Left of Lansing
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An insight into Michigan's progressive political and pop cultural scene. Pat Johnston highlights how the progressive movement is helping shape Michigan's political landscape with opinion and interviews. It's time to make Michigan's political machine work for the people!
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299: Friday Short: Guns & Men--A Unique American Problem
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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298: MAGA Michigan's Budget Insanity; Whitmer's Special Election Error
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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297: Monday Musing: Michiganders Learning (A Second Time) How Trump Doesn't Care About Them
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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296: Friday Short: Mike Duggan Sides With Authoritarianism
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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295: Kelli van Ginhoven, Democratic State Senate Candidate on Rebuilding U.P's Blue Wall
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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294: Monday Musing: Trump's Government Takeover Of Michigan Energy
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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293: Friday Short: Matt Hall Joins Trump's Assault On Michigan's Working Class
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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292: Monday Musing: Whitmer Placates Trump... Again
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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291: Friday Short: Trump Oligarch Economy Is Why MAGA Must Cheat
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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290: Michigan Advance's MichEconomist Rick Haglund; Canadian Wildfires; and Mike Duggan as Nerd 2.0
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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289: Monday Musing: Trump Fires BLS Director In Shame Of Crumbling Economy
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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288: Friday Short: Slotkin's Moral Compass Remains Off
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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287: Monday Musing: Matt Hall Celebrates How Trump Is Wrecking Michigan's Working Class
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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286: Friday Short: Why I Quit Watching Wasteful Political Sunday Shows
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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285: Monday Musing: Trump Tariffs Hurt Michigan Again w/ Semiconductor Company's Reversal
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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284: Friday Short: Corporate Handouts Lead To Corporate Corruption In Michigan's MEDC
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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283: Republican Cuts Michigan's Clean Energy Jobs w/ Frank Houston of BlueGreen Alliance
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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282: Monday Musing: MAGA (In)Action In Texas Flood Reveals Destructive & Deadly Consequences
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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281: A Transformative Working Class Agenda, w/ Michigan State Senate Candidate Ivan Diaz
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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280: Monday Musing: Rise of ICE Arrests In Michigan Is Rise of 21st Century Fascism
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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279: Friday Short: MAGA Won't Take Away My Patriotism Or Country
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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278: MAGA Murder Budget Impacts On Michigan; Elissa Slotkin's Economic War Plan Review
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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277: Monday Musing: Major Pendulum Shift Towards Working Class Needed Now!
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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276: Friday Short: Michigan Proposal To Tax Rich And Fund Schools Is A Slam Dunk Win
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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275: Mamdani Victory; NRDC's Derrell Slaughter On Trump Forcing Power Plants To Stay Open
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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274: Monday Musing: Nessel Takes-On Trump's Move To Block West Michigan Power Plant's Closing
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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273: Friday Short: Why Donovan McKinney's Primary Challenge To 70-Year Old Congressman Matters
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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272: Fighting For The Working Class & Democracy w/ Michigan Democratic State Rep. Carrie Rheingans
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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271: Monday Musing: "No Kings" Demonstrated A Repudiation Of Fascism
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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270: Friday Short: Do Slotkin & McDonald-Rivet Understand The Fight We're In?
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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269: Upcoming "No Kings" Rallies To Oppose Trump Regime's Authoritarianism
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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268: Monday Musing: Michiganders Not Thrilled w/ Corporate-Funded Mackinac Policy Conference
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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267: Friday Short: Is It Real Surprising Why More Adults Are Choosing No Kids?
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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266: How Progressives Can Win Back The Working Class w/ Joan C. Williams
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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265: Monday Musing: My Observations Traveling Through Western Pennsylvania, Or Trump Country
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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264: Trump Blocks Closure Of Ottawa County Coal Plant w/ Sarah Leach of Ottawa News Network
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May 29, 2025 |
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263: Friday Short: Another Edition Of Michigan Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin Goes Full MAGA
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May 23, 2025 |
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262: Republicans Pass MAGA Murder Bill; What Will Democrats Do Next?
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May 22, 2025 |
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261: Monday Musing: Is This What Winning Feels Like In Michigan?
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May 19, 2025 |
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260: Friday Short: Left of Lansing Mea Culpa On Joe Biden
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May 16, 2025 |
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259: How Trump & Musk Are Devastating Rural Michigan w/ Bob Thompson of Michigan Farmers Union
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May 15, 2025 |
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258: Monday Musing: What Does Slotkin's "Moderation" Actually Stand For?
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May 12, 2025 |
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257: Friday Short: Repeal Michigan's Regressive Flat Tax, And Invest In Working People Again
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May 09, 2025 |
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256: Trump-Elon's Gutting of Lab Protecting The Great Lakes w/ ProPublica's Anna Clark
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May 08, 2025 |
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255: Monday Musing: Trump Budget Shows Pain In-Store For Michigan
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May 05, 2025 |
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254: Friday Short: Matt Hall Has Middle School Insults, But No Adult Solutions For Working Class
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May 02, 2025 |
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253: $1 Billion In Corporate Subsidies Fail Michigan w/ Bridge Michigan's Paula Gardner
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May 01, 2025 |
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252: Monday Musing: Trump & RFK Jr. Make Measles Great Again In Michigan
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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251: Friday Short: Matt Maddock Embodies Cruel, And Clownish, MAGA Republicans
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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250: Trump and Corporate & Government Corruption Surrounding Line 5
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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249: Monday Musing: Americans Rejecting Trump's Immigration "Policies"
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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248: Friday Short: MSU Calls On Big Ten Compact To Defend Against Trump Regime
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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247: Trump & MAGA's Targeting Of Universities & International Students
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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246: Monday Musing: Trump Regime Forces Foreign Michigan Students To Leave
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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245: Hamilton Nolan--Republicans Will Take Everything If We Don't Fight Back
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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244: Monday Musing: Will Tariffs Get More Billionaires To Kiss Trump's Ring?
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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243: New Episode: MAGA Billionaire Authoritarians Raid America's Workers, But Who'll Stop Them?
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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242: Monday Musing: Trump's Policies Abandon Working Class Michiganders
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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241: Friday Short: "Leaders & Best" Cower to Trump & MAGA
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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240: Republican "Proof Of Citizenship" Voting Rights Rollback w/ VoteBeat Michigan's Hayley Harden
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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239: Monday Musing: Which Democrat(s) Will Offer Bold Project 2025 Alternative?
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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238: Friday Short: Jackie Robinson Shows DEI Works, And Why MAGA Wants Rid Of It
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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237: Traverse Indivisible Going On Offense Against MAGA Michigan Republican Congressman Jack Bergman
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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236: Monday Musing: New Democratic Party Leadership Needed!
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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235: The Power Of Organizing Against MAGA's War On Working Class
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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234: Monday Musing: MAGA Chipping Away 19th Amendment
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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233: Friday Short: Authoritarians Always Attack Higher Education First
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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232: Why Trump Is Attacking DEI in Higher Education w/ Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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231: Monday Musing: Democrats Go Safe With Slotkin When Alarm Bells Are Needed
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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230: Friday Short: MAGA Teaches Gen Z Men To Play Victim Than Playing Real Heroes
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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229: Michigan MAGA Republicans AWOL As Musk-Trump Attack Working Class
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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228: Monday Musing: What Happened To Big Gretch?
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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227: Americans Are Seeing "The Real Swamp" In Action
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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226: Why Are Some Michigan Democrats Voting MAGA on Minimum Wage?
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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225: Monday Musing: Does MAGA Now Want Line 5 Shutdown?
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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224: Friday Short: Musk-Trump And MAGA Selling-Out America's Farmers
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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223: Julia Pulver Refuses To Back Down To MAGA Fascism
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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222: Monday Musing: "Working Class" Party Puts CFPB On Chopping Block
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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221: Michelle Adams' Book On Consequential Detroit School Integration Case
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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220: Monday Music: MAGA Michigan Republicans Celebrate Musk-Trump Working Class Tax Hike!
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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219: Friday Short: Ex-Grand Rapids Priest's "Values" Are MAGA Values
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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218: Fossil Fuel Pushed Big Lie About A Northern Michigan Solar Panel Farm
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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217: Monday Musing: Why Did Some Michigan Democrats Give Into Fear On Minimum Wage & Paid Sick Leave?
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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216: Michigan Democratic State Rep. Betsy Coffia Refuses To Capitulate
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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215: Monday Musing: Trump Officially Returns. Where Do Progressives Go From Here?
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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214: Monday Musing: Michigan Republicans Help Restaurant Lobby By Hurting Servers & Workers
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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213: Friday Short: The Michigan MAGA Shell Game On Egg Prices
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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212: Have Elon Musk & The Tech Bros Taken Over?
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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211: Monday Musing: Democrats Wonder How We're Getting Trump, Part II
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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210: Final 2024 Episode: Which Path Will Democrats Take In 2025?
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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209: Monday Musing: The Corporate Media And Trump Are Working Together
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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208: Friday Short: Michigan Dems Help Big Tech Billionaire Trump Supporters
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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207: Will Michigan Democrats Only Deliver "Lame Duck Disappointment?"
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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206: Monday Musing: Health Care CEO Murder Exposes A Tragedy For America
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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205: Friday Short: Michigan Democrats... Stop Ceding Ground To Republicans
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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204: Expanding the Michigan Battleground w/ MDP Rural Caucus Chair Mark Ludwig
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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203: Monday Musing: Abortion Bans Sending Women To Michigan For Care, As Predicted
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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202: Monday Musing: How I Learned To Turn-Off MSNBC, And You Can, Too
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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201: Friday Short: How Did Democrats Lose "Populist" Label To Trump?
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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200: Standing-Up For Progressive Values and Courage w/ Democratic State Rep. Emily Dievendorf
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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199: Monday Musing: Corporate Media Will Not Save Us
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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198: Friday Short: Are Michigan Democrats Wasting Lame Duck For Corporations?
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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197: Kasey Helton on Why Democrats Must Return To Working Class Roots
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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196: Monday Musing: Disinformation Doomed Democrats
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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195: Friday Short: Michigan Dems Must Make Most Of Lame Duck
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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194: Post-Election Fallout: America Chooses More Trump & More MAGA
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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193: Monday Musing: Why I'm Voting For Harris
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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192: Friday Short: Final EPIC-MRA Poll Shows Harris/Slotkin Leads
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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191: This Election Is Freedom vs. Fascism, and Normalcy vs. More MAGA Insanity
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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190: Monday Musing: Don't Forget Who Blocked Voting Rights In Michigan!
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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189: Friday Short: Gen Z Men Are Getting Played By Trump/MAGA
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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188: Voting To Save Michigan's and America's Future w/ Sam Inglot of Progress Michigan
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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187: Monday Musing: Don't Be Fooled By Michigan MAGA's Silence On Abortion Bans
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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186: Friday Short: Trump's Trashing of Detroit Is Working...For Kamala Harris
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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185: How Climate Crisis Is Changing Michigan's Culture w/ Peter Sinclair
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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184: Monday Musing: Harris Offers Elder Care Plan; Media Yawns
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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183: Friday Short: Jill Stein Wants More Trump, More MAGA
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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182: Harris Leads Trump In Michigan; EV Cars; Slotkin-Rogers Debate; And Why Dirt Road Dems Are Vital
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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181: Monday Musing: Kamala Harris's Smart non-Traditional Media Strategy Is Brilliant
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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180: Friday Short: Democrats AGAIN Clean-Up Republican Economic Mess
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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179: VEEP Debate Recap; Abortion Rights w/ Amanda Mazur; Mike Rogers Opposes Lower Drug Prices
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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178: Monday Musing: MAGA Michigan Leader Spews Democrats Will "Steal Votes" Lie
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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177: Friday Short: It's Easy To Understand Why Women Back Harris
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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176: Episode 104: MAGA "Policies" Will Hurt Michigan's Economy, and The Smearing Of Rashida Tlaib
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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175: Monday Musing: Old Republicans Can't Run Away From MAGA Republicans
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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174: Friday Short: Teamsters Damage Own Brand By Not Backing Harris
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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173: Episode 103: The Billionaire School Voucher Scheme w/ Dr. Josh Cowen
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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172: Monday Musing: Weird MAGA Will Run Republicans Even After Trump
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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171: Friday Short: Another Example Of Why Florida Mike Rogers Is The Worst
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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170: Episode 102: Harris Destroys and Embarrasses Dear Leader In Debate
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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169: Monday Musing: Media Makes A Harris Debate Win Over Trump Near Impossible
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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168: Friday Short: AOC Is Right About Political Predator Jill Stein
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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167: Episode 101: Michigan Sheriff Learns How Trump Is Nothing But Trouble!
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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166: Friday Short: How Harris Can Put Trump On Defense On Immigration
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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165: Episode 100: Building A Better Way w/ Democrat Clint St. Mosley for Michigan's 9th!
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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164: Monday Musing: "Florida" MAGA Mike Rogers Doesn't Get Michigan
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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163: Friday Short: Kamala Harris Reclaims Patriotism And The Future For Democrats
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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162: Episode 99: Dedicated to Fight For The Next Yooper Generation w/ Christiana Reynolds
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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161: Monday Musing: It's Pro-Worker Harris Vs. Corporate Stooge Trump
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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160: Friday Short: No Daylight Between "Old" Republicans & MAGA
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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159: Episode 98: MAGA Promises Gutting of Min Wage; Austin Marsman On Bringing Gen Z Change To Lansing
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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158: Monday Musing: Protest Entire Israeli War Machine, Not Just Democrats
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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157: Episode 97: Distill Social's Gina Keller On Building A Progressive Coalition in Michigan
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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156: Monday Musing: Musk & His Fascist Billionaires Mess With Michigan
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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155: Friday Short: Another Week of MAGA's Fake Populism On Display!
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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154: Episode 96: Michigan in VP Buzz News, And Tech Oligarchs Line-Up w/ Trump-Vance
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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153: Monday Musing: Michiganders Aren't Buying MAGA Immigration Hate
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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152: Episode 95: Sarah May-Seward's Run To Unseat MAGA Extremist Matt Maddock
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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151: Monday Musing: With Biden's Decision, We Can Focus On Taking The Battle To MAGA!
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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150: Friday Short: Democrats CANNOT Be Afraid of '68 Convention Specter
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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149: Episode 94: Never Backing Down w/ Democratic State House Candidate Jodi Decker
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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148: Monday Musing: MAGA Want Trump Shooting To Squash Dissent
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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147: Friday Short: Media Protects Trump For Profits!
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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146: Episode 93: Democratic Rep. Carrie Rheingans On Keeping Michigan Trifecta Blue
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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145: Monday Musing: Lisa McClain's UAW Support Hypocrisy
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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144: Monday Musing: MAGA SCOTUS Says Presidents Are Kings
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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143: Friday Short: Good Abortion Rights News From Michigan This Week!
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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142: Episode 92: Slate's Nitish Pahwa On Lansing's Political Power
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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141: Monday Musing: If Gun Safety Laws Stop One Shooting, Then Michigan Democrats Did Right Thing
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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140: Friday Short: Add Neil Friske To The MAGA Crime Wave!
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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139: Episode 91: Public Transit Investment & Pragmatic Progressivism w/ Democratic State Rep. Jason Morgan
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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138: Monday Musing: Charlie Kirk's MAGA White Christian Nationalism Is Close To Gaining Real Power
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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137: Friday Short: Ohio, Just Look To Michigan For Hope
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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136: Podcast Ep. 90: Paid Family Leave & How To Even The Playing Field w/ Danielle Atkinson of Mothering Justice
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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135: Monday Musing: Michigan Republicans' Deranged AR-15 As State Gun Bill
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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134: Friday Short: Running Republican-Lite Is Non-Winner For Democrats
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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133: Michigan GOP's Extremism Has No End, And Dems Must Boycott Bibi Speech
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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132: Monday Musing: Democrats Can't Send Mixed Messages On Republican Extremism
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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131: Friday Short: Trump Verdict Reveals Entire Michigan GOP's Extremism
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May 31, 2024 |
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130: ProPublica's Andy Kroll On Michigan's MAGA War on Democracy
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May 30, 2024 |
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129: Monday Musings: Trump's Disgusting "Human Scum" Memorial Day Message
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May 27, 2024 |
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128: Friday Short: Republicans Believe Starving Kids Makes America Great
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May 24, 2024 |
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127: Rebalancing The Scales w/ Democratic Congressional Candidate Dr. Bob Lorinser
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May 23, 2024 |
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126: Monday Musing: Democrats Must Run Against Supreme Court!
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May 20, 2024 |
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125: Friday Short: Delta County MAGA--like all MAGA--Try To Thwart Democracy
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May 17, 2024 |
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124: Going After Every Vote w/ Michigan Democratic Party Rural Caucus Chair Mark Ludwig
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May 16, 2024 |
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123: Monday Musings: Finley Fixated On Transit Past
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May 13, 2024 |
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122: Friday Short: Michigan AG Nessel Takes-On Big Oil!
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May 10, 2024 |
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121: The Tide is Turning! Ottawa County Progressive Joe Spaulding
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May 09, 2024 |
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120: Monday Musings: The Chatfield Criminal Enterprise Goes To The Derby!
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May 06, 2024 |
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119: Friday Short: Why I'm Voting For Biden
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May 03, 2024 |
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118: Building a Blue Foundation in the Upper Peninsula w/ Kelli van Ginhoven
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May 02, 2024 |
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117: Episode 83: Salon's Amanda Marcotte on Fascism & The Christian Nationalist Movement
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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116: Friday Short: Investing in People Really Works! April 19, 2024
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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115: Episode 82: Transforming the Social Contract with Rx Kids in Flint
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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114: Friday Short: Making Michigan Charter Schools Accountable Is Long Overdue
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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113: Episode 81: Don't Believe the Hype on Corporate Subsidies w/ Bridge Magazine's Paula Gardner
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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112: Episode 80: Michigan Republicans Shill For Fascism in Grand Rapids
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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111: Friday Short: The Maddocks are an embarrassment to Michigan
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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110: Episode 79: Time for Transformational Change w/ Lou Glazer of Michigan Future, Inc.
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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109: Friday Short: Shutting Down Line 5 Is A States' Rights Issue, Too
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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108: Episode 78: Making a difference for Michiganders w/ Democratic State Rep. Ranjeev Puri
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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107: Friday Short: MI GOP Members Cry About Being Called Racists For Being...Racists
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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106: Episode 77: TikTok Ban, MAGA Violence, & Right Wing Cognitive Dissonance
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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105: Friday Short: The White Christian Nationalist "Fundie Baby Voice"
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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104: Episode 76: The History of White Christian Nationalism w/ Dr. Sara Moslener
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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103: Friday Short: GOP is All-In on National Abortion Ban
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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102: Episode 75: Polluter Pay 2.0 w/ Sean McBrearty of Clean Water Action Michigan
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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101: Friday Short: Why Christian Nationalists Push For Abortion, Contraception, IVF, and Fun Sex Bans
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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100: Episode 74: Fighting to move Delta County forward w/ Kelli van Ginhoven
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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99: Friday Short: Josh Shriver's Radicalism (and Racism) Is What America's Right Wing Is All About
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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98: Episode 73: Right Wing Tries To Repeal Law Allowing Renewable Energy Projects On Family Farms
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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97: Episode 72: New Michigan Gun Safety Laws w/ Dr. April Zeoli
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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96: Friday Short: How Is Rashida Tlaib Raising Over $3 Million in Campaign Donations? Easy. By Standing Up For People
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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95: Episode 71: Interview w/ Susan Demas of Michigan Advance
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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94: Friday Short: 'Good Guys' Don't Stop Bad Guys With Guns--January 19, 2024
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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93: Episode 70: The Rich Are O.K With Fascism
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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92: Friday Short: Popular Free School Lunches Hard For Republicans To Digest
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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91: Episode 69: Interview with Democratic State Rep. Laurie Pohutsky
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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90: The Friday Short: Nikki Haley's Profiles In Courage Moment Failure
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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89: Episode 68: Michigan's Right Wing Is Working To Erase History
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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88: Friday Short: Progressive Policies Are Popular Pro-Worker & Pro-Growth Policies
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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87: Episode 67: Kasey Helton and the Michigan "Dirt Road Democrats"
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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86: Friday Short: Michigan Energy "Regulators" Give Big Energy Another Win Over The People
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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85: Episode 66: Pushing The Overton Window w/ Democratic State Rep. Emily Dievendorf
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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84: Friday Short: UAW Momentum Focuses On Non-Union Automakers
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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83: Episode 65: Long Overdue (and imperfect) Clean Energy Future Is Michigan Law
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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82: Episode 64: Pro-Publica's Anna Clark on Eliminating Michigan's Emergency Manager Law.
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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81: Left of Lansing Monday Musing: Mass Transit Needed To Stop Michigan's Mass Exodus
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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80: Left Of Lansing Friday Short: MI Dems Clean Energy Bills Imperfect, But an Important Step
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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79: Episode 63: No More Waiting For Environmental Justice w/ Roshan Krishnan of The Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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78: Left of Lansing Friday Short: Could Michigan Become a Death with Dignity State?
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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77: Episode 62: MAGA Keeps Losing On Abortion Rights, and My Defense of Rashida Tlaib
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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76: Left of Lansing "Monday Musing." MAGA Fights For Statues, But Not Books
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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75: LOL Friday Short: No Justice In Flint Water Crisis
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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74: Episode 61: UAW Win; Michigan Dems Strengthen Abortion Rights; Arab Americans Leaving Biden
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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73: LoL Friday Short: A Victory For Tolerance & Education
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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72: Left of Lansing Ep. 60: Update on Michigan Climate Bills with NRDC's Derrell Slaughter
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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71: Left of Lansing's "Monday Musings." MI Democrats' plan to stop local MAGA governments from blocking clean energy farms
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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70: LoL Friday Short: Democrats working to abolish Snyder's "Polluter Panels"
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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69: Episode 59: Taking On Corporate Greed, And Fighting FOR The People w/ State Rep. Dylan Wegela
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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68: LoL Friday Short: UAW's Fain Shows The Power of Messaging
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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67: Episode 58: The UAW & Workers' Rights w/ Sarah Lazare of Workers Magazine
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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66: Friday Left of Lansing Short: Rep. Dylan Wegela Wants To Stop DTE & Consumers Energy Dark Money In Lansing
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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65: Episode 57: Michigan Democrats Showing Government Works With Good Governance!
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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64: Friday Left of Lansing Short: What if Biden's poll numbers remain low?
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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63: Episode 56: Former Radio Host and Now Reporter Jon King from Michigan Advance
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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62: Left of Lansing Short: State House Democrat Might Stop The Reproductive Health Act
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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61: Episode 55: Paid Family Leave w/ Danielle Atkinson of Mothering Justice
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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60: Left of Lansing Short: UAW's 4-day work week request makes sense
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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59: Episode 54: GOP absent for workers & clean, affordable energy; My response to Mitch Albom on respect for elderly
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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58: The Friday Short: Democrats Reversing Draconian GOP Abortion Access Laws
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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57: Episode 53: Reproductive Health Act w/ Ashlea Phenicie from Planned Parenthood of Michigan
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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56: Friday Left of Lansing Short: Let Michigan Join Winner-Take-All National Vote Compact
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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55: Episode 52: Democratic State Rep. Carrie Rheingans and Universal Health Care in Michigan
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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54: Friday Left of Lansing Short: Right Wing's Dream Of Silencing Gen Z
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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53: Episode 51: Gina Keller from Distill Social, and Playing The New Offense
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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52: Friday Left of Lansing Short: John Moolenaar's Gotion Hypocrisy
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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51: Episode 50: Mi Right To Read w/ Debbie Mikula of Michigan Libraries Association
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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50: Episode 49: Fighting To Close Line 5 w/ Sean McBrearty of Oil & Water Don't Mix
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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49: Friday Left of Lansing Short: GOP Wants TikTok Ban To Hurt Gen Z
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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48: Episode 48: Progress Michigan's Jade Gray on Connecting With Gen Z Voters
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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47: Episode 47: Anna Gustafson from Michigan Advance on Gotion Controversy
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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46: Episode 46: Sam Inglot of Progress Michigan on GOP's moral and ethical rot
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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45: Episode 45: A New-New Deal Democrat with State Representative Betsy Coffia
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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44: Episode 44: Charlotte Jameson of The Michigan Environmental Council On A Cleaner & Affordable State
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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43: Episode 43: Derrell Slaughter of NRDC on Historic Clean Energy & Climate Change Bills
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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42: Episode 42: Interview with State Senator Stephanie Chang
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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41: Episode 41: MiFIA's Alexander Page On New Film Incentives Proposal in Michigan
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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40: Episode 40: Dr. Joshua Cowen on The right wing's attack on public schools using vouchers
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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39: Left of Lansing Podcast--Episode 39: Ottawa Co. Politics & More with Joe Spaulding
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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38: Episode 38: Rick Haglund, Business Writer for Michigan Advance
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May 25, 2023 |
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37: Episode 37: Livingston Co. Politics w/ Kasey Helton
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May 18, 2023 |
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36: Left Of Lansing Podcast--Episode 36: State Rep. Kelly Breen
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May 04, 2023 |
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35: Episode 35: MI Democrats Fixing 40 Years Of GOP Rule
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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34: Episode 34: Interview with Democratic State Rep. Dylan Wegela
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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33: Episode 33: Bigotry Is Bad For Business
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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32: MI Democrats Providing Blueprint For Success--4/5/23
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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31: Mich Dems Moving To Dent Gun Violence--3/29/23
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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30: Episode 30: Pat's Back! Michigan GOP Tried To Steal Our Election!
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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29: Episode 29: Jody LaMacchia On Running For 46th State House Seat; Pat Calls-Out Right-Wing on COVID-19 & Race Issues
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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28: Episode 28: Michigan Republicanism & The Cult--5/2/2020
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May 02, 2020 |
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27: Episode 27: Dave Wagner--Indivisible Michigan--3/1/2020
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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26: No Michael Bloomberg, and Putting Michigan GOP On Defense 2/23/20
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Feb 23, 2020 |
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25: Guest: Julia Pulver, Democratic state house candidate for Michigan Legislature--1/20/2020
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Jan 20, 2020 |
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24: Guest: Christine Barry from Michigan Policast--11/2/19
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Nov 02, 2019 |
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23: Anna Clark--Author of "The Poisoned City: Flint Water & the American Urban Tragedy
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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22: Episode 22: Pat Explains How Koch-DeVos Policies FAILED for Everyone--Except the Rich
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Aug 25, 2019 |
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21: Episode 21: Democratic State Rep. Jon Hoadley; And Pat says "cruelty" is the GOP Platform
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Aug 17, 2019 |
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20: Emily Durbin: Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense In America--Michigan
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Aug 10, 2019 |
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19: Former Michigan DNC Chair Mark Brewer Interview; And Pat Talks Migrant Detention Centers
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Jul 05, 2019 |
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18: Interview With Sharon Dolente from ACLU of Michigan On Voting Rights
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Jun 22, 2019 |
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17: Pat Rants About Flint Water Crisis Charges Dropped; GOP Voter Disenfranchisement Efforts; And More!
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Jun 15, 2019 |
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16: Julia Pulver on Auto Insurance Reform & Running as a Progressive in a Red District
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Jun 08, 2019 |
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15: Interview with Democratic state Senator Mallory McMorrow; And Pat criticizes Michigan's new auto insurance "reform bill
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Jun 01, 2019 |
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14: Justin Amash & Impeachment; Shady FCA-Detroit Deal; PFAS Fight; Measles; And Harriet Tubman
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May 24, 2019 |
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13: Eclectablog's Chris Savage; And Michigan GOP's War On Women
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May 17, 2019 |
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12: Susan Demas from Michigan Advance; Michigan GOP Proposing Insane Gun Bills
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May 10, 2019 |
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11: Dr. April Zeoli on Guns & Domestic Violence; State Rep. Laurie Pohutsky's "Bold" Progressive Speech; GOP Gerrymandering Ruled Illegal!
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May 03, 2019 |
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10: Episode 10: Lou Glazer from Michigan Future Inc. on Reinvesting in Michigan Economy.
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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9: In Defense of AG Dana Nessel; Interview with Erin Roberts from MCEDSV on Sexual Assault Awareness Month
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Apr 18, 2019 |
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8: Chris Hackbarth from Michigan Municipal League on GOP Bill To Ban "Sanctuary Cities."
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Apr 12, 2019 |
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7: Sean McBrearty from Clean Water Action; Corporate Greed; Michigan GOP's Sexist Remarks
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Apr 05, 2019 |
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6: Ingrid Jacques from The Detroit News; Campus Free Speech; Electoral College; GOP Lacking Ideas
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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5: Rick Haglund from Michigan Advance; GOP Fear & Anger Playbook; Tigers Prediction
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Mar 22, 2019 |
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4: David Hecker--American Federation For Teachers Michigan; Medical Pot Shops Are Booming; Don't Despair, Keep Fighting
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Mar 15, 2019 |
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3: Democratic State Rep. Laurie Pohutsky; Gov. Whitmer's Budget; Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's "controversy"
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Mar 08, 2019 |
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2: Jarrett Skorup from Mackinac Center; Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib Fights For Michigan
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Feb 28, 2019 |
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1: Left Of Lansing--Pilot Podcast! Progressive Voice For Michigan Politics
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Feb 21, 2019 |