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Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for September 27, 2024.

A new NBC Poll shows Vice President Kamala Harris enjoying a whopping 21% lead over Dear Leader Trump with women.

Why?

Because women aren't backing the weird and warped Christian Nationalist philosophy that believes men are the bosses of women.

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NOTES: 

NBC's Steve Kornacki tweet on Kamala Harris's lead over Trump with women.

"Donald Trump and Bernie Moreno rage at "crazy" female voters who refuse to fall in line." By Amanda Marcotte of Salon

"The 15 most offensive things that have come out of Trump’s mouth." By Nick Gass of Politico

"Read every horrible thing Donald Trump has said about women and tell me he's not a sexist." By Dylan Matthews of Vox

"Sarah Huckabee Sanders Takes Dig at Kamala Harris for Not Having Children." By Anna Commander of Newsweek

Here's Episode 104 of Michigan's Premier Progressive Podcast!

00:00-19:15: MAGA Plans To Destroy Economy & Women's Freedoms

The award-winning Pat Johnston highlights Project 2025's goals to destroy unions if Dear Leader Trump gets back into office. He also stresses the importance of the Michigan Supreme Court races, and to vote for Kyra Harris Bolden and Kimberly Thomas. Pat shows how MAGA Michigan Republican attacks on immigrants will hurt our state economy. And he closes the segment showing how Michigan Democrats keep producing results that actually helps the people and the state.

19:16-35:40: The Smearing of Rashida Tlaib

This week's elongated "Last Call" has Pat talking about the disgusting smear attacks against Michigan Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. Tlaib criticized Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel for charging pro-Palestine protesters on the University of Michigan campus. She gave an interview with The Detroit Metro Times' Steve Nealing in which Tlaib continued her criticisms of Nessel. That criticism led to the corporate media pressing a narrative that Tlaib used antisemitic language in her attacks against Nessel. However, Steve Nealing himself took to social media to attack media organizations, like CNN, for accusing Tlaib of antisemitism by claiming she said something... she never said! And even worse, a couple of Michigan Democrats jumped aboard the smear before ever reading the story. Nealing provided a "fact-check" piece to this story as well.

35:41-37:56: Ending

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Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for September 23, 2024.

Former New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie levied some harsh words for his former boss, and the extreme MAGA Republican North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson. 

Christie blasted Dear Leader Trump for supporting and endorsing Robinson, who's own extreme past comments, including how he's a "Black Nazi," might cost Republicans the state of North Carolina this election season. 

But while Christie tries to blame Dear Leader for the MAGA-ization of the Republican Party, Christie should also look inward, and also blame himself for his party's trip towards embracing right-wing, Christian Nationalist extremism. 

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"Top staffers on Mark Robinson campaign quit after reports of offensive remarks." By Edward Helmore of The Guardian

"Mark Robinson's History of Controversial Claims." By Tom Norton of Newsweek

"Will the Mark Robinson revelations tank Republicans in a key battleground state?" By Maria Narea of Vox

Here's the Left of Lansing Friday Short for September 20, 2024.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is in danger of damaging itself into perpetuity because of its fear of the possibility of either another Dear Leader Trump administration, or that the next President of the United States will be a black woman.

Or both.

The Teamsters leadership is hurting its cause.

--Pat

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NOTES:

"Michigan Teamsters council bucks national union, endorses Kamala Harris." By The Detroit Free Press

Michigan Teamsters Joint Council 43 Facebook endorsement of Kamala Harris.

"Trump claims to be pro-worker. His record says he’s anti-union." By Chris Isidore of CNN

"UAW files federal labor charges against Donald Trump and Elon Musk after threatening workers on X interview." By David Goldman of CNN

"Teamsters leader says Harris, Trump wouldn’t ‘commit.’" By Taylor Giorno of The Hill

Here's Episode 103 of Michigan's Premier Progressive Podcast!

00:00-14:28: Huckabee-Sanders Weirdness/Abortion & IVF/Yard Signs

We begin this week criticizing Arkansas MAGA Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee-Sanders's attack on Vice President Kamala Harris for not having biological kids while attending a Dear Leader Trump rally in Flint, MI. Pat then exposes the hypocrisy of the White Christian Nationalist MAGA "pro-life" stance, and how MAGA continues to lose the women's vote. Pat also follows-up on the lack of Elissa Slotkin for Michigan's U.S. Senate Seat yard signs in rural parts of the state. 

14:29-38:02: Dr. Josh Cowen Interview

Pat talks with Dr. Josh Cowen on his new book titled, "The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers." Dr. Cowen is a professor of Education Policy at Michigan State University, and has written extensively on the failed school voucher movement. In his book, Dr. Cowen gives an insightful breakdown of the group of right-wing billionaires who've been behind the "school choice" movement for years, and how they've worked together on the school voucher scheme as part of their ongoing right-wing culture war in America.

38:03-44:03: Last Call/MAGA Bullying

In this week's "Last Call," Pat exposes how MAGA bullying is a cover for MAGA Snowflake behavior. He talks about how neighbors are getting their Harris/Walz signs stolen, and how this is reminiscent of when his Gretchen Whitmer for Michigan Governor signs were destroyed two years ago. 

44:05-46:41: Ending/Polls/Go Tigers!

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Here's the Left of Lansing Monday Musing for September 16, 2024!

There's a belief that the weird, warped, right-wing MAGA will disappear after Dear Leader is defeated and gone. 

Nothing could be further from the truth.

Just look at the absurd lengths many in MAGA World will go to protect Dear Leader Trump now. That kind of absurdity will not end After Trump for them.

Why?

Because MAGA has always been what the Republican Party is all about, and will always be about. 

Make no mistake!

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Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for September 13, 2024!

There's an important U.S. Senate race in Lansing between Democratic Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin and MAGA Republican "Florida" Mike Rogers. 

The winner of the race takes the seat of retiring Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow.

There's a slew of reasons as to why Florida Mike is the wrong choice for Michigan, and the rest of the country.

But a recent expose by Bridge Magazine detailing how Rogers played a role in the nation's opioid crisis, while raking-in tons of campaign cash from the pharmaceutical industry, provides further illustration on the kind of person Rogers truly is.

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Here's Episode 102 of Michigan's Premier Progressive Podcast!

00:00-23:27: Harris-Trump Debate Reaction

In the first segment, Pat begs the Elissa Slotkin campaign to help push her candidacy for the U.S. Senate by sending-out yard signs to rural Democrats across the state. It's a crucial race, and we progressives want to help her defeat "Florida" Mike Rogers. Then, Pat gives his reactions to the Presidential Debate in which Kamala Harris made minced meat of Donald Trump. No wonder he doesn't want any more debates unless some right-wing media hacks moderate it.

23:28-32:01: Last Call: Michigan's Clean Energy Economic Boon

Next, Pat highlights an article by Michigan Advance's Kyle Davidson, which details how Michigan's clean energy policies are providing an economic boon! Thanks to clean energy bills passed by state Democrats, and by congressional Democrats, Michiganders will save on their energy bills in the future. These initiatives are also providing thousands of clean energy jobs while making Michiganders healthier! Had MAGA Michigan Republicans been in-charge, we'd be stuck in a 20th Century economy.

32:02-34:41: Ending and Go Tigers!

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Here's the Left of Lansing Monday Musing for September 9th, 2024!

The much-anticipated Kamala Harris debate against Dear Leader Trump happens this week. 

But the corporate media are busy helping set the terms of who'll win, and who'll lose this debate. And as usual, the media are placing heavy expectations for Harris to meet while giving Trump virtually a free-ride. 

Let me know what you think!

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NOTES:

"7 things to watch at the Kamala Harris-Donald Trump debate." By Phillip M. Bailey of USA Today

Wajahat Ali tweet Pat highlighted.

Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for September 6, 2024.

This week, New York Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein to the woodshed for Stein's predatory political maneuvering every four years. 

AOC rightly notes how Stein is only out there for her own brand and exposure, while never doing anything to help her party grow on a local and state level.

It's almost as if Jill Stein's running to hurt the very people she claims to be fighting for. 

Actually, she is hurting the very people she claims to represent. 

Thank you, AOC!

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Jill Stein Photo: "Jill Stein" by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.