Left Side of the Aisle #48

This week:

Good news #1: Senate refuses to fast-track Keystone XL pipeline.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/08/keystone-xl-senate-defeats-bill_n_1333108.html

Good News #2: Voter photo ID laws in Texas and Indiana have been blocked, the first by the DOJ, the second by state courts.
http://news.yahoo.com/obama-administration-objects-texas-voter-id-law-161037385.html
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-03-12/wisconsin-voter-identification-law-is-blocked-by-second-state-court-judge
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/voter-id-rules-a-solution-in-search-of-a-problem/2012/03/12/gIQA8m8D8R_story.html

Outrage of the Week: The continuing attack on choice and birth control.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/08/kansas-abortion-bill-sales-tax_n_1327301.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/08/international-womens-day-congress-abortion_n_1332143.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/09/wrongful-birth-bill-arizona-senate-abortion-bill_n_1335117.html

Afghanistan: Time to get out - now.
http://icasualties.org/oef/
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2012/03/12/shooting-deaths-civilians-complicate-afghanistan-mission/9tyWgD0NV4SHdHlEDdFEWO/story.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/20/afghan-war-casualties_n_1161127.html
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R41084.pdf
http://iwpr.net/report-news/afghans-dispute-nato-casualty-figures
http://news.yahoo.com/afghans-urge-exit-killings-u-says-timetable-unchanged-231844103.html
http://news.yahoo.com/massacre-makes-obama-more-determined-exit-afghanistan-001919619.html
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-no-rush-exits-afghanistan-rampage-225448818.html
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/alleged-afghanistan-massacre-republicans-questioning-war-effort-153152684.html
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/six-in-10-criticize-war-in-afghanistan-most-favor-abandoning-training-mission/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/behind-the-numbers/post/poll-few-in-us-sense-afghan-support-for-war/2012/03/11/gIQAfj4S5R_blog.html
http://www.dir.salon.com/2012/02/26/the_causes_of_the_protests_in_afghanistan/singleton/
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2012/02/27/apologies-sound-empty/twkdPVnfmqRIyekGVwbfdJ/story.html

Everything You Need to Know: The extreme danger to our freedoms in just three sentences.
http://jonathanturley.org/2012/03/08/mueller-i-am-not-sure-whether-i-now-can-kill-citizens-in-the-united-states-under-obamas-kill-doctrine/
http://rt.com/usa/news/fbi-mueller-assassination-holder-193/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/07/mueller-have-to-check-with-holder-whether-targeted-killing-rule-is-outside-us/
http://www.examiner.com/human-rights-in-national/ndaa-s-cia-military-targeted-killings-of-innocent-americans