The Lean to the Left Podcast

Gas prices…you think they’re high now? Just wait. Energy expert Jack Kerfoot predicts a national average price of $5 per gallon before too long. But then, he says, things will get better and action by President Biden and largely the Democrats will help. Congress has finally passed major infrastructure legislation and with its significant provisions to attack climate change, it’s been signed into l...

If you're waiting for Washington to fix healthcare in this country, healthcare entrepreneur and innovator Jeff Margolis has this advice: Don't bother. Appearing on the latest episode of The Lean to the Left Podcast, Margolis discusses how information technology, innovation, and personal responsibility can all come together and result in a better, more equitable, and less costly healthcare system f...

The Medicare open enrollment period ends on December 7, so if you’re a senior and on Medicare, you should listen up: Thanks for joining us today on the Lean to the Left podcast. If you’re a senior wondering what to do about supplemental Medicare coverage, that’s the topic of today’s program. It can be a confusing decision with so many different offerings and options, so its important to have the f...

In this episode, Not Fake News writer Chris Waldron imagines a nightmare 2024 scenario, with Donald Trump's election defeat leading to a Constitutional crisis for America. It's downright scary. Narrated by Bob Gatty. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-lean-to-the-left-podcast--4719048/support .

Finally, the House of Representatives has passed the sweeping infrastructure bill promised by President Biden, and nutcase GOP Rep. Marjory Taylor Greene (MTG) of Georgia says it's all part of "Biden's Communist takeover of America." Greene needs to be sent to the looney bin, but in the meantime she might want to listen to this episode of The Lean to the Left Podcast, which features a young Americ...

Will national Democrats, shocked by their repudiation in Virginia and even New Jersey, stop bickering, show some spine, and get President Biden's Build Back Better social safety net spending program through Congress? Based on the first analyses from the June 2 elections for governor in those states, which went to Biden in 2020, they damn well better give the people what they voted for when they el...

National Democrats are frittering away a huge opportunity to provide the American people with the social improvements for which they voted when they elected Joe Biden, and worse, they are opening the door to a return of Donald Trump and his GOP. Take a listen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-lean-to-the-left-podcast--4719048/support .

Karen Martinez is not rich or famous. She’s not a political expert, nor is she a best-selling author, or TV star. But Karen Martinez is a truly special human being, and that is why she is our guest on this episode of The Lean to the Left Podcast. For many years, Karen has been a foster mom, taking care of other peoples’ kids she’s worked with the biological parents of those kids, too, so they coul...

It’s Halloween time, and it’s important to make certain our kids are safe when they go out trick or treating. But certainly, every day is that time, because as parents we must protect our kids from those who would do them harm -- like sexual predators and bullies. Today, we’re with Bob Kahn, a retired deputy sheriff in Nevada and former elementary school teacher who has authored eight children’s b...

If President Biden and Democrats in Congress have any hope of enacting comprehensive, meaningful voting rights legislation, they have no choice but to end the filibuster. It's time for Democrats to stop pussyfooting around and play some hardball. Last week Republicans blocked action for the third time this year on voting rights legislation, making it clear that unless the filibuster is killed, the...

It’s almost World Series time and the playoffs are still going on, so we’re going to talk a little ball today. Yep…that’s right…baseball. Our guest is Jordan Skopp, who among other things is leading a fight to get rid of a longtime baseball rule that prevents fans who are injured by batted balls to receive compensation in court, no matter how badly they are hurt. Well, you might say, that fans are...

As President Biden seeks to reverse actions by the Trump administration that jeopardized America's fight against the consequences of climate change, one powerful member of his own party is throwing up roadblocks that could be equally devastating. The principal opponent of a major piece of Biden's climate agenda is Sen Joe Manchin III, the West Virginia Democrat who is determined to protect coal mi...

Today we’re with Sandy Phillips Kirkham, who when she was 17 years old, was raped by her pastor, a young, married man who callously took advantage of her admiration of him, and desire for his attention. His name was Jeff Coulier. The first time took place in the pastor’s house, in his bed, and that is how she lost her virginity. She had given this “man of God” her trust and he violated that trust,...

When you spread misinformation that results in the deaths of hundreds of thousands, why isn’t that a crime? When you attempt to overthrow a legitimately elected president, why aren’t you held accountable? In any other country, writes Not Fake News' CJ Waldron, you would be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, yet in these United States you are more likely to face much harsher punishment for s...

Despite the clear evidence that Donald John Trump tried to engineer a coup to overturn President Biden's election, Republicans continue their obeisance to the disgraced former president -- even those who just wish he would go away. The Hill reported today that most Senate Republicans do not want Trump to run again for the presidency. But not surprisingly, their reasons are purely political and hav...

You have homeowner’s insurance and a hurricane hits. The winds and rains come. There is damage to your home. But you know the storm will blow over and you have coverage, so no worries, right? You could be very wrong. Today Mark Bello and I are with William F. “Chip” Merlin, Jr., founder and president of the Merlin Law Group. Chip has dedicated his practice to representing insurance policyholders i...

How do you feel about all of those online ads that pop up whenever you’re online or on social media? Are they helpful? Are they intrusive? Are they generally just a nuisance? Do they make you want to toss your phone against the wall? Do you feel like they’re invading your privacy? One minute you’re searching for info on a new blender and a half hour later ads for blenders pop up when you’re readin...

The U.S. Supreme Court has just launched its new term and thanks to the defeated and twice impeached former president Donald Trump, our country could be in big trouble. Trump stacked the court with three right-wing justices, giving conservatives a 6-3 majority, and now they are in a position to set a very difficult, and in my view, harmful course for the future. Mark M. Bello, host of the Justice...

There are some 600,000 so-called “dreamers” in this country and many more waiting to obtain that special status currently afforded the children of illegal immigrants, brought to the U.S., often as infants, and who Donald Trump tried to send back to the country of their birth. The Biden administration has just announced a new rule to protect those recipients of protection under the 2012 2012 Deferr...

Today we’re with Mark M. Bello, host of the Justice Counts podcast and author of a gripping series of legal thrillers ripped from the headlines. A retired social justice attorney, Mark has just finished his seventh book in his “Betrayal” series. It’s called Betrayal at the Border in which he tackles two cases that strike at the heart of our nation’s contentious immigration debate. Mark has an unca...

If you’re a senior paying exorbitant prices for prescription drugs, the news out of Washington is not very good. That’s because legislation that would help lower those drug prices appears to be stuck, apparently the victim of intense lobbying by the pharmaceutical industry, which reportedly has lured a number of Democratic legislators into its camp. And there is very little, if any Republican supp...

Following up on our most recent episode, Killer Drugs during which we spoke with a South Carolina man who has seen three family members die from overdoses of drugs apparently spiked with carfentanil, today we’re with Dr. Bill O’Connor, who treats such patients. Dr. O’Connor is a family physician and works at the Little River Medical Center in South Carolina, a community health facility, that serve...

Buster Hatcher is a 73-year-old man who lives in South Carolina. Within the last three months, three members of his family have died from drug overdoses that Hatcher blames on Carfentanil, a powerful derivative of fentanyl, a synthetic narcotic analgesic produced from morphine. It’s 10,000- times more potent than morphine and it’s not approved for use in humans in any capacity. It’s typically used...

Medical workers protesting vaccination and mask requirements is mind boggling. Doctors advising patients against masks is unthinkable. Whatever happened to the Hippocratic oath? Take a listen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-lean-to-the-left-podcast--4719048/support .

What does MAGA really mean? Where did it come from? Check out this commentary by CJ Waldron from https://notfakenews.biz . Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-lean-to-the-left-podcast--4719048/support .