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Trump Decries the Political Violence that He Incites
President Trump today told the American people that we all must come together and play nice, stop saying mean things to each other and...
Bob Gatty
Oct 25, 20182 min read
Bombs and Today's Explosive Environment of Fear and Hate
The White House wasted no time today in condemning the actions of the would-be bomber who sent apparent explosive devices addressed to...
Bob Gatty
Oct 24, 20182 min read
Governor Told SC Indians Feel 'Invisible'
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, meeting with SC Indian leaders f Monday evening, was told that state and federal government policies...
Bob Gatty
Oct 23, 20182 min read
'Suffering' Under President Obama
Fellow blogger Teri Carter, a political columnist for the Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader has published a blog describing how supporters of...
Bob Gatty
Oct 22, 20183 min read
GOP's Best Hope: Forgetful & Gullible Voters
Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank, this morning calls out a bunch of Republican politicians who are now trying to hide from voters...
Bob Gatty
Oct 20, 20183 min read
More Health Care Lies
President Trump would have you to believe that Democrats, if they control Congress, would gut Medicare and that only he and the...
Bob Gatty
Oct 18, 20182 min read
Trump Signs Ocean Cleanup Bill, but Much More is Needed
It was a good thing that happened for our environment when President Trump signed the Save Our Seas Act the other day, a bipartisan new...
Bob Gatty
Oct 17, 20183 min read
Fighting SC Racism: the Waccamaw Indian People
Harold "Buster" Hatcher, chief of the Waccamaw Indian People in South Carolina, has been trying for at least two years to win approval...
Bob Gatty
Oct 16, 20183 min read
McConnell Tags 'Entitlements' for Soaring Deficits, Not GOP Tax Cuts
I always thought Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is an idiot, but his latest statement, just three weeks from the Nov. 6...
Bob Gatty
Oct 16, 20182 min read
Looks Like Stormy's on the Hook
A federal court judge tossed out Stormy Daniels' suit against President Trump alleging that Trump defamed her when he said her charge...
Bob Gatty
Oct 15, 20182 min read
Speaking to the Victims of a 'Giant Con'
Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels' attorney and giant Donald Trump antagonist, says Democrats need to welcome disgruntled Trump voters and...
Bob Gatty
Oct 14, 20184 min read
The Would-Be Dictator Strikes Again
President Trump's Interior Department has floated a new proposal that would ban or severely restrict protests and demonstrations on the...
Bob Gatty
Oct 12, 20182 min read
Millennials: Where Will You Be on Election Day?
Message to Millennials -- please VOTE! Did you know the average US Senator is 62+ years old? The average House member is close at 57 and...
Bob Gatty
Oct 12, 20182 min read
The Big Healthcare Lie
President Trump, in a USA Today op-ed article, claims that Bernie Sanders' Medicare-for-All proposal, which Trump says has been widely...
Bob Gatty
Oct 11, 20183 min read
What's Next for Nikki Haley?
With the surprise announcement today by U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley that she is resigning from the post in which she has served for less...
Bob Gatty
Oct 9, 20182 min read
President Trump & the 'Arsonist"
The fiasco over the confirmation of now Justice Brett Kavanaugh has only served to further divide America and President Trump simply...
Bob Gatty
Oct 7, 20183 min read
Call in Police Cat to Catch Drunken Birds
In Gilbert, MN the local police department is chasing down a bunch of birds that appear to be "under the influence," crashing into...
Bob Gatty
Oct 4, 20182 min read
Trump: Conman-in-Chief
The detailed report by The New York Times disclosing that Donald Trump is not the self-made billionaire he claims to be and that numerous...
Bob Gatty
Oct 3, 20182 min read
Blind Horse, Seeing Eye Donkey, Rescued from Flood -- Good News for a Change
Today, I'm going to tell you about Wonder, a blind white mare, and her sidekick, Bo, the donkey who sticks with her like a seeing eye...
Bob Gatty
Oct 2, 20182 min read
The Pervasive Power of Politics
Politics, we hate it, we love it. Like the firefly to the fire, we can’t seem to separate ourselves from its pervasive power. We speak of...
Bob Gatty
Oct 1, 20183 min read
For Me, the Baseball Season is Over
Today, the last game of the regular season, my beloved Baltimore Orioles defeated the World Champion Houston Astros 4-0 on a combined...
Bob Gatty
Sep 30, 20183 min read
Science Scuttled at EPA as Fed Report Warns of Environmental Disaster
As a government report warned of a coming climate change disaster, it was revealed that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans...
Bob Gatty
Sep 29, 20182 min read
Raped Years Ago, Should She Tell His Wife?
This Washington Post article by Beth Jacobs tells a wrenching story of how she was raped years ago, never reported it, and now is torn...
Bob Gatty
Sep 29, 20182 min read
Was Lindsey Graham Auditioning to Replace Sessions?
Yesterday, during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Brett Kavanaugh nomination, Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) launched into an...
Bob Gatty
Sep 28, 20182 min read
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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