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Scott Aaron Rogers
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I write and talk about Indiana politics, history, and culture from a social democratic perspective.
Hoosier. Leftist. #HoosLeft
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Last week, 5/6 Indiana communities with school tax referendums on the ballot approved of the levies. One of them is right in Leslie Nuss' backyard - and the programs those dollars fund are meaningful.

Full episode at https://hoosleft.us
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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This Sunday, on HoosLeft This Week, we looked at a report that suggested Indiana counties use wildly divergent methods to determine who deserves a public defender.

Attorney Ross Thomas explains.

Full episode at https://hoosleft.us
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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This morning at 10:30 am, we go live to break down the week's top news stories from across Indiana and beyond. Please join us.

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November 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Indiana's Ripley Co and Franklin Co Democrats have been planning a 9th District healthcare debate for months. Who knew how timely it would be, as health insurance rates are set to skyrocket and the government is ostensibly shut down over it.

Join us in DE-BATESVILLE Saturday!
November 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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If "moderate" Democrats can't handle legitimate criticism from the progressive base, you shouldn't be in politics.

IRON sharpens IRON

And if you can't handle it, maybe it's because you're not IRON, but LEAD:
- soft
- pliable
- and over time, TOXIC.
November 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Healthcare Doesn't Know Party Lines

Previewing this coming Saturday's CD9 healthcare debate in Batesville, Franklin Dems chair Christian Persson explains why the organizers chose that as the topic - arguing that every Hoosier needs care no matter their party.
November 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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I will be streaming this debate LIVE from Batesville this coming Saturday 11/8.

BUT FIRST…

Organizers Christina Persson & Victoria Martz join me online Tuesday night to preview the event.

Join us.

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November 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Gun violence can be stopped - or at least greatly reduced. Most everyone, even gun owners - NRA members even - agree on expanded background checks, red flag laws, and permit requirements.
November 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Going live here at 10:30 am. Make sure you're in the right place.

HoosLeft got a little too spicy for our old home, so catch us - unfiltered (as if I ever used a filter) - here:

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November 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Same unapologetically progressive Sunday show for Indiana, new channel.

We got a little too spicy for our old home, so catch us - unfiltered (as if I ever used a filter) - at our own place:

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November 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Hey, Indiana Democratic insiders - didn't we just have a big event about this recently?

If we wanted elite, out-of-state crooks running our state, we'd vote Republican. The very idea of legacy families governing us is inherently conservative.

NO KINGS implies NO PRINCES
October 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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SIT DOWN KIDS. WE HAVE TO TALK.

Mom and Dad are getting a divorce.

We still love each other very much, but have arrived at the mutual decision to part ways.

HoosLeft This Week is leaving @projectnext.bsky.social, but the show goes on. Sunday 10:30am ET at https://hoosleft.us

October 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Listen, I'm a registered Democrat - but if I could wave a wand and eliminate the two-party system tomorrow, I'd do it in a heartbeat. We need four, six, eight or more parties.
October 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Life right now as an IU alum and sports fan:

It's fun to play like an SEC school on the football field.
It's not fun to play like an SEC school in the classroom.

#FirePamWhitten
#AndTheBoard
#CoachCigCanStayThough
October 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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When Mitch Daniels is bemoaning one-party rule, you know the Hoosier GOP has gone TOO FAR! This week, we spoke with two groups looking to break the stranglehold from different directions, including Independent Indiana's Nathan Gotsch.

Full episode at https://hoosleft.us
October 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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We need less attorneys and MBAs in elected office, and more class diversity in the kind of people who represent us. Care workers, service workers, gig workers, and tradespeople are far more in touch with the daily reality of their neighbors.
October 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Rule of law means for everybody. Even noncitizens. Even drug smugglers. Even t3rr0rists. Punishment without process is not justice - it's just violence.
October 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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You wanna take big dollar donations as a candidate? I mean, every campaign needs resources. But you better be damn clear that money doesn't buy access and it doesn't buy your principles.
October 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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If the Dem establishment's goal is to be so inept as to make progressives look like world-beaters and give us momentum going into the general, keep it up - you're doing great.

Now, quietly help us with the organizing and fundraising backstage.

Kayfabe. MAGA gets it. You don't yet. Better learn.
October 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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The commodification of higher education and elimination of diversity are ruinous on many levels. Knowledge and exploration are valuable in their own right, and open new ways of thinking. And different perspectives breed innovation.
October 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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This dude is more astroturfed than Lucas Oil Stadium.

A brand new wardrobe from the NFL Pro Shop does not give you Indiana cred. All real Hoosiers know the best place to get that swag is on clearance at Meijer the week after the Colts are eliminated from playoff contention.

October 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Sometimes good people do bad things.
Sometimes bad people to good things.
This is a real life. Not a cartoon.
Nuance - pass it on.
October 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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NEW SEGMENT ALERT!

HoosBAD - Where HoosLeft profiles one Hoosier who did something totally badass this week. Our inaugural winner - Hammond Mayor Tom McDermott, who told Trump's ICEsatzgruppen to pound sand in no uncertain terms.

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October 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Now we've given you fair warnin'
It's gonna be that kind of mornin'
For bein' wacky!
For getting nutty! (OH NO, CHAIRRY!)
Golly, it's cuckoo!
At Pee-Wee German's Playhouse!
October 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Data centers: they take and take. What do we get in return?

NEW EPISODE DROP: Environmental geologist and Indiana State House candidate Michael Potter talks gerrymandering, water management, and data centers.

Full episode at www.hoosleft.us
with @friendsofmichaelpotter
October 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM