October 23, 2025 Here’s Episode #153 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-33:00: MAGA Government Shutdown/No Kings/War On Working Class Pat Johnston begins the show talking about his “favorite” MAGA Republican Michigan Congresswoman, Lisa McClain, who’s become the voice of the MAGA Government Shutdown. MAGA Republicans are hoping voters will blame Democrats for the shutdown even…
Tag: Education
Fair Way To Fund Michigan Schools w/ Jess Newman of Invest in MI Kids Ballot Initiative
October 9, 2025 Here’s Episode 151 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-19:20: Centrism Fails Democrats/McMorrow on Gaza Pat opens this week’s episode by covering the myriad of ways centrism has shrunk what was once a big Democratic Party tent. He shares how centrism failed to keep the working class in the Democrats’ hands, and thanks…
Upcoming “No Kings” Rallies To Oppose Trump Regime’s Authoritarianism
June 12, 2025 Here’s Episode 137 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-24:44: Trump Authoritarianism On Steroids/Centrism’s Failures Pat Johnston talks about how the Trump Regime’s White Nationalism is on overdrive as it sends ICE to terrorize and rip-apart families of undocumented citizens. While this is the kind of authoritarianism most Americans are rejecting, it’s also…
Trump & MAGA’s Targeting Of Universities & International Students
#podcast #politics #Michigan #progressives #Democrats #GretchenWhitmer #DavidHogg #Trump #ElonMusk #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Corruption #Immigration #First Amendment #Education #Republicans #Economy #Authoritarianism #WhiteChristianNationalism #RightWing #Democracy #WorkingClass Here’s Episode 129 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast from April 17, 2025! 00:00-21:46: What Happens When We Give-Up To MAGA Pat Johnston opens the show talking about the Republicans running to become…
Hamilton Nolan–Republicans Will Take Everything If We Don’t Fight Back
#podcast #politics #Michigan #MichiganPolitics #Economy #Tariffs #CorporateCorruption #Corruption #Government #GovernmentCorruption #GenX #Progressives #MinimumWage #Democrats #unions #WorkingClass #HamiltonNolan #LaborRights #Trump #ElonMusk #Republicans #Democrats #MAGA #LeftOfLansing Here’s Episode 128 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast from April 10, 2025! 00:00-17:45: Protests/Tariff Con/Whitmer WH Visit Pat opens the show discussing Trump’s Tariff Con, and how it’s costing the working…
New Episode: MAGA Billionaire Authoritarians Raid America’s Workers, But Who’ll Stop Them?
#podcast #politics #Michigan #news #Democrats #progressives #union #labor #workingclass #socialsecurity #Veterans #Medicaid #Rural #Education #PublicEducation #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #Tariffs #ElonMusk #TechBros #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #Oligarchy #Democracy #LeftOfLansing Here’s Episode 127 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast from April 3, 2025! 00:00-23:52: Trump Low Econ Polling; Musk Attacks Soc.Sec & V.A.; Dems Must CounterPat shares the latest AP Poll…
Why Trump Is Attacking DEI in Higher Education w/ Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig
#podcast #politics #Michigan #Democrats #MAGA #progressives #Education #CorporateGreed #Trump #LeftOfLansing Here’s Episode 123 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast from March 6, 2025! 00:00-12:08: Public Backlash Against MAGA Starts Pat begins this week covering a few stories of extreme MAGA Michigan Republicans choosing to play culture wars rather than helping working families as they go after…
Michelle Adams’ Book On Consequential Detroit School Integration Case
#podcast #politics #Michigan #Progressives #Democrats #Republicans #Detroit #MichelleAdams #RacialJustice #SocialJustice #Race #Education #SupremeCourt #History #Voting #WorkingClass #ElonMusk #Democracy #Fascism #News #MAGA #Gaza #LeftOfLansing Here’s Episode 119 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast from February 8, 2025. 00:00-12:12: Elon Taking Over USA Pat opens the show sharing stories of how Elon Musk is conducting, or attempting to…
Fossil Fuel Pushed Big Lie About A Northern Michigan Solar Panel Farm
January 30, 2025 Here’s Episode 118 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-14:16: Peters Not Running/MAGA Misinformation Machine Pat starts out of the gate lamenting about Michigan Democrats joining MAGA Republicans on watering-down minimum wage and paid sick leave in the state. He next turns his attention to Michigan Democrats in Congress, like Congresswoman Kristin McDonald-Rivet…
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,…
