Episode 72: Michigan’s New Gun Safety Laws w/ Dr. April Zeoli

Here’s episode 72 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! In my opening segment this week, I talk about the appalling and Islamophobic Wall Street Journal column declaring Dearborn, MI as the “America’s Jihad Capital.” Islamophobia within the right wing world never left, and it’s putting lives in danger. I then cover some of the many new laws scheduled…

Episode 64: Pro-Publica’s Anna Clark on Eliminating Michigan’s Emergency Manager Law.

Here’s episode 64 of Michigan’s premier progressive podcast! It’s great to have author and Pro-Publica reporter Anna Clark back on Left of Lansing this week. Anna’s written an insightful article on Michigan’s Emergency Manager Law, which allows state government to erase democracy by completely taking-over financially-strapped cities. Anna highlights how despite Michiganders voting to eliminate…

A Compassionate Leader Looks and Acts Like This

I haven’t hid the fact that I’m part of the Elizabeth Warren for Prez fan club. That being said, Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rouke is illustrating pure leadership after the congressional district he once represented deals with the aftermath of a mass shooting. The Occupant in the White House is incapable of completing a coherent…

Left of Lansing Podcast Episode 9–In Defense of AG Dana Nessel; Interview with Erin Roberts from MCEDSV on Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Here’s this week’s Left of Lansing Podcast! In this episode, I give a defense for Michigan’s passionate progressive attorney general, Dana Nessel. She’s got the conservative wing going insane with insane threats of impeachment! Why? All because she’s doing her job by protecting the Constitutional rights of ALL Michiganders. And I ask Republican state Rep….

“The World We Live In”

Word of an active shooter on the University of Michigan campus caused a wave of panic during a vigil for the 50 Muslim victims who died in a New Zealand terrorist attack. The good news is that the active shooter turned-out to be a false alarm. University police determined people heard balloons popping, and assumed…