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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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Waiting for MAGA to End? Don’t Hold Your Breath

by C J Waldron Like many of you, I am cautiously counting the days until Donald Trump is no longer in office. But does that mean MAGA will also die with him?  Not likely. While Trump may claim he originated the MAGA movement, its origins actually pre-date our nation’s founding. Trump’s penchant for hyperbole is […]

The East Wing: Casualty of Trumpian Vanity

By Mark M. Bello There is little that Donald Trump can do that shocks me. There is even less that Congress can ignore that still surprises. And yet — there it was: the historic East Wing of the White House, the “people’s house,” reduced to rubble so the ex-reality-star-turned-president could erect a 90,000 square-foot ballroom […]

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