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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299: Friday Short: Guns & Men--A Unique American Problem 29.08.2025 5:32

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Michigan #MAGA #Republicans #Guns #GunViolence #SchoolShootings #ToxicMasculinity #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for August 29, 2025. MAGA Republicans are trying to blame the entire Transgender community for the school shooting at a Catholic Church in Minneapolis this week in which two children were killed while 17 others were...

298: MAGA Michigan's Budget Insanity; Whitmer's Special Election Error 28.08.2025 43:36

#podcast #politics #Progressive #Democrats #MAGA #Republicans #Trump #Budget #WorkingClass #Medicaid #HealthCare #DanaNessel #GretchenWhitmer #Detroit #KarenWhitsett #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Gaza #Israel #Election #Fascism #LeftOfLansing Here's Episode 145 of Michigan's Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-17:23: MAGA MI Republican Budget Pat Johnston breaks down t...

297: Monday Musing: Michiganders Learning (A Second Time) How Trump Doesn't Care About Them 25.08.2025 4:20

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #Authoritarianism #GretchenWhitmer #Rural #HealthCare #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Immigration #Labor #Inflation #WorkingClass #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for August 25, 2025. Dear Leader Trump forgot Governor Gretchen Whitmer's name today. And while it serves as a rem...

296: Friday Short: Mike Duggan Sides With Authoritarianism 22.08.2025 5:31

#podcast #politics #Michigan #Detroit #MikeDuggan #Democrats #Republicans #Progressives #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Crime #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Democracy #WorkingClass #Moderates #LeftofLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for August 22, 2025. Today, The Trump Regime's FBI raided the home of The Regime's former national security advisor John Bolto...

295: Kelli van Ginhoven, Democratic State Senate Candidate on Rebuilding U.P's Blue Wall 21.08.2025 56:31

#politics #podcast #Michigan #progressives #Democrats #Lansing #KellivanGinhoven #Republicans #MAGA #GovernmentCorruption #CorporateCorruption #CorporateGreed #RuralVoters #DirtRoadDems #Escanaba #Democracy #WorkingClass #MikeDuggan #Detroit #GavinNewsom #MAGAMurderBudget #PublicSchools #unions #Voting #RankedChoiceVoting #LeftofLansing 00:00-16:46: Detroit Politics/Gavin Newsom/MI MAGA Defunding...

294: Monday Musing: Trump's Government Takeover Of Michigan Energy 18.08.2025 4:54

#podcast #politics #energy #CleanEnergy #Democracy #Democrats #Progressives #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #BillHuizenga #FossilFuel #Pollution #GovernmentCorruption #CorporateCorruption #CorporateGreed #Michigan #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for August 18 2025. The Trump Regime's energy department ordered the antiquated J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in Ottawa County...

293: Friday Short: Matt Hall Joins Trump's Assault On Michigan's Working Class 15.08.2025 4:37

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Michigan #Economy #WorkingClass #MAGAMurderBudget #Medicaid #Jobs #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #MAGA #Republicans #MattHall #Trump #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for August 15, 2025. MAGA Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall is proudly joining his Dear Leader Donald Trump in punching the state's workin...

292: Monday Musing: Whitmer Placates Trump... Again 11.08.2025 5:29

#podcast #politics #Michigan #news #WorkingClass #Economy #Tariffs #MAGAMurderBudget #Democracy #Fascism #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #Epstein #Immigration #Progressives #Democrats #Republicans #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for August 11, 2025. Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer made her third trip to visit the Trump Re...

291: Friday Short: Trump Oligarch Economy Is Why MAGA Must Cheat 08.08.2025 4:26

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #MAGA #Trump #Republicans #Michigan #Economy #Tariffs #WorkingClass #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Epstein #Inflation #Jobs #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for August 8, 2025. A recent Morning Consult poll shows what most sane Americans already know: The Trump Regime's Oligarch Economy is getting a major thumbs-down...

290: Michigan Advance's MichEconomist Rick Haglund; Canadian Wildfires; and Mike Duggan as Nerd 2.0 07.08.2025 50:41

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #economy #workingclass #Populism #ClimateChange #EPA #Trump #Republicans #MAGA #CorporateCorruption #CorporateGreed #GovernmentCorruption #Detroit #MikeDuggan #2026Election #Auto #Jobs #Democracy #CanadianWildfires #Democracy #Fascism #Authoritarianism #LeftOfLansing Here's Episode #143 of Michigan's Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-13:37: Canadian Wil...

289: Monday Musing: Trump Fires BLS Director In Shame Of Crumbling Economy 04.08.2025 4:55

#podcast #politics #Progressives #Democrats #MAGA #Republicans #Trump #Economy #BLS #CorporateAuthoritarianism #Authoritarianism #Fascism #WorkingClass #GovernmentCorruption #MAGAMurderBudget #Michigan #CleanEnergy #Labor #LeftofLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for August 4, 2025. Last week, Dear Leader Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics chief after the BLS reported-out p...

288: Friday Short: Slotkin's Moral Compass Remains Off 01.08.2025 8:14

#podcast #politics #Michigan #News #Progressives #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #Gaza #Israel #Palestinians #Genocide #GovernmentCorruption #ElissaSlotkin #BreakingPoints #Centrism #Democracy #WorkingClass #Epstein #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for August 1, 2025. Michigan's Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin's push to show the coolness of centrism to younger and in...

287: Monday Musing: Matt Hall Celebrates How Trump Is Wrecking Michigan's Working Class 28.07.2025 4:28

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #WorkingClass #Jobs #Tariffs #CorporateGreed #GovernmentCorruption #MAGAMurderBudget #Medicaid #CleanEnergy #EnergyCosts #Fasicsm #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing for July 28, 2025. Michigan Maga Republican and House Speaker Man-Baby Matt Hall last week touted the Trump Regime is supposedly making it "eas...

286: Friday Short: Why I Quit Watching Wasteful Political Sunday Shows 25.07.2025 4:27

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #CorporateMedia #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #PoliticalEstablishment #Theater #LeftofLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for July 25, 2025! Pat Johnston explains how and why he quit subjecting himself to the sham that is the Sunday political talk show. Please, subscribe to the podcast,...

285: Monday Musing: Trump Tariffs Hurt Michigan Again w/ Semiconductor Company's Reversal 21.07.2025 4:03

#podcast #politics #Progressives #Democrats #Economy #WorkingClass #Tariffs #GovernmentCorruption #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #Genesee #CorporateWelfare #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for July 21, 2025. Sandisk Company's decision to reverse course on a planned semiconductor mega site in Genesee County's Mundy Twp. is another harsh example how Trump's tariff scheme hurts Mi...

284: Friday Short: Corporate Handouts Lead To Corporate Corruption In Michigan's MEDC 18.07.2025 4:39

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Republicans #Michigan #MEDC #SOAR #MAGA #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #WorkingClass #CorporateWelfare #Whitmer #RickSnyder #Jobs #Inequality Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for July 18, 2025. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Democrat, opened a criminal investigation on the Michigan Economic Development Corp...

283: Republican Cuts Michigan's Clean Energy Jobs w/ Frank Houston of BlueGreen Alliance 17.07.2025 53:12

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Michigan #MagaMurderBudget #Medicaid #RuralHospitals #Epstein #HaleyStevens #Republicans #ElissaSlotkin #JohnMoolenaar #CleanEnergy #TimWalberg #MAGA #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentGreed #Democracy #Fascism #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #Gaza #LeftOfLansing Here's Episode 142 of Michigan's Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-17:17: Epstein...

282: Monday Musing: MAGA (In)Action In Texas Flood Reveals Destructive & Deadly Consequences 14.07.2025 4:35

#podcast #progressives #politics #Michigan #Texas #TexasFlood #ClimateChange #CleanEnergy #WorkingClass #CorporateCorruption #CorporateGreed #GovernmentCorruption #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #KristiNoem #FlintWaterCrisis #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for July 14, 2025. Over 130 have died from the flooding in central Texas with another 150 still missing. Homeland Security...

281: A Transformative Working Class Agenda, w/ Michigan State Senate Candidate Ivan Diaz 10.07.2025 52:54

#podcast #politics #Progressives #DemocraticSocialism #Michigan #Democrats #MAGA #Trump #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #WorkingClass #Medicaid #UBI #Republicans #MAGAMurderBudget #Oligarchy #Devos #Populism #Epstein #Elites #UniversalHealthCare #IvanDiaz #LeftOfLansing Here's Episode 141 of Michigan's Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-19:06: Epstein/Corporate Authorita...

280: Monday Musing: Rise of ICE Arrests In Michigan Is Rise of 21st Century Fascism 07.07.2025 4:56

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Democracy #Immigration #WhiteChristianNationalist #Immigration #Trump #MAGA #StevenMiller #Michigan #WorkingClass #Fascism #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for July 7, 2025. A new MLIVE story over the weekend detailed how ICE arrests of Michigan immigrants has increased by 154% in the last few months. Make no mistake: This was...

279: Friday Short: MAGA Won't Take Away My Patriotism Or Country 04.07.2025 4:54

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #Patriotism #Democracy #Fascism #WhiteChristianNationalism #WorkingClass #MAGAMurderBudget #Mamdani #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for July 4, 2025. A new Gallup Poll on this Independence Day holiday reveals that American Pride is at an all-time low. That's not surprising with everything that's happened...

278: MAGA Murder Budget Impacts On Michigan; Elissa Slotkin's Economic War Plan Review 03.07.2025 47:54

#podcast #progressives #Democrats #Michigan #MAGAMurderBudget #BigBeautifulBill #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #Medicaid #WorkingClass #SNAP #CleanEnergy #Jobs #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Oligarchy #CorporateAuthoritariansim #JohnMoolenaar #RashidaTlaib #ElissaSlotkin #Populism #LeftOfLansing Here's the Episode 140 of Michigan's Premier Progressive Podcast for July 3, 20...

277: Monday Musing: Major Pendulum Shift Towards Working Class Needed Now! 30.06.2025 5:38

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #WorkingClass #Economy #WealthInequality #CorporateGreed #GovernmentCorruption #Mamdani #ElissaSlotkin #Medicaid #TaxCuts #leftoflansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for June 30, 2025. The Republican Congress is pushing ahead and trying to pass the MAGA Murder Budget this week. The MAGA Murder Budget attacks the wo...

276: Friday Short: Michigan Proposal To Tax Rich And Fund Schools Is A Slam Dunk Win 27.06.2025 4:36

#podcast #politics #Michigan #WorkingClass #Education #Oligarchy #WealthInequality #Corruption #Taxes #FlatTax #Billionaires #Election2026 #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for June 27, 2025. A progressive coalition known as Invest In MI Kids is pushing a proposal to appear on the 2026 Michigan ballot that would end the Michigan's regressive flat tax, and replace it with a 5...

275: Mamdani Victory; NRDC's Derrell Slaughter On Trump Forcing Power Plants To Stay Open 26.06.2025 50:31

#podcast #politics #Michigan #EnvironmentalJustice #Economics #WorkingClass #MAGAMurderBudget #MAGA #Democrats #Progressives #Mamdani #NYC #CorporateCorruption #CorporateGreed #GovernmentCorruption #Democracy #FossilFuel #NRDC #Environment #TedNugent #LeftOfLansing Here's Episode 139 of Michigan's Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-20:28: Nugent In Lansing/Mamdani NYC Victory Pat Johnston opens th...