The Lean to the Left Podcast

Wondering if you guys watch the TV show, “Bull,” based on a jury analyst who figures out which potential jury members would be more favorable to his firm’s clients, and which would be most unfavorable. They figure this out with a series of questions to potential members of the jury panel, and if it looks like they would not be friendly, or if they have some sort of conflict of interest, the attorn...

Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial opened today and it’s clear what we’re in for. The Trump attorneys spent their time obfuscating and misdirecting, and the first guy, lead counsel Bruce Castor Jr. simply wandered all over the place, seemed to talk to hear himself talk, although he did take time to pander to members of the Senate. Meanwhile, the House impeachment managers, anticipating the Tr...

The news media is filled with pundits asking the weighty question of exactly what has the Republican party become these days. Is it still the party of Donald Trump, even after his disastrous presidency and becoming the first president in history to be impeached TWICE, the second time coming after he incited a violent attack on Congress, trying to disrupt certification Joe Biden’s election. Is it t...

With Donald Trump silenced by social media and apparently hiding out at Mar-a-Lago, we no longer are subjected to his childish name-calling. At least for now. To me, and I’m sure a lot of people, that was one of the most irritating tactics Trump used to demean those who opposed him. He used so many, in fact, that Wikipedia now has a comprehensive list organized in various categories.“Crooked Hilla...

Early on when the coronavirus pandemic first struck, men were reported to be adversely affected more than women, and a variety of reasons was given. But now, things have changed and, at least in the Americas, it’s women who are now feeling the impact more than their male counterparts. Take a listen to “Sex & the Coronavirus” , with comments by Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, director of the Pan American W...

The U.S. Senate will put former president Donald Trump on trial following his impeachment by the House of Representatives on charges of insurrection, stemming from his inciting the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6.Trump has been pushing his lawyers, who keep bailing on him, by the way, to use as his defense his claims that the election was stolen from him, that it was filled with fr...

It amazes me that Republicans are now saying the rest of the nation should simply forgive and forget the fact that Donald Trump practically ended our democracy as we know it. They say we should just move on. Well, I don’t think so. Take a listen to “Come on, Man! Can’t We Just Move On?” from Not Fake News.biz. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-lean-to-the-lef...

When the mob was attacking the Capitol building in Washington DC on January 6, we kept hearing their supporters call them “patriots.” We heard them call themselves “patriots.” And, we heard Donald Trump, as he exhorted the crowd to go to the Capitol, call them “patriots.”That made my skin crawl. Those people were not American patriots, they were criminals. And, it turns out, at least one or more o...

We finally have a president who is taking action to combat the climate change crisis that threatens our world. Having been in office only days, President Biden has already taken concrete action and the naysayers and industry dirtballs are already acting like the world is coming to an end. That’s funny, really, because just yesterday the people who set the “Doomsday Clock” issued another warning. T...

Today I read a story that former Vice President Pence is afraid for his life, all because rabid Trump supporters are still angry that he would not do the impossible and overturn the election results to keep their hero in office. It’s no wonder, as they were yelling “Hang Mike Pence” on January 6 when they broke into the U.S. Capitol, having erected an actual gallows complete with a noose outside....

Last night when the House of Representatives formally delivered the articles of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate, I began to wonder what young school children must be thinking. Here we have a president of the United States who actually tried to attack our own government, really, our own country. Obviously, that’s not what children of die-hard Trump supporters will be told, unlike tho...

Today I’ve got two pieces of commentary for you, both related to the Trump impeachment and issues surrounding it. First, we’ll talk about the upcoming impeachment trial and how Senate Republicans are faced with deciding whether to get rid of Trump by convicting him of inciting insurrection or let him off and then be stuck with him as the supposed leader of a splintered party. There’s a lot at stak...

Today our guest is Scott Ramminger, who for many years was the CEO of a Washington, DC industry lobbying organization and is a Nashville-based songwriter and musician. When Scott was in DC, he performed at clubs maybe three nights a week, but now is a fulltime writer and musician. Scott’s published five blues and roots albums and is working on his sixth. He performs solo and with a band..and on to...

With Donald Trump now hiding away as a private citizen at his swanky resort in South Florida, and the new Biden administration now underway, Not Fake News writer Chris Waldron offers a brief “autopsy” of this failed presidency. As we all know, the picture isn’t pretty. So take a listen to “End of Trump Administration: An Autopsy” from Not Fake News.biz. I’ll narrate. Become a supporter of this pod...

Thanks for connecting with NFN Radio News brought to you by Not Fake News.biz. I’m Bob Gatty, founder and editor of Not Fake News. A new day filled with hope has arrived, but America's new president, Joseph R. Biden, now must confront twin pandemics that threaten our nation, and the extent to which he succeeds will largely determine the well-being of every single one of us. That’s our topic for to...

Finally, the end of the Trump presidency is at hand. Take a listen to “An Ignominious but Fitting End” From 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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

There’s a lot of blame to go around when it comes to Trump and his misguided and illegal effort to overturn his defeat by Joe Biden. Yea, the guy probably would have done all of this on his own because he simply can’t abide the fact that 7 million fewer people voted for him than Biden. Remember when he said he might have to leave country if Biden beat him, it would be that embarrassing? But the fa...

Donald Trump is known for a lot of things. Being loyal to people who support him, people who willingly do his bidding, is not one of those things. In fact, he has a history of screwing over people who have done everything on his behalf, people who have sacrificed their careers, their reputations, and have even gone to jail in his name. Now, a number of those lunatics who attacked the Capitol and C...

There are all sorts of rumblings now that some members of law enforcement as well as some Republican members of Congress could have helped that mob attack the U.S. Capitol January 6 when the vote to make Joe Biden’s election official was being taken. That’s an incredible thing. Imagine what it must have been like with these mobsters smashing windows and breaking down doors to get in as you’re hidi...

Finally, we are getting rid of Donald J. TrumpBut as Chris Waldron of Not Fake News points out in a blog published today, our nation is still “under siege” and that’s not going to dissipate any time soon as even as they were leaving Washington last week, rioters and insurrectionists were planning a return. What could lie ahead is chilling to think of, especially with the Biden-Harris inauguration...

I just read that Cumulus Media has ordered its right-leaning talk-show hosts to stop suggesting that the election was stolen from Donald Trump, or face termination if they fail to comply. That was great news, shutting down an important source of vitriol that helped fuel last Wednesday’s mob attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump and the Republicans are also getting hit where it hurts. Corporate donors...

Right wing extremists – read that domestic terrorists – are planning even more violence, more attacks on the Capitol during the January 20 inauguration and at every state capital across the country. The Washington Post detailed much of this today, and those warnings had better be heeded. In the meantime, there is much hand wringing in Washington about what to do about Trump. Democrats want him out...

The flames of hate and distrust that Donald Trump has stoked among his true believers are still burning and America had best be braced for more violence when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are inaugurated January 20.I just hope that all of the law enforcement agencies involved, from the Secret Service to the FBI and everything in between will be ready to deal with everything from snipers and would-be...

And so today there were two significant developments that coincidentally occurred at the same time, one in the halls of Congress in Washington, DC, and the other in Delaware, where President-elect Joe Biden has his headquarters. In Washington, momentum began to get rid of Donald Trump – either by invoking the 25th amendment or rushing through impeachment. It was all because of yesterdays’ riots, w...

Today has been a dark day in the history of our nation as the effort by Donald Trump to hang on to the presidency turned into violence, at least one death, and disruption of a constitutionally required joint session of Congress. Many people must share the blame for this tragedy – Trump, for inciting an insurrection and Congresspeople and Senators for aiding and abetting him by going on with his ef...