America’s Chilling Reformation: Are We Now an Occupied Nation?
As the ICE Man Cometh, all that is not resistance is collaboration By Dan Luzadder There was no crime scene tape in Texas when immigration agents killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo this month in Houston, nor was there a local homicide investigation in Maine when Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was gunned down by ICE in cold […]
Will Two Supreme Court Decisions Fuel Political Corruption?
By Bob Gatty In just a few days, Americans will celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday—a milestone that should inspire both pride in what we’ve achieved and hope for what lies ahead. But it’s difficult to celebrate without concern for our future. In the closing days before Independence Day, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two decisions […]
White House UFC Circus Lands in the Gutter
Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted, with the author’s permission, from his Facebook post June 14. It is the best commentary I’ve seen about the travesty of the UFC goon insulting First Lady Michelle Obama. by Michael Jochum As if this White House UFC circus had not already thoroughly embarrassed the presidency, the institution, and […]
They Want Us Silent: Marcel Reid on Why Democracy Needs Whistleblowers and a Free Press
Whistleblower advocate Marcel Reid joins Lean to the Left to discuss threats to journalism, whistleblower protections, free speech, and democracy in America.
Election Watchdog Says Republicans Benefited from Troubling Election Irregularities in Multiple States
An independent election watchdog says statistical anomalies in Florida, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina may have benefited Republican candidates. Learn what Election Truth Alliance found and why it matters.
Can Democrat John Vincent Really Flip South Carolina’s 7th District? Is a Democratic Upset Coming?
Retired Navy command master chief John Vincent says MAGA loyalty and voter frustration could make South Carolina’s 7th Congressional District competitive against Republican Russell Fry in 2026. In fact, he flat out predicts he will defeat Fry in November.
Trump’s IRS Lawsuit Was Always Legally Suspect
The “So-Called Settlement” May Be Even Worse by Mark M. Bello Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS was always political malarkey. But the deeper Americans look into what happened afterward, the more troubling the story becomes. Donald Trump is not at all shy about telling the American taxpayer that he intends to rip them off. […]
Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act; Republicans Gerrymander to Hold Power
The U.S. Supreme Court, with its right-wing majority, on April 29 gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Now GOP-controlled state legislatures are gleefully doing Trump’s bidding, re-gerrymandering their election maps to steal the upcoming Congressional elections and preserve their political power. It’s an act of desperation. Why? Because Republicans know they will lose control of […]
Trump Swallowed by Monster Snakehead Fish in Satirical North Carolina Revenge Tale
by Bob Gatty Fed up with Donald Trump’s actions that have made it impossible for them to feed their families, some residents of North Carolina have had enough. So, what did they do? They turned loose an ugly fish monster predator, the Northern Snakehead, which swallowed Number 47 whole while he was, guess what: playing […]
Trump — The Lawbreaker Part 2
Abuse of Power in Practice by Mark M. Bello Last week, in Part I of ‘TRUMP THE LAWBREAKER,’ we discussed the erosion of equal justice in America. In Part II, we’ll discuss what that erosion looks like in real time. Not in theory or law school hypotheticals, but in the daily exercise of presidential power. […]