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  • 281: A Transformative Working Class Agenda, w/ Michigan State Senate Candidate Ivan Diaz

    281: A Transformative Working Class Agenda, w/ Michigan State Senate Candidate Ivan Diaz
    2025/07/10
    #podcast #politics #Progressives #DemocraticSocialism #Michigan #Democrats #MAGA #Trump #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #WorkingClass #Medicaid #UBI #Republicans #MAGAMurderBudget #Oligarchy #Devos #Populism #Epstein #Elites #UniversalHealthCare #IvanDiaz #LeftOfLansing

    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 Leader signed the MAGA Murder Budget into law. It's a major giveaway to the corporate class, such as providing tax write-offs for buying private planes. Very working class, indeed. Pat applauds Michigan AG Dana Nessel for going after corruption inside the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.

    19:07-44:00: Ivan Diaz, Democratic Socialist Candidate For MI State Senate Seat 29

    Democratic Socialist Ivan Diaz, who's running for the Michigan Senate Seat in the 29th District, joins the show to talk about his campaign, and why he believes Now is the right time to represent a transformative working class agenda for his district. Pat and Mr. Diaz discuss his agenda, how to reverse MAGA Republicanism, how to reverse neoliberal policies, and how Democrats can best reach the working class. They also talk about where Democrats fell short in Michigan, and how he'll convince voters that Democratic Socialism serves all people.

    44:01-50:00: Last Call-Populism Wins

    The "Last Call" argues how Americans are in a populist move, but while MAGA Republicans offer fake-populism, Democratic Party leaders and consultants refuse to back populist economic policies.

    50:01-52:54: Ending/Tigers

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  • 280: Monday Musing: Rise of ICE Arrests In Michigan Is Rise of 21st Century Fascism

    280: Monday Musing: Rise of ICE Arrests In Michigan Is Rise of 21st Century Fascism
    2025/07/07
    #podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Democracy #Immigration #WhiteChristianNationalist #Immigration #Trump #MAGA #StevenMiller #Michigan #WorkingClass #Fascism #LeftOfLansing

    Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for July 7, 2025.

    A new MLIVE story over the weekend detailed how ICE arrests of Michigan immigrants has increased by 154% in the last few months.

    Make no mistake: This was never about deporting criminals.

    It was always about kidnapping and humiliating immigrants due to the White Christian Nationalists inside The Trump Regime.

    It's not only a human rights crime, but it's also hurting the state's economy.

    It's 21st Century Fascism.

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  • 279: Friday Short: MAGA Won't Take Away My Patriotism Or Country

    279: Friday Short: MAGA Won't Take Away My Patriotism Or Country
    2025/07/04
    #podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #Patriotism #Democracy #Fascism #WhiteChristianNationalism #WorkingClass #MAGAMurderBudget #Mamdani #LeftOfLansing

    Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for July 4, 2025.

    A new Gallup Poll on this Independence Day holiday reveals that American Pride is at an all-time low. That's not surprising with everything that's happened in the first half of this year, and with the passage of the MAGA Murder Budget which steals from the working class safety net and further enriches Old Money.

    Yet, despite feeling dispirited, millions of Americans oppose this fascist takeover, and are demanding for real, economically progressive change. And a majority of Americans refuse to give-up, and to allow MAGA Republicans to own the American flag and define what real patriotism is.

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    NOTES: "National pride is declining in America. And it’s splitting by party lines, new Gallup polling shows." By Linley Sanders and Amelia Thomson-Deveaux of The AP
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  • 278: MAGA Murder Budget Impacts On Michigan; Elissa Slotkin's Economic War Plan Review

    278: MAGA Murder Budget Impacts On Michigan; Elissa Slotkin's Economic War Plan Review
    2025/07/03
    #podcast #progressives #Democrats #Michigan #MAGAMurderBudget #BigBeautifulBill #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #Medicaid #WorkingClass #SNAP #CleanEnergy #Jobs #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Oligarchy #CorporateAuthoritariansim #JohnMoolenaar #RashidaTlaib #ElissaSlotkin #Populism #LeftOfLansing

    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 providing major subsidies for the coal & oil industry. This won't just harm Americans on a public health and environmental front, this will destroy jobs and our nation's economy. Even more, thanks in part to my MAGA Republican Congressman John Moolenaar, Republicans are handing China a big economic victory while hurting America.

    17:24-36:21: MAGA Murder Budget Is Pro-Oligarchy

    Pat shows how Michigan MAGA Republicans in the State House failed to pass a budget by the July 1 deadline. Like Congressional Republicans, Michigan Republicans are trying to steal from the working class safety net, and funnel money up towards their rich & elite donor base. Pat highlights how the MAGA Murder Budget attacks Medicaid, and how Republican arguments for work requirements is another way to humiliate the working class.

    36:22-46:01: Last Call-Sen.Slotkin's "Economic War Plan" Review

    In the "Last Call," Pat gives a review of Michigan Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin's "Economic War Plan." He points-out where he agrees with her, and where and why some of her incremental plans fail the moment we're in as a country.

    46:02-47:54: Ending

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    NOTES: "Senate passes ‘big, beautiful bill:’ What it means for Michigan." By Lauren Gibbons of Bridge Michigan "Climate change triggers earlier mold allergy season, say Michigan scientists." By Emilio Perez Ibarguen "Michigan is energized: Report ranks state 6th in nation for clean energy jobs." By Michigan Department of Energy, Great Lakes, and Energy "More Than 100,000 Michigan Residents Nearly Lost Medicaid Coverage Under Work Requirements." By Robert Gordon of The Commonwealth Fund "Michigan Dems excoriate passage of ‘big, beautiful’ tax and spending bill as GOP applauds action." By Ben Solis of Michigan Advance "Is the Republican Party a Chinese Communist Conspiracy?" By Ryan Cooper of The American Prospect "Anti-Gotion activists speak out at Michigan House subcommittee as project remains on hold." By Kyle Davidson of Michigan Advance Political Contributions to Michigan Republican Congressman John Moolenaar via Open Secrets
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  • 277: Monday Musing: Major Pendulum Shift Towards Working Class Needed Now!

    277: Monday Musing: Major Pendulum Shift Towards Working Class Needed Now!
    2025/06/30
    #podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #WorkingClass #Economy #WealthInequality #CorporateGreed #GovernmentCorruption #Mamdani #ElissaSlotkin #Medicaid #TaxCuts #leftoflansing

    Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for June 30, 2025.

    The Republican Congress is pushing ahead and trying to pass the MAGA Murder Budget this week. The MAGA Murder Budget attacks the working class safety net while funneling billions up to their rich, elite corporate donor base.

    This shows how far-right the political pendulum has switched, which has been a work in progress for the last 50 years. It's time for Democrats to switch the pendulum back towards the left, and back towards the working class.

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    "Trump’s “big beautiful bill” could lead to 16 000 extra deaths a year, say researchers."
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  • 276: Friday Short: Michigan Proposal To Tax Rich And Fund Schools Is A Slam Dunk Win

    276: Friday Short: Michigan Proposal To Tax Rich And Fund Schools Is A Slam Dunk Win
    2025/06/27
    #podcast #politics #Michigan #WorkingClass #Education #Oligarchy #WealthInequality #Corruption #Taxes #FlatTax #Billionaires #Election2026 #LeftOfLansing

    Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for June 27, 2025.

    A progressive coalition known as Invest In MI Kids is pushing a proposal to appear on the 2026 Michigan ballot that would end the Michigan's regressive flat tax, and replace it with a 5% surcharge on couples earning $1 million.

    The money would be used to help replenish the state's dwindling education funding, which has been hurt significantly thanks to tax cuts for the rich and elite in the state.

    And at a time when the working class is suffocating while the oligarchy gains more wealth and power, this kind of a progressive proposal is what the working class needs now more than ever.

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    NOTES:

    "Group launches ballot initiative to fund public schools by taxing wealthy Michiganders." By Ben Solis of Michigan Advance "Michigan proposal to tax the rich, fund schools raises questions with business groups." By Anna Liz Nichols of Michigan Advance "MSU study: Michigan public schools face nation's sharpest decline in state funding." By Virginia Gordon of Michigan Public Radio
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  • 275: Mamdani Victory; NRDC's Derrell Slaughter On Trump Forcing Power Plants To Stay Open

    275: Mamdani Victory; NRDC's Derrell Slaughter On Trump Forcing Power Plants To Stay Open
    2025/06/26
    #podcast #politics #Michigan #EnvironmentalJustice #Economics #WorkingClass #MAGAMurderBudget #MAGA #Democrats #Progressives #Mamdani #NYC #CorporateCorruption #CorporateGreed #GovernmentCorruption #Democracy #FossilFuel #NRDC #Environment #TedNugent #LeftOfLansing Here's Episode 139 of Michigan's Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-20:28: Nugent In Lansing/Mamdani NYC Victory Pat Johnston opens the show highlighting how Michigan MAGA Republicans welcomed old age rocker, Ted Nugent, to the State House this week to complain about things. Pat explains how Nugent and Dear Leader Trump are very much alike, and not in flattering ways. Pat then talks about how nearly half of Detroit's apartment complexes are without air conditioning, and Michigan's high unemployment rate. He concludes by underlining the big time victory of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani in the NYC mayoral race, and how it's yet another example of how progressive economic populism is not only popular, but it WINS elections! 20:29-42:23: Derrell Slaughter of NRDC-Michigan Interview Derrell Slaughter is the Michigan Policy Director for Climate & Energy at the Natural Resources Defense Council. Slaughter co-wrote a blog post on the NRDC site called, "Trump Administration's DOE Is Forcing Coal Plants To Remain Open. Michigan Is The First Target." Pat and Derrell discuss how Trump's Energy Dept. is forcing an old Consumer's Energy plant in Ottawa County to remain open even though the plant was scheduled to shut-down last month. Slaughter explains why this unprecedented move will cost Michiganders both economically and environmentally. 42:24-48:04: Last Call on Unhinged Democrats The "Last Call" this week spotlights those Democrats who view progressive Democrats, like Zohran Mamdani, as more of an enemy than they view MAGA Republicans as the real opposition to the working class, to liberty, and to democracy. 48:05-50:30: Ending Please, subscribe to the podcast, download each episode, and give it a good review if you can! leftoflansing@gmail.com Left of Lansing is now on YouTube as well! leftoflansing.com NOTES: "Trump Administration’s DOE Is Forcing Coal Plants to Stay Open. Michigan Is the First Target." By Derrell Slaughter and Casey Roberts of the NRDC of Michigan "New Detroit mayoral poll signals Sheffield, Kinloch, Craig are top contenders." By Malachi Barrett of Bridge Detroit "Failing air conditioners, extreme heat have City Council concerned." By Malachi Barrett of Bridge Detroit "The Doublespeak of Energy Secretary Chris Wright." By Abraham Lustgarten of Pro Publica "Nessel challenges order to keep J.H. Campbell Plant open as energy experts predict price hikes." By Sarah Leach of The Ottawa News Network "We can have nice things." By Marisa Kabas of The Handbasket "As Ted Nugent rails against Michigan wildlife regulations, Dems call hearing ‘absurd’ and ‘shameful.’" By Ben Solis of Michigan Advance "Don't Forget Who They Are: Political Amnesia in Times of Crisis." By Jared Yates Sexton in Dispatches From A Collapsing State
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  • 274: Monday Musing: Nessel Takes-On Trump's Move To Block West Michigan Power Plant's Closing

    274: Monday Musing: Nessel Takes-On Trump's Move To Block West Michigan Power Plant's Closing
    2025/06/23
    #podcast #Politics #Michigan #Progressives #Trump #OttawaCounty #PowerPlant #Campbell #Wright #FossilFuels #Pollution #Environment #CorporateCorruption #HealthCare #GovernmentCorruption #WorkingClass #CleanEnergy #DanaNessel #Trump #LeftOfLansing

    Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for June 23, 2025.

    Michigan's Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel is fighting-back on the Trump Regime's move to block the scheduled closing of a West Michigan Power Plant.

    How is The Regime's action to stop a company from closing down its own fossil fuel plants an example of small government?

    Answer: Look who runs The Regime's energy department.

    To learn more about the struggle to close the J.H. Campbell Power Plant in Ottawa County, Michigan, please check-out Sarah Leach's story in The Ottawa News Network.

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    NOTES: "The Doublespeak of Energy Secretary Chris Wright." By Abrahm Lustgarten of ProPublica
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