Left Side of the Aisle #97

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of February 28-March 6, 2013

Good news: White House files brief calling DOMA unconstitutional
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/22/obama-supreme-court-doma_n_2745594.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/26/republicans-gay-marriage-supreme-court_n_2764743.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/26/us/politics/prominent-republicans-sign-brief-in-support-of-gay-marriage.html?_r=0

Global warming protest draws 40,000
http://rt.com/usa/news/us-biggest-keystone-xl-458/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/17/us-usa-climate-keystone-protest-idUSBRE91G0GZ20130217
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/02/keystone-pipeline-protest-rally-climate-change-washington
http://www.care2.com/causes/activists-find-literal-gaping-holes-in-keystone-xl-pipeline.html
http://www.juancole.com/2013/02/against-thousands-washington.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/17/forward-on-climate-rally_n_2702575.html
http://ecowatch.org/2013/48-leaders-engage-in-historic-act-of-civil-disobedience-to-stop-keystone-xl-pipeline/
http://www.wmo.int/pages/mediacentre/press_releases/pr_965_en.html
http://www.care2.com/causes/stop-dooming-the-rest-of-us-climate-change-deniers.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/11/national-climate-assessment-global-warming_n_2458905.html
http://ncadac.globalchange.gov/
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan/11/nation/la-na-climate-assessment-20130112
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/13/climate-change-study-emissions-limits_n_2467995.html
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1793
http://fair.org/take-action/media-advisories/media-and-the-keystone-march/
http://www.fair.org/blog/2012/01/25/usa-today-keystone-job-cops/

Clown Award: OK state Rep. wants to ban insurance coverage of contraceptives
http://www.care2.com/causes/oklahoma-may-deny-women-affordable-birth-control-because-it-poisons-their-bodies.html
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/02/22/1627441/oklahoma-birth-control-poison/
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=504&articleid=20130222_16_A1_CUTLIN363111

Outrage of the Week: SCOTUS gives cops even wider latitude
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2005/01/and-so-we-bid-fond-sad-farewell-to.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2004/04/when-sniff-makes-sniffle.html
http://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_Am4.html
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/19/172431555/latest-supreme-court-decisions-give-police-one-victory-one-loss
http://www.care2.com/causes/drug-dogs-at-traffic-stops-scotus-says-go-for-it.html

Guns: More pushback against the gun nuts
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/lapierre-access-to-semi-automatics-is-about-survival
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/02/wayne-lapierre-fox-news-sunday.php
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/man-attempts-shooting-spree-at-the-hobbit-movie-premier-stopped-by-gun-carrying-audience-member/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/18/sandy-hook-solutions-megan-mcardle_n_2324045.html
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2012/12/Oh-Husky-12-Year-Old-Boy-The-National-Review-Weighs-in-on-the-Newtown-Shooting
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/335996/newtown-answers-nro-symposium#
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/26/steve-stockman-useful-idiots_n_2764856.html?ref=topbar
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/25/rep-stockman-obama-machine-used-fake-twitter-accounts-to-send-gun-control/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/25/colorado-lawmakers-get-th_n_2760325.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuiDBr0WnZU
http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_22666985/field-poll-california-voters-feel-new-gun-controls
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/washington-post-poll-finds-support-for-stricter-gun-control-laws-in-maryland/2013/02/26/71fdabc0-7f98-11e2-8074-b26a871b165a_story.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2012/12/17/National-Politics/Polling/question_9271.xml
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/us/court-finds-no-right-to-conceal-a-firearm.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Appeals-court-upholds-concealed-weapons-ruling-4300811.php
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/clout/chi-2nd-congressional-district-jackson-20130226,0,4718425.story
http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Tough-gun-laws-linked-to-fewer-deaths-4145605.php
tinyurl.com/cj5x6vq

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