s sham of a &quot;non-political event&quot; this week in Howell, MI. Why did Trump visit t...
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161: Monday Musing: It&#39;s Pro-Worker Harris Vs. Corporate Stooge Trump
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Here&#39;s the Left of Lansing &quot;Monday Short&quot; 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, an a $36-hundred child tax credit extension.

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Left of Lansing is tired of hearing &quot;old&quot; Republicans complain about MAGA since their actions of the last 50 years led to the MAGA takeover of their political party.

However, it&#39;s not because they despise the MAGA&#39;s policies since there&#39;s no daylight between either faction&#39;s policies. They despise how upfront and open MAGA is about their policies a...
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Here&#39;s Episode 98 of Michigan&#39;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 State Rep. Matt Hall, and how he&#39;s spe...
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Here&#39;s the Left of Lansing &quot;Monday Musing&quot; for August 12, 2024.

Gaza Protesters have been appearing at Harris/Walz rallies, just as they protested President Biden many times during his term.

While Left of Lansing agrees with the protesters, and has called for a ceasefire while also voting &quot;uncommitted&quot; in Michigan&#39;s presidential primary, LOL also says it&#39;s time for Gaza protesters to hold MAG...
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Here&#39;s episode 97 of Michigan&#39;s premier progressive podcast!

00:00-14:36: Harris Picks Tim Walz/MI Primary Results

Pat discusses why VP Kamala Harris made a brilliant pick to make Minnesota Governor Tim Walz her running mate atop the Democratic presidential ticket. Populism is taking over the country. Rather than shunning that move, Harris embraced it by choosing the common sense progressive ...
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Here&#39;s the Left of Lansing Monday Musing for August 5, 2024.

CNBC is reporting how Tesla and &quot;X&quot; owner Elon Musk&#39;s Pro-Trump Super Pac, called America PAC, is deceiving potential voters by claiming to help them to register to vote, only to keep their personal information while never helping them register (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/02/elon-musk-pac-voter-data-trump-harris.html?__source=share...
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155: Friday Short: Another Week of MAGA&#39;s Fake Populism On Display!
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Here&#39;s the Left of Lansing Friday Short for August 2, 2024.

It&#39;s another week where MAGA Republicans&#39; fake populism stance stood exposed once again.

Michigan MAGA Republicans are outraged over a State Supreme Court ruling that Republicans acted unconstitutionally (http://Minimum%20wage%20to%20increase%20after%20the%20Michigan%20Supreme%20Court%20strikes%20down%20legislative%20maneuver) in blo...
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154: Episode 96: Michigan in VP Buzz News, And Tech Oligarchs Line-Up w/ Trump-Vance
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Here&#39;s Episode 96 of Michigan&#39;s Premier Progressive Podcast!

00:00-20:56: Why Not Whitmer for Vice President?

While she has steadfastly refused to be Vice President Kamala Harris&#39; own pick for VP, some of us wonder, &quot;Why Not Whitmer (https://michiganadvance.com/2024/07/28/why-not-whitmer/) ?&quot; Michigan Advance&#39;s Editor-in-Chief, Susan Demas, joins the first segment to discuss how and why Michi...
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153: Monday Musing: Michiganders Aren&#39;t Buying MAGA Immigration Hate
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Here&#39;s the Left of Lansing Monday Musing for July 29th, 2024.

A recent WDIV-TV/Detroit News poll (https://www.clickondetroit.com/decision-2024/2024/07/26/new-polling-shows-where-michigan-voters-stand-on-senate-race-project-2025-immigration/) reveals that Michigan voters are split on Dear Leader Trump&#39;s plans to deport 11-million immigrants.

However, when asked if voters support a secure borde...
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152: Episode 95: Sarah May-Seward&#39;s Run To Unseat MAGA Extremist Matt Maddock
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Here&#39;s Episode 95 of Michigan&#39;s Premier Progressive Podcast!

00:00-14:21: Rally Against Project 2025/Biden Steps Down//Matt Maddock Extremism

Pat opens the show this week by talking about the Rally Against Project 2025 event (https://distillsocial.com/events/) happening across the state of Michigan on Saturday, July 27th. It&#39;s put-together by our good, progressive fans from Distill Social!

P...
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Here&#39;s the Left of Lansing Monday Musing for July 22, 2024.

President Joe Biden made his decision to drop-out of the race, and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee.

And as I suspected, with Biden doing the honorable thing, a new jolt of energy is reverberating across the Democratic Party voting base. It also allows us to stop the infighting, and turn our focus on ...
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Many Biden supporters argue that Democrats can&#39;t ask him to step aside, and they risk replaying the 1968 Democratic Convention, in which the eventual nominee, Hubert Humphrey, lost to Republican Richard Nixon.

But I feel like we&#39;re forgetting the events leading to the &#39;68 convention, and other reasons why it didn&#39;t help Democrats that year. However, ...
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Here&#39;s Episode 94 of Michigan&#39;s Premier Progressive Podcast!

00:00-14:36: Trump Shooting/MAGA Violence/Neil Friske

Pat opens the show talking about the assassination attempt on former President Trump, and how MAGA Republicans (with the help from corporate media) are trying to blame the Left for the shooting. It&#39;s an absurd attack considering how MAGA extremists have been using violent and thr...
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Here&#39;s the Monday Musing for July 15, 2024.

In the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, the MAGA movement is hoping it can be used to squash any kinds of dissent against the MAGA movement.

And it&#39;s hoping the corporate media will play a key role in making sure Democrats stay in line, and shut-up.

Please, subscribe to the podcast, download each episode, and give...
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Here&#39;s the Left of Lansing &quot;Friday Short&quot; for July 12, 2024.

Yes, I&#39;ve said my piece when it comes to what I believe President Biden should do this election. I think he should step aside to help the Democrats win. If I&#39;m wrong, and Biden and the Democrats win big this November, then I&#39;ll be the first one to admit I was wrong. And, I&#39;ll celebrate being wrong!

That being said, while the corpora...
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146: Episode 93: Democratic Rep. Carrie Rheingans On Keeping Michigan Trifecta Blue
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Here&#39;s Episode 93 of Michigan&#39;s premier progressive podcast!

00:00-17:10: Pat&#39;s talks about the debate within Michigan&#39;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&#39;t, he hopes Joe proves him wrong! But what Pat really wants the most is for Democrats to go ...
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Here&#39;s the Monday Musing for July 8, 2024

During the July 4th holiday weekend, right-wing MAGA Michigan Republican Congresswoman Lisa McClain tweeted a horrible video (https://x.com/LisaForCongress/status/1808871717239967880) where she blasted local Democrats for driving a Subaru during a parade in Clarkston.

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Here&#39;s the Left of Lansing Monday Musing for July 1, 2024.

Just days before we celebrate our independence from monarchy, the MAGA majority on the Supreme Court ruled that presidents are kings!

In a 6-3 ruling, the MAGA majority wrote that presidents are immune from laws if they are &quot;official&quot; acts, whereas they are not immune from &quot;unofficial&quot; acts.

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143: Friday Short: Good Abortion Rights News From Michigan This Week!
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Here&#39;s the Left of Lansing &quot;Friday Short&quot; for June 28, 2024

In what has been a rather bleak news for progressives and Democrats this week, there&#39;s been some good news on abortion rights in Michigan this week.

Proving, once again, that Michigan believes in the economic and health care freedoms of women.

After a Court of Claims ruling that Michigan&#39;s 24-hour waiting period for abortion care wa...
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142: Episode 92: Slate&#39;s Nitish Pahwa On Lansing&#39;s Political Power
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Here&#39;s Episode 92 of Michigan&#39;s premier progressive podcast!

Nitish Pahwa (https://slate.com/author/nitish-pahwa) is Slate&#39;s associate writer for business and tech, and he&#39;s a native Michigander. He grew-up around Lansing, and remembered what the political scene was like just a decade ago when MAGA Republicans had complete control of state government. That&#39;s why he&#39;s surprised to see how fast ...
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141: Monday Musing: If Gun Safety Laws Stop One Shooting, Then Michigan Democrats Did Right Thing
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A recent Bridge Michigan article (https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-splash-pad-shooter-was-known-risk-red-flag-law-didnt-stop-him) highlighted where red flag laws, which Michigan Democrats passed into law last year, didn&#39;t stop the horrific mass shooting at a Rochester Hills splash pad in Oakland County, MI.

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Here&#39;s the Left of Lansing Friday Short for June 21, 2024.

MAGA Republican state Representative Neil Friske of Charlevoix got arrested this week for allegedly chasing a worker at the Deja Vu strip club in Lansing with a gun.

No formal charges have been levied yet, but police are requesting three felony charges (https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2024/06/21/michigan-neil-friske-charges-...
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139: Episode 91: Public Transit Investment &amp; Pragmatic Progressivism w/ Democratic State Rep. Jason Morgan
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Here&#39;s Episode 91 of Michigan&#39;s premier progressive podcast!

00:00-16:12--Pat congratulates Michigan Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel on a major court victory for those fighting to shut down the Line 5 oil pipeline at the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac. Nessel successfully argued to have the case sent back to the state, giving Line 5 owner, Enbridge, a major setback as it tried to ha...
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138: Monday Musing: Charlie Kirk&#39;s MAGA White Christian Nationalism Is Close To Gaining Real Power
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Here&#39;s the Left of Lansing &quot;Monday Musing&quot; for June 17, 2024

The right-wing White Christian Nationalist activist group Turning Points USA showed-up in Detroit last weekend to spread its hateful and dangerous message to its followers.

Its leader, millennial wonderboy Charlie Kirk, is becoming the new face of right-wing extremism. But if he and his people are able to capture just a fraction of ...
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137: Friday Short: Ohio, Just Look To Michigan For Hope
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Here&#39;s the Left of Lansing &quot;Friday Short&quot; for June 14, 2024

A recent Wallethub survey (https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-the-best-economies/21697) revealed that Ohio has one of the worst state economies, ranking 42nd in the country which is the 10th worst state!

Michigan, meanwhile, is ranks 19th. That far surpasses both Ohio, and Indiana, which ranks 39th.

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136: Podcast Ep. 90: Paid Family Leave &amp; How To Even The Playing Field w/ Danielle Atkinson of Mothering Justice
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It&#39;s Episode 90 of Michigan&#39;s premier progressive podcast!

On this week&#39;s show, Pat speaks with Danielle Atkinson, executive director and founder (https://www.motheringjustice.org/team/danielle-atkinson) of Mothering Justice (https://www.motheringjustice.org/) , which is an organization working to empower mothers of color through public policy. Mothering Justice is part of a coalition demandin...
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135: Monday Musing: Michigan Republicans&#39; Deranged AR-15 As State Gun Bill
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Michigan Republicans in the state House introduced a bill making the AR-15 the official state rifle (https://x.com/SenPolehanki/status/1799126043971952777) . They introduced it on the week of Gun Violence Awareness Day.

And they introduced it for two reasons: To own the libs, and to show the libs how they&#39;re ready to take over power through violence,...
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Here&#39;s the Left of Lansing Friday Short for June 7, 2024

The Guardian&#39;s Jon Henley wrote about a study conducted by European political scientists, which showed when center-left parties in Europe adopt right-wing policies, the center-left parties suffer at the polls.

These researchers conclude that when center-left parties move further to the center, they end up failing to capture right-wing v...
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Here&#39;s episode 89 of Michigan&#39;s premier progressive podcast.

Happy Conviction Week!

Michigan Republicans continue having a collective meltdown after their Dear Leader was found guilty of committing 34 felonies in New York. Republicans call the trial a &quot;sham,&quot; and &quot;un-American,&quot; as they keep degrading our judicial system. Pat shares the unhinged statements from many Michigan Republicans in bot...
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Here&#39;s the Monday Musing for June 3, 2024

Democrats are in trouble of diluting and mixing their campaign messaging when it comes to the serious threat Trump and the Republicans are to democracy.

Democrats must be firm and consistent with their messaging in order to ensure Democrats keep not only the Michigan Legislature blue, but to ensure Democrats keep or gain state legislative seats throug...
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Here&#39;s the Left of Lansing &quot;Friday Short&quot; for May 31, 2024

The entire Michigan Republican Party is revealing its fascist and authoritarianism ways by its reactions to Dear Leader Trump being found GUILTY of all 34 felony counts of falsifying financial records to hide his payoffs to a porn star, which influenced the outcome of the 2016 election.

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Welcome to Episode 88 of Michigan&#39;s premier progressive podcast!

On this week&#39;s show, Pat has some fun at the expense of the big oil and land developer-backed group calling itself &quot;Citizens For Local Choice,&quot; which announced its hopes of putting a repeal of a renewable energy siting law on this November&#39;s ballot FAILED to garner enough signatures (https://michiganadvance.com/2024/05/29/initiat...
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Here&#39;s the Left of Lansing &quot;Monday Musings&quot; for May 27th, 2024.

On this Memorial Day, Dear Leader Trump sent-out this disgusting message on his Truth Social account (https://x.com/BidenHQ/status/1795117034302238818) .

His message didn&#39;t mention anything about remembering those who sacrificed their lives for this country. Dear Leader&#39;s message made it all about him, but it&#39;s not surprising con...
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Here&#39;s the Left of Lansing &quot;Friday Short&quot; 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 (https://michiganadvance.com/2024/05/24/u-s-house-panel-debates-nutrition-benefit-changes-in-gop-farm-bill-proposal/) .

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Here&#39;s episode 87 of Michigan&#39;s premier progressive podcast!

Dr. Bob Lorinser is running to become the Democratic candidate for Michigan&#39;s 1st congressional district (https://www.votedrbob.com/) , 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 &#39;22. But Dr. Lorinser believ...
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The Left of Lansing Monday Musing for May 20, 2024.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is once again in the news. This time, Alito is blaming his wife f...
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Here&#39;s this week&#39;s Left of Lansing &quot;Friday Short&quot; for May 17, 2024.

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Here&#39;s the Left of Lansing &quot;Monday Musings&quot; for May 13th, 2024!

Detroit News Editorial Page Editor Nolan Finley believes all this increased attention on mass transit upgrades in Michigan is a waste of time (Finley:%20Do%20we%20still%20need%20m...
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Here&#39;s the Left of Lansing &quot;Friday Short&quot; for May 10, 2024.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is planning to take the Big Oil industry to court (https://michiganadvance.com/2024/05/10/nessel-s...
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They did it!

Delta County voters sent pink slips to three extreme Christian Nationalist MAGA county commissioners in recall races this week! This is an area that&#39;s recently turned from blue to red, which is why that extreme brand of right-wing politics gained a hold of the county board. But after just one year in power, the people r...
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Former Michigan Republican Lee Chatfield, and his wife, Stephanie, pled not guilty to running a criminal enterprise, which includes numerous embezzlement and conspiracy charges.

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Generation Z voters are protesting at college campuses across the country, showing their dissatisfaction and disdain for the United States&#39; continued backing of the right-wing Israeli government.

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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 decades! But on the local political side, the right-wing has enj...
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Salon columnist Amanda Marcotte (https://www.salon.com/writer/amanda_marcotte) spends a few minutes talking with Pat about the Christian Nationalist Movement, and its ultimate goal of not just getting Dear Leader Trump back into power, but of ending religious freedom for all. Ms. Marcotte&#39;s written extensively on how Christian Nation...
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There&#39;s hope new legislation could be introduced in Lansing called The Working Parents Tax Credit. If passed, it could help around 250,000 Michigan kids in just one year.

Supporters say this tax credit would incentivize work, and reward working families, and recent polling shows widespread support for this proposal (https://michigana...
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