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Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for January 26, 2026.

The execution of Minnesota nurse Alex Pretti by the Trump Regime's ICE Gestapo, and the MAGA Republican defense of the shooting, proves the main goal about MAGA Republicanism is to destroy, and kill, those it views as the enemies within.

MAGA's never been about gun rights, freedom of speech rights, or economic rights for the working class.

It's been about making this a whiter America, and if white Americans get in their way, they'll be disappeared, too.

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Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for January 23, 2026.

Seven corporate Democrats (or Democratic "Centrists) in the U.S. House voted with the autocratic MAGA majority to shovel more money to the Trump Regime's ICE Gestapo in a spending bill this week. That bill now moves onto the Senate where other "centrists" Democrats, like Michigan's Elissa Slotkin, says she will never back a push to Abolish ICE.

Thanks to some excellent reporting, we now know that those pushing Democrats to say "reform ICE," rather than to abolish it are lobbyists for the defense and surveillance industries.

There's a big election coming up in 10 months, and working class Americans are hoping there'll be a true opposition party to Trump's MAGA, but some Democrats would rather play along with authoritarianism than fight against it.

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00:00:15:37: Greenland? Attacks on RxKids

Left of Lansing's Pat Johnston doesn't understand how spending around a trillion dollars to acquire Greenland to please billionaire Tech Bros helps working class Americans, who are struggling with high costs of food, electricity, child care, health care, and car insurance. And it took awhile, but MAGA Michigan Republicans are finally beginning to attack the successful RxKids program. Pat explains why. Because, it works!

15:38-43:35: Jennifer Schulze Interview

Longtime Chicago journalist and media critic Jennifer Schulze joins the show to talk about MAGA media propaganda machine. On her Substack, Indistinct Chatter, Jennifer wrote an article on the MAGA political operative Nick Shirley, and how his propaganda videos on so-called "fraud" in child care facilities in Minnesota, led to the Trump Regime's Ice Gestapo invasion in Minneapolis. And Jennifer and Pat discuss the devolving of CBS News, which is becoming a Trump Propaganda News Network by the billionaire-picked News Director, Bari Weiss.

42:01-51:25: Last Call-Whitmer's Silence

In this week's "Last Call," Pat criticizes Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer's continued refusal to stand-up for working class Michiganders, and all Americans, while the Trump Regime causes pain in a myriad of ways.

51:26-53:35: Ending

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