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  • 335: Friday Short: Trump Regime's Corruption Gives Working Class The Thanksgiving Blues

    335: Friday Short: Trump Regime's Corruption Gives Working Class The Thanksgiving Blues
    Nov 28 2025
    #podcast #politics #Michigan #Progressive #DemocraticSocialism #Capitalism #CronyCapitalism #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #WorkingClass #Mamdani #Economy #Populism #Authoritarianism #Democracy #MAGA #Republicans #Trump #LeftofLansing

    Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for November 28, 2025.

    The working class is suffering this Thanksgiving holiday weekend while those within The Trump Regime and its corporate friends and donors are doing handsomely well.

    Left of Lansing's Pat Johnston explains how government and corporate greed dominate today's politics, and that's why Progressive Populism is now favored by a working class voting block that's tired of being left outside looking in.

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  • 334: Monday Musing: Trump Threatens Violence Against Slotkin and other Democrats

    334: Monday Musing: Trump Threatens Violence Against Slotkin and other Democrats
    Nov 24 2025
    #podcast #politics #progressive #Democrats #ViolentRhetoric #MAGA #Republicans #Trump #Military #ElissaSlotkin #MarjorieTaylorGreen #Authoritarianism #Democracy #LeftOfLansing

    Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for November 24, 2025.

    Dear Leader Donald Trump declared that Michigan's Democratic U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin, and other Democrats, should be hung like George Washington would hang those found guilty of sedition.

    Slotkin, and a handful of other Democrats, released a video imploring the United States military to refuse to follow any illegal orders from The Trump Regime. And rather than debate the merits of their argument, Trump wants them punished for "seditious" behavior.

    Violence, or even the threat of violence, is the hallmark of the MAGA Republican Party movement. This is yet another example of it.

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    NOTES: "Michigan State Police respond to bomb threat at Senator Slotkin’s home." By Ben Solis of Michigan Advance "Trump accuses Slotkin, other Dems of sedition ‘punishable by death.’" By Associated Press and Bridge Michigan Staff
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  • 333: Friday Short: Michigan's A.I. Data Center Happening No Matter What People Want

    333: Friday Short: Michigan's A.I. Data Center Happening No Matter What People Want
    Nov 21 2025
    #podcast #politics #progressive #Michigan #MAGA #Republicans #DataCenter #ArtificialIntelligence #GovernmentCorruption #CorporateCorruption #CorporateGreed #Authoritarianism #Economy #BigTech #WorkingClass #Democracy

    Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for November 21, 2025.

    It appears the Big Tech push for A.I. data centers isn't what the working class wants in their neighborhoods and towns.

    Despite massive opposition, like what we saw in Howell Twp., MI this week, government and Big Tech are working together to build these water and energy-sucking data centers thanks to massive state and local tax breaks while creating very little jobs.

    If the rush for A.I. data centers is such a lucrative boon to the economy, then why are we giving tax breaks to these billionaire big tech bros?

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    NOTES:

    "Howell Township board OKs 6-month data center moratorium; opponents say it exempts current plan." By Ben Solis and Jon King of Michigan Advance "Howell Township board passes six-month moratorium, but not what opponents wanted." By Bridget Janis of The Livingston Post
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  • 332: Data Center Rush in Michigan w/ Bridge Michigan's Kelly House

    332: Data Center Rush in Michigan w/ Bridge Michigan's Kelly House
    Nov 20 2025
    #podcast #politics #progressives #Michigan #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #DataCenter #Environment #CorporateSubsidies #ArtificialIntelligence #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Economy #Jobs #WorkingClass #Tariffs #Authoritarianism #Democracy #LeftofLansing #BigTech

    Here's Episode #157 Michigan's Premier Progressive Podcast!

    00:00-17:00: Trump Affordability Fail/Dividing Working Class

    Left of Lansing's Pat Johnston points-out the rising grocery prices, rising inflation, and dropping jobs numbers happening during the Trump Regime's first year. Affordability is at the top of voters' minds and concerns. So, it's no wonder why Trump suddenly reversed some of his inflationary tariffs on several grocery items. Pat also brings up the different ways some MAGA grifters drive to divide working class.

    17:01-38:00: Bridge Michigan's Kelly House Interview

    Bridge Michigan's environmental reporter, Kelly House, joins the show to discuss this sudden rush for data centers in Michigan. Ms. House talks about the controversy over a huge A.I. data center in Saline Township, MI, and how Michigan's state legislature helped make it possible to bring these data centers to the state. She also talks about the tax benefits for local communities, but the major environmental concerns these data centers bring with them. Check-out Kelly House's page at Bridge Michigan to read-up on all of her data center stories, and other environmental stories across the state.

    38:28-44:10: Last Call on Data Center Fears

    Pat adds his two-cents on this data center rush in Michigan, and why working class Michiganders are worried about what this means for their communities and their state.

    44:11-46:17: Ending

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    NOTES: "Data centers eyed in at least 10 Michigan towns. How they might change state." By Kelly House of Bridge Michigan "Tensions mount as data centers eye ‘sleepy’ Michigan farm towns." By Kelly House of Bridge Michigan "Michigan utility panel announces hearing on DTE plan to power AI data center." By Arpan Lobo of The Detroit Free Press "If You Thought Data Centers Were Bad, Wait Until You See How DTE Is Using One to FU*K Over Michigan." By Distill Social "GOP lawmakers try again to preempt state enforcement of AI laws." By Keely Quinlan of State Scoop "Benson’s husband to recuse from state work on controversial data center if she is elected governor." By Ben Solis of Michigan Advance "How racist provocateur Jake Lang tried to manufacture chaos in Dearborn." By Steve Neavling of Detroit Metro Times
    Photo of Saline Township, MI farm courtesy of Joel Kurth/Bridge Michigan
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  • 331: Monday Musing: Epstein Scandal Exposes Entire Oligarchy

    331: Monday Musing: Epstein Scandal Exposes Entire Oligarchy
    Nov 17 2025
    #podcast #politics #MondayMusing #Michigan #progressives #Democrats #MAGA #Trump #Republicans #JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinFiles #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Oligarchy #workingclass #Authoritarianism #Democracy #LeftOfLansing

    Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for November 17, 2025.

    Left of Lansing's Pat Johnston explains why Dear Leader Donald Trump REALLY wanted to block the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

    It's because those files will expose how the late financier and child sex trafficker was the ring leader for powerful men who viewed themselves not only above the law, but above everyone else.

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  • 330: Livingston County Progressive Kasey Helton On Data Centers, Rank MI Vote, and Caving Democrats

    330: Livingston County Progressive Kasey Helton On Data Centers, Rank MI Vote, and Caving Democrats
    Nov 13 2025
    #podcast #politics #progressive #Democrats #Michigan #DirtRoadDems #MAGA #Republican #Trump #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovermentCorruption #LivingtonCounty #DataCenters #BigTech #MikeRogers #GovernmentShutdown #WorkingClass #TrumpCorruption #KaseyHelton #Authoritarianism #Democracy #RCV #Democracy #LeftofLansing

    Here's Episode #156 of Michigan's Premier Progressive Podcast!

    00:00-15:07: Senate Dems Cave/Epstein

    Left of Lansing's Pat Johnston shares, or better yet, VENTS, his endless frustrations on the Democratic Party Leadership's constant caving to The Trump Regime. This time, it's Senate Democrats voting to end the MAGA Republican Government Shutdown while leaving millions without affordable health care. And, more Jeffrey Epstein emails surfaced showing a deeper insight between the child sex trafficker's friendly relationship with Trump.

    15:08-38:41: Kasey Helton Interview

    Livingston County progressive activist Kasey Helton joins the show to share her frustrations on the national Democratic Party leadership's decision to cave to the Trump Regime on the government shutdown. Kasey also talks about the controversy over a proposed data center in her neck of the woods around Howell Twp., and her involvement in the Ranked MI Vote ballot proposal.

    38:42-44:08: Last Call-Mike Rogers Is Clown

    In the "Last Call," MAGA Michigan Republican Senate candidate, "Florida" Mike Rogers, is now blaming unsubstantiated claims of "voter fraud" for his loss to Democrat Elissa Slotkin in their U.S. Senate race in 2024.

    43:01-46:17: Ending/Skubal

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    NOTES:
    Kasey Helton Instagram Video on Proposed Data Center in Howell Twp.

    "Howell Township data center: What’s the rush?" By Maria Stuart in Livingston Post "LETTER: We shouldn’t support data center without developer meeting these conditions." In Livingston Post "US Senate advances bill to end record-breaking government shutdown." By Ashley Murray of Michigan Advance "Democrats who voted to end federal shutdown had defensible reasons | Opinion" By John Lindstrom of The Detroit Free Press "Michigan Democrats rebuff Rogers’ evidence-free claim that the 2024 election was also stolen." By Ben Solis of Michigan Advance "New Trump administration rule would override state medical debt protections." By Anna Claire Vollers in Ohio Capital Journal
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  • 329: Monday Musing: Tired Yet of Constant Democratic Party Capitulating?

    329: Monday Musing: Tired Yet of Constant Democratic Party Capitulating?
    Nov 10 2025
    #podcast #politics #Progressives #populism #WorkingClass #GovernmentShutdown #ChuckSchumer #ElissaSlotkin #Democrats #CorporateDemocrats #ACA #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Authoritarianism #Michigan #Mamdani #Spanberger #Democracy #LeftOfLansing

    Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for November 10, 2025.

    Democrats in the U.S. Senate have decided to cave and capitulate to The Trump Regime, and the MAGA Republican Congressional majority, by voting to end the MAGA Republican Government Shutdown.

    These 7 Democratic Senators, and one independent Senator, undercut the moral high ground on the government shutdown since The Trump Regime and MAGA Republicans in Congress refused to extend Obamacare subsidies.

    This latest capitulation must serve as a reminder that as much as we must oppose the authoritarian takeover of The Trump Regime, we must oppose and throw-out those in the Democratic Party who believe capitulation is the only way to deal with corporate autocracy.

    Capitulation is never an answer.

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    NOTES:

    "US Senate advances bill to end record-breaking government shutdown." By Ashley Murray of Michigan Advance "Democrats Kill Hope (Again)." By Oliver Willis in Oliver Willis Explains
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  • 328: Friday Short: Lisa McClain Violates Stock Law Twice

    328: Friday Short: Lisa McClain Violates Stock Law Twice
    Nov 7 2025
    #podcast #progressive #politics #Democrats #Michigan #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #LisaMcClain #PeterTheil #Oligarchy #SNAP #GovernmentShutdown #WorkingClass #Mamdani #Populism #Authoritarians #Democracy #LeftOfLansing

    Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for November 7, 2025.

    MAGA Michigan Republican Congresswoman Lisa McClain of the 9th Congressional District in the Thumb Region, admitted this week that she violated the Stock Act for the second time this year.

    It seems McClain was late to disclose the large sums of money she and her husband made by placing large stock purchases on Palantir Technologies, which is co-founded by billionaire MAGA tech bro Peter Theil.

    Seems interesting that while McClain is earning huge sums of cash thanks to her Government position, she's also joining MAGA Republicans in shutting down the government to hurt working class Americans.

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    NOTES:

    "Michigan’s McClain tells congressional clerk that she will avoid violating STOCK Act in the future." By Ben Solis of Michigan Advance
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