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…
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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…
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…
Michelle Adams’ Book On Consequential Detroit School Integration Case
#podcast #politics #Michigan #Progressives #Democrats #Republicans #Detroit #MichelleAdams #RacialJustice #SocialJustice #Race #Education #SupremeCourt #History #Voting #WorkingClass #ElonMusk #Democracy #Fascism #News #MAGA #Gaza #LeftOfLansing Here’s Episode 119 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast from February 8, 2025. 00:00-12:12: Elon Taking Over USA Pat opens the show sharing stories of how Elon Musk is conducting, or attempting to…
This Election Is Freedom vs. Fascism, and Normalcy vs. More MAGA Insanity
Here’s Episode 109 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-21:06: Democracy vs. Fascism We’re just a few days away from the biggest and most consequential election since Abraham Lincoln’s victory in 1860. It’s amazing how the United States is close to installing a true fascist movement into the White House. But Pat gives some optimism and…
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…
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…
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…
Episode 103: Dr. Josh Cowen on Billionaire School Voucher Scheme
Here’s Episode 103 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-14:28: Huckabee-Sanders Weirdness/Abortion & IVF/Yard Signs We begin this week criticizing Arkansas MAGA Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee-Sanders’s attack on Vice President Kamala Harris for not having biological kids while attending a Dear Leader Trump rally in Flint, MI. Pat then exposes the hypocrisy of the White Christian…
