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428: Michigan Primary Primer: Will Progressives Score Major Victories Across the State?
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- Left of Lansing
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- Jul 30, 2026
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- 2623
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Summary
Click here to donate $5 on Left of Lansing on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/15494297/join Here's Episode #189 of Michigan's Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-19:05: AIPAC, DTE, & Data Centers Pat Johnston discusses why working class Michiganders have turned more populist, and why accepting AIPAC, or DTE, or other corporate PAC money is hurting several candidates in different races. Also, working class Michiganders are irate over the rush to build hyper-scale A.I. data centers, and specific Democrats are being rewarded for opposing the Big Tech Bros' data centers. 19:05-31:40: Working Class-America First Populism Progressive candidates, like Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, Aisha Farooqi, Kyle Blomquist, Diop Harris II, Donovan McKinney, Ivan Diaz, or Kelli Van Ginhoven, are resonating with voters in different areas across Michigan because they present a strong, working class and America First agenda. It's an agenda that pushes to revitalize a forgotten working class by focusing on a people-centered over a profit-centered campaign. It's an agenda that aims to strengthen unions, expand opportunities, make housing affordable, advocating for our farmers, Abolishing ICE, taxing the rich, ending costly wars, making the Epstein Class face more accountability, and fighting back against The Trump Regime. 31:41-39:10: Electability If Abdul El-Sayed, and other Michigan progressive candidates, win the primary, and then goes on to win the general election, doesn't that end the corporate-establishment Democratic Party argument that progressives can only win in blue cities? 39:11-43:43: Quicksand Ending Please, subscribe to the podcast, download each episode, and give it a good review if you can! [email protected] Left of Lansing is now on YouTube as well ! Vote on this week's LOL P…