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Gabrielle Zwi-Guns to a Playground Fight
The mass shootings keep coming and innocent people keep getting gunned down. In fact, every day 110 people are killed by guns. On Feb. 14 it will be t...
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bobgatty_leantotheleftOn the Lean to the Left podcast, Gabrielle Zwi, 22, describes what it was like as a member of the "school shooting generation," going to school at a time when shooter and bomb threat drills had become part of the norm. Gabrielle's interview will stream 2/6 on YouTube and major podcast channels. https://youtube.com/watch?v=RRb38GvJ1g4&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE
Saturday, February 15, 2020The Bob & Jackie Show: Pittsburghese, Itchy Nose, Paul Newman & More Nonsense
Check out the latest edition of The Bob & Jackie Show, recorded on Valentine's Day, that explores the somewhat wacky version of the English language s...
Friday, February 14, 2020Aircraft to Protect America? Or a Vanity Wall?
Thwarted by Congress for the funds he demanded to build his vanity wall along the southern border, President Trump is ripping off some $7.2 billion fr...
Thursday, February 13, 2020Wielding a Would-be Iron Fist
Perhaps its a stretch to suggest that President Trump is wielding an iron fist, like dictators Vladimir Putin or Kim Jong-Un, but his retribution agai...
Monday, February 10, 2020Health System Income skyrockets, Medicaid Cuts Ahead
On the same day Kaiser Permanente reported it had nearly tripled its income in 2019, governors of both parties warned that a proposed Trump administra...
Monday, February 10, 2020Trump's Victory Lap & Republican Excuses
Donald Trump, preening a usual, celebrated his impeachment trial acquittal with nastiness, name calling, and vindictiveness, claiming false credit an...
Saturday, February 8, 2020Fighting Back: A Story of Courage and Determination
This is the personal story of a young woman, Lauren Kligman, of Myrtle Beach, SC, who has been battling depression and a serious eating disorder for a...
Thursday, February 6, 2020Democrats: Don't, Just Don't
It is time for the Democratic presidential candidates to stop taking swipes at each other and focus on the real enemy -- Donald John Trump, the just i...
Wednesday, February 5, 2020We're Not In Kansas Anymore
The Kansas City Chiefs are Super Bowl champs for the first time in 50 years! Congratulations are certainly in order and to the people of their home st...
Wednesday, February 5, 2020The Truth Will Out
Regardless of the Trumplican-controlled Senate which is refusing to hear witnesses or subpoena key documents in the Trump sham impeachment "gathering"...
Wednesday, February 5, 2020The Pig President Strikes Again
The other day Secretary of State Mike Pompeo excoriated a female reporter who asked him a question about Ukraine he didn't like, then President Donald...
Tuesday, February 4, 2020The Bob & Jackie Show: Assassin or a Nun
In this episode, Jackie and I explore the hearafter and how Jackie, after she dies, would like to come back in her second life either as an assassin o...
Monday, February 3, 2020Nutritious Food: Another Trump Obama Target
The Trump administration yesterday took action to dilute school lunch nutritional standards pushed by former First Lady Michelle Obama, allowing schoo...
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