October 16, 2025 Here’s Episode #152 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-19:55: MAGA Shutdown/Rx Kids Success/Working Class Shakedown Pat Johnston begins talking about another week of the Trump Regime Health Care Shutdown. While Trump & The MAGA Majority in Congress are shutting the government down while millions of Americans are in danger of massive health…
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Budget Showdowns, Haley Stevens’ Napa Getaway, and Ranked Choice Voting w/ Joe Spaulding
October 2, 2025 Here’s the 150th episode of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-19:00: Gilchrist on Gaza/ Government Shutdown/Haley Stevens Pat Johnston applauds Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist’s announcement where he called Israel’s actions in Gaza to be a genocide against the Palestinian people. The federal government is closed as MAGA Republicans, like Congresswoman Lisa McClain,…
Republican Cuts Michigan’s Clean Energy Jobs w/ Frank Houston of BlueGreen Alliance
July 16, 2025 Here’s Episode 142 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-17:17: Epstein/Haley Stevens/Schumer FailureDid you really believe MAGA Congressional Republicans would defy their Dear Leader Trump by releasing the Epstein investigation files? What is Haley Stevens’ campaign angle in her run to become Michigan’s Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate as she says Senate Minority…
A Transformative Working Class Agenda, w/ Michigan State Senate Candidate Ivan Diaz
July 10, 2025 Here’s Episode 141 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-19:06: Epstein/Corporate Authoritarians/Nessel Goes After MEDC Pat Johnston opens by illustrating how Dear Leader Trump’s decision to not release the Epstein Files shows how the elite, untouchable, oligarch class are always out to protect themselves. We saw that happen in real time when Dear…
MAGA Murder Budget Impacts On Michigan; Elissa Slotkin’s Economic War Plan Review
July 3, 2025 Here’s the Episode 140 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast for July 3, 2025! 00:00-17:23: MAGA Murder Budget Destroys Clean Energy Pat Johnston highlights how the MAGA Murder Budget will decimate investments into our growing clean energy industry in Michigan, and across the nation. At the same time, MAGA Republicans in Congress are…
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…
Trump Blocks Closure Of Ottawa County Coal Plant w/ Sarah Leach of Ottawa News Network
May 29, 5:34 PM Here’s Episode 135 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-16:00: Musk Gone/MI Dem Sen Polls Pat talks about Elon Musk may be leaving, but he’s left pain in his wake for millions of Americans. He also brings up new polls showing how Michiganders have a souring mood about the economy, and who’s…
How Trump & Musk Are Devastating Rural Michigan w/ Bob Thompson of Michigan Farmers Union
#podcast #politics #Michigan #Progressives #Democrats #Farming #Rural #Medicaid #Environment #Economy #RenewableEnergy #WorkingClass #Tariffs #WorkFromHome #Oligarchy #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Musk #Trump #MAGA #LeftOfLansing Here’s Episode 133 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast from May 15, 2025! 00:00-21:28: MAGA Attacks on Rural Michigan/Dems Attack David Hogg Pat Johnston talks about how MAGA Michigan Republicans are passing bills hurting farmers,…
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…
The Power Of Organizing Against MAGA’s War On Working Class
#podcast #politics #Michigan #democracy #WorkingClass #populism #GenZ #Democrats #Medicaid #SocialSecurity #Medicare #Indivisible #Republicans #MAGA #ElonMusk #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #CorporateAuthoritarianism #LeftOfLansing #Veterans Here’s Episode 124 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast from March 13, 2025! 00:00-24:54 Gilchrist In Primary/Indivisible Central MI Event Pat begins the show talking about Michigan Lt. Gov Garlin Gilchrist entering the Democratic primary for…
