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Lean to the Left is a progressive media platform offering political commentary, fact-based news analysis, and expert interviews that expose threats to democracy and hold leaders accountable. Lean to the Left is an independent, evolving media platform. Member benefits will grow and adapt over time. Founded in 2017 as Not Fake News and rebranded in 2021, Lean to the Left brings together the work of journalist and author Bob Gatty and a talented team of contributing writers who deliver sharp, insightful content on the issues affecting Americans today. 

Our podcast—launched as NFN Radio News before becoming The Lean to the Left Podcast—features weekly interviews with authors, activists, experts, and political insiders, with hard-hitting commentary on the challenges facing our nation. What began as a podcast has grown into a community of listeners and readers who care deeply about democracy, accountability, and civic engagement.

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Are We Losing Our First Amendment Rights?

By C J Waldron In this day and age of creeping authoritarianism, the rights Americans have enjoyed for almost 250 years have been diminishing. Most particularly are our First Amendment rights. As the current administration tightens its grip on the reins of power, those who oppose it are losing the very freedoms upon which this […]

Signs of the Times: Jesus or Trump?

By Dan Luzadder Our sturdy whitewashed church, Center Chapel, stood on a modest hill overlooking wide sweeps of farmland; farm houses, red barns, furrowed fields and tree-lined fence rows in the distance. I first saw that landscape walking up worn stone steps with my working-class father, steadied by a painted metal railing, cool and smooth […]

Trumpty Dumpty’s America: Lies, Censorship, and Corruption

By C J Waldron There is so much going on with the Trump White House that it is almost too much to digest. Each day brings a dizzying flood of misinformation, disinformation and outright lies that make it hard to keep up. Every day brings enough chaos that volumes can be written about them. So, […]

Erasing History: Trump’s War on DEI & Essential Books

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Erasing History: Trump’s War on DEI & Essential Books by Mark M. Bello Donald Trump throws so much excrement at us through the media that we often miss his life-altering, shameful attempts to dictate and transform our historical narrative. In an era where truth is under constant siege and historical amnesia is politically advantageous, the […]

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