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Eating the Evidence
The image of the would be emperor of the world sitting behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office cramming a piece of paper into his...
Bob Gatty
Aug 11, 20181 min read
MAY THE SPACE FORCE BE WITH YOU
You couldn't dream this stuff up. Trump's insistence on a new U.S. Space Force is such a stupid idea that, as i wrote yesterday, I turned...
Bob Gatty
Aug 10, 20182 min read
My New Career: Space Force Secretary?
Earlier today I was asked by President Trump to resign my position of CEO, editor and blogger-in-chief of Not Fake News to serve as the...
Bob Gatty
Aug 9, 20182 min read
May the Rest of Our Lives...
Today I was speaking with the assistant to our financial advisor (yes, we actually have one!), and she told me her office has been busy...
Bob Gatty
Aug 8, 20182 min read
EPA's Clean Car Rollback: an Unhealthy, Unnecessary Plan
The Trump administration's plan announced last week to weaken the 2020-2026 auto emissions and mileage requirements has been blasted by...
Bob Gatty
Aug 7, 20183 min read
WHO is the ENEMY of the PEOPLE?
President Trump continues his war against the news media calling journalists "the Enemy of the People," a tactic that might whip up his...
Bob Gatty
Aug 5, 20182 min read
Paying it Forward: Kindness Unexpected and Unexplained
I was tempted to write today about Donald Trump's insults about LeBron James and how First Lady Melania Trump contradicted her husband...
Bob Gatty
Aug 4, 20184 min read
The Trump Census Count Shell Game
As the U.S. Census Bureau prepares to conduct the decennial Census in 2020, concerns about the inclusion of a question regarding...
Stacy Fitzgerald
Aug 2, 20183 min read
Trump's Hate Movement Endangers More than Just the Media
President Trump is leading a dangerous attack on the news media, one that could potentially incite some of his supporters to violence. It...
Bob Gatty
Aug 1, 20182 min read
Wow! We Won the Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes!
On Saturday while we were on a trip to Pennsylvania, my cellphone rang and the male voice with an odd accent said he was from Publisher's...
Bob Gatty
Jul 30, 20182 min read
Trump Jumps the Shark on Alternative Reality
One would expect that the presidential administration that coined the phrase “alternative facts” would play fast and loose with realism,...
Stacy Fitzgerald
Jul 30, 20183 min read
The Kecksburg UFO Landing Coverage Revealed
Today, the Kecksburg, PA UFO Festival concluded with a jam-packed UFO conference at the Kecksburg EMS Building near the Kecksburg Fire...
Bob Gatty
Jul 29, 20182 min read
Coca Cola to Boost Prices in Aftermath of Trump Tariffs
Coca Cola CEO James Quincey says that the company will be forced to increase prices on its soft drinks largely due to President Trump's...
Bob Gatty
Jul 29, 20182 min read
Finally: The Kecksburg, PA UFO Festival has Arrived!
Well, boys and girls, faithful followers of my blog and fellow UFO enthusiasts, the Kecksburg, PA UFO Festival has arrived and I am here,...
Bob Gatty
Jul 28, 20183 min read
Welcome to the Era of 'Free-From' Food
Grocery stores across the land are full of more and more “free-from” food and drink. "Free From" is a catch-all term that initially...
Bob Gatty
Jul 27, 20183 min read
'License to Discriminate' Bill Passed by House Committee
Homophobia has apparently reared its ugly head in the House Appropriations Committee, where Republicans pushed through an amendment...
Bob Gatty
Jul 26, 20182 min read
An Indian's Take on Immigration: Don't Take My Cheese
Indians are the original Americans and like no other people they know what its like to be displaced by “immigrants.” Waccamaw Indian...
Bob Gatty
Jul 25, 20182 min read
Waccamaw Indians Face Impossible Hurdle from Federal Government
The Waccamaw Indian tribe here in South Carolina is facing an impossible hurdle imposed by the federal government in their quest to give...
Bob Gatty
Jul 24, 20183 min read
Stupid Headlines Crack Me Up
With all of the nastiness going on in the world today, Trump playing kissipoo with Putin, Trump playing macho man with the nutcase...
Bob Gatty
Jul 23, 20181 min read
A Free Press: The Best Defense Against Tyranny
The news media has been under constant and continuous blistering attack by President Trump, who simply can't stand it when reporters call...
Bob Gatty
Jul 22, 20182 min read
The Environment: Greed Remains in Control
In another example of unvarnished greed being in control in Washington, the Trump administration is continuing its assault on America's...
Bob Gatty
Jul 20, 20182 min read
Trump's 'Would' vs 'Wouldn't'. What if...
President Trump's ridiculous effort to explain away his comment at that crazy Helsinki news conference with Putin by claiming he meant to...
Bob Gatty
Jul 18, 20182 min read
For Trump, it's Mulligans Time
President Trump has taken a lot of heat, including from his own party, for saying with Russia's President Vladimir Putin at his side, "I...
Bob Gatty
Jul 17, 20182 min read
'Republican Patriots, Where are You?"
The spectacle today of President Trump's shameful news conference with Russia's dictator Vladimir Putin, in which he gave more credence...
Bob Gatty
Jul 16, 20183 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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