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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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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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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.

One would think the further Oh...
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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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Here&#39;s the Monday Musing for June 10, 2024

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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131: Friday Short: Trump Verdict Reveals Entire Michigan GOP&#39;s Extremism
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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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129: Monday Musings: Trump&#39;s Disgusting &quot;Human Scum&quot; Memorial Day Message
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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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128: Friday Short: Republicans Believe Starving Kids Makes America Great
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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/) .

And the unreal part about all of this is that a significant portion of rural Amer...
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127: Rebalancing The Scales w/ Democratic Congressional Candidate Dr. Bob Lorinser
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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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126: Monday Musing: Democrats Must Run Against Supreme Court!
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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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125: Friday Short: Delta County MAGA--like all MAGA--Try To Thwart Democracy
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Here&#39;s this week&#39;s Left of Lansing &quot;Friday Short&quot; for May 17, 2024.

Two MAGA Republican Board of Canvassers in Delta County are...
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123: Monday Musings: Finley Fixated On Transit Past
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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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122: Friday Short: Michigan AG Nessel Takes-On Big Oil!
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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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Here&#39;s Episode 85 of Michigan&#39;s premier progressive podcast!

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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120: Monday Musings: The Chatfield Criminal Enterprise Goes To The Derby!
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#Michigan #Politics #Progressives #Law #MichiganRepublicans #Republicans #ChristianNationalism #DanaNessel #MAGA #LeftofLansing #Podcast

Here&#39;s the Left of Lansing Monday Musing for May 6, 2024

Former Michigan Republican Lee Chatfield, and his wife, Stephanie, pled not guilty to running a criminal enterprise, which includes numerous embezzlement and conspiracy charges.

Yet, despite facing th...
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Here&#39;s the Left of Lansing &quot;Friday Short&quot; for May 3, 2024.

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.

And for some, refusing to vote for a second Biden Administration t...
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Here&#39;s Episode 84 of Michigan&#39;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 decades! But on the local political side, the right-wing has enj...
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117: Episode 83: Salon&#39;s Amanda Marcotte on Fascism &amp; The Christian Nationalist Movement
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Here&#39;s episode 83 of Michigan&#39;s premier progressive podcast!

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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116: Friday Short: Investing in People Really Works! April 19, 2024
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Here&#39;s this week&#39;s LoL Friday Short for this April 19, 2024

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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115: Episode 82: Transforming the Social Contract with Rx Kids in Flint
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Here&#39;s Episode 82 of Michigan&#39;s premier progressive podcast!

It&#39;s another week.

That means it&#39;s another episode of the Republican Crime Syndicate!

Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel announced several charges against former Michigan Republican state House Speaker Lee Chatfield, and his wife, Stephanie, for operating a criminal enterprise! Just like Chatfield&#39;s hero, Dear Leader Trump, he...
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114: Friday Short: Making Michigan Charter Schools Accountable Is Long Overdue
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Here&#39;s this week&#39;s LoL &quot;Friday Short&quot; for this April 12, 2024.

The Michigan Board of Education passed a resolution this week asking the Democratic majority in the state legislature to pass laws requiring more transparency and accountability when it comes to charter schools.

For years, charter schools haven&#39;t had to play by the same rules as public schools when it comes to accountability, even...
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113: Episode 81: Don&#39;t Believe the Hype on Corporate Subsidies w/ Bridge Magazine&#39;s Paula Gardner
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Here&#39;s Episode 81 of Michigan&#39;s premier progressive podcast!

On this week&#39;s episode, Pat talks about &quot;Florida&quot; Mike Rogers&#39; audacity to run for Michigan&#39;s open Senate seat this Fall even though he hasn&#39;t lived in this state for years (because he wanted to make lobbying cash), and he&#39;s registered to vote in both Florida and Michigan (https://www.newsweek.com/michigan-republican-candidate-living...
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Here&#39;s Episode 80 of Michigan&#39;s premier progressive podcast!

This week, Pat takes the Michigan Republicans to task, and the handful of right-wing Michigan sheriffs, who stood on stage with Donald Trump this week in Grand Rapids. Trump showed-up in our state to exploit the death of Ruby Garcia, who was shot and killed by someone she knew. The alleged killer is an illegal immigrant, and that&#39;s a...
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Time for the LoL &quot;Friday Short&quot; on this March 29, 2024

Michigan Republican State Rep. Matt Maddock baselessly claimed on &quot;X&quot; that buses at Detroit Metro Airport were filled with &quot;illegal invaders! (https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/rep-maddock-decried-illegal-invaders-at-the-detroit-airport-they-were-college-basketball-players-arriving-for-the-sweet-16/) &quot; The only problem with such a claim? ...
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It&#39;s episode 79 of Michigan&#39;s premier progressive podcast with the award-winning Pat Johnston!

Pat&#39;s guest this week is Lou Glazer from Michigan Future, Inc (https://michiganfuture.org/) ., which is a nonprofit, and nonpartisan organization that focuses on helping Michigan succeed in a knowledge-based economy. And as Lou says, Michigan Future is also trying to make Michigan a more prosperous s...
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Here&#39;s this week&#39;s Left of Lansing &quot;Friday Short.&quot;

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel&#39;s office argued in a federal appellate court (https://michiganadvance.com/2024/03/21/michigan-attorney-general-argues-line-5-lawsuit-should-be-sent-back-to-state-court/) that the fight to shut down the Line 5 oil pipeline belongs in a state court, and not in federal court.

Enbridge, which owns the pipelin...
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Welcome to Episode 78 of Michigan&#39;s Premier Progressive Podcast!

Democratic State Representative, and House Majority Whip, Ranjeev Puri (https://housedems.com/ranjeev-puri/) talks with Pat on a host of issues, including some key bills he helped pass the state legislature last year, such as gun safety, clean energy and climate bills, water filtration in schools and daycare centers, and more. Th...
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Here&#39;s this week&#39;s LoL Friday Short!

Members of the Michigan Republican &quot;Freedom Caucus&quot; in the State House introduced a resolution to censure House Speaker Joe Tate (https://michiganadvance.com/2024/03/05/michigan-freedom-caucus-members-want-to-censure-speaker-tate/) .

Tate, who became the state&#39;s first Black House Speaker last year, stripped state Rep. Josh Shriver of his committee assignme...
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106: Episode 77: TikTok Ban, MAGA Violence, &amp; Right Wing Cognitive Dissonance
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Here&#39;s Episode 77 of Michigan&#39;s premier progressive podcast!

Vote on this week&#39;s Left of Lansing Online Poll (https://twitter.com/LeftOfLansing/status/1768136211967639877) via Twitter or X: Does Social Media help or hurt the political process?

On this week&#39;s show, Pat talks about how Alabama Republican Senator Katie Britt&#39;s ridiculous and disturbing State of the Union response showed how the ...
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I continue my examination into the different aspects of White Christian Nationalism by concentrating on Alabama Republican Senator Katie Britt&#39;s response (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTfK6r9WrQE) to President Joe Biden&#39;s strong State Of The Union address this week.

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104: Episode 76: The History of White Christian Nationalism w/ Dr. Sara Moslener
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It&#39;s episode 76 of Michigan&#39;s premier progressive podcast!

Lots of material in this week&#39;s episode, including Pat&#39;s examination of new Michigan GOP chair Pete Hoekstra&#39;s record as a former congressman, ambassador, Tea Party founder, Trump-backer, and lobbyist. Sure, Pete Hoekstra doesn&#39;t believe in demonic possession unlike his predecessor (at least, he hasn&#39;t publicly said he does) but there&#39;...
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103: Friday Short: GOP is All-In on National Abortion Ban
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Here&#39;s this week&#39;s LoL Short on the how the GOP is all-in on a national abortion ban.

Thanks to Distill Social for providing a video clip when they spoke with MAGA supporters (https://www.instagram.com/p/C3nLcaYOWYP/) before a recent Trump rally in Waterford, MI.

Republicans try to minimize and hide their true intentions when it comes to abortion care. But as the Alabama Supreme Court ruling ...
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102: Episode 75: Polluter Pay 2.0 w/ Sean McBrearty of Clean Water Action Michigan
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Here&#39;s the 75th episode of Michigan&#39;s premier progressive podcast.

We&#39;ve covered the ways Michigan Democrats are protecting the state&#39;s environment, and building a cleaner and more affordable energy future for both our environment and economy. Democrats also repealed the &quot;No stricter than federal&quot; law (https://www.michiganpublic.org/environment-climate-change/2023-07-28/no-stricter-than-federa...
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Last week, the Christian Nationalist Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embroys used in in vitro fertilization are &quot;children.&quot;

This is just another step in the attack on women&#39;s reproductive rights.

It&#39;s just not a national abortion ban these extremists are pushing. They want a ban on contraception, IVF, and also a ban on recreational sex.

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100: Episode 74: Fighting to move Delta County forward w/ Kelli van Ginhoven
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Here&#39;s episode 74 of Michigan&#39;s premier progressive podcast!

As we&#39;ve seen in our state, elections have consequences, especially on the state and local state side! I talk about how within a year, Michigan Democrats passed some much-needed legislation to move the state forward in terms of women&#39;s reproductive rights, worker rights, union rights, setting-up a robust clean energy future, and prot...
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Here&#39;s this week&#39;s Left of Lansing &quot;Friday Short.&quot;

Michigan Republican State Representative Josh Shriver was stripped of his committee assignments, and of his staff, after retweeting a racist tweet on the &quot;Great Replacement Theory,&quot; which pervades the radical, right wing world.

Naturally, Shriver&#39;s got his online defenders, but also defenders within the Michigan Republican Party. But make no ...
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98: Episode 73: Right Wing Tries To Repeal Law Allowing Renewable Energy Projects On Family Farms
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Here&#39;s Episode 73 of Michigan&#39;s Premier, Progressive Podcast!

As we&#39;ve covered on the show, Michigan Democrats passed a rather robust package of clean energy bills last year. Many of those laws will go into effect later this year, including the 100% clean energy standard by 2040, energy efficient programs, increases in the state&#39;s energy reduction program, and removing the power of local gover...
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97: Episode 72: New Michigan Gun Safety Laws w/ Dr. April Zeoli
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Here&#39;s episode 72 of Michigan&#39;s Premier Progressive Podcast!

In my opening segment this week, I talk about the appalling and Islamophobic Wall Street Journal column declaring Dearborn, MI as the &quot;America&#39;s Jihad Capital.&quot; Islamophobia within the right wing world never left, and it&#39;s putting lives in danger. I then cover some of the many new laws scheduled to go into effect in the state on Febr...
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96: Friday Short: How Is Rashida Tlaib Raising Over $3 Million in Campaign Donations? Easy. By Standing Up For People 
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Here&#39;s this week&#39;s LoL Friday Short.

It&#39;s being reported this week that Michigan Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has raised nearly $4-million in campaign contributions in the last three months. That&#39;s despite House Republicans censuring her last Fall for her stance against Israel&#39;s bombardment of the Gaza Strip. And that&#39;s despite being hung-out to dry by some in her own party.

But why...
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95: Episode 71: Interview w/ Susan Demas of Michigan Advance
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Here&#39;s episode 71 of Michigan&#39;s premier progressive podcast!

Please vote on this week&#39;s LoL Twitter Poll (https://twitter.com/LeftOfLansing/status/1752711976138977691) : What is the biggest winning issue for Michigan Democrats heading into the November election? If you have others, leave them in replies

Susan Demas, Editor-in-Chief of Michigan Advance (https://michiganadvance.com/) , joins Pa...
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Thanks for listening to this week&#39;s LoL Friday Short!

The Justice Department released a damning report citing &quot;cascading failures (https://apnews.com/article/uvalde-school-shooting-justice-department-report-police-16b59efa5c5015d685d917c3f0f26256) &quot; in the way authorities handled the Uvaldi school shooting massacre in 2022. Like other school shootings, this was another example where &quot;good guys...
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Here&#39;s episode 70 of Michigan&#39;s premier progressive podcast!

Please vote on this week&#39;s poll question (https://twitter.com/LeftOfLansing/status/1748022630874013950) : Polls show President Biden&#39;s losing to Donald Trump in Michigan. How do you feel about these numbers less than 10 months from Election Day?

On this week&#39;s episode, I cover how Democrats across the country have been given a beaut...
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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&#39;s making the right wing furious, not because of their daily abject cruelty, but because they know the program is a big hit with voting age parents. Also, they know a successful programs such as this ...
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Here&#39;s Episode 69 of Michigan&#39;s premier progressive podcast!

I&#39;m thrilled to have Democratic State Representative, and Speaker Pro Tempore, Laurie Pohutsky back on the show this week! We cover a range of topics including abortion rights, clean energy and climate change, if the Michigan Democratic Party&#39;s messaging machine is improving, the establishment and progressive factions of the party, a...
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