November 6, 2025 Episode #155 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-18:17: Democrats Win/Detroit’s New Mayor/DSA Member on City Council Pat Johnston begins by talking about the Democratic electoral victories in Michigan, and across the nation. He covers how populism and anti-authoritarianism seemed to be the winning messages in New Jersey, Virginia, Detroit, and New York…
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Fighting For The Working Class & Democracy w/ Michigan Democratic State Rep. Carrie Rheingans
June 19, 2025 Here’s Episode 138 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-15:11: No Kings Success/Where Were Dem Leaders? Pat Johnston applauds the No Kings rallies, but wonders if some Democratic Party “leaders” on both the state and national level are rising to the occasion of the moment. He also covers the hypocrisy of MAGA Michigan…
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…
Traverse Indivisible Going On Offense Against MAGA Michigan Republican Congressman Jack Bergman
#podcast #progressive #Michigan #Indivisible #Democrats #MAGA #Republicans #JackBergman #WorkingClass #CorporateCorruption #WealthInequality #Democracy #FreedomOfSpeech #Gaza #Immigration #LeftOfLansing #Trump #Musk Here’s Episode 125 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast from March 20, 2025! 00:00-21:30: Democrats Must Learn Offense Pat Johnston opens this week’s show opining how ineffective and weak Democrats appear to voters, especially after how U.S. Senate…
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…
Harris Leads Trump In Michigan; EV Cars; Slotkin-Rogers Debate; And Why Dirt Road Dems Are Vital
Here’s Episode 106 of Michigan’s premier progressive podcast. 00:00-30:45: Harris Leads Trump in MI/Slotkin-Rogers Senate Debate Pat’s got lots to say this week about the presidential race in Michigan, and why Harris is now leading Trump in the Michigan polls. He talks about Trump-Vance’s anti-EV Car stance, which is also another anti-union stance. But it’s…
VEEP Debate Recap; Abortion Rights w/ Amanda Mazur; Mike Rogers Opposes Lower Drug Prices
Here’s Episode 105 of Michigan’s premier progressive podcast. 00:00-18:17: VEEP Recap/MAGA Attacks Immigrants & Abortion Rights The first segment features Pat Johnston giving his review of the Vice Presidential Debate between Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and MAGA Republican Dude-Bro J.D. Vance. Pat highlights where Walz scored some major points, and where he fell short,…
Episode 104: MAGA “Policies” Will Hurt Michigan’s Economy, and The Smearing Of Rashida Tlaib
Here’s Episode 104 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-19:15: MAGA Plans To Destroy Economy & Women’s Freedoms The award-winning Pat Johnston highlights Project 2025’s goals to destroy unions if Dear Leader Trump gets back into office. He also stresses the importance of the Michigan Supreme Court races, and to vote for Kyra Harris Bolden and…
Friday Short: How Harris Can Put Trump On Defense On Immigration
Here’s the Left of Lansing “Friday Short” for August 30, 2024. Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign has done a stellar job at keeping Dear Leader Trump and the Republicans on the defensive since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee. One area where Harris and her campaign could improve, and really put Dear Leader on the defensive,…
