LeftOfLansing
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LeftOfLansing
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Pat Johnston's Progressive Podcast covering Michigan politics and pop culture!


Trump: “They executed three young people for protesting”

The orchestrated campaign to single out and demonize pro-Israel Americans, including millions of Democrats who are members of AIPAC, for participating in the political process is wrong and fundamentally undemocratic.




As natural gas and octane prices surge, Democrats need to be spiking footballs about being champions of renewable energy and electric vehicles even as the Republicans were shouting big oil talking points with their entire chest cavities.





Jon Favreau on AIPAC.

Tennessee Republicans advance bill that would create public list of trans residents

Public ed advocates are in the Romney Building right now requesting a meeting w/ Gov. Whitmer to get her stance on Michigan opting into the federal govt’s new education tax credit, which can be used for private school. Critics say it’s a voucher program that may be illegal in MI.

Hegseth: "My 13 year old son popped into my office last night while I was editing these remarks. He asked about the war and the families I met at Dover. I looked at him and said, 'They died for you, son. So your generation doesn't have to deal with a nuclear Iran.'"

SCOOP: The Pentagon asked the White House today for more than *$200 billion* for the Iran war supplemental, sources say Some White House aides think Congress won't support b/c it's so big Will tee up giant battle in Congress





Today I'm endorsing @MalloryMcMorrow for U.S. Senate! I first got to know Mallory back in 2018 when she flipped a Republican-held seat. I know that she's got energy, ideas, and fight. She’s the champion that working families in Michigan need.

It seems that Jonathan Greenblatt sees the ADL's future as aligned with Republicans and the right. It's a post-Oct. 7 trend that escalated after Trump returned to office. He attacks leftist streamers and Democrats. Elon Musk Roman saluting gets "grace." x.com/i/status/20336…




