Trump-Elon’s Gutting of Lab Protecting The Great Lakes w/ ProPublica’s Anna Clark

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Environment #ClimateChange #GreatLakes #Michigan #Jobs #WorkingClass #DOGE #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #MAGA #Republicans #AnnaClark #ProPublica #Budget #CorporateGreed #FreeSpeech #Gaza #Farmers Economics #LeftOfLansing Here’s Episode 132 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast from May 8, 2025! 00:00-20:01: UofM Ono Out/Nessel Mistake/Trump Tariffs The opening segment concentrates on University of Michigan President Santa Ono’s sudden exit,…

$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 & 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…

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…

Republican “Proof Of Citizenship” Voting Rights Rollback w/ VoteBeat Michigan’s Hayley Harden

#podcast #politics #Michigan #VotingRights #Progressives #democracy #Democrats Here’s Episode 126 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast from March 27, 2025! 00:00-22:56: Elon & Trump’s War On Working Class Michiganders Pat breaks-down the Signal-gate story, and why perhaps hiring unqualified Fox News weekend cohosts wasn’t the greatest idea). He then discusses how Elon & Trump continue to…

Expanding the Michigan Battleground w/ MDP Rural Caucus Chair Mark Ludwig

Here’s Episode 113 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-20:49: MI Dem Leaders Push Corporate Subsidies Pat reviews a fantastic piece by The American Prospect’s David Dayen on how the Michigan Democratic leadership, which includes Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, are in serious danger of allowing major pieces of solid progressive legislation languish in favor of lavished corporate subsidies in the Lame…

Post-Election Fallout: America Chooses More Trump & More MAGA

#Election2024 #Politcs #Progressives #Michigan #Republicans #Democrats Here’s Episode 110 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast. Pat gives his insights into America choosing four more years of Donald Trump and MAGA politics, and Michiganders giving the state House majority to MAGA Republicans as well. Where do progressives and the Democratic Party go from here? Pat shares thoughts….

Friday Short: Gen Z Men Are Getting Played By Trump/MAGA

Here’s the Left of Lansing “Friday Short” for October 25, 2024. As some polls suggest that Trump and MAGA Republicans are making some inroads with Generation Z men, Pat wonders what can be done to dissuade these young men from going down the White Christian Nationalist Dude-bro MAGA Republican path. Maybe it’s what Paul Waldman…

Monday Musing: Don’t Be Fooled By Michigan MAGA’s Silence On Abortion Bans

Here’s the Left Of Lansing “Monday Musing” for October 21, 2024! Michigan MAGA Republican candidates are real quiet this year when it comes to abortion rights, or in their case, banning abortion rights. Despite spending years fighting to ban abortion care altogether, these same people are suddenly telling voters that abortion bans are not on…

Friday Short: Democrats AGAIN Clean-Up Republican Economic Mess

Here’s the Left of Lansing “Friday Short” for October 4, 2024. Yet another solid jobs report for the American people, and it’s due in-part to smart economic policies put in motion by a Democratic administration in The White House. After Dear Leader left the country in economic ruin, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris passed strong…