Tag: Working Class

Fossil Fuel Pushed Big Lie About A Northern Michigan Solar Panel Farm

January 30, 2025 Here’s Episode 118 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-14:16: Peters Not Running/MAGA Misinformation Machine Pat starts out of the gate lamenting about Michigan Democrats joining MAGA Republicans on watering-down minimum wage and paid sick leave in the state. He next turns his attention to Michigan Democrats in Congress, like Congresswoman Kristin McDonald-Rivet…

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Michigan Democratic State Rep. Betsy Coffia Refuses To Capitulate

January 22, 2025 Here’s Episode 117 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-15:29: Pat’s Mom’s Passing & Influence In the first segment, Pat Johnston talks about his Mom passing away last week, and the major influence she played in his political and news upbringing. Like Pat, his Mom wore her politics and values on her sleeve,…

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Have Elon Musk & The Tech Bros Taken Over?

January 9, 2025 Here’s Episode 116 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-16:00: Dems Acting Like “Maga-Dems” The first segment features Pat Johnston sharing his thoughts on both Michigan and national Democrats running as “MAGA” Democrats, and how detrimental that will be to a Democratic Party struggling to attract new voters. It’ll be difficult for Democrats…

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Final 2024 Episode: Which Path Will Democrats Take In 2025?

Here’s Episode 115 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-26:52: Where Will Democrats Go In 2025? Pat begins his final monologue of 2024 wondering what, or if, the Democratic Party in Michigan, and across the country, has learned anything after its deflating defeat to MAGA Republicanism in the election. Judging from how the D.C. Democratic leadership…

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Will Michigan Democrats Only Deliver “Lame Duck Disappointment?”

Here’s Episode 114 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-13:16: Michiganders Want Populist Policies! After pointing-out more absurdity from Ohio Republicans, who’ve introduced a bill banning flag-planting on football fields, Pat Johnston turns his attention back to Michigan, and the many progressive bills that Democrats must pass while they still have the majority in Lame Duck. Pat…

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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…

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Kasey Helton on Why Democrats Must Return To Working Class Roots

Here’s Episode 111 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-15:36: Democrats Losing Working Class In the opening segment, Pat Johnston talks about how Democrats are losing the working class, and why it’s unconscionable since Trump & MAGA’s policies help only the rich, corporate donor class. Pat highlights how one progressive Michigan Democratic State House Representative won…

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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…

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Friday Short: Teamsters Damage Own Brand By Not Backing Harris

Here’s the Left of Lansing Friday Short for September 20, 2024. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is in danger of damaging itself into perpetuity because of its fear of the possibility of either another Dear Leader Trump administration, or that the next President of the United States will be a black woman. Or both. The…

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