{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Monday Musing: Trump Declares High Gas Prices Are Worth It","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 August 17, 2026!\n\nLast week, Dear Leader Trump told working class Americans paying over $4 per gallon of gas is worth it because the Iran War is good, or something.\n\nThat's how little those in the billionaire Epstein Class really care about us, as LOL's Pat Johnston explains.\n\nOh, does Florida Mike Rogers agree that it's \"worth it\" for working class Michiganders to pay over $4 for gas, so that way we can continue have this unending and unwinnable War on Iran?\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\nClick here to vote on this week's LOL Poll on TV ads!\n (https://www.patreon.com/LeftofLansing/posts/lol-weekly-poll-166538786)\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\"CBS News poll on whether Democrats split over socialism, and how Americans see parties in today's economy (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrats-socialism-economy-political-parties-opinion-poll/) .\" By Anthony Salvanto of CBS News\n\n\"As gas prices go up in Michigan, president urges people to pay it (https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2026/08/17/michigan-gas-prices/91335542007/) .\" By Frank Witsil of The Detroit Free Press\n\n#podcast #politics #progressives #Michigan #Democrats #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #Election #Primary #DemocraticSocialism #Senate #AbdulElSayed #MikeRogers #WorkingClass #unions #WorkersRights #MedicareForAll #Medicaid #BigBeautifulBill #MikeRogers #DataCenters #AI #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Populism #AIPAC #IranWar #Israel  #CorporateClass #DemocraticSocialism #Fascism #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/43795702/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"95\" src=\"https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8942288/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>"}