Jimmy Carter: Stark Contrast to Today's Reality
Today's Washington Post includes two articles that stand in stark contrast, together demonstrating sadly the deterioration of values and...
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Bob Gatty
Aug 19, 20182 min read
Saturday Night Massacre Part 2
Reprising memories of the famed Saturday Night Massacre that lead to the resignation of President Nixon, Donald Trump is in the beginning...
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Bob Gatty
Aug 17, 20183 min read
Demanding Praise While Stoking Hate
In a rare sentient moment, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders apologized Tuesday for vastly overstating (lying) about job...
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Bob Gatty
Aug 17, 20182 min read
Taxpayers to Cough up $92 Million to Satisfy Trump's Ego
OK Trumpsters, hope you're happy. Along with the rest of us, you're about to get whacked for a $92 million tax bill just so Donald Trump,...
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Bob Gatty
Aug 16, 20182 min read
Exhausted and Longing for Sanity's Return
I don’t know about you, but I am exhausted with the every-single-day-ness negativity of Trump. Do you, like me, long for the “good old...
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Bob Gatty
Aug 16, 20183 min read
Politics: 'That's Just for Old People.'
The comment in the headline above came from my millennial - age nephew, Daniel LaVelle, who is about as smart and sharp as anyone I know....
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Bob Gatty
Aug 14, 20182 min read
Filling (Not Draining) the Swamp
It wasn't all that long ago that Candidate Donald Trump promised to "drain the swamp" in Washington of incompetent and dishonest...
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Bob Gatty
Aug 12, 20182 min read
Trump's War Against the Free Press Must End
Newspapers across the country will publish editorials Thursday, August 16, calling out President Trump for his vicious and dangerous...
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Bob Gatty
Aug 11, 20181 min read
Eating the Evidence
The image of the would be emperor of the world sitting behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office cramming a piece of paper into his...
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Bob Gatty
Aug 10, 20182 min read
MAY THE SPACE FORCE BE WITH YOU
You couldn't dream this stuff up. Trump's insistence on a new U.S. Space Force is such a stupid idea that, as i wrote yesterday, I turned...
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Bob Gatty
Aug 9, 20182 min read
My New Career: Space Force Secretary?
Earlier today I was asked by President Trump to resign my position of CEO, editor and blogger-in-chief of Not Fake News to serve as the...
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Bob Gatty
Aug 7, 20183 min read
EPA's Clean Car Rollback: an Unhealthy, Unnecessary Plan
The Trump administration's plan announced last week to weaken the 2020-2026 auto emissions and mileage requirements has been blasted by...
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Bob Gatty
Aug 5, 20182 min read
WHO is the ENEMY of the PEOPLE?
President Trump continues his war against the news media calling journalists "the Enemy of the People," a tactic that might whip up his...
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Stacy Fitzgerald
Aug 2, 20183 min read
The Trump Census Count Shell Game
As the U.S. Census Bureau prepares to conduct the decennial Census in 2020, concerns about the inclusion of a question regarding...
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Bob Gatty
Aug 1, 20182 min read
Trump's Hate Movement Endangers More than Just the Media
President Trump is leading a dangerous attack on the news media, one that could potentially incite some of his supporters to violence. It...
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Stacy Fitzgerald
Jul 30, 20183 min read
Trump Jumps the Shark on Alternative Reality
One would expect that the presidential administration that coined the phrase “alternative facts” would play fast and loose with realism,...
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Bob Gatty
Jul 29, 20182 min read
Coca Cola to Boost Prices in Aftermath of Trump Tariffs
Coca Cola CEO James Quincey says that the company will be forced to increase prices on its soft drinks largely due to President Trump's...
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Bob Gatty
Jul 26, 20182 min read
'License to Discriminate' Bill Passed by House Committee
Homophobia has apparently reared its ugly head in the House Appropriations Committee, where Republicans pushed through an amendment...
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Bob Gatty
Jul 25, 20182 min read
An Indian's Take on Immigration: Don't Take My Cheese
Indians are the original Americans and like no other people they know what its like to be displaced by “immigrants.” Waccamaw Indian...
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Bob Gatty
Jul 22, 20182 min read
A Free Press: The Best Defense Against Tyranny
The news media has been under constant and continuous blistering attack by President Trump, who simply can't stand it when reporters call...
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Lean to the Left provides liberal political commentary about important developments involving Republicans and Democrats in power, and supports efforts to resist those who would subvert democracy and impede freedom of the press. We also present the Lean to the Left podcast and videos, with newsmaker interviews and progressive commentary.
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