What defines someone as a centrist or moderate?

The man endorsed by Sarah Huckabeast in this video is Arkansas state Rep. Austin McCollum. McCollum was arrested today on charges of aggravated assault against a family or household member, first-degree false imprisonment, and third-degree domestic battery. www.nwaonline.com/news/2026/au...

Monday Musing! My thoughts on Whitmer's endorsement of fellow establishment Democrat Haley Stevens. audioboom.com/posts/893292...

Monday Musing: Whitmer Endorses Stevens, and Why

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New Episode! Guest: LOL "Show Voice" Jessica Shepherd! Why she decided to volunteer for @AbdulElSayed's Senate campaign in Michigan, why his working class message resonates with many, and her overall love for anything Michigan, especially Saginaw. audioboom.com/posts/893134...

Pat Johnston w/ The LOL "Show Voice" Jessica Shepherd!

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Hillary Scholten, Kristen McDonald-Rivet, Shri Thanedar, and Haley Stevens voted w/ MAGA Republicans (like Lisa McClain, Bill Huizenga, Jack Bergman, John James, and John Moolenaar) to force taxpayers to fund Israel's genocidal government. How's that sticking up for Michiganders?

Excellent point by State Rep. Betsy Coffia. Why hasn't Haley Stevens campaigned at all in Northern Michigan?

Monday Musing: Democratic Party Leaders endorse Crypto-AIPAC Congressman Shri Thanedar over working class progressive State Rep. @donavanmckinney.bsky.social in Michigan. Just shows how Dem leaders still aren't getting it. audioboom.com/posts/893032...

Monday Musing: Dem Leaders Endorse Crypto & AIPAC Congressman Shri Thanedar

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Check-out my talk with Michigan state senate candidate @kellivanginhoven.bsky.social, who's trying to flip the U.P. seat from red-to-blue by pushing a strong working class message. My takes on the U.S. Senate race & polls, and don't say "war" in the MAGA state House. audioboom.com/posts/891818...

Kelli Van Ginhoven's People-Powered Campaign For the Upper Peninsula

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This week's Monday Musing: Karen McDonald, like other establishment Democrats, refuse to understand they are the ones taking extreme positions by rejecting working class Democratic BASE voters. So much for Vote Blue No Matter Who." audioboom.com/posts/891412...

Monday Musing: Establishment Dems Fail At Learning Lessons

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New Episode! @DiazForMichigan talks about his working class campaign for Michigan's Senate Seat 29. Plus, my take on the latest MI Democratic Senate Primary Race, high gas prices, ballrooms in a cratering economy, vanishing voting rights, and more! audioboom.com/posts/889754...

Senate Race, Gas Prices, Voting Rights, Ballrooms, and Progressive Ivan Diaz for Michigan State Senate

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New Episode! William Lawrence, Michigan Progressive Democratic Congressional candidate for the 7th District. William opposes Trump's War on Iran, refuses AIPAC $$, says Abolish ICE, fights for Medicare For All, and fights for the working class. audioboom.com/posts/889066...

MI Progressive William Lawrence For Congress, Trump's Failing Economy, New MI Senate Poll

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Friday Short. With rising inflation, soaring energy costs, weak job market, insane tariffs, and the unpopular Iran War, why in the world are MAGA Republicans considered the "fiscally responsible" party? audioboom.com/posts/888686...

New Episode! @KaseyHelton05 reports on the @AbdulElSayed & Hasan Piker UofM rally, and why D.C. Democratic Party leadership keeps misreading the party's base. Plus, how Trump's War on Iran is really a war on the working class, and where is John James? audioboom.com/posts/888540...

We need @michiganmop.bsky.social on the ballot to limit DTE's and Consumers' Energy's stranglehold in Lansing! But remember, Gov. Whitmer removed a clean energy advocate on the MPSC, and inserted a pro-utility industry person, who was also on the former Democratic House Speaker's staff.

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Consumers Energy and DTE are lining up for another rate hike and the Michigan Public Service Commission keeps being their rubber stamp. Ratepayers are already paying enough, and we need our elected officials to step in now. #NoMoreRateHikes

Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" on how Trump's Easter "Message" Reveals MAGA True "Values." During my years of work in corporate right-wing radio, I heard about family values and the so-called degradation of our society. But that was all performative B.S. audioboom.com/posts/888390...

Monday Musing: Trump's Easter "Message" Reveals MAGA True "Values"

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Blue Cross wants to pay less, my son may pay the price michiganadvance.com/2026/04/06/b... Commentary from Andrew Bashi

Blue Cross wants to pay less, my son may pay the price • Michigan Advance

Blue Cross is using my son's life as leverage

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Immigrants weren’t just filling existing jobs; they were helping create them. That’s Econ 101: jobs are not a fixed pie. More people means more customers, more demand, more businesses expanding, and yes, more hiring.

This week's LOL Poll: If the Michigan Democratic Primary for the U.S. Senate were held today, who would you support? Details to be shared on next week's show. www.patreon.com/posts/michig...

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Solar and wind farm in Gratiot County. I think I'd rather invest in more of these than Trump's (and Israel's right wing government's) War on Iran.

To whoever did this at the #NoKings in Boston: Thank you.❤️ It made me tear up. And we must to be reminded of needless damage to humanity that results directly from the careless, bellicose bluster coming from the Pentagon and White House.

The "Friday Short" on MAGA Michigan Republican Congressman Tom Barrett, who's joined the MAGA Government Grifting Game. Barrett's campaign is spending money at places where his wife just happens to work. What were the odds of that happening? audioboom.com/posts/887974...

Friday Short: The MAGA Republican Grifting Game--Michigan Style

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No Kings Protest in Mt. Pleasant today. Despite a chilly morning, many showed-up in solidarity for the overlooked working class. Anti-Iran War signs, anti-ICE signs, anti-Congressman John Moolenaar signs, pro-worker signs, and pro-democracy signs were all present. @indivcentralmi.bsky.social

Shout out to the @leftoflansing.bsky.social podcast for sitting down with our Comms Team Lead @leifkolt.bsky.social to discuss Bayou Bergman, the growth of Ti, and of course this weekends #NoKings3 march through downtown Traverse City. Listen wherever you consume podcasts! youtu.be/TInWSZULJGs?...

378: "No Kings 3" on March 28th w/ Traverse Indivisible's Leif Colt

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The State of Michigan and the city of Romulus have sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, challenging plans to convert a warehouse in Romulus into a detention center for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Michigan AG Dana Nessel announced on Tuesday. From @kdailey.bsky.social

Nessel, Romulus file lawsuit against DHS to halt planned ICE detention center  • Michigan Advance

The State of Michigan and the city of Romulus have filed a lawsuit in federal court against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, challenging plans to convert a warehouse in Romulus into a detenti...

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As time has gone on I've realized there is a still quite small but now non-trivial chance that the entire Iran War is simply an insider trading operation, creating repeated black swan moments and relying on markets continued willingness to gyrate wildly in the face of absurd and predictably ...

Federal Medicaid cuts could exact a heavy toll on psychiatric units at hospitals across the country, many of which are already struggling to keep their doors open but provide essential mental health care to people who need it. michiganadvance.com/2026/03/23/r... From @stateline.org

Medicaid cuts could add pressure to already-stressed psychiatric units • Michigan Advance

Federal Medicaid cuts could exact a heavy toll on psychiatric units at hospitals across the country, many of which are already struggling to keep their doors open but provide essential mental health c...

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Let me reiterate this. When reproductive rights are protected, medical decisions stay in the hands of patients and their doctors — not politicians who have their pockets lined by private insurance companies who have no idea what you or I truly need. Louder! 👏

Watching Michigan & MSU tourney basketball, and seeing campaign ads for Republicans John James & Aric Nesbit, and some for Mike Duggan. Haven't seen one ad for Jocelyn Benson yet. Seems like a missed opportunity for Democrats to reach voters if they want to keep Governor's seat.

Friday Short! Michigan MAGA House Speaker Matt Hall blocks Freedom of Information Act Reform bills from reaching the state House floor. Those bills give oversight and transparency powers to working class Michiganders. That's not who Matt Hall represents. audioboom.com/posts/887670...

Friday Short: Like Trump, Michigan's Matt Hall Protects The Swamp

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This week's show w/ @KaseyHelton05! We talk ICE in MI, Dems & Indies souring on Israel's right-wing government, Iran War & gas prices, Senate Primary race, and more. Plus, Mike Rogers & The Bankers, and Democrats who call other Democrats "antisemites." audioboom.com/posts/887593...

Kasey Helton, Livingston County Progressive & Union Fighter

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