Left of Lansing

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An insight into Michigan's progressive political and pop cultural scene. Pat Johnston highlights how the progressive movement is helping shape Michigan's political landscape with opinion and interviews. It's time to make Michigan's political machine work for the people!

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370: Tax The Rich, Pay The Working Class w/ Erica Payne of Patriotic Millionaires 05.03.2026 55:48

Click here to donate $5 on Left of Lansing on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/15494297/join Here's Episode #169 of Michigan's Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-19:52: Iran War & Democrats/Line5/ICE Camps Pat Johnston opens the show evaluating how Michigan Democrats are reacting to the Trump Regime's war on Iran. Not surprisingly, it appears progressive Michigan Democrats are providing a clea...

369: Monday Musing: Trump's War On Iran For The Epstein Class 02.03.2026 6:01

#podcast #politics #progressive Michigan #WilliamLawrence #WarPowers #AbdulElSayed #DemocraticSoclialism #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #Iran #War #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinClass #Billionaires #ICE #Freedom #Economy #WorkingClass #Neocons #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Democracy #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for...

368: Friday Short: Working Class Push For Data Center Moratorium in Michigan 27.02.2026 4:39

#podcast #progressives #politics #news #Michigan #Republicans #MAGA #datacenters #Protest #WorkingClass #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #CorporateWelfare #GovernmentCorruption #Authoritarianism #WealthInequality #Environment #Electricity #Costs #Economics #Freedom #Democracy #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for February 27, 2026. A bipartisan group of Michigan legislat...

367: A Working Class Movement w/ Michigan State Rep. Dylan Wegela 26.02.2026 55:21

#podcast #progressive #Democrats #Michigan #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #Politics #News #DemocraticSocialism #DylanWegela #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #GordieHoweBridge #EpsteinClass #EpsteinFiles #BillionaireClass #WealthInequality #WorkingClass #Economy #Immigration #ICE #Farmers #Tariffs #BigTech #DataCenters #olympics ##Authoritarianism #Democracy #LeftOfLansing Here...

366: Monday Musing: Michigan Dems Must Oppose Data Centers in '26 23.02.2026 5:27

#podcast #politics #progressive #Democrats #MAGA #Republicans #Michigan #datacenters #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovenmentCorruption #BigTech #AI #WorkingClass #YousefRabhi #Authoritarianism #Democracy #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for February 23, 2026. Washtenaw County Commissioner, and current candidate for Ann Arbor mayor, Yousef Rabhi, has a warning for M...

365: Friday Short: Don't Allow Epstein Class To Divide Michigan 20.02.2026 6:19

#podcast #politics #Progressive #Michigan #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #MattHall #MichiganRepublicans #RxKids #WorkingClass #Economy #HealthCare #ACA #HealthCareForAll #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #Billionaires #oligarchy #DonorClass #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Authoritarianism #Devos #WealthInequality #AbdulElSayed #Democracy #LeftofLansing Here's the Left of Lan...

364: Abdul El-Sayed: A Progressive Democrat Who Plays Offense 19.02.2026 49:37

#podcast #politics #progressive #Michigan #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #Election #Election2026 #DemocraticSocialism #CorporateCorruption #CorporateGreed #GovernmentCorruption #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinClass #HealthCareForAll #HealthCare #WorkingClass #AbdulElSayed #Economy #Vaccines #RFK #Measles #JohnFetterman #HaleyStevens #ICE #ConcentrationCamps #Gaza #Israel #WealthInequality #Fascism #Au...

363: Monday Musing: Congressman Tom Barrett Teaches High School Students Lesson on Authoritarianism 16.02.2026 5:29

#podcast #politics #progressives #Michigan #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #Authoritarianism #TomBarrett #Election #Election2026 #EastLansing #WilliamLawrence #Congress #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #WorkingClass #Education #ICE #Protest #FreeSpeech #Democracy #PublicEducation #LeftofLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for February 16, 2026. MAGA Michigan Repu...

362: Friday Short: Trump-MAGA Will Suppress The Vote To Protect Epstein Class 13.02.2026 5:25

#podcast #politics #progressives #Michigan #DemocraticSocialism #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #SaveAct #WorkingClass #MinorityRights #VotingRights #VoterSuppression #ClassWarfare #CorporateCorruption #CorporateGreed #GovernmentGreed #ICE #Racism #PoliticalViolence #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinClass #WhiteSupremacist #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Democracy #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "...

361: MAGA Epstein Coverup; Trump & Detroit Bridge; Billionaires vs. Public Schools w/ Dr. Josh Cowen 12.02.2026 52:14

#podcast #progressive #politics #Democrats #MAGA #Republicans #Trump #EpsteinFiles #Billionaires #pedophilia #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #WeathInequality #WorkingClass #GovernmentCorruption #Authoritarians #Oligarchy #JeffreyEpstein #LisaMcClain #GordieHoweBridge #Michigan #RickSnyder #Whitmer #Education #Vouchers #BetsyDeVos #PublicEducation #RxKids #Teachers #Maroun #Ambassador Bridge #...

360: Monday Musing: Democrats Must Tie Epstein Class Around Trump & MAGA 09.02.2026 5:56

#podcast #politics #progressive #Michigan #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #WorkingClass #Economy #EpsteinClass #JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinFiles #CorporateCorruption #CorporateGreed #GovernmentCorruption #WhiteNationalism #Oligarchy #DonorClass #WhiteChristianNationalism #WealthInequality #RoKhanna #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Democracy #LeftofLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for...

359: Friday Short: Be "Civil" While MAGA Fascism Marches On? 06.02.2026 5:13

#podcast #progressive #politics #news #Michigan #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #ICE #Voting #Civility #RickSnyder #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Fascism #Authoritarianism #JenniferGranholm ##Line5 #WorkingClass #Epstein #WealthInequality #Democracy #LeftofLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for February 6, 2026. Four of Michigan's former governors a...

358: Pat's Michigan Senate Choice; Epstein Exposes Oligarchy; Kid Rock Super Bowl 05.02.2026 46:31

#podcast #progressive #politics #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #MikeRogers #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #AbdulElSayed #MalloryMcMorrow #HaleyStevens #Senate #Election #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #Gaza #Israel #WorkingClass #Unions #AIPAC #MedicareForAll #DataCenters #BigTech #Oligarchy #DonorClass #ICE #PoliticalViolence #Immigration #KidRock #Fascism #Authoritariani...

357: Monday Musing: Epstein Files Reveal Untouchable Oligarch & Political Cabal 02.02.2026 6:20

#politics #progressive #Michigan #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #ElonMusk #Israel #ChuckSchumer #MikeRogers #CorporateCorruption #CorporateGreed #GovermentCorruption #BillClinton #JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinFiles #SexAbuse #WorkingClass #PoliticalPower #Authoritarianism #oligarchy #Democracy #LeftofLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for February 2, 2026. The release of 3 million...

356: Friday Short: Mike Duggan Digs MAGA Dollars & Playbook 30.01.2026 6:16

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Michigan #MAGA #MikeDuggan #Republicans #Election2026 #GovernorRace #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Trump #ICE #Immigration #WhiteChristianNationalism #WorkingClass #Race #CharterSchoolCorruption #Authoritarianism #FreeSpeech #LGBTQ+ #Fascism #Democracy #Left of Lansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" on January 30,...

355: Why Protesting Matters To End ICE, Data Centers & Tyranny w/ Julia Pulver 29.01.2026 51:05

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Michigan #JuliaPulver #Protesting #PoliticalViolence #MAGA #Trump #Republicans #ICE #Immigration #ElissaSlotkin #MAGAMurderBudget #Race #Racism #WorkingClass #Oligarchy #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Tyranny #Authoritarianism #WhiteChristianNationalism #Democracy #LeftofLansing 00:00-13:53: ICE Funding, ICE in MI, Duggan & ICE Pat Johns...

354: Monday Musing: ICE Killing Of Pretti Shows MAGA's Cards 26.01.2026 6:04

#politics #progressives #Michigan #Minnesota #ICE #Authoritarianism #Fascism #PoliticalViolence #GunRights #MAGA #Trump #Republicans #Democrats #CorporateGreed #GovernmentCorruption #LisaMcClain #AricNesbitt #BillHuizenga #WhiteChristianNationalist #WhiteChristianNationalism #WorkingClass #Immigration #Minorities #Democracy #Freedom #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for Jan...

353: Friday Short: Democratic "Centrists" Vote For Trump's ICE Gestapo 23.01.2026 5:24

#podcast #progressive #Democrats #Michigan #ElissaSlotkin #Slotkin #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #ICE #Immigration #HenryCuellar #WorkingClass #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Election2026 #Democracy #LeftofLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for January 23, 2026. Seven corporate Democrats (or Democratic "Centrists) in the U.S. House...

352: The MAGA Media Propaganda Machine w/ Jennifer Schulze of Indistinct Chatter 22.01.2026 53:35

#podcast #progressives #politics #michigan #Democrats #MAGA #Republicans #Trump #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Greenland #AmericaFirst #WorkingClass #RxKids #MattHall #Whitmer #Election2026 #Inequality #WealthInequality #ICE #AbolishICE #Authoritarianism #Mothers #Immigration #ChildCare #WhiteChristianNationalism #TechBros #CBSNews #BariWeiss #Economy #Race #Racism #De...

351: Monday Musing: More Insider Trading Allegations Surrounding Michigan Rep. Lisa McClain 19.01.2026 5:04

#podcast #progressives #politics #Michigan #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #InsiderTrading #WorkingClass #Oligarchy #Palantir #PeterTheil #ElonMusk #AI #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #LisaMcclain #Corruption #Congress #Election2026 #Authoritarianism #Democracy #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for January 19, 2026. It appears Michigan Congre...

350: Friday Short: Democrats Must Push To Abolish ICE In '26! 16.01.2026 5:08

#podcast #progressives #Michigan #politics #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #ICE #ICEViolence #Authoritarianism #PoliticalViolence #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Immigrants #Race #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #Tryranny #MikeRogers #Election2026 #WorkingClass #Oligarchy #Democracy #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for January 16,...

349: Battling Oligarch Devos Family and ICE in West Michigan 15.01.2026 50:02

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #Vance #Oligarchy #TechBros #Media #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Michigan #ICE #Authoritarianism #PoliticalViolence #Immigration #GrandRapids #WestMichigan #DeVos #BetsyDevos #ElissaSlotkin #Education #WealthInequality #WorkingClass #Democracy #LeftOfLansing Here's Episode #162 of Michigan's Premier...

348: Monday Musing: Ice Brutality Is Why You Never Capitulate To Authoritarianism 12.01.2026 6:23

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #Vance #ICE #Immigration #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Donors #Oligarchy #WorkingClass #PoliticalViolence #WhiteChristianNationalism #Fascism #Authoritarianism #HaleyStevens #DemocraticSocialism #Democracy #LeftofLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for January 12, 2026. Pat Johnston m...

347: Friday Short: Celebrating ICE Killing Americans Is MAGA's War On Empathy 09.01.2026 4:44

#podcast #politics #progressive #Michigan #Democrats #MAGA #Republicans #Trump #Empathy #ICE #ReneeGood #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #WhiteChristianNationalism #Authoritarianism #GunViolence #PoliticalViolence #EmilyDievendorf #LeftofLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for January 9, 2026. Why are MAGA Republicans suddenly supporting the federal governme...

346: How MAGA Michigan Tried To DOGE Michigan w/ State Rep. Emily Dievendorf 08.01.2026 52:23

#podcast #politics #Michigan #Progressives #Democrats #Republicans #Trump #MAGA #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Lansing #EmilyDievendorf #WorkingClass #Economy #Affordability #Inequality #ChildCare #Medicaid #MAGACruelty #DanaNessel #Election2026 #Farming #Tarrifs #DemocraticTeaParty #Authoritarianism #ICE #WhiteChristianNationalism #PoliticalViolence #Democracy #WaterA...