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Left of Lansing — 440 episodes
445: Monday Musing: "Florida" Mike Rogers' Football Attacks On Abdul El-Sayed Are An Incomplete Pass
444: Kelli Van Ginhoven For U.P. State Senate; Joanna Whaley For Downriver State House
443: Friday Short: MAGA Michigan Voter Suppression "Show Your Papers" Drive Blocked By MAGA SCOTUS
442: Monday Musing: CBS "News" Posts ANOTHER Anti-Abdul El-Sayed "Story"
441: Friday Short: J.D. Vance To Visit Michigan And Tell Voters To Ignore Reality
440: DSA Member Jessica Newman & Why DSA Candidates ARE Winning
439: Monday Musing: Mike Rogers Afraid AIPAC Hurts More Than Helps
438: Friday Short: MAGA Congressman Tom Barrett Tries Hiding His Love For Data Centers
437: Progressive Economic Populism Is Winning w/ Michigan-WFP's Branden Snyder
436: Monday Musing: Trump Declares High Gas Prices Are Worth It
435: Friday Short: Primary Election Is Over; Time To Take Battle To "Florida" Mike Rogers
434: Kasey Helton--Progressives Win In Michigan, But Now What?
433: Monday Musing: MAGA & Media Refuse To Talk Money In Politics
432: Friday Short: Trump & MAGA Republicans Fear Abdul El-Sayed's Working Class Message
431: Progressives Win BIG in Michigan's Primary
430: Monday Musing: How Will Establishment Democrats React If Progressives Win Michigan Primary?
429: Friday Short: Whitmer Abandons Planned Parenthood, and Legacy
428: Michigan Primary Primer: Will Progressives Score Major Victories Across the State?
427: Monday Musing: Whitmer Endorses Stevens, and Why
426: Friday Short: Vote Blue No Matter Who...Unless Progressives Win?
425: Pat Johnston w/ The LOL "Show Voice" Jessica Shepherd!
424: Monday Musing: Dem Leaders Endorse Crypto & AIPAC Congressman Shri Thanedar
422: Friday Short: Trump Makes Diarrhea Great Again!
423: People Representing People--Ben Ambrose For Michigan Congress
421: Monday Musing: Big Gretch Whitmer Turned Into a Big Sell-Out
420: Friday Short: ICE--Bad For Economy, For Farmers, For Families, And MUST Be Abolished!
419: Diop Harris II--Progressive Democrat For Michigan's 4th Congressional District
418: Monday Musing: McMorrow Drops-Out of Michigan Senate Race
417: Friday Short: Progressives Winning By Fighting Corruption, Too
416: Progressive Democratic State Rep. Betsy Coffia
415: Friday Short: Democratic "Centrists" Declare War On Democratic Socialists
414: Kyle Blomquist-Michigan Progressive For Congress & Reviving Northern Michigan's Working Class
413: Monday Musing: Freedom To Disconnect From Work
412: Friday Short: Progressivism Is Essential For Michigan & Country
411: Kelli Van Ginhoven's People-Powered Campaign For the Upper Peninsula
410: Monday Musing: MAGA & Establishment Dems Work To Stop Michigan Progressives
409: Friday Short: Trump Regime's Gutting of Michigan's Solar & Wind Energy
408: The Establishment Machine's Fight To Stop The Progressive-Populist Uprising
407: Monday Musing: Establishment Dems Fail At Learning Lessons
406: Line 5 Shutdown Battle Continues, But It's Already Caused Massive Harm
405: Monday Musing: "Centrist" Dems Rather See MAGA Win Than Progressives
404: Friday Short: Time To Nix The Mackinac Policy Conference
403: More AIPAC Ties To Haley Stevens; Mop-Up Michigan Closer To Ballot; Mackinac Corporate Conference
402: Monday Musing: Why This Sudden Call To End Michigan Nominating Conventions?
401: Friday Short: Why Mike Duggan's "Centrist" Campaign Failed In Michigan
400: Haley Stevens & AIPAC; Trump Hurting Republicans; Joe Spaulding on Michigan Senate Race
399: Monday Musing: Why Worry About Mike Rogers in Michigan Senate Race?
398: Friday Short: Whitmer Loses Will To Fight For Abortion Rights... Everything Else
397: The Energy Is With Michigan Progressives? Senate Race Polls. Data Center Rejection
396: Monday Musing: Republican Clueless On Democrats' Michigan State Senate Blowout Win
395: Friday Short: MAGA Always Uses Racism To Divide Working Class
394: MI State Senate Reaction; AIPAC Doubles-Down on Haley Stevens; Taxpayers Fund Trump Ballroom
393: Friday Short: "Moderate" Kristen McDonald-Rivet Capitulates To Trump Regime, MAGA
392: Senate Race, Gas Prices, Voting Rights, Ballrooms, and Progressive Ivan Diaz for Michigan State Senate
391: Monday Musing: Trump Uses Assassination Attempt For Ballroom Push, Silencing Dissent
385: Friday Short: In What World Are MAGA Republicans "Fiscally Responsible?"
384: Kasey Helton Report On The Abdul El-Sayed & Hasan Piker UofM Rally
383: Monday Musing: Trump's Easter "Message" Reveals MAGA True "Values"
382: Friday Short: How Did Dems' Moderation On Immigration Work-Out?
381: Kyle Blomquist and his Progressive America First Campaign In Northern Michigan
380: Monday Musing: What I Saw At Two Mid-Michigan "No Kings" Protests
379: Friday Short: The MAGA Republican Grifting Game--Michigan Style
378: "No Kings 3" on March 28th w/ Traverse Indivisible's Leif Colt
377: Monday Musing: Michigan Pays Price For Trump's Anti-Clean American Energy Agenda
376: Friday Short: Like Trump, Michigan's Matt Hall Protects The Swamp
375: Kasey Helton, Livingston County Progressive & Union Fighter
374: Monday Musing: Trump Clean Energy Cuts Leads To More Deadly Storms
373: Friday Short: Pro-War Voices Use Synagogue Attack To Shut-Up Dissent
371: Monday Musing: The MAGA Michigan Cult Hypocrisy On Protecting Kids
372: Friday Short: Florida Mike Rogers Says We're Living In "The Golden Age"
370: Tax The Rich, Pay The Working Class w/ Erica Payne of Patriotic Millionaires
369: Monday Musing: Trump's War On Iran For The Epstein Class
368: Friday Short: Working Class Push For Data Center Moratorium in Michigan
367: A Working Class Movement w/ Michigan State Rep. Dylan Wegela
366: Monday Musing: Michigan Dems Must Oppose Data Centers in '26
365: Friday Short: Don't Allow Epstein Class To Divide Michigan
364: Abdul El-Sayed: A Progressive Democrat Who Plays Offense
363: Monday Musing: Congressman Tom Barrett Teaches High School Students Lesson on Authoritarianism
362: Friday Short: Trump-MAGA Will Suppress The Vote To Protect Epstein Class
361: MAGA Epstein Coverup; Trump & Detroit Bridge; Billionaires vs. Public Schools w/ Dr. Josh Cowen
360: Monday Musing: Democrats Must Tie Epstein Class Around Trump & MAGA
359: Friday Short: Be "Civil" While MAGA Fascism Marches On?
358: Pat's Michigan Senate Choice; Epstein Exposes Oligarchy; Kid Rock Super Bowl
357: Monday Musing: Epstein Files Reveal Untouchable Oligarch & Political Cabal
356: Friday Short: Mike Duggan Digs MAGA Dollars & Playbook
355: Why Protesting Matters To End ICE, Data Centers & Tyranny w/ Julia Pulver
354: Monday Musing: ICE Killing Of Pretti Shows MAGA's Cards
353: Friday Short: Democratic "Centrists" Vote For Trump's ICE Gestapo
352: The MAGA Media Propaganda Machine w/ Jennifer Schulze of Indistinct Chatter
351: Monday Musing: More Insider Trading Allegations Surrounding Michigan Rep. Lisa McClain
350: Friday Short: Democrats Must Push To Abolish ICE In '26!
349: Battling Oligarch Devos Family and ICE in West Michigan
348: Monday Musing: Ice Brutality Is Why You Never Capitulate To Authoritarianism
347: Friday Short: Celebrating ICE Killing Americans Is MAGA's War On Empathy
346: How MAGA Michigan Tried To DOGE Michigan w/ State Rep. Emily Dievendorf
345: Monday Musing: A Real America First Working Class Agenda In 2026
344: Friday Short: DNC Leaves Head In The Sand By Blocking 2024 Autopsy Report
343: Last 2025 Episode! Government & Corporate Corruption Leaves Working Class Behind
342: Monday Musing: MAGA Michigan's Bill To Ignore Implicit Bias & Reality
341: Friday Short: Michigan MAGA Body Slams Working Class
340: What's Happening with Gretchen Whitmer? Guest: Michigan Advance's Jon King
339: Monday Musing: Whitmer's Friendship With Trump Speaks Volumes
338: Friday Short: DTE's Political Power In Lansing Can Be Stopped w/ Mop Up Michigan
337: Mop Up Michigan Proposal To End Money In Politics w/ Melinda Billingsley
336: Monday Musing: DTE & Consumers' Energy Lawyers Donate To Democratic AG Candidate Karen McDonald?
335: Friday Short: Trump Regime's Corruption Gives Working Class The Thanksgiving Blues
334: Monday Musing: Trump Threatens Violence Against Slotkin and other Democrats
333: Friday Short: Michigan's A.I. Data Center Happening No Matter What People Want
332: Data Center Rush in Michigan w/ Bridge Michigan's Kelly House
331: Monday Musing: Epstein Scandal Exposes Entire Oligarchy
330: Livingston County Progressive Kasey Helton On Data Centers, Rank MI Vote, and Caving Democrats
329: Monday Musing: Tired Yet of Constant Democratic Party Capitulating?
328: Friday Short: Lisa McClain Violates Stock Law Twice
327: Democrats Win Elections Using Populist & Anti-Authoritarian Messages
326: Monday Musing: Michigan MAGA Tom Barrett Freaks-Out Over Chalk, Not Struggling Families
325: Friday Short: Michigan MAGA Congressmen Earn Big Bucks From Tax Bill They Backed
324: Restoring The Working Class w/ Progressive Michigan Congressional Candidate William Lawrence
323: Monday Musing: Is Whitmer Emulating Trump's Corporate Pay For Play?
322: Friday Short: MAGA Inflicts Pain On Working Class To Protect Trump-Epstein
321: No Kings, Political & Corporate Corruption, and Populism Is Popular
320: Monday Musing. "No Kings" Protests Were Both Anti-Trump & Pro-Worker
319: Friday Short: Tech Oligarchy Gobbles-Up Media To Control Our Free Speech
318: Michigan's New Marijuana Tax For Roads: Another Working Class Gut-Punch
317: Monday Musing: Trump Gets Vaccines While Blocking Others From Doing Same
316: Fair Way To Fund Michigan Schools w/ Jess Newman of Invest in MI Kids Ballot Initiative
315: Monday Musing: Trump Regime's Occupation Of American Cities
314: Friday Short: Another Mass Shooting In Michigan
313: Budget Showdowns, Haley Stevens' Napa Getaway, and Ranked Choice Voting w/ Joe Spaulding
312: Monday Musing: Ezra Klein Is Right About Expanding Map; Wrong On How To Do It
311: Friday Short: Americans Bailout MAGA Argentina While Farmers Suffer
310: People-Centered Politics w/ Lansing Mayoral Candidate Kelsea Hector
309: Monday Musing: Trump Regime Backs CANADIAN OIL Over Michigan! Is That "America First?"
308: Friday Short: U.N Declares Israel Guilty Of Genocide In Gaza, But Why Aren't More Democrats?
307: Capitulation Is Never A Solution To Authoritarianism
306: Monday Musing: MAGA Uses Tragedy To Advance Authoritarian Goals
305: Friday Short: MAGA Uses Kirk Assassination To Shut Down Progressive Speech
304: Mallory McMorrow's Confusing Campaign. Fake Electors Escape Law & Order. Charlie Kirk Murder.
303: Monday Musing: Michigan MAGA Transgender Bathroom Ban Seeks To Divide
302: Friday Short: Trump Regime Sinks Foreign Student Enrollment, and Michigan's Economy
301: People-Powered Politics w/ Denzel McCampbell-Democratic Socialist Candidate For Detroit City Council
300: Monday Musing: The Anti-Worker, Anti-Union Trump Regime
299: Friday Short: Guns & Men--A Unique American Problem
298: MAGA Michigan's Budget Insanity; Whitmer's Special Election Error
297: Monday Musing: Michiganders Learning (A Second Time) How Trump Doesn't Care About Them
296: Friday Short: Mike Duggan Sides With Authoritarianism
295: Kelli van Ginhoven, Democratic State Senate Candidate on Rebuilding U.P's Blue Wall
294: Monday Musing: Trump's Government Takeover Of Michigan Energy
293: Friday Short: Matt Hall Joins Trump's Assault On Michigan's Working Class
292: Monday Musing: Whitmer Placates Trump... Again
291: Friday Short: Trump Oligarch Economy Is Why MAGA Must Cheat
290: Michigan Advance's MichEconomist Rick Haglund; Canadian Wildfires; and Mike Duggan as Nerd 2.0
289: Monday Musing: Trump Fires BLS Director In Shame Of Crumbling Economy
288: Friday Short: Slotkin's Moral Compass Remains Off
287: Monday Musing: Matt Hall Celebrates How Trump Is Wrecking Michigan's Working Class
286: Friday Short: Why I Quit Watching Wasteful Political Sunday Shows
285: Monday Musing: Trump Tariffs Hurt Michigan Again w/ Semiconductor Company's Reversal
284: Friday Short: Corporate Handouts Lead To Corporate Corruption In Michigan's MEDC
283: Republican Cuts Michigan's Clean Energy Jobs w/ Frank Houston of BlueGreen Alliance
282: Monday Musing: MAGA (In)Action In Texas Flood Reveals Destructive & Deadly Consequences
281: A Transformative Working Class Agenda, w/ Michigan State Senate Candidate Ivan Diaz
280: Monday Musing: Rise of ICE Arrests In Michigan Is Rise of 21st Century Fascism
279: Friday Short: MAGA Won't Take Away My Patriotism Or Country
278: MAGA Murder Budget Impacts On Michigan; Elissa Slotkin's Economic War Plan Review
277: Monday Musing: Major Pendulum Shift Towards Working Class Needed Now!
276: Friday Short: Michigan Proposal To Tax Rich And Fund Schools Is A Slam Dunk Win
275: Mamdani Victory; NRDC's Derrell Slaughter On Trump Forcing Power Plants To Stay Open
274: Monday Musing: Nessel Takes-On Trump's Move To Block West Michigan Power Plant's Closing
273: Friday Short: Why Donovan McKinney's Primary Challenge To 70-Year Old Congressman Matters
272: Fighting For The Working Class & Democracy w/ Michigan Democratic State Rep. Carrie Rheingans
271: Monday Musing: "No Kings" Demonstrated A Repudiation Of Fascism
270: Friday Short: Do Slotkin & McDonald-Rivet Understand The Fight We're In?
269: Upcoming "No Kings" Rallies To Oppose Trump Regime's Authoritarianism
268: Monday Musing: Michiganders Not Thrilled w/ Corporate-Funded Mackinac Policy Conference
267: Friday Short: Is It Real Surprising Why More Adults Are Choosing No Kids?
266: How Progressives Can Win Back The Working Class w/ Joan C. Williams
265: Monday Musing: My Observations Traveling Through Western Pennsylvania, Or Trump Country
264: Trump Blocks Closure Of Ottawa County Coal Plant w/ Sarah Leach of Ottawa News Network
263: Friday Short: Another Edition Of Michigan Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin Goes Full MAGA
262: Republicans Pass MAGA Murder Bill; What Will Democrats Do Next?
261: Monday Musing: Is This What Winning Feels Like In Michigan?
260: Friday Short: Left of Lansing Mea Culpa On Joe Biden
259: How Trump & Musk Are Devastating Rural Michigan w/ Bob Thompson of Michigan Farmers Union
258: Monday Musing: What Does Slotkin's "Moderation" Actually Stand For?
257: Friday Short: Repeal Michigan's Regressive Flat Tax, And Invest In Working People Again
256: Trump-Elon's Gutting of Lab Protecting The Great Lakes w/ ProPublica's Anna Clark
255: Monday Musing: Trump Budget Shows Pain In-Store For Michigan
254: Friday Short: Matt Hall Has Middle School Insults, But No Adult Solutions For Working Class
253: $1 Billion In Corporate Subsidies Fail Michigan w/ Bridge Michigan's Paula Gardner
252: Monday Musing: Trump & RFK Jr. Make Measles Great Again In Michigan
251: Friday Short: Matt Maddock Embodies Cruel, And Clownish, MAGA Republicans
250: Trump and Corporate & Government Corruption Surrounding Line 5
249: Monday Musing: Americans Rejecting Trump's Immigration "Policies"
248: Friday Short: MSU Calls On Big Ten Compact To Defend Against Trump Regime
247: Trump & MAGA's Targeting Of Universities & International Students
246: Monday Musing: Trump Regime Forces Foreign Michigan Students To Leave
245: Hamilton Nolan--Republicans Will Take Everything If We Don't Fight Back
244: Monday Musing: Will Tariffs Get More Billionaires To Kiss Trump's Ring?
243: New Episode: MAGA Billionaire Authoritarians Raid America's Workers, But Who'll Stop Them?
242: Monday Musing: Trump's Policies Abandon Working Class Michiganders
241: Friday Short: "Leaders & Best" Cower to Trump & MAGA
240: Republican "Proof Of Citizenship" Voting Rights Rollback w/ VoteBeat Michigan's Hayley Harden
239: Monday Musing: Which Democrat(s) Will Offer Bold Project 2025 Alternative?
238: Friday Short: Jackie Robinson Shows DEI Works, And Why MAGA Wants Rid Of It
237: Traverse Indivisible Going On Offense Against MAGA Michigan Republican Congressman Jack Bergman
236: Monday Musing: New Democratic Party Leadership Needed!
235: The Power Of Organizing Against MAGA's War On Working Class
234: Monday Musing: MAGA Chipping Away 19th Amendment
233: Friday Short: Authoritarians Always Attack Higher Education First
232: Why Trump Is Attacking DEI in Higher Education w/ Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig
231: Monday Musing: Democrats Go Safe With Slotkin When Alarm Bells Are Needed
230: Friday Short: MAGA Teaches Gen Z Men To Play Victim Than Playing Real Heroes
229: Michigan MAGA Republicans AWOL As Musk-Trump Attack Working Class
228: Monday Musing: What Happened To Big Gretch?
227: Americans Are Seeing "The Real Swamp" In Action
226: Why Are Some Michigan Democrats Voting MAGA on Minimum Wage?
225: Monday Musing: Does MAGA Now Want Line 5 Shutdown?
224: Friday Short: Musk-Trump And MAGA Selling-Out America's Farmers
223: Julia Pulver Refuses To Back Down To MAGA Fascism
222: Monday Musing: "Working Class" Party Puts CFPB On Chopping Block
221: Michelle Adams' Book On Consequential Detroit School Integration Case
220: Monday Music: MAGA Michigan Republicans Celebrate Musk-Trump Working Class Tax Hike!
219: Friday Short: Ex-Grand Rapids Priest's "Values" Are MAGA Values
218: Fossil Fuel Pushed Big Lie About A Northern Michigan Solar Panel Farm
217: Monday Musing: Why Did Some Michigan Democrats Give Into Fear On Minimum Wage & Paid Sick Leave?
216: Michigan Democratic State Rep. Betsy Coffia Refuses To Capitulate
215: Monday Musing: Trump Officially Returns. Where Do Progressives Go From Here?
214: Monday Musing: Michigan Republicans Help Restaurant Lobby By Hurting Servers & Workers
213: Friday Short: The Michigan MAGA Shell Game On Egg Prices
212: Have Elon Musk & The Tech Bros Taken Over?
211: Monday Musing: Democrats Wonder How We're Getting Trump, Part II
210: Final 2024 Episode: Which Path Will Democrats Take In 2025?
209: Monday Musing: The Corporate Media And Trump Are Working Together
208: Friday Short: Michigan Dems Help Big Tech Billionaire Trump Supporters
207: Will Michigan Democrats Only Deliver "Lame Duck Disappointment?"
206: Monday Musing: Health Care CEO Murder Exposes A Tragedy For America
205: Friday Short: Michigan Democrats... Stop Ceding Ground To Republicans
204: Expanding the Michigan Battleground w/ MDP Rural Caucus Chair Mark Ludwig
203: Monday Musing: Abortion Bans Sending Women To Michigan For Care, As Predicted
202: Monday Musing: How I Learned To Turn-Off MSNBC, And You Can, Too
201: Friday Short: How Did Democrats Lose "Populist" Label To Trump?
200: Standing-Up For Progressive Values and Courage w/ Democratic State Rep. Emily Dievendorf
199: Monday Musing: Corporate Media Will Not Save Us
198: Friday Short: Are Michigan Democrats Wasting Lame Duck For Corporations?
197: Kasey Helton on Why Democrats Must Return To Working Class Roots
196: Monday Musing: Disinformation Doomed Democrats
195: Friday Short: Michigan Dems Must Make Most Of Lame Duck
194: Post-Election Fallout: America Chooses More Trump & More MAGA
193: Monday Musing: Why I'm Voting For Harris
192: Friday Short: Final EPIC-MRA Poll Shows Harris/Slotkin Leads
191: This Election Is Freedom vs. Fascism, and Normalcy vs. More MAGA Insanity
190: Monday Musing: Don't Forget Who Blocked Voting Rights In Michigan!
189: Friday Short: Gen Z Men Are Getting Played By Trump/MAGA
188: Voting To Save Michigan's and America's Future w/ Sam Inglot of Progress Michigan
187: Monday Musing: Don't Be Fooled By Michigan MAGA's Silence On Abortion Bans
186: Friday Short: Trump's Trashing of Detroit Is Working...For Kamala Harris
185: How Climate Crisis Is Changing Michigan's Culture w/ Peter Sinclair
184: Monday Musing: Harris Offers Elder Care Plan; Media Yawns
183: Friday Short: Jill Stein Wants More Trump, More MAGA
182: Harris Leads Trump In Michigan; EV Cars; Slotkin-Rogers Debate; And Why Dirt Road Dems Are Vital
181: Monday Musing: Kamala Harris's Smart non-Traditional Media Strategy Is Brilliant
180: Friday Short: Democrats AGAIN Clean-Up Republican Economic Mess
179: VEEP Debate Recap; Abortion Rights w/ Amanda Mazur; Mike Rogers Opposes Lower Drug Prices
178: Monday Musing: MAGA Michigan Leader Spews Democrats Will "Steal Votes" Lie
177: Friday Short: It's Easy To Understand Why Women Back Harris
176: Episode 104: MAGA "Policies" Will Hurt Michigan's Economy, and The Smearing Of Rashida Tlaib
175: Monday Musing: Old Republicans Can't Run Away From MAGA Republicans
174: Friday Short: Teamsters Damage Own Brand By Not Backing Harris
173: Episode 103: The Billionaire School Voucher Scheme w/ Dr. Josh Cowen
172: Monday Musing: Weird MAGA Will Run Republicans Even After Trump
171: Friday Short: Another Example Of Why Florida Mike Rogers Is The Worst
170: Episode 102: Harris Destroys and Embarrasses Dear Leader In Debate
169: Monday Musing: Media Makes A Harris Debate Win Over Trump Near Impossible
168: Friday Short: AOC Is Right About Political Predator Jill Stein
167: Episode 101: Michigan Sheriff Learns How Trump Is Nothing But Trouble!
166: Friday Short: How Harris Can Put Trump On Defense On Immigration
165: Episode 100: Building A Better Way w/ Democrat Clint St. Mosley for Michigan's 9th!
164: Monday Musing: "Florida" MAGA Mike Rogers Doesn't Get Michigan
163: Friday Short: Kamala Harris Reclaims Patriotism And The Future For Democrats
162: Episode 99: Dedicated to Fight For The Next Yooper Generation w/ Christiana Reynolds
161: Monday Musing: It's Pro-Worker Harris Vs. Corporate Stooge Trump
160: Friday Short: No Daylight Between "Old" Republicans & MAGA
159: Episode 98: MAGA Promises Gutting of Min Wage; Austin Marsman On Bringing Gen Z Change To Lansing
158: Monday Musing: Protest Entire Israeli War Machine, Not Just Democrats
157: Episode 97: Distill Social's Gina Keller On Building A Progressive Coalition in Michigan
156: Monday Musing: Musk & His Fascist Billionaires Mess With Michigan
155: Friday Short: Another Week of MAGA's Fake Populism On Display!
154: Episode 96: Michigan in VP Buzz News, And Tech Oligarchs Line-Up w/ Trump-Vance
153: Monday Musing: Michiganders Aren't Buying MAGA Immigration Hate
152: Episode 95: Sarah May-Seward's Run To Unseat MAGA Extremist Matt Maddock
151: Monday Musing: With Biden's Decision, We Can Focus On Taking The Battle To MAGA!
150: Friday Short: Democrats CANNOT Be Afraid of '68 Convention Specter
149: Episode 94: Never Backing Down w/ Democratic State House Candidate Jodi Decker
148: Monday Musing: MAGA Want Trump Shooting To Squash Dissent
147: Friday Short: Media Protects Trump For Profits!
146: Episode 93: Democratic Rep. Carrie Rheingans On Keeping Michigan Trifecta Blue
145: Monday Musing: Lisa McClain's UAW Support Hypocrisy
144: Monday Musing: MAGA SCOTUS Says Presidents Are Kings
143: Friday Short: Good Abortion Rights News From Michigan This Week!
142: Episode 92: Slate's Nitish Pahwa On Lansing's Political Power
141: Monday Musing: If Gun Safety Laws Stop One Shooting, Then Michigan Democrats Did Right Thing
140: Friday Short: Add Neil Friske To The MAGA Crime Wave!
139: Episode 91: Public Transit Investment & Pragmatic Progressivism w/ Democratic State Rep. Jason Morgan
138: Monday Musing: Charlie Kirk's MAGA White Christian Nationalism Is Close To Gaining Real Power
137: Friday Short: Ohio, Just Look To Michigan For Hope
136: Podcast Ep. 90: Paid Family Leave & How To Even The Playing Field w/ Danielle Atkinson of Mothering Justice
135: Monday Musing: Michigan Republicans' Deranged AR-15 As State Gun Bill
134: Friday Short: Running Republican-Lite Is Non-Winner For Democrats
133: Michigan GOP's Extremism Has No End, And Dems Must Boycott Bibi Speech
132: Monday Musing: Democrats Can't Send Mixed Messages On Republican Extremism
131: Friday Short: Trump Verdict Reveals Entire Michigan GOP's Extremism
130: ProPublica's Andy Kroll On Michigan's MAGA War on Democracy
129: Monday Musings: Trump's Disgusting "Human Scum" Memorial Day Message
128: Friday Short: Republicans Believe Starving Kids Makes America Great
127: Rebalancing The Scales w/ Democratic Congressional Candidate Dr. Bob Lorinser
126: Monday Musing: Democrats Must Run Against Supreme Court!
125: Friday Short: Delta County MAGA--like all MAGA--Try To Thwart Democracy
124: Going After Every Vote w/ Michigan Democratic Party Rural Caucus Chair Mark Ludwig
123: Monday Musings: Finley Fixated On Transit Past
122: Friday Short: Michigan AG Nessel Takes-On Big Oil!
121: The Tide is Turning! Ottawa County Progressive Joe Spaulding
120: Monday Musings: The Chatfield Criminal Enterprise Goes To The Derby!
119: Friday Short: Why I'm Voting For Biden
118: Building a Blue Foundation in the Upper Peninsula w/ Kelli van Ginhoven
117: Episode 83: Salon's Amanda Marcotte on Fascism & The Christian Nationalist Movement
116: Friday Short: Investing in People Really Works! April 19, 2024
115: Episode 82: Transforming the Social Contract with Rx Kids in Flint
114: Friday Short: Making Michigan Charter Schools Accountable Is Long Overdue
113: Episode 81: Don't Believe the Hype on Corporate Subsidies w/ Bridge Magazine's Paula Gardner
112: Episode 80: Michigan Republicans Shill For Fascism in Grand Rapids
111: Friday Short: The Maddocks are an embarrassment to Michigan
110: Episode 79: Time for Transformational Change w/ Lou Glazer of Michigan Future, Inc.
109: Friday Short: Shutting Down Line 5 Is A States' Rights Issue, Too
108: Episode 78: Making a difference for Michiganders w/ Democratic State Rep. Ranjeev Puri
107: Friday Short: MI GOP Members Cry About Being Called Racists For Being...Racists
106: Episode 77: TikTok Ban, MAGA Violence, & Right Wing Cognitive Dissonance
105: Friday Short: The White Christian Nationalist "Fundie Baby Voice"
104: Episode 76: The History of White Christian Nationalism w/ Dr. Sara Moslener
103: Friday Short: GOP is All-In on National Abortion Ban
102: Episode 75: Polluter Pay 2.0 w/ Sean McBrearty of Clean Water Action Michigan
101: Friday Short: Why Christian Nationalists Push For Abortion, Contraception, IVF, and Fun Sex Bans
100: Episode 74: Fighting to move Delta County forward w/ Kelli van Ginhoven
99: Friday Short: Josh Shriver's Radicalism (and Racism) Is What America's Right Wing Is All About
98: Episode 73: Right Wing Tries To Repeal Law Allowing Renewable Energy Projects On Family Farms
97: Episode 72: New Michigan Gun Safety Laws w/ Dr. April Zeoli
96: Friday Short: How Is Rashida Tlaib Raising Over $3 Million in Campaign Donations? Easy. By Standing Up For People
95: Episode 71: Interview w/ Susan Demas of Michigan Advance
94: Friday Short: 'Good Guys' Don't Stop Bad Guys With Guns--January 19, 2024
93: Episode 70: The Rich Are O.K With Fascism
92: Friday Short: Popular Free School Lunches Hard For Republicans To Digest
91: Episode 69: Interview with Democratic State Rep. Laurie Pohutsky
90: The Friday Short: Nikki Haley's Profiles In Courage Moment Failure
89: Episode 68: Michigan's Right Wing Is Working To Erase History
88: Friday Short: Progressive Policies Are Popular Pro-Worker & Pro-Growth Policies
87: Episode 67: Kasey Helton and the Michigan "Dirt Road Democrats"
86: Friday Short: Michigan Energy "Regulators" Give Big Energy Another Win Over The People
85: Episode 66: Pushing The Overton Window w/ Democratic State Rep. Emily Dievendorf
84: Friday Short: UAW Momentum Focuses On Non-Union Automakers
83: Episode 65: Long Overdue (and imperfect) Clean Energy Future Is Michigan Law
82: Episode 64: Pro-Publica's Anna Clark on Eliminating Michigan's Emergency Manager Law.
81: Left of Lansing Monday Musing: Mass Transit Needed To Stop Michigan's Mass Exodus
80: Left Of Lansing Friday Short: MI Dems Clean Energy Bills Imperfect, But an Important Step
79: Episode 63: No More Waiting For Environmental Justice w/ Roshan Krishnan of The Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition
78: Left of Lansing Friday Short: Could Michigan Become a Death with Dignity State?
77: Episode 62: MAGA Keeps Losing On Abortion Rights, and My Defense of Rashida Tlaib
76: Left of Lansing "Monday Musing." MAGA Fights For Statues, But Not Books
75: LOL Friday Short: No Justice In Flint Water Crisis
74: Episode 61: UAW Win; Michigan Dems Strengthen Abortion Rights; Arab Americans Leaving Biden
73: LoL Friday Short: A Victory For Tolerance & Education
72: Left of Lansing Ep. 60: Update on Michigan Climate Bills with NRDC's Derrell Slaughter
71: Left of Lansing's "Monday Musings." MI Democrats' plan to stop local MAGA governments from blocking clean energy farms
70: LoL Friday Short: Democrats working to abolish Snyder's "Polluter Panels"
69: Episode 59: Taking On Corporate Greed, And Fighting FOR The People w/ State Rep. Dylan Wegela
68: LoL Friday Short: UAW's Fain Shows The Power of Messaging
67: Episode 58: The UAW & Workers' Rights w/ Sarah Lazare of Workers Magazine
66: Friday Left of Lansing Short: Rep. Dylan Wegela Wants To Stop DTE & Consumers Energy Dark Money In Lansing
65: Episode 57: Michigan Democrats Showing Government Works With Good Governance!
64: Friday Left of Lansing Short: What if Biden's poll numbers remain low?
63: Episode 56: Former Radio Host and Now Reporter Jon King from Michigan Advance
62: Left of Lansing Short: State House Democrat Might Stop The Reproductive Health Act
61: Episode 55: Paid Family Leave w/ Danielle Atkinson of Mothering Justice
60: Left of Lansing Short: UAW's 4-day work week request makes sense
59: Episode 54: GOP absent for workers & clean, affordable energy; My response to Mitch Albom on respect for elderly
58: The Friday Short: Democrats Reversing Draconian GOP Abortion Access Laws
57: Episode 53: Reproductive Health Act w/ Ashlea Phenicie from Planned Parenthood of Michigan
56: Friday Left of Lansing Short: Let Michigan Join Winner-Take-All National Vote Compact
55: Episode 52: Democratic State Rep. Carrie Rheingans and Universal Health Care in Michigan
54: Friday Left of Lansing Short: Right Wing's Dream Of Silencing Gen Z
53: Episode 51: Gina Keller from Distill Social, and Playing The New Offense
52: Friday Left of Lansing Short: John Moolenaar's Gotion Hypocrisy
51: Episode 50: Mi Right To Read w/ Debbie Mikula of Michigan Libraries Association
50: Episode 49: Fighting To Close Line 5 w/ Sean McBrearty of Oil & Water Don't Mix
49: Friday Left of Lansing Short: GOP Wants TikTok Ban To Hurt Gen Z
48: Episode 48: Progress Michigan's Jade Gray on Connecting With Gen Z Voters
47: Episode 47: Anna Gustafson from Michigan Advance on Gotion Controversy
46: Episode 46: Sam Inglot of Progress Michigan on GOP's moral and ethical rot
45: Episode 45: A New-New Deal Democrat with State Representative Betsy Coffia
44: Episode 44: Charlotte Jameson of The Michigan Environmental Council On A Cleaner & Affordable State
43: Episode 43: Derrell Slaughter of NRDC on Historic Clean Energy & Climate Change Bills
42: Episode 42: Interview with State Senator Stephanie Chang
41: Episode 41: MiFIA's Alexander Page On New Film Incentives Proposal in Michigan
40: Episode 40: Dr. Joshua Cowen on The right wing's attack on public schools using vouchers
39: Left of Lansing Podcast--Episode 39: Ottawa Co. Politics & More with Joe Spaulding
38: Episode 38: Rick Haglund, Business Writer for Michigan Advance
37: Episode 37: Livingston Co. Politics w/ Kasey Helton
36: Left Of Lansing Podcast--Episode 36: State Rep. Kelly Breen
35: Episode 35: MI Democrats Fixing 40 Years Of GOP Rule
34: Episode 34: Interview with Democratic State Rep. Dylan Wegela
33: Episode 33: Bigotry Is Bad For Business
32: MI Democrats Providing Blueprint For Success--4/5/23
31: Mich Dems Moving To Dent Gun Violence--3/29/23
30: Episode 30: Pat's Back! Michigan GOP Tried To Steal Our Election!
29: Episode 29: Jody LaMacchia On Running For 46th State House Seat; Pat Calls-Out Right-Wing on COVID-19 & Race Issues
28: Episode 28: Michigan Republicanism & The Cult--5/2/2020
27: Episode 27: Dave Wagner--Indivisible Michigan--3/1/2020
26: No Michael Bloomberg, and Putting Michigan GOP On Defense 2/23/20
25: Guest: Julia Pulver, Democratic state house candidate for Michigan Legislature--1/20/2020
24: Guest: Christine Barry from Michigan Policast--11/2/19
23: Anna Clark--Author of "The Poisoned City: Flint Water & the American Urban Tragedy
22: Episode 22: Pat Explains How Koch-DeVos Policies FAILED for Everyone--Except the Rich
21: Episode 21: Democratic State Rep. Jon Hoadley; And Pat says "cruelty" is the GOP Platform
20: Emily Durbin: Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense In America--Michigan
19: Former Michigan DNC Chair Mark Brewer Interview; And Pat Talks Migrant Detention Centers
18: Interview With Sharon Dolente from ACLU of Michigan On Voting Rights
17: Pat Rants About Flint Water Crisis Charges Dropped; GOP Voter Disenfranchisement Efforts; And More!
16: Julia Pulver on Auto Insurance Reform & Running as a Progressive in a Red District
15: Interview with Democratic state Senator Mallory McMorrow; And Pat criticizes Michigan's new auto insurance "reform bill
14: Justin Amash & Impeachment; Shady FCA-Detroit Deal; PFAS Fight; Measles; And Harriet Tubman
13: Eclectablog's Chris Savage; And Michigan GOP's War On Women
12: Susan Demas from Michigan Advance; Michigan GOP Proposing Insane Gun Bills
11: Dr. April Zeoli on Guns & Domestic Violence; State Rep. Laurie Pohutsky's "Bold" Progressive Speech; GOP Gerrymandering Ruled Illegal!
10: Episode 10: Lou Glazer from Michigan Future Inc. on Reinvesting in Michigan Economy.
9: In Defense of AG Dana Nessel; Interview with Erin Roberts from MCEDSV on Sexual Assault Awareness Month
8: Chris Hackbarth from Michigan Municipal League on GOP Bill To Ban "Sanctuary Cities."
7: Sean McBrearty from Clean Water Action; Corporate Greed; Michigan GOP's Sexist Remarks
6: Ingrid Jacques from The Detroit News; Campus Free Speech; Electoral College; GOP Lacking Ideas
5: Rick Haglund from Michigan Advance; GOP Fear & Anger Playbook; Tigers Prediction
4: David Hecker--American Federation For Teachers Michigan; Medical Pot Shops Are Booming; Don't Despair, Keep Fighting
3: Democratic State Rep. Laurie Pohutsky; Gov. Whitmer's Budget; Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's "controversy"
2: Jarrett Skorup from Mackinac Center; Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib Fights For Michigan
1: Left Of Lansing--Pilot Podcast! Progressive Voice For Michigan Politics