Left Side of the Aisle #244

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of April 14-20, 2016

This week:

Good News: Wisconsin "right-to-work" law struck down
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-to-work_law
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/4/12/1514205/-Big-blow-to-Republicans-and-Scott-Walker-Right-to-Work-ruled-unconstitutional
http://www.npr.org/2015/03/11/392373328/targeting-unions-right-to-work-movement-bolstered-by-wisconsin

Good News: Treasury cracks down on "corporate tax inversions"
http://www.wsj.com/articles/president-obama-praises-new-inversion-rules-1459873977
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2016/04/pfizer_backs_out_of_move_to_ir.html
http://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2016/04/06/allergan-pfizer-call-off-proposed-160b-merger-n2144324
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/6/1511474/-Surprise-After-Obama-crushes-tax-cheat-incentive-Pfizer-and-Allergan-call-off-their-merger

Good News: hundreds arrested in civil disobedience
http://www.democracynow.org/2016/4/12/democracy_spring_over_400_arrested_at
http://www.democracyspring.org/
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2016/0412/Hundreds-arrested-at-US-Capitol-at-Democracy-Spring-protests
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/11/473874785/hundreds-protest-gerrymandering-campaign-finance-laws-on-capitols-steps
http://www.vice.com/read/dozens-of-senior-citizens-were-arrested-at-democracy-spring-dc-protests

Update: what "equitable sharing" spawns
http://dailysignal.com/2016/03/31/illinois-police-department-bought-motorcycles-chevy-camaro-with-nearly-1-million-seized-under-controversial-program/
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/30/472422503/supreme-court-feds-cant-seize-untainted-assets-needed-for-legal-fees

Clown Award: Florida Gov. Rick Scott
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-palm-jennings-update-20160411-story.html
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/8/1512817/-Rick-Scott-releases-video-ad-attacking-the-woman-who-confronted-him-on-his-job-record-at-Starbucks

Special Clown Award: Hillary Clinton and Bill de Blasio
http://www.aol.com/article/2016/04/12/hillary-clinton-and-the-mayor-of-new-york-performed-an-awkward-s/21342509/
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/bill-de-blasio-s-colored-people-s-time-joke-comes-n554756

Outrage of the Week: undermining the Postal Service
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2011/10/mailing-it-in.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2014/05/1602-usps-under-fire-by-those-who-want.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/04/11/two-cent-price-cut-could-mean-2-billion-headache-for-postal-service/

Quick comment on LGBTQ rights: we are not willing to go back
http://www.aol.com/article/2016/02/17/virginia-bill-would-let-businesses-refuse-service-based-on-relig/21314258/
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/6/1511604/-Tennessee-lawmakers-pass-bill-allowing-therapists-to-refuse-mental-health-services-to-LGBT-people
http://www.care2.com/causes/oklahoma-breaks-a-record-26-bills-filed-to-attack-lgbt-civil-rights.html
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-mississippi-law-service-denial-gays-20160405-story.html
http://www.care2.com/causes/georgias-right-to-discriminate-bill-just-got-even-worse.html
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/24/hate_is_alive_and_well_in_north_carolina_state_republicans_overturn_an_anti_discrimination_law_because_of_an_urban_legend/
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/3/21/1504593/-Georgia-Gov-Deal-under-immense-pressure-to-veto-anti-LGBT-religious-freedom-bill
http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/03/28/breaking-nathan-deal-will-veto-georgias-religious-liberty-bill/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/03/25/wrong-beyond-repair-the-worst-in-us-n-c-papers-blast-transgender-bathroom-law/
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/15060348/ncaa-monitoring-north-carolina-anti-discrimination-law
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/04/05/paypal-withdraws-planned-nc-expansion-due-anti-gay-law/82649786/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/3/29/1507598/-North-Carolina-Attorney-General-says-he-won-t-defend-the-state-s-heinous-anti-LGBTQ-law-in-court
http://abcnews.go.com/US/north-carolina-governor-signs-executive-order-addressing-concerns/story?id=38342388
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bryan-adams-missisippi-show-cancel_us_570ba19fe4b0885fb50d73bc
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/11/mississippi-writers-protest-hb-1523-anti-lgbt