Here’s episode 71 of Michigan’s premier progressive podcast! Please vote on this week’s LoL Twitter Poll: What is the biggest winning issue for Michigan Democrats heading into the November election? If you have others, leave them in replies Susan Demas, Editor-in-Chief of Michigan Advance, joins Pat this week. Michigan Advance is a progressive, nonprofit news site dedicated to…
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Episode 70: The Rich Are O.K With Fascism
Here’s episode 70 of Michigan’s premier progressive podcast! Please vote on this week’s poll question: Polls show President Biden’s losing to Donald Trump in Michigan. How do you feel about these numbers less than 10 months from Election Day? On this week’s episode, I cover how Democrats across the country have been given a beautiful…
Friday Left of Lansing Short: The right wing’s hatred for the U.S. women’s soccer
On this edition of the Friday Left of Lansing Short, I tackle the right wing’s obsession and hatred for the United States women’s national soccer team. Tweets like this were all too common from right wing media figures after Team USA’s loss to Sweden in the Round of 16: So @charlescwcooke has said the unsayable…
The Right Wing Cries As Whitmer Fights Back
Another spot-on take by Susan Demas. For years, right-wing corporate media told me we had to cut, cut, and cut the budget some more. But when @GovWhitmer cut pork spending in northern, Republican districts, the same peeps are now crying & complaining. Irony is dead. https://t.co/X6HWfT8Acd — LeftOfLansing (@LeftOfLansing) October 12, 2019 It’s been both…
Left of Lansing Podcast Episode 13: Eclectablog’s Chris Savage; And Michigan GOP’s War On Women
This week’s Left of Lansing podcast is posted! It’s the 13th episode!!! While I’m excited to reach the 13th episode, this has been a consequential week when it comes to the reproductive rights of Michigan women. The extreme right-wing Republican-led state legislature passed a handful of bills that bans a procedure known as Dilation &…
Left of Lansing Podcast Episode 12: Susan Demas–Editor-In-Chief of Michigan Advance
The 12th episode of the Left Of Lansing Podcast is posted! Since I’ve reached a milestone–a dozen episodes–I’ve got a Michigan treasure as my guest this week. Progressive writer, and Editor-In-Chief of Michigan Advance, Susan Demas joins me to discuss Michigan politics. We cover how the establishment Lansing press rewards old conservatives viewpoints while ignoring…
Will Business Leaders Push GOP On Roads?
Susan Demas from Michigan Advance writes: During Snyder’s tenure, there was rarely any daylight between Republican politicians and business leaders. But on Thursday, Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Sandy Baruah was candid about a “growing split” between the two groups on infrastructure. Business leaders have certainly enjoyed their tax breaks, but they’re feeling…
