{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Friday Short: Vote Blue No Matter Who...Unless Progressives Win?","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 \"Friday Short\" for July 24, 2026.\n\nA couple of Michigan Democratic Party establishment members either announced they can't support a more progressive nominee, or that a progressive candidate is misogynist.\n\nLOL's Pat Johnston illustrates how Democratic \"centrist\" Congresswoman Hillary Scholten, and former Democratic Attorney General candidate, Karen McDonald, are showing all of us that the entire \"Vote Blue No Matter Who\" mantra was completely one-sided.\n\nTo hear the complete episode featuring LOL's \"Show Voice\" Jessica Shepherd:\nhttps://audioboom.com/posts/8931343-pat-johnston-w-the-lol-show-voice-jessica-shepherd\n\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\"Michigan Democrat Refuses to Say She’ll Support El-Sayed If He Wins His Primary In Blistering Interview (https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/michigan-democrat-refuses-to-say-shell-support-el-sayed-if-he-wins-his-primary-in-blistering-interview/) .\" By Alex Griffing of Mediaite\n\n\"Karen McDonald sounds off state Democratic Party, needs clearer understanding of where party is heading. (https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/karen-mcdonald-sounds-off-state-democratic-party-wont-publicly-support-ag-nominee?taid=6a5fec0122b42c00015254e7&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter) \" By Charlie Langton & Jack Nisson of Fox 2 Detroit News\n\n#podcast #politics #progressive #Michigan #Democrats #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #PeteHegseth #Election #Senate #AbdulElSayed #WorkingClass #unions #JessicaShepherd #HaleyStevens #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #AIPAC #IranWar #Israel #EliSavit#CitizensUnited #Line5  #EpsteinClass #Authoritarianism #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/43758805/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"95\" src=\"https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8932125/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>"}