September 11, 2025 Here’s Episode 147 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-09:58: Charlie Kirk Murder Pat Johnston shares his thoughts on the assassination of MAGA Republican influencer Charlie Kirk. 09:59-41:48: What Does Mallory McMorrow Stand For? In this segment, Pat offers both praise and criticism for Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow, who’s running in the…
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MAGA Michigan’s Budget Insanity; Whitmer’s Special Election Error
August 28, 2025 Here’s Episode 145 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-17:23: MAGA MI Republican Budget Pat Johnston breaks down the MAGA Michigan Republican budget, which state House Speaker Matt Hall unveiled this week after delaying and delaying all summer long. Only one Democrat in the State House voted with Republicans, and it was none…
Episode 101: Michigan Sheriff Learns How Trump Is Nothing But Trouble!
Here’s Episode 101 of Michigan’s premier progressive podcast! 00:00-14:15: Another School Shooting/More Media Election Failures Pat Johnston begins this week’s show by talking about another school shooting in the United States in America. This time, four students were killed in a Georgia high school. Pat illustrates how Michigan Democrats are at least trying to curb…
Episode 63: No More Waiting For Environmental Justice w/ Roshan Krishnan of The Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition
Here’s Episode 63 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! Michigan Democrats passed a package of clean energy and affordable energy bills last week. While these bills are for sure a step in the right direction in revamping our antiquated energy grid, these bills still fall far short of the aggressive push many progressives were hoping would…
Episode 59: Taking On Corporate Greed, And Fighting FOR The People w/ State Rep. Dylan Wegela
It’s the 59th episode of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! My returning guest this week is Michigan Democratic State Rep. Dylan Wegela from the 26th House District. We talk about his plans to thwart the state’s two main utility companies–DTE & Consumers Energy–from using dark money to influence Lansing, especially at a time when Michiganders want…
Friday Short: Rep. Dylan Wegela Wants To Stop DTE & Consumers Energy Dark Money In Lansing
My Friday Left of Lansing Short is on Democratic State Representative Dylan Wegela’s efforts on stopping the dark money influence DTE and Consumers Energy uses in Lansing. Rep. Wegela outlined how he intends to do that by introducing a bill preventing DTE and Consumers Energy from using dark money PAC’s, which will help ensure that…
