{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Monday Musing: McMorrow Drops-Out of Michigan Senate Race","description":"Click here to donate $5 on Left of Lansing on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/15494297/join)\nhttps://www.patreon.com/15494297/join\n\nHere's the Left of Lansing \"Monday Musing\" for July 6, 2026!\n\nDemocratic State Senator Mallory McMorrow announces she's dropping-out of the Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate primary race.\n\nThat means it's just a two-person race between the progressive frontrunner, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, and Congresswoman \"Ms. AIPAC\" Haley Stevens.\n\nPat Johnston talks about the ramifications of McMorrow's announcement, and how he's not surprised how some Democratic officeholders, like Attorney General Dana Nessel, are suddenly rushing to support \"centrist\" Stevens.\n\nClick here to vote on LOL Weekly Poll: Is Democratic Socialism On the Rise?\n (https://www.patreon.com/LeftofLansing/posts/lol-weekly-poll-162692892?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)\nPlease, subscribe to the podcast, download each episode, and give it a good review if you can!\n\nleftoflansing@gmail.com\n\nLeft of Lansing is now on YouTube as well (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQQWjoUxWJCQwSDv-7jKpqQ) !\n\nMusic provided by Wanderbeats. To hear the latest project, visit Space Leopard on various streaming sites, or visit: https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceLeopard\nClick here to donate $5 on Left of Lansing on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/15494297/join)\nhttps://www.patreon.com/15494297/join\n\nNOTES:\n\n\"McMorrow suspends U.S. Senate campaign (https://michiganadvance.com/2026/07/05/mcmorrow-withdraws-from-u-s-senate-race/) .\" By Jon King of Michigan Advance\n\n\"Michigan AG drops all charges against seven pro-Palestinian protesters (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/05/michigan-dana-nessel-pro-palestinian-protesters) .\" By Tom Perkins of The Guardian\n\n#podcast #politics #Michigan #Progressives #DemocraticSocialism #Democrats #MalloryMcMorrow #AbdulElSayed #HaleyStevens #Senate #Election #CorporateCorruption #CorporateGreed #GovernmentCorruption #DanaNessel #Israel #AIPAC #Protesters #UofM #Palestinian #DTE #EpsteinClass #Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WorkingClass #WealthInequality #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Democracy #LeftofLansing","author_name":"Left of Lansing","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4988141-left-of-lansing","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43729326/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"95\" src=\"https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8924503/embed?v=202301\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"allowtransparency\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Audioboom player\" allow=\"autoplay\" sandbox=\"allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"></iframe>"}