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…
Tag: Oligarchy
No Kings, Political & Corporate Corruption, and Populism Is Popular
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
$1 Billion In Corporate Subsidies Fail Michigan w/ Bridge Michigan’s Paula Gardner
#podcast #politics #Michigan #Democrats #progressives #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #CorporateWelfare #WorkingClass #Lobbying #DonorBase #CorporateAuthoritarianism #Trump #ElonMusk #Whitmer #MattHall #Republicans #LeftOfLansing Here’s Episode 131 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast for May 1, 2025! 00:00-21:41: Trump’s Low #’s/Slotkin & Oligarchy The first segment features Pat Johnston detailing how Michiganders, and America, are giving Trump a failing grade after his…
Trump and Corporate & Government Corruption Surrounding Line 5
#podcast #politics #Michigan #progressives #Democrats #Line5 #Trump #MAGA #Economy #CorporateGreed #Oligarchy #WorkingClass #Environment #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #LeftOfLansing Here’s Episode 130 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast from April 24, 2025! 00:00-20:03: MAGA MI Cowards/Stevens Runs For U.S. Senate LOL’s Pat Johnston describes how the “empty chair” town halls for MAGA Michigan Republican Congressmen John James and Tom…
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…
