The Lean to the Left Podcast

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we’re with Samuel Goodman, an author, speaker, and scientist who uses his education and experience to bring the confluence of science and engineering to important issues of public policy, like climate change. Who is this guy? Is he just another climate change nerd? Or does he have something important to say? We’re about to find out. Dr. Goodman has a phD in chemical engineering and has just...

Smelling blood, the Republican Party is readying a midterm election salvo blasting President Biden for mandating vaccinations, and the Republican National Committee is now trying to fundraise with emotional appeals on that issue. But not all Republicans are playing that cynical game. Take a listen...Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-lean-to-the-left-podcast--...

In this episode, Dr. Jeremy Holland, a sociology professor at Horry Georgetown Technical College in Conway, SC, discusses an effort by The Debt Collective and others to eliminate the onerous burden of student debt that millions of Americans are struggling with each day. Dr. Holland contends that such an action could be taken without increasing the tax burden on most Americans, proposing that the c...

Will our nation ever come together again as it did following the attacks of September 11, 2001? And who are the final casualties of that tragic day? Take a listen to two pieces of commentary from Bob Gatty and CJ Waldron of Not Fake News.biz. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-lean-to-the-left-podcast--4719048/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...

President Biden has stopped pussyfooting around with Covid 19 and took tough action to stop the spread of the deadly virus. It's about time. He said said Americans who refuse to get Covid-19 shots are causing "a lot of damage," are "keeping us from turning the corner," and cannot be permitted to "stand in the way." It's about time. Take a listen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spr...

Women’s right to control their own bodies is under attack like never before now that the Trump-stacked U.S. Supreme Court has sanctioned a draconian Texas law that creates a system of vigilante injustice for women seeking an abortion. The law posts a $10,000 bounty on women, clinicians, doctors, even cab drivers who in any way help a woman in Texas terminate her pregnancy, no matter the cause And...

Imagine living in a place where religious fanatics make the rules. Imagine a place where women’s rights are suppressed and they are told what they can do with their bodies. Add to that a government that says it represents the people, but suppresses the votes of those who disagree with them, while a fanatical former leader threatens anyone who disagrees with him. Any idea where that is? Take a list...

Today we’re with Morris Pearl. He’s a rich guy. A millionaire, probably many times over. But get this, he thinks rich people like him should pay higher taxes. Why, pray tell does he think that? Why, in fact, has he even co-authored a book that calls for “lessening inequality by taxing rich people?” The book is called “Tax the Rich! How Lies, Loopholes, and Lobbyists Make the Rich Even Richer.” Who...

This episode is narration of Chris Waldron's commentary on NotFakeNews.biz, "Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot."The term Whiskey Tango Foxtrot derives from a military term describing circumstances gone completely awry (what the f*ck). This would certainly apply to the state of our country at this present time. With half the population believing lies over facts, a pandemic that has a means of prevention that...

Our nation has been experiencing the impact of extreme weather conditions…fires in California…extreme heat and drought in the West…and now Hurricane Ida ripping through Louisiana and other southern states…and who knows what else is in store for us. After all, the Earth just experienced its hottest month on record. The other day, climate scientists released a new report on the roasting of the plane...

In this episode, Lean to the Left rips Biden's critics, especially the Republicans, a new one for jumping all over the president for the evacuation of Afghanistan. Bottom line: He got us out of that ugly war as promised, and he deserves credit, not incoming flak. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-lean-to-the-left-podcast--4719048/support. Learn more about you...

“America is not a racist country”. It is a sentiment expressed by Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and echoed by Vice President Kamala Harris. Pretty much everyone agrees that, despite many having racist beliefs, our country, by and large, does not support racism. So, why is right wing media ramping up the racist rhetoric? In a word: Fear. That's the view of Not Fake News.biz writer Chris Waldron in commenta...