{"podcast":{"title":"Good News for Lefties | Daily News for Democracy","slug":"good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465","podcast_index_feed_id":6982465,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6256627/episodes/feed","website_url":"http://GoodNewsForLefties.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/672afcb4f39d17cf54d4be4a2915a13e.jpg","author":"Two Squared Media Productions, LLC","episode_count":876,"summary":"Positive, progressive news for democracy daily! Democrats, Leftists, liberals, and democratic socialists welcome. A respite from troubling headlines in difficult times. Sure, read the bad news, but then listen to us! Send good news tips to beowulf@twosquaredmediaproductions.com or 202-656-6271 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy--6256627/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T14:22:27.318827+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465"},"episode":{"title":"PM News: : Montana Takes on Dark Money, UAW Backs El Sayed in Senate Bid","slug":"pm-news-montana-takes-on-dark-money-uaw-backs-el-sayed-in-senate-bid","published_at":"2026-06-16T21:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465/pm-news-montana-takes-on-dark-money-uaw-backs-el-sayed-in-senate-bid","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/pm-news-montana-takes-on-dark-money-uaw-backs-el-sayed-in-senate-bid--72554193","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72554193/good_news_for_lefties_pm_061626_mixdown_1.mp3","summary":"Exciting news from Montana, where campaigners have gathered nearly 50,000 signatures to place Initiative 194 on the ballot, aiming to curb corporate influence in elections by barring artificial persons from contributing to political campaigns. In Maryland, top Democrats are preparing for a special session to potentially redraw the state's congressional map. Maryland GOP oblivious as Democrats eye July special session for redistricting 'Montana Plan' Targeting Corporate Money in Politics Secures Enough Signatures for Ballot | Common Dreams Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy--6256627/support .","meta_description":"Exciting news from Montana, where campaigners have gathered nearly 50,000 signatures to place Initiative 194 on the ballot, aiming to curb corporate influ…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":496,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465/episodes/pm-news-montana-takes-on-dark-money-uaw-backs-el-sayed-in-senate-bid/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465/pm-news-montana-takes-on-dark-money-uaw-backs-el-sayed-in-senate-bid.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}