Left Of Lansing

#podcast #politics #energy #CleanEnergy #Democracy #Democrats #Progressives #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #BillHuizenga #FossilFuel #Pollution #GovernmentCorruption #CorporateCorruption #CorporateGreed #Michigan #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for August 18 2025. The Trump Regime's energy department ordered the antiquated J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in Ottawa County to remain open despite the plant-owner Consumers' Energy's decision to shut it down for good last May.  The Regime cited some unknown "energy emergency" for its decision. But as Pat Johnston explains, there is no "free hand of the marketplace" with The Trump Regime. Our economy is directed by Dear Leader's (tiny) hand of the marketplace, and it's having devastating effects on the working class. 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: "Protestors rally in Hollan

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Michigan #Economy #WorkingClass #MAGAMurderBudget #Medicaid #Jobs #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #MAGA #Republicans #MattHall #Trump #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for August 15, 2025. MAGA Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall is proudly joining his Dear Leader Donald Trump in punching the state's working class in the gut.  Hall hailed the MAGA Murder Budget is a "win" for Michigan, even though hundreds of thousands will lose their Medicaid and food assistance. Even more, thousands of jobs are getting slashed due to The Regime's war on clean energy.  Hall and his MAGA supporters in the Michigan House are willing to shutdown the state government unless Democrats agree to slash spending for schools, health care, and jobs so that the corporate donor base receives another tax cut.  Hall's been described as the "Trump before Trump." Judging how Trump's so-called economic policies are damaging Michigan to no end, it

#podcast #politics #Michigan #news #WorkingClass #Economy #Tariffs #MAGAMurderBudget #Democracy #Fascism #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #Epstein #Immigration #Progressives #Democrats #Republicans #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for August 11, 2025. Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer made her third trip to visit the Trump Regime in Washington, D.C. last week. Apparently, Whitmer made the visit in an attempt to plead with Dear Leader how his tariffs were destroying Michigan's already struggling economy.  But what is Michigan getting out of this capitulation? And at a time when we need fighters for democracy in these perilous times, Whitmer's failing at this critical juncture in American history.  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

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #MAGA #Trump #Republicans #Michigan #Economy #Tariffs #WorkingClass #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Epstein #Inflation #Jobs #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for August 8, 2025.  A recent Morning Consult poll shows what most sane Americans already know: The Trump Regime's Oligarch Economy is getting a major thumbs-down from the American People. Considering how tariffs are already driving-up costs while driving down job production, it's no wonder Americans are regretting putting The Regime back in power. In Michigan, we're feeling the pain of Trump's tariffs, and economic policies (so-called). Now, is the time for some real Democratic Party leaders to step-up and fight against this fascism for the people. 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 to blame for high cost o

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #economy #workingclass #Populism #ClimateChange #EPA #Trump #Republicans #MAGA #CorporateCorruption #CorporateGreed #GovernmentCorruption #Detroit #MikeDuggan #2026Election #Auto #Jobs #Democracy #CanadianWildfires #Democracy #Fascism #Authoritarianism #LeftOfLansing Here's Episode #143 of Michigan's Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-13:37: Canadian Wildfires/Betsy Coffia ICE Mask Ban Pat Johnston begins the show pointing-out the sheer ignorance and hypocrisy by some Michigan MAGA Republicans who are really upset by these Canadian Wildfires polluting Michigan's summer skies. If only they'd review their own anti-climate change voting records! Pat summarizes the Detroit Mayoral Primary results. And he highlights a bill introduced by Democratic State Rep. Betsy Coffia that would've banned ICE agents from wearing masks. Naturally, the MAGA Michigan House killed the bill. 13:38-34:06: Michigan Advance MichEconomist Rick Haglund Michigan Advance's Rick Haglund join

#podcast #politics #Progressives #Democrats #MAGA #Republicans #Trump #Economy #BLS #CorporateAuthoritarianism #Authoritarianism #Fascism #WorkingClass #GovernmentCorruption #MAGAMurderBudget #Michigan #CleanEnergy #Labor #LeftofLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for August 4, 2025. Last week, Dear Leader Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics chief after the BLS reported-out poor economic news on the jobs front.  Rather than take responsibility for how his Regime's insane tariff scheme and several other insane corporate authoritarian policies are hurting the working class, Dear Leader decided to fire the messenger of his failures. This is what authoritarianism looks like, and we're living in it.  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

#podcast #politics #Michigan #News #Progressives #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #Gaza #Israel #Palestinians #Genocide #GovernmentCorruption #ElissaSlotkin #BreakingPoints #Centrism #Democracy #WorkingClass #Epstein #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for August 1, 2025. Michigan's Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin's push to show the coolness of centrism to younger and independent voters isn't going as smoothly as she and her people are pushing.  LOL's Pat Johnston devotes a little more time than usual in this "Friday Short" to describe how Slotkin's failing in these chaotic and scary times which call for stark moral clarity.  Slotkin is using critical words against Israel's actions in Gaza, but refuses to show-up to vote on a resolution blocking offensive weapons to Israel. Nor will she declare Israel's actions in Gaza as a genocide. The lack of moral clarity as fascism takes over in the United States isn't leadership.  It's cowardice.  NOTES: To view the entire "Breaking Poi

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #WorkingClass #Jobs #Tariffs #CorporateGreed #GovernmentCorruption #MAGAMurderBudget #Medicaid #CleanEnergy #EnergyCosts #Fasicsm #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing for July 28, 2025. Michigan Maga Republican and House Speaker Man-Baby Matt Hall last week touted the Trump Regime is supposedly making it "easier" and "more attractive" to create jobs in America. Are you sure about that because Pat Johnston brings some receipts as to how The Regime is harming Michigan's economic present and future. Whether it's his tariff scheme which is a regressive tax on the working class, or how he's gutting clean energy jobs while raising energy rates... The Regime is doing the exact opposite of making it easier to create jobs in Michigan, and the nation.  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.

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #CorporateMedia #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #PoliticalEstablishment #Theater #LeftofLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for July 25, 2025! Pat Johnston explains how and why he quit subjecting himself to the sham that is the Sunday political talk show. 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

#podcast #politics #Progressives #Democrats #Economy #WorkingClass #Tariffs #GovernmentCorruption #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #Genesee #CorporateWelfare #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for July 21, 2025. Sandisk Company's decision to reverse course on a planned semiconductor mega site in Genesee County's Mundy Twp. is another harsh example how Trump's tariff scheme hurts Michigan's economy.  But it's not just Trump's tariff scheme that failed Michigan's working class. It's also Michigan's decades-long reliance on corporate welfare, and how it rarely results in a high number of good-paying jobs.  This is what happens when two horrible economic theories collide, and the working class is caught in the middle.  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: "Lawmakers respond as Sandisk pulls out of Mundy Township semiconductor project." By Kyl

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Republicans #Michigan #MEDC #SOAR #MAGA #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #WorkingClass #CorporateWelfare #Whitmer #RickSnyder #Jobs #Inequality Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for July 18, 2025. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Democrat, opened a criminal investigation on the Michigan Economic Development Corporation's grant to Fay Beydoun's nonprofit business. Beydoun is a longtime Democratic Party donor, and an appointee to the MEDC by Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Beydoun allegedly used the grant money for her nonprofit, Global Link International, to pay for first class plane tickets, her $500k salary, and a $4,500 coffee maker! But as Pat Johnston explains, the MEDC was put-together to attract businesses and jobs in Michigan, but it has done neither. Even more, this so-called "public-private" entity faces little-to-no government oversight. And it's been championed by both Democratic & Republican gover

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Michigan #MagaMurderBudget #Medicaid #RuralHospitals #Epstein #HaleyStevens #Republicans #ElissaSlotkin #JohnMoolenaar #CleanEnergy #TimWalberg #MAGA #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentGreed #Democracy #Fascism #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #Gaza #LeftOfLansing Here's Episode 142 of Michigan's Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-17:17: Epstein/Haley Stevens/Schumer Failure Did you really believe MAGA Congressional Republicans would defy their Dear Leader Trump by releasing the Epstein investigation files? What is Haley Stevens' campaign angle in her run to become Michigan's Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate as she says Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's doing a great job? How the MAGA Murder Budget could possibly cut three rural hospitals in Michigan. 17:18-45:22: Frank Houston, BlueGreen Alliance Interview BlueGreen Alliance's Michigan Senior State Policy Manager, Frank Houston, talks about how the Trump-MAGA Republican budget bill will slash tho

#podcast #progressives #politics #Michigan #Texas #TexasFlood #ClimateChange #CleanEnergy #WorkingClass #CorporateCorruption #CorporateGreed #GovernmentCorruption #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #KristiNoem #FlintWaterCrisis #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for July 14, 2025. Over 130 have died from the flooding in central Texas with another 150 still missing.  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has repeatedly stated how she wants to end FEMA as we know it. And now, Texans are finding it difficult to get help.  Even more, we've learned that Kerr County commissioners denied federal funds to upgrade their emergency systems for weather events because it was viewed as "Biden money." At a time when we're seeing 500 year storms happening every year, perhaps now is not the best time to gut FEMA funding, or clean energy funding? And maybe it's never a good time to let MAGA Republicans get power? Please, subscribe to the podcast, download each episode, and give it a good review if you ca

#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

#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. 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

#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.  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! leftoflansi

#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

#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.  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 "Trump’s “big beautiful bill” could lead to 16 000 extra deaths a year, say researchers."

#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.  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: "Group launches b

#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: Derr