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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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  • 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.

    Please, subscribe to the podcast, download each episode, and give it a good review if you can!

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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

    Please, subscribe to the podcast, download each episode, and give it a good review if you can!

    leftoflansing@gmail.com

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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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