#podcast #politics #democrats #republicans #progressives #MAGA #Trump #ElonMusk #Oligarchy #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #Michigan #MichiganNews #news #Whitmer #WorkingClass #Medicaid #LeftOfLansing Here’s Episode 122 of Michigan’s Progressive Podcast from February 27, 2025! 00:00-18:56: Musk-Trump-MAGA Attacking Medicaid Pat Johnston begins this week’s show highlighting how MAGA Republicans are going along with the Musk-Trump Regime’s moves to gut Medicaid, Social…
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Why Are Some Michigan Democrats Voting MAGA on Minimum Wage?
#podcast #politics #Democrats #MAGA #Republicans #Michigan #MichiganPolitics #Trump #ElonMusk #MinimumWage #PatrioticMillionaires #WorkingClass #CorporateCorruption #PaidSickLeave #Lobbying #LeftOfLansing Here’s Episode 121 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast for February 20, 2025! 00:00-15:15: Democrats Attacking Their Side Pat Johnston shares big news regarding the Michigan State Supreme Court as Democrats will soon increase their majority. Pat gives an update…
Julia Pulver Refuses To Back Down To MAGA Fascism
#podcast #politics #Michigan #Democrats #progressives #MAGA #Republicans #Trump#Musk #ElonMusk #WorkingClass #Fasicsm #Autocracy #Democracy #TechBros #CorporateGreed #LBGTQ+ #Transgender #CorporateWelfare #Environment #News #LeftOfLansing Here’s Episode 120 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast from February 13, 2025! 00:00-12:42: Dems Acting MAGA-Lite Pat highlights Michigan and national Democrats acting MAGA-Lite, which only hurts the working class while enriching the corporate…
Michigan Democratic State Rep. Betsy Coffia Refuses To Capitulate
January 22, 2025 Here’s Episode 117 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-15:29: Pat’s Mom’s Passing & Influence In the first segment, Pat Johnston talks about his Mom passing away last week, and the major influence she played in his political and news upbringing. Like Pat, his Mom wore her politics and values on her sleeve,…
Have Elon Musk & The Tech Bros Taken Over?
January 9, 2025 Here’s Episode 116 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-16:00: Dems Acting Like “Maga-Dems” The first segment features Pat Johnston sharing his thoughts on both Michigan and national Democrats running as “MAGA” Democrats, and how detrimental that will be to a Democratic Party struggling to attract new voters. It’ll be difficult for Democrats…
Final 2024 Episode: Which Path Will Democrats Take In 2025?
Here’s Episode 115 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-26:52: Where Will Democrats Go In 2025? Pat begins his final monologue of 2024 wondering what, or if, the Democratic Party in Michigan, and across the country, has learned anything after its deflating defeat to MAGA Republicanism in the election. Judging from how the D.C. Democratic leadership…
Will Michigan Democrats Only Deliver “Lame Duck Disappointment?”
Here’s Episode 114 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-13:16: Michiganders Want Populist Policies! After pointing-out more absurdity from Ohio Republicans, who’ve introduced a bill banning flag-planting on football fields, Pat Johnston turns his attention back to Michigan, and the many progressive bills that Democrats must pass while they still have the majority in Lame Duck. Pat…
Expanding the Michigan Battleground w/ MDP Rural Caucus Chair Mark Ludwig
Here’s Episode 113 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-20:49: MI Dem Leaders Push Corporate Subsidies Pat reviews a fantastic piece by The American Prospect’s David Dayen on how the Michigan Democratic leadership, which includes Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, are in serious danger of allowing major pieces of solid progressive legislation languish in favor of lavished corporate subsidies in the Lame…
Kasey Helton on Why Democrats Must Return To Working Class Roots
Here’s Episode 111 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-15:36: Democrats Losing Working Class In the opening segment, Pat Johnston talks about how Democrats are losing the working class, and why it’s unconscionable since Trump & MAGA’s policies help only the rich, corporate donor class. Pat highlights how one progressive Michigan Democratic State House Representative won…
Post-Election Fallout: America Chooses More Trump & More MAGA
#Election2024 #Politcs #Progressives #Michigan #Republicans #Democrats Here’s Episode 110 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast. Pat gives his insights into America choosing four more years of Donald Trump and MAGA politics, and Michiganders giving the state House majority to MAGA Republicans as well. Where do progressives and the Democratic Party go from here? Pat shares thoughts….
