The Lean to the Left Podcast

With all that’s going on these days as our nation struggles with the coronavirus pandemic, and Donald Trump’s despicable and inept presidency, it’s easy to wonder if America will ever return to its place in the world. In a new blog on Not Fake News, writer Chris Waldron wonders about that, as he says that America has lost its way, as this president has pandered to the white supremacists and religi...

Ironically, I was preparing this podcast as it was announced that the valet who serves President Trump his food has tested positive to the coronavirus. Not that I wish Trump any ill will, but it would seem only fair if he should be forced to deal with the consequences of covid 19, even as he is pushing for the economy to open as quickly as possible – even as the death toll continues to rise. As of...

So, in Florida college kids headed to the beach for spring break, no matter the coronavirus. No matter people were getting sick and dying. But it’s no wonder they did that, given the irresponsible attitude of the governor there, Trump’s pal, who pretty much poo pooed the seriousness of this pandemic. And now, increasing numbers of states – largely led by Republican governors – are blatantly ignori...

Bob Gatty and Chris Waldron, of Not Fake News.biz, recap a crazy week in the world of Donald Trump and the coronavirus in this podcast, which offers insightful, humorous commentary into the developments that continue to shake our nation. Chris had chronicled the past week's news highlights -- and lowlights -- in a blog published on www. NotFakeNews.biz, which serves as the basis for the discussion...

There are so many frontline workers who are making it possible for the rest of us to live our lives, to be safe, and who are there to care for us if we get sick. Every other ad on TV these days is a thankyou from some company or other, recognizing these indispensable people. And that’s as it should be. But then, there are some in our midst who are doing more than simply saying thankyou. That’s the...

We are living in crazy, unsettling times and it’s tough dealing with the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic…fear of illness…loss of family members and friends…loss of income…such uncertainty…When will this ever end? Can I get my job back? Will I be able to take care of my family? Will he…she…I…get better? Or will we be one of those grim statistics that keep rising every day…more than 60,000...

The other day, Donald Trump, defending himself for his inept and misleading response to the coronavirus pandemic, said his job was to be the cheerleader for America, or some such nonsense. Today, Not Fake New contributor Chris Waldron took a look at leaders in the past who have responded to major crises facing them…some succeeded, others were abject failures. What about today? What kind of leader...

In this, the premier episode of the Bob Gatty & Chris Waldron Show, Chris says anybody with a brain should get off of Twitter so as to deprive Donald Trump of his audience.  He also says the media should stop reporting on his tweets. Bob thoroughly disagrees, explaining that taking such action would leave a huge informational void. From Twitter to Trump's witch doctor ideas that maybe people shoul...

I know, right now we are all consumed with the impact the coronavirus is having on our lives. As of noon today, April 27, the U.S. has lost at least 55,551 lives to this pandemic. Thousands of lives lost, families disrupted by grief and uncertainty. Millions out of work. Jobs lost, some to return, but many, perhaps not as some businesses won’t survive. Schools shut down. Hospitals overrun in some...

It was amazing to me that when the coronavirus outbreak became big time news in the United States, that the cruise ship industry kept on cruising. It just seemed logical that with so many people jammed in a relatively small confined space that the virus would spread and then those people would bring it on home. According to an excellent report in the Washington Post April 25, that’s exactly what h...

President Donald Trump continues to astound me. Either he is stupid beyond belief, or he is sly as a fox and is simply using his seemingly numbskull comments to keep the twitter world on fire and remain at the front of the coronavirus pandemic story. The latest, as just about everybody on the planet knows by now, was his comment yesterday that it’s worth exploring to see if injecting people with d...

I could hardly believe it when I read that Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump’s pal who runs the United States Senate, said that instead of the federal government providing assistance to states struggling financially from the coronavirus, they should just declare bankruptcy. To me, that was just an incredible statement. And then, he intimated that because most of those states are led by Democratic gove...

Democrats in Congress are pushing for people to be able to vote by mail this coming November because of the coronavirus, a move that could be especially important if there is a second wave of this pandemic as many scientists have predicted. Donald Trump and his Republican pals are opposing such a move, because they realize allowing just about everybody to easily vote would be bad news for them. So...

Do you have a friend or relative living in a nursing home? Are you worried about their safety…about their risk of contracting the coronavirus? If you’re not, maybe you should be. That’s the topic of today’s podcast from Not Fake News.biz. Take a listen to Are Nursing Homes Coronavirus Death Traps? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-lean-to-the-left-podcast--47...

In a terrific entry on Not Fake News.biz, writer Chris Waldron talks about the many names by which Donald Trump has been…and still is…known. Some are factual and positive and others much less so. But in his piece, Waldron examines how Trump has come to earn some of these names and what all of that means to the rest of us who live in the country governed by this former reality TV star. Then, in a s...

Last week, the Trump administration announced a new plan to gradually open up the nation, reacting to pressure on the economy with a phased approach to opening parts of the country where the coronavirus is being brought under control. Trump told the governors it was up to them to decide what to do and when, a step that would let him off the hook if the virus resurfaces and more people die as a res...

With President Trump pressing to open up the nation’s economy and begin lifting stay-at-home orders so people can go back to work and to school, many Americans are protesting against their state governments’ rules that have shut things down. That, of course, is despite warnings from the experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci that it’s too soon to open up the economy, that doing so will risk even more deat...

Susan Hutchinson, a terrific writer on Not Fake News.biz, says President Trump’s decision to withhold U.S. funds from the World Health Organization amounts to Murder on a Global Scale. Here’s how she put it in today’s blog, which I’ll narrate. Take a listen to Coronavirus: Murder on a Global Scale. From Not Fake News.biz. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-lea...

President Trump has decided to withhold U.S. financial support to the World Health Organization even as the coronavirus pandemic continues to claim lives around the globe. And that’s money appropriated by Congress, so his action is most likely illegal. But why does he want to do that? Because he wants everybody to blame China for the disaster that has struck America and claimed some 26,000 lives s...

A heartfelt thank you to all of those frontline workers who are helping to keep us safe as we cope with the impact of the coronavirus. From healthcare workers to grocery clerks and EMTs, our fellow Americans are risking their own lives, literally, to keep us well, and to keep us safe. This podcast also includes a personal story regarding a coronavirus scare and test. Take a listen...Become a suppo...

So President Trump is announcing a new Opening Our Country Council, presumably to plan for his Big Bang grand opening that he wants by May 1, most likely with lots of fanfare. Typical showman Trump. Wouldn’t it be nice if we actually had a President instead of a infomercial host living in the White House? Doesn’t matter, apparently, how many people will die…Trump needs the economy booming again in...

Welcome to the NFN Radio News Podcast, brought to you by Not Fake News.biz. I’m your host, Bob Gatty, founder and editor of Not Fake News. It’s been a bit of a scary week. A few days ago, I came down with a nasty chest cold and persistent cough that keeps me up at night. So finally, yesterday, I went to the doc and she said I most likely have bronchitis. So, she prescribed some meds. But she also...

Welcome to the NFN Radio News Podcast, brought to you by Not Fake News.biz. I’m your host, Bob Gatty, founder and editor of Not Fake News. President Trump keeps pitching a drug commonly used for malaria and other purposes as a miracle cure for the coronavirus. It’s called hydroxychloroquine, and it’s manufactured by a company in which Trump and his family trusts reportedly own stock, and in which...

Welcome to the NFN Radio News Podcast, brought to you by Not Fake News.biz. I’m your host, Bob Gatty, founder and editor of Not Fake News. Writer Chris Waldron has raised a couple of important questions in blogs for Not Fake News.biz and I’m going to present them in this podcast. The first is a disturbing trend of African Americans dying from the coronavirus far out of proportion to their share of...

Welcome to the NFN Radio News Podcast, brought to you by Not Fake News.biz. I’m your host, Bob Gatty, founder and editor of Not Fake News. Three-plus years ago when Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, one of my first thoughts was, “Man, I hope we don’t get into a situation where he decides to push the nuclear hot button.”That, of course, would have been a catastrophe of massiv...