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The Shame of Misplaced Priorities
A review by the state of Virginia has confirmed immigrant teenagers were strapped to chairs and had mesh bags placed over their heads...
Bob Gatty
Sep 7, 20182 min read
A Brand, a Baller and the Backlash
In choosing Colin Kaepernick as one of the faces of its 30th Anniversary advertising campaign and signing him to a multi-million dollar...
Stacy Fitzgerald
Sep 5, 20183 min read
'Resistance' Inside the Trump Administration
Coming on the heels of revelations from The Washington Post's Bob Woodward's new book, "Fear," about the Trump presidency, an anonymous...
Bob Gatty
Sep 5, 20182 min read
Bad Day at the White House
Today, President Trump awakened to a blitzkrieg of rotten news and it had to send him around the bend. I'm willing to bet it was a really...
Bob Gatty
Sep 4, 20182 min read
Celebrating Labor Day
I reprint here a portion of an excellent article written by my friend, Rick Patelunas, of Myrtle Beach, SC. I believe it captures the...
Bob Gatty
Sep 3, 20182 min read
America the Beautiful
It was a remarkable, in today's atmosphere of hatred, vitriol and division, to see two former adversaries of the late Sen. John McCain,...
Bob Gatty
Sep 1, 20182 min read
The Impeachment Election
Today I received in the mail two polar opposite fundraising pitch letters that graphically illustrate where we are as a divided country...
Bob Gatty
Aug 31, 20182 min read
Monkey Business in Florida
Called an "extreme talent" by President Trump, Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis today warned Floridians that if they elect...
Bob Gatty
Aug 29, 20182 min read
Can Drinking Booze Make You Healthy?
A new study reported today says that no amount of booze -- wine, beer, liquor -- is good for your health. While that's interesting and...
Bob Gatty
Aug 28, 20182 min read
Trump's Childish Petulance vs. John McCain's Heroism -- UPDATES
In an act of childish petulance, President Trump ordered the White House flag, which had been lowered in observation of the death...
Bob Gatty
Aug 27, 20183 min read
BLACKkKLANSMAN: Go See It
Spike Lee's powerful film, BLACKkKLANSMAN, brought tears to my eyes. As I watched the story unfold, the true story of a black Colorado...
Bob Gatty
Aug 25, 20182 min read
Trump Gets Shafted -- Again
I swore today I was not going to write another Donald Trump blog, but then I saw the pic above sent to me by loyal Not Fake News...
Bob Gatty
Aug 24, 20181 min read
Impeachment Talk: The New Reality
Today, President Trump and fellow Republicans are warning that if Democrats win control of the House of Representatives in the November 6...
Bob Gatty
Aug 23, 20182 min read
Dealing with Rats
Today, President Trump sent a tweet complementing convicted felon Paul Manafort, his former campaign manager, for not ratting him out as...
Bob Gatty
Aug 22, 20182 min read
GOP: Let's Take from the Old to Pay for the Rich
If you're offended by a few cuss words don't read this. But if you depend on Social Security and Medicare, or you're about to, or your...
Bob Gatty
Aug 21, 20182 min read
A Killer Environmental Strategy
President Trump and his buddies in the administration today rolled out yet another new initiative that is part of his killer...
Bob Gatty
Aug 21, 20182 min read
Jimmy Carter: Stark Contrast to Today's Reality
Today's Washington Post includes two articles that stand in stark contrast, together demonstrating sadly the deterioration of values and...
Bob Gatty
Aug 19, 20182 min read
Saturday Night Massacre Part 2
Reprising memories of the famed Saturday Night Massacre that lead to the resignation of President Nixon, Donald Trump is in the beginning...
Bob Gatty
Aug 18, 20182 min read
Demanding Praise While Stoking Hate
In a rare sentient moment, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders apologized Tuesday for vastly overstating (lying) about job...
Bob Gatty
Aug 17, 20183 min read
Taxpayers to Cough up $92 Million to Satisfy Trump's Ego
OK Trumpsters, hope you're happy. Along with the rest of us, you're about to get whacked for a $92 million tax bill just so Donald Trump,...
Bob Gatty
Aug 16, 20182 min read
Exhausted and Longing for Sanity's Return
I don’t know about you, but I am exhausted with the every-single-day-ness negativity of Trump. Do you, like me, long for the “good old...
Bob Gatty
Aug 16, 20182 min read
Politics: 'That's Just for Old People.'
The comment in the headline above came from my millennial - age nephew, Daniel LaVelle, who is about as smart and sharp as anyone I know....
Bob Gatty
Aug 15, 20183 min read
Filling (Not Draining) the Swamp
It wasn't all that long ago that Candidate Donald Trump promised to "drain the swamp" in Washington of incompetent and dishonest...
Bob Gatty
Aug 14, 20182 min read
Trump's War Against the Free Press Must End
Newspapers across the country will publish editorials Thursday, August 16, calling out President Trump for his vicious and dangerous...
Bob Gatty
Aug 12, 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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